MouseAdventure - Page 15

innerSpaceman · 11-06-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Did any of you look at the original sheets with the pieces?

Yeah, that's what I meant? Whoever was looking at the original drawings
(unless - sorry to say - really ditzed out) had to know it was packing crates and luggage and trunks. They had shipping labels all over them, by golly. They were perfect line drawings of suitcases, crates and trunks (oh, and one flower pot, huh?)

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

even though the Sudoko quest misdirected us to Critter Country...

That's where my Skip-the-Frelling-Puzzle skills came into play. Just about any fastpass would work. It was just a matter of finding one of the right ones (of which I suspect there were many). It was far quicker to try a couple of FP locations than to complete the puzzle. (BTW, even though it apparently wasn't the correct answer, a California Screamin' fast pass worked perfectly to decipher the next clue.)

Similarly with the cross-word, just putting in the last line or two got the question that was needed. I suck at puzzles, but am great at figuring out how to get away with as little solving as possible!

NirvanaMan · 11-06-2006, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Yeah, that's what I meant? Whoever was looking at the original drawings
(unless - sorry to say - really ditzed out) had to know it was packing crates and luggage and trunks. They had shipping labels all over them, by golly. They were perfect line drawings of suitcases, crates and trunks (oh, and one flower pot, huh?)

Well, that would be the entire team. A team that did finish the game btw.

But in all seriousness, no, no one saw it. And I would hardly say it was clear. What you call "shipping labels" you have to realize were rectangles with other rectangles inside of them. Hardly definitive. Then there were the things that looked like wastebaskets with trash in them...oh and those things that looked like envelopes. One of which, had an extra circle in it. Yes..clear as day.

Who the **** packs a flower pot anyway?

Alex · 11-06-2006, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

Who the **** packs a flower pot anyway?

Hat box.

€uroMeinke · 11-06-2006, 09:36 PM

And why is it so hard to get another beer at Mimi's?

innerSpaceman · 11-06-2006, 09:38 PM

I was glad just to get my dinner.

(after a bit of deja vu reminder of why I haven't been there in years)

NirvanaMan · 11-06-2006, 09:51 PM

Eh, I liked the compass task. While it did not necessarily give you an exact location, it got you close enough where you would then have to hunt a bit. I thought it was fresh, clever and rather fun.

innerSpaceman · 11-06-2006, 10:07 PM

Oh, and I, too, appreciate the effort - often successful - to come up with fresh ideas after all this time.

I would prefer that iffy ones (if the staff does consider them iffy) be saved for the classic format, where it's not all or nothing.

And yes, I realize that the Esplanade was the only central point between two parks ... which, to my way of thinking, made it pretty much useless for both of them. Rather, I think there should have been some staffed location in each park. Having to take a big time penalty is bad enough without having to go so far (and back) for the privilege.

Sorry to nik pit. I know (believe me I know) it's not easy to come up with these games, and to keep them fresh year after year after year.

But, as with Alex, my skills lie in strategy and multitasking. No more Mad Scramble for me. Just not my cup of tea.

(And I hate to think how much I would have hated the compasses if I wasn't constantly tickled that €uro actually brought his own in a prescient bit of flukery.)

Alex · 11-06-2006, 10:16 PM

Because of the Invitiational, though, some sad young Boy Scout went to one of several Orange County Wal-Marts last week in search of a cheap (but reasonably accurate) compass only to go away empty handed.

The humanitarian toll of MouseAdventure is phenomenal.

By the way, I just looked and saw that the high yesterday was 90 degrees. Just a couple days earlier the forecast was 80 degrees. The power of MouseAdventure to make the sun hotter is awe-inspiring. Someday I'm going to schedule the game so that we make the sun go dark in the middle of it and all the savages (players) will tremble before us.

Not Afraid · 11-06-2006, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

(And I hate to think how much I would have hated the compasses if I wasn't constantly tickled that €uro actually brought his own in a prescient bit of flukery.)

Of course, had we not tanked, we would probably have be disqualified for using outside material.

Alex · 11-06-2006, 10:31 PM

What did you all think of the puzzle that lead you to Buzz? The one you did on the train or Mark Twain? We were calling it the advent calendar puzzle, the one you had to cut the windows into the letter grid.

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I was glad just to get my dinner. (after a bit of deja vu reminder of why I haven't been there in years)
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NirvanaMan Making Change Happen Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 990	Eh, I liked the compass task. While it did not necessarily give you an exact location, it got you close enough where you would then have to hunt a bit. I thought it was fresh, clever and rather fun.
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11-06-2006, 10:07 PM	#7
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh, and I, too, appreciate the effort - often successful - to come up with fresh ideas after all this time. I would prefer that iffy ones (if the staff does consider them iffy) be saved for the classic format, where it's not all or nothing. And yes, I realize that the Esplanade was the only central point between two parks ... which, to my way of thinking, made it pretty much useless for both of them. Rather, I think there should have been some staffed location in each park. Having to take a big time penalty is bad enough without having to go so far (and back) for the privilege. Sorry to nik pit. I know (believe me I know) it's not easy to come up with these games, and to keep them fresh year after year after year. But, as with Alex, my skills lie in strategy and multitasking. No more Mad Scramble for me. Just not my cup of tea. (And I hate to think how much I would have hated the compasses if I wasn't constantly tickled that €uro actually brought his own in a prescient bit of flukery.)
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11-06-2006, 10:16 PM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Because of the Invitiational, though, some sad young Boy Scout went to one of several Orange County Wal-Marts last week in search of a cheap (but reasonably accurate) compass only to go away empty handed. The humanitarian toll of MouseAdventure is phenomenal. By the way, I just looked and saw that the high yesterday was 90 degrees. Just a couple days earlier the forecast was 80 degrees. The power of MouseAdventure to make the sun hotter is awe-inspiring. Someday I'm going to schedule the game so that we make the sun go dark in the middle of it and all the savages (players) will tremble before us.
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11-06-2006, 10:31 PM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	What did you all think of the puzzle that lead you to Buzz? The one you did on the train or Mark Twain? We were calling it the advent calendar puzzle, the one you had to cut the windows into the letter grid.
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