| Author | Message | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 4 Registered: 4-2010 |
"You have to go back if you want to go forward" The context of this statement is currently causing a bit of a headache for me, though hopefully over time I will get it easily. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 730 Registered: 6-2008 |
Go back = physically move/walk backwards? return to a previous location? or is it in a figurative sense of undoing progress? Same for "go forward"? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 13 Registered: 4-2010 |
Go back = physically move/walk backwards?YES, THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY WALKING BACKWARDS return to a previous location? THIS TOO or is it in a figurative sense of undoing progress? NO Same for "go forward"? REFERS TO PHYSICALLY AND LITERALLY MOVING/WALKING FORWARDS. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1710 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is a spring invovled? Bow? Elastic? Something else that stores mechanical energy? Is energy stored by going back, and then released, propelling something forwards? Or am I on the wrong track? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 14 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yeah, you`re kind of OTWT, though that`s a good guess. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1716 Registered: 9-2009 |
If you tried to go forwards without going back, would you: be unable to move? Hit an obstacle? Expend more energy? Be in danger? Fall down? Get hurt? Die? Become lost? Or captured? Is the puzzle statement something one human is saying to another? Are they adult? Male? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1689 Registered: 7-2009 |
This puzzle statement makes me think of driving. Is it related to driving? If so, trying to do a two-point turn? Doing a U-turn? Getting a bumper car (at an amusement park) stuck in a corner? If not driving, is it related to a vehicle of any kind? | ||
| Fleemco198 (Fleemco198)
New member Username: Fleemco198 Post Number: 441 Registered: 9-2009 |
Mackadal could you please bold your answers so that it is easier to see? use \ b { and write inside these marks. } | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 19 Registered: 4-2010 |
If you tried to go forwards without going back, would you: be unable to move? Hit an obstacle? yes Expend more energy? In a way Be in danger? Fall down? Get hurt?yesish to all those Die?sure hope not! Become lost?no Or captured? {\no} Hint:If you tried to go forwards without going back, you would be punished by a human Is the puzzle statement something one human is saying to another? Are they adult? Male?Possibly, but that`s not too integral to the puzzle. If it helps you could assume so and ask questions about the people | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 20 Registered: 4-2010 |
This puzzle statement makes me think of driving. Is it related to driving? If so, trying to do a two-point turn? Doing a U-turn? Getting a bumper car (at an amusement park) stuck in a corner? If not driving, is it related to a vehicle of any kind? no vehicles of any kind | ||
| Entity (Entity)
New member Username: Entity Post Number: 13 Registered: 4-2010 |
Suppose you are entering a building; does back mean the back entrance? Is there a toll? bouncer? gate? Is there anything blocking your path in any way? if so is it alive? inanimate? not living but is capable of self motion (eg has a motor)? Punished = fine? physical? law related? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 22 Registered: 4-2010 |
Suppose you are entering a building; does back mean the back entrance? no buildings Is there a toll? bouncer? gate? no no no Is there anything blocking your path in any way?yes if so is it alive?yes inanimate? not living but is capable of self motion (eg has a motor)? Punished = fine? physical? law related? scolded or having a privelege withdrawn | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1736 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it a human blocking your path? Do you have to go back in order to let the living thing get out of the way? In order to show respect? Go back: straightr backwards? Go forwards: straight forwards again, following the same path? Does this happen: in a certain place? Whenever encountering this sort of living thing? Whenever encountering this exact living thing? | ||
| Shephard (Shephard)
New member Username: Shephard Post Number: 9 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does this generarally happen during work, hobby, something supposed to be fun, exciting, boring? Is it something we all have to go through, or some of us? Is the other person doing his job? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 23 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a human blocking your path? b{yes} Do you have to go back in order to let the living thing get out of the way?noish In order to show respect? yesish Go back: straightr backwards?probably Go forwards: straight forwards again, following the same path?no Does this happen: in a certain place?yes Whenever encountering this sort of living thing? Whenever encountering this exact living thing? when you encounter the living thing in this place, yes Does this generarally happen during work,sort of hobbyyes something supposed to be fun,yes exciting,yes boring? Is it something we all have to go through, or some of us? those of us who chose to engage in the hobby have to do this Is the other person doing his job?A few lucky people have this as their employment. Yes, they are supposed to be blocking you | ||
