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Edit: Feel free to work on this puzzle for fun, but all the coupons have been redeemed. You can find the answer in the thread at the bottom of this post.

Bribbo awoke to find all his precious belongings and even his GM powers were gone! He began to run frantically around town looking for a GM who might know what to do. He spotted a group of GMs talking to each other.

“I lost my powers!” Bribbo shouted.

“We did too!” They all chimed back.

“We need to figure out what happened, and quickly!” Bribbo said.

Just then, Bribbo noticed a mysterious sheet of paper in his pocket. He unfolded it and began to read it aloud:

“Your gear and powers are gone, but there is a way for you to get them back. Solve this puzzle and you will get your answer. Here are your hints:

Every letter is assigned a number. The numbers are assigned in a specific pattern to the alphabet from a-z.

Because every letter has a number assigned to it, each word has a total value (the numbers of each letter in the word added up).

You will get a couple different words with their total value and it’s up to you to figure out what number is assigned to each letter. It is possible for two letters to have the same number assigned to them, but it is rare.

Once you have figured out what number is assigned to each letter, use that to solve the answer and get your gear and power back!

The final answer has no spaces in between the words.

Here are your words and the numeric value next to each word. Use it to find the pattern of the alphabet and get your answer!

a - 5
simple - 85
answer - 90
is - 23
good - 44
in - 31
this - 67
case - 32

more words to help:
eye - 31
why - 49
shy - 47
hi - 25
go - 20
red - 45
bed - 29

even more words to  help:
bad - 27
rad - 43
ad - 17

Answer is here, fill in the letters according to the number to get it:

24
9
22
6
16
17
12
15
26
14
7
20
14
17
12
15
5
26
7
12
26
7
5
11
9
22
8

_________
End of the instructions

Once you have solved the puzzle, enter the answer in at Outspark.com/redeem. 2,000 Spark Cash to the first 30 people that find the answer! But the coupon expires by 11/2 or when 30 people find the answer.

This Spark Cash cannot be used to gift any items.

The coupon is NOT case sensitive.

Want to discuss this puzzle on the forums? Click here to go to the official thread!

Now that’s a Hot Dog,

Need I say more?

For more info about H.Diggity, click on “The Outspark Dog” on the category tab to the right and read the previous blogs.

As Silky and I were doing our daily wandering on the streets of the SOMA district, we had walked into a store to buy a pack of M&M’s. It was then when I was informed by Silky, about the existence of an M&M, that has not only peanut butter, but also… strawberries!?

Was this true? I couldn’t believe it at first myself, but as I took Silky’s word, we decided to begin a quest, the quest for the elusive M&M’s. After we waved Shutian a fond farewell, we set off on our journey. Little did we know of the perils that lay before us. Traffic filled streets, stray dogs, unstocked convenient stores.

To make a long story short, and omitting the details of the arduous journey, after 7 places and days of searching, …during our lunch break of course.., we’ve found the said candy. Here it is.

I’ve so far seen Silky’s and Rider’s seal of approval, but have yet to try them myself.

Wish me luck. And good luck to all of you on your own candy quests. (Level 25+)
To add some relevance to this posting, I should also mention that some of the Fiesta team will also be in-game for the next few days distributing the new Trick or Treat bags that we just added to the store, for free! Just find us. Add yourself as a fan on our Fiesta page on Facebook account HERE to get the details on where you can find us.

Help Bribbo get to his Halloween Party!

Bribbo opened his mail to find an invitation to a Halloween party from all the GMs! So excited, he spent a long time getting his costume together and left his mini house with the directions in his pocket. But when he took a closer look, he realized the directions were a puzzle that he had to figure out in order to get to the party.

Unable to figure out the puzzle, Bribbo decided to just wander around and try and find it, but he couldn’t.

Now it’s up to you to help him get to his party!

Here are the directions he was given:

Every letter is assigned a number. The numbers are assigned in a specific pattern to the alphabet from a-z.

Because every letter has a number assigned to it, each word has a total value (the numbers of each letter in the word added up).

We will give you a couple different words with their total value and it’s up to you to figure out what number is assigned to each letter.  No two letters can have the same number assigned to it.

Once you have figured out what number is assigned to each letter, use that to solve the answer and find the party!

The final answer has no spaces in between the words.

Here are your words and the numeric value next to each word. Use it to find the pattern of the alphabet and get your answer!

A - 5
party - 98
is - 37
here - 51
be - 15
there - 74
yay - 63
oh - 31
go - 32
now - 66
dont - 75
zzz - 90

Answer is here, fill in the letters according to the number to get it:

23
11
9
22
9
13
24
18
20
19
5
22
23
29
11
5
11
5

_________
End of the instructions

Once you have solved the puzzle, enter the answer in at Outspark.com/redeem. Bribbo is awarding 2,500 Spark Cash to the first 25 people who help him find the answer! But the party is over Monday, Oct 26 so the prize will stop being awarded by then, or when 25 people find it already.

This Spark Cash cannot be used to gift any items.

The coupon is NOT case sensitive.

Want to discuss this puzzle on the forums? Click here to go to the official thread!

It’s the last day to enter the Outspark wide Costume Contest.

If you haven’t checked out the forum thread yet, definitely do by clicking here.

There will be 3 winners and each will get 4,000 Spark Cash!

There are 3 categories:
1) Dress up
2) Carve a pumpkin
3) Decorate a room, house, fence, etc

There will be one winner from each category and at the moment there are not very many carving entries and even less decoration entries.

If you haven’t entered yet, I’d definitely recommend a carving or decoration entry to increase your odds of winning at this point. When you click on the post, read over how to score the bonus points. The best way to do this with such little time left would be to take something you are doing for Halloween anyway, like decorating the outside of your house, and spiffing it up in an Outspark way. Add a small image of a character or monster from any Outspark game, a logo, and maybe a cute little pet dressed as something from an Outspark game and you’re set!

You definitely don’t need all or even half of that to win, that’s just to give some of you an idea of what to do for a last minute entry. Entries will be judged by a number of different people here in the Outspark office, and from previous events I got a good idea what we’re looking for.

Even if you don’t think you’ll win, help bring Halloween spirit to Outspark and join the contest! It will end tomorrow, so hurry.