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Thanks Lasso for creating this mystery, we enjoyed solving it
]]>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:49:18 GMTSun, 09 Dec 2012 12:57:30 GMT but you know, the story said that Kerry herself said to Acid DC that was no tsetse fly bite, as originally diagnosed, but more likely a particularly nasty poisoning. so the original cause is poisoning, and that must be before the day when his bio was published, right?

Q5:
oh yeah, i forgot that saying because you change it to guru, well i'm too focused with all of the characters in UR ]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:58:51 GMT]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:57:15 GMT
' i saw smokey showing up from nowhere, how can the make such a mistake when it's just on one page? lol'

I know, right? Its like the artist wasn't even paying attention when he drew it. They make these kind of mistakes in movies all the time, but I never saw such a huge one in a comic before.

Q2: This is a great point, but I have an answer for you

Acid Dc's bio says: During a rave in the jungle, Acid D.C. gets stung by a tsetse fly. Infected with a sleeping sickness, he finds it harder and harder to stay awake. There's nothing the doctors can do, only DJ Korr's ultra fast mix can keep his eyes from closing.

So this means he was already part of the Junkz clan and going to raves before he was poisoned.

As to the fact his bio came out before the poison ability was introduced.... umm... Ok, he was stung by a tsetse fly, but it wasn't as potent as first thought until it was combined with the poison ability...?

Does that work? lol, its a great point, I don't have much of an argument for it

Q5: This is a bit of a red herring.

"Guru knows which Jungo though!"

Is kind of like saying: "God knows which Jungo though!'.

'God knows' is a popular saying, I changed it to 'Guru knows' to fit into Urban Rivals and it misled you a little. Which is all to my amusement ]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:39:26 GMT
first, Q2. how can Acid DC getting poisoned and got his sleeping sickness after 30/11/06 when his bio said he's already infected with sleeping sickness. assuming his bio is already there when he was released then it's more logic to think that he was infected before he came to clint city, isn't it?

then Q5, what is Taham want to implied saying ""Guru knows which Jungo though!" do guru really know Troompah, Greow, and a seal? that makes me searching Sakrohm that looks like Jungo.

Q8, if someone doesn't have that card that means he can make that deck to see the title, am i right? and for me, sadly enough i just sold my Dagg, and can't make that deck. but, there's another way, just add LASSO LOC then go to public preset, search LASSO LOC public presets. BANG!! there they are ]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:27:00 GMTBloodh cause he was furied by kate and in between "A"ktara and "C"rassus is "B"loodh

but after seeing the hints, seeing you said it was an error, i though that was your error. and i remember when Aktara getting drunk with Rowdy, Chill, and Aldo. i though you mistaken Chill for Crassus, so in between them is Aldo.

then, i searched another comics, in fact i download them all, because i love to see and identified the character in the comics, like Zoltan and splata doing tricks. i saw smokey showing up from nowhere, how can the make such a mistake when it's just on one page? lol]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:53:12 GMT
'At precisely 1310 on the 30/11/06, Smokey Cr brutally murdered Kate in the middle of Freaks Circus. According to Otakool, the accused had used a Candlestick to end the life of the victim, though this was never recovered from the scene of the crime. It will need to be Recovered Into Protection A.S.A.P. Allegedly, Spudd, overheard the victim saying Thankyou, after the Killer sold One Mikki to the victim for 50 Clintz. The Killer has confessed to the crime and will be banished from Clint City, after a fair trial.'

And if you were one of the first few people to send this to me, well... you won something... Didn't you?


This concludes this event, I hope you had as much fun playing it, as I did creating it and watching you all squirm. I was worried about too few players getting involved, but those worries were dashed almost immediately. I, actually, couldn't have asked for a better turnout. I will close this topic after I've given some time to allow for further questions and/or misunderstandings from players.

Thank you all so incredibly much for playing, I remember everyone that gets involved in any/all of my events and I never hesitate to try and return the favour... somehow.

Kindest regards,

-C0L0SSAL

P.S: +1 Bonus points if you already figured THAT one out.







