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Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 8:57 am
by lindsmaurer
The ID clue says "can you keep the heat?"

The sassy probably did thermo/keep the heat

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 11:38 am
by CPScienceDude
oof thanks guys lol

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 12:12 pm
by 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.

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 2:13 pm
by TheCrazyChemist
Tailsfan101 wrote: October 1st, 2019, 12:12 pm 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.

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 2:14 pm
by lindsmaurer
Tailsfan101 wrote: October 1st, 2019, 12:12 pm 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

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 3:09 pm
by JoeyC
I protect myself for the above reasons

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 3:41 pm
by MadCow2357
lindsmaurer wrote: October 1st, 2019, 2:14 pm
Tailsfan101 wrote: October 1st, 2019, 12:12 pm 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.

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 5:40 pm
by TheCrazyChemist
JoeyC wrote: October 1st, 2019, 3:09 pm I protect myself for the above reasons
Sorry, I beat you to it. Look at my edit up there.

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 6:13 pm
by jaggie34
MadCow2357 wrote: October 1st, 2019, 3:41 pm
lindsmaurer wrote: October 1st, 2019, 2:14 pm
Tailsfan101 wrote: October 1st, 2019, 12:12 pm 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

Re: SciOly Assassination 143: City Of SciOlypolis

Posted: October 1st, 2019, 6:39 pm
by Tailsfan101
I protect myself because the correct protect has probably already been made, and I don't want to die.