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(Message started by: Iceman on May 3rd, 2008, 8:18am)
Title: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 3rd, 2008, 8:18am
The detective White is investigating a murder case, which occurred in victim’s bedroom. The room is entirely empty except for the bed, and the detective didn’t know John, but he knew right away that he used to like games. How?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by cheesepuff on May 3rd, 2008, 1:06pm
The [hide]bedsheets had someone like Mario on them.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by thecow135 on May 3rd, 2008, 2:20pm
what does that have to do with a ghost though... maybe boo was on it.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 3rd, 2008, 2:57pm

on 05/03/08 at 13:06:26, cheesepuff wrote:
The [hide]bedsheets had someone like Mario on them.[/hide]

Not bad, but the bed has no role in solving this riddle.



on 05/03/08 at 14:20:26, thecow135 wrote:
what does that have to do with a ghost though...

You're right. Ghost has nothing to do with it. The title was just to mislead you. Not any more though.  
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Azgard on May 3rd, 2008, 7:17pm
Because [hide]"I love games" was written all over the walls.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 4th, 2008, 4:35am
Nice try, but there was nothing written inside the room. No pictures either.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 4th, 2008, 9:15am

on 05/03/08 at 13:06:26, cheesepuff wrote:
The [hide]bedsheets had someone like Mario on them.[/hide]

This is a fine answer, yet not the intended answer, which is more difficult.  

;)  ::)
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 4th, 2008, 11:18am
hm if the bed has no role in solving this riddle then why was it mentioned in the room description?

[hide]What if the victim was found wearing a T-shirt with "I like games" written on it?[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 4th, 2008, 11:27am

on 05/04/08 at 11:18:33, ssa wrote:
[hide]What if the victim was found wearing a T-shirt with "I like games" written on it?[/hide]

Absolutely nothing was written inside the room, not on T-shirts or anywhere else.


on 05/04/08 at 11:18:33, ssa wrote:
hm if the bed has no role in solving this riddle then why was it mentioned in the room description?

Because this was his bedroom, where he was sleeping for many years. It would be weird if there was no bed inside it, as this occurred in USA, and perhaps majority sleeps on beds worldwide.

Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 4th, 2008, 11:57am
I can't think of anything else right now, but altough it sounds like it, you haven't written that John is the victim.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 4th, 2008, 12:06pm
Yes. John was murdered.

You know, the riddle is probably hard, so no wonder you cannot think of anything right now, w/o hints that is.  

:P
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 4th, 2008, 12:26pm
well give us a hint then  :)
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by cheesepuff on May 4th, 2008, 3:42pm
A [hide]tattoo

or maybe John's thumbs were scratched or something due to a crappy controller.[/hide]

Or maybe John was conspicuously [hide]dressed like Mario.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 4th, 2008, 4:23pm
He had no tattoos, he was wearing pajamas, and parts of his body didn't reveal anything important.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 4th, 2008, 4:26pm

on 05/04/08 at 12:26:14, ssa wrote:
well give us a hint then  :)

I'm not a sadist, but I will give the clue later. It is more rewording if you solve the riddle w/o it.

::)
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 5th, 2008, 2:06am
John ( as well as the detective ) was part of the charachters in the latest edition of MCF ( which would be known as MCF : Where the heck did Icey get all these wacky ideas ? )
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 5th, 2008, 4:06am
Nope.



Sometimes I snatch ideas from the air. Sometimes I see it on television and this time I got it from my own experience.  

Btw, nobody said that this particular riddle is a real good one. It can pass.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 5th, 2008, 11:49am
[hide]Both detective White and John were playing an online game. And they wanted to discuss something about it so they gave each other their messenger (MSN) adress. John's nick also contained his last name (for example his nick was John McJohn). On MSN John told White that he wanted them to meet in his apartment (because he wanted them to become real life friends) and he also told him that he plays a lot of other games. White agreed and John gave him his adress.[/hide]

[hide]The next day White discovered that John McJohn was killed at the appropriate adress and he also knew that he liked games because he told him that the day before. [/hide]

