Slight hint:
It's set in present time. So take note of the scenery. There are a lot of clues in the image of what the movie is about.
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Since it's now solved:
Dishwater is redish (blood), they are using goblets instead of normal glasses (feeling of coming from another time), the windows are covered (no sunlight can come in). All these things comes to the conclusion that it involves vampires doing daily chores, like the dishes.
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Group Puzzle 1: Solved! :)
I'm usually good with tv shows, but didn't recognize anything at first glance ...
also: Thanks for all the puzzles and GAs :3
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I was thinking perhaps an altimeter, but I'm having no luck coming up with a show name.
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Or perhaps a pressure meter. Honestly I don't know. ^^ Just putting it out there what it could be. :) Does RPM usually go that high? I know next to nothing about cars.
Also, no images has been zoomed in, only cropped from full size on a monitor.
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Teen Wolf's intros in the different seasons are so well done. I love the style of all the shots. I tried to find one that didn't scream Teen Wolf for the screenshot though. :)
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Congrats on solving the first puzzle! I've added the link to the second in the main post (or you can just go via the first group puzzle where the link to the first giveaway is located).
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Ugh, If only they were the audio rather then screenshots. THen I would be able to answer some... xD
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Well, at least you helped with a few on the first one. :) Perhaps the movies in the next group puzzle will be more of interest.
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Ah, I see Revenge was finally solved. Wondered why it took so long for that one. Such a distinct intro.
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i know as soon as i as looked at the puzzle i was like waaah nobody got this. i know i have seen Q8 some where i just can't pin point where
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same here, I feel like I've definitely seen this, just don't know where...
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Just got it! It was from Mythbusters... I knew I had seen that before! xD
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Let's get some discussion going to see if you guys can work together on Q8. What does it look like it is?
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idk i thought ncis for some reason that was a no go but i am 70% it was a show that either had focus on law enforcement or a private detective of some kind i could be wrong tho that ring any bells for anyone?
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Kinda like The 100? :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPoe5I3G7zQ
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thought so too, tried Humans and Halt and Catch Fire, nope.
Also thought it might be a miniature city, similar to the Game of Thrones opening, but more modern? (also tried The 100 earlier^^)
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No new solves over the night, I better get working on making some screenshots easier. :)
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New versions posted, and as a bonus hint, Q3 is not pixelated. Look closer on the image. Perhaps that will jog someone's brain.
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images not coming up for me :/ trying to fix it but no luck
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Q3....am I seeing things or are those 2 karate/judo kids mosaics made out of tiny pictures ? too busy to search myself...
edit : lol, too eager to post that i didnt read 2 posts above me, lol
edit 2: got the aliums :)
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I was just about to post a link to that post as you edited your reply. ;)
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Weird, there was 3 times more players on the first puzzle compared to the second. Have people not seen the second group puzzle come up?
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nah i'm just terrible with tv shows, i barely watch anything.
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Hint poll for group puzzle 2. What TV show would you like an extra hint on?
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It's an effect called Mosaic, as referred to by m3rc just a few posts up. :) http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/ufXrGpC
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I see JohnRyder was at it again, solving Mythbusters rather silently. :)
Seeing that Mythbusters Q was the most voted for in the poll, I will instead give a hint on the second most voted, which is Q3.
Hint: Q3 is a show that a former popular Survivor-participant was a writer for.
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got the last question it was face off on to horror movies folks! :)
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At least PapaSmok managed to get one down. :) I dare say it's probably one of the hardest screenshot puzzles yet. Not all are well-known titles, but some are.
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Yes same here.. was away for the weekend so couldn't help on the tv show intro's, but horror's just not my cup of tea ;-)
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I've already tried all the ones I've seen + some more, got nothing.
Q1 reminds me a bit of the Master from Buffy - not that that's gonna help ...
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hehe, thanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gjYUoacBb8
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Have no idea on any of the horror movies at all.
But at least you can take my free bump :)
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No, not really, there are 7 movies to choose from. :)
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7 movies, then 6 trickier individual puzzles...12 days left ?
I don't know your plans but it might get a bit tight for time at this speed ?
I'd say hints for all if it was up to me...but uhm, the balloon birthday party I guess ? :)
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Not to worry, the whitelist people that has tried for it has solved it within 2 days. The individual challenges are trickier in the sense that it involves personal prowess over being able to recognize a frame from a still in a movie you may or may not have seen 5 years ago. ;)
Hint for Q2!
New screenshot is up.
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I agree with the party thing - google only brought up tips for horror (movie) themed parties (and birthday-themed movies didn't yield much so far, either)
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Yeah, me too... A hint for the party one would be nice.
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oh, for Q3: Could that be a playing card? 7 or 9 of hearts? With some sort of shadow/reflection on it?
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JohnRyder is at it again, solving Malice In Wonderland. Fun fact, a mate of mine worked on the special effects on that movie. :)
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Q10 looks kind of like the mansion from Sleepy Hollow, so I would guess it's a movie set in the north eastern part of the US
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And I see some anonymous managed to solve Steel trap after that bigger version was posted. :) What movie are you most interested in more hints on now?
