Can I be added to your blacklist? I wanna be special!
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right, so, I cracked the passwd and g0t... the thing
now I am stuck only on #2 and I shouldn't... lol
edit: oh, ok, getting the new rar file
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Same here, I've never heard of this quote before.
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In puzzle.txt, after "decoding", is that part solvable say a week from now or does it have to be done now? What I mean is will the solution change over time?
Bruteforcing password using GPU just took a few seconds.
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Opened the .rar decoded the .txt and gave up after I checked your previous puzzle ^^
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Haha, no worries. Still not too sure what to do with that list anyway, have some ideas but nothing much.
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The password is too easy :D
Thanks for the puzzle ^^
I have no idea what to do...xD
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I wanted to complete the puzzle to find out what the game was, but with that info, I now know what it is. I'd already brute-forced the rar, I don't think anyone would have guessed the password even if they did read your past threads :)
Good luck to whoever can decode the second puzzle.
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to make things easier for me i created it elsewhere, to easier import data and then put it to txt file, but it's irrevelant at all :> if you want it to be more readable you may want to export it to spreadsheet thus separating username data and numeric data, but it will only make it easier to read. It's unnecesarry to use any kind of special software or skills to solve this puzzle (well, it is if you decide not to take one of 2 other ways in password step, so deciding for bruteforcing - bruteforcing will require software ;p). But if you read txt file you're already past the password stage :>
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You know what it's time for? For another zelgh-style puzzles!
You have a little lett than 7 days to enter giveaway and some1 will get something nice :>
GL
I swear! This time it's MUCH easier than previous two :> So give it a try! :>
Just to Spice Things a little bit, small dose of info about a game to win
TIMER
BLACKLIST
LINK?
UPDATE: There's been a small error on TXT in RAR file - DL RAR PUZZLE1 - Pass is the same :>
HINTS:
ITSTOOHARD
Q2: Original post which is the answer contained no spaces.
Q6: Answer is not specific bundle name but whole bundle series :)
TXT STAGE
Big hint (showing you what's the main idea ;p): zelghadis 1750.00
SOLUTION:
Puzzle Ended, Time for Solution xD
First Thing First - hinted game was Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, you could easily guess it by checking my steam inventory :>
Now for puzzle stages:
Next to LINK? part of forum topic was a hidden LINK Leading to shared Dropbox Folder. You could find it by viewing source of the page :>
In dropbox Folder you would find 2 files. Instructions.txt and PUZZLE1.rar; RAR file was password protected.
The instruction stated that password was 3 characters long. Password was NGE
There were 3 ways of getting the password:
1) it was stated that password has something to do with me myself and my previous puzzles. In many of my previous puzzles there was a part about meaning of mine avatar, and what it's inspired by actual anime. This Anime is Neon Genesis Evangelion, so pass was NGE.
2) you could easily bruteforced password - there are many programs on google for bruteforcing RAR files. Bruteforcing it using GPU would take seconds (one person bruteforced password within 4.5sec xD)
3) You could also solve ItsTooHard Quiz and get a Password as a reward as well as title of the game I was giving away.
ITSTOOHARD ANSWERS:
Q1. Skyrim - famous SG meme
Q2. nice,nice - famous quote of Raseto, creator of given topic
Q3. Toaster - and his challenge finished
Q4. bundle games (also accepted answers: bundle, bundles, bundled, bundled games, bundle list, read FAQ, bundle game, bundled game) - the most common reason ppl are making QQ topics about their CV.
Q5. Mew2 - he and his puzzle group. MewTwo is a name of a pokemon and you could find many puzzle topics by him on forums.
Q6. The Humble Weekly Sale (also accepted answers: Humble Bundle Weekly, The Humble Bundle Weekly, Humble Bundle Weekly Sale, The Humble Bundle Weekly Sale, Humble Weekly Sale) - On 1st two weekly sales it was not bundled, then got bundled why previously stated it would not and it resulted in massive QQ :>
Q7. regret - beware, jade is watching
Q8. Dota2 (also accepted Dota 2) - most common "30$" game people cry they cannot give away
Q9. Kaitlyn - forum topic for this addon
Q10. Notable Odds (also accepted The No) - LINK to last tournament.
When you opened RAR file you would get txt file encoded in binary. You could use xlate or any other decoder to decode it.
When decoded you were getting long list of users and numbers. Most of the lines was just a distraction while in fact only 5 lines were important :>
1st column was a username, 2nd column was CV requirement for Giveaway. For most lines user haven't created a GA with given CV and it was just a distraction.
The given hint zelghadis 1750.00 should point you to this GiveAway created by me, which is my only Public GA with such a CV requirement. in this GA you would see a lot of posts - and it's how all other good answers looked like.
THE CORRECT users - giveaways with links:
Like I mentioned, most of lines in txt file were a distraction. 5 important ones were (each of this users had one and only one Public GA with given CV requirement):
1) cg 3533.01 GA LINK
2) xarabas 89.82 GA LINK
3) NastyHero 0.23 GA LINK
4) MoneyHypeMike 1337.00 GA LINK
5) Rinc3winD 511.00 GA LINK
Many people missed cg and/or MoneyHypeMike - they forgot that format for high CV on SG contains a coma, so why searching for 3533.01 you should actually search for 3,533.01 ^^
You could either search a list manually (which is possible, as some of solvers did it this way, but more time-consuming), or write a script to check all users and dump correct one (what at least 1 person did and solved whole thing in 10 minutes xD)
Each of this 5 GAs contained a number of comments by me, each with hidden link. In each GiveAway 1 comment was not link for a real site but just www.X.com where X is a character. When found and placed in right order the 5 characters would combine into LQzAY which was z code for a GiveAway.
Thanks to all participants and congrats to solvers!
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