[ENDED] [SOLUTIONS ADDED] pen & paper (& google...) orienteering train-wanna-be [LVL3+]

hint: final GA format is X0XXx

little incentive, final GA is for Styx: Master of Shadows and nobody got that far just yet not true anymore

blatant self-promotion bump #2

for whom it may concern

or: what you've never asked for, yet i delivered

solutions for the GA code riddles:

• Mount Godwin-Austen alternative name (format: x0) k2
• Software company credited as responsible for FPS genre (format: Xx) Id
• Method of radio broadcasting capable of better sound quality (format: xx) fm
• (3 + (4 x 4) ? 2 - 2) x 0 (format: 0) 0
• ISO Alpha-2 country code for Sweden (format: Xx) Se
• Frequent act of greeting (format: XX) HI
• Internet slang for "I'm outta here" (format: XXX) IOH
• George Bush Senior middle name initials (format: xx) hw
• Naval signal meaning "Well done" (format: xX) bZ
• Ranking system used by Japanese martial arts organizations (format: xXX) dAN
• German "People's car" automaker (format: xX) vW
• Last two letters of the English alphabet in reverse order (format: xx) zy
• Term used in labeling years prior to the estimated birth of Jesus (format: Xx) Bc
• First word of Latin phrase meaning "Where are you going?" (format: XXX) QUO
• Title character in Kung Fu Panda (format: xx) po
• Symbol of the chemical element with atomic number 39 (format: X) Y
• Musical recording that contains more than a single, but less than a full album (format: xx) ep
• First five characters from the name of crustacean-like alien with a doctors degree from Futurama (format: xXXXx) zOIDb
• Literal pronunciation of the 23th letter of the English alphabet (format: XX) UU
• 9th prime number, the smallest odd prime that is not a twin prime (format: 00) 23
• Someone with whom a person was once associated, often romantically (format: Xx) Ex
• Predictive text input technology for mobile phones with 3x4 numeric keypad (format: X0) T9
• Roman numeral for number 6 (format: xx) vi

solution on how to get to the final GA code:

• orientation of the compass is not all that important, it only paints a clearer picture if all compasses are turned so that North is up
• if you follow the path from one GA to another, applying the connect-the-dots logic, following pattern will appear

• when format X0XXx is applied to the pattern final GA code spells out

  L9BHy

thanks a lot to everybody that took part in the event, that were persistent enough to take a puzzle ride with me, and congrats to all the winners!

that is so nice to hear, Thirteen13, im glad you liked it! well, you still have couple more days to revisit this, everything it lining up for GAs not to have that many entrants...

thank you, Atrushan, good luck out there. in all honesty, its not that i planned to teach you anything specific, it was more of necessity to make your life harder in the constraints of random GA links i was given, so to say, heh...

thanks, icaio, it means a lot coming from you! hope you had your share of puzzle solving on the ride. in hindsight, i feel i might have made it a tag too hard... 4 hours in, and nobody figured out the final solution...

thanks, gegeru! good luck out there!

c'mon, MayaYingu, get back, we need ya, and there a prize on the end and everything!

its been a while, ay... i know, for me too! good luck out there, krolik7!

jump in, Timobkg, it only looks hard on the outside and kinda broken on the inside, khm...!

man, i knew i should have picked better games, it kinda s*cks to take out the entering-on-GAs experience when you found the time to go through the ride...

blushes khm... stutters runs off the stage....
thanks, veebles!

hop on, hot2ice, plenty of good chances in there, i promise!

youre welcome, venturercatt , glad you enjoyed it wish you extra luck out there, especially for the last GA!

hei, dont withhold the facts here! not only that, we were bench buddies... and that thing means a lot! thanks, bud!

congrats on getting almost all the way to the end, cals7 i totally get it why you didnt bother with the compass, i realize i should have picked a better prize as incentive, that is the only regret i have about the whole deal...
yeah, good idea on the how/to, im sure to leave a path-through-to-the-solution after the event is finished if you maybe still want to figure it out on your own, this message spoiler might help...