Yeup, today is my factory day, so here's the puzzle.

Prizes are Days Gone, which is current #1 on the community wishlist, and some bundle leftovers.

Since I'm too lazy to make them myself, feel free to share any hints with each others, just don't give direct answers or links.

Oh yeah, Days Gone is region restricted and can not be activated in Japan, sorry

Hint: there is already a hint in ITH description

Just to be clear: you can and probably should give each other any hints/clues/ways for a solution other than direct answers.

At least someone listened.

Answers

  1. Different forms of carbon
  2. It's a cartoon about strange furries
  3. Empty spots of tetris figures form braille letters which mean "braille"
  4. All these devices run Doom
  5. Not waterfall is firefly
  6. Zipjpg-file with a picture from Nuremberg trial in it
  7. Not these actors but who played these characters were all in this film. Henry Cavill/Superman, Armie Hammer/Lone Ranger, Alicia Vikander/Lara Croft.
  8. The song starts with "Hello, Darkness..."
  9. It's a top list from Gears of War which displays kinda top gear
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Is the puzzle too easy?

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Yes
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Too easy to waste time
Potato

I don't get Q3, ̶Q̶5̶ and ̶Q̶6̶. ̶F̶o̶r̶ ̶Q̶6̶,̶ ̶I̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶l̶i̶t̶e̶r̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶i̶c̶ ̶t̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶m̶e̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶b̶o̶t̶h̶ ̶c̶a̶s̶e̶s̶ ̶A̶d̶o̶b̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶:̶/̶ ̶S̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶s̶p̶o̶i̶l̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶?̶

Edit 2: Okay, only Q3 left. I know what it refers to, but... it surprisingly didn't help me at all. I wish I could consult it with someone privately, because it's hard to do without spoiling

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Q3: You might need more than 1 word in answer.
Q5: People already gave much hints about that. Probably your search query is too complex.
Q6: Adobe Reader is not really required.
Q6: Sometimes image can carry more data.

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You missed Q5 I think

3 years ago
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Fixed.

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For Q5, I know what to do, just not what specific words to use

I was the same, I knew what the picture was of, and thanks to the hints posted I knew I had to find the opposite, but it just wasn't clicking. So kind of in desperation I googled a very simple 3 word query, and got the answer. 😅

I don't even know how to start with Q3

Same again, and the hints people are posting just confuse me even more! 😣
Just got it 😅 Think about a different way text can be represented

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Oh god you blessed me on Q5 xD

3 years ago
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For Q3, you need to pay attention to the blank squares instead of the ones with dots in them. Also, you need a first and last name for the answer

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Thanks, that was exactly what I needed

3 years ago
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I'm really not seeing what Q3 is about, you have to make out the forms as letters? Can't see anything.

In return a hint for Q5: It's not the obvious word you're thinking.

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Unfortunately, your hint for Q5 didn't get me there.

However, here's what I can share about Q3:
Use the dots as a hint to "see" what is represented. But use the empty spaces to interpret it.

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Guess you need some kind of cultural-based pattern recognition skill or something, I can't see anything sadly.

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"I can't see anything sadly"

This (sight) is actually a great hint as to what is going on with this one.

3 years ago
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Is Q3 tetris related, or is it just using those shapes by chance?

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The shapes aren't completely by chance, but there is no connection to Tetris. See my hint above that might help.

3 years ago
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thanks, finally solved it

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Despite what I assume are fantastic and sufficient hints, I'm stuck on Q4 and Q5.

Maybe someone can nudge me on Q5. I understand I'm looking for the opposite of what's pictured, but I'd like to know if I'm looking for something that is an opposite directionally or an opposite in some other quality possessed by the subject of the image.

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For Q5, half of it is opposite directionally, but it might not be the first opposite word you think of. The other half is opposite elementally. pondipunchline's hint is what finally clued me in to the whole answer.

I'm still working on Q4 myself (and Q9).

3 years ago
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Thanks. As soon as I thought of it, it seems obvious. Now only Q4 remains.

On Q9, do you recognize the logo in the upper left?

3 years ago
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I didn't, but I eventually found the answer anyway.

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Okay, I've figured out Q4 now. I didn't understand the connection until I stumbled upon the answer and worked backwards, but I can tell you that the things pictured cannot run Crysis. What could they do instead...

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They can run ****! Thanks.

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here is my hints.
Q1: its all the same
Q2: the not so cute version
Q3: you should not SEE it
Q4: can it run skyrim?
Q5: google search the hint
Q6: Adolf know the real hint
Q7: they look good together
Q8: not a hello kitty song
Q9: best teamplayer

at least this is how my brain translate it, mix it with other's hint

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happy day of cake! my knowledge of 'book, cartoon, person, game, series, geographical location, film, music or tv show' stuffs is apparently poop somewhat decent absolutely godlike as i've only gotten 3 4 5 6 7 8 them all right (due to hints my massive wrinkly brain) and they were all extremely easy. rest last one are is totally up in the air. no idea how some of you do it, kudos. stuck on q3, q4, q6, q7, and q8.

went down the rabbit hole with q6 and thought i had it for sure, but it ended up being wrong and i don't know where to go with it. nevermind, i was being too specific i guess.

oh boy, progress!

someone please knock me over the head with another good q7 /q8 hint and i'll forever be in your debt.

two hours in and one question away, i am fucking amped.

i have done it. i have ascended.

