💪 The Brawny Braniacs Bout: PHB Tribal Tournament 2024 🧠

*THIS ROUND IS CLOSED

Welcome, Poptropicans of all tribes, to the second round of the 2024 PHB Tribal Tournament! (Not sure what’s going on here? Check out our announcement post.) Note: The first round, Gifted Gladiators, continues for the rest of the month, so keep submitting your amazing works of art.

We are now starting our Brawny Brainiacs Bout, and believe me, you’re going to need your thinking caps. Thinking helmets? 🪖

Unlike the Gifted Gladiators event, please send your answers for every challenge to your tribe representative on Discord through direct message, rather than your tribe channel on the Poptropica Help Chat—as to not spoil the fun for your tribemates. If you choose not to participate on Discord, you can contact us through email.

In this round, all of the puzzles are not an all-or-nothing deal, meaning you aren’t required to complete them to be eligible for earning points. Points earned will depend on how much of a certain puzzle is finished.

This round ends in one week (Wednesday, August 21) and comes in four different parts, so you won’t want to wait long to get a start. Let’s leap right into the games!

Poptropica Word Search Challenge

The rules here are pretty simple: locate as many Poptropica-related words on the grid as you can.

Each word you find will add 5 points to your overall score, meaning if you find all 24 words you’ll earn up to 120 points in this challenge, but no pressure! Here it is:

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You can submit your answers by bubbling/crossing out the answers or by simply listing them out. It’s up to you! 👍

Character Crossword Challenge

Directions: Fill the empty grid of crossing words using the clues on the right.

Down clues have answers that stretch vertically while across clues have answers that stretch horizontally. The clues are numbered, corresponding to the number of the answer on the grid. Once you think you’ve figured out an answer, make sure the name fits within the space provided on the grid. Each answer is a Poptropica character worth 10 points apiece. Let’s see if you can figure them out. 😉

Like with the word search, it isn’t necessary to actually fill in the grid (although, you’re certainly welcome to!); Listing the answers will be just fine. 🙂

Decode-A-Message Challenge

This one is a major brain exercise for sure. Below are 5 messages written in gibberish along with a clue on how to decode each one into something that makes sense. Most of these are actual bits of dialogue from Poptropica, and they become increasingly more difficult as you go along. This round is called Brawny Brainiacs for a reason. 😁 Because of the difficulty of this challenge, each message you decode will earn you 20 points. And if you guess all five, you’ll earn a bonus 50 points!

Clue 1: A-M & N-Z, the first above and the latter below…
Message 1: Gnyyl ub!

Clue 2: B is Y, G is T, and M is N
Message 2: Gvoo nv blfi hvxivg, zmw r’oo gvoo blf nrmv!

Clue 3: Take 8 steps backward (Tip: Use the alphabet as a clock, counterclockwise. When you pass “A” continue with “Z”.)
Message 3: Izm gwc twwsqvo nwz awumwvm?

Clue 4: Unscramble each word and follow the next step (#)
Message 4: steeh(7), lilw(1), frasn(9), idr(4), on(2), eon(3), fo (6), deomdeslem(8), em(5)?

Clue 5: Take 2 steps forward and reverse the message (Tip: Use the alphabet as a clock. When you pass “Z” start again at “A”.)
Message 5: ?rlckylpsmr jyzgpr cfr lg qsmgpmragt cz jjgu mfU

Pop The Difference Challenge

Another toughie! You may remember our Pop the Difference specials from many years ago here on the PHB. Well now, we’re repurposing the game for our Tribal Tournament as the last challenge in this round. Down below are the 8 common rooms of the Poptropolis tribes, but there’s a catch: there are two images for each one. Each pair contains 10 differences throughout. Some are easier to spot, while many others are more indistinct. Use the image compare slider to help you find all the differences.

You will earn 10 points for each difference you find. If you manage to find every difference from every photo, you will earn a big bonus worth 100 points!

When you submit your answers for this specific challenge, using pictures where the differences are circled would be preferred. If you can’t get a picture, try listing out each difference in detail so we know exactly what you’re talking about, otherwise you won’t get the points. This won’t be easy. You’ve been warned. 😅 (Tip: open both images for each common room in separate tabs by clicking on both sides of the slider & switch between both tabs to see smaller details)

Seraphim

Yellowjackets

Pathfinders

Wildfire

Flying Squid

Black Flags

Nightcrawlers

Nanobots

Believe it or not, you alone can earn a grand total of 1,150 points from this round if you complete every challenge! Can you imagine if two team members were able to accomplish this feat? That’s a lot for your tribe! But again, no pressure. With that said…