0 'til 10: The Pweb Decathlon - Happy 10th Birthday, Pweb!

Talk about anything under the sun or stars - but keep it civil. This is where we really get to know each other. Everyone is welcome, and invited!

How awesome is Alea?

So awesome!
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Even more awesome!
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92%
 
Total votes: 13

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Postby Gravity Defier » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:30 pm

Participants, please make sure I have active e-mail addresses by the 22nd.



Starting this week, 6/9, please look for the PwebArchivist post for task updates, scoreboard, etc. I have asked someone else to take over the posting duties and they kindly agreed, so I turned over the PA name for clarity's sake. Updates will still be once a week, scoreboard will only be once a week now, tasks are still my brain children and thus subject to lameness, prize will still be given to the winner, but I will of course understand if you choose not to continue.

Thanks, folks.
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Postby locke » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:36 am

A couple guesses (marked with a questionmark, but really I had no idea whose sigs they were on three of these)

Caspian - Newbie to rhyme with boobie not noob to rhyme with boob

Eaquae Legit – Divide by cucumber error. Please reinstall universe and reboot.

HA? - I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.

Come a little closer. I promise not to eat you.

ValentineNicole? - Don’t ask me. I’m just a girl

Dr. Mobius - The enemy’s fly is down

Slim - A signature so short it’s slim
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

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Postby PwebArchivist » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:00 am

The Three Challenge

Nearing the end, guys; thanks for playing so far.

In this task, we're playing a game of Wheel of Fortune, of sorts. Your clue is "Place" and it is Pweb related, naturally. Unlike the show, there is no spinning. Instead, you have the blank puzzle.

If you are able to solve the puzzle without any help, you will receive at minimum 18 points - 1 point per letter (17) + 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 pts depending on how long it takes you to solve. If you solve on day one, you get 7 bonus points; solve on day 7, you get 1 and everything else falls in between. If you need help, the maximum you number of points you can get is 23; you can still get the bonus points (number depending on what day you solve) but you will lose a point from your total for every assist.

You will not guess a letter, you will ask me to reveal one to you and you will specify which letter exactly. For instance, you might want to know the third letter of word two, so you will tell me, "Word 2, Letter 3" or something similar. PM requests for assists to PwebArchivist.

We all know, no peeking at others' answers and you have until Tuesday, June 15th.

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Postby Dr. Mobius » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:51 am

I'm actually kinda hoping I'm wrong since it took me all of three seconds to figure out.
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Postby locke » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:10 am

I'm going to suggest that this be done entirely by PM, as it'll be damn hard to do it in the thread. I'm upping the PM limit, temporarily to 500 messages to accomadate this (primarily for the Archivist)
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

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Postby Jayelle » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:41 pm

I stared at it for awhile, got a clue and then felt stupid for not seeing it.

Milagre Town Square
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:18 pm

Milagre Town Square I was a bit baffled until I noticed the "place" category. Incidentally, Jan, it's really hard not to see your answer - might want to change the colour.
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Postby Jayelle » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:23 pm

Incidentally, Jan, it's really hard not to see your answer - might want to change the colour.
Sorry bout that. Fixed.
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Postby Petra456 » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:34 pm

Milagre Town Square. If i'm right, that one was pretty easy, I like it! : )
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:04 pm

Incidentally, Jan, it's really hard not to see your answer - might want to change the colour.
Sorry bout that. Fixed.
Cool beans! Thanks!
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Postby Rei » Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:04 pm

Milagre Town Square
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point.
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Postby BonitoDeMadrid » Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:44 am

Milagre Town Square
Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!

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Postby Eddie Pinz » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:49 am

Well I sent a pm, but since others are posting answers. I'm just going to follow their lead.

Milagre Town Square

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Postby jotabe » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:04 am

*sigh* i got 2 letters and still have no idea what is it...
how much do i suck? :roll:
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Postby Luet » Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:26 am

Darn, I don't get full points because I didn't get around to posting last night.



Milagre Town Square



Answer above ^
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Postby Gravity Defier » Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:26 am

Apologies for not responding to PMs outside of those needing assistance. I had this whole thing typed out about work conditions but who cares, the point is, I'm keeping on top of things as much as I can, so post here or send a PM, either is fine.

Scoreboard is updated to last night, is up further up the page and in the opening post of the thread. I also moved a copy of the task to the opening post last night, to try to help those who may be confused.

