I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE MASTER of CHAMPIONS! WOO!
Jesus, that was one hell of a ride. The whole time I was doing this I was actually convinced I wouldn't make it far since I only had a week to do it, and I certainly never even dreamed of actually finishing the whole thing, especially since this is the first major puzzle I've ever done. But I did. I'm still not entirely sure how, but I did. With the help of a few very special people, I did.
Jeff - Thank you again for making this incredible event. It really was amazing and one hell of an experience, and I'm not even exaggerating. There were some frustrating and stressful moments yes, but I haven't had this much fun in a long time. Thank you.
EvilBlackSheep - Thank you for being kind and patient enough to guide me through many of these puzzles! .. Which is not a very easy task considering I'm a bit slow at times from the lack of sleep, I must admit. But honestly if it weren't for you I wouldn't even be anywhere near where I am today. Thank you.
I had a blast. Good luck to those who are still cracking the puzzles - you can make it!
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Thank you so much for your kind words! Part of the adrenaline rush making it exciting was solving it up to the last moments--- and beating the clock!
Glad to see the game wins are starting to drop and you have a few wins already! Hope you get many more by tomorrow when it all ends.
So much fun being there with you along the way and seeing things click for you... those AHA moments are pretty cool huh?
Now I just need to get busy making a new event as this one is coming to a close.
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Truly! The adrenaline rush really did play a big part in me finishing the puzzles, while also making the whole things three times as exciting as it already was.
And thank you! I'm very happy to have won a few games already. There are a few other titles I'm hoping to win, but I'm very glad for what I've got so far.
Really looking forward to your next event!
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Just got home, hope I got a few more hours to solve the final ITH (damn timeline)
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Scratch that, DONE! :)
hidden 1-12 + all the rest in a weekend
Thanks to everyone involved in making and contributing to this giant event!
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New puzzle event in design stage... Goal August 1st to go live!
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Fantastic, Phoxy!
I'm impressed!
Love the happy dance pic!
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Whoa! I already won 7 gifts! Thank you!
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At the 'FINAL PUZZLE to be given the MASTER of CHAMPIONS title!' at the end with the line, does no arrow mean no change or are we supposed to estimate the center?
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Yes, in those case you have to "estimate". Although the image is like 5 mm over the line so guessing wrong is really hard.
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Did you not join any GAs? Didn't see any wins for you yet...
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From the giveaways I joined only one ended so far. I usually don't enter much anyways. Tomorrow there are some I joined. So I' waiting for them. But I already won Wasteland 2 yesterday. So I'm still lucky even if I don't win anything in the pyramid. Secretely hoping for the Shadowrun one because it would be fun since I won the prequel game in the last event.
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No progress yet :/ . I drew lines to see where the four arrowless symbols are located on the line but that didn't get me to the hidden ITH. maybe I'm using the wrong data, but since I got Q15 right I should be on the right track
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Check 8 page, advices for rivelheart. I think everything is pretty clear there.
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Just got it a couple of minutes ago. For now incomprehensible reasons I added an unncecessary step before applying the numbers. Thanks everybody for trying to help :)
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Thanks for setting up this event. The excel file I used to solve and mark my progress is now 5.5MB and has 14 sheets.
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After tomorrow I will post a read only excel online doc.so we can compare...
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I always grouped 3 puzzles together on one sheet. Dont like having to scroll in the sheet-bar :)
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Me too, but fortunately big screen + renaming sheets from sheet1,sheet2 etc to 1,2... makes a big difference :D
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Bump for 1/2 of GAs dropped today and the rest including the better games drop in tomorrow! Still time at the pinnacle to get in on GAs!
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Bump for 8 wins so far :)
I've send already my gifts and keys to the winners. Only one is still waiting for a reroll...
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Thank you very much for hosting this and setting it all up. It was fun.
"so, dingbat, did you win anything?
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i kept putting cardiovascular for section 1 question 7 and i had to google it after 5 minutes of trying cardiovascular, cardio, vascular, and checking typos. I ended up googling it and feeling like an idiot
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Free bump! I'm so awesome I've won the same game twice! otherwise sitting at 11 (unique) wins so far. Hope I didn't use up all my luck on the first day hehehehe!
