AGS Cryptic

HanaIndiana · Tue 10/02/2015 00:38:40

Can't believe you figured that out Stupot+

I think I'll leave you to give the next clue, if that's okay. I don't have one in mind.

Stupot · Wed 11/02/2015 09:39:07

Okay, thanks Hana.
Here's a probably easy, if slightly Anglocentric one.

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adventure related, 10 letters

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A lorry for lively Geordies

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I've also updated the list so could Wyz or a Mod could update the first post, please :-)

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6 Day Assassin
A Date in the Park
A Second Face
Adventure
Aeronuts
AGS Awards
Alien Time Zone
AnasAbdin
AprilSkies
Attachments
Audio
Background image
Baron
Beginners' Technical Questions
Ben Jordan
Blackwell
Blade Runner (of course)
Blue Force
Broken Age
C-3PO
Call of Cthulhu
Captain Disaster
CaptainD
Chewbacca
Chris Jones
Community
Crimson Wizard
Cryptic
Custom dialog
Cutscene
Danger Mouse
Dennis
Deponia
Dialog
Discworld
Donald Dowell
Dreamfall
Eeyore
Emoticon
Enter
Float
Forums
Function
Games in Production
Gemini Rue
General Discussion
GUI
Han Solo
Hard drive
HenMan Origins
Indiana Jones
Indie gamer
Internet
Inventory
Iraq
Keyboard
Laptop
Leather Jacket
Listbox
Lost Horizon
Machinarium
Mandle
Mittens
Module
Monty Python
Mouse
Mouse cursor
Mug
Narcoleptic Weight Loss Expert
Pixelated
Quest
Red Hot Overdrive
Region
Resonance
Return
Revolution
Rumpus Room
Save game
Selmiak
Sierra Online
Slasher
Snakes of Avalon
Space Quest
Speed Buggy
Sprite Slot
Steve Jobs
Template
Temple of Doom
Texturing a model
Thanksgiving
The Longest Journey
The Marionette
The Samaritan Paradox
The Journey Down
Trilby's Notes
Walk-behind baseline
Water
Wintermute
Woodbury End

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Baron · Thu 12/02/2015 03:08:01

Hmmmmm.....

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Well a "lorry" is a truck, or a big rig. The internet vaguely extends this to all freight carrying vehicles, but that's not common parlance.

"Geordies" are people (in the loose sense of the term

) from Newcastle and environs. This might refer to its location (NE for North England, or the postal code?) or some other term for residents there (intriguingly a nickname for Newcastle is "The Toon"....).

I can't figure out "lively". It might mean that "Geordies" is bouncing around (ie scrambled), or it might refer to a synonym like spry or perky....

So now it's wild stab in the dark time. I'm going to go with Entrapment, with EN for North England, TRAP for something you do to lively game, and MENT because as a suffix it means "state or conditions caused by an action", like shipping something.

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Stupot · Thu 12/02/2015 03:31:37

Baron. Nice thinking, but it's not Entrapment. Ignoring the entire last paragraph of what you said, you're really close.

Stupot · Fri 13/02/2015 04:17:36

You don't need any hints. Baron provided them all.

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Lorry does indeed equal truck, and Geordies are from Newcastle (aka The Toon). All you need is to make the connection with 'lively'.., or in fact you could solve it without the lively clue. Especially if you've been following Adventure news this past week.

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Basically Baron solved it without actually solving it.

Wyz · Fri 13/02/2015 12:24:26

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Toonstruck?

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Stupot · Sat 14/02/2015 01:56:27

Ping pong! Well done Wyz.
Next!

Baron · Sat 14/02/2015 03:42:34

BLAST! I was fixated on Geordies = EN.

Wyz · Sat 14/02/2015 11:10:54

Well I don't deserve the credit; Baron was so busy solving it he forget to give the answer

Next one:
Slowly walking over one thousand dollars, where the second of the first becomes the first of the second. (5,4)

CaptainD · Sat 14/02/2015 11:30:14

I have an idea what this one is but I'm not going to jump in with a guess yet. Interested to see if other people get it. (And of course if I'm right!) I can't quite get all the workings.

Wyz · Sat 14/02/2015 14:08:18

You might have heard about it yes.

Btw I've included the new list Stu, thank for updating that!

I've also added a search link; I found that useful to check if bits of the clue have been done before.

Mandle · Sat 14/02/2015 15:53:06

Quote from: Wyz on Sat 14/02/2015 11:10:54
Next one:
Slowly walking over one thousand dollars, where the second of the first becomes the first of the second. (5,4)

An attempt at an answer:

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Is it "Troll Song"? Given the slow walk could be "Stroll" and the switching of letters which I made many attempts at but could not quite figure outÃ¯Â¼Å¡

My best try was to take the "S" from stroll and fit it onto "one g" (slang for one thousand dollars): resulting in "Troll soneg"...

Maybe not....very confused...

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Wyz · Sat 14/02/2015 20:31:53

You are correct! Well done!

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The 'slow walk = stroll' might have been a give away but the rest is a bit more contrived. So the first part 'Slowly walking over one thousand dollars' refers to 'stroll on g' where g is indeed slang for one thousand dollars.
The second part: 'the second of the first', abbreviation for a second is s, the s of the first (word) becomes the first (letter) of the second (word) so we indeed get 'Troll Song'.

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CaptainD · Sat 14/02/2015 20:57:26

Yay! I was right - and thanks for choosing our game as an answer

- but tbh I don't think I'd ever have quite worked out how the second part of the clue fitted in.

Mandle · Sun 15/02/2015 01:09:11

Quote from: Wyz on Sat 14/02/2015 14:08:18
You might have heard about it yes.

Hehe...this was a pretty big hint too

Cheers for the puzzle! I will probably think one up later today but if someone else has one to go ahead with before that please feel free to do so.

Wyz · Sun 15/02/2015 11:49:37

It was an obvious choice.

Quote from: Mandle on Sun 15/02/2015 01:09:11
Hehe...this was a pretty big hint too

I tried to do that as inconspicuously as possible but that was nigh impossible.

CaptainD · Sun 15/02/2015 15:53:16

Quote from: Wyz on Sun 15/02/2015 11:49:37
It was an obvious choice.

Quote from: Mandle on Sun 15/02/2015 01:09:11
Hehe...this was a pretty big hint too

I tried to do that as inconspicuously as possible but that was nigh impossible.

I probably shouldn't have said anything at all, sorry!

Mandle · Sun 15/02/2015 16:47:52

Main characters switched after a belch with an unheard pirate's interjection followed a hint (2 words)

Stupot · Sun 15/02/2015 23:00:59

Quote from: Mandle on Sun 15/02/2015 16:47:52
Main characters switched after a belch with an unheard pirate's interjection followed a hint (2 words)

Nice breakfast teaser :-P

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Belch (=burp) follows hint (=clue) = clue burp
Swap the main characters (initial letters) = blue curp
Delete (because it's unheard) the pirate's interjection (arrrrr = r)

Blue Cup

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Mandle · Sun 15/02/2015 23:53:06

Quote from: Stupot+ on Sun 15/02/2015 23:00:59
Quote from: Mandle on Sun 15/02/2015 16:47:52
Main characters switched after a belch with an unheard pirate's interjection followed a hint (2 words)
Nice breakfast teaser :-P
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Belch (=burp) follows hint (=clue) = clue burp
Swap the main characters (initial letters) = blue curp
Delete (because it's unheard) the pirate's interjection (arrrrr = r)

Blue Cup
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Well done mate!!! I'll leave the next one for someone else to come up with.

I want some "mental yoga" as well (to quote a respectable source)...