Oh why not a poll? So... did you participate? And did you enjoy it if you did?
as i said before, too much stuff, too time consuming, and i could only solve 1 puzzle.
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That was something indeed. I've missed it completely. Yes.
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I enjoyed the puzzles :)
A bit sad I didn't get to finish 51 but can't complain really :)
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I loved it soooo much! The story, the number and variety of puzzles, the overall scale of event - all of it was so fantastic! Thank you very much for all the work you've done! If you'll get that many free time again - please do more! ^_^
Sadly I haven't completely finished it (sorry, master!), because I got stuck in the beginning of two wormholes, and every time I wanted to brainforce them there were bunch of other puzzles/events going on, and I got distracted. But still, I've finished most of them, and that felt good!
So thank you once more! And happy belated birthday!
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Many thanks for your words, glad you enjoyed it so much. ^.^
Which were the 2 wormholes that stumped you, out of curiosity? If you recall, that is... :)
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The fourth - got few names, wanted to come back later to finish, but always got distracted by other wormholes or other events. Not that it was particularly hard - it's just required more bruteforcing than solving, which is kind of less fun. And I thought that the whole wormhole would be made by that kind of puzzle, so I wasn't as much interested in continuing that path as much as the other ones. Seeing now how many different and interesting puzzles were actually hiding behind it I slightly regret not finishing it
And the other one is sixth - I simply had no idea what it is and how to solve it. Actually I still have no idea, so would really appreciate a little explanation ^_^
Oh, and 2-6, simply because I didn't knew about that "Brainfuck" thing and when I've tried to described it to google he wasn't any help at all. By the time hint was added I've already got lost. But at least now I know what it is - it's not the first time I had to give up because of that exact decryption, but it'll be the last!
And looking at them now, I think I could've solve them eventually, it's just that as much as I love massive scale of event - it's hard to come back to it if you've got distracted. Especially when there is soooo much interesting events going on all around forum, and you had to choose either keep going fantastic but familiar path where you already starting to stumble and getting lost or try out that other new and shiny thingy. It's still absolutely awesome, and I think the number of people that got to the end is very good for something that complex
And with that amount of work to prepare the whole event and to maintain it - I hope you had fun with us too ^_^
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Starting with Wormhole 6:
You had to correspond the letters to a number. You know there are 26 letters in the alphabet, so it was a matter of figuring out the formula. And all 7 questions had the same formula.
Meaning, in 6-1, from 6-1-1 to 6-1-7 all shared same formula. For instance, in 6-1 the formula was adding all other 3 numbers to get the 4th that corresponded to the letter. In the first square you can see 6,4,4 which added leads to 14 which is the 14th letter of the alphabet, hence the N at the corner. And so on. :)
Wormhole 4 (sadly) i thought 4-1 would be easier than it was, which sadly discouraged most folks. :(
4-2 should have been 4-1 as it was clearly the easiest of all of 4. And 4-1 should've been 4-6 or 4-7, as alongside the actual 4-6 it was the hardest. Well, that and the crosswords, apparently. But not even those were as hard as 4-1 and 4-6 i think. Then 4-7 ended up being a walk in the park as well, but oh well... it was hard determining from my own POV without feedback which would be the hardest for everyone. But it should've at least been clearer that 4-2 was the easiest, so i should've led with that one... :/
And i had fun too, for sure, especially knowing that at least quite a few folks had a lot of fun. Made me happy. :)
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Wormhole 6 - aaah, that's clever! We used "switch letter with a number" cipher on boring lectures in high school to pass notes, so I should've guessed that one. Thank you for explanation!
Wormhole 4 - that's fine, there need to be at least one harder path with non-math and non-googlable answers! And looking at it now - it's so fun just even to read (I love those game/user descriptions!)! So it rewards all those efforts and tough puzzles with extra joy! ^_^
On a side note - I just defeated you in SG - The Game, sorry about that.... But that was fantastic appearance!