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hm, Q5? We'll have to go through them all eventually anyway...
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Other than the objects and kid you see in Q5, what is it you're actually looking at? When you think about it along those lines something may pop up.
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Also, as we've already established what Q3 looked like, a less cropped image has been posted to give some more ideas on what the scene looks like.
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So, to tally up the hints for still unsolved movies:
Q3: New image since the start, you can now see more of the scenery and you can get a sense of the size of the confirmed playing card. There's half a face of an actor (that sounds so bad when talking about horror movies) and something visible on the left side of the image.
Q5: Other than the objects and kid you see in Q5, what is it you're actually looking at? When you think about it along those lines something may pop up.
Q8: New image just posted. Same screenshot, but different part of it.
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Well, it's not a pure horror, but it's got psychological horror parts. Reminds me of Stephen King's short story Autopsy Room Four.
Hint for Q4, eh? First, see if you can work together to identify what you see in the picture. :)
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Hello there, puzzlers!
It's time for a puzzle adventure featuring several different levels and types.
To start off I will state that I will not hide any code or links in the descriptions. It's purely based on the images that will be provided. You can check yourself if you think this is a diversion, but it will simply be a waste of your time. :)
First 3 puzzles will be group puzzles, each a puzzle of 10 screenshots and a giveaway. Once the 3 puzzles has been solved the slightly more trickier individual challenges start (6 planned to start with). But I also mentioned a whitelist feature. People that have managed to get onto my whitelist through puzzling prowess or being great guys in general will have a bonus giveaway, and that giveaway will have links to the group puzzle giveaways. In other words they will have a head start to the individual challenges, but they are free to help out in the group puzzles if they choose.
Now, as always, never discuss the individual challenges, but feel free to work together on the group puzzles.
Let's get started, shall we?
Whitelist: How to survive: Storm Warning edition
Group Puzzle 1: Movie screenshots
Group Puzzle 2: TV Show intros
Group Puzzle 3: Horror movie screenshots
Individual puzzles starts here: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/6hIdF/contraption-maker
It's time to up the ante, until I have 5 people that have entered the last giveaway, anyone that reaches it and comments on it will receive whitelist and have a chance at the whitelist giveaway: How to survive: Storm Warning edition. This extra bonus will only be available until the hint for individual puzzle #3 has been given out.Time's up.Individual puzzle hints:
Puzzle #1: This would have been a lot easier to solve if I hadn't filled the entire image with white.
Puzzle #2: I wonder how compressed a png-file is to reduce it so much in size.
Puzzle #3: If png-files could contain layers, I could edit this one in some other software.
Puzzle #4: It's really as straight-forward as it looks. No hidden tricks, it is one of those tags.
Puzzle #5: Just as straight-forward as the last. Just need to find which specific type of code it is.
Puzzle #6: That's not a barcode.
Solutions:
Puzzle #1:
Puzzle 1 image
The image is not pure white, there's a 1 shade difference on the giveaway code. If you use the fill-tool on the background you can see the code.
Puzzle #2:
Puzzle 2 image
There's a rar-file embedded into the png, if you open it up in winrar you can see a text-file with the code for the next giveaway.
Puzzle #3:
Puzzle 3 image
When editing this file in notepad you can see some photoshop XML-code. The <layer> bit has a 5 letter code that's used to solve it.
Puzzle #4:
Puzzle 4 image
It's a basic QR-code that you can see everywhere, especially popular on advertisement posters and such. Nothing secret about it.
Puzzle #5:
Puzzle 5 image
It's a PDF417 type barcode. Nothing special, just needed to find the right type of barcode.
Puzzle #6:
Puzzle 6 image
Made to look like a barcode, but it isn't. It's binary, black for 0, white for 1. Each binary number is 5 pixels wide. Translate the 40 number binary string to ascii and you get the final code. Notice that there's a 10 pixel white frame around it, so it starts and ends at the black bars.
Good luck!
PS. All group puzzle giveaways are level 1, anything and everything else is level 2.
PS2. All individual puzzles have now been created. Good job on SpaceClick who's been trailing and solving every challenge as I've put them out. Let's see if he can be the first one to solve the last as well, or if sleep got the better of him. Group puzzle 2 and 3 hasn't been created yet, still waiting until I see how people do on the first one to adjust difficulty levels.
PS3. Good job on Starlynk, who was the first one to solve all current individual challenges.
PS4. Group puzzle 1 unsolved screenshots made slightly easier. Group puzzle 2 created.
PS5. Group puzzle 3 has been prepared, but not finished. Need to google reverse check everything and such. It will be horror movies released approx between 2004 and 2010.
PS6. The third and final group puzzle has been created and can be accessed after group puzzle 2 is finished. Once the 3rd is finished anyone can start working on the individual puzzles.
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