Like the title suggests, today's puzzle is sponsored by the letters M, G, R and S.

  • First two - no pun intended, use the opposite case:
    18SUJ2337307108
  • Last three - go postal and give me the forward part:
    18TWR8545674266

Put them after http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/ :P

You are alone on this, soldier! Or skip it. No sharing, hinting.. mkay? No. Just no.

Or there will be Charlie Foxtrot:

MEMOIR WILL KILL YOU IF YOU SPOIL THE PUZZLE.

Should end Oct 2nd, 2000 ZULU.

Update: (at least) 21 solvers and 16 entries

Also maybe some hint about first two, if you can't seem to narrow it down try to actually take a broader perspective.


Solution

One hapless prospective solver even asked if letters M, G, R and S are just random title or do they mean something. Well of course they mean something! I can't believe some people were missing this. That was the key to solving this puzzle. The title was using NATO phonetic alphabet just for a flavor though, to keep the military theme and not to be too obvious for a title, but I didn't want that part to be in the puzzle itself so the first line of the description spells it pretty clearly. Or so I thought.

I probably should've used lower resolution / bigger quadrants as after getting what MGRS is, people tended to focus on the trees instead of on the forest and I meant the general area not the spefic place at the address generally pointed by the coordinates. Too much faith in Google maps, people!

Anyway I just took coords of DC and Sainte-Sophie from wiki and translated them to MGRS without thinking what is around these coordinates EXACTLY AS GOOGLE MAPS SHOWS. But since people had trouble with the first one, focusing too much on the White House and area, I gave a hint of taking wider perspective (and I meant that pretty literally).

So yeah actually the capital of the Unitated States is Washington, District of Columbia = D.C., often actually pronounced just DC for short (this was bit of an American bias as I think it may not be obvious to non-Americans that DC = Washington, DC for short). That's the first two. My "pun" reference was about "capital" of the Unitated States vs capital letters.. to use lowercase.. Eh. And the second part was forward sortation area from postal code of Sainte-Sophie in Quebec, Canada.

Oh, and MGRS = Military Grid Reference System if you searched for letters M, G, R, S together even with spaces this should be pretty apparent, especially if you account for the military theme. The strings I gave are coordinates in MGRS. Just use some conversion to more common format (like longitude and latitude) and use that to localize what they are pointing to.

12 years ago*

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Blue. i h8 puzzles.

12 years ago
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Lies

12 years ago
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Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo.

12 years ago
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put the you know what

in the you know where

12 years ago
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Hardcore !!! xD

12 years ago
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Solved! Not that easy, but entertaining.

12 years ago
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Congratulations on taking the shiny spotlight of the first solver :D

12 years ago
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Bump! Jump! Fun, folks, fun!

12 years ago
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True

12 years ago
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Was going to solve it, but your avatar turned me off

12 years ago
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lol

12 years ago
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Timezone change in EU is last weekend of October not September, so don't worry :)

12 years ago
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oh indeed you're right, this weekend is New Zealand's turn. thanks :3

12 years ago
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I give up ;_;

12 years ago
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Thanks for trying :3 I'll provide answers after the giveaway is over.

So far 3 solvers and 1 entry

12 years ago
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I'll probably try again a few times before it's over x) Doesn't help that I'm trying at 3am

12 years ago
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Solved! (Bump!)

12 years ago
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blah. Nothing's clicking for me.

12 years ago
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Just take a break, and come back to it. Something may occur to you. Maybe.

12 years ago
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I think I've got the last three, but stuck with the first two..

12 years ago
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hmm maybe I'll give some hint - if you can't seem to narrow it down, actually try taking a broader perspective.

12 years ago
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Thanks, I got it. The hint really helped!

12 years ago
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Hi BlueAward.

12 years ago
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Hello how are you? :3

12 years ago
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Got an exam next week. I need augmentation. A super brain that will remember everything that I read will do.

12 years ago
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Take this.

12 years ago
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Thanks max. Whatever that is..

12 years ago
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Oh, good luck then, man!

12 years ago
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Ahem.

MEMOIR WILL KILL YOU IF YOU SPOIL THE PUZZLE.

12 years ago
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Ah yes I totally forgot, thank you.

12 years ago
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Both of you forget this one. :P

12 years ago
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Carrots

12 years ago
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sigh Still can't pinpoint the first two, even with the hint...

12 years ago
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Fun puzzle, guys try this: it's not as mindfucking as some previous ones from him ;D

12 years ago
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I'm liking this recommendation lol. Not as mindfucking as my previous ones xD Indeed. May be slightly biased towards Americans I guess, though. I think I should've used lower resolution, too :3

12 years ago
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Finally figured it out. Thanks for the giveaway and puzzle Award!

12 years ago
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Yw, gratz and good luck :3

12 years ago
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Bump for solved

12 years ago
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yay :)

12 years ago
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does the letters M, G, R and S have anything to do with the puzzle, or just random title?

12 years ago
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why oh why do you guys never say which game this is about?

12 years ago
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12 years ago
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Thanks for clarifying that. Can't say I agree, though.

12 years ago
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Nice little puzzle, have the game though.

12 years ago
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Thanks blondie, gratz for solving :3

12 years ago
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Final 24 hours!

Random testimonial from giveaway page: "Nice puzzle, thanks Award! Pretty unique (as always) and learned something new again [...] (though maybe a bit too easy this time, it's doable in like 10 minutes ;p )!"

12 years ago
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chour?

12 years ago
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Nah. Took me 20 mins ;)

12 years ago
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Yeah because of the American bias that is somewhat present I'm sure.

12 years ago
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Somehow, I ended up reading a commercial for Trump Hotel in Chicago. Apparently they have delicious French food.

12 years ago
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These have gone to another level. Over

12 years ago
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I just like to try some unique things, over

12 years ago
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'Tis the last hour, just sayin'

12 years ago
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Closed. Solution for us stupid people, please?

12 years ago
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Puzzzzzle ended, solution posted. Out!

12 years ago
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Bah, I did use Military Grid Reference System and Google maps, but I all got was Trump Hotel menu XD
In my defense, this was the first time I used Google maps...

12 years ago
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Eh? The first code roughly points to the front of the White House in DC and the second one somewhere around École Jean-Moreau‎ in Sainte-Sophie. Generally the middle of the areas I meant. Trump has mislead you, totally!

12 years ago
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I can never solve this puzzles, but I'm still delighted with the level of creativity you guys have. Really inspiring.

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Closed 12 years ago by Award.