||||| Quest for Treasure |||||

duchess • 1 November 2012 at 2:39 AM

This is a fun sort of competition, where you can solve a series of puzzles and win a prize (your treasure) at the end. It starts today and finishes on the 30th of November


How it works:

There will be many steps (or puzzles) and you have to solve each one to get to the next. By completing all of the puzzles you will have a chance win some treasure

I will release a number of puzzles each week, so that the competition can be spaced out, and somebody can't just complete it all in one day.

At the end of the competition, the person who PMs me their final answer FIRST will be the one to win and potentially find some treasure.

balloon • 1 November 2012 at 2:40 AM

Rules:

Read all of the rules and instructions in this competition very carefully! If any are broken, I will not accept your answer, and may ask you to leave the competition.

Anyone can join, at any time during the competition (although you will be at a disadvantage if you join later), with up to 12 participants. You can drop out at any time, but then I will open up that spot for someone else.

Do not share your answers! Not only because it is cheating, but only one person can win, so it?s in your best interest not to share. Also bear in mind that there may be more than one solution to a problem, so it?s possible to get different answers, and end up going on a different journey and winning a different prize.

When PMing me for your final answer, you can only PM once every 2 hours. If your answer is correct, I will end the competition, but if it's not, I won't but I won't necessarily tell you what's wrong with it ^^ In the event that I'm not on when you send me your PMs, feel free to continue submitting other answers, but I will still pick the first correct PM as the winner.

When PMing me, please try to keep everything in the one conversation, I don't want multiple different PMs from the same person

DON'T POST YET 😊

duchess • 1 November 2012 at 2:42 AM

Things to note:

There may be more than one answer to a question, and every decision you make will affect your final prize, so think carefully!

You cannot backtrack! If you think you've made a bad decision, I?m afraid it?s too bad. You can't change your decision once you?ve made it.

(There are a few exceptions to this:
1. If you send me a decision by PM and I haven't yet responded, you can send me another PM changing your mind)

2. If you make your decide on an answer to a problem that doesn't require verification by PM, you can change it without me ever knowing XD

There are more chances of you getting no prize/a booby prize than there are of you getting a good one.

I?m not promising that the 'good' prizes will actually be good prizes (at this point I'm not considering giving away CC), but there are some older LEs as prizes

The puzzles will probably be quite hard, and it's possible you won't be able to make sense of them; but I'm afraid I'm not giving out hints.

To prevent people from cheating/accidentally finding the answer to a problem, there may be some links to outside websites (that is, Photobucket)

All that being said, just ping me if you want to join and begin on step one of your journey 😃

DON'T POST 😊

balloon • 1 November 2012 at 2:42 AM

Treasure hunters:

1. @nousernamesleft
2. @magenta
3. @mastergemma
4. @aizel $400
5. @3_love_for_death_3
6. @ninjagirl
7. @monchhichi01
8. @lily-
9. @spirithawk
10. @tikimaki
11. @cqpkytty
12. @lululore

duchess • 1 November 2012 at 2:45 AM

Want to join?

TO ENTER:
Write a 50 word story on the prompt 'clouds' and PM it to me.
If I accept your entry, I?ll PM the next clue to you, if not, I?ll ask you to resubmit 😃


Random pings:

@tikimaki
@tear
@frosted
@lululore
@toy

Saw you on the livepulse, sorry if you don't want pings ^^

Deleted • 1 November 2012 at 2:49 AM

@duchess

What are the ?s for? XD

duchess • 1 November 2012 at 2:52 AM

@frosted Lol, thank's for pointing that out, they were apostrophes in Word, but I guess they converted to question marks when I copied them across 😊

nousernamesleft • 1 November 2012 at 3:09 AM

@duchess
Can the stories be a description?

magenta • 1 November 2012 at 3:09 AM

How Clouds came about (P.S This is a random story ^^) : One Fine day , A girl called Ami went to the bathroom to bathe . She played with her rubber ducky and put soap in the tub , she played with the soap and thought of an idea : They look like fluffy white thingys , imma call them clouds , and they shall be on my bathroom wall ! God heard her and was impressed so he made clouds in the sky .


THE END XD

duchess • 1 November 2012 at 3:12 AM

@nousernamesleft Yes 😊 How you write the 'story' is pretty much up to you, I just didn't want people listing 50 words that relate to clouds, without putting together meaningful sentences 😊



@magenta Sorry, would you be able to PM that to me if you want to join? 😃

mastergemma • 1 November 2012 at 3:36 AM

@duchess
I never thought that you would go straight to the difficult questions first *bad at riddles*

duchess • 1 November 2012 at 3:39 AM

@mastergemma Haha, yeah xD I've got to make it hard though, these problems have to last an entire month xP

Don't worry, if you think about it logically, I'm sure you'll get it 😊

Not all of the questions will be riddles though, some will be cyphers or maths questions ^^

mastergemma • 1 November 2012 at 3:41 AM

@duchess
On a website I was sent what's at the end of time and beginning of eternity?

It took ages for me to realize it was a riddle because I was staring at it thinking what is this?!?!

duchess • 1 November 2012 at 3:42 AM

@mastergemma Lol xD That one took me a while too when I first heard it😃

aizel • 1 November 2012 at 11:56 AM

@duchess I would be delighted to join! 😃 Can I? I'll be sending the story your way in a sec ^^ This is @Jupiter_hollows side btw XD

duchess • 2 November 2012 at 1:56 AM

lululore • 2 November 2012 at 4:46 AM

I want to join! but first I need to think of a story 😋

duchess • 2 November 2012 at 4:56 AM

@lululore Sure thing 😃 Just PM me when you're ready 😊

lululore • 2 November 2012 at 5:13 AM

@duchess did it! The story is quite lame though :T

duchess • 2 November 2012 at 6:44 AM

Deleted • 2 November 2012 at 7:13 PM

@duchess Can you still join? If so, can I join?

spirithawk • 2 November 2012 at 7:42 PM

@duchess Can I please join? 😃 *PMs you*

duchess • 2 November 2012 at 8:45 PM

@cstarswirl Yes you can still join because I don't have 12 people yet 😊 Just PM me with your story on clouds 😊

@spirithawk Yup 😊

tikimaki • 2 November 2012 at 8:46 PM

@duchess Would like to join this. ^^

duchess • 2 November 2012 at 8:48 PM

@tikimaki Okay 😊 Just PM me with your story on clouds 😊

monchhichi01 • 2 November 2012 at 8:54 PM

@duchess I sent you a PM. Sorry I didn't ask if I could join... 😸

duchess • 2 November 2012 at 8:56 PM

@monchhichi01 That's fine 😃 You're accepted 😊

spirithawk • 2 November 2012 at 9:02 PM

@duchess Okay, so we're supposed to write a little story about Clouds, right? 😉

cqpkytty • 2 November 2012 at 9:05 PM

@balloon
@duchess
Me 😊

duchess • 2 November 2012 at 9:05 PM

@spirithawk Yep 😊 Be sure to make it 50 words 😊