Time for a long puzzle. I believe it’s überhard, we’ll see if I'm right. At the end there will be one winner that can choose a game for 20€ (not 50 this time :/). There are giveaways on the road and you must leave a comment on those. 31st is the end date of the giveaways. I'm a mathboy so the texts aren't so good.

An old uncle of yours died some time ago and left a big chest to you. It contained all the things he collected during his travels around the world. He used to be an adventurer before he was injured in an accident. One day, after looking at the interesting things in the chest, you find a tiny envelope at the bottom of it. In it is a note written in your uncle’s writing. It says:

 g1g2 i9k20e8v9h5x4d1j8 T1 D5 G214 52 Y2?

Solution

g+1=h
g+2=i

i+9=r
k+20=e
e+8=m
v+9=e
h+5=m
x+4=b
d+1=e
j+8=r

T+1=U
D+5=I
G+214=M
5+2=7
Y+2=A

"hi remember UIM7A" Which leads to my previous Treasure Hunt

I wanted you to use the same method on this clue. Book

g1g2i9= page 1, row 2, word 9= Search
k20e8v9= my
h5x4d1= give
j8T1D5= away
G21452Y2= s

"Search my giveaways"

So if you search among my old giveaways you'll find this:

"You find another note.

When you read this I'll be gone. Don't feel sad about it, my life has been good. I understand you found the clue I left for you. There are still many ahead. Things of great value wait at the end so I need to talk in riddles. Be sure not to tell anyone about the things you find out.

2 In the middle (or the outskirts) of Madrid you will find what you need, the Madrid-Barajas Airport.
1 Look at the shape of it (the Madrid-Barajas Airport), what letter would you say that is? Place it first.
(It's a K, not a single k in the whole of Spain)
3 Take a plane from there and land among the stone-cactuses, in the end it's the capital . Take a southbound train from there.
4-5 Then start in a country that was almost ruled by the United Fruit Company and end in the former Brittish of the two.

Comment here too if you want.

Now it should be a bit easier."

  1. K
  2. d (Madrid)
  3. O (Mexico)
  4. G (Guatemala)
  5. e (Belize, former British Honduras)

First giveaway I'll post that solution there soon. I give you time to look at it first.

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A bit of help to avoid confusion. Headers are counted.

12 years ago
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Also, A and S are two words. (bump)

12 years ago
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Could you explain what you mean by headers? (I'm new to these puzzles so I'm not up to date on all the jargon)

12 years ago
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Title, Headline or Heading. On the top of a page when a new chapter begins. I don't really know wich word is the correct one but I hope you understands.

12 years ago
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Is there anybody still playing?

12 years ago
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I'm stuck at the last point I saw you; but yea, since the timeline on this is pretty long I'm just takin' it slow doing a little bit of puzzling at a time lol.

12 years ago
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I changed the Youtube link. There was a slight error that could make it worse than it already is.

12 years ago
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Thanks!

12 years ago
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can't decode G214 dammit!

12 years ago
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That's not different from the rest...

12 years ago
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yeah, just figured out. I was using the wrong url

12 years ago
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Bumping this thread so more people gets in... We're feeling lonely in here!

12 years ago
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Right, well. I got the code, I know what it's used for and I've done that. I must have missed something though because you mention Youtube further up.

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It's a long treasure hunt with multiple steps; you'll get there soon though ^_^.

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Approximate numbers of people at different stages.

  1. This step
  2. I don't know the amount of people that are on this step
  3. 7

  4. at least 4
  5. 2

There is almost 2 weeks left so don't get stressed about it.

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can you tell us the number of steps?

12 years ago
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Your next one will be the last. Among those who reach that step the winner of 20€ price will be drawn.

12 years ago
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Oh no Kappei, you've left me and moved on to bigger, greater things! :(

12 years ago
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Don't worry twipps, you have enough time to catch up :P

12 years ago
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g1g2g1g2g1g2g1g2 i have to stop looking at this, if this step is that hard, i better stop now before i get crazy at...any of the other ones

12 years ago
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Finished! I've really enjoyed it, great job edse!!

12 years ago
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I'm jealous. I'm still marooned on what I perceive to be the 2nd stage. T_T

12 years ago
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Good job aps!

12 years ago
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Thanks!

12 years ago
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a small hint?

12 years ago
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Are you counting letters or pages?

12 years ago
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i have no idea where to start

12 years ago
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Start with g1g2, shouldn't be too hard.

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Start with g1g2... start doing... what?
/still lost

12 years ago
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Start counting...

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From where?

12 years ago
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g

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.

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I have no idea what numbers to use in counting. XD

Already got the first step and now working on the other puzzle, I think. Unless I misunderstood what the first step led me to haha...

12 years ago
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jdsiofjiaesofhoisjdfhjdffjdslj!!!

I just found out the reason I was stuck was because I apparently can't count properly!

Hahaha... >.<

12 years ago
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I also dont know where to start :P

Mindf*ck :P

12 years ago
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This is great XD I'm so baffled I have no idea where to even begin

12 years ago
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I got g1g2 i9k20e8v9h5x4d1j8.
Any tips for T1 D5 G214 52 Y2?
And is this still going on?

12 years ago
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There is a week left.

You can see that the URLs of this site all contain a 5 character (this page has B5gzx) so just decode that part the same way and find the page.

