01010100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110111 01101001 01101101 01101100 00100001 01100011 01100100 00100001 01110101 01101111 01110100 01100000 01101101 00100000 01100110 01101001 01100011 01100011 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110011 01101000 00100001 00100000 01001000 00100000 01110100 01101001 01101000 01101111 01101010 00100000 01110010 01101111

Not as easy as it seems but it's still quite easy. No contributions required. Here, have a timer.


Hint #1: Having some knowledge about binary could prove useful.
Hint #2: You only need to decode it once.
Hint #3: What you need is hidden in plain sight.
Hint #4: Decoding is the last step.


The solution is pretty simple. The binary code that gave the giveaway code was hidden in the LSBs of the original binary.

Here's the original binary in a clearer format:
01010100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110111 01101001 01101101
01101100 00100001 01100011 01100100 00100001 01110101 01101111 01110100
01100000 01101101 00100000 01100110 01101001 01100011 01100011 01100101
01110010 01101001 01110011 01101000 00100001 00100000 01001000 00100000
01110100 01101001 01101000 01101111 01101010 00100000 01110010 01101111

When all but the LSBs are removed, you're left with this binary:
00110111 01101110 01001111 01101000 01010001

And when you decode it, you get the giveaway code which leads to this giveaway.

12 years ago*

Comment has been collapsed.

Is it password?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Nope.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Edited by request. sorry about that!

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

It's generally considered very bad form to post answers to puzzles, even if they're incomplete. I suggest you either edit or delete that.

(edit): Thanks! :)

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Its Binary... But the sentence don't go so well...

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Read this. please. Edited, but this advise is valid anyway.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

This is so confusing -_-

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Where i can write solution ?!

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

i think that if you solve the puzzle you will get the giveaway code or something like that.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

This. If you solve the puzzle correctly, you will get the giveaway code.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Ok :D now its harder

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Oh, puuzle! mom, I found a puzzle! can you solve it for me?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

sure answer is 42

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Nope answer is 43.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

01001101 01111010 01100111 01100111 01001101 01111010 01000101 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100011 01100111 01001101 01111010 01001101 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01011001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100011 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01010101 01100111 01001101 01111010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01010101 01100111 01001101 01111010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01010001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01010101 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100111 01100111 01001101 01111010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100011 01100111 01001101 01111010 01001101 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100011 01100111 01001101 01111010 01001001 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100111 01100111 01001101 01111010 01000101 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100111 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100111 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01010001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01010101 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100011 01100111 01001101 01111010 01010101 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100111 01100111 01001101 01111010 01101011 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01010001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100111 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100111 01100111 01001101 01111010 01011001 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01100011 01100111 01001101 01111010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01101010 01000001 01100111 01001101 01111010 01001101 01100111 01001101 01111010 01001001 00111101
Shoot Many Robots: Arena Kings beta key. I don't need it and you people get some experience. Let's go ninjas!
Edit: just saw that there came up a key thread, my fault, your win.

Edit 2, it's taken, you should have get QIC22-PIHQX-KY0VF as a key. Thanks to the ninja who did not say thanks, but hey that's you creed is't it?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Mary had a little lamb... @JKLMNOPZ[]^_`ajklmnoz}~38 31 20 37 33 20 36 37 20 35 30 20 35 30 20 34 35 20 38 30 20 37 33 20 37 32 20 38 31 20 38 38 20 34 35 20 37 35 20 38 39 20 34 38 20 38 36 20 37 30 20 33 32

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

so I guess it's taken...

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I don't get it...

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

?sgPPE?sr??Eu?H?p2

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

This wiml!cd!uot`m ficcerish! H tihoj ro

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

From FAQ: "Puzzles: Do not leak, post answers, suggest hints, or directly link to the prize/giveaway."

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Oops...
So, how does my answer relate to anything? :S

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

You'd better delete it!

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Not really. If you looked at the earlier comments/posts, you'd know that you get the giveaway code when you solve the puzzle correctly. You should remove it nonetheless.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

DELETE

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

damn this is hard. and i know my binaries... probably is really easy and i'm looking at it wrong.congrats on a challenging puzzle anyways!

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

This seems hard. Any chance you could tell us what the prize is?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I can tell you that it's not on your list of games.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Is it big endian or little endian switched? ugh.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

6 days to solve the puzzle. :/

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I think it's a clue to a url for a private steamgifts, hmm... or we're probably decoding it wrong.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

You'll get a giveaway code (the 5 characters) that leads to a private giveaway when you have solved the puzzle. No solvers so far.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Aaaa... What the f*ck is this?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

My head hurts....

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

The punctuation in the message is encoded like all the other characters?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Added another hint.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

where is the link to the puzzle?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

There is none. The puzzle is right there.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

New puzzle! google.com - find the key! xD

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thanks for Skyrim!

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

np

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Added third hint since there hasn't been any solvers so far.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Invalid giveaway code x1000. Got to take a break. probably put in every possible combination of letters possible....

Sure hope its worth it....

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

There's no bruteforcing or guessing required. When solved correctly, you get the giveaway code.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Found it. By golly, that was sneaky, but it makes sense, based on what you had to do to get the red herring values.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

=:::(

wish i knew how to solve it.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

The starting clue decodes to total gibberish. At least, some of it does.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Looks like this was a lot harder than I thought. Only 1 solver so far.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Oh look, another hint.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Oh look, another solver.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

damm it I am late here D;

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Closed 12 years ago by Desidiosus.