PPS: EXTREME THANKYOU TO ALL THE MODERATORS! (It has to be Caps) ]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:50:25 GMT

But why should it be? If you've got this far, you already KNOW the answer. However, if you haven't correctly answered at least questions 4 and 12, then THIS question is impossible to answer without guess-work.

Lets write out what we've got so far on the Crime Report:

'At precisely 1310 on the 30/11/06, Smokey Cr brutally murdered Kate in the middle of Freaks Circus. According to Otakool, the accused had used a Candlestick to end the life of the victim, though this was never recovered from the scene of the crime. It will need to be Recovered Into Protection A.S.A.P. Allegedly, Spudd, overheard the victim saying Thankyou, after the Killer sold One Mikki to the victim for **13**. The Killer has confessed to the crime and will be banished from Clint City, after a fair trial.'

So... if the victim is indeed Kate, LETS SELL A Mikki TO HER!

(Actually, we don't REALLY need to, we just need a Mikki to 'pretend' to sell it to her, why make Kate richer... right?)

And a Mikki sells to Kate for 50 Clintz. Therefore the answer MUST be 50 Clintz.

Answer: 50 Clintz
(And the Kate, after gorging on Mikki and a million other cards, now hibernates in her accursed bone-yard for a thousand years, before being summoned once more to feast.)]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:50:10 GMT

See what I did there, wait... you don't live in the UK? Well that was a waste of a joke : (

This, again, just requires you to pay attention to detail. Go straight ahead and look at Dallas and Essie's character pages.

It doesn't matter which level of art you look at, they all contain the answers, with the exception of Essie's level 2 art...
'interestingly.'

Both Dallas and Essie each have a number printed on them somewhere and as the question already tells you: Dallas is 52 and Essie is 26.

So its just a matter of finding the All Star with the number 23. And I guarantee, you won't have to look for very long.

Eventually you'll discover that Mikki has the number 23 on both her level 1 and 2 art. Her level 3 art only slightly shows the '3' of '23'. There is NO other All Star with the number 23, so the answer must be Mikki.

Answer: Mikki
I can't believe you didn't get my 'Question of Sport' joke : (]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:49:56 GMT

This was the easiest one of the bunch and was the last question I made. I wasn't going to include it, but I thought it was another great little piece of detail that the Artist added to the card.

Go straight away and have a look at Anton's character page.

There are two levels of artwork and both have 'equations'. The first can't be completed, because you can't see the entire equation. But (fortunately for you) I've only asked for you to 'solve Anton's SECOND equation'.

Here's the artwork: http://s.ccdn.ur-img.com/urimages/perso/Skeelz/SKEELZ_ANTON_N2_STD.png

The equation is really simple and though a calculator is recommended, its possible to do this in your head.

The answer is, of course... ONE.


Answer: One
(I bet you the first equation's answer would be ONE as well... somehow)]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:49:41 GMTMona Lisa, which WOULD arguably BE the greatest theft of all time)

'And left a thankyou card at the scene of the crime.' Because that is EXACTLY what the card means... 'Thankyou'.

The answer, would be in the French 'Merci' had I not asked for the translation in English, 'Thankyou'.

So give me what I want and I'll thank you.

Answer: Thankyou
(And Merci to YOU for solving it)]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:49:27 GMT
You gotta love the attention to detail some of the Urban Rival's Artists put into our cards and question 10 is a perfect example of this.

Which card do you know, has performed perhaps the greatest crime of all time?

The key-word here is 'Crime'. The Montana clan tend to be associated with this, don't you think?

So of course, the answer lies in a very popular Montana card, Mona to be precise. And her level 3 art holds the answer.

But first, have a look at her level 2 art: http://s.ccdn.ur-img.com/urimages/perso/Montana/MONTANA_MONA_N2_STD.png

If you look carefully enough, you might be able to see that the painting behind Mona's back, is Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa (Perhaps the most famous painting of all time, and Mona's namesake)

NOW, lets look at Mona's level 3 art: http://s.ccdn.ur-img.com/urimages/perso/Montana/MONTANA_MONA_N3_STD.png

That's clearly the same painting, though you can only see the back of the canvas. And what's Mona holding in her hand?

