It is most fortunate you scanned the details of my letters. The maps I sent you contained markings, most assuredly, but they indicated the locations of several hostile native tribes. Were any man to visit them, he surely would not return. The real location of our treasures (the gold of which most certainly did not run out after some few inches) is concealed within my correspondence, as you have no doubt surmised. I look forward to seeing you soon.
C. F.
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Cool puzzle, thanks!
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Thanks, but I already have it :)
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Thank you.
Edit: Did you change the description? I am pretty sure it did read “The first letter, … The second letter, …” in the riddle earlier – and without this I would not have solved it ;)
As with the riddle before I have enjoyed this one very much, thanks again.
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Holy crap, it was that simple?
Have but thanks!
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Thanks! Also wasn't that hard. Lots of filler text and that small u letter in the first message hinted the solution heavily!
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Yup. :)
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dafuq! 16 : O Thanks! 1st i though the letters r the ones after commas etc : P
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Thanks cfriend. :-)
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Well. The easiest (direct) way is the right one (after a couple of hours of trying different codes) :).
Thank you!
I love these adventure puzzles. Though I must say they are becoming easier to crack. To make them harder I'd suggest making lengthier steps to get to the final giveaway page. E.g. here we could have had to guess/decipher maps/maps locations first, then decode letters and only then make out the final code. Nevertheless I appreciate your efforts to make these fine puzzles and look forward to cracking any future ones :)
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I was going to call this "Adventure 2.5," but I forgot. I've got some games saved up for hard puzzles in the future... four, six, and eight prize puzzle chains where you need to solve each to find the next. This is just for fun.
edit: Also, I'm not terribly fond of forcing you to guess either the order of some characters, or what to do next. I like to make it clear what you're to do, or at least give you hints enough that some quick googling will tell you.
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I see your point. And maybe this giveaway's not that easy considering number of entries and those huge hints back in the original forum post :).
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Thanks cfriend, this was very fun as always, I love these adventure puzzles!
I spent hours thinking of all sorts of other solutions completely overlooking the correct one, but I got here in the end. =)
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thanks. overlooked the straightforward hints like everyone else D=
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Well this wasnt hard, but many thanks to you ;)
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Thanks!
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Man, this was so simple... and so hard :)
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Thank you! I can't believe I figured it out! I feel dumb haha.
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Ok now I feel stupid after that one haha the answer was right there in plain sight! Thanks for the opportunity!
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Hahaha oh my god, dat riddle! :D I actually gave up after a short while, but I had a feeling I was on the right track with those links in your OP... and then it came to me! At first I went with the letters in the locations where the letters were postmarked, I was almost entirely sure that it was the way to go.
Thank you very much, let's hope the last uncontested copy will also be mine :)
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Ha. You've made it perfect :) Though I'd rather see 17 entries and see if I am the unlucky one not to be chosen :)
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Haha, then you would be dubbed the most unlucky man in Steamgifts. Pretty nice title :)
Kind of wanted that too, a very small part of me.
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Worst I've ever lost is a 1/4. I've one a 1/2 as well :P
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Holy cwap, nice. xD
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