You call the number on the poster and a robotic voice asks: "Password" and you reply with the solution to the puzzle. A long string of 0s and 1s come flowing out of the speaker. Good thing you have an eidetic memory. You walk over to a nearby cafe, order a coffee and write down the string on a napkin.
01010000 01101001 01100111
00010011 10000110 01000001 01000001 00010010 00100101 01001000 11011000 01010110 00110100
A waitress comes up to the table. "You've been sitting here for quite a while now, can I get you another cup of coffee? Perhaps some breakfast? Our special today is spam, eggs, sausage, bacon and spam.".
She looks down on your napkin. "Oh, is that a puzzle? I love puzzles. Keeps the old brain alive. Mama always told me, knowledge is powe..." She stops, turns around, and yells. "Yes sir, I'll be right with you!" She turns back and smiles. "Duty calls", she says and walks away.
That was a lot of fun too! xD
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Still ahead of the pack. You've got one person trailing you, having written the wrong thing on the last ITH twice now.
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I think I might be here a while... Yeah, I made sure I was 100% right about the code before entering it. :P My first code started with "J" and I was getting a few problems, so I started all over again.
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There are actually online solvers for that kind of puzzle. It's simply called Binary Puzzle. I hope people don't realize. =)
Also, at least you have coffee here and a table at the café, so you can procrastinate however long you want. ^^
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Interesting, I didn't know that. I hope so too. :)
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That would be me. I tried 2 possible answers before solving the whole board and getting the correct one :P
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I think, if you solve it normally it shouldn't complete all 3 rows until you're as good as done. I solved it manually and then double checked it with an autosolver to make sure I had no errors. :)
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Well, that's why I was not correct...
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Damn, you are still as fast as usual.
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That's what she said.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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I'll probably fall behind now. Not having much success here and I have to go make today's progress update for my puzzle in 30 minutes. :P
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I'd say this is a hard puzzle. Trying to increase the difficulty for each puzzle, starting with easy for the reflective note, medium for the binary puzzle. But you're at least 60% done. There are 5 puzzles total including group puzzle.
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Yup, I'm staring at gibberish :P
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Oops, I was focused on the first 3 rows, wondering what I did wrong, but it was ANY 3 rows, silly me not reading properly again.
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Great puzzles! :D
I'll sit here for awhile and enjoy the cup of coffee before continue :P
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It's got the best coffee in the city I've heard. I don't drink coffee myself, so I wouldn't know. :)
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Ha, I have that game in the puzzle app on my phone, so that was easy :D
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Greetings SilentGuy, Which puzzle app has the binary game in it? I feel a download coming on. Thanks.
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Eh... I think it's just called puzzles... Ah wait, Simon Tatham's Puzzles... It is black and white instead of 0 and 1...
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Thanks - Downloaded and installed.
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Oh, another good time waster! Thanks for the info :)
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Well, I tried some things that didn't work, so it looks like I'll make a creative pause for now. :)
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Sudoku, eh? That was really fun.
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OK haven't been able to get an Eureka moment on this.. perhaps I should sleep on it ;-)
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Perhaps you can set up your new computer to run simulations over the night! ;)
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Enjoyed that one. Thanks
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I wonder how many have worked through this level?
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00110000
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I guess I'm not alone :3
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I think people are too fixated at the obvious "solution".
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Ah trust me, I've tried many "outside of the box" things as well, but can't get it to work properly ;-)
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It's hard to go away from it. :P
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This is m3rc....sighing in...no that's not a typo.
:P
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I really should keep track of the rather unobvious solutions I tried, to maybe use them for riddles myself ;)
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Good idea. :) More binary (or "binary"?) puzzles for the people!
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Perhaps you people are interested in this poll:
http://goo.gl/tG27I0More info in here: http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/iQHC0YC
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Voted
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lol, the people in the cafe really believe in communes.
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They really don't want to share the price. :)
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Voted :)
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Hint already posted. ;)
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Yea, just wanted to show I disagree :P
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You rebel, you!
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Ok I made it here... really nice logic grid puzzle! Nice job Nordhbane!
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Well, done so far. Let's see the next one. :)
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Well done, so far. :)
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Spam, Spam, Spam, lovely Spam
Wonderful Spam, Lovely Spam.
The stuff you said vaguely fits with an idea I had, but not really...
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Ok, now I'm stuck
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Don't worry, some people have been stuck here for over 2 days. =P Only 2 solvers so far.
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Someone solved it?
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SilentGuy and Starlynk is on the next puzzle. Don't worry, they are still stuck, just in another place. ;D
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Not surprised. Those two can solve any puzzle. :P
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So can you!
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Still nothing. Tried some more things, but no result. Hints don't ring any bell yet.
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Soon time for a new hint. It's time we evacuate this café, and see who's stuck with the bill.
