The latest episode of "Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast", hosted by our very own @damefox and @AnswerPfinder, is all about MMMM. No spoilers for the current puzzle as it was recorded before that one came out. They discuss in detail the January and October puzzles.
You can find it at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3 ... 0584390179 or wherever fine podcasts are served.
No End in Sight -- November 2022
-
BarbaraK
- Posts: 2614
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:37 pm
- Location: Virginia
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
-
damefox
- Posts: 484
- Joined: Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:18 pm
Aww, thanks for the plug, @BarbaraK, and thanks for listening! Fun fact, we actually talked in depth about the January, March, July, AND October puzzles... for about an hour and a half. Rather than subject our listeners to that, I edited it down to a 30-minute episode featuring just the January and October discussions. But perhaps we'll release some or all of the rest of the conversation as another episode later on!
-
mattythewsjpuzzler
- Posts: 341
- Joined: Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:47 am
-
Katiedid
- Posts: 346
- Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:53 pm
Well I was worried. So many said the meta was easier than the grid, and I'm just staring at the grid for 5 days. But now I'm on the board. Loved it!
-
damefox
- Posts: 484
- Joined: Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:18 pm
I think solvers often say this about MMMM puzzles because the grid contains SO MUCH music trivia. So, the grid is usually just hard no matter what, and the meta being easier doesn't necessarily mean the meta is easy. I did find this grid challenging even by MMMM standards; if the meta had been bordering on impossible it might still have been easier than the grid...
-
Cap'n Rick
- Posts: 1559
- Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm
- Location: Nahant, MA
Late to the show, but on the board! I really liked the mechanism used in this meta!
-
Jeremy Smith
- Posts: 992
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:45 pm
- Location: Tampa Bay area
On the board with 5 minutes left! I had all the pieces I needed for days, but couldn't put them all together until just now when I looked at them in a different way.
-
Wendy Walker
- Posts: 1720
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:44 pm
- Location: Unionville, PA
Guess who won this month's MMMM mug: my "significant other" Mark! So thrilled!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
-
BarbaraK
- Posts: 2614
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:37 pm
- Location: Virginia
Woo hoo!!! Congratulations!Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:24 am Guess who won this month's MMMM mug: my "significant other" Mark! So thrilled!
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
-
ky-mike
- Posts: 1987
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:22 pm
- Location: Near Louisville Ky
-
MikeM000
- Posts: 579
- Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2020 11:31 am
- Location: Metro Detroit
Got it with the MMMM nudge he posts after the contest closes. I'm sure I'm not the only Gen-X kid out there whose immediate mental response was "wait - that was a hit song in the 80s!"
-
Laura M
- Posts: 1396
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:49 am
Got the mega! Really wasn't expecting to but I gave it another shot.
-
ky-mike
- Posts: 1987
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:22 pm
- Location: Near Louisville Ky
Looking at the leaderboard, it appears several got the MEGA META in November