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I'll give some help for you that are on the third step (youtube). It's accidentally a bit harder than I thought.

  Cloud is also five letters

And a hint for the second step.

  Solve the clue in the clue with the old information
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Thought so, but didn't have time to check with low/hicase yet.

12 years ago
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I'm in the step 2. I can't find out what's the old information there or what clue is supposed to contain another clue...
My attempt to decode message from part 1 using mechanism from part 2 failed. Am I close at least?

12 years ago
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It should have been right. Headings are counted as row 1 and A and S is two different words.

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Both of those pieces of information were quite critical. Headings were NOT counted as 1 in the original mechanism. And S is hardly a word.
But thx for those hints, moving on :)

12 years ago
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It's now ~23 hours left. You'll probably not be able too reach the end in time but maybe you can get to the first giveaway.

So far 4 people have solved it all.

12 years ago
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can you give me a bit of a hint, i'm new to this kind of puzzle, i might not made it, but at least it can gave me a bit of understanding.

12 years ago
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First you count some letters. You will get a five letter code that are used as URLs at this site and on that page you will get some information so that you can solve the clue in the clue and get to the next step.

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is this right ?

g1 = s

g2 = o

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No; think simpler :D.

12 years ago
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8a8b? lol

12 years ago
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Mm... nope. Aim to get a solution that's readable instead of more confusing xD.

12 years ago
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g+1,g+2

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lower/upper case help on the first step?

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The URL is case sensitive.

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and i have to search every possible combination?

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upper case in the clue means upper case in the URL and number means number.

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Are there going to be the correct solutions after the end? I just can't crack the damn troll, he drives me crazy :)

12 years ago
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how about a hint for the last step right now :)?

12 years ago
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You must be blind

12 years ago
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This was a hint, not an insult :D

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I knew it was a hint - didn't get me any further though, except for that you actually made me check whether there's mp3/sound information hidden in the picture -.-

I still think Kappei, me and the others found what contains the solution, but aren't able to decipher it,.. really looking forward to find out about how this would have worked!
Nice riddle <3

edit: Ok, just tried something and I was absolutely sure this time I got it right - but yet again I failed, lol

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I will give all the solutions tomorrow after the deadline.

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Damn! And I am discovering this so short before it ends?! Nice Puzzle, though!

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i also just found it, and now on step 3 (with a lot of help, otherwise i wont be able to even reach it)

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The hardest one is the youtube video, it's hard to decipher it.

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Did you finish? I have absolutely no idea what to do with the YouTube video. XP

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well there is a link to decipher it, and some of the symbol is missing, so i can't finish them.

it is too hard.

Edit : i found the words, but what to do with them ? is it a URL or something else ?

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I also got to that stage. I got the words, some of them seem to be gibberish, and I have no idea how to do the numbers.

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Ah! Figured out my error. I was on the right track but once again my counting skills were impeding me. XD

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5 minutes left. Hurry, hurry, you can make it

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Can't solve it...my uncle has bad handwriting D:

12 years ago
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Awesome puzzle!!! Didn't win anything (yet rolleyes) but this was so worth the time. :) Super fun! Thank you!

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The solution for the first puzzle

g+1=h
g+2=i

i+9=r
k+20=e
e+8=m
v+9=e
h+5=m
x+4=b
d+1=e
j+8=r

T+1=U
D+5=I
G+214=M
5+2=7
Y+2=A

"hi remember UIM7A" Which leads to my previous Treasure Hunt

I wanted you to use the same method on this clue. Book

g1g2i9= page 1, row 2, word 9= Search
k20e8v9= my
h5x4d1= give
j8T1D5= away
G21452Y2= s

"Search my giveaways"

So if you search among my old giveaways you'll find this:

"You find another note.

When you read this I'll be gone. Don't feel sad about it, my life has been good. I understand you found the clue I left for you. There are still many ahead. Things of great value wait at the end so I need to talk in riddles. Be sure not to tell anyone about the things you find out.

2 In the middle (or the outskirts) of Madrid you will find what you need, the Madrid-Barajas Airport.
1 Look at the shape of it (the Madrid-Barajas Airport), what letter would you say that is? Place it first.
(It's a K, not a single k in the whole of Spain)
3 Take a plane from there and land among the stone-cactuses, in the end it's the capital . Take a southbound train from there.
4-5 Then start in a country that was almost ruled by the United Fruit Company and end in the former Brittish of the two.

Comment here too if you want.

Now it should be a bit easier."

  1. K
  2. d (Madrid)
  3. O (Mexico)
  4. G (Guatemala)
  5. e (Belize, former British Honduras)

First giveaway I'll post that solution there soon. I give you time to look at it first.

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I loved how the code from the first note was twofold. My absolute favorite part of this treasure hunt! :D

Big props for that! And the rest as well, very sophisticated puzzles! Time well spent - thank you!

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I don't understand why in the old puzzle you used a bunch of other letters besides p (page) r (row) and w (word). Was that just to throw people off track?

Edit: I just realized by re-reading it. They spell page row and word.
But I still don't understand why some have spaces between them. p78 r1 w7 has spaces, g229o18r1 does not.

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That's just the formatting so they line up underneath each other.

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Closed 12 years ago by edse1991.