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Anyone got it yet? Or do you all give up?
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Not got it - but I feel like we should be able to work it out from "Steven would have been." Give us a day! We can get this...
EDIT: I don't think it's right... but I'm now thinking along the lines of "people who weren't kept on after failing as a PM." Which is very complicated, and like I said, probably not right. But Steven survived as a failed PM, so he's now exempt. Yasmina, Nick, Ellie, Ifti et al never PMed a loss to survive. Same's true of Bilyana, though, and she's not on the list, so that doesn't work. Meanwhile, Alexa didn't survive her first failure, and she's not on the list. So it's not that! It must, surely, be something to do with project managing, though. Surviving losses? Maybe it's to do with the seat they're in. But it can't be, because two seats in double-firings. Aggh! Very cunning, whatever it is. I'm sure I'll kick myself. |
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Not got it - but I feel like we should be able to work it out from "Steven would have been." Give us a day! We can get this...
EDIT: I don't think it's right... but I'm now thinking along the lines of "people who weren't kept on after failing as a PM." Which is very complicated, and like I said, probably not right. But Steven survived as a failed PM, so he's now exempt. Yasmina, Nick, Ellie, Ifti et al never PMed a loss to survive. Same's true of Bilyana, though, and she's not on the list, so that doesn't work. So it's not that! It must, surely, be something to do with project managing. Surviving losses? |
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That said - David's exempt, too, now, and he's not PMed yet. Patrick's exempt and has. Of the two, I feel like David is probably the clue.
Right, what do we know... - If you survive a loss as PM, you're out of the running. None of these people have lost as PM and carried on. - Being in the boardroom seems basically fine. Yasmina was, Nick was, Ellie was, Claire was several times. Although, on that first point, Tim lost as PM once, didn't he? But Adele just walked off. Nobody got fired that week. So he was still never in the firing line as PM. Maybe it's... something to do with choosing the right people to come into the boardroom? Something to do with getting other people fired? |
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That said - David's exempt, too, now, and he's not PMed yet. Patrick's exempt and has. Of the two, I feel like David is probably the clue.
Right, what do we know... - If you survive a loss as PM, you're out of the running. None of these people have lost as PM and carried on. - Being in the boardroom seems basically fine. Yasmina was, Nick was, Ellie was, Claire was several times. Although, on that first point, Tim lost as PM once, didn't he? But Adele just walked off. Nobody got fired that week. So he was still never in the firing line as PM. Maybe it's... something to do with choosing the right people to come into the boardroom? Something to do with getting other people fired? This is a very difficult one, George! |
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That said - David's exempt, too, now, and he's not PMed yet. Patrick's exempt and has. Of the two, I feel like David is probably the clue.
Right, what do we know... - If you survive a loss as PM, you're out of the running. None of these people have lost as PM and carried on. - Being in the boardroom seems basically fine. Yasmina was, Nick was, Ellie was, Claire was several times. Although, on that first point, Tim lost as PM once, didn't he? But Adele just walked off. Nobody got fired that week. So he was still never in the firing line as PM. Maybe it's... something to do with choosing the right people to come into the boardroom? Something to do with getting other people fired? |
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Hasn't anyone got it yet?
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Nope! I feel like I'm so, so close, which makes it all the more painful to admit it...
...but, I'm stumped! D: Good work, sir. |
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All right, I'll tell you... it's in a spoiler though, so carry on trying to work it out without peeking if you like! I'll forgive you for not getting it, it's a bloody difficult one...
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Aaahh!! Of course it is. Well played, sir! Very good.
I had a few ideas for other riddles as I've been trying to work out that last one, if anyone's interested? Will take a few minutes to work out all the candidates. |
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Aaahh!! Of course it is. Well played, sir! Very good.
I had a few ideas for other riddles as I've been trying to work out that last one, if anyone's interested? Will take a few minutes to work out all the candidates. Can't wait to hear yours! |
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Arrrg, yeah, I know! So did I! And on reflection... Nick Holzherr! The whole of series 8 was a massive clue.
I don't know if this one's quite as cryptic as yours. It's the easier of the two ideas, I think, but here we go. What connects this lot? Ben Leary Raj Dhonota James Max Mani Sandher Paul Tulip Jadine Johnson Phil Taylor Mona Lewis Melissa Cohen Joanna Riley Natasha Scribbins Helen Milligan Ricky Martin Hibah Ansary Emma Walker Kirsty Cleaver Haya al Dlame James McCullagh |
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Arrrg, yeah, I know! So did I! And on reflection... Nick Holzherr! The whole of series 8 was a massive clue.
I don't know if this one's quite as cryptic as yours. It's the easier of the two ideas, I think, but here we go. What connects this lot? Ben Leary Raj Dhonota James Max Mani Sandher Paul Tulip Jadine Johnson Phil Taylor Mona Lewis Melissa Cohen Joanna Riley Natasha Scribbins Helen Milligan Ricky Martin Hibah Ansary Emma Walker Kirsty Cleaver Haya al Dlame James McCullagh
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Okay, this one is more easy: Series 1: Ben Leary Series 8: Tom Gearing |
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Aha - yes, there we go, that's it exactly! Very quick. Nice work.