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Fluffster's hint helped me most with Q7. I'm not sure there are any better hints without it being given away. It still took me a lot of searching though!

I'm still working on Q3, 4, and 8, so there's nothing I can help with there, unfortunately.

These hints have been pretty great, even if I still can't figure some out! The only one I got without any hints was Q1 xD

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thanks, i've tried searching for movies with the three of them in it, but it seems the old guy has been out of the industry for quite some time. i am obviously missing something. maybe i'll take a shot at some hints.

q3 - if you know the overall theme/order of the answers it really helps. can't you see it?
q4- it's kind of a meme at this point. this hint almost gives it away.
q8- i got this one by googling some words i found in previous hints.. specifically.. "this cat is definitely dark" and "I think the cat is friendly, doesn't it" slap those two with something else you know about the image (again keeping in mind the general theme/order of the puzzle as a whole.)

hope those help :)

edit- dude thank you so much for pointing me back to that hint. that eventually led me to what i needed.

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Glad you got it :D

I managed to get Q3 at last! I was on the right track at least! I was actually very close to the answer for some time, it just took me a while to figure the final part xD

The Q8 hints led me in the wrong direction for some time, but that's simply due to my absurd thought process! I finally combined "the cat is definitely dark" with "the fact that it's a cat is irrelevant" and the image posted by Olzhas to get it.

I already tried some answers for Q4 which I imagine align with that hint (as far as I know). No success so far. I expect I'm close with this one so it may come to me soon :D

Edit - Just got Q4 too! Jake13Snake's comment was the final piece!

3 years ago*
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Happy belated 🎂 day!

3 years ago
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bump for a great puzzle

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\o/

Bump for (finally) solved!
Oh, and happy (belated) 🏭🏭🏭🏭🏭🏭🏭 day

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I thought Q9 would be Family Guy, because getting on the leaderboard requires grinding and you know what grinds my gears? ;)
Eventually figured it out though, thanks to all the hints in the thread, Eefrit's hint was probably the best one.

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Happy (belated) cakeday!

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Heyy I solved it.
Hint for Q3, as I had problems with it - read it the opposite of how it's typically read

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Thank you. I was going in a different direction with the other hints and it threw me off

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Q3 is causing an earthquake in my head....😨😨

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any tips for Q3...?

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If you don't see it will help but the opposite.

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bump!
Thank for the puzzle, i started last night, and this morning come back to kept serching for Q6, and leave it becouse of work, and now I finally found it

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Happy belated cakeday, escollo!
And bump for a wicked puzzle :D

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Bump for solved!

3 years ago
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Bump for solved. This was really fun escollo!

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Thank you for the puzzle! It was difficult, but in a fun way! :)

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Thanks for the puzzle. But this is too much for me.
I don't understand the Q3. What should I see? A letter, an image, a shape? I see only squares and squares with dots))

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Q3 is a bit special and requires you to look at it in the opposite way from normal.
Also, supplementing the missing parts will make it easier to understand.

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I give up.
My eyes are bleeding. 16 hours trying to solve Q3.
I just don't know where to start. Not a single option.
It looks like it's just not my puzzle. I'll try next time.

Good luck to all involved. And thanks again for the puzzle.

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Man I'm stuck on Q8 for hours now🤣 ..All the hints are great, managed to figure out all of them except Q8; maybe I'm overlooking the obvious here but I'm lost haha.. I'd appreciate anymore tips/hints :)

Nevertheless, thank you escollo for this really great puzzle and happy belated cakeday! Bump!

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I was stuck on Q8 for two days! :D
I can't really come up with new hints for it, without coming too close to giving away the answer, unfortunately, but I'd recommend concentrating on hints from Eefrit, DogOnSG, dobeduck and DoggieMan.
One thing I can say without spoilers, is that you just need the name of the song, so no need to worry if the artist's name should go before it or after and there's no punctuation.

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Haha thanks for the tips, I tried today but I still didn't come any closer and its the last question I'm stuck on lol.. But if it's just the song's name you need, I'll give it another shot tomorrow! :D

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Hints are not actually about the name of the song but something else. And the song is very well-known because of the internet...

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Ayy I got it! Thanks mate!

3 years ago
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Does each shape in Q3 correspond to one letter? (so 7 letters in this example)
I must be really stupid but all previous "sight/seeing or not seeing" hints gives me literally 0 idea

Good puzzle nonetheless, tho I won't be sleeping tonight until I get Q3 right

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Yes, and it's a very well known way of representing letters as well........... ... .......... ... ..........

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i took also well known "other way" of representing letters + alphabetical order hint, i wasn't able to see where i was making a mistake

i feel dumb
done it, gg

3 years ago
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Finally got it after all these days, thanks for the puzzle.

Here have a bump. :-)

3 years ago
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Bump for solved
I struggled most with Q5, Q7 and Q8 so let's try to add some more hints:
Q5 - combine Fluffster's and Jake13Snake's hints
Q7 - Other hints already state to use the alternative actor/actress. I can add to it that last character has least possible options
Q8 - While you need the title, the question uses something else to identify the song

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Closed 3 years ago by escollo.