Official Monthly Challenge for September 2016 Written by [player]Razorvich[/player] for the Community Team and the Chatters
September (from Latin septem, "seven") was originally the seventh of ten months on the oldest known Roman calendar, with March (Latin Martius) the first month of the year until perhaps as late as 153 BC. After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.
September is the ninth month and the only month with the same number of letters in its name in English as the number of the month.
The last day of September in any year always falls on a different day of the week from the last day of any other month.
The autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere and the vernal or spring equinox in the southern hemisphere occur on dates varying from 21 September to 24 September (in UTC).
In 325 A.D Nicene council officially adopted the 'Julian Calendar' which declared that 'a year would be 365 days and 6 hours long' and March 25th being the 'New year'. Many centuries passed and at last astronomers found out the flaw in Julian calendar which exceeded the newly measured 'Solar year' by 11 minutes. This amounted over time from 325 A.D to 1582 A.D, exceeding nearly 10 days! Pope Gregory XIII ordered a change from Julian to the Gregorian Calendar in 1582, they had to cut down 11 days! Therefore, days were cut out between 2nd and 14th September 1752.
ABOVE IS A CONFUSING NUMBER OF FACTS
NO SIGN-UPS REQUIRED - Everyone is eligible! To sign up all you need to do is join and win at least one game that has started between September 3 1800 CC Time and September 30 with the following settings:
Mystery!....
At the end of the day, if you finish in time, you can count on your game having all the clues already So clean out your pantry and get to it !!
Challenge Medal Criteria 50 points are required for a CA medal.
Bronze Token: (3 points) Silver Token: (5 points) Gold Token: (10 points) Smiley Token: (15 points)*only 1 Smiley Token will count towards your score
Smiley Code Challenge: The vowels are already hidden somewhere in the forums, IF you feel like looking for them. As for the rest, there are two other ways to obtain information. 1.Tell a joke in the September joke thread here: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=219703 2.Stay tuned in chat for clues throughout the month.
It will be to your advantage to not disclose any info you gather.
When you have identified correctly the Token Conditions above, send your entry to [player]Razorvich[/player] *** CLAIMED *** 1st - + 1200 Credits 2nd - +600 Credits 3rd- + 300 Credits
Time to let everyone in on the Smiley Code.... and put some pressure on the leaders ALL the BONUS PRIZES are still up for grabs. ALL jokes from today will recieve Cryptic Clues instead of letters.
HERE IS THE SMILEY CODE: [spoiler=Smiley Code]SPREADSHEET SOLUTION: Z _ W G U Q + Y A T = X B H E V S O N C F R L J K P M I D
[spoiler=Message from razorvich to you all]Thank you all for the privilage of designing something different for you all to play during September. I know there were a few hickups along the way, and grumbles from a few......your feedback concerning the English Language has been noted for any future events that I plan.
The goals of this event were: 1. To drive interest in the "Clean out the Pantry Games" (over 200+ games this month) 2. To Create Forum traffic 3. To Create Chat traffic 4.Give you all something to think about
ALL have been achieved... and for that I thank you all.
This has been a team effort, as we also kept it secret from the other Mods before launch....
This event had a low point count required for a medal for a reason This event had a Scavenger Hunt for the Vowels This event encoraged forum posts in the Joke thread This event was designed so that if you posted 1 joke per day, you would have enough clues to solve the puzzle
MY FELLOW CONSPIRATORS INCLUDED: [player]jmyork82[/player] - Thrust into the Mod World and having to deal with a crazy event 1st up... thank you [player]CatchersMitt14[/player] - Executive Producer.. keeping an evil eagle eye that things worked correctly ... thank you [player]Dukasaur[/player] - Event Consultant ... making sure all of us kept it real ... thank you [player]Bigwham[/player] - Without the boss... it could not have be done ... thank you boss
1 joke per day.... WHAT A JOKE [/spoiler]
SOLUTIONS, RESULTS & NOTES
[spoiler=THE PUZZLE]Official Monthly Challenge for September2016 Written by [player]Razorvich[/player] for the Community Team and the Chatters
September (from Latin septem, "seven") was originally the seventh of ten months on the oldest known Roman calendar, with March (Latin Martius) the first month of the year until perhaps as late as 153 BC. After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.
September is the ninth month and the only month with the same number of letters in its name in English as the number of the month.
The last day of September in any year always falls on a different day of the week from the last day of any other month.
The autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere and the vernal or spring equinox in the southern hemisphere occur on dates varying from 21 September to 24 September (in UTC).
In 325 A.D Nicene council officially adopted the 'Julian Calendar' which declared that 'a year would be 365 days and 6 hours long' and March 25th being the 'New year'. Many centuries passed and at last astronomers found out the flaw in Julian calendar which exceeded the newly measured 'Solar year' by 11 minutes. This amounted over time from 325 A.D to 1582 A.D, exceeding nearly 10 days! Pope Gregory XIII ordered a change from Julian to the Gregorian Calendar in 1582, they had to cut down 11 days! Therefore, days were cut out between 2nd and 14th September 1752.