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I'm just gonna assume its a bit late to start now.
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New puzzle event in design stage... Goal August 1st to go live!
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Well.. I didn't win Stardew :/ Or any of the AAA games. But at least I won a handful of Indie games! So glad for them.
Hope the Steam Summer sale will discount many of my wishlist games :D
Grats to all the winners! ♥
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Oh, my bad! They got buried by other giveaways and I didn't see them so I thought everything had ended.
I'm still in for a few other games that I wanted. My day just got a little bit brighter. Thank you! :D
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And so it ends. Do you think we get some more recovery time and start the next event not a month later? ^^
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Hey jeff, any chance you have the full list of complete solvers? For checking purposes (yeah, I'm paranoid :P)
To everyone who won one (or more?) of my GAs, I'll try and send out the keys by today (or tomorrow).
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I guess this is the closest you can get to a full list unless Jeff has an additional one. But if there are solvers who never spoke a word and have no ITH account or solved later then the first ten it would be impossible to tell if they are legitimate solvers.
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That's a nice list, thanks! In the previous event I just added them to check. More work but those are good games at the top... Hope they're all "vocal solvers"...
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A few more need to be added from the rainbow 6 siege ga to the list... And a few just wrote on main thread they conquered...
Btw, thank you a tremendous thanks for the juicy GAs as it made all the hard work pay off for them...
The awesomeness of this event had a lot to do with your generous GAs!
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It is understandable and I agree with Jeff. You are showing an immense generousity with sponsoring events on this site. So you want to confirm that those games are not going to some less honest person and you are right in doing so. I also support your attitude that people should only join if they intend to play their wins. Otherwise it would be just wasted.
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Bump for still going. :)
I solved Puzzles 26-30 and will start their crosswords a little later.
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Wow-- truly for the puzzle sake as most GAs are already handed out as wins...
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Jeff, on the Puzzle 29 crossword, is there a mistake in the 5-letter word that ends on the Blue square? I see no ITH answer that ends with that letter (the blue one).
Edit: Never mind, I can't count.
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New puzzle event in design stage... Goal August 1st to go live!
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This is insane. I have 21 wins so far. I'm definitely going to do some thank-you puzzle giveaways for this :D
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Why not save your GAs for the next puzzle event I sponser and you can be a contributor!! ;)
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But then it wouldn't be my puzzle ;) Also going backpacking in a few weeks so I won't be available for cooperating in anything!
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Great! Have fun backpacking... it will take more than a month to have new puzzle event prepared so we have plenty of time...
Take some cool pictures while backpacking! ;)
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New puzzle event in design stage... Goal August 1st to go live!
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DID YOU SSSSSsssAY 21 WINS! OMG you must be the leader in wins!
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Considering I've only joined around 10 GAs out of the entire event,
I have "only" won 2... and... BOTH ARE WISHLIST GAMES!
Thank you again jeffhowe for Mad Max & Victor Vran ! :)
and curse you for ruining my ratio ! lol
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You can "fix" your ratio in next event by contributing a few GA... ;) hint hint...
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New puzzle event in design stage... Goal August 1st to go live!
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I had posted a message saying to say you made it in the Rainbow six seige GA so I would add too Champs list...
I didnt see a post of yours there.... but I know you did as you put in main thread. So we all good now.
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Oh, my bad! I had no idea, I guess I was too excited about the fact that I made it there and missed it. Thanks though! :D
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You completed the whole thing? Ill add you now if yes...
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Yes, I commented that I finished the pinnacle. I meant the whole thing.
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Thanks again for this event. It was stressful at times but I still had fun.
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Sure... noticed you won just one game--- sorry sure wish you had won more for all your hard work...
Thanks for sticking thru it to the end! That itself is an accomplishment!!!
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Actually I won 2 from lmxn. I'm still waiting for it though.
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Oh wonderful! And he had some awesome GAs too! I feel better now! ;)
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New puzzle event in design stage... Goal August 1st to go live!
