forum hunt

[Doram]

Sorry, I didn't mean to be snappish. I was just in the habit of writing everything in riddles. I got carried away, and I apologize if it came out harsh. I was getting frustrated for you, in all honesty, since you were right there, and you seemed to be wandering away. You ARE the second crew to get into the Crack the Code Forum, so you are in a good spot to come in second place now. Best of luck.

Actually, you are the only one to realize that some of the starry codes do come in pairs. Once you figure out the meaning of the other three, you will see the pattern in that better, though.

And, as a matter of fact, in celebration of The Crystal Clods putting it all together, another hint just for you:

!	The thread codes are all within the first 3 pages of a thread, 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.

EDIT: ...and before I forget, everyone in the team, feel free to pop into the CtC forum and post in the RO thread. Be a part of history. You've earned it.

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

I'm going to start searching those forums then

Found two new codes so far:

Shroom post in “Wall Jump” - 2093217clue3
Xero’s post in “What is normal?” - 5419213you’re34

I'm sure there are more, I'm basically searching the first 3 pages of every active front page topic in unlocked forums.
So far none of the codes we've picked up seems to give a clue towards specific threads so this is all I can do for now. I'm really interested by the numbers at the end of the words, though.

EDIT: Will update this post with any new found codes.

7823521smart55 - SMIC in Temple of Heart story topic
3865989too13 - KS in the ludum dare programming topic
8330622here8 - SK in the super star hereos other games topic
6306640if21 - CY in the Super Smash Bros nintendo topic
5334982a2 - Nan in the art contest RO topic
3890448in5 - Shroom in a speedrun records C1 LL topic
6314402There1 - Kab in the LL chapter 1 release news topic


Right, I have all the thread codes, time to order them from smallest to largest!

6314402There1, 3562350is1, 5334982a2, 2093217clue3, 3890448in5, 8330622here8, 3865989too13, 6306640if21, 5419213you’re34, 7823521smart55
We know it forms a sentence: "There is a clue in here too if you're smart". Tbh I personally think it means there's a clue in these numbers, referring to what Doram said - that two puzzles point at themselves for the answer..
This is starting to feel like an IQ test lol.

[Doram]

Good work, Team Dark. I almost think you don't need a bonus hint before The Rush starts, but I'll give you a little nudge anyways.

!

For the profiles puzzle, there are two sets, as I've said, but here's some perspective for you. Consider the big set the subject matter, and the little set the source. What am I talking about? And, good instincts on the thread prize codes. The puzzle is totally in those numbers, but how? Maybe put them in order from smallest to biggest...

EDIT: EEEK! I referred to the wrong puzzle!! Fixed above...

[Megar]

we've formed a nearly coherent sentence with them so far, but it looks like we're missing a few words

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

I thought ordering them smallest to biggest would be good, so I've done that and we're still missing a few but it's starting to look like a times table or something, maybe that fits with the "ten to the hundredth" phrase.

From the recent clue, if the profiles fit in with the wiki puzzle (idk if they do or not) then it sounds as if the math from the wiki codes is the source of the subject matter of the profile codes, aka galaxy/space. So this is starting to fit together quite well, I just feel like we're missing certain parts right now.

[Doram]

Nope. Aside from the wiki prize codes from both wikis being used together, no mini-puzzles point at each other (though two point at themselves). Several mini-puzzles kinda line up for the bigger puzzles, but that's different.

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

OMG I GOT A PRIZE CODE. so I had a sudden inspiration because Doram's first clue said "there's suddenly secrets everywhere", and a later clue in the topic says "The second sentence has the first of the two referenced hints in it in the first 4 words" and I originally thought secretseverywhere was part of the crack the code password but it wasn't, but I just had a whim to try it and it worked :oo

The code is 3598643Billy


And another thing I've just worked out - "ten to the hundredth power" is googol, 5 words become one, the unfitting word search comes after, so we have to google search a word and we get another prize. WE CAN DO THIS GUYS

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

Double post, but guys, I found with the numbers - 1 + 1 = 2, 2 + 1 = 3, 3 + 2 = 5, and so on. That's definitely the pattern with the numbers so it's not a times table after all, I had to type it into google to remind me of all those maths lessons from school ages ago but it's called a fibonacci sequence. I have no clue how that fits to anything though? I'm feeling a bit stumped again, but I'm not giving up because I know we're really near the end and Team Dark need another win or 2nd place; we have 32 out of 40 codes.

I'm really looking forward to the rush anyway, I think we're one step ahead of the other teams.

[NanTheDark]

Fibonacci's one of the basic things they make you do when you're learning programming, often as an introduction to recursive programming, which involves calling upon the same lines of code to do something over and over. Fibonacci has a handful of practical uses, but not that many.

However, patterns that follow Fibonacci can be seen in nature, such as in branches, leaves, pineapples, artichokes, pine cones, and bee family trees.

I wonder if there's a possibility that Fibonacci might be an answer to something here.

[Doram]

Omg, I screwed up that last clue. Check out the correction. Profiles puzzle, not wiki puzzle. SORRY!