OddPawn (now OddPawn V3)

[AshCeci]

Stuck on SAM! UGH!

[Miertje]

Anyone who can help me start with Shock in nightmare b4 oddpawn?
I know the numbers are y***s, but can't figure out what i need to start....

[AshCeci]

Gandalf



I am absolutely horrible at crosswords. I don't think I can do this.

EDIT:

Thank GOD for my brother! On to the next one!

[KingPorkChop]

Another hint for anyone searching for clues on Mace Windu:

Ignore the "3+3=?", or at least don't take it literally. You've probably guessed you're looking for actors, since all the answers to this puzzle fit under the webpage title "Who?" The third actor to play Batman in a professional capacity is Adam West. This isn't the one the puzzle is looking for. The third actor to play James Bond - well that's a bit tricky. Ignore the original movie Casino Royale or the TV series Climax! and just go for the well known movie actors. Maybe the 3's aren't meant to mean "third actor" but considering the answer, I have no clue what else they could be pointing to.

[KingPorkChop]

New nomination for worst level goes to: Reverend Lovejoy

Here's the question: In 1935 the longest word ever to appear in a non-technical dictionary was coined. What is the word?

There's a real answer to this. However, it's not the one they want. That's fine. Riddles commonly play with words in order to mislead and such. However, the answer is still supposed to be correct when looked at a certain way. In this case, it's not.
The real answer is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. However, what they want is the (and I don't feel bad about putting this in the open. This game is more than 8 years old at this point) answer to the old kid's joke "What's the longest word in the world?" The only problem with that is the answer to that question doesn't fit the original question. The "1935" portion of the question is about 600 years off from the actual coinage time frame of the answer they're looking for.

But that's not the bad part. Put in the answer they want and then be prepared to count letters, lots of them. You're given another huge word and asked to find 11 letters in that word ranging from the 30th letter to the 198th. There's no riddle to this part. It's not a puzzle. It's just an eyesore. And if you miscount, then start over. Not fun.

So here's the answer in a spoiler tag.

accomplished. That's the final answer. And no, completing this level did not make me feel accomplished. But my eyes hurt now.

[AshCeci]

The one I was missing for a while is apparently pretty commonly overlooked, because it's so small.

VW.

Take a look at the what you have found. There was a level where "X Marks the Spot" was a clue. That could apply here too. Or maybe + marks the spot

Thank you! The most annoying thing about that is that I wrote

Volkswagen

before....
You'd think there'd be an egg for that saying like close try shorter or something lol

Anyway! Thank you for that because I am now on to the next one!

[KingPorkChop]

The one I was missing for a while is apparently pretty commonly overlooked, because it's so small.

VW.

Take a look at the what you have found. There was a level where "X Marks the Spot" was a clue. That could apply here too. Or maybe + marks the spot

[AshCeci]

Fantastic. I've found two more answers since I posted. I found a thread buried somewhere that gave 15 of the 16 answers. The two that I didn't have seemed very obscure. They're likely better known in Europe. One was German and the other Czech.

So, I found the obscure list you mentioned and that poster has the same list I have - which means I'm still missing one more car. I think there's another German car I'm missing...

EDIT:

I didn't find the car but I looked over the letters and took a stab at the missing one. Now it's saying, "this is not how to solve this level!" I don't know what I should do next...

[KingPorkChop]

I did the same thing for quite a while. It took a bit for me to try the correct answer

[AshCeci]

You're Kidding!

Oops. I sent a reply to your PM but I guess you've already gotten past that part.

You have the correct answer, so I don't mind telling you the format. All letters: Minus Forty

Oh. My. Gosh. I kept writing NEGATIVE! Thank you so much KingPorkChop!!

EDIT:

OF COURSE THE WEBSITE ISN'T WORKING FOR ME RIGHT NOW.

[KingPorkChop]

Oops. I sent a reply to your PM but I guess you've already gotten past that part.

You have the correct answer, so I don't mind telling you the format. All letters: Minus Forty

[AshCeci]

Some Like it Odd - Lima

Hey All,

Pretty late to the game (I know). I'm in Some Like it Odd and I'm stuck on Lima. Everyone's posts keep saying the same thing about another way to write the answer but I'm just not getting it (maybe I'm tired?).

