Day 3: Use your mind to find the mines

First off, a list of the current survivors and their items:

Roy (w/dragon master)
Health: 3850 / 3850
Energy: 1150 / 1150
Ration x 7
Medkit x 2
Energy Bar x 1

Dragon Master (w/roy)
Health: 7550 / 7550
Energy 1707 / 1707
Ration x 7
Medkit x 2
Energy Bar x 1


Bigbob (w/icewave)
Health: 12450 / 12450
Energy: 2572 / 2572
Ration x 8
Medkit x 2
Energy Bar x 1

IceWave (w/bigbob)
Health: 29250 / 29250
Energy: 9350 / 9350
Ration x 6
Medkit x 2
Energy Bar x 1

Neojazex (w/zylo)
Health: 12550 / 12550
Energy: 2850 / 2850
Ration x 15
Medkit x 4
Energy Bar x 2


Shadow Orunitia (w/michaelvash)
Health: 3050 / 3050
Energy: 800 / 800
Ration x 5
Medkit x 2
Energy Bar x 1

MichaelVash (w/shadow orunitia)
Health: 21750 / 21750
Energy: 4975 / 4975
Ration x 2
Medkit x 2
Energy Bar x 1


Stephen (w/arllue)
Health: 6500 / 6500
Energy: 1350 / 1350
Ration x 12
Medkit x 4
Energy Bar x 2




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Well, what could be wrong with this desert? Perhaps it's safe to simply cross it? Wrong! Not on Fanisters Island!!

This desert is filled completely with land mines, however, there is a path to get thru the desert. In order to get thru it, you'll be traveling horizontally and vertically, but no diagnally. At some points the path may go backward. PM me telling me all the coordinates (E1 for example) of the path you'll take.

How do you figure this out?
See the numbers on the top row? They represent how many mines are in the column below it. And the numbers on the left? They represent how many mines are in the row to it's right.

I'll give you 2 hints:
E1 is the starting point and H8 is the ending point.

How do I determine who dies?
Whoever crosses over the most mines on their path of crossing the sand loses. If 2 people tie for last, both lose. If everyone makes it, no one dies.

Puzzle:

=7 =7 =4 =7 =3 =4 =6 =7
=8 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8
=4 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8
=6 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
=5 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8
=4 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8
=7 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8
=5 G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8
=6 H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8

Additionally, if you do survive, you will lose 500 HP per a mine you step on (assuming you do).

I realize that some of you may not understand how this works, if you have any questions, please ask them in this thread, this one is a bit on the hard side.

Damn this is going to get tricky and hard. Ten steps to victory if your going a simple way. Well I just have to say bring it on.

are the numbers around the field how many mines are in that row?

^ didnt read it well enough

"See the numbers on the top row? They represent how many mines are in the column below it. And the numbers on the left? They represent how many mines are in the row to it's right."

Here are how many mines each player walked thru:
Neojazex: 0
Roy: 0
Dragon Master: 0
Stephen: 4
IceWave: 3
Bigbob: 1
MichaelVash: 6


And since Shaddow Orunitia didn't submit his answers, he is our daily loser (your lucky vash)


I'd also like to give a huge congratulations to Neojazex, Roy and Dragon Master for solving my puzzle without hitting a single mine, that's very impressive.


Stay tuned for Day 4 to see who lost how much HP and items.


EDIT: Silly of me, forgot to show the path
=7 =7 =4 =7 =3 =4 =6 =7
=8 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8
=4 B1 B2 xx xx xx xx B7 B8
=6 C1 C2 xx C4 C5 xx C7 C8
=5 D1 D2 xx D4 xx xx D7 D8
=4 xx xx xx E4 xx E6 E7 E8
=7 F1 F2 F3 F4 xx F6 F7 F8
=5 G1 G2 G3 G4 xx xx xx G8
=6 H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 xx xx
(xx representing path)

or
E1, E2, E3, D3, C3, B3, B4, B5, B6, C6, D6, D5, E5, F5, G5, G6, G7, H7, H8