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Ok:

Swapnil wins, but

You don't have anything to record the footsteps with, or play them back on. All I can think to use the speakers for is the electromagnets they contain. Otherwise, I like it.

<p>So for the first question, the grandfather never had a father?</p>

65,536 and 56,542 please

That's a really good interpretation, but sadly, no. It was the initials for the different sizes of champagne bottle.

What, you want the answer? Very well, here's the answer:

MJ is intentionally together. No-one has gotten it yet. It's very knowledge-based.

What are the last 2 letters? P, C, D, T, J, C, S, F, M, MJ, J, R, F, I, M, M, S, B, N, M, S, S, _, _

Ok, I've almost got it...

I did that, and I didn't get that at all. Mine is the same.

But if that's the basic idea, I think you need to work on your spelling and grammar to make it work. To be honest, I kind of like the idea.

I do not understand.

What will happen is that first of all 8 teams will play another 8 teams (8 matches); then the 8 winners will play each other (4 matches). The 4 winners will play each other (2 matches) before the decider between the final 2 teams decides the world cup winner. As I will get points for everyone on my team, I need as many people as possible who won't be knocked out for as long as possible. let's say my 15 players are made up of 1 player from each 16 teams bar one. The next round, around half of my players will be knocked out (best case I will lose 7 players, worst case 8). Now I can transfer out the 7 or 8 players, and make another selection from the teams still in the tournament. I will have to choose players from the remaining 8 teams, so I could for instance choose 2 players from each team, apart from one team which I have one player. Now if I do this, when those four matches have finished, I again lose half of my team, and need 7-8 more transfers. This continues. It might not be the best way of doing things, and the best way may go into probability. It also may be better to find a way in which I can maximise the number of players rather than have a full contingent. As for the substitutes, it might be better just to disregard this, and assume I have 15 players on my team.

I play a fantasy world cup game. This puzzle doesn't necessarily have to refer to football, but that's the inspiration, and a neat enough way of explaining. you have a team of 15 players, including 4 substitutes. After the group stage, it goes to the knockout stages. There will be 16 teams, then 8, then 4, then 2. Assuming I start with a full contingent of players when there are 16 teams, what is the best way to ensure as many players remain in your team for the final match, with as few transfers as possible (swapping one player for another)? I'm currently guessing, and placing my bet on teams like Brazil, but there should be a logical way to do this. If you understand fantasy football, it should be fairly self explanatory, but if you don't and it needs clarification, just point out where I've been unclear