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[PUZZLE] oxguy3's Puzzle of Technical Miscellany and Reduced Illegitimacy

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oxguy3

For anyone who was disappointed that my "super difficult puzzle" recently wasn't actually very difficult at all, here is a new one that I hope will be somewhat legitimately challenging. The questions are all related to technical stuff like networking and programming and game development. Good luck!

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Oh yeah and I almost forgot to mention, the giveaways are open for one week. Answers will be posted on the forums once they close.

EDIT: I decided to add a second giveaway for puzzle winners! If you solve the puzzle, check the description of the first giveaway for a link to the second giveaway!

11 years ago*

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Memoscorp

Knew most of the answers, surprisingly. Completely stumped on Q9 though. Hint? :D

11 years ago
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oxguy3

Nice! You'll need to use a specification of the Minecraft server protocol for Q9.

11 years ago
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Nagihiko

Yep, only nine left~

11 years ago
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oxguy3

Did you find a spec of the Minecraft server protocol?

11 years ago
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Nagihiko

Realized I was using one for Pocket Minecraft, oops Solved ^-^

11 years ago
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Kiwec

The author knows a lot about modified clients, it seems :3

11 years ago
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oxguy3

Hehe, I used to have my own client with a lot of, cough cough, features built into it...

11 years ago
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xth3rm4lx

2hard4me, couldn't do q2

11 years ago
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lockalola

Solved. Thanks :-)

11 years ago
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mkrnic

Any hints for Q4, or do I have to bruteforce about 50 answers? :/

Nevermind, solved it. I wasn't reading correctly.

11 years ago
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Kappei

Almost forgot, bump for solvage :)

11 years ago
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Ev11

Solved for bump

11 years ago
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agg23

The language for the Dota 2 bot is wrong. There is a considerable difference between the correct answer and the answer you have. I also can't figure out Q6, which should be fairly straightforward. Hint?

Puzzle is good though.

Edit: Finally got it.

11 years ago
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oxguy3

What's wrong with the Dota 2 bot answer? I asked for the language it's written in, not the platform it's written for.

11 years ago
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agg23

Eh, fine. I suppose that works.

11 years ago
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scaliana

bump for solved

11 years ago
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chour

Solved with some difficulty. Q9 is the best.

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martinxyz

Bump for solved.

11 years ago
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Midknight00711

Stumped on 5 and 6. Tried every variation of Q6, name and version number, spacing, and it's not what I'm 99.9% sure it is O.o

11 years ago
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Midknight00711

Figured out 5, 6 is still a no go, even with the wiki open, lol.

11 years ago
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oxguy3

Hint for Q6: the version was Android 1.1

11 years ago
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bestem

Sigh, I'm stuck on 8 and 9.

11 years ago
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oxguy3

I've already dropped some hints for Q9, but none for Q8. Try looking for a basic guide on forking Git repos. It's gonna be really hard to find the answer if your search terms are too specific, but if you look up general information about forked repos with Git, you might have more luck.

11 years ago
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bestem

I finally got 8 last night. Still stuck on 9. Read the hints, they just haven't helped me.

11 years ago
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Krychek

Done.

11 years ago
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Cymbaline

Bump for solved :)

11 years ago
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godprobe

bump for solved

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hookahs

This was a tough one.. my head hurts!

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oxguy3

Bump because only three hours left!

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Closed 11 years ago by oxguy3.