Post by Killix on Oct 6, 2021 0:23:45 GMT -5
Birthday Puzzle 2017 2021!
Our dear old forum has advanced another year. Today, NTWF is 19 years old!
Our dear old forum has advanced another year. Today, NTWF is 19 years old!
We're ancient, my friends. We're the dinosaurs of the Internets. Archaeologists will dig into our forum and be utterly bamboozled at the magnificence of our lost world of living fossils.
Time to break out the celebratory puzzles!
This also means that the birthday puzzle badges are available once again!
Hm.
Speaking of fossils...
Let's celebrate another year with a new friend that's just as ancient and rocky as we are!
Time to break out the celebratory puzzles!
This also means that the birthday puzzle badges are available once again!
Hm.
Speaking of fossils...
Let's celebrate another year with a new friend that's just as ancient and rocky as we are!
How would you like to adopt your very own pet Rock?
Rocks make the best pets, after all. They are hardy companions who are always very quiet and never make a mess. They love being painted fun colours, get along great with any owner, and are experts at tricks like "sit" and "stay"!
Once you have your new pet, all you have to do is fill the empty grid (provided below) with puzzle pieces to complete the picture.
The puzzle pieces can be obtained by completing the tasks below.
Rocks make the best pets, after all. They are hardy companions who are always very quiet and never make a mess. They love being painted fun colours, get along great with any owner, and are experts at tricks like "sit" and "stay"!
Once you have your new pet, all you have to do is fill the empty grid (provided below) with puzzle pieces to complete the picture.
The puzzle pieces can be obtained by completing the tasks below.
Take good care of your Rock, and you never know what might surprise you!
Adoption Form
Please fill in the following:
Your Name:
Adjective:
Favourite Colour:
Descriptive Adjective:
Place (example: mall, forest, city cheese statue):
Food:
Size:
Thing:
Number Larger than 1:
Superlative Adjective:
Personality trait (example: kind):
Thing or Animal:
Adjective:
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When I have Liked your post, your pet rock is ready! Check the Rocks section below this post!
Puzzle closes on November 10th 2021, 12:00 AM EST.
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Adoption Form
Please fill in the following:
Your Name:
Adjective:
Favourite Colour:
Descriptive Adjective:
Place (example: mall, forest, city cheese statue):
Food:
Size:
Thing:
Number Larger than 1:
Superlative Adjective:
Personality trait (example: kind):
Thing or Animal:
Adjective:
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When I have Liked your post, your pet rock is ready! Check the Rocks section below this post!
Puzzle closes on November 10th 2021, 12:00 AM EST.
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ROCK CARE
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Training: Stealth
Let's train rock's stealth!
In this game, you must work together with other rock-owners to sneak around in the tall grasses and map out the rest of the board without being discovered by the ladybug lookouts!
How to play:
Uncover grassy tiles that you think are safe.
Mark grassy tiles that you think hold a Ladybug.
Each participant can request to Uncover 1 tile and Mark 1 tile every 5 hours.
If someone Uncovers a Ladybug, the board is shuffled and reset!
There are 10 ladybugs on the board.
Completely uncover the board with all ladybugs correctly marked, and you and your pet Rock have mastered the art of Stealth!
The puzzle pieces will be unlocked for everyone!
Stealth training complete!
Training: Strength
In this game, you must work together with other rock-owners to sneak around in the tall grasses and map out the rest of the board without being discovered by the ladybug lookouts!
How to play:
Uncover grassy tiles that you think are safe.
Mark grassy tiles that you think hold a Ladybug.
Each participant can request to Uncover 1 tile and Mark 1 tile every 5 hours.
If someone Uncovers a Ladybug, the board is shuffled and reset!
There are 10 ladybugs on the board.
Completely uncover the board with all ladybugs correctly marked, and you and your pet Rock have mastered the art of Stealth!
The puzzle pieces will be unlocked for everyone!
Stealth training complete!
Training: Strength
Your young Rock will need to train its strength if it is to grow into a rugged, powerful adult Gargoyle some day!
Let's spar together and give our Rocks some quality exercise!
How To Spar:
You may spar with each other, or with Killix's NPC Rock here in this thread.
If you are sparring with each other, you must each choose your moves by rolling one three-sided die.
1 = Defend
2 = Magic
3 = Attack
Update: If sparring with another Rock owner, please keep track of your win count within your posts!
Win a total of 3 rounds to successfully level up your Rock's Strength and a set of puzzle pieces!
Let's spar together and give our Rocks some quality exercise!
How To Spar:
Choose a move for your Rock to perform.
Your Rock can Defend against incoming attacks, use its Magic, or perform an Attack on its Rock opponent!
Each move can counter one move, and is countered by one move.
Defend (counters Attack)
Magic (counters Defend)
Attack (counters Magic)
If your Rock's move counters its opponent's, you win!
Your Rock can Defend against incoming attacks, use its Magic, or perform an Attack on its Rock opponent!
Each move can counter one move, and is countered by one move.