Iceman wrote that they didn't know each other and they actually didn't, because when you meet a person online you don't know him/her.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 5th, 2008, 12:35pm

on 05/05/08 at 11:49:46, ssa wrote:
[hide]Both detective White and John were playing an online game. And they wanted to discuss something about it so they gave each other their messenger (MSN) adress. John's nick also contained his last name (for example his nick was John McJohn). On MSN John told White that he wanted them to meet in his apartment (because he wanted them to become real life friends) and he also told him that he plays a lot of other games. White agreed and John gave him his adress.[/hide]

[hide]The next day White discovered that John McJohn was killed at the appropriate adress and he also knew that he liked games because he told him that the day before. [/hide]

Iceman wrote that they didn't know each other and they actually didn't, because when you meet a person online you don't know him/her.

Nope. They didn't meet online.


Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 5th, 2008, 12:47pm
[hide]John had an apartment above (or next to) the game shop he owned[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 5th, 2008, 1:46pm
No. Just focus on the bedroom.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by cheesepuff on May 5th, 2008, 2:26pm
The bed was a [hide]purple cube[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by iono on May 5th, 2008, 8:31pm
his pajamas had "I like games" written all over them.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 5th, 2008, 10:50pm
The floor of the room was designed like tic-tac-toe.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 5th, 2008, 11:01pm
No, the bed has no role in this riddle as Iceman already said, and he also said that there was nothing written on him, his clothes or the walls.

If not, can you give us that hint  :) ?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 6th, 2008, 1:09am
No to everything.


You should focus on one game alone. Guess which. Aw.. Bad hint.  
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by black_death on May 6th, 2008, 1:39am
[hide]they were playing some game?[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 6th, 2008, 1:49am
[hide]A card game? Probably Solitaire[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by DeMark on May 6th, 2008, 1:56am
[hide]The floor was an enormous Monopoly board. Or a chess board.[/hide]

What kind of games are we talking about here? Video games, board games? Mind games?  ;D
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 6th, 2008, 4:18am
No to all. I said that the only object inside the room was bed, so no Monopoly on the floor or poker on the ceiling. I dunno much about games, but it wasn't video or mind game.  
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 6th, 2008, 6:08am
[hide]Lets say that the murderer is his friend Jack. John invited Jack to play some board games (like Monopoly etc.). John nicely set the monopoly board in the living room to play but in the middle of the game they started arguing, and the arguing became fighting. Jack's goal was to steal some of John's board games, but John didn't allow that. So after Jack won the fight and killed John in his bedroom he needed to escape. But John always put his name and his last name on the box of each board game he owned. Jack took all of his board games and decided to escape through the fire escape. But he accidentally slipped and he fell over the fence on the ground (in front of the building's entrance) and died. The games were all over the floor. When detective White arrived he saw that there are a lot of board games around named John but he knew that that wasn't John because he took Jack's ID out of his pocket. Then he thought that John was the murderer and he was surprised when he found out that John lives in the building. He climbed up to his apartment and found him dead in his bedroom. He knew he liked games becuase of all the games he found near Jack's dead body.[/hide]

I doubt that this is the correct answer.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Wardub on May 6th, 2008, 6:32am
Was the game [hide]Guess Who?[/hide]  ;D
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 6th, 2008, 7:00am

on 05/06/08 at 06:08:08, ssa wrote:
I doubt that this is the correct answer.

You doubt correctly. Plus for the effort though.



on 05/06/08 at 06:32:35, Wardub wrote:
Was the game [hide]Guess Who?[/hide]  ;D

I don't know this game.



No games were found in his apartment, as he used to like games, like I said.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 6th, 2008, 8:22am
[hide]Darts? There was a dart board hanging on the tree outside the window.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 6th, 2008, 9:47am
[hide]The day before detective White went bowling and he saw John there.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 6th, 2008, 10:22am

on 05/06/08 at 08:22:19, gotit wrote:
[hide]Darts? There was a dart board hanging on the tree outside the window.[/hide]

I said that there were no games inside the room and certainly not outside the window. The detective didn't find any game, as John used to play a particular game for sometime. He threw this game when he got bored with it. So, what happened?




on 05/06/08 at 09:47:01, ssa wrote:
[hide]The day before detective White went bowling and he saw John there.[/hide]

He didn't see him before.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by cheesepuff on May 6th, 2008, 7:18pm
It was Colonel Mustard who killed him in the bedroom with a lamppost!!! ;D
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by cheesepuff on May 6th, 2008, 8:01pm
Wow iceman you have aver 3500 posts.

