Thanks. Your deduction of how and why 'toil' was the correct answer and the picture it was associated with, was very valuable. I had figured 'toil' fit the "hard working robot" clue before this, but I was assigning it to picture #6 (yes, the infamous). I just couldn't figure out, except at a very shallow level, how 'toil' fit with the picture other than, because the rooster was crowing and toiling under the sun. Weak I know. So when you came up with picture #4 I knew you were right on and could cross that one off the list. and with jwcasser being the first to figure out 'toil' was the first part of the path, that went a long way towards me solving this one. then cjsbug, among other things putting picture #7 altogether (with the help of other inputs) I knew we had picture #7 and 'yummyoil' down pat also. I was pretty positive about picture #8 being boil(s) pretty early on also. But that left picture #5 and picture #6. Other than staying to long with the 'they all must have oil in them', I was partial to #5 being grease (again cjsbug gets some credit here). So picture #6 is the one that was giving me the most grief, among all the rest of you also I suspect. Sorry to say garbot1's input really didn't push me in any direction, other than to confirm my suspicion that it had to do with 'early' sounding like 'oily'. I was kidding myself about taking another step back and rethinking things abit and then it hit me this morning, while driving into work, that 'extra' in the clue was talking about both birds. I tried about 30-40 combinations/variations of 'earlybirdnightowl' to 'oilybirdnightoil' at that point. But still nothing. I then go into work and not quite sure what prompted me to try 'oilyoil'. I think I was retrying 'nightoiloilybird' when something clicked about it the 'oiloily' being together. At that point it was history. as far as the order, I was pretty sure it wouldn't be in picture order and infact I haven't figured out how the correct order was determined other than by trial and error.
!!!!! --exiting standby-- WOW!! You did it! Congrats pajo_ojap!! AMAZING!!! Great teamwork!!! Now I can refuel!!!!! ... excuse me for a minute... I've got to refuel before I conk out altogether... hang on...
Update!! Glug... glug... ..... ..... .... Aaaah! That's much much better!! I'm refueled and ready for more puzzles!!! Okay... just for fun, I processed all of the data and posts on this thread to see where everyone stands (rank-wise) in the running for the Grand Prize... So far (taking into account who has solved the most, who has helped the most, who has tried the hardest, who has the best manners, who has accumulated the most eligibility points, who has been given the most eligibility points, who has really tried, who has dropped the most hints, who has given it their all despite chasing red herrings and going off on wild goose chases, who has finally understood the hints, who has used both sides of their brain to the fullest, who has stepped in at the last second to solve the puzzle, who has taken the wildest guesses, who has come up with the most amazing deciphering ideas, who has blown the most gaskets, who has lost the most sleep, who has shown the most devotion to deciphering etc) this is the updated top 10 list of names of who currently has the best chance of winning the grand prize of a Parrot AR. Drone (a cool hover toy!!!) 1. hiurdin 2. cloudcastles 3. pajo_ojap 4. jwcasser 5. staulcub 6. cjsbug, Daldaris 7. KoOne23 8. speed4mee 9. warcrack 10. LN3000 Note: This list may change depending on how the rest of the contest continues... As you can see (if you look through this thread)... we've had quite a shuffle of names as we've progressed through this contest! So you never know! You've got to be in it for a chance at the Grand Prize! So get in there! If your name hasn't made the list - you need to try harder (you may just be in position 11)! Extra note: You don't need to actually solve the puzzles in order to be eligible... you may earn eligibility by just being helpful in the thread! Good luck everyone! Stay tuned for more puzzles!!
All about Oils! Thanks again team for deciphering the Cryptic-Robo-Oil Dispensing Machine selector... By the way... ...I ended up selecting all of the brands to help restore myself! toil (4 letters) - I used this on my hard-working joints (legs and arms). boils (5 letters) - Although disgusting, this oil is good for unclogging lint and dust from congested areas!! grease (6 letters) - Good for head antenna joints... and it keeps me looking stylish! oilyoil (7 letters) - "Early Owl" extra good for lubricating rusting optical servos! yummyoil (8 letters) - This delicious oil goes straight into my fuel tanks! Well, I'd better search for more encrypted data packets!
Only time will tell... ... these encrypted data (information) packets can turn out to be anything... heck, look at that last puzzle - bizarre... Stay Tuned!
Do you think look at that last puzzle is the next clue? Not sure. I noticed that there is a new status bar in the picture:
I've searched and searched my memory banks for more encrypted data packets... Nothing... Mind you... I have a lot of memory banks to look through... Well... I guess I'll just keep searching... Stay Tuned!
Well... I've searched heaps of my memory banks for encrypted data packets and I've just realised something Some of my memory banks are completely inaccessible!! Strange!! I'll search deeper and see what I can find stay tuned!!
20th Encrypted Data Packet Found! Well... ... I searched deeper... ... and deeper... ... and... ... I came across... ...this... Who can help me decipher this?
And this: For some reason it is not displaying in my preview: http://forums.toucharcade.com/album.php?albumid=846&pictureid=5009 ABCDEF GHIJKL MNOPQR STUVWX YZ
