Shannon M. '12 | March 10, 2009
"A little something while you wait."
I have some pretty fond memories of second semester senior year, largely consisting of doing nothing, making random trips to Steak 'N Shake on weekday nights, and sleeping more than I had, like, EVER.
And in officially less than 4 days (OHMYGODDECISIONZ), over a 1000 of you will be right there with year-ago-me. Yay, you now know where you're going to college (MIT, clearly), your teachers have given up on trying to make you work, and life is good.
But in the meantime, you probably want to do anything but work, so that is why I propose the following: an MIT Admissions Blogs wide game of Funny Farm.
It is pretty much impossible to solve this by yourself, though I wouldn't put it past an MIT applicant to actually be able to do it. The game is pretty self-explanatory: you start with the phrase "On A Farm," which is connected to a bunch of boxes. Those connecting lines indicate that the general idea of the connected box is along the lines of the original, and the number of dots is the number of letters in the word. Okay, in case I'm not making sense, here's the game with a couple of solutions in it:
Following? Okay, the clincher here is you can actually save the game AND just post the link they give you anywhere. Meaning, we can all work on this together and keep posting what progress we've made on the game in the comments. Even better, you can actually merge games, too, so if someone posts a new link you can just add their answers to the game you're working on.
So have at it, MIT applicants. Here's the link to the game I just started above. :)
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I wish I have time to play games...I'm having mock exams for the next one and a half week...
I'll try out the game soon =)
Posted by: Jesse on March 10, 2009 02:29 PM
I have an old version of this from when another blogger blogged about it!
It's somewhat far along, though... which might eliminate some of the fun
Posted by: Rebeca on March 10, 2009 02:33 PM
Something went wrong.
This is probably caused by too much traffic.
Whoops. ;)
Posted by: Anon on March 10, 2009 02:35 PM
Seriously, even if you start there this will STILL take forever.
Posted by: Shannon on March 10, 2009 02:40 PM
Maybe 10 friends and I worked on this over e-mail, and finished one a while ago. Took a while. All of us high school juniors at the time. This should be fun, though :-D
Posted by: Cam on March 10, 2009 03:11 PM
Shannon: I know... it took me forever just to get there.
Posted by: Rebeca on March 10, 2009 03:21 PM
Something went wrong.
This is probably caused by too much traffic.
same here
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 03:48 PM
A few people (approximately 40) and I finished it! WOOOO!
Posted by: Megan on March 10, 2009 03:55 PM
Funny Farm!
It consumed so much of my time last year, heh.
Something else you guys should check out is the Tim Tang Test (just google it online). I got to Level 99 in a few months last year when I didn't have any work and never got past 99 (that level is friggin hard!) :( haha.
Posted by: Oasis '11 on March 10, 2009 04:06 PM
ocean ware, of course
Posted by: comboy on March 10, 2009 04:11 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 04:51 PM
Added one, just so I could say I participated lol.
Posted by: Ilyanep on March 10, 2009 04:52 PM
the point is to add on to someone else's work.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 05:00 PM
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 05:34 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 05:43 PM
is this page's formatting messed up for anyone else? or is it just me.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 05:50 PM
Posted by: MIT hopeful on March 10, 2009 05:51 PM
Posted by: MIT hopeful on March 10, 2009 05:52 PM
thanks ngolsh
let me forget to sleep, ahan nice coffee is gonna be made
Matt A: I'm afraid of your links, if i click i'm sure i'll see more than 25 parts completed
let me learn to walk after i drink my coffee
Posted by: comboy on March 10, 2009 05:57 PM
^ got this down...
Posted by: Tanstripe on March 10, 2009 06:01 PM
are those near cow "..." something cow
yes of course
three dots for cow, add something before them
Posted by: comboy on March 10, 2009 06:06 PM
this does bring back some memories ;) too bad we never finished...maybe this time we will ^.^
Posted by: Mary on March 10, 2009 06:07 PM
Ah, I won't participate in this because I've done that whole game before over a long period of time ^.^" It's one of those "the whole thing comes back to you as you complete more of it" deals, so it would really be cheating for someone who's already done it to do it again.