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Oh man, that sidenote!!
I totally forgot about it. :/
I have to find some time to play it myself, haven't seen anything yet. Thanks for the reminder! ;)
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Haha, it will probably be a while before i put myself through that, thanks. ;)
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So, as promised here's a posting of all the puzzle solutions for this along with the links to all the GAs so you can read the plot, since the plot is written in the GA description (for the very, very few interested :P). Also a simple explanation of where all the easter eggs and red herrings were and their puzzles.
And yes, there are gibs at the end of the post. And no, no puzzles to solve this time. ;)
And no, it's not another wall of text, no way around 60+ links (x2), if you don't care about the links, there's very little text actually.
PLOT
Plot Starting Hub
Wormhole/Train 1:
1-1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
1-2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
1-3 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
1-4 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
1-5 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
1-6 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
1-7 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Wormhole/Train 2:
2-1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
2-2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
2-3 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
2-4 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
2-5 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
2-6 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
2-7 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Wormhole/Train 3:
3-1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
3-2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
3-3 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
3-4 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
3-5 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
3-6 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
3-7 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Wormhole/Train 4:
4-1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
4-2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
4-3 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
4-4 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
4-5 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
4-6 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
4-7 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Wormhole/Train 5:
5-1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
5-2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
5-3 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
5-4 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
5-5 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
5-6 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
5-7 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Wormhole/Train 6:
6-1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
6-2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
6-3 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
6-4 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
6-5 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
6-6 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
6-7 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Wormhole/Train 7:
7-1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
7-2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
7-3 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
7-4 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
7-5 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
7-6 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
7-7 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Final GAs:
50 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
51 - Preceding Puzzle Solution - Solution Picture
Easter Eggs/Red Herrings:
Egg 1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Egg 2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Egg 3 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Egg 4 - Preceding Puzzle Solution - Actual result would be an image link, following it would lead to the GA.
Egg 5 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Egg 6 - Preceding Puzzle Solution
Egg 7 - Preceding Puzzle Solution - Actual result would be an image link, following it would lead to the GA.
Red Herring 1 - Preceding Puzzle Solution - Result is a series of images, but no GA at the end. :P
Red Herring 2 - Preceding Puzzle Solution - Result is a series of images, but no GA at the end. :P
How to find the eggs/herrings:
Eggs 1 (Green), 2 (Yellow), 4 (Purple), 6 (Orange), 7 (Blue), along with Red Herring 1 (Red) and Red Herring 2 (Black), could be found using this picture. That would give you the order of the location of the fragments (letters) for the puzzles that led to them. There are 8 letters on ITTH links, so the 7th fragment always contained the last 2 letters.
Egg 3 puzzle letters could be found on every GA that said You notice Bear found a honey jar.
You would find an invisible character immediately after the sentence, so you had to view source code of the surrounding lines.
Egg 5 puzzle letters were found bolded in the plot in GAs 7-1, 6-2, 5-3, 4-4, 3-5, 2-6 and 1-7, in that order.
All of the above had multiple hints on the egg-hint board to make it easier for you to find.
The part most of you really want, the GAs:
My birthday was on the 7th, this whole puzzle had the number 7 associated to it... and it seems i hit level 7 with this.
So have 1 GA per each level up to 7. So,
illumin8 conf...bah, nevermind. O.oNothing too fancy, but it's what i can spare atm, so enjoy. :)
GA 1 - Level 1+
GA 2 - Level 2+
GA 3 - Level 3+
GA 4 - Level 4+
GA 5 - Level 5+
GA 6 - Level 6+
GA 7 - Level 7+
If any link whatsoever (from GAs, puzzle solutions, whatever) happens to be broken, please be kind enough to warn me and i'll fix it. :)
Keep the blacklist drama out of this thread, please. You will just be ignored.
If you really feel you've been unfairly treated, you can add me on steam instead, but don't expect any miracles if you've dug yourself too deep.
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