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Yay that one was a lot of fun :)
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Oh great, now we get to watch you fly by here :P
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Yeah thanks I really needed a little pressure of expectation :P
... actually I thought I knew what was going on here ... I kind of still do, but I just can't make it work ...
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Guess what, he solved it. ;)
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No surprise there :)
I lack the drive and imagination, I try my basic 3 things, fail, and go do something else. :P
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Go to xlate (which is bad for this one actually), count on fingers and toes, slam face against keyboard to see if you produce the right letters. Those 3? =)
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Yeah, sounds about right :P
Plus I made some lovely art out of it :P
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Do share!
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Oh just some bar/QRcodes, nothing fancy.
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Interesting idea for a puzzle! :)
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Yea, I expected it, not this spam stuff :P
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Perhaps you like some fish with the spam? I hear the red herring is good with spam.
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The spam never made it to my plate, but my plate never left the cafe :P
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Getting any luck on Hint 2?
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Haven't really tried yet.
Let's see...Rod Stewart when he was young...
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Wait, I've got to take my socks off in the cafe to solve this one?!?!?
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Only if you're m3rc and want to remain stuck here. :)
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I've tried out all the possible spam filters, but my mail still doesn't make any sense!
Tis a sad day for the kingdom...
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Did you try just removing the spam? =P
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I just want to check, I don't want to be the last one left in the cafe and stuck with the (what is now likely to be an extremely large) coffee bill, while the other agents have dashed on to new challenges . . .
Maybe someone will be kind enough to leave me their unwanted spam . . .
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Only 3 agents have left the café so far, but good idea, last one pays the bill!
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From the text, I found out an English scientist and his cipher, but using that ciphering method still makes no sense :(
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Perhaps you need to research more. :) To clarify, if the cipher you have can be applied to several hints, I don't think you have to worry about having the right one or not, you probably just need to figure out something else.
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But am I on the right dish? @@?
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Were you the one that ordered the Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a mornay sauce served in a provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and spam?
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I don't know about this. I think I got something but with the further deciphering, I am not sure anymore. And yes, I have read the hints. 8 letters will be nonsense. But in my result, more letters are nonsense. I just get two words right in the beginning.
codends Am I on the right track or is this a sign of being paranoid?
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From a hint. Highlighted a special word. Double meaning. ;)
"You know you're on the right track if you find a code (this last part will only mean something if you've already deciphered it correctly, but perhaps don't understand the result)."
Some help, look at the group puzzle, it might give you a clue on what to do with the result. Something similar is happening here.
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Hm... sorry, I might have given you the wrong impression. Adding you on steam.
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Ok, so I've cleared it up. Appearently you can get "code" at the start when using morse on the binary, something which is very peculiar, because the message you're looking for begins with "code".
The cipher being used is however NOT morse code.
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I believe I'm stuck on google part xD
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Perhaps this will help? ;)
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I change my mind :x I think i have nothing now xd Probably because i was late here and just cant find proper hidden hints in spam xD
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The proper hints are all in the description up top. Including what the waitress is saying. There are a few direct answers to questions spread out a bit here and there, but nothing that's too important.
Also note that I've divided the 01's into two rows now to make it clear what's a hint and what's the other bit. The hint, I'm guessing, you've probably already deciphered, but now it's a lot more clear what is what.
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Ok now it's clear for me that i wasted time searching in comments :D I see some light now i'll try to follow it :D
Edit: ok, got 12 code xD
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Check the group puzzle solution, perhaps that can give you an idea on why there are more than 8 characters. In the group puzzle there's 18 letters to make an 8 character code.
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Thanks for all the hints, they are very helpful. Unfortunately, I have not been able to figure out how to extract the final code from the decrypted text. I have a 12-letter string that does not seem to make much sense, and checking the group part does not help because the problem here appears to be different. I feel so stupid, haha.
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The final string is 16 characters long and starts with "CODE". If you end up with CPDE at the start, you're not unique enough.
The hint about the group puzzle is how you read the string after it's been deciphered. With 12 letters (once CODE is removed) for an 8 letter code, perhaps you understand why there are extra letters.
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I have "CODE", I am extremely unique - or at least that's what my partner says. ;) It seems I am on the right track about the 12-letter string, now I just need to figure out how to use those extra letters.
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Make sure it's not via Morse you got them. :P
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Also, just like this has 12 characters to get the 8 character code, the group puzzle had 18 characters to get the 8 character code.
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Oh look, I've reached the point everyone else was stuck at... and is stuck too.
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Welcome to Café de Bin Ary. That's right, Cipher Bin Ary liked the idea of agents buying coffee from him so much he bought the place. :P
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I got it!! The hints were very helpful (:
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Ok. Reached another stage.
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damnit, I forgot to come back to this puzzle after I got stuck... sorry about that.
and thanks for all the fun and games :)
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I blame all the coffee making you have to take a very extended toilet break. :)
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