A piece of paper? A 'card' of some kind? A calling card perhaps? Much like Batman's Joker' will leave a 'Joker' at the 'scene of the crime'.

If you can read what the card says, you'll see that this is ACTUALLY a 'Thankyou Card', because the card reads: 'merci', which of course is French for Thankyou.


QUESTION 10 ANSWERS CONTINUED]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:49:10 GMT


Lets look at THIS again:

'Find the All Star by walking UP the stairs and following the Leader's example and going backwards. There are
no anagrams, only left to right, right to left, forwards, backwards, up and down, whether by escalator or taking stairs.'

Ok, so we know we have to go UP... stairs. What are those? We'll come back to this.

We've found a Leader, we did that by going backwards, so we can assume that to find the All Star we need to go backwards as well.

There aren't any anagrams, so we know there's no point in trying random combinations of numbers to get the answer.

To get Sliman we went up backwards, like an escalator. So perhaps 'taking stairs' could refer to going up or down diagonally?

So lets try that then:

The opposite of:
S
1u
_9m
__7s
____a
_____m

is
7
_9
__1

or 791, who's character id IS: Spudd !!!


Hey, alright, we've found the All Star. We can test this with the opposite of Scotty too which would be 695: Avola, not an All Star.

As Spudd is the only All Star possible, without trying random combinations of numbers (Anagrams), Spudd MUST be the answer.


Answer: Spudd
(And well freakin' done too)]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:48:46 GMT
Then, let's go to to all the other characters mentioned and find their ids and write them out.

Tatane: 125
Endora: 294
Donnie: 667
Nanook: 126
Ielena: 296
Lehane: 547
Sumsam: 197
Scotty: 596

Now lets write them out as they appeared in the question:

Tatane:
125

Endora:
294

Donnie:
667

Nanook:
1
2
6

Ielena:
2
9
6

Lehane:
5
4
7

Sumsam:
1
_9
__7

Scotty:
__5
_9
6

Still nothing?

Ok, lets write them out in groups of how they appear:

Tatane: Endora: Donnie:
125:294:667

N1I2L5
a2e9e4
n6l6h7
o e a
o n n
k a e

S
1u
_9m
__6s
____a
_____m

_____S
____c5
___o9
__t6
_t
y

Are you beginning to see a pattern forming here?

Lets try and force them all together:

__________125 Tatane
__________294 Endora
__________667 Donnie
_________S___S
________c_NIL_u
_______o__aee__m
______t___nlh___s
_____t____oea____a
____y_____onn_____m
__________kae


I think we've just about cracked the code haven't we?

But we still haven't found the All Star yet.

Lets try going backwards, so the opposite of 125 Tatane would be 521 and the character that has 521 as an id IS: Aktara

Not an All Star but lets try the rest:

521: Aktara
492: Eklore
766: Dagg

Still no All Star, we've found a Leader though haven't we?

Lets try going backwards 'up the escalator', up rather than down.

So the opposite of:
1
2
6

N
a
n
o
o
k

Is:
6
2
1

Or 621, so the character with an id of 621 IS: Sliman

Lets do this for the rest:

621: Sliman
692: Pan
745: Veronica

QUESTION 9 CNTUD]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:48:04 GMT
It may not be impossible, but it IS by far the hardest in this little event. I'd made it, so nobody could get the completed crime report in so quickly. Look how that turned out, huh?

Had I given out enough clues for it, this question would have been a lot easier.


Tatane
Endora
Donnie
NIL
aee
nlh
oea
onn
kae
S
_u
__m
___s
____a
_____m
_____S
____c
___o
__t
_t
y

There's a good reason why its written like this, but we'll get to that later. First, lets start off simply:

At some point you've got to figure to go to at least one of these character's pages. But when you do, the answer doesn't lie in the bio, the artwork or even the comment's section and it sure as hell has NOTHING to do with current market value or anything to do with 'value' whatsoever. Most of you thought that this was the case (I actually tried to do a question in this
riddle on something to do with the market, but it was basically impossible, as the market is the most erratic and ever-changing part of Urban Rivals)

No, this has something to do with character's identification numbers(ids)... Its something you could only guess at, and you'd only EVER be able to guess, to get it. But like I said, I didn't want anyone working this out too quickly and this was meant to be my safety clause. With clues, you would have had no problem.

