UPDATE: Up and running again thanks to Nordhbane! YEY! Thanks so much for providing hosting services for the scripts that are used for this puzzle and future events!! You deserve a WL add from everyone for this!!


Hello all!!

I am busy working on the HUGE puzzle event of 250 world landmarks but need to get out this small TEASER puzzle for the reasons of:

  1. Enthusiasm and hype before main event.
  2. Testing purposes of new puzzle site domain and scripts used for puzzles.
  3. To get your input on puzzle design.
  4. Accepting volunteers for those interested in helping design this huge event-- please??

The main event will have more types of puzzles and use coordinates of latitude and longitude! It will have 500+ GAs and alot more fun that previous puzzles. You will REALLY see, travel, and experience the world landmarks and LEARN A TON about them!!


Stages to solve this puzzle:

1) Use image below to find first Hidden ITH... (add the letters in order to the link http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/????????)
2) Solve the three crosswords and use the results of each crossword to find hidden GAs.
3) Bring back passcodes from GAs you found for answers on the original ITH.
4) Solving all three crossword puzzles gives access to another hidden ITH.
5) Solve passcode puzzles on each GA reward there to gain access to final Hidden Reward GA! (provided by Deathmonkey7)

SOooooo, all you need to start is the attached image below!

Good luck!

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8 years ago*

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What is your overall feelings about this puzzle?

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Excellent-- loved the ease of use of crosswords in scripts, Learned alot and fun!
Great-- learned alot and found it held my interest!
Fair-- Ok puzzle but lacked variety. Look forward to see more variety of puzzles in main event!
Meh-- It wasn't really the type of puzzle that I like but thanks for trying.
OMG!-- It was too technical, too easy, too whatever--- just hated it!!
Forget how I feel about this puzzle-- get busy working on the HUGE puzzle event!! Can't wait! <3 <3

Oh no, no, no, no... I'm not ready yet! I need more time to end final project for my studies... And this teaser was so great! Why are you doing so great events?! ;)

8 years ago
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I wont be done with designing this main event for at least a month... maybe even two. I want it to be extra special and enjoyable... so you don't need to get too upset yet...

;)

8 years ago
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Oh, what a great news for me :) I have chances to end my studies then. Yay! :)

8 years ago
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And solved. Crossword was pretty nice. Decoding was kind of annoying, although initially figuring out how it worked was nice. Vowel puzzles are really fun and simple.

I really don't get how you continuously keep making these huge giveaway events(this just being a teaser), but that's not a bad thing. Keep it up!

8 years ago
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I don't have a job.... And it's my number 1 hobby!

No decoding of GA or ITH links in main event!

Congrats for solving!

8 years ago
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Hype bump!

8 years ago
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Thanks for the bump and congrats for beating the teaser!

8 years ago
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Hi Jeff. I only tried to solve this yesterday but for the last two days, I haven't been able to open the crosswords, I keep getting a "CPU-Limit-Reached" error on the hosting website:
http://error404.000webhost.com/cpu-limit-reached.html

Curiously, I can open http://jeffspuzzles.comli.com/, but when I try to open any of the crosswords below that, it fails for me.

8 years ago
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Same here

8 years ago
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Note the added update message at the top of the opening thread,

8 years ago
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Up and running again thanks to Nordhbane! YEY! Thanks so much to him for providing hosting services for the scripts that are used for this puzzle and future events!

8 years ago
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Note the added update message at the top of the opening thread,

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Up and running again thanks to Nordhbane! YEY! Thanks so much to him for providing hosting services for the scripts that are used for this puzzle and future events!

8 years ago
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Bump for up and running again!

8 years ago
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I don't understand the codes -_- I hope they aren't in the real thing.

8 years ago
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THey arent-- no decoding will be in main event.

A purely learning experience...

If you want personal help on decoding add me on Steam and Ill talk you thru it!

GL!

8 years ago
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Solved for bump. :)

8 years ago
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SO-Loved for bump!

8 years ago
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Slow for bump!

8 years ago
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Bump!

8 years ago
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Finally done. I finished the first 3 puzzles ages ago, but didn't have time for the decoding part till today.

Edit: Thanks for the puzzle

8 years ago
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You're mighty welcome!

8 years ago
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bump
idk how to decode so i think im out xd

8 years ago
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Not out... lets chat on Steam and I can help you along with the right thinking to solve...

