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Would you like the competition to take place?

Poll ended at Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:01 pm

Yes!
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Free MKVII? Nah, not interested really
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Total votes: 66

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From Kevin:
To ALL our PLAYERS : You will NEED to keep an eye on the CLUES page
http://www.endicotts.co.uk/product_info ... cts_id=718 PLUS
make sure that you read the general info pages as the Comp will involve a
series of "MUST DO'S". All will be revealed as the competition
progresses.Just follow the info given AT THE TIME.The FIRST clue will be
posted on the CLUES page at 20.00HRS tonight (UK Time).NOTE !! Even if you
didn't get a chance to VOTE, you are still welcome to go on our little
ADVENTURE for a chance to win our prize of A MINT W&G MKVII !!. Erri, our
'Executive International Sales and Support Team Manager'
will continue to keep you fully up-dated !! Good LUCK to all and see you
at the end. Best regards. Kevin E
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The competition has begun! Good luck everyone

http://www.endicotts.co.uk/index.php?cP ... d0cb2ef8bc
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Heh, cool.
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Wow...this contest has the worst text formatting in history. I think I would have an easier time figuring out hieroglyphics than the craziness that is on that page.

I tried figuring out what was going on, but after clicking through like 5 pages of randomness I gave up. Seems more cost effective to just buy one in the end.

Contests like this have also bothered me because the person who wins is the one with no job really. The one who can sit at home and has the time to figure out clues gets a better chance over someone who doesn't have endless amounts of time.

Personally, I think the contest should be run where the entire contest is confined to one area of the website, the clues are already there (or get e-mailed out when they become available), and anyone who figures them out gets their name entered into a draw. You can say that the first one to figure out the clues gets 10 entries and the second one gets 9, and so on....

Good luck to the person who wins this, but personally can't even tell what is going on, I have no idea how this thing even works, there are way too many things to click on, it's just one big circular jumble of links, and I don't even know the contest rules/legalities (can anyone try, do you have to be 18, what country can you not win in, how do I know my information is safe, how do I know the contest is fair?)
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I found the first clue, and it only took me a small period of time.

8)

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Im not sure I understand exactly what Kevin is saying in the clues page. :-k Anyone care to interpret for me?

-Robby 8)
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I could, but it would be into Swedish and that wouldn't do you any good, I guess. ;)

Really though, follow his line of text, which is the the clue, go to the "ENDY News" page, and somewhere on that page -there is a way to move on.

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i dont get it.
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I wish I could help you out, but the clue page you get to says NO-NO to that.

Sorry.

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Ok. Thanks anyway, Swindiana. I already bought a bag from Kevin last summer, so I reckon I don't need another :wink:

-Robby 8)
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That was sneaky, but I found it too!

It can be done. :lol:

Edit: Just noticed I'm meant to say:

" YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE FIRST ARTIFACT IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"

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Post by Montana Plains »

This post got really quiet, so I thought I'd throw out the classic but very funny insult.

"I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! "
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Wrong holy grail there mate :P
Kevin wrote:EDIT: This might help.........if you can count to nine.........
I thought this was Indiana Jones, not counting the number of members of the Fellowship of the Ring. or have I MISSED something......... :wink:
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"YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE FIRST ARTIFACT IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"
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OK, my turn. I know this is late in response...
Montana Plains wrote:Do you really expect to win by mentioning a boy band to a group of adventure lovers? What you need is a limerick.
Hey, I only mentioned the boy band because I was making fun of nicetrylaoche's name. When I see the word 'laoche,' it makes me think of Drew Lachey. I like how his username has a nice play on words: Nice try, (Drew) laoche or "Nice try" drew laoche.

And, your limerick leaves much to be desired.
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YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE FIRST ARTIFACT IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!



C'mon...We're not at the end yet...We've only just begun!
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When you're on the hunt, for clue number one,
why don't you look, where it's as bright as the sun.
Or highlight the page, and the clue will turn blue,
Kev I can't wait, for clue number two!
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"YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE FIRST ARTIFACT IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"
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I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm out of the competition.
Maybe you'll know why later. 8)

Good luck adventurers! :)

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Swindiana wrote:I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm out of the competition.
Maybe you'll know why later. 8)
You have so darned lot of bags? :lol:
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masa wrote:
Swindiana wrote:I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm out of the competition.
Maybe you'll know why later. 8)
You have so darned lot of bags? :lol:
Actually, I don't. ;)

It's in understanding with Kevin and Erri, that's all I can say.

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From the pic I have seen you have. :wink: But I guess one can never have too many bags. :)
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masa wrote:From the pic I have seen you have. :wink: But I guess one can never have too many bags. :)
The truth of the day my friend. ;)

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C'mon, lets get some more people in this competition.

Hint 2 from me:
If this competition was in Spanish, you'd be looking for something opposite "la miceda." maybe even the reverse of it.
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redsleighdown wrote:Wrong holy grail there mate :P
"You must bring us a diary...with a white picket fence!"
-The Nazis who say Ni
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Nahh, Swindinana is not out of the competition, was just helping others with the first clue :wink:
Remember guys TEAMWORK, as Kevin said. When you find out the first clue hint it to the others that haven't guessed yet (although as Kevin said, tease not please).
Good luck to the rest of you. Kevin has just added some more 'clues' to help you out. We will need around 20 players for the next stages. Post publically when you have made it. Kevin will then add you onto his "WHO'S MADE IT" list.
The NEXT clue will be added at 23.00 HRS GMT tonight !!"
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Anyway another clue is:

Krukan med guld i......... è alla fine del arcobaleno.........