Defend (counters Attack)
Magic (counters Defend)
Attack (counters Magic)
If your Rock's move counters its opponent's, you win!
You may spar with each other, or with Killix's NPC Rock here in this thread.
If you are sparring with each other, you must each choose your moves by rolling one three-sided die.
1 = Defend
2 = Magic
3 = Attack
Update: If sparring with another Rock owner, please keep track of your win count within your posts!
Win a total of 3 rounds to successfully level up your Rock's Strength and a set of puzzle pieces!
Trick: Forage
Self-reliance is an important skill to have. Teach your Rock how to forage for food and sharpen its skills in perception and... spelling?
PM your completed sheets to Killix!
Trick: Guard
To grow into a proud Gargoyle, your rock must learn how to properly protect its outlook.
Teach your Rock to Guard by conquering all three task levels. Patience and observation skills are put to the test!
Guard Level 1. Find 1 difference in the image on the right.
Guard Level 2. Find 1 difference in the image on the right.
Guard Level 3. Find 1 difference in the image on the right.
PM your answers to Killix!
Play
Pet Rocks need plenty of play to keep them happy and lively!
Play these games with your Rock, and make sure to fulfill all conditions they've requested.
Costume Party: Take your Rock into any image editing program and give them a fun new custom outfit! Rocks love to dress up.
(The center is the starting point)
PM your answers to Killix!
Clean
A clean Rock is a happy rock!
You open the supply closet to fetch what you need...
Oh no!! All of the supplies are gone!
There's a note under a pile of feathers:
"Hihi! I borrow your soap. I need to clean up mess in club. Also take bucket for soap watering. Towel, too, for drying up. Caw caw!"
Sounds like they're somewhere on the forum. You'd better track them down!
Feed
You enter the daycare to see 5 Gargoyles playing happily. On the far side of the room is a long table full of food, with chairs numbered 1 through 5 arranged in one line. It's your job to make sure each Gargoyle gets their proper meal tonight! Make sure the seating arrangements don't cause any dinnertime problems.
Gargoyles:
Serious Gargoyle
Joyful Gargoyle
Timid Gargoyle
Silly Gargoyle
Grumpy Gargoyle
Meals:
Meat & Potatoes
Mixed Nuts & Roots
Apples & Carrots
Mixed Nuts & Meat
Berries & Apples
Chairs:
1
2
3
4
5
Observations:
- Serious Gargoyle and Joyful Gargoyle fight too much and cannot sit beside each other.
- Grumpy Gargoyle doesn't like meat.
- Joyful Gargoyle does not want to sit in chair #1 or chair #2.
- Timid Gargoyle and Silly Gargoyle do not like Carrots.
- The Gargoyle who doesn't get along with Timid Gargoyle cannot sit beside a Gargoyle who eats Nuts.
- Grumpy Gargoyle gets along with all others.
- The Gargoyle who eats Meat and Potatoes would like to sit in chair #3.
- The Gargoyle who eats Carrots does not get along well with the Gargoyles who like Meat.
- Serious Gargoyle does not eat fruit.
- The Gargoyle who likes Berries would like to sit beside their friend who likes Potatoes, one chair lower in position.
- Timid Gargoyle does not want to sit in chair #1, chair #3, or chair #4.
- Silly Gargoyle is allergic to Meat and Roots.
Serious Gargoyle
Joyful Gargoyle
Timid Gargoyle
Silly Gargoyle
Grumpy Gargoyle
Meals:
Meat & Potatoes
Mixed Nuts & Roots
Apples & Carrots
Mixed Nuts & Meat
Berries & Apples
Chairs:
1
2
3
4
5
Observations:
- Serious Gargoyle and Joyful Gargoyle fight too much and cannot sit beside each other.
- Grumpy Gargoyle doesn't like meat.
- Joyful Gargoyle does not want to sit in chair #1 or chair #2.
- Timid Gargoyle and Silly Gargoyle do not like Carrots.
- The Gargoyle who doesn't get along with Timid Gargoyle cannot sit beside a Gargoyle who eats Nuts.
- Grumpy Gargoyle gets along with all others.
- The Gargoyle who eats Meat and Potatoes would like to sit in chair #3.
- The Gargoyle who eats Carrots does not get along well with the Gargoyles who like Meat.
- Serious Gargoyle does not eat fruit.
- The Gargoyle who likes Berries would like to sit beside their friend who likes Potatoes, one chair lower in position.
- Timid Gargoyle does not want to sit in chair #1, chair #3, or chair #4.
- Silly Gargoyle is allergic to Meat and Roots.
PM your answer to Killix in this list format:
Chair #, Gargoyle, Food.
(Example:
1, Red Gargoyle, Beets & Cake
2, Blue Gargoyle, Hamburgers & Fries
3, Orange Gargoyle, Onions & Candy Apples
etc. )
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Rules:
- You may work together with another participant to solve puzzles.
- You may ask other participants for and post hints.
- Don't post puzzle solutions or puzzle pieces publicly.
Questions? Feel free to ask in this thread or via PM!
Answers here!