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Event 7: Forum Hunt

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Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 4th, 2015, 4:43 pm
by Doram
Hint Rush Entry #7!

!The little over puzzle brings together all of the small sets (aside from the wikis), plus the codes from the other two smilies, as part of one big clue, which was supposed to lead up to the "Little Winner" prize code.
Little Over Puzzle Arc: "Speaking of Voldemort, it's his middle name. It's a smilie." So, take that, and stick it between some colons, and you have the "Little Winner".


Hint Rush Entry #8!

!Still having problems with the Crack the Code forum? The first 3 words are Voldemort's real full name (the riddle is that fact that an anagram of his name is "I am Lord Voldemort"), and the last three is the answer to the unfair riddle asked by Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit: "What do I have in my pocket?", also 3 words (beginning with "the"). It's a ring, and not just any ring. There's a poem about the ring, in fact, that gives it this title, by the way.


Hint Rush Entry #9!

!Having problems with the secret passwords? The obvious thread puzzle answer is a secret password, and has 2 words, as is the profile puzzle (remember to be specific). I've already told you that the wiki puzzle password has 3 words, but so does the final one.


Hint Rush Entry #10!

!The completed puzzle sets are: First clue in hunt thread -> secret password 1 + Crack the Code password, 10 obvious in threads -> secret password 2, 10 in profiles -> secret password 3, all wikis (3 each - total: 6) -> secret password 4, first 4 secret passwords -> 5th secret password (big prize), 3 obvious in Crack the Code + 3 hidden in Crack the Code + 2 smilie hover text -> last smilie (little winner)


Hint Rush Entry #11!

!STILL looking for that last smilie code? Try something obvious, and spell it out completely - like what Forum are we all posting in...


Hint Rush Entry #12!

!Here's the full text of the puzzles (minus the attached numbers):
  • Profile Puzzle: stellar nebula, big bang, edge (of the) universe, galaxy, picture camera (in) orbit
  • Threads Puzzle: There1 is1 a2 clue3 in5 here8 too13 if21 you're34 smart55
  • Wikis Puzzle: ten to the tenthhundredth power search
  • Secret Passwords Puzzle: Billy Mays July Twentieth -> Big Winner
  • Crack the Code (obvious + hidden) + 2 Smilies: Speaking of Voldemort, It's his middle name. It's a Smilie. -> Little Winner

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 4th, 2015, 4:50 pm
by l.m
Doram said in the IRC he had to stop everything and dump out all of the hints because of an emergency. So, I guess that's probably the end of the thing.

:(

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 4th, 2015, 7:28 pm
by Raz
3 hours and 30 minutes left. If you don't send me anything, I'll look at whatever list is in your team's forum and use that. (because Doram isn't here.) Anything sent after the deadline isn't going to be accepted.

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 4th, 2015, 10:29 pm
by Supershroom
Looks like no passwords are accepted anymore ... I'll send it off if we didn't send it already. Bummer.

At least we can't say we wouldn't have tried.

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 5th, 2015, 8:34 pm
by Doram
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And now, the results for:

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Image RESULTS


Well, everyone was pretty public with their results, so there's less unknown about this lineup than usual, and that means we'll dispense with the drama again.

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1st place: Crystal Clods!
Confirmed: Full List 40/40 on September 3rd, 2015, 6:06 pm PST
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2nd place: Team Dark!
Confirmed: Full List 40/40 on September 4th, 2015, 12:51 pm PST
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3rd place: Team Magma!
Confirmed: 32/40 on September 4th, 2015, 6:49 pm PST (last code posted - no PM)
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4th place: Team Super!
Confirmed: 30/40 on September 4th, 2015, 11:43 pm PST
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5th place: Team Red!
Confirmed: 11/40 on September 3th, 2015, 10:48 pm PST (last code posted - no PM)
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Good job everybody. That was tough, and I know it. Excellent puzzle solving skills were exhibited here, and I think both the Crystal Clods and Team Dark have more future nominees for smartest user in their ranks. Good solid effort from Team Super and Team Magma. I was rooting for you guys to get a full 40, and I think, given more time, you would have gotten there. Red Team, You gave it a good try, but Goldy, who posted the most codes, was also working on the LL LDC entry for your team at the same time. That's a lot of work. I think that deserves an MVP nomination from you, don't you agree?

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 5th, 2015, 8:44 pm
by Harmless
rip goldy

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 5th, 2015, 8:59 pm
by MessengerOfDreams
I know it's the Runolympics and everything and I shouldn't feel embarrassed

Sucks for you because I was basically worthless here

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 6th, 2015, 4:59 am
by Doram
Oh, and for the record, the numbers were generated at Random.com, and were mostly for security sake. (Although, I realized afterwords that there was a bonus in that they give some consistency to what you were looking for. Clearly the OP would not have had a big number and a word smashed together and floating around, alone, in their post.)

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 7th, 2015, 12:27 pm
by Raz
Here's our list of clues with explanations of their meaning and how we found them.
List of Clues: show
CODES FOUND: 40/40
"tommarvoloriddletheonering" is the Crack the Code password
I was missing "the" the entire time, jesus

If nothing seems to be working, you can try "givemeaclue"...


COMPLETE SET CLUES:
  • "There's suddenly secrets everywhere" from Doram's opening post ("secretseverywhere" password)
  • "There is a clue in here too if you're smart" (Forum Threads set, second numbers form the Fibonacci sequence, "fibonaccisequence" password)
  • "search ten to the hundredth power" (Last Legacy Wiki and Runouw Wiki sets, "googlesearchengine" password)
  • "Speaking of Voldemort it's his middle name." (Forum 37 and Hide BBCodes set, points to the "marvolo" smiley)
  • All clues in the User Profiles set relate to astronomy or photography, telescopes are the only shared ground. ("hubbletelescope" password)
  • Previous clues in Secret Password set relate to Billy Mays ("capslockday" password)
  • "It's a smilie" (Smilies set, references the "marvolo" smiley when taken together with the Hide BBCodes and Forum 37 sets)


FORUM THREADS: COMPLETE



RUNOUW WIKI: COMPLETE



LAST LEGACY WIKI: COMPLETE

  • Clues (3/3):
  • Solution:
    • Meant to be used in conjunction with the Runouw Wiki set. The completed phrase reads: "search ten to the tenth hundredth power" (googol).


FORUM 37: COMPLETE



HIDE BBCODES: COMPLETE



USER PROFILES: COMPLETE



SECRET PASSWORD: COMPLETE

  • Clues (5/5):
    • 588298Mays - from code "fibonaccisequence"
    • 3598643Billy - from code "secretseverywhere"
    • 5895511July - from code "hubbletelescope"
    • 3153946Big Winner - Good Gods, that was a lot of work... - from code "capslockday"
    • 5320604Twentieth - from code "googlesearchengine"
  • Solution:
    • Four of the five words relate to Billy Mays (July 20th is his birthday). The final word comes from the password "capslockday", a day inspired by Billy Mays.


SMILIES: COMPLETE

  • Clues (3/3):
    • 7335863Little Winner - tooltip of smiley "marvolo" :marvolo:
    • 9131012It's a - tooltip of smiley "troll" :troll:
    • 8493102smilie - tooltip of smiley "runolympics" :runolympics:
  • Solution:
    • The completed phrase reads: "It's a smilie". Meant to be used in conjunction with the Hide BBCodes and Forum 37 sets, references the "marvolo" smiley.

Formatting courtecy of Ven.

Re: Event 7: Forum Hunt

PostPosted: September 8th, 2015, 12:50 am
by Goldy301
What happens when we enter the Secret Code?
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