Next week should be less hectic (fewer programs at work), so I might be able to swing a midnight posting in the original thread. If not, it'll be on this page again. We'll see.
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Postby Dr. Mobius » Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:37 pm

Can I do the ones I've missed? I don't really care about winning, but I'm kinda curious where I'd rank on the scoreboard if I had been around for the whole thing. And besides, they look like fun.

I don't mind being the Barry Bonds of Pweb with an asterisk next to my score. :P
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Postby Gravity Defier » Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:38 pm

Sure; they're all in the opening post.
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Postby human. » Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:41 pm

Aww, I wish I had Internet this past week! Can I just guess the whole thing? If so, my guess is Milagre Town Square

If not, give me an M?

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Postby Petra456 » Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:58 pm

So, i'm attempting the bottom line.

Salaam
A pencil (i've heard stories of this, so i'm kinda iffy on this one).
Link to comic
ZOOSEX!!!
strokeman

and for the bonus questions, The Canadian Alliance!
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:43 pm



Bottom Row:
Salaam; Pencils; Link; ZOO SEX!!!; sparky_adams

Bonus:
Official Pweb Drink: Limeaide
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Postby Jayelle » Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:25 pm

Bottom row, ftw!

Salaam
Pencil
Link to comic
ZOOSEX!!!
Morningstar


Other one:
Non US, Non Canadians: Jotabe, BonitodeMadrid and Falka/Kama.
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Postby Gravity Defier » Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:08 pm

Darn, I wish I were evil enough to slip that image out and put a new one in its place before I get any more bottom row-ers.

Sadly, I feel fantastic.
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Postby Rei » Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:20 pm


Going for the first column:

Canadian Alliance
Two stars
Yebra, Jebus, and Jota
http ://artofmanliness. com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/ Make tea, not love. @ 21:19 (to EL)
Salaam.

And then, because I have a certain fondness for our Official Pweb Drink, Limeaide.
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Postby human. » Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:32 am

P Column!

Canadian Alliance

Two Stars

Bonito, Jota, Yebra

(I have to use aim mail to get on because there's no aim on this computer, so there's no time stamp, but I'm sure Wil would vouch for me!) This was at 11:20ish AM petraarkanian91: I'm IMing you! Wil: Whoa. Whoa whoa whoa. Hey there! haha

Salaam


For an extra, Pwebchat battle cry "ZOO SEX !!!" The first time I got in the chat, that was so intimidating...


Edit for font color.

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Postby Luet » Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:51 am



Second row, from left to right:

1. 2 stars
2. Jason (neo-dragon)
3. http://www.philoticweb.net/phpBB2/viewt ... 1815#91815
4. KillEvilBanned
5. Club Philote

Extra answer: Official drink of Pweb is Limeaid

And without really trying I could have answered 12 additional boxes. :)



It shows how many years it's been since I have used IM or chat as those were the two that I knew I couldn't do/guess at all. :?
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:32 pm

Actually, I think you're still on my AIM buddy list, Nomi. *waves*
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Postby Mich » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:31 pm

I'm a-doin' the P line:

Canadian Alliance
2
Yebra, Jotabe, and... hurm. Bonito?
dariamsssw 6:28 pm :p
Salaam
Shell the unshellable, crawl the uncrawlible.

Row--row.

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Postby Luet » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:38 pm

Aww, thanks, Ali. Honestly, the reason I gave up chatting was because I can't seem to do it in moderation. I'm like a former addict. AIM once took up so much of my life that I let important things fall into neglect. So, I had to make myself give it up all together and stick to the forum, pms and emails.
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Postby Syphon the Sun » Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:12 pm

I tried to do as many as I could. Linky. There were some that I had no idea on, some that I guessed, and some that I actually knew.
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Postby Eddie Pinz » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:51 am


This is me being lazy because I don't want to link to something or IM anyone so...
I'm going to do diagonal from left to right.

P: Canadian Alliance
-: Neo_Dragon
W: December 31, 1969
E: Taalcon, locke, Stephen_Sywak, Jane, ethan, IdemosthenesI
B: I am sad I was disqualified from this answer, but strokeman, Big_Beans, Morningstar, Fodi

Bonus Answer: ZOO SEX!!! because how could I not answer that one??

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Postby Gravity Defier » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:44 am

Then you may be sad to see what I unofficially named the last task last week.
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Postby Eddie Pinz » Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:54 am

Then you may be sad to see what I unofficially named the last task last week.
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Postby Gravity Defier » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:06 pm

Can I hate you because that somehow got me thinking "Maybe [he]'s born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline," and I've been randomly singing that throughout day?
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Postby Eddie Pinz » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:38 pm

Yes. You can certainly hate me for that.


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