#712 - “Which Side Are You On?”

[HeadinHome]

And hats off to YOU Hunter for the giant leap for Muggle kind! Several of us had figured out something that clearly was important in solving, but Hunter was the first spotter of the light at end of tunnel! Beam me up, along with the rest of the gang of the determined.

[patpatchica]

My first group solve in the Muggle Zoom Room - just lurking and listening. Being newer to solving metas, I was too intimidated to jump in, but I have to say - you guys are so talented and amazing!

[Wendy Walker]

HunterX is truly the man of the hour! It was great to see so many Muggle faces on the group solve -- thank you ALL for joining in!

[Orsys]

Well, that was something. I may have it. It will be a tense wait.
Edit: yay!

[mindle]

Thank you for the group solve! Go HunterX!
That was my first time in the Muggle zoom room also. It was so nice to meet everyone and I'll be back for Tuesday's excel demo

[rjy]

Ditto here - first time in, a bit of a lurker, but nice to attach faces to names and to see that people are every bit as nice as I suspected they were Cheers!

[DrTom]

And X marks the Hunter! Wow, once you saw it you could not believe you hadn't seen it all along, but thankfully HunterX saw it and "Paul Revered" us all - a revered Muggle for sure.

That darn thing was BRILLIANT and more than usually Brilliant, I'm talking BRILLIANT. Diabolical to be sure, but brilliant just the same. I am envisioning Matt G sitting their almost uncontrollably laughing when it was complete.

[Katiedid]

Sorry I missed it. Sounds like it would have been fun.

[Joe Ross]

That darn thing was BRILLIANT and more than usually Brilliant, I'm talking BRILLIANT. Diabolical to be sure, but brilliant just the same. I am envisioning Matt G sitting there almost uncontrollably laughing when it was complete.

I'm nominating it for the SADdest meta to date. Wow!

Double-WOW! to @HunterX, @Meg, and all other solo-solvers!

[higgysue]

Sorry to have missed the zoom. I was out skiing. Now I will have to figure this thing out all by myself.

[Jacksull]

I’ve stayed away from nudges, hints and group solves, but I dropped in on the zoom meeting for this one. It was a great learning experience. Thanks to Wendy for hosting and to all the participants.

[boharr]

Beamed up at #24 but with a nudge.

[woozy]

I was curious about being a fly on the wall. Did you guys solve it? I'm curious about how the aha moment felt.

Edit: I guess you must have as in the last five hours the number of solvers has gone from 36 to 84.

[Cinny]

I found this one a real challenge. I explored several rabbit holes, but finally beamed up with a nudge.

[HeadinHome]

I was curious about being a fly on the wall. Did you guys solve it? I'm curious about how the aha moment felt.

Edit: I guess you must have as in the last five hours the number of solvers has gone from 36 to 84.

There definitely weren’t 48 of us there, but yes i figured there would be a big jump soon after about 2:30. It really did not take us long… we started off right by looking at the thing the right way, focusing on the right (and not the wrong) attention-seeking bits.

[Guffman]

First, that Zoom call early this afternoon and now the Chiefs win! Call the EMT. This old guy can't take so much excitement in one day.

[burghman]

Me, Jan 1 - I resolve to solve all MGWCC’s this year
Me, when week 3 comes out - Why should this resolution be any different than the others. Oh, well, there’s always next year.

ETA - with some friendly nudges courtesy of DrTom, I can now say that my resolution is still intact. I never told myself they had to be solo solves

[DrTom]

Mr. Gaffney, this one's for you:

but I'm on your side....

[benchen71]

Well, assuming the answer I submitted is correct, that was waaaay harder than my guest puzzle from last week. Talk about a jump from week 2 to week 3!

This was my first time submitting to MGWCC, btw. Talk about a baptism by fire!

I don't think this is a spoiler, but did anyone else notice that the entry in the bottom left corner of "Which Side Are You On?" was the same as the entry in the bottom left corner of "Eating In Bed"? Spooky coincidence - or does Matt also have a mega meta going on?!?

[lbray53]

Well, assuming the answer I submitted is correct, that was waaaay harder than my guest puzzle from last week. Talk about a jump from week 2 to week 3!

This was my first time submitting to MGWCC, btw. Talk about a baptism by fire!

I don't think this is a spoiler, but did anyone else notice that the entry in the bottom left corner of "Which Side Are You On?" was the same as the entry in the bottom left corner of "Eating In Bed"? Spooky coincidence - or does Matt also have a mega meta going on?!?

Don't 81A.