7/27/05 | 12:01 am | Tank Turret
What is new, ‘rooglefolk? I am sleepy. A quick clue then, before I head off to bed (or get up from bed depending on when this gets launched).
‘Roogle me this… I found this kind of neat looking tank turret thingy while wandering the google map wilds. Actually, now that I look at it, it’s not so much a traditional tank turret than some futuristic turret shooting out a laser beam. Yeah, that’s it.
The turret is available pretty far out, at 14/18. It is a fairly large thing, I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of that laser beam. For a clue, racking my brain only gets you:
“Chocolayte Empire”
And no… NOTHING to do with Willy Wonky. Get all wonky thoughts of that out of your head. Although, I did like the original Oompa Loompas. Especially their hot, hot song that goes, “Oompa Loompa Doobidie Doo”. I didn’t see the movie remake yet, should I? I heard it’s pretty good.
Ok, to bed… to bed with me. See you in the morning!
[Edit: 9:32 am PDT - A quickie region drop: Northern U.S.]
[Edit: 12:55 pm PDT - No takers? Ok, then: Michigan]
[Edit: 3:45 pm PDT - Whew, the going is slow today. Er, I’m not sure what other clues to drop here. I’ll just say try looking around Michigan in either Street Map or Hybrid mode first before diving into searching the satellite map squares…]
Clue Name : “Tank Turret”
Submitted by: Scavengeroogle Admin
Status : Solved (11)
Duration: Wednesday 7/27/05Solved By: Jon G, OtherChris, Chris Re, Mark L, Tim J, Phil D, Jason Y, Michael H, Aaron F, Justin, Markus B
Word Clues : “Chocolayte Empire”
Magnification Needed: 15/18
July 27th, 2005 at 1:15 pm
FWIW, I haven’t been able to make heads or tails of the clue. ???
July 27th, 2005 at 10:56 pm
mike - don’t sweat it… this was a real toughie!
August 3rd, 2005 at 2:15 pm
I’m one of the i-am-bored people. I like the site, but I think I have something wrong with my google maps. Maybe I’m cache’d?
When I look for this image in Marquette and Chocolayte areas of Michigan, it’s all Low-Res crap and a little north and west of Marquette I can see High-res but the ground is full of snow. Which does not match the image provided.
I can’t for the life of me understand why, as all logic says no, but is my google maps different than everyone elses?
I hope so, because I live a little south of the upper peninsula in WI and I can’t see anything near me, nor can I see almost 90% of Pennsylvania, my birth state. I would like to be able to see these bu I always thought that the satellite images didn’t waste time on places that weren’t > rural.
August 3rd, 2005 at 3:23 pm
Brian - welcome to Scavengeroogle! I’m not sure why you can’t see it… did you check the direct solution which is a link at the very bottom of this page:
Solution to Tank Turret
The way we do word clues can be confusing sometimes. Like if the word clue evaluated to “Chocolayte” and you went to go look at the city and saw it was not in High Res then it could mean one of two things. One is you might have evaluated the word clue wrong. Two is to look around nearby to see if there is any Low Res “Squares”. In this case, it’s Due west of Chocolayt near Snyder St. Try turning on “Hybrid” mode in google maps.. that helps sometimes!
Sometimes the word clues are quite literal and easy, sometimes they are obfuscated… it all depends. We’ve found that people like the variety. Also have found that a person may not be able to get a so-called “easy” clue, while being one of the few to solve an extremely “hard” one. Part luck, part depending on your geographic location too sometimes… that’s the way it goes. =)
Thanks for playing!