The City of Heroes Search the words, save the world Contest - March 8th, 2010
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Balorn,
Posted on: 2010-03-08 11:06 in Forum Games
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.
Pyre Mastery
Primal Forces Mastery
Cold Mastery
Body Mastery
Force Mastery
Power Mastery
Electric Mastery
Ar(c)tic Mastery
Psionic Mastery
Psychic Mastery
Virtue
--Blazing Tiger-- 50 Invulrn/Fire Tank
<<Virtues Tankiest Kitty>>
Try my Arcs: #4892 and #112548
@Blazing Tiger and @Aqua Fox
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.
PS: sorry body mastery is sloppy lol
Ice Mastery
Primal Forces Mastery
Psionic Mastery
Artic Mastery (sp)
Body Mastery
Stone Mastery
Psychic Mastery
Pyre Mastery
Electrical Mastery
Power Mastery
Darkness Mastery
Cold Mastery
Blaze Mastery
Force Mastery
Munitions Mastery
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.
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.
Edit: Dangit! Would have been first if GIMP hadn't taken so long to load.
Tech support IRL, CLR/DRU/MED/WHM/PRI/DEF. Hmm, I sense a pattern...
S 80% E 80% A 40% K 0%
A few of my alts
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.
psionic mastery
ice mastery
body mastery
stone mastery
psychic mastery
pyre mastery
electrical mastery
power mastery
Force mastery
Darkness mastery
Cold mastery
blaze mastery
munitions mastery
primal forces mastery
"artic" mastery (arctic mastery: misspelled)
Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.
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Originally Posted by releasetheweasel
Ice Mastery Primal Forces Mastery Psionic Mastery Artic Mastery (sp) Body Mastery Stone Mastery Psychic Mastery Pyre Mastery Electrical Mastery Power Mastery Darkness Mastery Cold Mastery Blaze Mastery Force Mastery Munitions Mastery 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. |
Well done, releasetheweasel! You are this weeks "Search the Words, Save the World" forum game winner.
This weeks solution!
Silly customer and work :P
Grats, Weasel.
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
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Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
Two things, otherwise flawless execution:
1. What was wrong with Zenshin's entry? Was it the fact he omitted the word list?
2. You do know you misspelled Arctic, right? That threw me and made me think it was a red herring and might have cost the game.
Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.
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Um...If your going to change the rules CHANGE THEM! I found 10 words.
| How do we do that, I hear you ask? Well, we happen to have an anonymous little helper and each week, he or she snail mails us a word search puzzle containing anywhere between 5 (five) and 10 (ten) words related to City of Heroes related theme (Ebil-o likes City of Heroes; apparently, it helps him unwind after a long day hard at work planning to get rid of humanity). |
Virtue
--Blazing Tiger-- 50 Invulrn/Fire Tank
<<Virtues Tankiest Kitty>>
Try my Arcs: #4892 and #112548
@Blazing Tiger and @Aqua Fox
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Looking over them, same mistake I apparently made: "Primal Forces Mastery" (diagonal in the upper right).
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Originally Posted by Caligdoiel
Two things, otherwise flawless execution:
1. What was wrong with Zenshin's entry? Was it the fact he omitted the word list?. |
Tech support IRL, CLR/DRU/MED/WHM/PRI/DEF. Hmm, I sense a pattern...
S 80% E 80% A 40% K 0%
A few of my alts
No, because PFM is a valid EPP, it's right there in the solution.
Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.
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Right - "Primal Forces Mastery" is correct there. Zanshin (and I) only circled "Forces Mastery". ("Force Mastery", without the S, appears in the lower right.)
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Originally Posted by Caligdoiel
No, because PFM is a valid EPP, it's right there in the solution.
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Tech support IRL, CLR/DRU/MED/WHM/PRI/DEF. Hmm, I sense a pattern...
S 80% E 80% A 40% K 0%
A few of my alts
Oh, derp. I see what you both did there, now.
Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.
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Correct!
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Originally Posted by Balorn
Looking over them, same mistake I apparently made: "Primal Forces Mastery" (diagonal in the upper right).
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Next time, Niv. Next time. /em curses
Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.
that is not fair ... Artic Mastery is NOT an Ancilliary Power Pool
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You know, I hate to say it, but I have to agree. Niv and Avatea, please, please, please proofread the words you put into this puzzle!|
Originally Posted by Morbid Star
that is not fair ... Artic Mastery is NOT an Ancilliary Power Pool
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Again, I'll point out that this puzzle is being presented as a skill-based challenge, and it is still more of a lottery as to who just happens to guess the right thing to do in any given week, if there is even a right thing to do at all.
Seriously, grab one of your coworkers to look at your screen for a minute (if even that), and say, "These are the words I'm planning on putting in the puzzle. Can you please look them over to make sure I haven't made any typos?" If there's a word that you're not absolutely, positively, 100% sure on, look it up!
Just so I'm not completely busting your chops, I'd like to say that I do appreciate the fact that you've gotten away from the possibility of two- or three-letter answers this time, and I think it helped a lot.
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.)
Submissions open on Mondays 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!
A super computer turned evil codenamed Ebil-o is attempting to take over our most powerful nations' computer systems and exterminate us puny human beings (how original, huh?). However, every week, a short window of opportunity allows us to break into Ebil-o's matrix and reset the timer leading to our undoubtedly apocalyptic end!
How do we do that, I hear you ask? Well, we happen to have an anonymous little helper and each week, he or she snail mails us a word search puzzle containing anywhere between 5 (five) and 10 (ten) words related to City of Heroes related theme (Ebil-o likes City of Heroes; apparently, it helps him unwind after a long day hard at work planning to get rid of humanity).
Each week a new theme will be passed along and you will need to find the exact number of words youre being told exists within the block of letters you are given.
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 were 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. Please refrain from posting more than the number of words indicated in every contest post. Only post the correct number of words or names, even if you notice duplicates..
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! Also, once you have posted your entry, do NOT edit it as any edit will disqualify you from that day's forum game.
6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines and to the Contest Official Rules and Conditions.
7) [I] 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.
-After reading the feedback from previous "Search the Words, Save the World" puzzles, I have made a few changes to how this will work and removed the failsafe.
- Note that if a word includes more than 1 word, they will run together in the puzzle. Example - Envoy of Shadows would be found in the puzzle as ENVOYOFSHADOWS
If there is not a winner by the end of the day, I will post the solution.
This weeks word list consists of 15 Ancilliary Power Pools.
Hint: Each word ends in "Mastery"
Monday, March 8th, 2010 - Word Block
Good luck all, and don't forget that the fate of the world is in your hands!