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rossruns Level 10 Vigilante Posts: 67	Hi, if you came here via a portal, you must have solved the Mystery Machine puzzle mission. If you are just browsing the forums, you may not want to read any farther before taking the mission (start here instead: http://pmog.com/missions/the_mys...> For those who took the mission, did you like it? Was it too challenging, or not challenging enough? Let me know so I can figure out what to do for future puzzle missions! by rossruns 9 months ago \| Permalink
wormw00d Level 9 Seer Posts: 191	Woot, I made it! by wormw00d 9 months ago \| Permalink
wormw00d Level 9 Seer Posts: 191	Was a simple puzzle if you can read. by wormw00d 9 months ago \| Permalink
marrrrrck Level 4 Pathmaker Posts: 8	Hola @rossurns! I enjoyed your quest quite a bit, especial all the paranormal theory reading materials! The questions were pretty easy to answer without reading the text though. There was only one question that I couldn't find the answer to on the actual page (the moir one I believe). It would be interesting to have puzzles that required a more deeper analysis of the text. This puzzle could mostly be solved just by searching for one of the key words from the clue on the page, which isn't so tricky. I'm not saying this wasn't fun though! I'm glad to see you pushing the boundaries of pmogosphere, and I hope you continue to do so! A Hearty THANK YOU SIR. by marrrrrck 9 months ago \| Permalink
gopal Level 7 Bedouin Posts: 16	Good mission. The lamppost-portal combos may be a problem as portals have limited duration. I like the idea of passwording across missions but at eight clues that could have been one mission and rated a bit higher for me. Hope to see more of these. by gopal 9 months ago \| Permalink
rossruns Level 10 Vigilante Posts: 67	@marrrrck: Thanks for the feedback - I figured on this first puzzle of mine, I'd make it relatively simple to find the answers and see how that sat with people. The next one will involve more research and/or problem solving skills. Thanks for the feedback, crate's on its way to you! by rossruns 9 months ago \| Permalink
rossruns Level 10 Vigilante Posts: 67	@gopal: Thanks for the feedback. I did save off my URLs for all the portals to a text file, so if I see that ~40-50 people have taken the mission and they disappear, I'll re-set them. I'll try to include everything in one mission next time, too :-) by rossruns 9 months ago \| Permalink
steampunker Level 20 Vigilante Posts: 153	Good planning, nice, easy puzzle. But I like how this mission actually makes you pay (very little) attention to what you're looking at to finish it. I messed one up, but you can also make missions where you send people to a text box that they have to write in the answer for. Technically (I don't have the brainpower for it) you could do branching missions this way. Or just leave portals on various answer choices that lead around. Who says you have to do a "mission" to go on an adventure around the web? The portals then would disappear over time so you wouldn't have to worry about having to replenish the reward. A few ideas. by steampunker 9 months ago \| Permalink
rossruns Level 10 Vigilante Posts: 67	@steampunker: That portal hopping "mission" is a neat idea. I had considered something like it, where there would be a couple portals in between legs of lightposts, but having it be an alternative to a mission is a neat idea, too. I'll have to think about doing that - the hard part would be publicizing it - if it wasn't a mission, it wouldn't be listed on the mission page, so it would end up being something people would just discover instead (which in itself is not bad, it just wouldn't have the same impact in the small PMOG community that it would in a larger population). by rossruns 9 months ago \| Permalink
zombiepriest Level 9 Seer Posts: 6	Just finished the mission it was very fun and hard but not too hard at the same time. by zombiepriest 8 months ago \| Permalink
mcgrunty Level 6 Seer Posts: 2	I've just finished the mission and it was a lot of fun. Not too hard, not too easy. Hope that more of them coming out soon. Unfortunately the crate didn't appear at the last site. by mcgrunty 8 months ago \| Permalink
martharose Level 6 Pathmaker Posts: 21	Loved the mission (didn't get the crate, but nevermind). The reading material selected was interesting (always useful), and although you could have searched for terms in the questions to find most of the answers, the temptation to do so was small because I did actually want to read the text. I'm looking forward to your next mission. Making things a little more challenging would make it even better. :) by martharose 8 months ago \| Permalink
pica Level 12 Benefactor Posts: 61	That was a great way to design a mission. Thanks! by pica 8 months ago \| Permalink
dingobabystealer Level 11 Destroyer Posts: 4	Interesting quest, and my first ( ; by dingobabystealer 8 months ago \| Permalink
vojta008 Level 7 Seer Posts: 1	I solved it, good job ross! by vojta008 8 months ago \| Permalink
shadowd Level 19 Bedouin Posts: 6	I liked it. It wasn't the toughest of puzzles, but not everyone is Sherlock Holmes either. Good work! by shadowd 8 months ago \| Permalink
amcink Level 6 Vigilante Posts: 1	That was fun. Strange that it's split across two missions but definitely enjoyable. Interesting reading material too. Didn't find a crate though. Will email. Thanks! by amcink 8 months ago \| Permalink
sasehe Level 15 Seer Posts: 1	best mission Ive taken so long...:-) by sasehe 8 months ago \| Permalink
maztec Level 19 Pathmaker Posts: 55	Fun mission :) Thanks for the enjoyment. Not entirely sure why it was in two parts or if that was necessary, but it worked out well enough. by maztec 8 months ago \| Permalink
sirhaxington Level 9 Seer Posts: 1	Yeah, one of the more interactive missions for sure. It would be nice if there was a little more to it than F3ing the page to find matches and possibly Googling searching for things not found on the page. Great start through, keep it up! by sirhaxington 8 months ago \| Permalink
drekthor Level 4 Pathmaker Posts: 1	I enjoyed the puzzle, was really fun, reading all those paranormal topics.. it wasnt that hard, although i got one of the letters wrong, but corrected it after looking again.. haha.. thanks for the mission! :) by drekthor 8 months ago \| Permalink
grumbles Level 7 Seer Posts: 3	Excellent mission, although you may want to make it tougher if you're giving out prizes. Potentially stashing hundreds of crates at the end seems pretty expensive.... by grumbles 8 months ago \| Permalink
tsoski Level 7 Seer Posts: 10	Hey thats was great fun and interesting, looking forward to another one if u have the time. by tsoski 8 months ago \| Permalink
buzz Level 5 Bedouin Posts: 13	i made it, but there was no crate. check your messagebox! :D by buzz 8 months ago \| Permalink
factgirl Level 8 Seer Posts: 1	Wow! Great idea and fun mission - no crate and I didn't even care - cant wait til the next one! by factgirl 7 months ago \| Permalink