So I finally hit 2k CV Milestone! So I created a great adventure for you guys and gals :>

All you need to finish is google maps and spirit of exploration!

You should start HERE (there are no multiple stages this time ^^

BLACKLIST

GL ALL! I may or may not update this topic in time ;p

And you have 1 week :>

I repaired Q3. If it's sltill not workicng copy-pasta: https://plus.google.com/photos/108648089614826670458/albums/5876816590520671505/5876820170502896626?pid=5876820170502896626&oid=108648089614826670458

Credits to Smythe for awesome idea xD


SOLUTION:

All questions could be answered using google maps street view :>

  • Q1: After travelling mentioned 24 steps you were supposed to look right and then you would see big-ass lego bricks :>
    Lego Bricks
    Accepted answers were:
    LEGO The Lord of the Rings
    LEGO: The Lord of the Rings
    LEGO

  • Q2: After finding roundabout you should go left, at the level of Carntall Rd if you turn right you would see mentioned characters :>
    Wallace & Gromit
    Accepted answers were:
    Wallace & Gromit
    Wallace and Gromit
    Wallace'n'Gromit

  • Q3: After clicking Photo Details at right side of the page you would see clickable google map with location of where this photo was shot. It was Köln in Germany. Close to this location is koelnmesse where mentioned event takes place :>
    Original photo with googlemaps link
    gamescom location
    Accepted answers were:
    gamescom

  • Q4: The given location was for Kremlin in russia. If you look around exactly at given location you'd find this picture:
    Samsung at Kremlin
    Accepted answers were:
    Samsung

  • Q5: Looking at google maps you could see there's a Ghibli Museum in the same park as given location. At lest side of museum is entrance, and there you could see those flags:
    Starting Location and Ghibli Museum
    Flags
    Accepted answers were:
    Green

  • Q6: Plaza as atated in definition is A public square or similar open area in a town or city. And there is one right next to Eiffel tower. You should street-view the only location viewable on this plaza (not at the road!!) and you would see this (X is one of PS controller buttons):
    West Pillar of Eiffel Tower
    Accepted answers were:
    Pilier Quest (i failed at reading it first ;p)
    Pilier Ouest

  • Q7: At many places next to the track you could see him :> He's a famous person from UK TV Show Top Gear.
    The Stig
    Accepted answers were:
    Stig
    The Stig

  • Q8: After moving mentioned 25 steps you should look right and up and see this:
    CDProjekt building
    Accepted answers were:
    The Witcher
    Witcher
    Wiedźmin

  • Q9: Take 4 steps north and then turn camera backwards. You should see this:
    Bird Attacks!
    Accepted answers were:
    seagull
    seagulls
    gull
    gulls
    bird
    birds

  • Q10: On link given there was a link to google maps and it was your starting location. After going 9 steps south you should look at stairs on the right. Sitting there is a girl wearing bikini and nun-hat :> 1 step further you could see that other girl sitting behind her wears same hat as well as that if you look closely you can see her actual hair under the hat :>
    Bikini Nun
    Accepted answers were:
    bikini
    swimsuit

  • Q11: At the middle of the road you could see the mentioned car with company name written on a door :>
    Strachman Car
    Accepted answers were:
    Strachman

  • Q12: Take 4 steps east, then turn right and go 3 more steps in this direction. Turn around - you should see Red Bull Logo on door and above it theres Crowned Logo of a beer.
    Crowned beer
    Accepted answers were:
    Oranjeboom Bier

  • Q13: Go 4 steps west and turn right. Vader is right behind blue car. Now turn around and you can see this banner:
    Vader
    Banner
    Accepted answers were:
    Mars Needs Moms

  • Q14: After 24 steps you could see this car parked at right :>
    Garfield Van
    Accepted answers were:
    Garfield

  • Q15: You should follow main road called Mińska all the time until you get to the level of McD. It was 105 steps away, but I accepted answers +5 and -5 from it. You could also bruteforce answer, as with +-5 margin you'd only have to check 90 possible answers :>
    Starting Location and road to follow
    McD Location
    Accepted answers were:
    100
    101
    102
    103
    104
    105
    106
    107
    108
    109
    110

LAST STAGE: After all this you were given a simple puzzle: sqrt(4)(1 letter) MOST COMMON BAN ON STEAM(3 capital letters) v(1 letter xD).

