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Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:11 pm**

The apterous Easter Egg Hunt starts today!

Seven Easter eggs have been hidden around the game, and each is given for a different and unusual accomplishment. There will, of course, be a prize for the first person to get one of each. You're welcome to discuss methods for getting them (either here or in private) but I won't be giving any hints just yet. All I will say is that none of them require feats which are unattainable by a half-decent player, so you don't have to beat Rex at conundrum attack or anything daft like that.

Happy hunting!

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:23 pm**

I still don't know what a pair of slippers are for.

Hopefully theres an easter egg for declaring a 10 letter word in a game with 9 letters.

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:31 pm**

Excellent idea.

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:37 pm**

Pretty cool Charlie. I think I've figured out Blue and Red eggs already. Have a strong idea for Purple eggs too. I don't want to give the game away so soon though (plus, I might later want to attempt getting a complete set of eggs for myself), so I'll stay quiet.

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:21 pm**

JackHurst wrote:I still don't know what a pair of slippers are for.

I still don't know what pencils are for, and I've got 162 of the wretched things.

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:41 pm**

Talking of Easter Eggs, i have done something similar for the end of Series 60.

A few of you who see the recordings will have an early heads-up on things, but there will be a very special Countdown prize to the first person who emails me and solves the mystery. Watch closely on the TV, be astute and cunning, the solving requires no Countdown ability, its just awareness and perception.

My guess is nobody will solve it, but given the work its taken, i hope i am wrong.

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:25 pm**

D Eadie wrote:Talking of Easter Eggs, i have done something similar for the end of Series 60.

A few of you who see the recordings will have an early heads-up on things, but there will be a very special Countdown prize to the first person who emails me and solves the mystery. Watch closely on the TV, be astute and cunning, the solving requires no Countdown ability, its just awareness and perception.

My guess is nobody will solve it, but given the work its taken, i hope i am wrong.

There will only be half a clock. What do I win?

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:28 pm**

I am winning with 3 eggs

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:51 pm**

Kirk Bevins wrote:
D Eadie wrote:Talking of Easter Eggs, i have done something similar for the end of Series 60.

A few of you who see the recordings will have an early heads-up on things, but there will be a very special Countdown prize to the first person who emails me and solves the mystery. Watch closely on the TV, be astute and cunning, the solving requires no Countdown ability, its just awareness and perception.

My guess is nobody will solve it, but given the work its taken, i hope i am wrong.
There will only be half a clock. What do I win?

If you're lucky, a £1000 and a runners up trophy.

Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:16 pm**

I've been playing HyperGoatdown loads recently in the hope of getting QUINCUNX, please tell me there is a magical prize for getting that word.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:27 am**

Come take a look at our Eggshibition. Who needs to trade information with who? And who will be first to collect a complete set of ooware? Tune in and find out!

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:29 am**

Didn't realise I had an egg, and I've no idea how I got it, but that's pretty cool bro.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:41 am**

Blue eggs are conundrum related I think, since Jimmy has been practicing them a lot and he has lots of blue eggs.

Red eggs are for something awesome, since only the top guys and I have them.

Not sure about the others, going to do some more detective work...

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:19 am**

Ben Hunter wrote:Blue eggs are conundrum related I think, since Jimmy has been practicing them a lot and he has lots of blue eggs.

Blue's for 4 large which I've also been doing quite a bit. The greens (I think) are conundrum related. Chris seems to have worked out the reds so ask him about that one. That's about all I know.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:20 am**

Jimmy Gough wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Blue eggs are conundrum related I think, since Jimmy has been practicing them a lot and he has lots of blue eggs.
Blue's for 4 large which I've also been doing quite a bit. The greens (I think) are conundrum related. Chris seems to have worked out the reds so ask him about that one. That's about all I know.

I am leading in the eggshibition front, and I know how to get blue eggs, red eggs, indigo eggs and green eggs. I also have a yellow egg but not quite sure how to get it. If you'd like to know how to get a green egg and you can tell me how to get a violet egg, then pm me and the deal will be done.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:24 am**

Kirk Bevins wrote:
Jimmy Gough wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Blue eggs are conundrum related I think, since Jimmy has been practicing them a lot and he has lots of blue eggs.
Blue's for 4 large which I've also been doing quite a bit. The greens (I think) are conundrum related. Chris seems to have worked out the reds so ask him about that one. That's about all I know.
I am leading in the eggshibition front, and I know how to get blue eggs, red eggs, indigo eggs and green eggs. I also have a yellow egg but not quite sure how to get it. If you'd like to know how to get a green egg and you can tell me how to get a violet egg, then pm me and the deal will be done.

Same here only I can throw details of all the holy versions of the bots in too (one at a time, naturally

).

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:45 pm**

And the winner is.............

