Yoruichi-san

You're missing the 3.1...but otherwise...DingDing for DD! Well done . And shhhh...if they can't see the typo...it doesn't exist, right? ;P

Haha...good one . Honestly, I have no idea what that is...but no...that's it. When you have answer to the puzzle, it will not be followed by a question mark ... And thanks for the comment. Sometimes people jump to conclusions, and my sense of humor can be taken the wrong way...particularly in a forum format where they can't see my Cheshire cat who ate the canary grin ;P. "There's more to heaven and earth... ...and Y-san's puzzles... ...than dreamt of in your philosophy" Lol...definitely ;P. And Y-san lives outside the box... Nope, line 4 refers to it not being one, for once Seriously, though...the first rule is the first rule...stop trying to solve the riddle...the riddle is unsolvable! To those sphinx rights activists who would on me levy fines, Sometimes there's more than meets the eye ;P Perhaps first, you should learn to read between the lines.

Lol... No, the rule is not to try to solve the riddle...it really is unsolvable The puzzle, on the other hand...;P I'll be sure credit is given where credit is due

*Feigns an exasperated sigh* What's the first rule of Fight Club? What's the first rule of this riddle? @Aaryan: No, if you're guessing, you don't have it... ;P

This riddle cannot be solved, do not even try, No matter how hard you look, all you will get is dry eye. Taking the 1st, 2nd...nth letters of the lines will not suffice, And, for once, there will be no mention of my favorite vice. Do not attempt to seek hidden meaning in the words I say, The words and meaning that you see are as plain as day. Do not search for relations as there are none to be found, And by the rules of no game, am I hereby bound. Really, truly, no solution will there be by my end, For I am one for whom tradition must and will bend. (5.1,3.1,1.2,9.2,10.2,13.4,18.2,23.5,53.7,49.4,75.1,73.1,82.5,79.4,89.3,93.2,93.4,34.6,110.3,49.1) Who am I?

Excellent, thank you Bushindo

...Um...it looks like fabpig has the most votes...but I think his post is disqualified...since it has nothing to do with the theme... So I'm breaking the tie to tiger_lily...again...

NIGHT 4 Flamebirde was sitting in the testing center, staring at a set of rings on three pegs on a table. He had 'repeated' the trial so many times, he'd lost count, but Y-san still said it wasn't enough. Suddenly Framm ducked in. "Sorry, bud, I'm here to make sure you don't go anywhere toNight." Flamebirde shrugged. "Meh...I wasn't planning on going anywhere anyways. Too...tired..." Framm smiled affably. "Well, that's good...also...I'm going to kill you." Flamebirde shrugged again. "Okay." There was a knock at EDM's door. Tentatively, she opened it a crack. It was Shadow. "If you're here to take me to another round of Y-san's experiments, please no...anything but that..." Shadow shook her head. "No, no...I'm just here to kill you." EDM smiled with relief. "Oh, okay...as long as it's not more experiments..." And here are the Night Actions: Thank you all for playing, it was definitely an interesting experiment ! I realized about halfway through that I probably should have made it that either the target of an attempted instigation was informed that they were targeted, or announce which mafia role awakened when they did. The villagers needed a little more information to figure out they were villagers. Other than that, things worked out better than I expected. The mafia had a lot of ups and downs this game...Yodell was really lucky awakening the mafia KILL on Night 1, but then they ended up killing two of their own on Night 2...then they got Framm on Night 3 and managed to lynch the last remaining save who didn't save himself... Anyways, congrats to the mafia, good effort to the villagers, and thanks again for playing! I think ShadowAngel has a game in sign-ups, so have fun with that, and MiKi had something in the works? Meanwhile I'll be preparing Dogmafia and/or Gambit Mafia, and I'll post the game setups somewhere for comments/suggestions when they're ready. And of course, don't forget to check the other parts of this amazing site...there are a lot of fun things to do .