  • sqrt(4) means square root of 4 and it is 2.
  • MOST COMMON BAN ON STEAM is VAC.
  • and well v is v ;p
  • so GA code was 2VACv

QUESTIONS IDEAS:

I got asked where did I come with ideas for each question, so here's an answer:

Q1. I googled lego, but didn't wast something as obvious as Legoland, then I found address for this shop and it had big blocks next to a road xD

Q2. Found on some site with interesting locations on street view :>

Q3. I've been to gamescom in koln and I've been on this bridge with all these locks - it's actually very close to where gamescom takes place - so that's where idea came from :>

Q4. I have many friends from russia in my Steam Groups and wanted to do something for them, and when I think Russia - I think Kremlin - so I wandered a little on Kremlin using Street View looking around and then saw this Samsung Logo :>

Q5. An big Manga nad Anime fan I wanted to do something related based in Japan. But also wanted it to be something more popular, not just a niche few otakus would know about. So 1st I researched Studio Ghibli - but it was normally looking building, just with small name-plate in front - but during research I found location for Ghibli Museum :> I wandered around a lot and generally loved the whole park, so that's idea behind that question :>

Q6. This one I designed especially for Nonos xD I was thinking France, and when you think Frane you think Eiffel Tower :> and I found this little spot with street view from plaza, not from a street, looked around, seen Cross and thought "Cross = PS Pad" xD

Q7. This one I found here. I love Top Gear, so I love Stig so had to add it there :> just walked a little bit so he wouldn't be visible right away :>

Q8. I'm from Poland so I had to add it here :>

Q9. Found it looking for "unusual" street view pictures :>

Q10. Found a nun on StreetViewFunny, then looked around and it turned out the closest hotel have it's webpade with link to google maps, so I used it :>

Q11. Wanted to do something in New York - Originally Q was about counting how many cars are parked between Broadway and Amsterdam Awe, but as I didn't know should I count this white car and wasn't sure for some others are they parked or just staying there for a moment I decided to go with White Car that was just parking :>

Q12. When I was in Holland I loved the small narrow streets next to canals, all these boats etc, so wanted to do something here, Was wandering around on Street View and I found this pub :> Wanted people to explore a little bit, look how beautiful it is, that's why you needed to turn to find it :>

Q13. Found Darth Vader on StreetViewFunny. Then looked around for something I may ask about and seen this giant banner at other side of the street. Also if someone doesn't find Vader it's hard to bruteforce, as there are shitloads of banners on whole Hollywood Ave :>

Q14. My friend who always solves my puzzles and I was sure he's gonna solve this one as well loves Garfield. So I researched for something Garfield Related on Street View and found that xD

Q15. It was designed as a lazy time-waster and it's easy to misscount especially when street view lags, so I thought it would be an awesome idea to mess up with solvers :>

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still no luck on Q6 ;(

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read previous comments :>

11 years ago
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no driving, just look NW from enterence of tower, tried every word found still no luck T_T

11 years ago
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ok OP i give up, can pm me where the exact thing? I won't enter our GA, just want to know what is it >.<

11 years ago
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i will be posting solutions when GA is over, so wait till then.

11 years ago
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alright then >.<

11 years ago
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May I ask you why am I on your blacklist? I don't think I broke any of your rules before. Not gonna enter this puzzle anyway because I don't have time for that but I really would like to know.

11 years ago
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I cannot post it here, cause even if you're asking it would still be "callling out" in eyes of the support - you can ask me on steam providing your SG profile link and then I may answer.

11 years ago
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ALL HAIL zelghadis

11 years ago
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worship meh! xD

11 years ago
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Lol, got stuck in Q5. Found museum and it's entrance but not the flags maybe it has greater entrance?

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it does :>

11 years ago
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Solved Q5, huh. But google maps only helped me to find museum and not the actually flag.

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i will post all pictures together with map locations when puzzle is over :>

11 years ago
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I have a question about Q15, may i add you?

