Aquaria Central 2008 Hunt The Words Competition

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Details:

There will be 14 searches given, each search will lead you to a specific post on the forum. The search presented will be in the format of...

"Find the 200th post by RBishop, write down the 10th word of the post"

When all 13 searches have been done, it will give you a sentence / statement. The first member to post the correct statement in the answer thread will be the winner.

Sound simple?....Yes

Is there a twist?....Yes

The searches given will not be in the correct word order of the sentence / statement

There will be only one way to compose the sentence / statement, its down to you to find the correct order.

All AquariaCentral.com members and Staff (including international) with post counts of 100 and higher are welcome to join in with this event.

The Competition will run from 1 December till the puzzle is solved.

Prize:



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Contest Idea provided by unvmyplecos

[Rbishop]

Let's get started!!!!!!

There are 14 words in this quote. The clues are not in the order of the words used in the quote.

#1 A Feb 2008 Cheech thread, clown-lovers 1st post, 27th word

#2 A Jul 2008 piggy67 thread, post by pharasalia, 48th word

#3 A brentling thread, 125 start up, a ChrisK post, 6th word from the end

#4 A Jul 2008 traelman thread, post #27, 37th word

#5 A May 2008 thread by mlefessler, 1st post by AquatiCreations, 14th word

#6 Mafia #29, post 204, 12th word after the bold

#7 48th word, in the post made 696 minutes after pitbull said goodbye to their frontosa

#8 Rudy has a tank build thread, his 1st post on Feb 4th, 2008, 13th word after the quote

#9 1st word in post #9,802...guess the thread.....

#10 MM hunts aliens...post #808....5th word

#11 SW thread, "WHAT is THAT???", 9th post, 4th word

#12 1st post in thread by WaterBug in "ID" thread, 59th WORD

#13 MsPuff and her fire belly toads thread, post #3, 10th word from the end

#14.....just to get you started.....the word is "had"


Every 24 hours, I will reveal one of the words in the quote and the link to them, just to ensure you all have a chance at the solve in case no one gets it early on their own.

[Virtuoso2K12]

Are there repeats?in words?

[Virtuoso2K12]

i can't find the last one #11.Well Good Luck to you all :)

[petluvr]

Is it possible that some of the dates for these threads are incorrect....I can only find 1 time that pharasalia posted in a piggy67 thread and that was not in July of 08? and traelman has NO threads in july june and august but not july?

[Bk828]

^^ that confused me as well

[petluvr]

did you figure it out Bk?

[Bk828]

like 60% of it lol
I asked Niko to come in and clarify the rules

[petluvr]

I am missing 5 words can't figure out 4,5,7,10 and 11 thus far:)

[The Zigman]

is there even a way to find the answer to #7?
I know what time and date to search in, but cant search by time or date, without some words to search by..

[Bk828]

Zig that was an easy one :P

1 word to go.. #11 grrr

[Reefscape]

The searches were composed by Bob Bishop....as soon as i see him come online, i'll direct him here...

[Bk828]

(wonders why Mgamers posts werent chosen.. wouldve made the game alot easier.. )

[ChilDawg]

They're all there and correct. I just have to find the last one or two.

[ChilDawg]

"If the fish had not opened its mouth, i would not have caught it."

[ChilDawg]

I am, of course, guessing that Bob meant "24th word" and not "27th word".

I opened my mouth too soon earlier--the word "collapse" threw me a bit.

[petluvr]

I smoked two packs of cigs and even partnered up with someone only to find out we both had #1 wrong:swear::swear::swear:

[ChilDawg]

Did you have "collapse"? That was correct by the count.

[Bk828]

I would have not caught the fish, if it had not opened its mouth

:P lol ill play around.. :lipssealedsmilie:

Petluvr we almost had it lol

[petluvr]

Yep that is what i had, all of them would have fit except collapse but I found a post that the right word was the right number but not in Feb.

