Did you like the puzzle?
Did you like the puzzle?
- Yes: 22
- No: 78
- Go die, you potato! : 9001
I happened to vote yes, though. This is of course a pure and unbiased decision.
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Also, your post messed up my SG web layout. Still voted "yes" though.
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I think it's maybe because you typed then copy-pasted from another program. Some of the formatting won't play nice with SG's and now all of my text frames in this thread are borked. My SG elsewhere is fine though.
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The event only ended a little over 2 hrs ago. Give me some time. :P
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Aw balls, due to time constraints I didn't make past the "How" ITH, but it was a really nice puzzle.
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It was too hard >.<
I lost so many hours... SO MANY HOURS!! Q_Q
But it was worth it.
Please don't team up with other hardcore_quiz_makers :P
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This doesn't clear up any confusion at all.
CreepyHappy Deer for you!
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I was on track... Sadly started late .. Sry little time for luxury like puzzles. 2h brought me to get into the numeric puzzles which as i found pretty daunting. Not too used to solve that stuff. Unfortunatedly it strongly looks as those were the hardest parts the rest seemed pretty obvious to me although i missed the piece of hint hidden in the GA. (Thought i checked that hmmm...)
Actually i did alot of mind twisting and recoding until i thought of ITH. Not a puzzle regular that i am. 8chars do fit as a pastebin code too.. Was off road for very long.
Thx for the puzzle. I did notice that i am enjoying those. Might run one of thoses in future though i'd better stock some good prizes beforehand.
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Why So Evil ?
So now we know what Mushclone298 can do and ser barriers around his puzzles.
This forum is getting smaller by the day... :P
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Find.the.brave.Sir.Theo.and.do.him.dreadful.ills.Myrida.not.Zeus.must.forgive.him.for.many.wrongs.began.towards.
thine.own.heritage.But.at.once.you.may.sleep.knowing.that.his.besmirching.tongue.has.been.silenced.Now.good.
night.and.farewellDivide that phrase into several lines to avoid breaking the layout
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Probably was still your fault. :P
Didn't happen for me.
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I found the hidden hints of the three threads but I didn't know what to do with them. So I didn't even find the ITH links :(
It is the hardest puzzle I've ever seen on this forum but thanks for the effort and for posting the solution.
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Maybe next time you'll get it!
But ... I'm planning the next puzzle to be harder than this one.
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Well, the most important hint for all this puzzle thing is to know how the puzzle-maker "thinks", to understand his particular logic. I mean, for example, Tevemadar's puzzles at first sight seem hard as f***, but when you know his way of doing them they aren't so difficult to solve. That's why I read this long solution, I'm studying you! xD
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Don't expect it to be nearly the same thing next time. I'm much more spontaneous. :P
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It doesn't need to be the same kind of puzzle, the most important thing is now I know a lot more about your logical thinking ;)
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The solvers were (in order of completion):
Congratulations to the solvers! And I would like to say thank you to everyone who attempted, maybe you'll have some better luck next time!
Now for the solution. It's for this puzzle!
Step 1: How
If you look in the source code of this thread: The How Thread
You will find this hidden inside it: E w Q G E 5 4 b o j B 7 R C m
Using this sentence: "Parents ... it's like they only hear every other word, at least they always hear the first." You were supposed to start with the first letter (E), and then do every other letter in order to find link to an ITH puzzle. So it would be: EQE4oBRm
The solutions for the ITH were:
Solving the ITH gave you a series of coordinates: (1,1), (4,3), (3,5), (7,1), (9,5), (11, 2), (13,1), (17,2), (14,1), (20,1), (16,2), (22,5), (24,7), (21,5), (28,1), (29,1), (34,6), (35,6), (41, 5), (43,3), (40,2)
Step 2: What
If you look in the source code of this thread: The What Thread
You would have found this little story: Find the brave Sir Theo and do him dreadful ills Myrida not Zeus must forgive him for many wrongs began towards thine own heritage But at once you may sleep knowing that his besmirching tongue has been silenced Now good night and farewell
Using the coordinates, you needed to match them up with words and letters in this hidden story (with the X-coordinate being the word and the Y-coordinate being the letter, as the story has 43 words and the highest X is 43).
Doing so would result in the message: Freddy, Zombie, Grym, Retro
I also had a hint on the format of the message in the source code of the giveaway that was linked through the What thread:
"- - - - - - I - - - - - - I - - - - I - - - - -" and "Its four words so fill in the blanks PS the Is are commas"
(I wasn't very strict with the format though, as long as you sent me all 4 names in the proper order and proper spelling I was okay with it.)
Once you had the message you just needed to know where to send it.
Step 3: Where
If you look in the source code of this thread: The Where Thread
You would have found this code: xF how FqG what W
It's an ITH URL missing 2 letters. These letter were both hidden. The How letter was hidden in the description for the How ITH, while the What letter was hidden in the source code of the What thread.
Substituting the two letters gets you this ITH code: xFuFqGdW
The solutions to this ITH were:
Solving this ITH gave you this code: Hidden for posterity!
Which led you to a small giveaway train.
Using this sentence from the Where thread: "Almost forgot, sorry, was busy. Anyway, in the middle of it all, I guess everything will turn out okay!"
You would have known to look in the middle of the train (the FOTONICA giveaway) for where to post the message.
Looking in the source code of that giveaway gave you this e-mail address: igbsgpuzzleevent@gmail.com
That was where you supposed to send the message, if the right message was sent, I whitelisted you.
EDIT: Added spaces where the periods were for the source code messages, apparently I was breaking SG.
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