Well no, not yet. And as it turns out, I won't get 100 CV because there was 1 entry ;)

(16/42/68) + ? = XA63eDIQ


It's over now, and you're going to kick yourself in the head.

8 characters = itstoohard puzzle

42-16 = 26, 68-42 = 26, ... -> 26 characters in English alphabet -> simple ROT / Caesar shift by 16, 42 (26+16), 68 (26+26+16), ...

And it's obviously not a circular/symmetric shift, like the infamous ROT-13, so you need to un-rot it by 26-16=10.

That's all. Easy :) Could have been bruteforced.

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Mind if I ask what it is?

11 years ago
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A puzzle

11 years ago
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In reference to which game.

11 years ago
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I'm not telling! It's a very easy puzzle.

11 years ago
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I actually googled it. Pathetic results, Google!

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true

11 years ago
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" 0 Entries 0 Comments", I guess it wasn't as easy last time.

11 years ago
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Should be easier with the current description. I should never create giveaways early in the morning.

11 years ago
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Looks like maths outside of school time, this b da holidays u evil teacher!!!

11 years ago
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Erm... It's suddenly not working. What the hell? Sorry, let me check what's going on here.

11 years ago
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Ah, sorry, brainfart :) It's still working like it should. I just told you how it came to be, not what needs to be done, because it's obviously not circular.

11 years ago
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Bump for 3 hours left and 0 entries.

11 years ago
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It`s too hard for me.com !

11 years ago
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Morning headache :((

11 years ago
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Drink on Friday or Saturday, not Monday!

11 years ago
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Come on, every day is drink day! But this puzzle... I bet it's something easy like a part of an url

11 years ago
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I feel dumb. Again ;)

11 years ago
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Maybe it's not math?

I thought 6 hours would give me at least 20 entries :/

11 years ago
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I've found one site to paste it, even refreshed the page for a couple times. Nope, no use. ;)

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It's always hard with giveaways. I try to make them short (or somewhat difficult) so that they don't get a lot of entries and give people a reasonable hope of winning. Entering something with 5000 entries is useless.

Looks like I'll have to create this giveaway again, and recreate the puzzle too :D

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dessa too hard! if you change the puzzle, can you tell us the answer for this one? thanks!

11 years ago
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I'll probably keep the puzzle as is, just make the giveaway longer ;)

Some things just aren't circular. Guess that's what troubling some people.

11 years ago
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Any hints? :)

11 years ago
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I just gave one :D

11 years ago
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6 hours, and you all failed something so simple :/ I don't know what to do with you guys. Would 24 hours be enough?

11 years ago
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I give up ;__;

11 years ago
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:D

I need to think of a hint or two for when I recreate this...

11 years ago
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Don't you think that if everyone fails the error might not be with us? Don't blame everyone else!

11 years ago
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I'm sure everyone can do it - it's just a matter of time. Posting this early in the morning (for most people) also didn't help :)

I'll edit the puzzle later today, so the original text of this topic is still going to be valid.

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what happen if no one enter.

11 years ago
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Nothing! 0 entries is better than 1 entry, though ;)

11 years ago
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ummm I don't know what to do. I never calculate it. I thought numbers are alphabet but that's not. even it's night in my region

11 years ago
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What the heck i found while googling this? Youtube Video

11 years ago
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...so I solve it only to find out it's over.

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It's not ;)

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Bump for updated - you have 24 hours this time.

I have also slightly changed the original message in this topic. It was too vague, I admit. This version is better.

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Ah, still have no ideas about what it is. Neither could I in the morning.

UPD: And hey, you have an entry :) Congratulations to you both ^_^

11 years ago
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Bump for solved!

11 years ago
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Bump for stuck and being dumb ;)

11 years ago
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bump for solved

11 years ago
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Got everything now I don't know what to do with it and what "?" means.

11 years ago
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? is what you need, obviously :)

11 years ago
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m8 u wort

11 years ago
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Erm, what?

Anyway - 8 hours left, 4 solvers, 2 entries.

11 years ago
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Penultimate bump - about four hours left, still two entries.

11 years ago
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Very hard puzzle, I have no idea where to even begin with this. I don't know it's been encoded with a cipher or just a straight portion of a URL, everything I've tried including a lot of brute-forcing has led to a dead end. I can't believe people have actually solved this, lies and witchcraft I tell you.

Given that there's so little time left and you've not dropped any more hints, it looks like I'll have to concede defeat on this one, which is a shame as I'd like to enter for the giveaway, assuming it's the game I think it is.

Will you be posting the answer after it ends?

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Sure. It's easy, you'll see ;)

11 years ago
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It probably is quite simple when you get it, but given that no one solved it in your last giveaway and only 4 have done so for the current one, I'll say it's "difficult" enough :)

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I think many have failed thinking it's a full symmetric circle.

11 years ago
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mkrnic, could you help, it's not even clear what means "XA63eDIQ". I tried to google it, but have no result that i can associate with 1st part of equality :C

11 years ago
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No point in googling it... This is basically a "standard" SteamGifts puzzle like most others. There's a couple of guides on the forum.

11 years ago
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Just focus!! Have you notice there's something with '?' or maybe the numbers or maybe the characters?

bumping so people could notice this.
I'm no longer in the GA cause I've won DE on another GAs :D

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And now I won't get my 100 CV :/

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Solution posted

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This was one of the easiest puzzles on SG.

My previous puzzle (for the same game, weeks ago) was an order of magnitude harder.

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Bump - screw it, I want my 100 CV. Puzzle updated with new link. You have 12 hours and you now know how to get to it, but your chances will be much lower this time due to many entries ;)

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Or 0 entries. Looks like nobody wants the game, so if that's the case, I'll just delete the giveaway and trade it for something.

11 years ago
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No problem, I'll join :D

11 years ago
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I want the game, but apparently I don't understand how to even find the puzzle, which probably doesn't bode well for my ability to solve it once I find it.

11 years ago
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How? It's all written above :)

And the puzzle is a "puzzle". Everyone can solve it.

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That's what's making me feel kind of dumb, haha.
I found the itstoohard website, but when I try to plug in 'XA63eDIQ' as a puzzle URL it says there's no such puzzle. I'm guessing there's some important step or concept that I've missed?

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Erm, yeah? You're looking for the unknown variable and I told you how to get it :)

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I was thinking it was part of a Fibonacci sequence that started by 2 xD

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Closed 11 years ago by mkrnic.