8 years ago
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You had me till the final step of crossword result decoding. After reading all hints/spoilers I understand all but the C/SA/F parts.
Not the leisurely stroll I imagined :P

8 years ago
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Look at key under pic on 1st ITH of countries/continents with landmark names...

8 years ago
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That's what you get when you go all mathy on me :P
I get the meaning of the letters, but not in a calculation
C+12SA...
See, C+12 I understand...but +12....SA....
SA (or B) is not a mathematical constant....it doesn't have a known value...does it?
scratches head

8 years ago
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Look at crossword-- C and SA have answers that connect at a specific letter.....

FACEPALM?

8 years ago
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That explains the C in this, but what about the SA in this? What's the function of that?
C+12SA

8 years ago
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C-China, SA-South America (Brazil)

answers for these two areas share a common letter in CROSSword that needs to be adjusted.

8 years ago
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Ohhhh, it means shared between C and SA...it looks like a mathematical formula to me. C+12*SA So I was wondering what the heck SA was supposed to be.
I figured out you meant the shared letter without the SA. But that was crossword 1, there were only 5 answers.

I'd have used a slash myself probably... C/SA+12

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And SA should be a B, it's not using the same system as the other letters. :)

8 years ago
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Like the challenge! Thanks. :)

8 years ago
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Did you solve it yet?

8 years ago
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completed the 1st crossword - working on the decoding for it currently...

8 years ago
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Add me on Steam if you get really stuck for chat help...

8 years ago
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Will do. Thanks! I am fairly determined to figure it out on my own though. Kinda stubborn that way, lol.

8 years ago
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Bump for returned & solved :) Thanks for the nice puzzle, and thanks to Deathmonkey7 and Nordhbane for contributing!

8 years ago
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Awesome!

8 years ago
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Bump for solved , mostly, only pinnacle to go

8 years ago
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LOL, you made a site.
Jeff.nightcrew hahahahaha.
I started it today.
Wish me luck <3

8 years ago
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Well its really a subdomain of a site used by Nordhbane. He offered me to use it for the crossword scripts.

8 years ago
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BTW, Good luck!

8 years ago
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Nightcrew.se is my domain. Nightcrew is the company I own. :)

Edit: Ninjaed twice by Jeff. :P

8 years ago
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Finally I did it!!
"Beaten the full World Landmark Teaser Puzzle!!"
It was awesome! I've really enjoyed!
The crosswords not too hard and even educational.
vowel quiz was pretty easy even for non-english speaker, thanks for that!
Only cracking a codes from first three crosswords was hard for me, but I've made it with kindly author's help.
Thanks again! You made a great work, bro! looking forward to the next big adventure)

8 years ago
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YEY! Thank you so much for your excitement and kind words! You're the best!

8 years ago
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Thanks to everyone's questions and the helpful hints I so far reached the crossword 3. The hints in crosswords 1 and 2 were rather easy, but this one has me stumped. I'm talking about the characters for the giveaway, not the actual crossword solutions...

8 years ago
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You follow same process to decode and get ga characters...

Only difference is the lower and uppercase... Think of the pictures which is big and which is smaller?

8 years ago
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I think the fact that one character appears to be a number is my problem. :o

8 years ago
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If it is C for example then that would be 3

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Doh! Thanks once again. Not only did I have problems there, I also had the order wrong...
Now I'm at the pinnacle crossword, which I'll hopefully solve tomorrow. :)

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8 years ago
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So glad you reached pinnacle crossword! Congrats!

8 years ago
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Me too. :)

8 years ago
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Bump

8 years ago
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Thanks for the boooomp!

8 years ago
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Bamf

8 years ago
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I did it! :)
Thanks once again, to you, jeffhowe, as well as Nordhbane, and Deathmonkey7 for this teaser. :)

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8 years ago
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CONGRATS!

Will miss that fella Gene Wilder! Thanks for the gif of him!

An awesomeness BTW!

8 years ago
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Thank you very much. :) I figured in his honor the gif would fit well here. :)

8 years ago
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Yes, perfect... absolutely perfect!! ;)

8 years ago
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8 years ago
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Bump for solved, and thanks again for putting all this together!

Are you still taking contributions for the main event?

8 years ago
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Ill send instructions on GAs to be created for event when we get closer to event.

Thanks so much for solving and CONGRATS!

8 years ago
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Bump for solved!

8 years ago
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Bump for a late, late solve!

8 years ago
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