#701 - "We're Looking for a Phrase"

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Jeremy Smith
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#21

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Beam me up! Kinda tricky for a Week 1, IMO.
Getting nowhere on WSJCC and MMMM (even with the hint).
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100% a week 2, but I’m here for it.
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On the board. Yay!
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Beam me up! Maybe I’ll find the answers to the WSJ and the MMMM once I’m on board!
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- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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docison wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 12:21 pm Had to create the topic so I could post that I am at the top of the leaderboard! Woo-hoo! A little tricky for a week 1, but still nice and simple after lots of crunchy metas of late.
Way to go!! Congratulations!

I agree, a bit harder than week 1, but fun!
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Beam me up!
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docison wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 12:21 pm Had to create the topic so I could post that I am at the top of the leaderboard! Woo-hoo! A little tricky for a week 1, but still nice and simple after lots of crunchy metas of late.
When you solve on Easter Sunday, you’ll have all the badges. Girl Scout cookies for life!
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I delayed doing MGWCC until after dinner so that I could focus on WSJ and MMMM. Thankfully, MGWCC was far easier than WSJ --- and I doubt I'll EVER get M4!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Beaming. I think of Week One as entry level -- the kind of thing you could give to a complete novice, and they'd figure it out. But I agree with Jeremy Smith -- this one requires prior knowledge of some meta mechanisms, both for figuring out the key word and in submitting the right answer.
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Flying high as I’m beaming up. Yes, that was a tall order for a week one.
Thanks, Matt. Loved it.

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Beamed up at #238...fun one that was maybe more week 2, but that's fine because I can solve week 2s. :)

One rabbit hole I went in due to the title but managed to lift out of it easily enough...
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Beamed up. Like others have said, it was more difficult than I anticipated. I needed a confidence builder and this one almost had the opposite effect. Amusing looking back at after solving.
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Wow... one of those where I had the answer looooong before I was convinced I had the answer. Back to WSJ and MMMM now!
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rjy wrote: ↑Sat Nov 06, 2021 1:28 pm Wow... one of those where I had the answer looooong before I was convinced I had the answer. Back to WSJ and MMMM now!
Yep!
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Requested to be BEAMED UP, but mistakenly forgot the prism I was holding might have resulted in me BUMMING DOWN.

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Beamed up. The WSJ and MMMM struggle continues...
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I agree, tougher than week 1 but I really liked it.
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Beamed up! Really having my struggles with the MMMM and WSJ.
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Thank heavens for success on this one, even though it wasn't a typical Week 1. I'm struggling on almost all the others. Is it my imagination or are they all getting more difficult?
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Started this evening, and somewhat quickly got step 1 (and 2), but can't figure out what to do now, since what I get is gibberish. :-/
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