The City of Heroes Search the words, save the world Contest - January 25th, 2010
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Posted on: 2010-01-25 11:00 in Forum Games
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Nice job, I opened the picture in paint and, unbeknownst to me, the top 4 rows of the crossword were off the screen : p
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Congratulations kidengineer! That went even faster than last week...obviously the Commodore 64 sacrifice did not achieve anything for good old Ebil-o, what a waste!
Send me a PM with the costume code and territory you wish to get, and I'll facilitate it as quickly as I can 
In the meantime, your title has been changed, congratulations again!
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Tips for making it harder:
1. Don't announce the theme.
2. Don't announce how many correct answers. (This makes it dangerous to answer first and miss one or two answers, but, that's a risk one must make if one is to win.)
3. Put in a few real words which have nothing to do with the theme.
4. Put in misspelled (but obviously misspelled) versions of the correct words, e.g., "Boowtomn".
5. Use the more commonly used letters as fillers rather than Qs, Xs, or Zs. The list of letters from most to least used is:
ETAON RISHD LFCMU GYPWB VKXJQ Z
And the most commonly used letter pairs are:
TH HE AN RE ER IN ON AT ND ST ES EN OF TE ED OR TI HI AS TO
Although, by doing so, you increase the chance of creating accidental false positives. E.g., you might accidentally create the word "Thorns" and cause lots of confusion in a puzzle where 'factions' is your theme and you didn't intend to include the Circle of Thorns. So, the creator needs to go through the puzzle to carefully sniff out false positives. In cases like this, it might be helpful to give the number of letters in the shortest answer.
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Zombie may have a point. Having a winner within 5 minutes does seem a little too easy.
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Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.
Wow, and I thought I had game. Way to go!
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You realize they're probably using a program to make these, right? Something like puzzlemaker where they don't have control of the "filler" letters.|
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
3. Put in a few real words which have nothing to do with the theme.
4. Put in misspelled (but obviously misspelled) versions of the correct words, e.g., "Boowtomn". 5. Use the more commonly used letters as fillers rather than Qs, Xs, or Zs. The list of letters from most to least used is: ETAON RISHD LFCMU GYPWB VKXJQ Z |
Of course, if they are using a program, mispellings would be easy to add.
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Five minutes XD Well, that was interesting 
I hope we'll get other chances to win these things, but I'm completely unfamiliar with this whole thing, I just stumbled upon it.
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Submissions open every Monday only from 10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM Eastern Time / 6PM GMT / 19:00 Central European Time) until 5:00 PM Pacific Time (8:00 PM Eastern Time / 1:00 AM GMT / 2:00 Central European Time) between January 11, 2010 and July 26, 2010).
Welcome to our "Search the words, save the world" forum mission!
Last week's victory was a thundering one for humanity but super evil computer Ebil-o is really not pleased this week. We have managed to secure intel that suggests that he is actually quite cross...so cross that he's sacrificed his Commodore 64 lackey on the binary numeral altar of all digital things in order for this week's challenge to be a much tougher one. My little finger tells me someone will figure it all out in a matter of minutes again though...
Your opportunity to save us all is through a word block located at the bottom of this post.
The goal is to be the first one to find the words based on the theme (without being told what they are), circle them in the word block (using Paint or an equivalent program) and then list them below it.
If you are the first one to answer with the correct words, you win and only then will we be able to input the words into Ebil-o's matrix, thus delaying our impending doom. As a token of our gratitude, we'll give you the "Ebil-o FTL [date]" forum title as well as 1 (one) costume code amongst the following ones:
- Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
- Freakshow Tank Boss
- Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
- Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
- Knives of Artemis Lt.
- Praetorian Clockwork
Have fun…but not too much as each week we’re counting on you to save the world!Rules
1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly " Search the words, save the world Contest” with your submission.
2) Your reply must contain a number of words or names that will be defined every time this contest is run.
3) Your reply must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 11, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.
5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines and to the Contest Official Rules and Conditions.
7) If you win the City of Heroes® Search the words, save the world Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Monday, January 25th, 2010 - Word Block
This week's word search is a bit different. You are looking to find 10 words contained in the name of places scattered throughout Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.
[/B][/U]Good luck all, and don't forget that the fate of the world is in your hands!
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