Nameless Riddle

[jack]

Shame you didn't manage to skip to 32. Then you could help me.
The battleship level was hard. I had the battleships positioned according to the rules and the decoded message was still somewhat garbled. I think there is more than one solution.

[eyesofblue227]

I did lol, but I'm keeping that answer all to myself until one of you helps me with these conflounded battleships! Great, just what I needed to hear lol. Could I get a PM with specifics please because these damn vessels are really doing me in.

[Flipmode]

Is it just trouble on my end or has the riddle creator's forum been down all day?

[eyesofblue227]

It's down.

[jack]

If you did skip to 32 I would give you step by step instructions on what to do. lol

[eyesofblue227]

I meant 31 lol. My uncle speaks Yiddish, but that doesn't help any lol. So for now, I will continue to attend to this damn 22. :-(

[jack]

Sad thing is spliff guessed 32s answer on one of his tries on 31. We finished level 33 and were both at the temp end, but this level is just bugging me. I can't quit until its solved.

[eyesofblue227]

So, is there no way to complete 22 without sheer and utter brute force I'm guessing? I'm seriously going bananas here.

[jack]

I'm sure there is a mathimatical solution of some sort. The message is coded even after the ships have been placed though. Even when you are finished the ship part there is another part left to do. Did spliff give you the clue Linda gave us, it wasn't a big one but it could help.

[eyesofblue227]

Could I please have a PM? I managed to get a clue from spliff, but even that isn't helping. Yeah, he gave me that one.

[Flipmode]

I'm sure there is a mathimatical solution of some sort. The message is coded even after the ships have been placed though. Even when you are finished the ship part there is another part left to do. Did spliff give you the clue Linda gave us, it wasn't a big one but it could help.

I could use the Linda clue. And I'd like to know if the ships can go on the grid vertically or just horizontally.

[jack]

I cant really give you a better clue until I get home in about seven hours. I have my solution to the puzzle is at my house and I'm at work. The can go vertical, and they cannot touch diagonally either. I'll PM you fliip.

[eyesofblue227]

I'll wait, I'll wait! I'm extremely desperate here.

[Flipmode]

I'll wait, I'll wait! I'm extremely desperate here.

It seems like there is no logical way to proceed, at least not from the beginning. I think a lot of trial and error is the way to start.

[eyesofblue227]

I think you're right, but I'm about trial and errored out here.

I know we put them vertically, but do we go diagonally too? Nevermind, didn't see Jack's post. So it is just vertical and horizontal then.