Push-nudge-shove welcome!

Thanks!

f=c gives the Easter egg "not the answer"

-40 gives the Easter egg "letters only"

[KingPorkChop]

Sometimes Oddpawn makes me want to scream, because I'm stuck on a difficult puzzle, and that's a good thing. Or the puzzle isn't difficult, but it's long and hurts my eyes (you're a jerk, Jar Jar). And that's fine too. And sometimes the makers of the game think Petrograd was the capital of Russia in 1920.

Anyway, so assuming anyone looks at this, I have to add another puzzle to the list of ones currently defeating me - Luke Skywalker. I'm not sure what to do yet, but it might help if I knew who the people in the photo were. They might be irrelevant, but that's what I'm working on at the moment. I know CT, KR, and CC(or CCA or whatever her name is now since she's divorced). Top-center guy kind of looks familiar, but the guy on the bottom-right is a complete mystery. I've tried using Google Image Search, but that just returns pictures of KR. I don't want any hints beyond help with those two names. Then, when I'm still stuck on this next week, I'll ask for more.

edit: I realized I could just cut the individual images out of the photo and use that to ID the other two, and I did. AR and JLG. That made the connection pretty simple(IMDB is your friend). It's funny, because I'd tried N..... before in certain forms because of the title of the page and a connection between KR and CT. I guess I just overlooked the simple answer. The connection led to the easily understood egg, which led to....the same friggin answer that gives you the egg.

edit: nvm. I'm an idiot. Yay wikipedia. Luke defeated. Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

To recap, I'm also stuck on Oscar (nope, not any more), Denethor, and Grampa(old man was sent back to his home). Now to go work on Grim Reaper. Surely that one can't be too difficult...(and it wasn't. Easy as 1, 2, 3).

This one is possibly impossible for some to solve. I think there are tech issues depending on what type of capture software you use and which photo editor you have. I'm rambling a bit to let you know that I'm about to straight up give the answer here, which is no fun for anyone. In fact, before you finish reading this, use the rebus to find the egg that points to a certain thing. Did you solve the rebus? It's a tough one, but it's not impossible. The fourth picture is the real stickler. What have you got there? Some race cars? Not stock cars, drag racers, or sprint cars. It's that other type. Like in that old old old arcade game, F-1. What does that stand for? Fudgscicle 1? Formula 1? Function 1. I dunno. Maybe you need help. Anyway, solve the rebus, then think metaphorically and break out a thesaurus. . . . . .no? still here. Well, I suppose you want the answer. Well, that's bit of a problem. Get it? No? I just told you.....ah fine. The answer is literally the word "problem".

Another one I'm stuck on - Jack Skellington.

There seem to be five different clues in all the usual places. Two (or three, if you count the source which seems to point to one of the other clues) point to a certain song - BT by BHG. The picture appears to be a rebus, and the first three images of that rebus seem to point to another band. But the next four parts of the rebus make no sense to me. The final clue references a Bangles song, but it says "Not" that song. I've tried looking for song titles that might relate to the Bangles song, but nothing is working yet. Do I need to solve the rebus?
UPDATE: I AM the Pumpkin King.

In my continuing effort to aid people looking at this thread many months or even years down the road, I'll give a couple hints:

The obvious Bangles reference is significant. If you think there's an Eagle's reference (meaning the band), you're mistaken.

The hint found in the source really is the best hint.

The answer ends up being one of the most common ways you come up with answers all throughout Oddpawn

[KingPorkChop]

Fantastic. I've found two more answers since I posted. I found a thread buried somewhere that gave 15 of the 16 answers. The two that I didn't have seemed very obscure. They're likely better known in Europe. One was German and the other Czech.

Edit: I have all 16 now. The last one was just a very small name for a very well known company. I had looked for the full name, but I hadn't even thought of its abbreviated form. Now to the hard part of this level.

Edit: Holy crap I finally finished this one. If you're doing this one, it's no big spoiler to know you end up with a bunch of letters. Solving them in the usual way leads to an egg. A bit of thinking on what you have done leads you to the obvious conclusion that the final answer is

Ford Galaxie.

And then you find out it's not. But you're on the right track.

[Luthorien]

Just started Oscar