[Druu]

The fish would not have opened its mouth if I had not caught it.

[ChilDawg]

In this thread (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144398)? I can understand that--the thread was started in February, which means the "the" qualifies.

Very fun contest, Bob and unvmyplecos!

[petluvr]

That's it and WAIT it was started in Feb. What was I looking at LOL:)

[Sploke]

"if the fish had not opened it's mouth I would not have caught it"

or

"I would not have caught the fish if it had not opened its mouth"


I think they are both gramatically correct so it could go either way...but I'm not english professor.

[Sploke]

blast too late.

[unvmyplecos]

ha niko you mods made it so hard hehe!!!

[stephstar]

awww, I did not even get a chance to start :(

[The Zigman]

Zig that was an easy one :P

1 word to go.. #11 grrr


Ahhh Crap, I was looking for a thread.. not a post...
Grrr!!

[Rbishop]

Through post #28...no winner.....

[Reefscape]

Through post #28...no winner.....



he he he he he....awsome.... :lol:

[petluvr]

oooppsss used a word twice, disregard:)

[petluvr]

The fish opened its mouth I would have had not caught it if not

[dirtydawg10]

I would not have caught the fish if it had not opened it's mouth

[dirtydawg10]

I would not have caught it if the fish had not opened it's mouth

[petluvr]

My only prob is now that everyone knows the words it's just a matter of putting them in the right sequence, all that hunting for nothing:)

[Bk828]

if the fish had opened its mouth i would have not not caught it

[petluvr]

Bk now that's original.....LOL

[Bk828]

lol its a not not day

but i agree the answers should have been pmed to bob or niko instead of posting here.. Now everyone knows the possible words

[petluvr]

Just have to wait and see, maybe if the winner has to pm them in the order in which the clues were given would be the only way to make sure they actually did the hunt.

[Bk828]

^^ true that

[dirtydawg10]

Don't worry fellas I did all the same searching you did. I never posted because I thought Childawg was right.

[Rbishop]

No PMs required......

[petluvr]

Don't worry fellas I did all the same searching you did. I never posted because I thought Childawg was right.
Not accusing here just saying:)

[ChrisK]

Would I not have caught the fish if it had not opened its mouth?

[unvmyplecos]

the fish would not have opened its mouth if i had not caught it?

[petluvr]

the fish would not have opened its mouth if i had not caught it?
post 21 already guessed that, are we sure these are the right words guys?

[unvmyplecos]

if i had not caught the fish it would not have opened its mouth

[ChilDawg]

If I had not caught it, the fish would not have opened its mouth.
It would not have opened its mouth if I had not caught the fish.
I would not have caught it if the fish had not opened its mouth.

[dirtydawg10]

The fish would not have been caught if it had not opened it's mouth

[Bk828]

post 21 already guessed that, are we sure these are the right words guys?

thats what im thinking.. perhaps theres a mistake somewhere in one/two of the words

[dirtydawg10]

If the fish had not opened it's mouth it would not have been caught.

[ChilDawg]

If I had not caught it, would the fish have opened its mouth?
Would I not have caught it if the fish had not opened its mouth?
Would I have not caught it if the fish had not opened its mouth
If the fish had not opened its mouth, would I have not caught it?
If the fish had not opened its mouth, would I not have caught it?

[Rbishop]

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

[Rbishop]

dirtydawg10...post 51......

[dirtydawg10]

If the fish had not been caught it would not have opened it's mouth.

[dirtydawg10]

RB you were tricky...The secret word was "been"


WooHoo!!

[petluvr]

Congrats

[petluvr]

What number clue was the word "been"

[Rbishop]

Great game! Maybe we need to run a couple of these for practice before the next monthly competition..?

[dirtydawg10]

Congrats

What number clue was the word "been"

Thanks...#12

[petluvr]

that would be cool:) more practice

[Bk828]

congrats

[petluvr]

Sorry BK that was my fault:(

[Rbishop]

Dang..I was hoping for 3 days..lmao..need to toughen it up a bit..maybe include some threads from MFK or AP..