I think I know yours right off the top of my head...
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If so, here's the other one of mine. No idea whether this'll be really obvious or really hard, but here we go... S1 Rachel Groves Sebastian Schrimpff Raj Dhonota Miriam Staley S2 Alexa Tilley Mani Sandher Samuel Judah Sharon McAllister S3 Andy Jackson Dr. Sophie Kain (Quantum Physicist) Natalie Wood Paul Callaghan Adam Hosker Naomi Lay S4 Jenny Celerier Jennifer Maguire Sara Dhada S5 Paula Jones Philip Taylor Mona Lewis Howard Ebison S6 Shibby Robati Melissa Cohen Alex Epstein Sandeesh Samra S7 Felicity Jackson Ellie Reed Glenn Ward Zoe Beresford Melody Hossaini S8 Duane Bryan Katie Wright Laura Hogg Stephen Brady JA (Adam Eliaz) Hannah Cherry YA Hannah Richards Hayley Forrester Harry Hitchens Harry Maxwell Haya Al Dlame |
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Aha - yes, there we go, that's it exactly! Very quick. Nice work.
I think I know yours right off the top of my head...
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If so, here's the other one of mine. No idea whether this'll be really obvious or really hard, but here we go... S1 Rachel Groves Sebastian Schrimpff Raj Dhonota Miriam Staley S2 Alexa Tilley Mani Sandher Samuel Judah Sharon McAllister S3 Andy Jackson Dr. Sophie Kain (Quantum Physicist) Natalie Wood Paul Callaghan Adam Hosker Naomi Lay S4 Jenny Celerier Jennifer Maguire Sara Dhada S5 Paula Jones Philip Taylor Mona Lewis Howard Ebison S6 Shibby Robati Melissa Cohen Alex Epstein Sandeesh Samra S7 Felicity Jackson Ellie Reed Glenn Ward Zoe Beresford Melody Hossaini S8 Duane Bryan Katie Wright Laura Hogg Stephen Brady JA (Adam Eliaz) Hannah Cherry YA Hannah Richards Hayley Forrester Harry Hitchens Harry Maxwell Haya Al Dlame So far, I'm having no luck with yours. Is there any significance of Adam's name being in brackets, and Sophie having her job title after her name? |
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You are right about mine.
So far, I'm having no luck with yours. Is there any significance of Adam's name being in brackets, and Sophie having her job title after her name? No significance whatsoever to Dr. Sophie Kain, meanwhile. I just really like her job title. Made for some amazing captions: http://i56.tinypic.com/11cgt8y.jpg But yes - ignore that! It's a red herring. Sophie's no more significant than Duane Bryan, Shibby Robati, anyone else. |
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Arrrg, yeah, I know! So did I! And on reflection... Nick Holzherr! The whole of series 8 was a massive clue.
I don't know if this one's quite as cryptic as yours. It's the easier of the two ideas, I think, but here we go. What connects this lot? Ben Leary Raj Dhonota James Max Mani Sandher Paul Tulip Jadine Johnson Phil Taylor Mona Lewis Melissa Cohen Joanna Riley Natasha Scribbins Helen Milligan Ricky Martin Hibah Ansary Emma Walker Kirsty Cleaver Haya al Dlame James McCullagh
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Ok, I have got one of my own.
This will probably be very easy, if you focus on the correct series. The names are in no particular order. If it does prove difficult, I already have a clue at hand which should solve it very easily. S1 Paul Torrisi Sebastian Schrimpff Raj Dhonota Miriam Staley Ben Learey S2 Paul Tulip Mani Sandher Ruth Badger Sharon McAllister Karen Bremner S3 Tre Azam Jadine Johnson Lohit Kalburgi S4 Raef Bjayou Alex Wotherspoon Michael Sophocles Lucinda Ledgerwood Helene Speight S5 Kate Walsh Debra Barr S6 Joanna Riley Melissa Cohen Liz Locke Christopher Farrell Stuart Baggs S7 Helen Milligan Natasha Scribbins S8 Nick Holzherr Azhar Siddique Jenna Whittingham Gabrielle Omar JA Zoe Plummer Hannah Cherry Emma Walker YA Gbemi Okunlola Hayley Forrester James McCullagh |
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I'm afraid I haven't had any luck with either of these... serves me right for giving you such a hard one I guess! How are you guys doing with each other's?
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I'm afraid I haven't had any luck with either of these... serves me right for giving you such a hard one I guess! How are you guys doing with each other's?
Anyway, the hint for mine riddle would be: series 5 is the place to be (to solve it easily) |
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Not being able to get further with the one from rwebster (will have another look later today).
Anyway, the hint for mine riddle would be: series 5 is the place to be (to solve it easily)
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Not sure how it's significant - different numbers of each stat - but I'll keep looking at series 5. Hint for mine...
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The one bit of progress I have made on yours, is that unless I'm mistaken...
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Another hint: for series 5, the likes of Mona and Lorraine could have made the list, but Howard not.
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How are you guys doing with each others' riddles? I'm still nowhere close...
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Okay, I give up, on both rwebster's and Sherlock's! What is it? (Unless you guys want to keep at it, of course.)
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