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Kitty
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At school me and my friend pass the time send notes and we nearly never get caught by a teacher. If we do they never know what it says. This is one the codes we use. Can you figure it out? (the stars are just the end of the message.)
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H E H T T O G N A
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| « Last Edit: Jun 9th, 2003, 11:46am by Kitty » |
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #1 on: Jun 9th, 2003, 8:52pm » |
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Is this close?:
a stain got on the eye
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Kitty
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #2 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 8:56am » |
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Nope
It's just a random message, you just have to find how to read it.
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tohuvabohu
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You don't quite have the hang of it yet. You've got the right idea in following a trail, but it's more regular than that.
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Kitty
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #4 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 8:59am » |
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Go tohuvabohu!!! 
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Sir Col
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #5 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 10:43am » |
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L U O W I V A H D
T T I K M T U B Y
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #6 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 11:46am » |
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L L E E P E
R T E B S E
E S C N U T
M G I A C E
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Kitty
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #7 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 11:48am » |
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Oh I still manage to get top of my class. the teacher goes over and over again about the same things, it get so boring! 
Can you crack this one?
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I R E Y Y S K O T D S
O E S U N A O A E R N
E B E R W Y W E I U I
S T N I H B A D G G A
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TenaliRaman
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #8 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 12:34pm » |
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i have been looking at the original grid for more than 2 hours and i don't have any idea what it says.All i can do was collect some random words i can spot in there and make a logical sentence but other than that nothin.
(i got something like "they shoot fast" for the first one)
Can anyone explain how do you decode that??
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Kitty
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #9 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 12:44pm » |
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For the first one the first word is once (it's in the middle). Then follow the trail.
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #10 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 12:45pm » |
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Yes, I could - but it's not nearly as much fun having a riddle explained as solving it oneself, is it?
Try to compare the words in tohuvabohu's post with the letters in the first grid.
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #11 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 12:50pm » |
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Sorry wowbagger but i seem to be posting my posts at the same time as you. 
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TenaliRaman
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #12 on: Jun 10th, 2003, 2:16pm » |
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I am trying hard at this with no luck as of yet.(I simply got to "Once the ..")
I think i should mark this post and try this after my exams(which start by the end of this month).
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #13 on: Jun 11th, 2003, 1:42am » |
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on Jun 10th, 2003, 12:50pm, Kitty wrote:| Sorry wowbagger but i seem to be posting my posts at the same time as you. |
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I enjoy being in good company.
I'll try to learn from this and hurry to post when you're online. 
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #14 on: Jun 11th, 2003, 9:21am » |
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For the life of me I can't see anything remotely like a pattern. Could we have another clue, please?
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Sir Col
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #15 on: Jun 11th, 2003, 10:13am » |
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Once you get the hang of it you shouldn't need any more clues. Sometimes we need to take a step back and you should find that it's not too hard to wrap up.
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #16 on: Jun 11th, 2003, 10:54am » |
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With Sir Col's hint you should get it now. It does matter that you did not get it sight away.
Its the kind of riddle you come at from different point of view until you find the right way.
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TenaliRaman
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #17 on: Jun 12th, 2003, 8:48am » |
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N Y T E
E R P T
H E H E
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i also could decode Sir Col's message.I am still trying to decode wowbaggers and your last one.Hopefully i get through it soon
Thanks for the big hints tho!
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #18 on: Jun 12th, 2003, 8:54am » |
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on Jun 12th, 2003, 8:48am, TenaliRaman wrote:| I am still trying to decode wowbaggers and your last one. |
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If you feel like you need a hint: It's basically the same system as in Kitty's original grid, but you have to, well, interpret it correctly.
Still no progress on Kitty's last one...
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #19 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 9:16am » |
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IT a little harder then the one.
No ideas for wowbagger's though.
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #20 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 12:33pm » |
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Thank you for the hints - I managed to get it, and proceeded to give myself a good kicking for taking so long. Haven't yet figured out Wowbagger's puzzle, but
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tohuvabohu
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It is a little harder. What else can you say?
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #22 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 1:20pm » |
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I can think of something else to say...
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Sir Col
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #23 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 4:24pm » |
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T O Y O E R T S R H
O K N G S M E E E U
G D W T E T W O O H
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Re: GRID CODES
« Reply #24 on: Jun 13th, 2003, 11:22pm » |
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I really loved your grids kitty...I even dreamted about them.
A big grid was trying to crush me but if I could discover its weakness then I would defeat it.
Even though I was unable to discover the message without the hints, it was a very fun learning experience and understanding different ways of approaching problems.
For instance, the last grid...since the middle column was exactly in the middle with two obvious words, I should have used that to my advantage more and attempt to discover the previous words before "saybye". And eliminating weird paths that would not work because of the even or odd number of rows or collumns.
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