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STARTING NOW we're soliciting puzzling Mixed Up Names from you! We'll be accepting submissions for the next week, so get them in before Thursday, March 12th at 7:30 Game Time (9:30 Central Time).
So here's what you do: think up some fun ways to mix up the names of some SIM horses and send us your puzzles. Remember, these submissions will make up the bulk of our next contest, so make up your puzzles individually (or in consultation with only non-SIMsters) and keep your puzzles and solutions private. You can always brag about them after the contest closes. In fact, we'll have polls afterward to identify favorite puzzles which will be a great place to brag about your entries!
Puzzles may be:
Alternate meanings for horse name (for example: Defeated by Musical Rhythm = Beat By Beat)
Restatements of name (for example: What an EKG Detects = Beatofmyheart)
There can also be puns, anagrams, and other such devilish tricks -- whatever you can think up.
All horses used must be SIM horses (any breed). SIM horses may be active, retired, pensioned or deceased, but each horse must have SIM race earnings of at least $100,000. See Leo's Post “Beagle & Clampett Mixed Up Names Contest is returning!!!!" for more details and a link to the previous contest.
Send your puzzles BY PM ONLY to Jeb Clampett or Leonard Beagle. We're going to be selecting the puzzles that will be included in the contest – and everything looks easy if you know the answer. So, please in your PM first list the puzzles you've written, then several spaces, then the answers:
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James Anthony's and P.T.'s Big Show
Hound's Partner Spanish And
Goalie on a Nightmare Team
Hardly audible comment
What Charlie Brown is on Valentine's Day
Death Shall Have None of This
...lots of spaces...
James Anthony's and P.T.'s Big Show = Three Ring Circus
Hound's Partner Spanish And = Foxy
Goalie on a Nightmare Team = Dream Keeper
Hardly audible comment = Barely Whisper
What Charlie Brown is on Valentine's Day = Broken Hearted
Death Shall Have None of This = Dominion
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You can send more than one PM as you think of more puzzles. Just follow the same format.
We'll take all the puzzles we receive and then select a subset and group into groups of three (just as in first contest) where each puzzle in a group is written by a different person. To win, you will have to guess all three in that group. Selection of puzzles will be somewhat arbitrary and based on trying to develop a good balance within each group and over all groups. So to say “Thanks for entering”, we'll select, at random, 5 people who submitted at least 3 puzzles and award them 1,000 GPs each. Not that you really need a reward -- they're fun to write!
Moreover, if one or more of your puzzles is selected, you can win even more prizes in the polls after the contest. And you're still eligible to enter the contest - with a little boost, as you'll know the answer(s) to the puzzle(s) you wrote
Selections will be made by a panel of four: Leo Beagle, Jeb Clampett, Bryan Doolittle, and Ronnie Dee. The four of us will also be monitoring the forum during the “solving” phase.
Good Luck and Have Fun!