But man, some of those were really hard -.-" If you know all the answers, the entire thing goes by in minutes, but figuring out some of those just takes CONSTANT CONTEMPLATION~ I spent a lot of free time in class jotting down options for certain connections when I got stuck, and tried them all when I got home~ Needless to say, I googled many of the words that came up because, as I found out, I had never even heard of what the game said was connected to them! I think it would've been more fun in a group~
Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009 06:08 PM
@ngolsh
the formatting is messed up because of the mile-long links xD
I wish I had the time to do this... -.-
I have so much work to do right now.
plus I just got back from a 4 hour choir rehearsal.. 7 hours tomorrow and same on thursday O_O
Posted by: deng on March 10, 2009 06:10 PM
I got a couple added. Here it is. http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=facbcbaaaaaaabacaaaacaaaaaabaaaaaeabiaaabaabaeeabcaaaaaaacacaaaaaopiaaaapbaaeaaaaaaaaaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wcbtxvduwtwozmtxpcpzthzwwygcjrdzuqycswzjdrbxzswyboyvuxtctwatymgdgjvfdzdb&i=1&j=2&cmd=guess&guess=+
Posted by: Tyler '13 hopeful on March 10, 2009 06:11 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 06:13 PM
I just lost the game.
Posted by: Noelle on March 10, 2009 06:25 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 06:26 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 06:26 PM
GAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
DAMMNNNN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha jk.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 06:27 PM
hey wait, i'm trvly feeling that i'm using google and counting dots more than using my grey-cells.
Posted by: comboy on March 10, 2009 06:32 PM
there should be beaver somewhere, i'm not in the farm, counting dots is not funny - that doesn't mean i feel sleepy.
Posted by: comboy on March 10, 2009 06:34 PM
My boyfriend and I did that in one sitting (~2 hours) ^.^
Posted by: Michelle from Israel on March 10, 2009 06:34 PM
kitty kitty kitty
I have a lot (partly thanks to you guys), but now I am stuck...
Anyway, I'll pay it forward.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 06:35 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 06:45 PM
Posted by: nesi on March 10, 2009 06:48 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 06:52 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 06:52 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 06:59 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 07:03 PM
Merged the last two and added a few...I fail at pop culture.
@Comboy
I only added like 2 the first time I posted, I have no idea why you'd say that.
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 07:03 PM
oops, forgot the link, and ngolsh beat me to it
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 07:07 PM
"itchy & scratchy" is the one between Tom & Jerry and the Simpsons
Posted by: Dago on March 10, 2009 07:10 PM
Keane is another one in British Bands..... Do all the games merge by themselves? or do we have to merge them?
Posted by: Dago on March 10, 2009 07:12 PM
A few of mine plus Dago's answer
No, we have to merge them, but there's an easy way to do it in the game by pasting in someone else's link
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 07:14 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 07:17 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 07:18 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 07:21 PM
check out the upper right, help me out with that
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 07:24 PM
Don't forget everyone, your real objective is to solve the metapuzzle; after you unlock all 4 yellow clue boxes, you can do so by typing your answer in the guess box at any time. It is actually possible to beat the game in 47 guesses or less... though you have to already know the full paths to do that >.>
Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009 07:28 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 07:33 PM
And I don't consider this a spoiler even if it's not in the hints (not gonna read the hints; it might be there, since it seems like an "obvious place" for hints to be :P), but all 4 clues are in the corner-boxes. I noticed by the most recent update that you have not even found the yellow box in the one corner currently unlocked, much less guessed what is inside.
Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009 07:34 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 07:37 PM
Ahahahah, don't be silly! You've already solved what's likely a greater percentage of the puzzle than when I solved it; in puzzles like this, I have a tendency to "work towards the corners and then solve inwards", so it's a coincidence that I found all the clues so fast.
And if our great class of 2013 wants to find every single connection in the entire game rather than just solve the metapuzzle, that's a really amazing thing :P
Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009 07:42 PM
some more, who knows about Japan?
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 07:44 PM
Aww, that would be the section I'd be most useful in out of the whole puzzle!
Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009 07:46 PM
I got a meta-puzzle box open in the upper left corner!
my brain hurts
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 07:48 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 07:54 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 07:56 PM
pizza break! someone please take over the merging for a while
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 07:59 PM
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 07:59 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 08:06 PM
Posted by: Hamid on March 10, 2009 08:06 PM
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:06 PM
kitty kitty kitty
Some friends and I have almost completed the left side.
A couple of these are SO obvious after the fact...
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 08:07 PM
merged Anonymous, hamid, and my own
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:08 PM
Every little bit counts (i added one word ;P):
Posted by: Marktu on March 10, 2009 08:09 PM
wow, matt A. I just realized i've been observed here. this sentence proves i'm not sleeping which is not a beneficial piece of information
beauty comes here, i've just seen openSolaris desktop. please distribute your passion with penguins on march 14
Posted by: comboy on March 10, 2009 08:09 PM
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:12 PM
dinner break for me too, someone keep merging to get everyone's answers in
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 08:13 PM
what's the html syntax to hyperlink words within this textbox instead of pasting the entire address?
