Challenge # 1: Know Thee Enemy

[BreakABone]

Welcome Taverners to the first of your challenges. In order to succeed at war, you must know your enemy better than you know yourself.

So this first challenge will test your general knowledge of your team and your enemies. Each team is to talk amongst themselves and submit one finale form with all their guesses.

There are 14 soldiers, but 15 facts. One of these facts does not belong to any soldier, can you figure out which fact deceives you? And the final fact is about one of your leaders, can you guess which?

1) This soldier enjoys traveling to the land of Hyrule as they have purchased Twilight Princess 4 times.
2) This soldier enjoys writing in his spare time. You could check out some of his work from before the war at gameexc.com
3)This soldier is battle tested as he has had his thumb broken by his own platoon.
4) This soldier is a science wiz winning his science fair in 2005.
5) This soldier is a bit unusual as he takes a day each year to celebrate the Hot Dog.
6) This soldier is a lean green fighting machine as he shares a name with a ninja turtle.
7)This soldier is combat trained on the state of the art Ps3. Two times.
8) This soldier got his start in military education at Bennington College.
9)This soldier proved his worth by scoring a 1210 on his SATs.
10) This soldier was battle tested in the wilds of the Bahamas.
11) This soldier studies his enemies so much he made a video about them. Yes ninjas are the enemy.
12) This soldier not only graduated from the university of Truman but did it refreshed.
13) In his down time, this soldier can be found listening to Hoochan.
14) This soldier got a quarter on his ACT.
15) This soldier returned from a full year of duty in Malta.

Soldiers, know your friends and know your enemies. Prove it now.

Team America
Cheez-It
Aladuf
The Germantor
Jason1
Jeepnut

Canadian Coalition
Happydude
Fox 6
Typhoid
Dylflon
VashTheStampede

United Nations
Manasecret (USA)
Zen (DR)
Yoda (USA/A Galaxy Far Far Away)
Vampyr (USA)
Bye

Leaders
Prime Minister BaB
Mr. President Swan

You have 24 hours to complete this task.

[Yoda9864]

8) The Germ
9) Happydude
10) Yoda9864
12) jeepnut
14) Jason1
15) manasecret

[manasecret]

EDIT:

Oops, I meant number 6.


6) Zen

[manasecret]

2) This soldier enjoys writing in his spare time. You could check out some of his work from before the war at gameexc.com -- Vampyr
3)This soldier is battle tested as he has had his thumb broken by his own platoon. -- Fox 6
6) This soldier is a lean green fighting machine as he shares a name with a ninja turtle. -- Zen
7)This soldier is combat trained on the state of the art Ps3. Two times. -- Typhoid
8) This soldier got his start in military education at Bennington College. -- The Germ
9)This soldier proved his worth by scoring a 1210 on his SATs. -- HappyDude
10) This soldier was battle tested in the wilds of the Bahamas. -- Yoda9864
11) This soldier studies his enemies so much he made a video about them. Yes ninjas are the enemy. -- Dylflon
12) This soldier not only graduated from the university of Truman but did it refreshed. -- jeepnut
13) In his down time, this soldier can be found listening to Hoochan. -- VashTheStampede
14) This soldier got a quarter on his ACT. -- jason1
15) This soldier returned from a full year of duty in Malta. -- manasecret

(11 could possibly be BaB)


1) This soldier enjoys traveling to the land of Hyrule as they have purchased Twilight Princess 4 times.
4) This soldier is a science wiz winning his science fair in 2005.
5) This soldier is a bit unusual as he takes a day each year to celebrate the Hot Dog.

Soldiers left:
Cheez-It
Aladuf

Leaders:
BaB
Swan


Possibles:
11) This soldier studies his enemies so much he made a video about them. Yes ninjas are the enemy. -- BaB -- possible video about ninjas (11), ninja turtles that is -- http://www.gametavern.net/forums/sho...ht=ninja+video (http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16891&highlight=ninja+video) http://penguin.conpuzzled.com/TMNTMusic.mpg

[manasecret]

Fox 6 -- possible broken thumb (3) -- http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9820&highlight=broken+thumb

[manasecret]

BaB -- possible video about ninjas (11), ninja turtles that is -- http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16891&highlight=ninja+video

http://penguin.conpuzzled.com/TMNTMusic.mpg

I say "possible" because the wording of the clue is a little off. Ninja turtles are BaB's enemies?

[Yoda9864]

Do we include the leaders?

[manasecret]

Do we include the leaders?

It's not real clear, but I think that's what he means. Care to clear that up, BaB?


In the meantime --

13) VashTheStampede -- http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17812
Since the last time I was on this website I've developed a great love for the wonderful songstress that is Horie Yui. You don't need to ask.

