S1x's miniature puzzle - September edition - VGF

**S1x** · 09-03-2004, 11:04 PM

Piece 1
A lonely man runs a trail in the dirt
Making an angle ever so smooth.
He circles around to almost where he began
But at 300, refuses to move.

Piece 2
The same man begins as known in piece 1,
but this time with more courage and heart.
This time around he completes the formation
It doesn't matter where he starts.

Piece 3
An excited dog starts from the south
To catch a thrown ball in the dark.
He runs straight up and leaps for the prize
And further up, where he lands, is a mark.

Piece 4
An adventurer begins his journey from northwest
And goes down from his path, but goes back.
He almost heads home, but hooks right at the end
Until parallel to his previous track.

The four pieces together will give you a common item. What is this item?

To get help for this, you can either post in this topic, PM me, or contact me on AIM name "S1x key". Yes, I'll actually give hints this time.

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[ September 03, 2004, 11:07 PM: Message edited by: Strategist S1x ]

**S1x** · 09-03-2004, 11:21 PM

Important: Don't say the answer when you get it. Just say that you've figured it out. In four days I'll reveal the answer.

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mango · 09-03-2004, 11:22 PM

Haha, S1x never runs out of forum games does he. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Well, I've figured it out, but S1x told me not to post the answer.

Swordmaster Link · 09-03-2004, 11:24 PM

Damn, that was quick.

SilverWind · 09-03-2004, 11:25 PM

Solved! ^___^

dux_is_me · 09-03-2004, 11:36 PM

This link leads to nowhere, and is in no way a reference or even clue to my puzzle. Solved.

Swordmaster Link · 09-03-2004, 11:51 PM

Bah, you and your ambiguous responses on AIM.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 09-04-2004, 12:34 AM

Hehe cool. Easy, but cool.

Swordmaster Link · 09-04-2004, 01:02 AM

Everyone solved it but me.

IT'S A BIKE I TELL YOU, A BIKE

Cravdraa · 09-04-2004, 02:33 AM

Easy but cool. I think I might have seen something like this before. Was it original or did you borrow it from somewhere S1x?

**S1x** · 09-04-2004, 02:55 AM

Just made it up.

...Yeah, I thought this was going to be a little too easy. Alright, then, take this one. It took many conversations between me and Prince Toad to figure something out, and even then, it was kinda confusing.

Here's the scenario. You have this omnipotent watch that can honestly answer any yes-or-no question. You can ask it up to two questions per day; after that, you can't ask again until tomorrow. The watch will say yes or no by flashing either a yellow or a blue light. However, you don't know which light means which, and the lights could randomly switch meanings every day, so you don't know at first.

Now, one day you're on a game show, and you have to choose between three doors. Two of the doors have goats behind them. The other door has a car. What do you ask the watch that will guarantee that you'll get the car? This one is going to take some pretty deep thinking.

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The Missing Link · 09-04-2004, 09:41 AM

^ I believe you mean omniscient. Omnipotent is all-powerful. Omniscient is all-knowing.

"There are some who call me... Link?"

"Carpe Gaium Domesticum!" (Seize the Cucco!)
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ザ行方不明リンク
悪いユウモアの賢人

**S1x** · 09-04-2004, 01:32 PM

...I mean both. heh. This is one cool watch.

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Blue Yoshi · 09-05-2004, 02:16 PM

have you already asked it something? I might know it if you haven't.

**S1x** · 09-05-2004, 05:12 PM

The watch answers two questions per day, right? It'll honestly answer any yes-or-no question, right? Think about what your two questions would be.

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Parrakarry · 09-05-2004, 07:55 PM

Got the first one. THOUGHT I had the second one... but nope. :\

Blue Yoshi · 09-05-2004, 09:33 PM

I thought I had the second one, but then I realized you could only ask it yes or no questions.

Parrakarry · 09-05-2004, 10:41 PM

Exactly my problem.

