If the difficulty in reaching the first puzzle is any indication, we're in for a challenging train. Lucky you gave us so much time to solve!
I've found 7 of the 8 letters so far; time for yet another scan of the image...
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The letters are ordered like comic speech bubbles
Oriental or occidental comics?
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occidental :-) i would have written manga if i meant it the other way
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Well, confirmed. I don't know how to read occidental comics xD
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noo there are letters hidden but for the link order you have to read them like comic book speech bubbles.
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It somehow saddens me, that I only know half of those Pokemons. Very nostalgic still.
I've found only one letter.
Or I have no idea what I'm searching for.
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The last generation i played was diamond/pearl but the first generation is still the best! Yeah you are looking for letters to reach the first it's too hard puzzle :-)
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I don't see any letter so far
What I see is a bunch or weird Pokemon. Why the hell did they make an ice cream Pokemon ?
We just need to look at the picture ? No need to manipulate it ?
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bump for finding the ITH, now I feel kinda lost though. Came out with an idea but seems it's not D:
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Little hint for you: It is pretty hard to find the first answer. BUT when you have found one, all others are waaay to easy to find, too ;-)
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Some letters are a bit confusing, can't understand if they're lower or uppercase. Or a number, in a few. Original idea though.
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Ah, I always thought they were. Then I'm mistaking them for numbers.
Edit: nevermind, I'm a dumbass, I was reading them in the wrong order.
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Yes they are, the URL are case sensitive, the answers are the one who aren't.
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No, they aren't. It would have only taken you a moment to test...
http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/D7nM0fOF
http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/d7Nm0Fof
NOTE: This is an example ITH puzzle and has nothing to do with this thread. I couldn't use the actual URL in question because it is hidden and part of the puzzle.
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I did took a moment to replace upper and lowercases with the first ITH link of Nicl0r, it didn't lead me to the puzzle when I altered the upper and lower cases.
I retried right now and got it, maybe I inputed wrong one of the cases when replacing it. Sorry for the mixup, it's nice to know this!
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I gave my best to make it as clear as possible, but there are not much combinations to try if it isn't
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As i was looking at the picture at first, i was like "... duuude, is there .. there IS a hippo! Where have we gone ..." :D
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Me either.. are the pokemon suposed to be letters? or are there actual letters and im blind? :O
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There are actual letters ... but not like for example the W on whiscash. There are letters made with paint. Look closely, you can do it! :-)
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I found them but i can't figure out the order...
Also, are they only letters or there are numbers too?
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nah, still can't get it.
the comics i knew had the order "top to bottom" so this is making it harder :)
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Not manga-style ;-)
Top left to bottom right.
Like this
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Thx for the assistance.
Even though i tried so many combinations, i still can't get it done.
I 'll definitely try again tomorrow with a clean mind
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I know that feel bro :|
*Insert picture here*
EDIT: Got it. This puzzle is not suitable for Europeans :S
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not suitable for europeans? well.. I am from germany and thats the way i learned to read comic books :P
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I was not talking about the way to read the comics this time. If I manage to reach the first giveaway i'll explain it better.
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the left one :-)
The right one is .. more confusing than helping, i guess.
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This is how i try it from the first moment... as always i am doing something wrong. :)
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Humm ... maybe you try some "wrong" letters like, for example, on whiscash is a "w", but that is not searched here. Only self-painted letters/numbers :-)
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A number seems to me like an upper case letter. I try both 2 possible combinations (the letter and the number) but still
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I've exhausted all of my ideas for the first puzzle and even resorted to a brute force approach, which also failed. I really need some type of context for those numbers!
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There will be some hints, but not at the moment.
Maybe the puzzle-name is a hint for you. If you think rational. Maybe. But it's way out of the box i think ;-)
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The numbers "love" each other, so you have to add up the single digits.
I'm running out of ideas...
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Think about: What is love? But be emotionless. Then you get yourself an answer. And THEN think about what that answer could have to do with the numbers. If you get your first one correct, the rest is pretty easy.
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Interesting. I did have an idea along this line earlier. But somehow the way I related it to the numbers didn't work. At least I think I might be on the right track.
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Still don't get it... :( I thought of something like love is a word, so the numbers in words could have a connection to the answer. Then I thought that love is undefined, but undefined numbers neither helped me. I keep trying, though! :D
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Bump for finding the puzzle, but now I'm stuck at those questions. XD
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That's where I'm at, too.
I've tried a few different things... I don't get it.
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pokemon are letters? or are there letters between pokemon?
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Take a closer look, there are letters ON some pokemon ;-)
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You are pure evil. I have been looking for the past... two, three hours? Off and on. Only letter I can see is Unown. ... and just as I was deciding to give up, I found a "cutie mark" on one of the quadrupeds.
