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by shornet
Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:40 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

Yes.
Forehead also means "the front part of something", so given the picture of a "face" (with the top part missing or shaded), the text clue should have been interpreted just like that: "face" minus the forehead (or the front part) gives an "ace" which is a person very good at something (hence "it ...
by shornet
Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:05 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

Correct. Well done! :)
by shornet
Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:36 am
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

No, not even close.

Clue 3:
by shornet
Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:20 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

I would start with the beginning ;).

And indeed, it's much harder to solve such a puzzle than to devise one.
by shornet
Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:59 am
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

And what words did you try to find idioms with?
And what idioms did you find?
by shornet
Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:25 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

Try to find an English idiom with either of the words you think you see in the pictures.
by shornet
Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:09 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

No, but you're getting closer.
by shornet
Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:49 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

Don't forget, the answer is a well known English idiom.
by shornet
Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:50 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

shornet wrote:OK then, last guess before a fresh clue arrives: Infiltration to IBM Headquarters.
Nice guess, but no.

Clue 2:
by shornet
Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:28 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

No. Both wrong. Not even close.
by shornet
Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:34 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

Obviously, it is Demons of the Deep.
:lol: I was sure you found the right solution
I know, right? I think shornet is cheating ;)

Indeed :) I wish I came up with this interpretation in the first place.

Both Eclipse and Behind the Lines are wrong.

Anyway, I'll say it again, the additions to ...
by shornet
Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:58 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

Crap, I just realized I may have misled you guys:


"Face" is pretty obvious, especially w/o the forehead


I said this is a wrong interpretation of the first picture together with the text clue. While this is true on the whole, I should have formulated it as:
"This is a wrong interpretation of ...
by shornet
Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:12 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

A gentle nudge in the right direction:

You should look for a very direct or literal interpretation to the lines and spaces in the pictures.
by shornet
Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:50 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

Unfortunately, both of you are wrong.

Jacob, you are getting closer to the correct answer.
However, your interpretation of the first picture together with the text clue is wrong, even though generally speaking you are thinking along the right lines.
Also the lines and the spaces have a different ...
by shornet
Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:15 pm
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Adventure Challenge
Replies: 461
Views: 4964656

Re: Adventure Challenge

Ok, maybe I'm being a bit too cryptic.
Here is a reformulation of the first clue, along with some more information:

Clue 1B:

Sometimes missing the forehead makes you better.