Okay, game is over. Post is coming. Sorry about the delay...the tubing to the fridge of a house we're kinda housesitting burst and...well...it was not pretty .

Sorry, life came up...post will be up later this evening...

Edit: Lol...great minds think alike and reply at the same time, it appears...yeah, thanks for the puzzle, and the brainurism was mine . I actually liked both versions of the puzzle .

Err...desolee, mon capitaine... Edit: And I don't think you need the 13th test either? You don't need to get a 'hot' to figure out which it is, you can assume the last group is 'hot' by the process of elimination.

Yes, your choice is secret, and the object (beaker/tile/card) is not removed from the selection process. And if I choose your card, your chances for stopping the second round aren't as good.

DAY 3 Aaryan was hanging off a ledge, which fell to a fiery death below. He couldn't remember how he had gotten there...some crazy experiment of Y-san's, certainly...but he was hanging. And somehow, Yodell was hanging besides him. "Aaryan," Thalia cried from above. "If you push Yodell off, you can use the outcrop to push yourself up to where I can reach you!" But Aaryan made no move. "No, no thank you. I'll just hang here until my strength goes out...even though I might be useful to my team...whichever it might be..." "I would like some help!" Yodell interjected. "Well, what you think has no weight," Thalia stuck her tongue out at him. And hence, the only logical conclusion was reached for the Day. PI: Y-san Roster: 1. Hirkala - DEAD Killed by KILL 2. Framm 18 3. MikeD - DEAD [KILL, Villager] Lynched 4. EDM 5. Flamebirde 6. mew - DEAD Killed by Mafia 7. Panther - DEAD [sAVE, Villager] Lynched 8. Thalia 9. ShadowAngel 10. Aaryan - DEAD [sAVE, Villager] Lynched 11.TheCube - DEAD Killed by Mafia 12.Yodell - DEAD [iNSTIGATOR] Lynched 13. MiKi - DEAD Killed by KILL Night 4 starts now, ends 11:59 AM tomorrow!

Or beakers of acid/base we test with litmus paper...or glasses of pepsi/coke we taste test...but not beakers of acid/base that we taste test... (sorry, couldn't resist ;P)

Yeah, my method was slightly less elegant, but yielded the same result for max.

About an hour and a half left in the Day. Also, when you have a chance, give me your opinion on

Yes, or they could be, like, upside down cards or mahjong tiles or something like that that we shuffled.

Yeah...that's what I originally thought the problem was...until I read the OP again.. And thank you for making the suit order almost like bridge, but not quite...just to make it confusing for bridge players *cough*

You and I are playing a little game (that is in no way whatsoever related to any game played on this site *cough*). There are 12 objects, 4 of which have the property M. The goal is to choose an object with the property M. However, you and I are playing by different rules. For each round, first there is the N phase, in which you secretly choose an object (write down its number or something), then there is the D phase, during which I pick an object and it is revealed whether or not the object has property M. If the object I pick has the property M, I win, if not we keep going. During any N phase, after you choose an object, you can call 'STOP' and the game will end. Then you reveal your choices, and if at least one has the property M, you win. If none have the property M, I win. What is your play? Bonus: Generalize to a case of n objects, k of which have the property M.

Wow, twice as mad...uh oh... Edit: Lol...WoS posted right before me...and about 7/8 they contain the exact same letters so I thought it has to be a different word...

Hmm...very interesting.... I'm kinda interested in all of the remaining suspects, but let's say start with Strength. Quarrels are often enlightening . No one had said very much about King, so I also want to know about him...and all anyone has to say about Ten is that he's close to Nine...

I think it's more like...I either think you're, like, 7, or I consider you with affection... So how's second grade? ;P

Dr. Who is awesome. The River story is soooo good. On that note...(no, it's not going to be 'bigger on the inside' ;P) It/he/she traveled back in time to warn us... (again... at the english language's lack of a non-gender specific third person pronoun)