Event 7: Forum Hunt

[Doram]

No, I will drop this.

!	This is the only thing you will hear on the smilie codes before at least the middle of the rush. It IS the toughest prize code in the hunt to get because NOTHING points to it. You CAN figure it out, though. I am not trolling you.

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

Ooh, good one

Btw in case you guys didn't know already, Team Dark have already cracked the password <3

[Doram]

Posted on the front page:

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

[Doram]

Well, well, well. One 40, and another TWO already exploring the possibilities of the CtC forum. Time to put this in high gear... One clue every hour until it's deadline time. Also, you should be preparing your code lists to send to me. Remember, timing is important if you have a full set. The second you get that last code, send the whole list off.

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The Hint Rush begins now!

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Here are all of the prize code sets (not necessarily in order): There are 10 obvious in threads 3 obvious in the Crack the Code forum 3 in the Runouw Wiki 3 in hide codes in the CtC 10 in profiles 3 in the LL wiki 5 from secret passwords 3 in the hover text of smilies Note that some mini-puzzles use more than one code set (like the wikis), otherwise each code set makes up a mini-puzzle. Seeing them isolated in their groupings will definitely help in figuring them out.

[Doram]

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Hint Rush Entry #2!

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Still hunting for thread codes? The thread codes are all within the first 3 pages of a thread, and on the first page of a forum, though they are all across the forums, sometimes multiple sub-forums deep. And, I've already said that there are none in locked areas except for Crack the Code (that means nothing in the locked forums, like Rules and Graveyard, and nothing in the locked and hidden forums like the Lemod forum, F23, and the FoA).

[Doram]

This post by Megar was thumbed up by: 5

1018peter (September 4th, 2015, 2:03 pm) • Doram (September 4th, 2015, 12:30 pm) • Karyete (September 4th, 2015, 12:18 pm) • NanTheDark (September 4th, 2015, 1:10 pm) • ~MP3 Amplifier~ (September 4th, 2015, 2:24 pm)

[Doram]

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Hint Rush Entry #3!

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3 of the answers to the mini-puzzles are secret passwords (and the first secret password came from the first hint in the first post of this thread). The first 4 secret passwords point to the 5th secret password. The 5 secret passwords were meant as the end of the hunt (even though everyone who has finished was snarling over smilies at the end).

[Doram]

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Hint Rush Entry #4!

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The profile codes are all on Runouw.com, and are all staff except for 3. One non staff (but legendary), and two retired staff. The fact that 3 of the profile codes are not current staff set them apart in the puzzle. The 7 staff all reflect things in space, and the 3 hint at what is out there. What camera takes pictures while in orbit? It is more than a camera, of course...

[Doram]

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Hint Rush Entry #5!

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Still wondering about that last smilie code? You should be. I've already said that it's actually the hardest code in the entire hunt, because nothing points directly to it. Experiment with different stuff between colons. Whatever words you think might be appropriate to be thinking about right now. You'll hit it soon enough... And if you're missing two smilies, know that this is the only trolling I will do to you this whole Hunt.

[Doram]

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Hint Rush Entry #6!

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All right. Halfway there. Only 6 Hints left (and about 7 hours to deadline). These will really be handing stuff to you now...

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The wikis puzzle was hard for most, especially since I messed up on the clue and put "tenth" instead of "hundredth". I probably dropped the most hints for this puzzle. Also, while I mentioned it several times, most people did NOT put the word "search" last, and were held back figuring that out. Finally, several people did not figure out how to use the "5 words become one" hint, and were trying to apply it to other puzzles. So, here it is in simpler terms, and all together. The correct order for the wikis puzzle clues are: "ten to the hundredth power search". Figure out what ten to the hundredth power means, add the word "search" to the end of that, and add one more word after that (and here's a clue for that: it has "driven" their fame...), and you will have a secret password.

Extra Half-Time Bonus Hint:

!	If you haven't figured it out, all of the puzzles, while woven into the fabric of the forum, do not have answers that have anything to do with the forum, Runouw, or their games...