Fabiano, the Worlds Strongest Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

I have filled both cups with blood, and can't figure out what comes next.
I don't seem to be any stronger.

I finally figured it out. What a great game!!!

I am completely stuck on this one. I have the cups filled but I can't figure out what to do now. Help!

Help! I have the cups filled....what's next....any hint would help....

Pump up both red flags and be quick

Be quick doing what? I still can't figure this thing out!

How do you fill the buckets?!!!!!! What kind of words are you supposed to spell? I don't get it.

Forgey it, I figured it out. Duh!!!!!!!

This is the part of these MCF games I hate the most. I can't figure out what the flowers I'm supposed to do!! Is there no way to give some kind of clue what the goal of the puzzle *is* so the player knows where to start, where to go, what they are supposed to be doing?? There's all kinds of moving unicorns on the screen that appear to have nothing whatsoever to do with solving the puzzle. Why is that stuff there? Sure, I can waste all the remaining time playing around with the "fun stuff" on one puzzle, but my thing is, I want to GET THROUGH THE AMAZING GAME! What is the point of this puzzle? What is it I am supposed to accomplish here? And *how* the flowers do I accomplish it??

DEEPLY awesome!

Siviax wrote:This is the part of these MCF games I hate the most. I can't figure out what the hell I'm supposed to do!! Is there no way to give some kind of clue what the goal of the puzzle *is* so the player knows where to start, where to go, what they are supposed to be doing?? There's all kinds of moving crap on the screen that appear to have nothing whatsoever to do with solving the puzzle. Why is that stuff there? Sure, I can waste all the remaining time playing around with the "fun stuff" on one puzzle, but my thing is, I want to GET THROUGH THE DAMN GAME! What is the point of this puzzle? What is it I am supposed to accomplish here? And *how* the hell do I accomplish it??

DEEPLY frustrating!

The goal is to hit the hammer to make the ball ring the bell at the top.
1. Change the scrambled words to mind and soul by clicking on the letters of the two words.
2. Once you do this. pump the hearts that appear to fill the cups and raise the flags to the top.
3. When the flags are at the top, as BFG said "hammer time". That should ring the bell. If not, pump again.

By the way, I love the fun stuff.

These are just a different kind of game, one where you have to figure out both the goal and how to reach it. A lot of locked room puzzles are of this type, as are most of the Nancy Drew games.

I agree with you that I don't like these as well as specific assignment puzzles, but they are popular with many people. I found that it was still quite simple to get through the game just by paying the time forfeit and using the telephone most of the time to skip the crystal ball puzzle. Then I stopped and spent more time on the crystal ball puzzles my second time through.

By the way, one tip I found for this specific puzzle--the cups fill up much higher than I thought at first. So keep at it until you're sure they're both all the way full. This will cause the flags to stay at the top for quite a long time, making it easy to do the next step. When I only had the cup 3/4 full, I wasn't fast enough to do the next step with both flags at the top.

Im just not fast enough. What else am I missing? I tried pumping in different order too, hoping that would help. I am frustrated too!

Kas2002 wrote:Im just not fast enough. What else am I missing? I tried pumping in different order too, hoping that would help. I am frustrated too!

I agree with Robin94122 - I would add that I succeeded by way overfilling the cups. I lack speed in all things. However, I found that by way overfilling especially the first cup and then overfilling a bit on the second cup, I got the flags to stay up long enough to hit the bloody hammer.

Pump one til you get the red flag to the top then pump like SIX more times while its there, then IMMEDIATELY do the same with the other one ...you have to be quick...pump it an extra six or so times once it's at the top, then quickly hit the hammer. The extra pumps while the flags are at the top help keep them there long enough to get the hammer hit. If it doesn't work the first time keep trying, it will work. In my opinion the key is to work on keeping one flag up there at a time..when I tried to alternate I couldn't keep them both up at the same time long enough to hit the hammer.

krissywillow wrote:Pump one til you get the red flag to the top then pump like SIX more times while its there, then IMMEDIATELY do the same with the other one ...you have to be quick...pump it an extra six or so times once it's at the top, then quickly hit the hammer. The extra pumps while the flags are at the top help keep them there long enough to get the hammer hit. If it doesn't work the first time keep trying, it will work. In my opinion the key is to work on keeping one flag up there at a time..when I tried to alternate I couldn't keep them both up at the same time long enough to hit the hammer.[/quote
Thank You Krissywillow, I only got it from your help...Wendles :)

There are a lot of seek and find puzzles out there that don't have the extra puzzles, and to me they get really boring. So I really like the challenge of the crystal ball puzzles.

One suggestion for the person who found them frustrating - someone told me a way that you can earn lots of extra time to try the crystal ball puzzle. When you are seeking hidden items, wait until you have found 3 items and click on each of them rapidly one right after another. That will give you a time bonus that really helps at the end.

Also, if you can't figure out a crystal ball puzzle, just pause or exit your game, and look in these forums. There's a hint for almost every one.

Enjoy!

Grumpy1123

After reading this thread, I didn't even have to fill up the cups. After changing the words, I pumped one heart really fast, with a few extra while the flag was up. I then pumped the other one really fast with a few extra while the flag was up, hit the hammer, and got it the first time.

The way I save time is if I can't find the objects after trying, I skip to the next area. You don't have to find every single object on each level, so it's better to find what you can, then use your hints at the end to find the really difficult ones. I also don't do the ones that require you to find multiples of the same type of object (10 matches, etc.) until the end since you don't get credit for every single object you find. Why use my time to get 2 credits when I can use the same time to get 10 credits?

I didn't read all the posts, so have to hope I am not repeating. Once you have the hearts and need to get the red flags to the top, you then strike the hammer before the two flags fall. I find that if I continue to click on a heart even though its flag is already at the top, I am then able to have time to click the other heart, get its flag also to the top, and then click on the center hammer. "My" method allowed me enough time, because I was never fast enough to get the hammer to rise while both flags were at the top before this. This way it was actually quite easy!

Cannot get 2 hearts in Fabiano crytal puzzle. Get the one on left but one on right will not come up. Changed both words to "minds" but nothing happens to give me a heart on the right side. HELP please!!!