11 years ago
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sure, but don't hope for answer ;p

11 years ago
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Bump for solved!

11 years ago
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gz :>

11 years ago
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Thank you for the treasure hunt :D Love Q2 :)

11 years ago
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I loved it too :>

11 years ago
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Gratzz, but why do you spend this much money just to give strangers games? you rich or sth?

11 years ago
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i'm far far away from being rich - rather the opposite - but it's the same for a lot of other contributors here on SG. I personally for example love idea of creating crazy and unconventional puzzles, and if someone manages to solve them he deserves a reward :>

Plus if everyone would be thinking same way you do, SG would be empty and sad place :(

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plus 2k Cv in 8 months is not so big really of you hunt sales. it's like 250$ a month on average, and with sales, russian traders etc it's like investing 50$+ a month. For me it's not a small money, as I earn ~500+$ a month, but still - I can not go to 2 parties and I will have money to make my GAs and make people happy :> and also win games i wouldn't buy for myself, and sometimes I'm amazed how good they are :>

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Gz :-)

11 years ago
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well - tahnks :> now solve the puzzle :>

11 years ago
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Finally got the last one right and was happy for a moment.. then i saw your dirty move.. god.. i'm going insane any moment now xD
It's bloody impossible

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this last q is fairy easy :>

11 years ago
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Don't you dare say easy shake fist

11 years ago
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found a giveaway now from a guess, it was a private for prototype and it ended 7 months ago xD
but grats on the 2k and i'm quitting now before my brain starts to burn

11 years ago
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wrong giveaway then, mine is still running :>

11 years ago
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Hi sir, Im back xD. Finally i solved your puzzle without any hints. I see im not in your blacklist, but i want to ask you, so Do you want me join your GA? If you don't, i also thanks for this great puzzle. xD

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i cannot edit Blacklist while GA is running, as it would be against rules, so i cannot stop you from entering either.

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OK. I give up on Q6. I see at least 3 symbols which fall under the given description, but nothing comes out of it.

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you're in wrong place then :> read Question again as well as read commnets in topic ;p

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English Country Tune: 4TZFA-HY9WY-P52G5

Meh, I'll pass on this.

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q6 and q7 gave me a really hard time but I succeeded yay ! :D Grats Zel and thanks for the puzzle and the giveaway!

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and congrats to you :>

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SOLVEDIN40MINUTESWITH21SECONDSLEFTONGIVEAWAY :D

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gz xD

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SOLUTION:

All questions could be answered using google maps street view :>

  • Q1: After travelling mentioned 24 steps you were supposed to look right and then you would see big-ass lego bricks :>
    Lego Bricks
    Accepted answers were:
    LEGO The Lord of the Rings
    LEGO: The Lord of the Rings
    LEGO

  • Q2: After finding roundabout you should go left, at the level of Carntall Rd if you turn right you would see mentioned characters :>
    Wallace & Gromit
    Accepted answers were:
    Wallace & Gromit
    Wallace and Gromit
    Wallace'n'Gromit

  • Q3: After clicking Photo Details at right side of the page you would see clickable google map with location of where this photo was shot. It was Köln in Germany. Close to this location is koelnmesse where mentioned event takes place :>
    Original photo with googlemaps link
    gamescom location
    Accepted answers were:
    gamescom

  • Q4: The given location was for Kremlin in russia. If you look around exactly at given location you'd find this picture:
    Samsung at Kremlin
    Accepted answers were:
    Samsung

  • Q5: Looking at google maps you could see there's a Ghibli Museum in the same park as given location. At lest side of museum is entrance, and there you could see those flags:
    Starting Location and Ghibli Museum
    Flags
    Accepted answers were:
    Green

  • Q6: Plaza as atated in definition is A public square or similar open area in a town or city. And there is one right next to Eiffel tower. You should street-view the only location viewable on this plaza (not at the road!!) and you would see this (X is one of PS controller buttons):
    West Pillar of Eiffel Tower
    Accepted answers were:
    Pilier Quest (i failed at reading it first ;p)
    Pilier Ouest