Parrakarry · 09-06-2004, 12:52 PM

Yay. I got it. Because I'm smart. And you're not. So hah.

**S1x** · 09-06-2004, 12:53 PM

Don't be scared to discuss about it in this topic. This is considerably harder than the first one I put up.

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09-03-2004, 11:04 PM	#1
S1x VGF RPG Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Either over there or right here Gender: Posts: 4,745 Thanks: 14 Thanked 174 Times in 55 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 45,870.34 Bank: 25,915.21 Total Points: 71,785.56 Donate	Piece 1 A lonely man runs a trail in the dirt Making an angle ever so smooth. He circles around to almost where he began But at 300, refuses to move. Piece 2 The same man begins as known in piece 1, but this time with more courage and heart. This time around he completes the formation It doesn't matter where he starts. Piece 3 An excited dog starts from the south To catch a thrown ball in the dark. He runs straight up and leaps for the prize And further up, where he lands, is a mark. Piece 4 An adventurer begins his journey from northwest And goes down from his path, but goes back. He almost heads home, but hooks right at the end Until parallel to his previous track. The four pieces together will give you a common item. What is this item? To get help for this, you can either post in this topic, PM me, or contact me on AIM name "S1x key". Yes, I'll actually give hints this time. Origin of Entria [ September 03, 2004, 11:07 PM: Message edited by: Strategist S1x ]

09-03-2004, 11:21 PM	#2
S1x VGF RPG Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Either over there or right here Gender: Posts: 4,745 Thanks: 14 Thanked 174 Times in 55 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 45,870.34 Bank: 25,915.21 Total Points: 71,785.56 Donate	Important: Don't say the answer when you get it. Just say that you've figured it out. In four days I'll reveal the answer. Origin of Entria

09-03-2004, 11:22 PM	#3
mango Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,926 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 696.23 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,196.23 Donate	Haha, S1x never runs out of forum games does he. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Well, I've figured it out, but S1x told me not to post the answer.

09-03-2004, 11:24 PM	#4
Swordmaster Link Super Bodyguard & King of the Arcade Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Wherever you want me to be Gender: Posts: 29,999 Thanks: 213 Thanked 536 Times in 375 Posts Points: 590.85 Bank: 1,182,106.00 Total Points: 1,182,696.85 Donate	Damn, that was quick.

09-03-2004, 11:25 PM	#5
SilverWind Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Looking up at the stars... Posts: 8,225 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Points: 12,612.24 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 13,112.24 Donate	Solved! ^___^

09-03-2004, 11:36 PM	#6
dux_is_me Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Colombia, with an O. Gender: Posts: 796 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 1,475.23 Bank: 14,762.93 Total Points: 16,238.16 Donate	This link leads to nowhere, and is in no way a reference or even clue to my puzzle. Solved.

09-03-2004, 11:51 PM	#7
Swordmaster Link Super Bodyguard & King of the Arcade Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Wherever you want me to be Gender: Posts: 29,999 Thanks: 213 Thanked 536 Times in 375 Posts Points: 590.85 Bank: 1,182,106.00 Total Points: 1,182,696.85 Donate	Bah, you and your ambiguous responses on AIM.

09-04-2004, 12:34 AM	#8
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 23,309 Thanks: 219 Thanked 305 Times in 191 Posts Points: 61,342.17 Bank: 114,018.31 Total Points: 175,360.48 Donate	Hehe cool. Easy, but cool.

09-04-2004, 01:02 AM	#9
Swordmaster Link Super Bodyguard & King of the Arcade Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Wherever you want me to be Gender: Posts: 29,999 Thanks: 213 Thanked 536 Times in 375 Posts Points: 590.85 Bank: 1,182,106.00 Total Points: 1,182,696.85 Donate	Everyone solved it but me. IT'S A BIKE I TELL YOU, A BIKE

09-04-2004, 02:33 AM	#10
Cravdraa Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's round on the sides and high in the middle Gender: Posts: 5,566 Thanks: 49 Thanked 80 Times in 52 Posts Points: 30,331.40 Bank: 661,439.00 Total Points: 691,770.40 Donate	Easy but cool. I think I might have seen something like this before. Was it original or did you borrow it from somewhere S1x?