Google search Horie Yui and Hoochan and you'll see what I mean.

[Yoda9864]

Haha, yeah, just found Hoochan.

[Vampyr]

2) This soldier enjoys writing in his spare time. You could check out some of his work from before the war at gameexc.com - Vampyr

11) This soldier studies his enemies so much he made a video about them. Yes ninjas are the enemy. Dylflon


Edit: I know Dylflon made a movie about Ninjas, and I think he posted about it here on the forums.

[manasecret]

7)This soldier is combat trained on the state of the art Ps3. Two times. -- Typhoid

http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17771

I'm completely content with my purchase of 2 PS3's. Let alone just 1.
It has built in blu-ray, which turns out works out fantastically for me, not to mention it has one of the best games - IMO - of the new generation on it in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Because me and my brother have an 80 gig for the big screen, and I just got a little 2-port 40 for my bedroom.

[manasecret]

Did a little more searching on the thumb, and it looks like indeed it was Fox 6

3)This soldier is battle tested as he has had his thumb broken by his own platoon. -- Fox 6

http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9804&highlight=thumb

and then deejzguy breaks my thumb......... ( just like he did today!)

[manasecret]

2) This soldier enjoys writing in his spare time. You could check out some of his work from before the war at gameexc.com - Vampyr

11) This soldier studies his enemies so much he made a video about them. Yes ninjas are the enemy. Dylflon


Edit: I know Dylflon made a movie about Ninjas, and I think he posted about it here on the forums.

That would make more sense than BaB's video, since the ninja turtles aren't really his enemy. Leaving BaB's as a possibility, though.

[Swan]

Do we include the leaders?

The extra fact is just a decoy. It may or may not be true but in either case it is just a decoy. Do not worry about attaching it to one of us.



That is all

[manasecret]

Here are my thoughts for the final two soldiers:


Aladuf is age 19 according to his profile. If his high school was anything like mine, only freshmen were allowed to participate in the school science fair. In 2005, Aladuf would have been most likely a sophomore or junior in high school. That doesn't quite match up, but at least it puts him at high school age for winning the science fair.

However, Aladuf is also a Twilight Princess fan. He picked up on day one.

Cheez-Its, since he's a bit quirky I'd suspect he is the Hot Dog one. But I can't find anything that links him to any of those clues. Also, because of some the mystery around him (is he Yoshi? Is he GameMaster? Is he Dyne?) that BaB seems to be more aware of than the rest of us, it's hard to know for sure if he's really just a goofy guy or someone playing tricks.

[manasecret]

I won't be around when this challenge ends, so just to make sure we get a submission in, this is our final list unless someone else in the UN submits another.

2) This soldier enjoys writing in his spare time. You could check out some of his work from before the war at gameexc.com -- Vampyr
3)This soldier is battle tested as he has had his thumb broken by his own platoon. -- Fox 6
4) This soldier is a science wiz winning his science fair in 2005. -- Aladuf
5) This soldier is a bit unusual as he takes a day each year to celebrate the Hot Dog. -- Cheez-Its
6) This soldier is a lean green fighting machine as he shares a name with a ninja turtle. -- Zen
7)This soldier is combat trained on the state of the art Ps3. Two times. -- Typhoid
8) This soldier got his start in military education at Bennington College. -- The Germ
9)This soldier proved his worth by scoring a 1210 on his SATs. -- HappyDude
10) This soldier was battle tested in the wilds of the Bahamas. -- Yoda9864
11) This soldier studies his enemies so much he made a video about them. Yes ninjas are the enemy. -- Dylflon
12) This soldier not only graduated from the university of Truman but did it refreshed. -- jeepnut
13) In his down time, this soldier can be found listening to Hoochan. -- VashTheStampede
14) This soldier got a quarter on his ACT. -- jason1
15) This soldier returned from a full year of duty in Malta. -- manasecret

I guess that 1) is BaB, though it doesn't matter.

Fellow UN members, please have no qualms about changing any of these, but especially number 4 (Aladuf) and 5 (Cheez-Its) as those are entirely guesses that I pulled out of my ass. My reasoning for the two choices is in my post above. I won't be around at the end of the challenge to agree or disagree, so do whatever you guys see fit.

[Yoda9864]

I've searched and have found nothing to change any of those answers. I'm fine with it being our final answer.

[BreakABone]

Just reminding you folks less than an hour to go.
Make a final list for your answers to be counted.

[Zen]

I wasnt here but, did our answer count? because the way this was being done it seems as if they didnt.

[manasecret]

I said it was the final list so I hope BaB and Swan got the message. But we got Cheez-Its and Aladuf wrong, which is I assume what did us in.