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The City of Heroes Search the words, save the world Contest - February 8th, 2010

Avatea

By Avatea,
Posted on: 2010-02-08 11:00 in Forum Games

 

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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 would have seen the end of humanity if it hadn't been for Ebil-o not observing daylight saving time changes. That certainly set the evil cogs spinning in Ebil-o's mechanical brain and he is now sacrificing a Super NES in the hope that you won't be able to figure out this week's challenge...ominous, isn't it!


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, February 8th, 2010 - Word Block



This week, you are looking to find 10 Badge names.

Good luck all, and don't forget that the fate of the world is in your hands!

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Good night nurse. Now THAT's a crossword to be proud of.
Also, Culex is right. What's with the asterisk?

Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.

 

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holy puzzle bat-man.... that is a large one.. cant wait to see how quickly someone does this one.

 

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I've found 1 word so far, lol

ATs to 50 - TA/A Def, Nrg/Nrg Blaster, EM/EA Brute, WS,ELM/ELA Stalker

 

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This is a toughie. I thought I found a few others, but they've all been duds. Still just the 1.
Also, first after redname

ATs to 50 - TA/A Def, Nrg/Nrg Blaster, EM/EA Brute, WS,ELM/ELA Stalker

 

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There's just soooo many badges.... I don't even know where to start!


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There's just soooo many badges.... I don't even know where to start!
I suggest looking for actual words in the soup and seeing if they return any hits when googled with "City of Heroes Badge" or something similar.

Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.

 

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Since I won the caption contest, am I disqualified for this one, I found 2 so far.. or is it just the caption I can't do for 8 weeks?

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Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
The asterisk didn't relate to anything. I can't give you too much information on those badge names, it would make it too easy!
Someone is just going to type this in as a matrix and run a program to cheat. :<

 

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Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm View Post
Someone is just going to type this in as a matrix and run a program to cheat. :<
that would be time consuming as they would first have to transfer the jpg to text and then have a program designed to finding words in all directions, that will more then likely find more words then are actual solutions.

it would be quicker to just search manually for most people

that being said i am not trying as i already have all my costumes and i cant do word puzzles that well.

 

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Originally Posted by Dr. Overdose View Post
that would be time consuming as they would first have to transfer the jpg to text and then have a program designed to finding words in all directions, that will more then likely find more words then are actual solutions.

it would be quicker to just search manually for most people

that being said i am not trying as i already have all my costumes and i cant do word puzzles that well.
I already have a word search program and I could cheat. I'd just have to add some badge names to the dictionary...

HINT HINT WINK WINK!

 

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Ava, am I disqualified for this, or only the caption contest?

Cuz I found 3 so far.

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Originally Posted by Equation View Post
Ava, am I disqualified for this, or only the caption contest?

Cuz I found 3 so far.
Oh yeah? Well I already SOLVED it :P

 

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Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
Come on people, make your eyes bleed a little! It's always fun to see letters all over the place after doing a big ol' word search the right way!
I've found at least one duplicate listing in the puzzle.

 

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Just started ere lol

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I've found seven so far, and...

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Oh yeah? Well I already SOLVED it :P
I find that extremely difficult to believe.

Have you double-checked the puzzle, Avatea, to make sure that all of the badges are spelled right?

Edit: I ask, because I've found a seven-letter one, but two letters are transposed. Statistically, that's kind of odd unless you put "distractor" answers in the puzzle.

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
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I hate you all for the sheer size of it, im struggling just to FOCUS on it let alone finish it lol

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Originally Posted by Equation View Post
Since I won the caption contest, am I disqualified for this one, I found 2 so far.. or is it just the caption I can't do for 8 weeks?
You're not DQ'ed from anything but the one you won, and that for 8 weeks.

Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.

 

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Are we allowed to help each other out, posting ones we have found, not WHERE they are.. but to help the rest of us narrow down the search.. I mean we are heroes after all.

But I don't wanna do something that disqualifies me.

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Are we allowed to help each other out, posting ones we have found, not WHERE they are.. but to help the rest of us narrow down the search.. I mean we are heroes after all.

But I don't wanna do something that disqualifies me.
I wouldn't. For one thing, if you're not disqualified for winning the other contest, you'll want to hold the ones you know close to your vest. For another, it would irritate me if you put out there three or four that I already know and none that I don't, because I'd be thinking that crap, now someone might have three or four that I don't, and they just got a huge boost over me.

Patience, folks, someone will get it eventually.

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
(If you love this game as much as I do, please read that post.)