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:13 PM
Matt A's and what i just posted
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:14 PM
I don't need more stuff to do while I wait... but this was so alluring I just lost 20 minutes playing around with it (didn't get too far and someone else had already gotten what I did).
Darn you Shannon =P I have to run to a dress rehearsal and I still have hw to do..
Posted by: Chris on March 10, 2009 08:20 PM
Out of ideas guys. Here's what I have:
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:23 PM
Before I go I made a little progress with rocks. I think there is another google service that relates to earth science, and a dinosaur with a second word of four letters. Merged with James's latest.
Posted by: Chris on March 10, 2009 08:27 PM
Chris, you missed Kung-fu i think...right of bottom left
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:32 PM
Here's some more progress. There's a different-coloured box in the upper right section (yellow, instead of the usual orange.) Not sure what that means, though.
http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=npppodpdclppppphdjnbpdkhpcllolndopppmphkphjphohpplchhhppdkpdfopofopinmppppolfmipplpnpphobiajpbaaaaaegbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=tdfuvthsbqvsqdnszwswxczyzuiydtwqsuxzyeamioirutgypmaapvymspcseykablzeaiei&i=4&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+
Posted by: cadaeib on March 10, 2009 08:35 PM
it's a hint to the solution to the whole meta-puzzle. There's four of them
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 08:37 PM
Thank you MIT for forcing me to learn HTML for textboxes
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:38 PM
rofl omfg "that 70s show" is an answer?!! cadaeib have you never seen that show?
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:40 PM
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 08:48 PM
*doesn't want to miss any puzzle-age to look up html*
Movie time in the bottom left corner!!
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 08:50 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 08:52 PM
Hahahah, if 70 didn't show up in the middle of it, I doubt anyone could have gotten that from "Vista" :P
But 2 more to go, guys ^.^ Then you can all start guessing at the answer to the metapuzzle (won't take very long at that point).
Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009 08:52 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 08:56 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:01 PM
HOLY CRAP!!! THIS IS MIT AND NONE OF US THOUGHT OF PUTTING ACID WITH BASE!!! Epic fail.....XO
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:02 PM
annnnnd we got it at the same time, but it still should have been earlier
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:03 PM
Posted by: Hamid on March 10, 2009 09:04 PM
Definitely going to try this on my own.
I'm sure it'll still be keeping me occupied when I get my decisions... -next- year.
Posted by: Anon on March 10, 2009 09:08 PM
New square (right middle) has 'LSD' and 'drugs'
Someone needs to merge, though
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:08 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:08 PM
Soooooooo closssseeee...........
thats what she said.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:09 PM
opium is a word, too
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:12 PM
More done in the second to last square........
Reservoir Dogs? really? haha :)
great movie though.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:15 PM
I opened up a new block about drugs but had a hard time getting all of them in there
Posted by: anon on March 10, 2009 09:17 PM
yeah I think the whole board is too many, so I got 3 friends, we're doing okay. It takes up more time this way :)
Posted by: Logan on March 10, 2009 09:22 PM
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:22 PM
maybe I'm behind, but I have only the lower right square left pink
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:23 PM
you're a bit behind, but I merged you in just in case you had one we didn't. This is really all I'm doing because I'm stumped right now.
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:26 PM
I think I've merged this one with almost all of them, with a few words added by me:
Posted by: Eric J. on March 10, 2009 09:26 PM
why can't i comment?
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:31 PM
lets guess the topic of the second to last square... we have v*agra and c*alis to go off of now :) haha
i had to censor them, the server was filtering it
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:33 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:37 PM
rofl that's hilarious. what does v*agra and c*alis have to do with spam?
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 09:38 PM
^Haven't you ever gotten spam advertising them?
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:39 PM
It's not cheating to use google is it?
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:40 PM
nope.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:41 PM
Depends on your pride. I haven't, and I don't think anyone else here has.
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:42 PM
http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=npppodpdcppppppphnpjpdkhpkplplnhopppmppkphnphphppllhphppdlphhopopppipoppppolfmipplpnpppphihlpbihbaaegbajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=vyysuqbpvszvvdrvuwubakqnzthxyrezxrzwtvwdioaqqqabvpcaqssmrszyavfhaivlzddb&i=2&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+
Midnight Train to Georgia!
