XWord Muggles Forum

ky-mike wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:57 pm I'm still working on it, grasping for air. I see most of what I think I need to see, but one item is throwing me off. Haven't a clue how to backsolve for that one item, either.

On the road the next couple of days, so hopefully post enlightenment will kick in (or some bourbon will clear my mind fog) tonight.

Riding in the car, after figuring out the item throwing me off, I caught my breath and saw the light.

Soon to be confirmed on shore.

Solved with a nudge over the finish. Yes Will has made it to the big time, and he has acquired a sneaky streak in the process. Great puzzle though, must have taken some planning.

Woo Hoo, in at 260! another 100 and I'd have turned myself completely around!

Oh, and this is a question I ask myself often:

I’ve submitted, awaiting confirmation. Seeing a fair number of wrong answers, I decided to sleep on this one. It still seems solid, so fingers crossed I didn’t miss something.

Beam me up!
Another solid Will offering

Held all Metas until this afternoon. Very glad for a friendly Week 4 because I got nothing on the WSJ.

Congrats Will! A peak experience indeed.

Beam me up! What a fun puzzle!

Okay, time to ask for help.

I have a few specific questions on this regarding rabbit holes I'm in...my PMs are open if anyone would like to eliminate some forks in my road....

Edit: big thanks to my respondent; I took a fresh look at my notes and something popped out at me. Beamed at #361....

Beam me up.
I started solving these around four months ago.
A first week four for me.

Sorely regretting not completely vetting my incorrect answer to Will's excellent meta.

Mea maxima culpa

Beam me up, after a generous nudge. Working on limited time this week (due to visiting friends in Amherst ironically enough), but doubt I would have gotten it sans nudge even with full time.

Beamed up after having a pique experience when my solving partner again had to push me up to the launch pad.
I thought this was an excellent meta. Well done!

Excellent meta, even if I did need a nudge. Great to be doing a Will puzzle!!

Found the beam up location from the shore, and waiting for confirmation. A bit of a nudge required.

glad to be beamed. awaiting confirmation but I think this is 100%.

Oh my goodness! I sent a nudge request and then immediately solved. (I hope). I was able to delete my request. So this happened for both the WSJ and MGCC within a half hour. I guess I should type up my requests sooner.

CONFIRMED. Beamed aboard overnight. When does Matt get to sleep between helping to take care of Ada and looking after the leaderboard?

Still awaiting enlightenment... not sure what my hang up is. It's just not clicking.

Big Mac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:18 pm Still awaiting enlightenment... not sure what my hang up is. It's just not clicking.

Post enlightenment strikes.

I'm nowhere and feeling a little dismayed at the number of people who have already solved this Week 4.

I wouldn't say no to a nudge.

I really struggled with this one. With the help of Google, I was able to see Step 1 right away, but from there I ran into several brick walls and filled up lots of paper with notes. Finally this morning I was aimless doodling Step 1 info for the 19th time and suddenly the answer jumped out at me, and I am please to finally see my name on the board.

I've been on both sides of the "this is so easy!" versus "it bums me out when people say it's easy when I'm struggling so much" divide. For this one I'm solidly in the second camp in a way that makes me want to be more diplomatic those times when I am lucky enough to see it right away and get to post on page 1.