But all that's moot, because someone worked this out anyway, without clues.

QUESTION 9 ANSWERS CONTINUED]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:47:48 GMT
And hey, LOOK, they're all lined up in order like they were in the question... aren't I helpful?

The question asks for the title, so give the title as an answer!


Answer: Recovered Into Protection
(And don't feel like you owe me a green face)]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:47:33 GMT

Actually, its a preset... kind of wish it was cake now


25*s:
(A): R:-2op_1/P:3_2/C+3/-3od_2
D:R2/3: D:-2ol_2/P:2_4/A+12/-3ol_3


25*s refers to 25*s in a deck

(A): Refers to an ability because A=Ability. But not just any ability, one in brackets... what could that mean? Well, you could say it was kinda protected by brackets, so it must be Protection: Ability. Therefore we know we're looking for a deck with this bonus. Only one clan in the game with this and that's Skeelz.

D: R2/3: Refers to Defeat: Recover two out of three (pillz) Because D=Defeat R=Recover. Again, only one clan in the game with this bonus and that's Vortex.


So now we know we're looking for a Skeelz-Vortex deck. And the rest of the gibberish refers to the individual card's abilities. We know there must 4 in each half deck, because there are 4 abilities separated by / s.

R:-2op_1 is Chiara's ability.
P:3_2 is Greem
C+3 is Michael
-3od_2 is Redra
D:-2ol_2 is C Wing
P:2_4 is Cyb Lhia
A+12 is Dagg
-3ol_3 is Sunder

I could explain why, but... I think you can see why for yourselves. It's just a bit of an abbreviated code for each of the character's various abilities, much like SOA and SOB stand for Stop Opponent's Ability and Stop Opponent's Bonus.

Now lets actually MAKE that deck!]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:47:17 GMT
Ascii Table: http://www.asciitable.com/

Ascii Translator: http://www.undermined.org/tools/computer/asciitranslator.php

And using either one of these websites. you can work out that by 'breaking' '43,61,6E,64,6C,65,73,74,69,63,6B' using Ascii code, we get the following translation:

C,a,n,d,l,e,s,t,i,c,k or Candlestick.

And THAT, by Jove, is the answer.


Answer: Candlestick
(Yes, you are NEVER too old to play Cluedo!)]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:47:03 GMT
ITS COMPLETE GIBBERISH!

90% of this question is simply meant to dissuade you from its actual purpose. The ONLY things that are important in this story, is the curse that's used on Carrotus and what Lost Hog says to Askai.

Lets look at the curse first: 43,61,6E,64,6C,65,73,74,69,63,6B

Baldovino calls it a 'HEX' and that's exactly what it is. Or rather, to be more precise, this is HEXADECIMAL code. I suggest a google for that, if you don't know what it is, but suffice to say, it's actually the format in which most of the programming is written in for Urban Rivals.

Now to what Lost Hog said to Askai: "Whatever the outcome, whatever may come, stay true to your code, and you've already won"

This is where I've been a bit clever. You see. using Askai as a character in this story is no mere coincidence, in fact I based the ENTIRE thing around HIM just for this very reason: See 'Askai' is a very similar word to 'Ascii', wouldn't you agree?
And THIS is ALSO no mere coincidence.

Could 'stay true to your code' refer to 'Askai's code' or rather... 'Ascii code'?

Well, yeah, you think I'd have mentioned all this if it didn't?

So... knowing that:

HEX=HEXADECIMAL and Askai's code= Ascii code, how do we break the curse?

Not curse, remember... HEX!

We break the Hex with Ascii code!

QUESTION 7 ANSWER CONTINUED]]>