I Have A Cache Idea.

[+Ziggy Crew]

I have a cache idea that I want to share with you all. It's an online puzzle. You have to solve it for the coordinants of the cache location. Try it out and let me know what you think. Try it!

[Deego]

Nice

[+Wreck Diver]

Great idea, and nice implementation.

 

(I had four pieces left and got the "oooops" message.)

[+the hermit crabs]

I have a cache idea that I want to share with you all. It's an online puzzle. You have to solve it for the coordinants of the cache location. Try it out and let me know what you think. Try it!

I blew the cobwebs off of MSIE , and got halfway through when I hit the limitation... didn't try again! With a combination of bad vision & carpal tunnel, it's not something I'd want to be doing over again -- but I probably would if it were for real, though.

 

Other than that limit, it's a nice idea!

[+Ziggy Crew]

Thanks for the great feedback so fast! This will be a cache very shortly. Hopefully no one had any trouble otherwise, like loading or a delay in switching tiles, etc...

[+Wreck Diver]

This may end up being the first cache with an "Epileptic Warning" attribute...

[+sbell111]

I tried it four times before I quit. If it were in my area, I'd give up now and ignore the cache.

[+Ziggy Crew]

This may end up being the first cache with an "Epileptic Warning" attribute...

ROFLMAO

[+sept1c_tank]

No problems here, except my own disabilities!

 

Very cool; If the coordinates lead you to an equally cool spot, this will be really neat (coming from someone who hates puzzles)! If the cache was in my neighborhood, I'd be drawn to do it.

[+QDman]

I'm a huge fan of puzzle caches. It's nice that people continue to come up with fresh ideas like this one.

[+steve_c]

I'm afraid it doesn't work in Firefox browser.

[+fizzymagic]

Nice puzzle, but a couple of minor nits:

 

The intro is very annoying. All that info belongs on the puzzle page. If you do insist on having the intro, please make it so that someone can click through straight to the puzzle.

 

Also, spell "coordinates" correctly.

 

It should be possible to do this puzzle so that it doesn't require IE. It is, after all, just DHTML. Lots of people don't use IE!

[+sbell111]

I couldn't take the pressure, so I worked out a way to do the puzzle without worrying about the five minute limit.

[+Ziggy Crew]

Thats what I was afraid of. Sorry for the spelling.

[+sept1c_tank]

I couldn't take the pressure, so I worked out a way to do the puzzle without worrying about the five minute limit.

I can see it now. You've captured the puzzle, printed it, cut it apart, and now you've got all the pieces spread out on a card table with a glass of iced tea!

[+Ziggy Crew]

I couldn't take the pressure, so I worked out a way to do the puzzle without worrying about the five minute limit.

What did you do to get passed it????

[+Ziggy Crew]

I couldn't take the pressure, so I worked out a way to do the puzzle without worrying about the five minute limit.

I can see it now. You've captured the puzzle, printed it, cut it apart, and now you've got all the pieces spread out on a card table with a glass of iced tea!

Now thats funny!!!

[+sbell111]

I completed the puzzle to the best of my ability within the five minutes. Occasionally, as I worked, I'd hit the print screen button. When I ran out of time, I pased the last printcsreen into a photo editor. Then I cropped it, enlarged it, and printed it on a photo printer. A few seconds and a pair of scissors and the remainder was a jigsaw puzzle.

[+sbell111]

I couldn't take the pressure, so I worked out a way to do the puzzle without worrying about the five minute limit.

I can see it now. You've captured the puzzle, printed it, cut it apart, and now you've got all the pieces spread out on a card table with a glass of iced tea!

Now thats funny!!!

Funny, but true (except for the tea and the card table).

Edited August 10, 2005 by sbell111

[+Sue Gremlin]

Arrrrrgh! I love this!

I think this is a brilliant idea.

[+mini cacher]

I was going to say the same things as fizzymagic. I was quite ticked after sitting through the intro only to find out that it was not compatible with FireFox. There are rare occasions when I think something is worthy of dusting off IE... this was not one of them. Sorry.

Edited August 10, 2005 by mini cacher

[+sept1c_tank]

ROTFL

[+sbell111]

... There are rare occasions when I think something is worth of dusting off IE... this was not one of them. Sorry.

I imagine that when you switched from IE you knew that you would miss out on some things, right?

[+mini cacher]

... There are rare occasions when I think something is worth of dusting off IE... this was not one of them.  Sorry.

I imagine that when you switched from IE you knew that you would miss out on some things, right?

I've missed out on nothing...

[+sbell111]

I've missed out on nothing... 

Oh. Did you see Ziggy Crew's puzzle?

Edited August 10, 2005 by sbell111

[+Ziggy Crew]

I've missed out on nothing... 

Oh. Did you see Ziggy Crew's puzzle?

Now, Now guys. One of you want to konw what I have to offer and the other doesn't. that is fine with me.

[+Langner91]

 

I can solve this. I know I can.

Edited August 10, 2005 by Langner91

[+sbell111]

Now who's silly for printing the darn thing?

