USA October Isis Search

[cslrobert]

The coin is in Chicago - somewhere !

I can just see PUZZ at his computer Idiots, let me throw them a clue.

[Olga]

Totally!! But, Chicago... =(( Man, I was hoping it's at least in San Fran.. that is sooo much closer for me

[SavinIris]

Chicago!! Come on now.. that's the third &^$& free ISIS in the SAME city! At least give some other people a chance.. that last two that were in Chicago were found by the same person! I'm starting to think that the "room with no name" coin is probably either in Chicago or San Francisco as well.

I understand that the US is a big place and it's going to cost more money for PUZZ to place them here but... look at how many are in the UK any given month. Also, look at all of the FREE NK's they gave out to people just for going to the Tut thing just because they e-mailed in their ticket info by a deadline. Call me crazy but if SW spent half as much money on at least the free searches here as they do all of the free stuff in the UK at least we could get these things spread out a little bit better (also taking into consideration the price increase for all furture Isis puzzles as well has SW charging for extra guesses).

I guess the bottom line is that if SW wants people in the US to actually continue buying the puzzles at an inflated price over the next 5 years a couple of things need to get fixed... the reward zone (not making people wait MONTHS for prizes), the pyrmids (which I hope to God aren't all in Chicago.... just because the city is towards the center of the country doesn't mean everyone can actually drive there!!!) and the free Isis searches (again, putting everything in the same 2 cities leaving us on the East coast really SOL).. Not to mention we have to wait a half of a year just for the ISIS II to even get here

[haggis]

Yes... but apart from that... how you enjoying the adventure?

[SavinIris]

Mine hasn't happened except for in front of a computer screen. Not quite what I would call an adventure... opening my Isis is a whole other issue to begin with.. lets just say it didn't start well (can't say much more about it outside of the 5% Club)

[PUZZ]

Folks, the reason the coins are currently only in SF and Chicago is that is where the plane went when we were last in the US, now next time we will be in NY, so more coins will be there soon.

We have been informed that the TSI prizes have now been dispatched today, ok lets wait and see if they arrive, but im really hopeful this time.

So apart from SF and Chicago and NY, where else would you like me to hide some coins then, and be sensible about it, I get travel sick if I do too much flying

[username]

being on the East Coast I agree with SavinIris about the location of the coins. What is the reasoning behind the madness, If you need someone on the East to place the coins let me know, i would be more than happy to help.

[SavinIris]

This is true for me as well... I would gladly take myself out of the free isis search if it meant I could help place them (PUZZ of course would have to do the riddle writting). More or less, I'm just tired of the whole thing happening in front of the computer.

And honestly, Washington, Florida and Texas would at least help with the distribution (at least get the corners covered) and honestly, somewhere north of NYC (in PA or something) especially since there is SO much history in the northeastern part of the country the riddles could be even more difficult then they already are

[Karen_G]

Please give SW a chance! The ISIS was released in the States only 3 months ago!! Puzz and Ade and the rest of SW are working extremely hard to improve the US ISIS system, but it's really not easy, especially as SW is based in the UK.

The Award Zone prize delay is not the fault of SW as Puzz states here.

The real pyramids should have been up before Christmas, but again, this has not been SW's fault. Instead of making you wait, SW came up with the idea of the Virtual Pyramid system, and they have spent many hours implementing it, not to mention the time taken to write many more riddles.

As far as I know, Puzz and Ade hid all of the free ISIS coins on their last trip to the US, they were not in the US for very long and they were there for business, not just for hiding coins! The fact that they managed to hide so many is really good. They could have only hidden one in Chicago, so the total free ISIS count for the US would have been lower, but no, SW were kind enough to give more free ISIS. Please remember these are free ISIS, SW are giving them away free of charge, so you can't complain about where they hide them!

It has only been three months, and I'm sure SW will be hiding more coins in the US in the future. Due to the size of the US and the cost of travelling from State to State, I can imagine SW will regularly hide more than one coin in each State that they visit, but on their next trip, I'm guessing different States will be visited. So it's just a matter of time.

Karen

[SavinIris]

I understand the size of the country plays a role in the whol thing but placing 6 coins in only 2 cities.. thats madness.

Also.. it appears the VP's are available to Ukers... just as the UK real pyrmids are available to us USers... only you guys don't have to buy a really expensive plane ticket

[haggis]

Fair point. Ive been involved with the isis adventure since October 06 and its only been in the last few months that SW have increased the number of free isis and available pyramids in the UK. I can remember the time when there was only one free isis released in the UK and all the available pyramids were missing their Gold coins (before passwords).

There is definately an element of 'waiting' in the adventure. Give it time, they will get to a place close by.

Haggis

[cslrobert]

What we need to do is talk to whoever books the plan tickets for Ade, and PUZZ and persuade him/her to set them up with several flight connections. We can use the excuse that we are trying to save SonicWarp money.

Watch PUZZ and Ade next flight have 10 connections to differnet cities just for a 500 mile flight.

[PUZZ]

Folks,

you know I love flying, its just the taking off and landing I dont like

[Karen_G]

I understand the size of the country plays a role in the whol thing but placing 6 coins in only 2 cities.. thats madness.

They only had time to visit two Cities.. so isn't it better that they hide 6 coins in total rather than only 2??

Karen

[cslrobert]

Pilot saying:

Take offs are optional its the landing thats mandatory.