#613 - "Decision Time"

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#21

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Busy day yesterday, so I just got the grid finished and took a quick look. Saw something, but ran out of time to pursue it. Took a fresh look this morning and the meta fell into place. Nice construction by Matt as always.
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#22

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Got it. Saw something right away, but it took me quite a while to sort out what to do with it.
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#23

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I have gone through more than a few steps and got a solid answer, but I don't see how that's a "frequently faced decision". I understand that the prompt has to be vague sometimes, but this is too vague for me.
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#24

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Having run into a couple dead ends, if anyone could give me a nudge it would be much appreciated!
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#25

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:) Decision made and submitted!
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#26

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I have decided I need a nudge if anyone is offering
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#27

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I also would love a nudge if anyone is willing. I got step 1 immediately, but I've been stuck since Friday.
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#28

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Sent you both a nudge.
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#29

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Step one seems relatively obvious, but I’ve been stuck since then.
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#30

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Step one seems relatively obvious, but I’ve been stuck since then.
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#31

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Waiting for update but I’m pretty sure I’m beaming up. I saw the first step pretty quickly on Friday but then got nowhere while away for the weekend. Came home today, decided to take one more look, sat down with a cup of tea, and the rabbit jumped right out at me!
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#32

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Thanks to a gracious nudge from BrianMac I am ready to beam up (with assistance)
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#33

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Throwing in the towel on this one. I do feel I’m darn close though, so I’d appreciate a nudge if someone would like to send one. I’m not going to submit an answer either way. :)
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#34

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I'm becoming a firm believer in solving these on Monday night, desperation makes my brain work better.
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I'm still on the away-mission. Did the grid Friday and saw a first step. Picked it up again last night and found a second step. Woke up this morning with brilliant idea how to get an answer out of that, but then when I looked at the puzzle, I realized the puzzle in my imagination was totally unrelated to the real one.

Four more hours.

I couldn't resist the challenge of trying to do all these solo when Matt added that feature. A year later, I have mixed feelings about it. Yes, very rewarding to find an answer without any help. But I did that Chris King meta as a team solve last month and remembered how much fun it is with the back-and-forth of ideas, and I've kind of missed that.

My goal for MGWCC was at least 48 out of 52, and I didn't make it. But I did get close enough that I feel like I could, so now I still can't resist trying it again this year. So I'm not looking for a hint, just hoping for post-enlightenment.
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#36

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I think I'm with sharkicicle on this one. I have a great idea that I just can't let go of, but it's getting me nowhere. Towel thrown.
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#37

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Whew! Beamed up at the very last minute. Had the second words last night, but amorpm looked like nonsense, as did mormap, etc.
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#38

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Grrrr!
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#39

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burak wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 5:47 pm I have gone through more than a few steps and got a solid answer, but I don't see how that's a "frequently faced decision". I understand that the prompt has to be vague sometimes, but this is too vague for me.
I was lucky in that I got the answer AM OR PM in less than an hour, but then had to deliberate on it for two days before I finally submitted that answer last night. I really don't see how this is a decision. I almost submitted "Day or Night" or "Morning or Night" but thankfully those weren't decisions either.

Great meta puzzle otherwise. Title was clever too -and it actually was the little extra click that made me comfortable before submitting an answer-.
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Dogged Puzzler wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:36 pmGrrrr!
Cute doggo!
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