Puzzle Of Doom

DragonBladeDragonBlade Join Date: 2004-05-26 Member: 28939Members
<a href='http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html' target='_blank'>http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html</a>

Took Bill Gates a few hours to get this.

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  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    It's open to interprention and can yield different results.. The guy who made it meant a specific way to it.. so if some people have an easy time to figure it out I guess it's just luck <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Old btw <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    I figured it out, it took me about 2 minutes.
  • kuperayekuperaye Join Date: 2003-03-14 Member: 14519Members, Constellation
    this has been posted before
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    yeah, it's old but cool. I figured it out as soon as I read someone say that 'more intelligent people take longer to figure it out' -- so I looked at it from a dumb POV, et voila =P
  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Wow. It took one roll for me to figure it out. How could it possibly take someone a year? So obvious.
  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    Because people try to think of it in a logical sence involving mathmatical formulas and the like insteal of 1st grade 'skills'...
  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Took me about 5 minutes.
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    Solved it first try. <30 seconds.

    However, puzzles like this are a hobby of mine so if I did take longer to solve it then I should probably look for a new hobby.

    Being a DnD nerd helped too <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    [edit]: Never mind. It borked on me. Every answer I type in comes back as correct.
  • twoflowtwoflow Singing Drunk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1950Members, Constellation
  • POOP_AkiraPOOP_Akira Join Date: 2003-11-23 Member: 23468Members
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    Heh,

    I am going to have to try it at home. While my employer values education and 'out of the box' thinking. I do not think he would look too kindly on me staring at a screen of dice.

    (off to try it at home)
  • UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
    I dont get it, what is a "petal around the rose"? I just see dice...
  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    How is this supposed to be challenging? I figured it out in 5 seconds.
  • SkySky Join Date: 2004-04-23 Member: 28131Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-UnderDOG+Aug 16 2004, 03:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UnderDOG @ Aug 16 2004, 03:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I dont get it, what is a "petal around the rose"? I just see dice... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    exactly

    the first time this was posted, it took me waaaaaaaaay too long to figure it out <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Easiest. Thing. Ever.
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    Got it. 2.5 hours + thinking if I could do it at home helped. Being a DnD nerd hurt.

    However I am angry. I cannot show this to my friends at home. (lack of proper equipment)
  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    Somebody PM me the answer please.. I hate these games. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    edited August 2004
    <span style='color:purple'>*SPOILERS KTHX*




















    Its very simple. A center dot on the die represents the 'rose'. A 1 would have no petals, however, because there are no dots on the on the outside of the center dot. A 2 would have 1 petal, a 3 would have 2 petals, four would have none, five would have four, and six has none.

    *EDIT*

    Oops 2 has no petals. I'm doing dice from memory










    *END SPOILER*</span> <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-OttoDestruct+Aug 16 2004, 04:26 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Aug 16 2004, 04:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <span style='color:purple'>*SPOILERS KTHX*



    *END SPOILER*</span> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Aww Otto, don't give it away. If you really have to post a solution do so in a link so that people can still read the thread without stumbling on the answer.

    (really glad I solved it before reading)

    Though for a minute there I was almost ready to ask for a hint <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->


    edit: Ahh, I now see that it was posted in purple and very hard to see normally. Unless of course you are colorblind like me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • EEKEEK Join Date: 2004-02-25 Member: 26898Banned
    edited August 2004
    * Follow-up spoiler *





















    <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:black'>Wrong solution there chief. 2's, 4's, and 6's aren't counted at all. </span></span>





















    :o
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    Figuring it out quickly dosen't make you smarter, it just means you think about things differently, Im assuming this has some childish first grader method of figuring it out, because using algebra has failed me so far.
  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-EEK+Aug 16 2004, 04:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (EEK @ Aug 16 2004, 04:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> * Follow-up spoiler *





















    <span style='color:blue'>Wrong solution there chief. 2's, 4's, and 6's aren't counted at all. </span>





















    :o <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->











    <span style='color:purple'>




    Note how I said four and six had none? Yea good job there chief. And also notice my edit on the 2.




    </span>
  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Aug 16 2004, 04:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Aug 16 2004, 04:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Figuring it out quickly dosen't make you smarter, it just means you think about things differently, Im assuming this has some childish first grader method of figuring it out, because using algebra has failed me so far. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That is exactly why I love riddles like this one. I know I can do math and don't need a riddle for that. But the puzzles that test creativity are the most fun.
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    For the love of gad people, it's in the friggin name!! I am the worst person ever at puzzles, but this game just wasn't even trying.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Not this again... :O
  • GrendelGrendel All that is fear... Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 970Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, NS2 Playtester
    I actually guessed this BEFORE I had made a roll.

    It's partly down to simply how you interpret language. To me, the "Petals around a rose" title gave it away.
  • coriscoris Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18034Members, Constellation
    I didnt get it until I got the word "a petal" translated. GG.


    >_>
    <_<
    >_>
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