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THWACK Monthly Mission - March 2019

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You find yourself with a multitude of clues.  Use your instincts and your plethora of tools to understand the means behind this atrocious crime.  This is the worst crime of all.  The epitome of treachery.  What crime you may ask?  Theft of productivity.

Comb through the clues and look deep into the bowels of your infrastructure.  Avoid the red herrings and get down to the actual root cause.  Detectives are only as good as their mind and tools, so use them both to find the culprit in “The Case of the Curious Systems Meltdown.”



MARCH MONTHLY MISSION

Use the mission’s resources to complete the tasks and answer the questions for a chance to win!

Correctly answer each question during the week and you'll be entered for a chance to win the weekly prize.

Correctly answer all 20 questions over the course of the month and you'll be entered for a chance to win the grand prize.

150 points are being awarded for each correctly answered question. There are 20 questions, which means you can earn a maximum of 3,000 points for this mission.

Want to join the mission, but not a member? Sign up FREE now!

PRIZES

Weekly Prizes & Drawing Dates:
March 11, 2019: Mysterium Board Game

March 18,  2019: Sherlock Holmes Collection 6 Book Box Set

March 25, 2019: LEGO Scooby-Doo The Mystery Machine

April 1, 2019: Raspberry Pi Starter Kit

Grand Prize:
April 1, 2019: 3D Printer



MISSION RULES

A new question will open every day (Monday - Friday) starting on March 4, 2019. Once a question has opened, it will remain open until March 31, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. CT. Check the schedule below for exact open/close times.



MISSION SHORTCUT

Complete the mission shortcut between March 14, 2019 and March 31, 2019 to earn an additional 1,000 THWACKRegistered points & enter to win a Nanoleaf Canvas Starter Kit!


The shortcut is simple:

  1. Download a free trial or upgrade to Server & Application Monitor 6.8
  2. Take a screenshot using AppInsight for Active Directory [blur server/node names!]
  3. Submit screenshot here
WEEKLY PRIZESMONTUEWEDTHUFRIWINNERS
Week 1: Complete questions 1-5 by March 10, 2019 to be entered to win: Mysterium Board Game
Week 2: Complete questions 6-10 by March 17, 2019 to be entered to win: Sherlock Holmes Collection 6 Book Box Set
Week 3: Complete questions 11-15 by March 24, 2019 to be entered to win: LEGO Scooby-Doo The Mystery Machine
Week 4: Complete questions 16-20 by March 31, 2019 to be entered to win: Raspberry Pi Starter Kit

Correctly answer all 20 questions by March 31, 2019 and get entered to win the Grand Prize! 3D Printer



Monthly Mission Terms and Conditions: US, UK, and Canada | Germany | Australia

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  • Not sure where I said I took offense, but ok.  I just don't like it.  I come here to have fun, if I'm not having fun then there's no point.  The questions are too easy - it's been like the first thing you see on the screen every time (almost?) so you don't even need to scroll and the snide comments don't land well in my "ear".  Someone's probably trying to be funny and I don't think it's working.  That doesn't mean I'm offended, it just means I don't like what I'm seeing.  I am under no illusion that SolarWinds as an entity or its staff have any opinion about me personally whatsoever.  As such, how could I be offended by something they're doing to everyone that participates in the mission?  Can't.  Amn't.  Won't ever be. 

    Who's that sorry excuse for a comic that says "here's your sign"?  That guy is awful and I don't like his "comedy".  It in no way offends me, however.  Same with that puppet chump.  Terrible?  Yes.  Offensive?  Narp.  Same with this stuff, it ain't offensive, it just ain't fun (for me).  If you like it, cool.  If you think that makes you World Class and me middle class, sweet.  I really don't care.  I don't happen to agree with that quote you chose but it doesn't offend me.  And hell, I'd even continue discussing it with you were this the appropriate venue because, well, it'd be fun.  emoticons_wink.png

    Oh yeah!  The points!  I've got, like, a lot of points.  I don't care about them anymore.  I mean, I "bought" my ThwackPack, what else is there? emoticons_silly.png

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  • Not sure where I said I took offense, but ok.  I just don't like it.  I come here to have fun, if I'm not having fun then there's no point.  The questions are too easy - it's been like the first thing you see on the screen every time (almost?) so you don't even need to scroll and the snide comments don't land well in my "ear".  Someone's probably trying to be funny and I don't think it's working.  That doesn't mean I'm offended, it just means I don't like what I'm seeing.  I am under no illusion that SolarWinds as an entity or its staff have any opinion about me personally whatsoever.  As such, how could I be offended by something they're doing to everyone that participates in the mission?  Can't.  Amn't.  Won't ever be. 

    Who's that sorry excuse for a comic that says "here's your sign"?  That guy is awful and I don't like his "comedy".  It in no way offends me, however.  Same with that puppet chump.  Terrible?  Yes.  Offensive?  Narp.  Same with this stuff, it ain't offensive, it just ain't fun (for me).  If you like it, cool.  If you think that makes you World Class and me middle class, sweet.  I really don't care.  I don't happen to agree with that quote you chose but it doesn't offend me.  And hell, I'd even continue discussing it with you were this the appropriate venue because, well, it'd be fun.  emoticons_wink.png

    Oh yeah!  The points!  I've got, like, a lot of points.  I don't care about them anymore.  I mean, I "bought" my ThwackPack, what else is there? emoticons_silly.png

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