How many do you need for uberpuzzler anyways?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by cheesepuff on May 6th, 2008, 8:02pm

on 05/06/08 at 10:22:54, Iceman wrote:
I said that there were no games inside the room and certainly not outside the window. The detective didn't find any game, as John used to play a particular game for sometime. He threw this game when he got bored with it. So, what happened?


What do you mean by "threw this game when he got bored with it?"
You mean stop playing or literally threw the game
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 7th, 2008, 12:18am
[hide]It was a game that involved some sort of smell e.g. scratch and smell games[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 7th, 2008, 5:09am

on 05/06/08 at 19:18:40, cheesepuff wrote:
It was Colonel Mustard who killed him in the bedroom with a lamppost!!! ;D


What if it was Miss Scarlett with a rope in the hall   :o
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Aaragn on May 7th, 2008, 6:23am
1. If there's nothing in the room (except the bed) and White still knew that John liked games, then it must be the room itself that gave him the information. The shape of the room may thus hint to a game.
Examples: The room is actually a labyrinth. The room is used for playing golf (has little holes in the floor). The room is a dungeon etc

2. The game is Escape the Room. John died while trying to figure out the exit.

3. The game is chess because John just got "pawned" (couldn't resist..)
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 7th, 2008, 7:16am

on 05/07/08 at 06:23:16, Aaragn wrote:
1. If there's nothing in the room (except the bed) and White still knew that John liked games, then it must be the room itself that gave him the information. The shape of the room may thus hint to a game.
Examples: The room is actually a labyrinth. The room is used for playing golf (has little holes in the floor). The room is a dungeon etc

1st post and a very good one! Hell, you practically got it, but it wasn't golf though. So, what was it?




on 05/06/08 at 20:01:07, cheesepuff wrote:
Wow iceman you have aver 3500 posts.

You're not so green yourself. Pretty soon you'll be uberpuzzler. ;D


on 05/06/08 at 20:02:26, cheesepuff wrote:
What do you mean by "threw this game when he got bored with it?"
You mean stop playing or literally threw the game

He played it for some time, but then he got bored with it and threw it away several years ago. Folks get older you know, and can change a lot.



on 05/06/08 at 19:18:40, cheesepuff wrote:
It was Colonel Mustard who killed him in the bedroom with a lamppost!!! ;D

Really?  :P



on 05/07/08 at 00:18:37, gotit wrote:
[hide]It was a game that involved some sort of smell e.g. scratch and smell games[/hide]

Not sure what you mean, but he threw the game away several years ago, so the detective couldn't smell a thing.  


on 05/07/08 at 05:09:46, ssa wrote:
What if it was Miss Scarlett with a rope in the hall   :o

Nope.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 7th, 2008, 7:19am
[hide]Squash.Of course, it is a two player game but one can always play it alone if he wants. The walls will bear the marks of the squash ball hitting it.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 7th, 2008, 9:13am
If you say so. I had some other game in mind though.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Aaragn on May 7th, 2008, 11:00am
[hide]Maybe cricket (with the bed as a wicket - or how it is called)?[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by iono on May 7th, 2008, 5:45pm
you need 500 posts to be a uberpuzzler.

and did his floor have a checkerboard tile pattern? although that's pretty common
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 7th, 2008, 11:19pm
DeMark already guessed that, iono.

But my guess would be [hide]the bedroom shape was like a rook in chess.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 7th, 2008, 11:36pm

on 05/07/08 at 17:45:13, iono wrote:
you need 500 posts to be a uberpuzzler.


I thought it was 600.

Returning to the riddle- [hide]Was it Ludo?Probably the walls were painted red, blue, green and yellow. Or may be the walls, floor and ceiling had dots on them that represent the dice[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Wardub on May 8th, 2008, 1:07am
It never says John is the victim.  Maybe that has something to do with it.

Is John the dead guy?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 8th, 2008, 2:44am
No to all. The walls were white and the floor was brown.




on 05/08/08 at 01:07:13, Wardub wrote:
Is John the dead guy?

