Again, welcome back! It is time for the...
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BASIC INFODoram rubs his hands together in evil glee...
It's time for the Forum Hunt! Get ready for a serious challenge. 40 prize codes spread over all of Runouw's properties (Yes, you will be scouring some wikis...), and best of all: There's layers to this onion! Each prize code that you find will be clues to more codes! I've pulled out all the stops, too. There's stuff hidden in smilies, user profiles, BBCode... This is gonna be fun! See if you can find all 40 codes!!
You will know a prize code because it will be a random 6+ digit number followed by one or more words (these are the actual things you will be chasing). with your list when you've found them all, or if you haven't found them all, send what you've got before the deadline. (And if you're doing this on a tablet, phone, or other touch device, give me a pm.)
We DO have our first 40 in, and at least one other team tantalizingly close, but giving these hints is so much fun, and you guys do still need help, so I'm going ahead with the hint rush anyways. Starting at 12:00PM PST, and every hour until the deadline at 11:59PM PST, I will drop one SERIOUS clue. I'll be almost handing this stuff at the beginning, and really handing it to you by the end. That means placing at this point will be as much about being here as it is about figuring this stuff out as fast as you can. Remember, for full lists, placement is merely by timestamp on your PM. Get your lists together, sitting in Notepad, ready to paste into a PM at a moment's notice. Get your gamer's reflexes ready and put your thinking cap on. The Rush starts in 4 and a half hours!
~Doram 7:30AM PST
This is your first clue (which actually gives you 2 clues - one for a code, and for more clues):
| ! | Threads, profiles, smilies... There's suddenly secrets everywhere, but it's going to take a lot to really crack this event open. It's a code so tough, Voldemort would appreciate it, though I won't be as unfair with my riddles as Bilbo Baggins was. You can just leave it all in lowercase and run it all together, but be specific and thorough. |
RULESGeneral:
- There is one very simple rule: Do not post what you have found. For all teams, keep your conversation to RO Team Forums, PMs, or off-site (so, private chat room on IRC, or Skype would be good too).
- For the Runolympics Teams, this will be a matter of completion first and timing second. If none of you find all 40, then it will be by order of who found the most (with tie-breakers being by timestamp). If all 5 teams find all 40 codes, then it will simply be a matter of who PMed me first. Any mix will also follow this pattern (full 40s by timestamp, and remainder by codecount).
- You are working as a team, so you may discuss the clues and puzzles in your forums. Any staff is hereby requested to not use your powers to find information. I have scrubbed my trail, but it is still technically an unfair advantage.