[I'm the mysterious googler]
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:42 PM
or maybe I'm just idealistic...*sigh*
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:43 PM
To be sure, I googled "midnight train to," so it wasn't too bad.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:45 PM
almost there. lets do this.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:47 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:49 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 09:49 PM
Michael Jackson.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:49 PM
Posted by: Eric J. on March 10, 2009 09:50 PM
Wow, I LOL's at the spam page
update with like 2 random ones I found back towards the middle and probably won't help.
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:50 PM
Subject found: medical dramas
Posted by: Sam ('13?) // stevethepirate on March 10, 2009 09:50 PM
Posted by: Sam ('13?) // stevethepirate on March 10, 2009 09:53 PM
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:53 PM
do we win now??
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:53 PM
I have to quit now. I can't wait to see what it'll be like tomorrow :p
Posted by: Eric J. on March 10, 2009 09:54 PM
oh damn, we're missing the bottom left. anyone got a spare bottom left i can borrow?
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:55 PM
Not yet, head for the bottom left and get you movie cap on
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:55 PM
merge with hospital filled into bottom right
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 09:56 PM
a couple more answers (bottom left)
Posted by: Sam ('13?) // stevethepirate on March 10, 2009 09:57 PM
last box in sight!
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 09:58 PM
Dang it!! The only cult film I can think of is Rocky Horror :(
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:00 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:01 PM
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE!!!!!!!!!
woooooooo
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:03 PM
My Grandfather helped edit Plan 9 from Outer Space! This game is so exciting!
Posted by: Marina '13? on March 10, 2009 10:08 PM
Grey's Anatomy got lost somewhere in the bottom right box
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:12 PM
REALLY ALMOST DONE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who's gonna get the last word?
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:12 PM
Posted by: Peter on March 10, 2009 10:12 PM
not really a big deal, we don't need it. What we need is the last yellow box in the bottom left.
Yellow Box!!! Reveal to us your secrets!!
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:13 PM
not really a big deal, we don't need it. What we need is the last yellow box in the bottom left.
Yellow Box!!! Reveal to us your secrets!!
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:14 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:14 PM
Posted by: Sam ('13?) // stevethepirate on March 10, 2009 10:15 PM
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:16 PM
Okay,
X-Files
That 70s Show
hospital
religious cults
what's the connection?
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:16 PM
what, no creme filling?
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:18 PM
Hint #15
To solve the meta-puzzle, put the two left ones together and get something red. Add the top-right and get into the right state. Then add the last clue and you will win.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:20 PM
But can you guys finish all the boxes, that's the question.
bum bum bummmmm.
Posted by: Shannon on March 10, 2009 10:21 PM
x-files + religious cult = something red.
hmmmmmmmmm
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:22 PM
Don't do that to me Shannon, I have homework to do!!
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:23 PM
Wikipedia yielded an X-files episode about Satanism
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:26 PM
there was an x-files episode called red museum.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:26 PM
What about kool-aid? It's red and would go w/ religious cult. No vague clue regarding x-files.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:28 PM
i think that was the episode! so Red museum + that 70's show. something to do with a state.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:28 PM
That '70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:29 PM
crap keep forgetting to type my name.
the above anonymous is me.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:30 PM
so wisconsin + hospital + red + museum.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:31 PM
Red forman
Posted by: Peter on March 10, 2009 10:31 PM
The x-files episode also takes place in Wisconsin.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:31 PM
From a Google search : "The X-Files episode Via Negativa dealt with a murderous religious cult leader."
Any leads?
Posted by: anon on March 10, 2009 10:31 PM
Posted by: Peter on March 10, 2009 10:32 PM
does the red museum part involve a religious cult?
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:33 PM
Maybe we should try finishing the actual puzzle before doing the metapuzzle.
Posted by: anon on March 10, 2009 10:35 PM
ngolsh, if you've solved the meta-puzzle already, just tell everyone the answer and link to the all-important "game clear" page :P
alternatively, if you haven't, I hope that admitting that what you said was fairly relevant doesn't give too much away.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:36 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:38 PM
Ah, I typed that when I only saw you mention Wisconsin >_____>
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:38 PM
haha i solved it, but its rather anticlimactic.
everyone ready?
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:39 PM
^ thats me. i always forget to fill in my name...
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:40 PM
just please tell me it's not painfully obvious.
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:40 PM
@nglosh:
Ahh, no!
