SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

[lindsmaurer]

The ID clue says "can you keep the heat?"

The sassy probably did thermo/keep the heat

[CPScienceDude]

oof thanks guys lol

[Tailsfan101]

Obviously a Vigenere cipher, but as to the key, I have no idea right now. A Google search of "a strong performer from a certain Englishman's woodland" turns up Gary Woodland, a pro golfer, but neither "Gary" nor "Woodland" work as a key. "A strong performer" could refer to a strong SO team, but we'd need to know what "a certain Englishman's woodland" means first.

[TheCrazyChemist]

Obviously a Vigenere cipher, but as to the key, I have no idea right now. A Google search of "a strong performer from a certain Englishman's woodland" turns up Gary Woodland, a pro golfer, but neither "Gary" nor "Woodland" work as a key. "A strong performer" could refer to a strong SO team, but we'd need to know what "a certain Englishman's woodland" means first.

Yeah, I'm quite confused about that. Also maybe sassy is TCS? He's the first person that pops to mind for thermo.

EDIT: I protect JoeyC due to lindsmaurers reasoning below.

[lindsmaurer]

Obviously a Vigenere cipher, but as to the key, I have no idea right now. A Google search of "a strong performer from a certain Englishman's woodland" turns up Gary Woodland, a pro golfer, but neither "Gary" nor "Woodland" work as a key. "A strong performer" could refer to a strong SO team, but we'd need to know what "a certain Englishman's woodland" means first.

Pennsylvania! Literally "Penn's woodland"

Harriton as a key decodes it to

"firstcorinthiansthirteen"

Which is in JoeyC's sig

[JoeyC]

I protect myself for the above reasons

[MadCow2357]

Obviously a Vigenere cipher, but as to the key, I have no idea right now. A Google search of "a strong performer from a certain Englishman's woodland" turns up Gary Woodland, a pro golfer, but neither "Gary" nor "Woodland" work as a key. "A strong performer" could refer to a strong SO team, but we'd need to know what "a certain Englishman's woodland" means first.

Pennsylvania! Literally "Penn's woodland"

Harriton as a key decodes it to

"firstcorinthiansthirteen"

Which is in JoeyC's sig

Good job with the Pennsylvania riddle! I was also thinking PA for some reason but I didn't make that concrete connection. Here's a slightly different take: waffletree is going to Harriton, which is a strong SO team (strong performer), and she came from Bala Cynwyd (bala kin-WOOD). Kind of a long stretch but whatever.

But yeah, I'd agree that JoeyC is the target. He also did thermo.

[TheCrazyChemist]

I protect myself for the above reasons

Sorry, I beat you to it. Look at my edit up there.

[jaggie34]

Obviously a Vigenere cipher, but as to the key, I have no idea right now. A Google search of "a strong performer from a certain Englishman's woodland" turns up Gary Woodland, a pro golfer, but neither "Gary" nor "Woodland" work as a key. "A strong performer" could refer to a strong SO team, but we'd need to know what "a certain Englishman's woodland" means first.

Pennsylvania! Literally "Penn's woodland"

Harriton as a key decodes it to

"firstcorinthiansthirteen"

Which is in JoeyC's sig

Good job with the Pennsylvania riddle! I was also thinking PA for some reason but I didn't make that concrete connection. Here's a slightly different take: waffletree is going to Harriton, which is a strong SO team (strong performer), and she came from Bala Cynwyd (bala kin-WOOD). Kind of a long stretch but whatever.

But yeah, I'd agree that JoeyC is the target. He also did thermo.

I'll protect waffletree just in case

[Tailsfan101]

I protect myself because the correct protect has probably already been made, and I don't want to die.