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Won for about 175€ of games hahahahaha. Definitely won too much, I need to prepare some puzzles to give a few games back
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17 game wins and one of them Stardew Valley?!
Wow you hit the jackpot! CONGRATS!
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New puzzle event in design stage... Goal August 1st to go live!
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3 games won, all ones I really want to play (eventually, once I conquer my current backlog). Thanks for this awesome event!
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New puzzle event in design stage... Goal August 1st to go live!
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Wonderful success for this event! Thank you contributors of GAs, all the hint-help from early conquerors, the hype, comments, and FUN! Many people had massive wins! Some over 20 games won!!
Please if you haven't already thanked contributors for their generous GAs donated to the event-- especially for those you personally won then please do so. I would also like to encourage you to consider contributing some GAs for the next event to show your support and appreciation if possible.
Here is a read-only excel document with all the answers...
WOW what an amazing experience! I had so much fun and appreciate all your kind words. It will take me at least a month to design a new event but in the meantime try Nordhbanes Puzzle Agency Puzzles, Mikalyes Dungeon of Puzzles event, or one of onks adventures -recent onk adventure is closed but keep your eye out for more-- they are amazing!
Next pyramid event will include countries, continents, and cultures... and plenty puzzles of a variety for everyone.
Welcome to the New Pyramid Game?? - THEME: The Food Pyramid!
Note: ALL GAs in complete game are Level1!
CLICK HERE to get a taste of the tasty GAs inside!
Time to get your puzzle on!
There are several stages to solve along the way. Here is a brief explanation of the stages.
STAGE 1: Solve the easy and fun ITH puzzles below numbered 1-25 in any order. You will get a reward GA for each solved!!
STAGE 2: Then take your answers from the ITH and fit them into a crossword puzzle!
STAGE 3: Solving the crossword will give you 8 letters as a result, solve with given clues to deduce the correct order of those 8 letters.
STAGE 4: Find the HIDDEN ITH with the result from STAGE 3! You will get a reward GA for each of the 30 hidden ITHs discovered!!
STAGE 5: Decipher using the Key given the 3 hidden GAs... (5 characters A-Z, a-z, 1-9, 0 IN THAT ORDER) 15 GA rewards
STAGE 6: Solve the WORD equation passcode puzzle and save to use in accessing Puzzles 26-30 at the top! (note down numerical passcode also)
STAGE 7: Each of the TOP 5 Puzzles gives access to an ACHIEVEMENT train! Thus potential to be rewarded 5 GA trains!
STAGE 8: Solve Puzzles 26-30 passcode puzzles and put into the TOP Pinnacle to CONQUER the game and gain access to a 1st List of AAA games!
STAGE 9: If you choose to accept the ULTIMATE challenge then solve the additional PINNACLE puzzle for access to the Master of Champions AAA Games List!!
Solving Word Equations-- you will need to refer to the final bank of 20 pictures below to help solve.
Example solution for Puzzle 01- AIR's word equation: (see first attached image below)
(numbers by each picture are how many letters are in the word you must figure out)
TOAST + MOON - TOMATO = ?
TOASTMOON - TOMATO
(TOA)S(TMO)ON (the letters in bold are the letters to be subtracted from TOASTMOON)
This leaves the letters S, O, and N. Rearrange the resulting letters to make a word. Thus, the answer for Puzzle 1's Word Equation Passcode is "SON". Check over the second image below and check off the matching picture that looks like "SON".
Use the FREE GA area in middle of event to ask EvilBlackSheep for help on word equations puzzles.
NOTE: Special thanks goes to EvilBlackSheep for helping design the word equation puzzles and an achievement train, lmxn for 4 Achievement trains and several AAA contributions, jesuswarjesus for a train and one AAA contribution, keohookalani for 2 AAA games, hazelmeade for 2 AAA games and other GAs, Morshock, faragona,and hafilip84 for GA contributions for the event, and one anonymous donation of a AAA game!! AND Nordhbane for puzzle help and inspiration! They are all awesome!
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