Try this out... - Page 3

***Tessar*** · 01-25-2005, 10:47 PM

Found the answer. Highlight if you want it.

Only a roll that has a 'middle dot' stands for a 'rose'. 1,3, and 5 are the only numbers that have that. The 1 has no other dots around it, so you can ignore the 1. The 3 side has 2 'petals' around the 'rose' dot, the 5 has 4 petals around the 'rose' dot. So if you roll a 3 and a 5 there will be 6 petals (2 from the three sided + 4 from the five sided = 6).

If there are no dice with a 3 or a 5 facing up, then the answer is 0.

Elemmírë · 01-25-2005, 11:11 PM

Ick... evil... evil... evil...

I got it on my third try, but my theory proved groundless... As did the theory after that, and the next one, and the next...

evil... evil...!!!

BeardofPants · 01-25-2005, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Tessar

Found the answer. Highlight if you want it.*spoiler edited out*

So, in other words, you are counting the petals around the rose. Lame-o, huh?

Manveru · 01-25-2005, 11:36 PM

wow that took me almost 20 min. i was half-way thru reading that article on bill gates in the 'fraternity of the petals around the rose' when i figured it out. i kept trying different math thingys with the dice, adding and subtracting different ones and stuff

Elemmírë · 01-25-2005, 11:41 PM

Thanks to Tessar. It seems really obvious. Now.

Draken · 01-26-2005, 05:21 AM

Wow. After two and a half years I finally start a thread that people want to respond to... I'm feeling all emotional now and may have to lie down.

**Nurvingiel** · 01-26-2005, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

Yes, you are. Believe me, it's excruciatingly obvious once you get it... and you'll be kicking yourself.

I read the first sentence of Tessar's spoiler, and you know what? It's not that obvious. I don't feel quite so silly now.

I knew there was some reason (highlight below for spoiler)

... that all the answers were even numbers.

EarthBound · 01-26-2005, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Nurvingiel

Gah! I feel like such a moron now.

I still can't solve it.

At least I can do the Towers of Hanoi.

OHY!! I just did the Towers of Hanoi, that was a fun 10 minutes . . . wow I love puzzles!!!!

Thanks for the games, mooters!

***Earniel*** · 01-26-2005, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Khamûl

Give this one a try when you finish "Petals Around the Rose".

http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-861.htm

That's an addicting game!

I got until level 17 but then I'm stuck.

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Originally Posted by Beren3000

Ok, here's another game you could also try after PATR:
The Towers of Hanoi

I've done that one before in a computergame. Took me at least half an hour the first time, I nearly went mad with all those different disks.

sun-star · 01-26-2005, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Nurvingiel

I knew there was some reason
* spoiler*

That was my thinking too - your spoiler was as far as I got

I don't think it's that obvious - it relies on being able to recognise that (spoiler)

a dice with dots on it looks a bit like a rose

which you either see or you don't.

I'm not going anywhere near the other puzzles. I need my sanity!

***Tessar*** · 01-26-2005, 10:56 AM

The annoying thing about it is that:

They pose it as a math question, but it's more of an 'english wording' problem. It should be 'petals around the roseS', not around the rose.

***Fat middle*** · 01-26-2005, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Twista

If you manage to complete that game..

Try this one.

Its like a magic box.. you have to clikc buttons to open it.. impossible..

Wow! that's incredibly difficult and brain-tormenting! It reminds me of the misterious map in the movie "Contact"

I've made three sides: blue, yellow and orange, but I'm lost in all the others

Manveru · 01-26-2005, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Nurvingiel

I knew there was some reason (highlight below for spoiler)

ya i think the person who made the website screwed up because in the article under the fraternity of petals around the rose it says that u get that hint to figure it out

Last Child of Ungoliant · 01-26-2005, 07:26 PM

i got through to second bit, but i cant do anything else

what is this? mental torture?