  • Q7: At many places next to the track you could see him :> He's a famous person from UK TV Show Top Gear.
    The Stig
    Accepted answers were:
    Stig
    The Stig

  • Q8: After moving mentioned 25 steps you should look right and up and see this:
    CDProjekt building
    Accepted answers were:
    The Witcher
    Witcher
    Wiedźmin

  • Q9: Take 4 steps north and then turn camera backwards. You should see this:
    Bird Attacks!
    Accepted answers were:
    seagull
    seagulls
    gull
    gulls
    bird
    birds

  • Q10: On link given there was a link to google maps and it was your starting location. After going 9 steps south you should look at stairs on the right. Sitting there is a girl wearing bikini and nun-hat :> 1 step further you could see that other girl sitting behind her wears same hat as well as that if you look closely you can see her actual hair under the hat :>
    Bikini Nun
    Accepted answers were:
    bikini
    swimsuit

  • Q11: At the middle of the road you could see the mentioned car with company name written on a door :>
    Strachman Car
    Accepted answers were:
    Strachman

  • Q12: Take 4 steps east, then turn right and go 3 more steps in this direction. Turn around - you should see Red Bull Logo on door and above it theres Crowned Logo of a beer.
    Crowned beer
    Accepted answers were:
    Oranjeboom Bier

  • Q13: Go 4 steps west and turn right. Vader is right behind blue car. Now turn around and you can see this banner:
    Vader
    Banner
    Accepted answers were:
    Mars Needs Moms

  • Q14: After 24 steps you could see this car parked at right :>
    Garfield Van
    Accepted answers were:
    Garfield

  • Q15: You should follow main road called Mińska all the time until you get to the level of McD. It was 105 steps away, but I accepted answers +5 and -5 from it. You could also bruteforce answer, as with +-5 margin you'd only have to check 90 possible answers :>
    Starting Location and road to follow
    McD Location
    Accepted answers were:
    100
    101
    102
    103
    104
    105
    106
    107
    108
    109
    110

LAST STAGE: After all this you were given a simple puzzle: sqrt(4)(1 letter) MOST COMMON BAN ON STEAM(3 capital letters) v(1 letter xD).

  • sqrt(4) means square root of 4 and it is 2.
  • MOST COMMON BAN ON STEAM is VAC.
  • and well v is v ;p
  • so GA code was 2VACv

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Superb followup to the Puzzle, very detailed solutions, and even thoughts leading up to the questions! Awesome :)

In Q1, I didn't even go into Streetview Mode but only Satellite mode and I noticed the Lego Building name there so that was my immediate guess. I already mentioned guessing the Green color for Studio Ghibli Musuem. For Q8, I guessed The Witcher immediately without even looking at the map :P, they're too popular ^^

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if someone is not into anime he may not know what ghibli is :>

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I don't seem to able to get to the point at Q6 somehow no matter what I do (probably poor navigating skills).
Anyway I have another perfect guess for Q6 - here. It's on the plaza, same color as PS3 button! If you zoom you can get some letters. A bit harder research shows that the actual wording is ""acces pompier".

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it is on plaza, but you're standing at street ;p I told you to stand on plaza :>

11 years ago
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Ok. Finally figured out how to position myself there.
Anyway a very nice puzzle. Thank you.

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the best puzzle ever xD

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Well, I couldn't identify the LEGO blocks (Those are LEGO's?), so I didn't get anywhere. Even so, this was a cool game/puzzle. Maybe I'll do better, next time. )

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yup - bigass lego bricks! xD

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WHO is the Stig? srsly

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The Man in The White Suit (good book btw if you're a fan of the show :>)

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Never heard of him. Well thanks for the puzzle though. Was fun until this question was left. :D

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you could just google something like UK TV show white helmet. 1st link in google is wiki page for The Stig :>

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I LOLed on this question, never comes in mind I would found him there >.<

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Thanks for the elaborate solution. I actually never found the Ghibli museum, I was looking for it in a totally different place. I just bruteforced some colors till I got Green xD

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Q6: I've been looking across the street NW from eiffel tower, lol.. nice puzzle though, hope in future will have like this again :D

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Closed 11 years ago by zelghadis.