Sanderson Puzzlehunt: Earth Round

[Kidpen he/him]

Oh dang I have not looked at General Brandon in a while. Lemme know if this reopens.

[MetaTerminal he/him]

There will be a delay between Round 1 and 2, since I’m not quite happy with those puzzles yet (ie I haven’t written some of them). During that time I’ll probably let people drop out and sign up as they wish.

Activity picked up hugely over the afternoon, which is phenomenal. Thanks to everyone who is putting a lot of time into this - it feels really good to make something and then watch people enjoy it. Things like these are only as successful as its participants, and participation has been excellent.

EDIT: Team 5 is storming ahead after a slow start, with 4 rapid solves in the past few hours putting them in second place behind Team Voidapple. The winning team may be the one to solve the meta first, which is exciting!

Edited January 27, 2019 by MetaTerminal

[MetaTerminal he/him]

ATTENTION TO ALL TEAMS: I have made a terrible error.

Please be aware that the meta is not quite accurate. The answer for Puzzle 1 doesn’t clue what fits in the blanks - it instead clues the opposite of what fits in the blanks. The antonym, you might say.

My extreme apologies for this. It won’t happen again.

IMPORTANT NOTE #2: Team 4 has now solved all puzzles except for the meta, putting them in second place behind Voidapple. Unless one of the other teams catch up (which is also likely), the first among those two to solve the meta will win the round.

IMPORTANT NOTE #3: Team 5 has solved the meta with four answers, and is 15 points from a full score. If they solve their final puzzle before either of the other teams solve the meta, they will win. It is quite literally neck and neck right now.

Edited January 27, 2019 by MetaTerminal

[MetaTerminal he/him]

And we have a winner!

Congratulations to Team 5, who is the first team to solve every puzzle and thus to reach 100 points.

Teams 1 and 4 are still in competition for second place.

[MetaTerminal he/him]

Congratulations to Team Voidapple, who made it to second place exactly 48 hours after the first puzzle was posted. Amazing work, y’all!

I will keep the round open for another day or so, in order to let more teams complete the meta. 

EDIT: Team 6 stuck with Puzzle 3, and have solved it! Well done!

Edited January 28, 2019 by MetaTerminal

[RShara she/her]

Congrats to team 5! You beat us by an hour, darn it! <3

[Exalted]

Just now, RShara said:

Congrats to team 5! You beat us by an hour, darn it! <3

Nice job to you too! We really thought you were going to win for most of it.

[Snipexe he/him]

Congrats to team 5 and Voidapple!

[RShara she/her]

@MetaTerminal Are you reopening sign ups, then?

[MetaTerminal he/him]

Probably tomorrow. I’m still accepting answer submissions - Team 6 just solved the meta with minimal cluing - very well done to them. I’m expecting two of the other teams to get the meta soon.

I’ve also got a lot of things to say, which I will do through a wrap up post which will probably be the one to reopen signups. So that will go up in another 12 hours.

Edited January 28, 2019 by MetaTerminal

[+Doomstick he/him]

Team six has decided on a name

[MetaTerminal he/him]

I will bear that in mind for both wrapup and next round. I shall imagine the core solvers for each team should remain roughly the same.

@Karnatheon and the rest of Team 2, will you be aiming to solve the meta this round? If so, I will probably keep answer submissions open to allow for that.

EDIT: Well done to Team 4, who persevered on the meta for a long time (well over 12 hours) and finally cracked it.

Edited January 28, 2019 by MetaTerminal

[Karnatheon he/him]

8 hours ago, MetaTerminal said:

I will bear that in mind for both wrapup and next round. I shall imagine the core solvers for each team should remain roughly the same.

@Karnatheon and the rest of Team 2, will you be aiming to solve the meta this round? If so, I will probably keep answer submissions open to allow for that.

EDIT: Well done to Team 4, who persevered on the meta for a long time (well over 12 hours) and finally cracked it.

I would really appreciate it yes.

[RShara she/her]

When we're done, it'd be fun to share the google docs so we can see each other's thought processes

[MountainKing]

I would like to join.

[+ElephantEarwax he/him]

Yo I'll join for next round. I'll be around for it or on the discord if I forget. If I do forget someone hit me with a spike or something. 

Edited January 28, 2019 by ElephantEarwax

[MetaTerminal he/him]

@MountainKing @ElephantEarwax I’ve put you down as joining the next round, which will happen at a slightly delayed time because I haven’t written it yet. I shall cover that all in wrapup however.

And I shall keep out a spare throwing spike for you, EE.

[+Doomstick he/him]

Can you list who’s on which team so we know who we’re up against? (On the intro to round 2)

[+Invocation]

I'm down to do round two when it starts, even if I'm not the best at puzzles and my team is still trying the meta (which I'm completely lost on)

Edited January 28, 2019 by Invocation

[+Doomstick he/him]

I probably won’t be available next weekend so if next round isn’t then, I’ll be grateful @MetaTerminal

[MetaTerminal he/him]

When you say next weekend - this Saturday or the one after?

I’ll do my best to run it either before or after the weekend (the one after). Rn I’m aiming for starting next Monday or Tuesday, but that may not be possible for what I’m planning. I’ll keep you all updated.

[+Doomstick he/him]

February 2-3, you should get a puzzle making team

Edited January 28, 2019 by The Last Post

[Podman]

I’d love to join the next round. 

[StrikerEZ he/him]

Wow, this went a lot faster than I though it’d be paced. As much fun as this could be, I think I’ll have to dropout for a couple rounds.

[MetaTerminal he/him]

8 hours ago, The Last Post said:

you should get a puzzle making team

I’ve had a number of wonderful people offer to assist. Given that helping write would likely preclude you from playing, however, I’m likely to try and go it alone.

@StrikerEZ No problem. I know a number of people who were planning to participate more than they did because of IRL reasons, so if it’s not feasible to keep up then this is the right decision.

@Podman36 I’ve put you down on the list.