09-04-2004, 02:55 AM	#11
S1x VGF RPG Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Either over there or right here Gender: Posts: 4,745 Thanks: 14 Thanked 174 Times in 55 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 45,870.34 Bank: 25,915.21 Total Points: 71,785.56 Donate	Just made it up. ...Yeah, I thought this was going to be a little too easy. Alright, then, take this one. It took many conversations between me and Prince Toad to figure something out, and even then, it was kinda confusing. Here's the scenario. You have this omnipotent watch that can honestly answer any yes-or-no question. You can ask it up to two questions per day; after that, you can't ask again until tomorrow. The watch will say yes or no by flashing either a yellow or a blue light. However, you don't know which light means which, and the lights could randomly switch meanings every day, so you don't know at first. Now, one day you're on a game show, and you have to choose between three doors. Two of the doors have goats behind them. The other door has a car. What do you ask the watch that will guarantee that you'll get the car? This one is going to take some pretty deep thinking. Origin of Entria

09-04-2004, 09:41 AM	#12
The Missing Link Professional Lurker Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: New Hyrule, Washington, US Gender: Posts: 15,575 Thanks: 80 Thanked 183 Times in 110 Posts Points: 6,662.45 Bank: 55,328.64 Total Points: 61,991.09 Donate	^ I believe you mean omniscient. Omnipotent is all-powerful. Omniscient is all-knowing. "There are some who call me... Link?" "Carpe Gaium Domesticum!" (Seize the Cucco!) Zelda: The Grand Adventures \| Triforce MUCK ザ行方不明リンク悪いユウモアの賢人

09-04-2004, 01:32 PM	#13
S1x VGF RPG Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Either over there or right here Gender: Posts: 4,745 Thanks: 14 Thanked 174 Times in 55 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 45,870.34 Bank: 25,915.21 Total Points: 71,785.56 Donate	...I mean both. heh. This is one cool watch. Origin of Entria

09-05-2004, 02:16 PM	#14
Blue Yoshi Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: DOES NOT COMPUTE Posts: 962 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 777.25 Bank: 11,034.89 Total Points: 11,812.14 Donate	have you already asked it something? I might know it if you haven't.

09-05-2004, 05:12 PM	#15
S1x VGF RPG Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Either over there or right here Gender: Posts: 4,745 Thanks: 14 Thanked 174 Times in 55 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 45,870.34 Bank: 25,915.21 Total Points: 71,785.56 Donate	The watch answers two questions per day, right? It'll honestly answer any yes-or-no question, right? Think about what your two questions would be. Origin of Entria

09-05-2004, 07:55 PM	#16
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,683 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,772.81 Bank: 597.55 Total Points: 9,370.36 Donate	Got the first one. THOUGHT I had the second one... but nope. :\

09-05-2004, 09:33 PM	#17
Blue Yoshi Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: DOES NOT COMPUTE Posts: 962 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 777.25 Bank: 11,034.89 Total Points: 11,812.14 Donate	I thought I had the second one, but then I realized you could only ask it yes or no questions.

09-05-2004, 10:41 PM	#18
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,683 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,772.81 Bank: 597.55 Total Points: 9,370.36 Donate	Exactly my problem.

09-06-2004, 12:52 PM	#19
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,683 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,772.81 Bank: 597.55 Total Points: 9,370.36 Donate	Yay. I got it. Because I'm smart. And you're not. So hah.

09-06-2004, 12:53 PM	#20
S1x VGF RPG Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Either over there or right here Gender: Posts: 4,745 Thanks: 14 Thanked 174 Times in 55 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 45,870.34 Bank: 25,915.21 Total Points: 71,785.56 Donate	Don't be scared to discuss about it in this topic. This is considerably harder than the first one I put up. Origin of Entria