Posted: 3/24/2009 9:11 PM
(Edited: 3/25/2009 7:08 PM)
Post subject: Anagram challenge
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Warp
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Can you guess what these are anagrams of? They are all names of games with a TAS published. They are in order from shortest to longest (so they might be approximately in order of difficulty). While not really important, if you mind, please spoiler-proof your answers with white coloring. 1) Prouder times 2) Readable test 3) Amber starlets 4) Damn assembler 5) Feminist odour 6) Nurse shortage 7) Armoured native 8) Below computers 9) Dozed angel elf 10) Person pacifier 11) Womanliest tech 12) Confronted karma 13) Impress our boar 14) Sad albino hobby 15) Heavy black rains 16) Instant anal zoo 17) Fuel oscillations 18) Plot about myself 19) Sceptical eyebrow 20) Brisk commie farmer 21) Tartan workshop keys 22) Unkempt youth icons 23) Immolate strengthener Edit: Missed some possessive suffixes in the original game names, so I added them to the anagrams (except for one, which cannot really be added to it as it is; however, I don't think it makes figuring out the original name any more difficult in either case.)
Posted: 3/24/2009 10:18 PM
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theenglishman
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Well I managed to get eight of them, but I'll update the rest with an edit tomorrow. White AND super-small text for extra not-spoilingness: 1) Super Metroid 2) Altered Beast 3) Blaster Master 4) Marble Madness 5) Metroid Fusion 8) Tecmo Super Bowl 9) Legend of Zelda 10) Prince of Persia
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Posted: 3/25/2009 8:54 AM
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Kyrsimys
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Hey, this is pretty cool. Here are a couple I got from quickly looking through the list in addition to what TEM posted: 14: A boy and his blob 16: Atlantis no nazo 21: Tony Hawk Pro Skater 22: Mike Tyson Punch Out
Posted: 3/25/2009 1:28 PM
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I find this impossible.
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Posted: 3/25/2009 2:21 PM
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DrJones
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Will edit further when I discover more: 1: Super Metroid 2: Altered Beast 3: Blaster Master 5: Metroid Fusion 6: Gunstar Heroes 9: Legend of Zelda 10: Prince of Persia 13: Super Mario Bros 14: A Boy and his Blob 23: Nightmare on Elm Street Got ten! Woohoo!
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Posted: 3/25/2009 2:23 PM
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nineko
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13: super mario bros
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Posted: 3/25/2009 2:42 PM
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Kuwaga
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Is there a mistake in 15? I hate it if there's mistakes in riddles.
Posted: 3/25/2009 3:09 PM
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Warp
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Kuwaga wrote:
Is there a mistake in 15? I hate it if there's mistakes in riddles.
I might have used the game's name without an "'s" (apostrophe s). Didn't remember it has one. I'm not sure it's such a huge mistake, but if it bothers you a lot, you can think of it as "heavy black rains" instead. :P
Posted: 3/25/2009 3:43 PM
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Ferret_Warlord
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The first one can also be anagrammed into "More Stupider." TEM discovered that one. Either way it seems to fit... Let's see here... 2: Altered Beast 14: A Boy and His Blob (now getting a decent looking remake, yay!) And that's all I got for now; edits will be made later.
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Posted: 3/25/2009 5:56 PM
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Cpadolf
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Ferret Warlord wrote:
The first one can also be anagrammed into "More Stupider." TEM discovered that one. Either way it seems to fit...
I think Proud Meister fits the best :)
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Posted: 3/25/2009 6:03 PM
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Randil
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I have all but #7: 1: Super Metroid 2: Altered Beast 3: Blaster Master 4: Marble madness 5: Metroid Fusion 6: Gunstar Heroes 8: Tecmo Super Bowl 9: Legend of Zelda 10: Prince of Persia 11: Chameleon Twist 12: Rockman and Forte 13: Super Mario Bros 14: A boy and his Blob 15: Kirby's avalanche 16: Atlantis no Nazo 17: Castleofillusion 18: Battle of Olympus 19: ESWAT Cyper Police 20: Biker Mice from Mars 20: Biker Mice from Mars 21: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, an s is missing in the anagram, probably from "Hawk's" 22: Mike Tyson's punchout, an "s" is actually missing in the anagram, you probably missed the "s" in "Tyson's". 23: Nightmare on Elm street Warp, please note points 21 and 22. EDIT: I missed that Kyrsimys found #21. Only one left now!
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Posted: 3/25/2009 6:59 PM
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Warp
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Randil wrote:
Warp, please note points 21 and 22.
Yes, I missed those possessive suffixes. My bad. (Basically I looked the names from the names of the avi files, which don't have the suffixes, and didn't remember the originals had them, nor did I check the actual names. I should have.)
Posted: 3/25/2009 7:23 PM
Post subject: Re: Anagram challenge
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Warp
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By the way, here are some alternative anagrams I found for some of the names: 2) Battered seal, belated tears 5) Forum editions 6) Shotgun eraser, generous trash, greatness hour, heart surgeons 9) Enfolded glaze, long dazed feel 13) A broom surprise 14) Hobo baby island 16) Notional stanza 18) Plateful tomboys 21) Knows karate trophy 22) Sputnik home county
Posted: 3/26/2009 2:18 AM
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FODA wrote:
I find this impossible.
Same here =/
Posted: 3/26/2009 7:26 AM
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Fabian
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I can't tell you all how happy I am to finally see a good use of that very small font on this forum. Rock on y'all
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Posted: 3/26/2009 4:03 PM
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P.JBoy
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For if Randil gives up: 7: Mario Adventure
Posted: 3/26/2009 4:14 PM
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Randil
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P.JBoy wrote:
For if Randil gives up: 7: Mario Adventure
Thanks, I actually did give up. :P Well, now we've figured out all of Warp's anagrams! Someone please make more, this was a lot of fun! :)
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Posted: 3/26/2009 4:58 PM
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