(half of it is in Swedish, half of it is in Italian, thanks again Swindiana)
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Erri;

Thanks, and for the PM! :)

OK. I guess I'm in again then. ;)

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Hint three:
The answer lies within every sentence. Even these two.


I hope you all are getting THE POINT by now. This is going to by my FINAL hint.
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Post by Castor Dioscuri »

You know what?

"YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE FIRST ARTIFACT IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"

:D

As for my contribution... My hint:

Let the mouse roam free, but be warned not to rise for the occassion!
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Post by Erri »

Kevin adds a clue:
The SUN has just gone BLACK.........
I would like to remember that it has to be found here
http://www.endicotts.co.uk/extra_info_p ... pages_id=8

I have to say, everyone has been adding good hints. In my opinion redsleighdown's last one is the best :wink:
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Why not...

"YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE FIRST ARTIFACT IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"
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Erri wrote:Kevin adds a clue:
That clue is about as subtle as those shovels in a Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy! ;)
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Here's my hint...

Pluto was the ninth planet from the sun.

Im not very good at hints sorry :roll:

-Robby 8)
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Ok guys, many of you passed the first part. Please make sure that your name is in the list

http://www.endicotts.co.uk/extra_info_p ... pages_id=8

Second clue is on but the first one will be kept on Kevin's website for another 24h.
Here is the second clue:
http://www.endicotts.co.uk/product_info ... cts_id=718
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Post by Castor Dioscuri »

I am "bad enough", and hopefully "brave enough" to find the bloody snake... ;)

Apparently I am fast enough to say...

" YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE SECOND and THIRD ARTIFACTS IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"

All you have to do is look around,
The bushes, the trees, and all over the ground...
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YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE SECOND and THIRD ARTIFACTS IN THE INDY COMPETITION

My clue is:

Be careful where you examine,
He's hiding among branches.
Like a spider, you will find him.
Searching high and low, and all around them.
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" YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE SECOND and THIRD ARTIFACTS IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"

Twins? I hope each part of the competition gets harder. :D

I've got a hint for the others, but I don't want to make it too obvious... What would Jesse and James do? :-k
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Just to switch it up.........

This is NOT a hint:
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2nd and 3rd artifacts.........check.
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I guess I feel pretty stupid. I'm a pretty smart fellow and from all the blatantly obvious clues, I know what I'm looking for...I guess I'm looking either on the wrong page or whatever, but since the "rules" page isn't really up, I don't know if I'm supposed to e-mail somebody or what (although I suppose if I found it, it would tell me what to do)...oh well...
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jedidentist wrote:I guess I feel pretty stupid. I'm a pretty smart fellow and from all the blatantly obvious clues, I know what I'm looking for...I guess I'm looking either on the wrong page or whatever, but since the "rules" page isn't really up, I don't know if I'm supposed to e-mail somebody or what (although I suppose if I found it, it would tell me what to do)...oh well...
We are supposed to tease, but not please, once we've found the artifact.

Which is to say hints but no answers. Wouldn't make too much sense to help other people catch up to you anyway, unless you were purely in it for the competition. :wink:
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"YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE FIRST ARTIFACT IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"...dumb me found it. It's what I was looking for, and figured it out after the 1st "hint", but I didn't know if it was on some random item page, the Clue page or the Endy News page. Game on...
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" YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE SECOND and THIRD ARTIFACTS IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"

Thank God that wasn't a trouser snake we were looking for....that would've been scary! :shock:

All I can say is that the search was pretty easy. If you search hard enough, you can find that dastardly viper!
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Kev wrote:'Castor Dioscuri' found the 2nd and 3rd ARTIFACTS. Timed at 00.08 GMT 01/05/08
Holy.........CD found the 2nd and 3rd artifacts back in January?!

#-o :wink:

Hint for 2nd and 3rd artifacts:
Snakes like to hide under slides

Good luck.
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" YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE SECOND and THIRD ARTIFACTS IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"

redsleighdown's hint was a good one.
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" YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE SECOND and THIRD ARTIFACTS IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"
:D

We kan see it if we look on the web page, on the net that is.

;)

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7!

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I only accessed my computer now, sorry for being late. This is from Kevin
Your next set of clues will be available during "OUR NORMAL OPENING HOURS" on SATURDAY 3rd May GMT. Good luck everybody.
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Post by lingarn »

I think I've got this sneak pegged.

Good luck, everyone else. :wink:
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Yep, I am just that ###### good. Or maybe simply don't have a life. ;) Well, my hat must be getting dusty because...

" YIPPEE !! I HAVE JUST FOUND THE FORTH and FIFTH ARTIFACTS IN THE INDY COMPETITION !!"

Whaddya know: X Does mark the spot. ;)
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