Posted by: Anon on March 10, 2009 10:41 PM
@ngolsh:
Find some way to privately message people who want the answer, but please don't put it up here. :/
Posted by: Anon on March 10, 2009 10:42 PM
@Matt
No, I promise you it is NOT painfully obvious, but I assumed it would take you all less time to get the answer than it did me after you got all the clues unlocked.
@last anon, that's not possible here (private messages). This has been a collaborative effort of the MIT blogs, what's wrong with posting the results?! He can just post a screenshot if you want.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:45 PM
A little bit more...
Posted by: Jen on March 10, 2009 10:46 PM
well, here goes anyway.
we know the X-Files episode, Red Museum, about some weird cult-type thing in Wisconsin.
we have That 70's show, set in Wisconsin.
the final meta-clue is hospital.
hospitals and museums in Wisconsin turned up nothing.
In That 70's show, Kitty was a nurse at a hospital. so google Wisconsin nurse museum, no answer, but something about a nurse who worked in a psychiatric hospital.
So I searched for Wisconsin psychiatric hospital, which gave Aurora Psychiatric Hospital.
http://www.aurorahealthcare.org/facilities/display.asp?ID=0010
i stuck it in the box...
and
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:47 PM
sh*t.
sorry guys.
my bad......
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:48 PM
*&$@&^@#*&$^@#&*$.
sorry guys.
my bad......
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:48 PM
now i feel like an a**.
sorry guys!
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:49 PM
jeez, that's nuts, I don't think I ever would have thought to follow that trail. Heck, I was lucky that I knew Kitty was a nurse.
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:50 PM
i missed you guys telling me to stop. then it was too late.
well, it was fun. i'm goin to bed, nice working with everyone
Posted by: ngolsh on March 10, 2009 10:51 PM
Hahahah, it's not a problem. I told that Anon up there that it was a collaborative effort. You had every right to post the solution.
Funny thing, when I did this last year, I solved it from the OTHER direction, the X-files! In Red Museum, the person who killed Deep Throat appears. In the episode Deep Throat, Wisconsin's Aurora program is mentioned. Searching Aurora yielded that hospital, and voila! And as backing up of my idea, searching wikipedia for auroras most commonly shows "red" ones. And naturally, this whole ordeal took longer than the huge group effort everyone did just now ^.^
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:51 PM
@Ngolsh
Don't, I agree with the collaborative effort thing. And besides, now I can get to my homework I've been procrastinating for the last several hours to do this. :/
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 10:51 PM
Well, that was a fun diversion.
Will we be getting another one tomorrow? ;D
Posted by: Sam ('13?) // stevethepirate on March 10, 2009 10:53 PM
Woohoo! We finished before midnight. Think we can do the same in MIT?
Posted by: James on March 10, 2009 10:55 PM
@stevethepirate
There's another puzzle on the main page that's called a to craZy or something like that. Go have fun. :D
Posted by: anonymous on March 10, 2009 10:56 PM
Hahahah, this entire deal has only been a single type of puzzle, but having everyone solve it together made me yearn for our first Mystery Hunt at MIT! Who else is staying/coming back for Mystery Hunt every year during IAP?
Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009 10:59 PM
Narce, I was thinking the same thing. I just hope I get the opportunity.
Posted by: Matt A. on March 10, 2009 11:02 PM
ngolsh, you didn't get all that from this last post did you? =/
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 11:03 PM
@James- No, you will likely not get things done before midnight if you come to MIT. Case in point: I still have an essay to write tonight, though this is partly me having poor time management.
@Sam//stevethepirate- Potentially. It'll depend on if I can find another semi-obscure-nearly-impossible game by tomorrow. :P
Also, good job, guys. Way to not do real work tonight. I'm proud.
Posted by: Shannon on March 10, 2009 11:21 PM
martini... cocktails
it was bound to happen
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 11:40 PM
Wow, no offense, ngolsh, but that's worded surprisingly similarly....
And it took me a couple/few hours to find the X-files method to the answer when I did this puzzle over a year ago. (after I FINALLY, after months of working alone, had all 4 clues, mind you)
Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009 11:44 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 10, 2009 11:45 PM
I just linked to it as my URL.
Posted by: Another anon on March 10, 2009 11:51 PM
Here's several more.
Posted by: Another anon on March 11, 2009 12:10 AM
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 06:59 AM
http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=ppppodppdppppppphnpppdlppkplplnpopppmpplphnphpppppppppppppphpppppppppoppppolnnipplpnpppphiplppphpoaghppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=ryxavugzzsdsudxbrfpvrkwxuwazdrbtzyfartugztyubtzcttwuvurgtzcwusmdzcrizadz&i=3&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+
But of course -- the Mighty Ducks!
