I really DO try!!

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MtnLioness
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I really DO try!!

Post by MtnLioness » 02 October 11 11:53 pm

I try and try, I get headaches and eye strain, I stare and discect and get NOTHING!!!

I may get halfway through a puzzle only to get a bunch of stuff I don't know how to get numbers from!!

I gain more info than I need, unbeknownst to me, get more confused then I dare to admit and get stuck!

I ask for help to get even MORE puzzled than before, if that is even possible!

ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
1000 STABBIES!!! :stabby :stabby :stabby :stabby :stabby :stabby :stabby :stabby :stabby :stabby

I don't know how you people do it!
I can't figure them out, they just sit on my map and stare at me, willing me to lose my mind over them!
**Sigh**

Sorry..... Rant over.

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by Zalgariath » 02 October 11 11:58 pm

Which one ML? We can have a look for you ;)

Why not try to set up a monthly Puzzle Love In with some local cachers to swap ideas on tough nuts :D

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by MtnLioness » 03 October 11 12:07 am

Gee.... ANY of the ones in Adelaide let alone the 4 closest to my home that torment me!!

I tried one tonight and started getting excited cos I figured out what it was on about then came undone when I couldn't figure out what to do after my initial discovery! Sometimes it almost brings me to tears, really!
I just can't do them!

Don't like you freddo! :evil:

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by lemmykc » 03 October 11 12:29 am

You can always search within 3km of the posted coords aimlessly until you find it :twisted:

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Re: I really DO try!!

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by lemmykc » 03 October 11 12:36 am

One trick that I always use is to check the HTML first to make sure the creator hasn't hidden red herrings in the description as it appears. It isn't always useful, but I still do it :wink:

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by Zalgariath » 03 October 11 12:48 am

Wild and perhaps vastly inaccurate hint sent :) Was just the first thing that came to mind and may well prove more hindrance then help :P

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by caughtatwork » 03 October 11 9:05 am

Please remember that you should respect the cache hider and request hints from them in the first place. No problem solving via the forums, please.

No harm, no foul, just respect for the cache owner.

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by Tuena » 03 October 11 1:16 pm

I cant do the majority either. Did get a good hint the other day which I will put into practice however GSAK is still set up not to collect puzzles.

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by rogerw3 » 03 October 11 3:25 pm

:shock:

I know how you feel, all those puzzle caches are ... Well a puzzle to me!

I just ignore them since it needs someone much more clever than I am to solve them, and I no longer have the patience to do these things. I think I will go and have a nap instead!

#-o

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by Laighside Legends » 03 October 11 4:56 pm

If you do work it out give me a hint... :wink:

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by MtnLioness » 03 October 11 11:46 pm

caughtatwork wrote:Please remember that you should respect the cache hider and request hints from them in the first place. No problem solving via the forums, please.

No harm, no foul, just respect for the cache owner.
OOoops!!
Sorry, didn't think of that.

Just venting my frustrations...... :oops:

No solving of this on here guys! :?

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by MtnLioness » 06 October 11 12:17 am

SOLVED IT!!
FOUND IT!
My log is hint enough! :mrgreen:

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by noikmeister » 06 October 11 6:08 pm

I know your pain, I really do. I educated myself by solving (I didn't even bother finding them) all puzzles 2.5 difficulty or lower. Then move on to 3s then more. You just get better and better. Eventually I had 50 solved, but unfound puzzles.

I find that seekers are very reticent (some of them anyway) about asking for a hint from the owner. They are happy to get hints from other caches, just not the owner. Admitting defeat? I dunno. I am always happy to give hints so long as someone has already made and effort to solve it and explain what they have been trying.

Also, set up that event. I have one called Puzzles and Coffee and am up to the 4th in the series. They are doing quite well.

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Re: I really DO try!!

Post by gmj3191 » 06 October 11 6:17 pm

See MtnLioness, when you talk to friends about your problems, things have a way of working out .....

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