How about an update for driver allocations, RR? After not finding myself in the list, I have now noticed that my choice (8) was previously taken. So, assuming 20 is still available, I'll take that instead, please.
Sorry Cosi, I've been away for a while visiting the family. Unfortunately, 20 IS taken, as is every other number. However, I am willing to give you my number (2) as compensation (No this is not a cursed Karthikeyan or Massa that I'm trying to palm off to you).
Thanks to Bergy's reminder, and my cock-up, I'm giving Cosi 9. Go ahead for a reveal tomtom. I'll send you the numbers EB, your pulling my finger...I mean leg.
Drum roll please... Today's reveal is... A BOOK CIPHER!sort of Which book, tomtom? I hear you ask. Well (season with drum roll to taste): please log in to view this image Except not translated by Richmond Lattimore, because that is a really, really silly name. Yes! You see, I, as a classicist, noted a while ago that Homer's epic poem The Iliad comes in 24 chapters and would therefore, if I had the time and was not constricted by exams, make for what I hoped would be a good reveal. Μη Φοβε!* I do not expect you to translate the Ancient Greek text. Even I can't do that (yet). Instead, I will link you to the necessary chapters - indeed, I will even link you to the sections within those chapters where the clues are hidden... am I not truly a benevolent and generous overlord? *see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The rules: - each driver is assigned a book. - there are 24 books. - each book is linked to randomly under "The Links" - each driver is listed randomly, along with a clue about the book that is his, under "The Cipher" THE LINKS [NSFW] A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X[/NSFW] USEFUL VOCAB Achaeans = Greeks Alexander = Paris Son of Atreus = Agamemnon or Menelaus Son of Laertes = Odysseus Son of Tydeus = Diomedes Son of Peleus = Achilles Phoebus = Apollo (any more needed, let me know) The order of the links, and the order in which the drivers are listed, is not randomised per se, but it was written with the intentions of it hopefully having no particular order (with one notable exception, any such order is entirely coincidental!). I do not know which link links to which book, but all 24 books are represented thereof. Let me know if there are any major problems with finding your book. (For the record, I'm not entirely happy with the translation because it's a bit old-timey, but it's available free on the internet.)