Manveru · 01-26-2005, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Beren3000

Ok, here's another game you could also try after PATR:
The Towers of Hanoi

my finger hurts now

Last Child of Ungoliant · 01-26-2005, 07:44 PM

Hanoi towers is easy

i cant get that cube thiny though

gollum9630 · 01-26-2005, 09:42 PM

wow, i got that on the second try, kinda easy i think, i mean, all you have to do is

Last Child of Ungoliant · 01-26-2005, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by gollum9630

wow, i got that on the second try, kinda easy i think, i mean, all you have to do is

r u talkn aboot ther cubey thing?

finish yer sentence, i must know

gollum9630 · 01-26-2005, 10:18 PM

no, the rose thing, i havent been on in a while and that was all i have tried so far. And no, i aint gonna finish my sentance, its not my fault your to stupid to figure stuff out on your own

Last Child of Ungoliant · 01-26-2005, 10:34 PM

oh i already worked out the rose one, i aint a moron, much

01-25-2005, 11:11 PM	#42
Elemmírë avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	Ick... evil... evil... evil... I got it on my third try, but my theory proved groundless... As did the theory after that, and the next one, and the next... evil... evil...!!! __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

01-25-2005, 11:36 PM	#44
Manveru Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 256	wow that took me almost 20 min. i was half-way thru reading that article on bill gates in the 'fraternity of the petals around the rose' when i figured it out. i kept trying different math thingys with the dice, adding and subtracting different ones and stuff __________________ Earendel arose where the shadow flows At Ocean's silent brim; Through the mouth of night as a ray of light Where the shores are sheer and dim He launched his bark like a silver spark From the last and lonely sand; Then on sunlit breath of day's fiery death He sailed from Westerland

01-25-2005, 11:41 PM	#45
Elemmírë avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	Thanks to Tessar. It seems really obvious. Now. __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

01-26-2005, 05:21 AM	#46
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Wow. After two and a half years I finally start a thread that people want to respond to... I'm feeling all emotional now and may have to lie down. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

01-26-2005, 09:42 PM	#57
gollum9630 Canadian Guy. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The true North Strong and Free Posts: 1,513	wow, i got that on the second try, kinda easy i think, i mean, all you have to do is __________________ "Canadians are so apathetic, but, what are you gonna do about it" -Glen Foster Wierd Harry Potter quotes the old nintendo duck hunt game Lemmings Swron Random Homer Simpson Quotes

01-25-2005, 10:47 PM	#41
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Found the answer. Highlight if you want it. Only a roll that has a 'middle dot' stands for a 'rose'. 1,3, and 5 are the only numbers that have that. The 1 has no other dots around it, so you can ignore the 1. The 3 side has 2 'petals' around the 'rose' dot, the 5 has 4 petals around the 'rose' dot. So if you roll a 3 and a 5 there will be 6 petals (2 from the three sided + 4 from the five sided = 6). If there are no dice with a 3 or a 5 facing up, then the answer is 0.

01-26-2005, 10:56 AM	#51
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	The annoying thing about it is that: They pose it as a math question, but it's more of an 'english wording' problem. It should be 'petals around the roseS', not around the rose.

01-26-2005, 07:26 PM	#54
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i got through to second bit, but i cant do anything else what is this? mental torture?

01-26-2005, 07:44 PM	#56
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	Hanoi towers is easy i cant get that cube thiny though

01-26-2005, 10:18 PM	#59
gollum9630 Canadian Guy. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The true North Strong and Free Posts: 1,513	no, the rose thing, i havent been on in a while and that was all i have tried so far. And no, i aint gonna finish my sentance, its not my fault your to stupid to figure stuff out on your own __________________ "Canadians are so apathetic, but, what are you gonna do about it" -Glen Foster Wierd Harry Potter quotes the old nintendo duck hunt game Lemmings Swron Random Homer Simpson Quotes

01-26-2005, 10:34 PM	#60
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	oh i already worked out the rose one, i aint a moron, much