ABOVE IS A CONFUSING NUMBER OF FACTS [/spoiler] SMILEY SOLUTION:
The two smileys not used anywhere in the puzzle are and which go along with the X and Q.[/spoiler]2nd[spoiler=Man from Modesto]Sent: Tue Sep 06, 2016 5:03 pm From: Man from Modesto To: Razorvich
Smiley: SUM_ABOVE_NUMBERS_SEARCH_GAME_RESULT_SMILEY_TOKEN_SETTINGS[/spoiler] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st to report the Smiley Game Settings [spoiler=LiveLoveTeach]Sent: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:29 am From: LiveLoveTeach To: Razorvich Smiley game settings:
Classic map Players: 6 Game Type: Standard Initial Troops: Automatic Play Order : Sequential Spoils: Escalating Reinforcements: Unlimited Fog of War: No Trench Warfare: No Round Limit: None Round Length: 24 Hours[/spoiler] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st to provide the Token Win Conditions [spoiler=LiveLoveTeach]Sent: Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:26 am From: LiveLoveTeach To: Razorvich Bronze is join and start a pantry game by Sept 30.
SILVER CONDITION: 1: win any game between Sept 3 1800 CC Time through Sept 14 2: win any game between Sept 21-24 3: win a game in round 1,7,9,10,13,30 that started by Sept 30
GOLD CONDITION: 1: win a pantry game between Sept 3 1800 CC Time through Sept 14 2: win a pantry game between Sept 21-24 3: Win a pantry game in round 1,7,9,10,13,30 that started by Sept 30
SMILEY CONDITION: 1: win a smiley game between Sept 3 1800 CC Time through Sept 14 2: win a smiley game between Sept 21-24 3: win a smiley game in round 1,7,9,10,13,30 that started by Sept 30[/spoiler] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Once again, thanks for your participation, and a HUGE thank you to the team that helped provide this event.
SO... FROM HERE.....
WIN YOUR GAMES ON ROUND 1,7,9,10,13 or 30 to get the goodies.
Stay tuned for my next mind bender... already in the planning for early next year.
Can we get an OFFICIAL explanation of what is REQUIRED to send as an answer for Smiley Code Challenge? Is it the Spreadsheet decoded OR "When you have identified correctly the Token Conditions"?
Is it what each Smiley letter is OR exact Token Conditions? OR both?
Since only one official entry will be accepted, I guess we should at least know what are the rules. This way it makes no sense.
dakky21 wrote:Can we get an OFFICIAL explanation of what is REQUIRED to send as an answer for Smiley Code Challenge? Is it the Spreadsheet decoded OR "When you have identified correctly the Token Conditions"?
Is it what each Smiley letter is OR exact Token Conditions? OR both?
Since only one official entry will be accepted, I guess we should at least know what are the rules. This way it makes no sense.
Its right there:
Razorvich wrote:When you have identified correctly the Token Conditions above
Best an entry to be 100% Correct though.
Razorvich wrote:High Score: 2569 [player]TeeGee[/player] has my PW... Wall him if I get below 1 Hour in CLAN GAMES ONLY !!
dakky21 wrote:Can we get an OFFICIAL explanation of what is REQUIRED to send as an answer for Smiley Code Challenge? Is it the Spreadsheet decoded OR "When you have identified correctly the Token Conditions"?
Is it what each Smiley letter is OR exact Token Conditions? OR both?
Since only one official entry will be accepted, I guess we should at least know what are the rules. This way it makes no sense.
Its right there:
Razorvich wrote:When you have identified correctly the Token Conditions above
Best an entry to be 100% Correct though.
AGAIN, should the submission be 100% correct decoded smileys OR 100% correct Token Conditions?
dakky21 wrote:AGAIN, should the submission be 100% correct decoded smileys OR 100% correct Token Conditions?
If you 100% decode the smileys.... you will have 100% correct Token Conditions right?
100%
Just tell us... "you should send it in a format map/spoils/reinforcements/players/..." OR "you should send it in a format what you can read from smileys"
It was a dark, cold, winter night. Outside was raining heavily and blows of cold bone chilling air was coming in through the broken attic window, when a deceitfully charming baby voice came from outside the bedroom: Mom, toilet paper is fiinished!
Mad777 wrote:One of the question is does the token codes/sentence change each day? How can you get that many points otherwise?
EDIT: medal is for 50 points but decoding the 4 smiley puzzles gives only 33 points, so that means you need to play at least 17 games? counting on you get the bronze token for each
Mad777 wrote:One of the question is does the token codes/sentence change each day? How can you get that many points otherwise?
EDIT: medal is for 50 points but decoding the 4 smiley puzzles gives only 33 points, so that means you need to play at least 17 games? counting on you get the bronze token for each
I'm not sure I follow your question.
The code does not change at all. It will remain the same all month.
Actually decoding the puzzles does not award any points towards the fifty needed for a CA. The puzzle solutions can be submitted to Raz for a shot at winning a GA.
This challenge can be completed in less than seventeen games by winning a combination of token types. You are correct, seventeen bronze tokens alone will get you over the fifty point requirement if that is how you choose to complete the challenge.
Mad777 wrote:One of the question is does the token codes/sentence change each day? How can you get that many points otherwise?
EDIT: medal is for 50 points but decoding the 4 smiley puzzles gives only 33 points, so that means you need to play at least 17 games? counting on you get the bronze token for each
I'm not sure I follow your question.
The code does not change at all. It will remain the same all month.
Actually decoding the puzzles does not award any points towards the fifty needed for a CA. The puzzle solutions can be submitted to Raz for a shot at winning a GA.
This challenge can be completed in less than seventeen games by winning a combination of token types. You are correct, seventeen bronze tokens alone will get you over the fifty point requirement if that is how you choose to complete the challenge.
Thanks I figured it out, that is why I deleted my posts
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+ 1200 Credits
Cracking the SMILEY CODE is one thing..... knowing its meaning is another
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which go along with the X and Q.[/spoiler]