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Bump for now I am actually going to sleep. Thank you for the puzzle so far! :)
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Found the puzzle, now to figure out the questions x_x
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What the fuck?
Getting 111 & 28 correct but somehow MAGICALLY the others don't work... what kind of spelling are you trying to make up?
edit: I fucking hate BS puzzles.
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I guess it's time to... guess the pokemon!
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Found the letters. I'll figure out the order when my eyes stop bleeding.
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eh? what do you mean? cv for the giveaways is level 1, you can see this on our profiles :-)
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Oh I didn't you could check it this way. I wasn't sure if it was even worth bothering with finding these letters, as I had been looking for them for 10 minutes and found nothing. Well, will try it later then. Danke.
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Hmm... Only 7 letters on picture...And ITH needs 8... I kinda lost.
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Hello again dear SG people :-)
This time my best friend Kju and I made some giveaways for you and together we created puzzles for each one. It is a puzzle train :-) The train contains 8 puzzles and giveaways – bundled and non-bundled games.
To reach the first puzzle you have to find the letters for the ITH link in this picture. The letters are ordered like occidental comic book speech bubbles ^^.
Please don’t share any links or answers, you would break my heart if you do this.
We will both listen to you if you have any problems and help as well as we can but won’t provide any answers.
You have time until wednesday, may 6th 23:00pm (GMT+1)
Feel free to bump this thread and tell me what you think about the puzzles. I want feedback to improve the quality of future puzzles :-)!
EDIT: Manual for the poké-picture - The letters for the link are ordered line by line from left to right
HINT for P1: WHAT is love? Think rational, no emotions. Use Google + brain
HINT2 for P1: nice picture
HINT3 for P1: What are the building blocks of everything?
Major Updates (27.4.):
P2: I know it's much, but it is not hard, so keep on solving ;-)
P3: General advice - You need a tool to solve this puzzle.
P4: Added some more hints I omitted the last time I updates this puzzle ^^
P5: Ehm..Here I added some hints too. I think is is clear when you see them.
P6: Nothing new. Everything is fine ^^ Same rule as in P2.
P7: Changed some hints - hopefully to more precise ones :D
P8: Same as for P7. I also added a second hint for some questions.
New small Update (4.5.)
P1: If you don't get it now, I can't help you anymore :-/
P8: New hints and/or altered existing ones.
Here are the solutions to every puzzle - I included the link to the puzzles as well, so you can have a look at them :-)
Puzzle 0 – Finding and arranging the code to the first puzzle
Puzzle 1 – Love (= Chemistry)
28 = Nickel
71 = Lutetium
111 = Roentgenium
36 = Krypton
87 = Francium
52 = Tellur/Tellurium
93 = Neptunium
12 = Magnesium
46 = Palladium
64 = Gadolinium
Puzzle 2 – Sudoku
Sudoku1
Sudoku2
Sudoku3
Sudoku4
Sudoku5
Sudoku6
Sudoku7
Sudoku8
Sudoku9
Sudoku10
Puzzle 3 – Rainbow!
47aac3
9a0c7a
42e012
e0a812
24e3b4
180e44
f93d3d
fdfade
510ba0
533c3c
Puzzle 4 - Reise Reise
Iceland/Island
New Zealand/Neuseeland
Hungary/Ungarn
Nigeria
Paraguay
Fiji/Fidschi/Republic of Fiji
Belarus/Weißrussland
Cambodia/Kambodscha
Panama
Zimbabwe/Simbabwe
Puzzle 5 – Bird is the Word
Solution
Puzzle 6 – Can you catch’em all?
Knofensa/Bellsproout/Madatsubomi
Seeper/Horsea/Tattu
Raichu
Abra/Casey
Knuddeluff/Wigglytuff/Pukurin
Sandamer/Sandslash/Sandpan
Puzzle 7 – Art Atack!
Gustav Klimt
Vincent van Gogh
Franz Marc
Claude Monet
Frida Kahlo
Henri Rousseau
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Marc Chagall
Albrecht Dürer/Albrecht Duerer
Pablo Picasso
Puzzle 8 – It’s all about Music
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time
Portal
Braid
Banjo – Kazooie/Banjo-Kazooie/Banjo Kazooie/BanjoKazooie/Banjo and Kazooie
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Pokemon Red/Pokemon Blue/Pokemon Red Edition/Pokemon Blue Edition/Pokemon Yellow/Pokemon Yellow Edition/Pokémon Red/Pokémon Blue/Pokémon Red Edition/Pokémon Blue Edition/Pokémon Yellow/Pokémon Yellow Edition/Pokemon Red Version/Pokemon Blue Version/Pokemon Yellow Version/Pokémon Red Version/Pokémon Blue Version/Pokémon Yellow Version
Magicka
Final Fantasy (Here VII as example)
Super Mario Land
Super Metroid
Phew..that’s all ^^ See you to the next puzzle :-)
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