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Jake Peralta / Final Entries
« on: July 30, 2020, 12:18:50 pm »
Judy flipped on me, and it looks like she took Leon too. That'll be the end of me, then my closest allies in rapid succession.
But wait, there's more!
I figured out the Corporal's Exam today. I'm going to try to use that to my advantage in a big old bluff.
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I got on after work today meaning to do your challenge but...nah. See, I was thinking that you, Leon, and I could perhaps strike out on our own around F7, but I know the vote's against me right now.
So screw it. I'm activating my advantage for +1 vote. Nick tipped me off to it back on the Strike Team. He didn't have a chance to use it, so I'm cashing it in.
The alphanumeric pairs across the top are grid coordinates, with A-C representing rows and 1-5 representing columns. As the grid stands, it's gibberish, of course. That would be too easy. The grid squares need to be re-arranged into a 3x5 grid where each color/number matches its neighbor. That's where I got stuck for a while, partly due to colorblindness. The sixes and nines were the only inconsistent colors. I eventually realized that the H, I, O, and N squares are all rotationally symmetrical, flipping sixes and nines and making the colors consistent. After that, I printed it out and arranged it into a new grid (harder than it sounds) and tried the grid search again. I got the Y-axis wrong the first time, but the second yielded a real word: CLOAKING.
So. You can either reconsider aligning with Judy and help me take her out or you can go to rocks. I don't mean to strong-arm you like this, but I don't have the time to be as polite as I'd like. She's a bad bet and I'm not. I'm tapped out after this, but I'll be damned if I'm going to be betrayed again by someone I've shown nothing but friendship to. I'm voting for Judy, and I've got the votes to take it to rocks. Your call.
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I sent that to Leon and Rust, as well as copies to Lennie and Poirot to clue them in. If one of Leon and Rust bites, that could send us to rocks. If both do, it would swing the vote.
It's a long shot, but it's my best card to play. I'm hoping the bluff has enough concrete pieces of truth (i.e. an actual solution to a puzzle) that it looks real. Fingers crossed.
But wait, there's more!
I figured out the Corporal's Exam today. I'm going to try to use that to my advantage in a big old bluff.
=====
I got on after work today meaning to do your challenge but...nah. See, I was thinking that you, Leon, and I could perhaps strike out on our own around F7, but I know the vote's against me right now.
So screw it. I'm activating my advantage for +1 vote. Nick tipped me off to it back on the Strike Team. He didn't have a chance to use it, so I'm cashing it in.
The alphanumeric pairs across the top are grid coordinates, with A-C representing rows and 1-5 representing columns. As the grid stands, it's gibberish, of course. That would be too easy. The grid squares need to be re-arranged into a 3x5 grid where each color/number matches its neighbor. That's where I got stuck for a while, partly due to colorblindness. The sixes and nines were the only inconsistent colors. I eventually realized that the H, I, O, and N squares are all rotationally symmetrical, flipping sixes and nines and making the colors consistent. After that, I printed it out and arranged it into a new grid (harder than it sounds) and tried the grid search again. I got the Y-axis wrong the first time, but the second yielded a real word: CLOAKING.
So. You can either reconsider aligning with Judy and help me take her out or you can go to rocks. I don't mean to strong-arm you like this, but I don't have the time to be as polite as I'd like. She's a bad bet and I'm not. I'm tapped out after this, but I'll be damned if I'm going to be betrayed again by someone I've shown nothing but friendship to. I'm voting for Judy, and I've got the votes to take it to rocks. Your call.
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I sent that to Leon and Rust, as well as copies to Lennie and Poirot to clue them in. If one of Leon and Rust bites, that could send us to rocks. If both do, it would swing the vote.
It's a long shot, but it's my best card to play. I'm hoping the bluff has enough concrete pieces of truth (i.e. an actual solution to a puzzle) that it looks real. Fingers crossed.