ME

http://www.apterous.org/eggshibition.php

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:32 pm**

For the sake of the growth of Apterous, Kirk should be banned from taking part in competitions.
I only started trying to collect eggs today and within five minutes it was a pointless exercise. Grr.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:35 pm**

Matt Morrison wrote:For the sake of the growth of Apterous, Kirk should be banned from taking part in competitions.
I only started trying to collect eggs today and within five minutes it was a pointless exercise. Grr.

It's still fun, and there'll be a runners up prize for anyone who gets all 7 before the end of Easter itself, and a prize for the first person who can actually work out how to get them (Kirk fluked a few of them.)

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:18 pm**

Charlie Reams wrote: It's still fun, and there'll be a runners up prize for anyone who gets all 7 before the end of Easter itself, and a prize for the first person who can actually work out how to get them (Kirk fluked a few of them.)

I fluked one of them. I know how 6 of them are obtained but one was obtained without noticing it so it's work in progress.

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:48 am**

Nice one Kirk.

Is it true you can get an egg for solving a conundrum in under a second? I have been trying (closest is 1.2 seconds so far) but it seems the signal from eyes to brain to fingers takes longer than a second for me. Is it worth gambling on one of the 9 letters and pressing that within the second and hoping to solve it before time runs out? Hopefully 1 in 9 times I will press the right letter and have a chance! Any tips?

Also has anyone got any more clues for the other eggs? I have blue, green and indigo so far...

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:56 am**

Dominic Colley wrote: Is it true you can get an egg for solving a conundrum in under a second? I have been trying (closest is 1.2 seconds so far) but it seems the signal from eyes to brain to fingers takes longer than a second for me. Is it worth gambling on one of the 9 letters and pressing that within the second and hoping to solve it before time runs out? Hopefully 1 in 9 times I will press the right letter and have a chance! Any tips?

It is possible to do it without guessing, you just need to get lucky with an easy conundrum. But guessing is also a reasonable tactic, you can just guess E every time until you get an EX one or something.

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:20 am**

Gah. I'm very very lucky indeed if I get 1/30 conundrums. Getting a conundrum in 1/30 seconds is a dream I shall never fulfill. Get your violins out.

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:54 am**

Aaarrrggghh! Just got a conundrum in 1.0 seconds and no egg! (EXTREMITY) Am I barking up the wrong tree? Or does it need to be under the magic second mark?

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:00 pm**

Dominic Colley wrote:Aaarrrggghh! Just got a conundrum in 1.0 seconds and no egg! (EXTREMITY) Am I barking up the wrong tree? Or does it need to be under the magic second mark?

It was probably over 1 second and got rounded down. It needs to be less than 1000 milliseconds.

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:37 pm**

Anyone worked out the yellow egg yet? It's driving me insane.

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:16 pm**

Innis Carson wrote:Anyone worked out the yellow egg yet? It's driving me insane.

Maybe

Needs some abstract thinking though.

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:02 pm**

Do you get the brown egg for touching cloth while waiting for the lag on an important numbers game?

Posted: **Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:41 pm**

I have played 24 speed conundrum attacks, totalling 480 possible attempts, at a cost of many minutes to my life, for a virtual egg. And failed.

My Life Is Crap Dot Com

http://mylifeiscrap.com/

Posted: **Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:00 pm**

Dominic Colley wrote:I have played 24 speed conundrum attacks, totalling 480 possible attempts, at a cost of many minutes to my life, for a virtual egg. And failed.

My Life Is Crap Dot Com

http://mylifeiscrap.com/

If you want to keep trying, I suggest you play 3 second conundrum attacks (can be set up from the custom menu), which saves your waiting time between conundrums. 1 second attacks would be even better but Apterous won't go lower than 3.

Posted: **Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:32 am**

Gah! Spent so much time wondering what triggers the yellow egg, and then I get one by accident. Came at the end of this game:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=46588

Still no clue what it's for. Ah well, at least this means I've completed the set.

EDIT: Worked it out.

Posted: **Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:53 am**

D Eadie wrote:Do you get the brown egg for touching cloth while waiting for the lag on an important numbers game?

There's got to be a Jo Brand-esque word for that - LAGLOG?

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:40 pm**

Now that the Easter Egg Hunt is over, please can we have a run down of which egg was for what?

I'm sure my blue eggs were for getting 4 large numbers rounds, and my green eggs for getting conundrums in the final second.
Someone suggested that my orange egg was for getting LEOTARDS, but I'm not sure:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=45246

I'd rather like to know the others too.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:47 pm**

Blue egg: solving a 4 large
Indigo egg: getting a word of 10 letters or more
Red egg: getting a conundrum in less than a second
Green egg: getting a goatundrum after the 9th letter has been revealed
Violet egg: getting a 9 in the first round (Standard 15 only I think)
Orange egg: getting exactly 100 in a Standard 15
Yellow egg: playing a newbie on their first game

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:49 pm**

Green eggs are what Julie said I think, certainly for getting conundrums very near the end of the time limit. Everything else there is right.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:39 pm**

Can you still win eggs, or is it too late? How long will the egg-getting potential remain in the system?