[ChilDawg]

It's the ID thread one. Apparently 3 and 10 don't count as words, even though they represent them?

[dirtydawg10]

Take a look at hint #12...it says "1st post in thread by WaterBug in "ID" thread, 59th WORD (<-----ALL CAPS)". We were all counting the numbers to get to the 59th word which was "I". If you don't count the numbers you get to "been".

[petluvr]

OH makes since

[ChilDawg]

But numbers are words.

[dirtydawg10]

But numbers are words.

three and ten are words...3 & 10 are numbers.

[Bk828]

Sorry BK that was my fault:(

:headshake2: you let the team down.. :headshake2:

lol there will be other games :headbang2:

[petluvr]

:headshake2: you let the team down.. :headshake2:

lol there will be other games :headbang2:
Where's the stick your finger up at BK smilie:)

[Rbishop]

:thm:

[dirtydawg10]

congrats

Thanks, man! I had to go back through all the clues again to find which one I got wrong. That sucked!

[Rbishop]

Any suggestions for the next round?

Let management know if you want to see this again...

[petluvr]

Def want to see it again but I think we should pm our answers next time just to deter any unsavory cheating:) Not saying it happened this time at all but it could next time.

[dirtydawg10]

I'd like to see it again...;)

[Bk828]

Any suggestions for the next round?

Let management know if you want to see this again...

keep it AC only..
You can include more words to search for but to lighten things up a bit you can give a hint for the first and last word.

and how about just for me we make all words come from Mg's posts :evil_lol:

Nice, Nice, Good job Nice! And Nice Job Good

[petluvr]

keep it AC only..
You can include more words to search for but to lighten things up a bit you can give a hint for the first and last word.

and how about just for me we make all words come from Mg's posts :evil_lol:

Nice, Nice, Good job Nice! And Nice Job Good
LOL

[Bk828]

Do I win?

[petluvr]

no you forgot GREAT JOB.....LOL:)

[Rbishop]

lmao!

[Rbishop]

hmmmm...."X" total clues.....

1/4 clues, day 1
1/4 clues, day 2
1/4 clues, day 3...


etc

???

[Bk828]

^^ that would be nice since it will keep people coming back for more

[petluvr]

hmmmm...."X" total clues.....

1/4 clues, day 1
1/4 clues, day 2
1/4 clues, day 3...


etc

???
Great idea, if you were to make it include MFK and AP could non-members there actually do the searching that needs to be done?

[Rbishop]

ummm...we usually run a post minimum for qualification...

[petluvr]

No I mean if qualifying members here had to go over to MFK to do the searches and they are not members over there could they still do the searching?

[Rbishop]

hmmm..will check on that....I think so..will do some tests on it...

[petluvr]

I got a little time and am not a member of either of those if you want to give me a few to search for I will try it for you.

[Bk828]

petluvr heres a test lol.. Search first 2nd word of 2nd post in Bk828 first ID thread on MFK

[petluvr]

No go, to use the search engine you must log in.

[Virtuoso2K12]

O what?It's over?I had the answer at school. :cry: I got all the words last night and now this is what i get for sleeping all day?

[Que]

You snooze you lose.

Q

[Druu]

Would I have caught the fish if it had not opened its mouth?

[ChilDawg]

Would I have caught the fish if it had not opened its mouth?

Game's already over.

[dirtydawg10]

My prize came today. What an awesome one to win. My fish will be fat and happy. Thanks AC!!

[Rbishop]

Awesome Dawg!!!! Thanks for playing!!!

[DAVIDFBT]

I definetely want to see a similar contest here on AC again, too bad my computer crashed recently. I would like to keep it just to AC, other forums would be way too hard to search for.

[Rbishop]

will try to get another non-prize game going this weekend....just for practice....