Posted by: Anonymous on March 11, 2009 07:13 AM
Hahahah, as I expected, you're working so hard to clear the whole board XD
Posted by: Narce on March 11, 2009 07:57 AM
I am into computers, so I found boot loader:D
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 09:21 AM
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 09:47 AM
Found Prince => Prince of Persia
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 09:48 AM
Mother Theresa and Gray's Anatomy
Posted by: Mary and IKillian on March 11, 2009 12:08 PM
Home for the Dying to Death to Seppuku to Japan
Posted by: Mary and Killian on March 11, 2009 12:30 PM
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 12:48 PM
Dragons to dragonflies to bugs
Posted by: Mary on March 11, 2009 12:50 PM
Posted by: Mary on March 11, 2009 12:54 PM
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 01:12 PM
Cocktail to White Russian to marijuana
Posted by: Mary and Klimas on March 11, 2009 01:12 PM
whoops added the bomb from Anthony P
Posted by: Mary on March 11, 2009 01:15 PM
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 01:54 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 11, 2009 01:55 PM
the last one was me!
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 01:57 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 11, 2009 02:00 PM
that was also me! Sorry!!!
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 02:01 PM
thats really weird......
i swear i didn't look at that....
someone thinks like me, i guess. or rather i think like someone else.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 11, 2009 03:53 PM
when i typed in those things i said in my explanation into google, a bunch of stuff about the game came up, like forums and things. so i knew i was close. but i purposely avoided them. cheating just makes it pointless.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 11, 2009 03:55 PM
Movie and Alcoholics anonymous to "Days of wine and roses"
my friend really likes that movie. it's super old
Posted by: Anonymous on March 11, 2009 05:18 PM
@ ngolsh
I agree with you, cheating makes it pointless!
Though it is not cheating if you google for certain words and not for the game!
E.g. you can google bug powder dust and find out that it is a song from bomb the bass or you could google for cocktail names!
Posted by: Anthony P on March 11, 2009 05:45 PM
@Anthony P
You could have merged with mine-- it already had several of the ones you found xD but nice job.
@ngolsh
Heh yeah, you even had the same wrong leads as that person.
Posted by: Another anon on March 11, 2009 06:06 PM
i could try to convince you, but you guys are still gonna think i cheated. i agree that its scarily similar, but i really, really didn't look at that. if you won't take my honest word for it, then i won't be able to convince you any other way.
Posted by: ngolsh on March 11, 2009 07:35 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 11, 2009 10:43 PM
You all seem to be missing "computer games" in the upper right:
http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=ppppohppdppppppphnpppplppoppplppppppppppppnphpppppppppppppphpppppppppoppppolnpppplpnppppppplppphppaohppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wwavxsatcvyapivqtbxdseqpptyazszxpuxbwwvmizfrsbahbrwaqrrgwocayrkkbcwdbiib&i=3&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+
Posted by: Kevin L. on March 11, 2009 11:03 PM
^ Small, random updates,
product of insomnia....
Posted by: Laura W. on March 12, 2009 12:51 AM
Posted by: Tyler '13 Hopeful on March 12, 2009 05:42 PM
ladies and gentlemen, this is comboy coming to you from openSolaris.
i feel like i'm dead, such a killing process to reach internet from solaris. 5:27 AM
happy penguin day, that's how we DO what we Say
first internet page i saw in firefox 3.0.4 in solaris 11 was mit.edu (a few minutes ago)
Posted by: comboy on March 12, 2009 11:30 PM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 13, 2009 01:29 AM
Posted by: Anonymous on March 13, 2009 01:59 AM
Posted by: Tyler '13 Hopeful on March 13, 2009 08:16 AM
who would make the answer some random hospital in wisconsin...?
is it supposed to mean something
Posted by: Anonymous on March 13, 2009 04:51 PM
Nope, it just makes the puzzle reeeeeally hard.
Posted by: Matt A. on March 13, 2009 05:27 PM
Posted by: Anthony P on March 14, 2009 05:14 AM
Red Forman, Office, Microsoft => Redmond...That was nice:P
Posted by: Anthony P on March 14, 2009 05:15 AM
cocktail => flaming jesus (found on 1001cocktails.com)
Posted by: Anonymous on March 14, 2009 05:24 AM
It was me with the cocktail!!!:D
Posted by: Anthony P on March 14, 2009 12:58 PM
Um.. it's completely finished.
Posted by: Ester '13 on March 15, 2009 03:48 AM