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:41 pm**

Clare Sudbery wrote:Can you still win eggs, or is it too late? How long will the egg-getting potential remain in the system?

To quote the top line of the News on the front page of the site, "The Easter Egg Hunt is now over. Thanks to everyone who played, and congratulations to our winner Kirk Bevins and runners-up Sid Myers and Innis Carson."

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:20 pm**

And violet was gettable for any first round nine in the Standard variant, it didn't have to be a 15 rounder.

Otherwise exactly right

Posted: **Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:23 am**

Ta muchly, all!

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:25 am**

There should've been an egg for getting a word with an ex- prefix. The easter egg hunt was fun, it's too bad I've not been playing much Apterous recently.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:04 pm**

JackHurst wrote:I still don't know what a pair of slippers are for.

I had a brainwave earlier tonight and I think I've finally worked that one out!

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:30 pm**

D Eadie wrote:Talking of Easter Eggs, i have done something similar for the end of Series 60.

A few of you who see the recordings will have an early heads-up on things, but there will be a very special Countdown prize to the first person who emails me and solves the mystery. Watch closely on the TV, be astute and cunning, the solving requires no Countdown ability, its just awareness and perception.

My guess is nobody will solve it, but given the work its taken, i hope i am wrong.

Anyone else manage to solve this? If not I await my prize. Preferably a place in the specials

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:39 pm**

Dinos wrote:Anyone else manage to solve this? If not I await my prize. Preferably a place in the specials

I got it in about 5 seconds.

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:44 pm**

Dinos Sfyris wrote:
D Eadie wrote:Talking of Easter Eggs, i have done something similar for the end of Series 60.

A few of you who see the recordings will have an early heads-up on things, but there will be a very special Countdown prize to the first person who emails me and solves the mystery. Watch closely on the TV, be astute and cunning, the solving requires no Countdown ability, its just awareness and perception.

My guess is nobody will solve it, but given the work its taken, i hope i am wrong.
Anyone else manage to solve this? If not I await my prize. Preferably a place in the specials

I don't suppose it was the conundrum board thing by any chance?

Edit: oh, hang on, I've got it now. Have emailed Damian in case there's a share of the prize to be had.

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:35 pm**

I noticed it Friday morning. You beat me to it Dinos!

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:39 pm**

And how about those of us that can't get to see the programme? Dying of suspense here!

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:05 pm**

Maxine Silkstone wrote:And how about those of us that can't get to see the programme? Dying of suspense here!

Given the number of people that seem to have got it already, I think it's fair enough to give some hints: you can easily get it with only reference to the recaps, and you can probably afford to skip a few of the relevant episodes and still figure it out.

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:09 pm**

I don't get it, what are we looking for here?

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:32 pm**

Eoin Monaghan wrote:I don't get it, what are we looking for here?

Count up the number of each letter in each episode and sort them by frequency. It's pretty obvious from there.

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:56 pm**

Charlie Reams wrote:
Eoin Monaghan wrote:I don't get it, what are we looking for here?
Count up the number of each letter in each episode and sort them by frequency. It's pretty obvious from there.

With a LOT of help from Andy Wilson, I've solved it.

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:05 pm**

Charlie Reams wrote:I got it in about 5 seconds.

Starting when?

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:12 pm**

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:I got it in about 5 seconds.
Starting when?

Approximately 5 seconds before I got it.

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:13 pm**

dinos was first to solve, so he gets the special prize, which is a rare countdown goody.

congrats to all others who cracked it.

series 61 mystery on the way soon.

damian

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:15 pm**

D Eadie wrote:dinos was first to solve, so he gets the special prize, which is a rare countdown goody.

you just being cagey about revealing what the goody is, or have you just not yet decided what to give him?

I spent an hour looking at NDCSEEG because I fucking wrote down jimmy's guess of CENTARIAN instead of INCARNATE.
annoying because the answer was something I looked for in the first couple of minutes.

Posted: **Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:19 pm**

With the prize gone, I might as well post the answer here (don't scroll down if you don't want to see it)

The last 9 conundrums of the series were

GESTATING
ANTIVENOM
NONAGONAL
DEBATABLY
INCARNATE
SPEAKEASY
ECLAMPSIA
ERGONOMIC
GRANIVORE

Woo!

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:57 am**

Hahaha. Brilliant.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:54 am**

I remember Damo mentioning them honouring RB sometime on apterous.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:21 pm**

Hahaha, that's excellent. Would never have spotted that.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:51 pm**

Jon Corby wrote:Hahaha, that's excellent. Would never have spotted that.

Hahaha, your picture. You ugly tosser.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:00 pm**

Jon O'Neill wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:Hahaha, that's excellent. Would never have spotted that.
Hahaha, your picture. You ugly tosser.

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