| Shephard (Shephard)
New member Username: Shephard Post Number: 28 Registered: 4-2010 |
is the blocking part of the enjoyment? or in some way preventing it? Is the blocking fully accepted by the enjoying person? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 26 Registered: 4-2010 |
The blocking is part of the enjoyment. While the enjoying person might wish there was less blocking, they realize that without it the activity would be pointless. NOTE: the blocking is not a direct reason for going back here. The main reason for going back is the fear of punishment. But going back does make it easier to overcome the blocking | ||
| Shephard (Shephard)
New member Username: Shephard Post Number: 33 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fear of punishment from the person doing the blocking? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 27 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fear of punishment from the person doing the blocking?/b{No} | ||
| Shephard (Shephard)
New member Username: Shephard Post Number: 37 Registered: 4-2010 |
punishment from the law? from the blockers boss? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 35 Registered: 4-2010 |
punishment from the law?not civil law, if that`s what you mean from the blockers boss? probably not | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2485 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is a sport or game involved? Teams? Opposing sides? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 43 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a sportyes or game involved? Teams?yes Opposing sides?yes | ||
| Shephard (Shephard)
New member Username: Shephard Post Number: 51 Registered: 4-2010 |
outside sport? using a ball? is the other team blocking? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 45 Registered: 4-2010 |
outside sport?yes using a ball?yes, but not a round one is the other team blocking?yes | ||
| Shephard (Shephard)
New member Username: Shephard Post Number: 55 Registered: 4-2010 |
American Football? Are we looking for a specifik type of event in the game where the player is blocked? Or a specifik type of player? Because a lot of times a football player can go forward without going backwards. For example when other teammates clear the path. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2010 |
Rugby? Does it involve it being illegal to throw a forward pass in rugby? Kicking the ball backwards in the scrum so your teammates can advance the ball? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4 Registered: 4-2010 |
Or if it is American football, is it that you have to snap the ball back to start the play, and hence advance forward on the field? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 49 Registered: 4-2010 |
..Or a specifik type of player?YES, but for rugby Rugby?YES Does it involve it being illegal to throw a forward pass in rugby? Kicking the ball backwards in the scrum so your teammates can advance the ball?no, but you`re on the right track Or if it is American football, is it that you have to snap the ball back to start the play, and hence advance forward on the field?even though it`s not football, this is the right type of thinking. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the specific type of player a back? Forward? Does it involve kicking at all? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 52 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the specific type of player a back?YES. All backs in general except for I think the fullback. Forward? Does it involve kicking at all?no and no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 31 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do the words "back" and "forward" in the question refer to the directions? Or the players? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 60 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do the words "back" and "forward" in the question refer to the directions?yes Or the players?noish | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2570 Registered: 5-2003 |
Does it have to do with falling back so you aren't tackled immediately, then passing or running forward or around the opponents in front of you? | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 64 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it have to do with falling back so you aren't tackled immediately, then passing or running forward or around the opponents in front of you?No | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 67 Registered: 4-2010 |
I think I might as well post a *****SPOILER******* In rugby, the "backs" are the players who are supposed to move the ball upfield. However, they are callled backs because they are positioned behind the "forwards"(players who are mainly dfensive muscle).Thus, if you want to go forward with the ball, you have to go "back" to the back of the field. As a new rugby player, I find this confusing, given that in most sports, those that move the ball upfield are called forwards and are positioned in front of the defenders. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 57 Registered: 4-2010 |
Nice puzzle! This will add new information to the font of random knowledge stuck in my brain. (I might as well also point out that the rugby questions I asked are the extent of my rugby knowledge, except for the newly-revealed spoyler and that a "try" is a way to score.) | ||
| Mackadal (Mackadal)
New member Username: Mackadal Post Number: 69 Registered: 4-2010 |
You knew way more than I did when I first started playing. (: |