[+hukilaulau]

Thanks for the great feedback so fast! This will be a cache very shortly. Hopefully no one had any trouble otherwise, like loading or a delay in switching tiles, etc...

worked great for me though i only had time to try a few swaps

[+Ziggy Crew]

 

I can solve this. I know I can.

I think I can. I think I can. Choo Choo!!!!

[+sept1c_tank]

There's nothing silly about that. Shucks, isn't that how you photo chop? After you cut, you paste, then you take a picture and post in on the internet.

[+mini cacher]

I've missed out on nothing... 

Oh. Did you see Ziggy Crew's puzzle?

Hmm, yes I saw it... and it appears to be broken.

 

However, based on the discussion, it sounds like a great idea and I would look forward to seeing it fixed.

 

[soapbox]I'll add this: Anyone who puts out things that work only in IE should be ready for some people to comment on that fact. Just like those of us that don't use IE need to be ready to not see everything. But I don't think I am missing out on anything too important... since if it was important enough, the creator would have made it non-browser specific. Everyone has choices! I make mine.[/soapbox]

Edited August 10, 2005 by mini cacher

[+sbell111]

meh

[+Langner91]

Thank you for letting me solve it that time. Way cool. I am sorry it is so far from my home, I would love to hunt it and log it!

 

Great job.

[+Ziggy Crew]

Thank you for letting me solve it that time. Way cool. I am sorry it is so far from my home, I would love to hunt it and log it!

 

Great job.

Thank You!

[+treasure_hunter]

That is great, I would be on my way to find your cache right now, somehow I outsmarted the refresh and got extra time but I got it finished. Thanks for the challenge, how did you do it???????

[+CompuCash]

great puzzle - 5 minutes is not near enough time -

tried 3 times and got stuck every time - that is

extremely frustrating - would likely not be finding

this cache -

 

cc\

[+EcoPit]

I have to agree with CompuCash--I am not sure five minutes is enough time. It is a very neat idea though. I would do it if it were in my area.

[+ChileHead]

I've come close in 5 minutes ... 6 would do it.

[+CompuCash]

great puzzle - 5 minutes is not near enough time -

tried 3 times and got stuck every time - that is

extremely frustrating - would likely not be finding

this cache -

 

cc\

 

thanks for a real puzzle - it took me close to 30 minutes - maybe more -

 

I have to agree with CompuCash--I am not sure five minutes is enough time. It is a very neat idea though. I would do it if it were in my area.

 

thanks -

 

man that sucker was hard - was really close with the colors but could not make it come in.

 

nice puzzle and nice looking result.

 

you can stop the clock - as someone above said - won't spoil it but without the 'cheat' I don't think I would ever have been able to finish it. Guess I just don't have a fast mouse hand.

 

cc\

[+Clothahump]

You need to change your puzzle so that it will run under Netscape, FireFox, et. al.

[+Glenn]

... There are rare occasions when I think something is worth of dusting off IE... this was not one of them.  Sorry.

I imagine that when you switched from IE you knew that you would miss out on some things, right?

Looking for a MSIE plug-in for Firefox running on a Linux box. Anyone? Anyone?

[+treasure_hunter]

I have to agree with CompuCash--I am not sure five minutes is enough time. It is a very neat idea though. I would do it if it were in my area.

I disagree, its his puzzle its no different then going to find a 5* Difficulty cache that you have to decode or decrypt the cache page. He could simply make it a 5* Difficulty.

Keep up the good work!!

[+wimseyguy]

Hey, where's the box top?

 

Just kidding, that was fun. I got ~70% on my first go round, I should solve it by the 3rd-4th try I think. I wish you could move completed chunks like in a physical puzzle though.

[+the hermit crabs]

Got it this morning -- it probably took me about 20 minutes. I had the easier parts done in less than 5 minutes, but I was shuffling the coord pieces around for a long time. Did you remove the 5-minute timer, or did I manage to thwart it?

 

Very nice! If the 5-minute timer is in the final version, I think I would end up solving it with the print-and-scissors method.

[+WhatsRNutts]

ok i finished it on about the 4th try and the last try seemed to last a lot longer...was the tiner removed? that was a fun puzzle....keep up the good work!

[+Team Red Oak]

Looks like fun, but I don't use IE at home and I would never be able to take that much time at work to solve the puzzle. I would love to see the puzzle in Firefox too so I could do it at home. I would definately pursue the cache if I was in NY and if I could view it in Firefox.

[+Sue Gremlin]

So how do you stop the clock? I wanna solve this stoopid thing! I just can't get it in 5 minutes. Phooey.

[+medic208]

Nice puzzle and neat idea. But, the 5 minute time limit is frustrating. Unfortunately, I'm color blind, so I've given up solving it, but I'm sure I could eventually get it if time wasn't a factor.

[+the hermit crabs]

So how do you stop the clock? I wanna solve this stoopid thing! I just can't get it in 5 minutes. Phooey.

I don't know if this caused the clock to stop, but the clock did appear to stop after I did it: when I was about halfway through, I decided to hit the browser's Refresh button. I was hoping it would reset the clock. Instead, it re-shuffled all the pieces (), so I didn't try doing that again. But after that, the puzzle stayed up for as long as I needed to finish it.