Yes.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 8th, 2008, 3:56am
[hide]There was a hole in the ceiling. John used to count stars at night using a telescope. Later when he got bored, he threw away the telescope.
Although I don't know whether counting stars can be considered as a game.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 8th, 2008, 5:11am
Just apply your approach on an actual game.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 8th, 2008, 5:21am
[hide]Snooker or billiards or pool?[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 8th, 2008, 5:22am
In his bedroom? It was a smaller game.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 8th, 2008, 1:23pm
Btw, I myself am not very precise at the game I had in mind. Perhaps that'll guide you in the right direction.  
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by iono on May 8th, 2008, 8:06pm
is the game a card game?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by cheesepuff on May 8th, 2008, 8:51pm
do [hide]connect the dots[/hide] count as a game?

maybe he painted some kind of game on the ceiling. You haven't mentioned anything binding about the ceiling yet.

Oh and a memory from times long past: Iceman, weren't you alien before some server crash removed your file?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 8th, 2008, 10:30pm
Is it [hide]Carrom[/hide]?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 9th, 2008, 2:23am
No to all, and there was nothing important on the ceiling. Forget about colors.


on 05/08/08 at 20:51:37, cheesepuff wrote:
Oh and a memory from times long past: Iceman, weren't you alien before some server crash removed your file?

Yes. I was alien back then.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 9th, 2008, 4:34am

on 05/08/08 at 13:23:25, Iceman wrote:
Btw, I myself am not very precise at the game I had in mind. Perhaps that'll guide you in the right direction.  


As a hint, you can provide a list of games at which you are not very precise  ;)

Anyways, [hide]was it Marbles. When we were young, we used to play a game in which we created holes in the ground and our aim was to drop the marbles inside the hole from a distance. May be John was interested in some such kind of game.[/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 9th, 2008, 7:05am
No because I don't know anybody who deliberately made  holes in the floor of his/hers room. Do you?

:P
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by iono on May 9th, 2008, 7:27pm
so, is it a card game?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 10th, 2008, 5:02am
No.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 11th, 2008, 12:18am
Is it a single player game or a multiplayer game?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 11th, 2008, 5:11am
I play it alone, but it is a multi player game really.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Ghost Sniper on May 12th, 2008, 10:17am
The bed was shaped like a Game Boy.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 12th, 2008, 11:54am
Not at all.   :P

So, what game was it?
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by ssa on May 12th, 2008, 12:00pm
Chess is a multiplayer game but can be sometimes played alone.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 12th, 2008, 12:07pm
So what about chess? There were no games in the bedroom.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 12th, 2008, 1:33pm
The clue: [hide]one of the riddlers got the name of the game right, but his explanation sucks[/hide].

:P
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by denis on May 12th, 2008, 2:06pm

on 05/12/08 at 13:33:35, Iceman wrote:
The clue: [hide]one of the riddlers got the name of the game right, but his explanation sucks[/hide].

:P


[hide]Gotit's dart answer sounded fine except that the dart board used to be on the wall in the bedroom (not outside) and there are many little holes on the wall due to those shots that missed the board entirely. The detective sees these pin holes and concludes that darts was the game that was played in the room. [/hide]
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by iono on May 12th, 2008, 9:23pm
AND DENIS GETS IT!!!!!!!!...again.
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by Iceman on May 13th, 2008, 5:27am
That's right. [hide]I made 17 holes in the wall with darts so far. I'm not very precise. Then again, it depends on the mood I am in[/hide].
Title: Re: Ghost
Post by gotit on May 13th, 2008, 7:08am

on 05/12/08 at 14:06:38, denis wrote:
[hide]Gotit's dart answer sounded fine except that the dart board used to be on the wall in the bedroom (not outside) and there are many little holes on the wall due to those shots that missed the board entirely. The detective sees these pin holes and concludes that darts was the game that was played in the room. [/hide]


Oh Icey. You should have said that I was partially correct. :P


on 05/12/08 at 13:33:35, Iceman wrote:
The clue: [hide]one of the riddlers got the name of the game right, but his explanation sucks[/hide].

:P


:'(  ;)


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