Bumped for solved. Very possible. Tons of hints between the thread and first post.
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Bump! solved.
The first time I meet a puzzle of this type
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Ok, I think I've figured out what your tattoo means, but still have no clue how the actual lines and circles relate to that word lol. I assumed binary, but can't see how it works.
A cryptographer, I am not haha.
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I guess I'm not smart. I'll wait after Feb 28. Please tell us how to solve it! HAHAHAHA...
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Oh, just how the hell does the third hint apply to the real tattoo? Because if you reverse translate its meaning there's no feasible way that tattoo could mean what the result is.
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I can't fully tell but I think you are on the right track. The red and green images might be a big help to you making the final bits.
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I still don't understand how those 8 rows of lines and circles translate to the word of your tat.. I thought the third hint meant binary but its not working out haha
A tiny bit of help there would be great!
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Yeah I also thought it was binary because of that part about ones or zeros, but nothing seems to correspond.
Rows? Don't you mean columns?
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Oh yeah my bad, I meant columns there, but I'm still completely lost and stuck in that regard.. Did you have any better luck?
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I would like to, but I'm worried that might give it away. Have you considered praying to Minerva / Athena? As the goddess of Wisdom she might be able to help.
I'm not being snide, that is the best I could do.
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Some people see glasses half full, some half empty. Maybe try and see it from a different perspective if you think you are on the right track but are stuck.
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I got it! Thanks for making me feel smart, and grats on the tattoo ;3
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Nice alien barcode. But as far as the puzzle goes, I have to admit I have absolutely no idea.
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Hello.
A question to know if I should keep trying to solve it or give up 😁.
Is it necessary to have read the book or can this puzzle be solved without having read it?
Unfortunately I never read the books and it is very complicated for me to solve it 😅
Anyway, thanks for bringing us this puzzle. Hopefully you will share the solution once the giveaway is over 👍
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Still too dumb to figure it out, alas. GL everyone and bump!
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Lol Bro! this was a From-esque experience for me... Insofar as I wanted to smash my mouse in frustration ;) .
Some of the comments in the thread really sent me down some rabbit holes, but they ultimately lead me back to where I started. I was going in the wrong direction for so long, I went full circle! A fantasy book from 2002 with an alphabet that can be translated? C'mon! LOL. It makes solving the puzzle even more satisfying.
Thanks for the awesome GA and puzzle :D
Good luck everyone who is still trying to solve it!
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My thoughts when trying to do puzzles..
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bump for solved!
I am ashamed it took me this long... haha
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Bump for solved. And same as many others, this one took me a bit to get, but after getting it I wonder why it took me so long to figure out.
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Bump for solved. This took me actual hours because I overthought absolutely everything. Nice one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ojUmdF42U
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Been absolutely stuck on this the past few days. I believe I know what the tattoo means, and tried just everything from there. I'm definitely making it a lot harder than it is supposed to be D:
Also, comparing the 2nd and the 1st hint, the red symbols are smaller. Do they still mean the same?
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TOOL LINK - https://edocsil.itch.io/edoctrinated
-EDIT- Here is the solve!
So sorry guys! I was on vacation these past few days and then our plane had issues and I was stranded for an extra day on the way home. I thought about getting on here on my phone while away but just ended up kinda disconnecting and enjoying myself haha. That said, I hope to put a link to the tool I made to generate this tomorrow after I clean it up and make it more user friendly (basically I hard coded a few things so I'll make it have an input and a button to create an image as I was just print-screening before).
So, my tattoo reads as Edoc'sil. I wanted a neat way to show it without just writing the word. The first thing I thought of was a barcode but it was recommended to me to not do that as they can be tricky. So, I chose binary! I went through a few different designs (see image below) but in the end settled on this one. The tattoo itself reads top-down but the binary part of it reads left to right. The circles are 0's, and lines are 1's. For the design I grouped all the circles together that were in a top down line. That part is simply because I thought it looked cool haha! It just so happens that it formed an 8x8 structure, very neat.
Basically, if you could figure out what my tattoo said, it might could give you the insight needed to translate the giveaway link (you put the five characters into a link address like https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xxxxx/). If you are still a bit lost, check out the other attached image that shows how it translates.
As far as the other clues go, the first section in the poem was to try and get you to figure out my tattoo was "Edoc'sil". I specified that you should see my Steam profile as I couldn't have the apostrophe here.
The second section was sorta filler lines but also was to hopefully get you to not overthink the puzzle and realize that the solution for those is basically right there in front of you. Those images translate to RED and GREEN and also have a little horizontal strip of 8 squares to try and clue you in on the binary part.
The third section directly referred to the binary aspect.
The last section was somewhat filler but also was just trying to get you to try and look at things differently if you think you are close. Many people did the binary vertically at first instead of horizontal and were very much lost in the translation of it. Some also thought the circles were 1's and the lines 0's which I did not expect so this was to hopefully help get them to try different things. AlohaHawaii said it best I think:
So, anyway, that's it! Thanks so much for hanging out here! It was my first puzzle and I had fun, even if it made some people want to throw things at me haha. And hey, only got added to one blacklist so that's a win in my book!
Edoc
Hello there!
In honor of my new tattoo, I figured I would do my first puzzle after enjoying so many over the years. I have one other tattoo but this is the first 'big' one I have gotten and one I have wanted to get for a while. I designed it myself! Hopefully you all like the puzzle and don't find it too difficult! Good luck!
Game is ELDEN RING and is level 3, as the thread title indicates. The method of delivery will be a key so please note that it may not be available right at the end of the giveaway depending on whether the store has given it to me yet or not. I made it end on the 28th though, so I would think it will be OK.
-EDIT- CLUES ADDED
If you go to my steam profile you won't find a giveaway link,
But you might just see that which was inked.
The new images below are another hint,
Nice and big and bold so no need to squint.
Look at one or zero according to your needs,
But two or more might put you in the weeds.
If you look and think "What in tarnation?!?!"
You might just simply be lost in translation.
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