Reserved [RTE]
Note (January 23, 18:45 BRT): I'm still making the puzzle - I just wanted to post it now. I'll bump the thread when everything is ready.
Ready (January 23, 19:30 BRT): The puzzle is all ready to go.
Fix (January 23, 19:45 BRT): I made a mistake on item 4. The original number was 282, but the correct number is 266. I also said that the decimal places shouldn't be rounded, when in fact they should. All fixed now.
Hint #1 (January 26, 00:00 BRT): Hint #1 posted.
Hint #2 (January 26, 15:30 BRT): Hint #2 posted.
First Solver (January 26, 16:54 BRT): Domazo is the first solver!
Hint #3 (January 27, 12:30 BRT): Hint #3 posted.
Second Solver (January 28, 06:27 BRT): mandrill is the second solver!
Hint #4 (January 28, 13:48 BRT): Hint #4 posted.
Hint #5 (January 28, 23:59 BRT): Hint #5 posted.
Third Solver (January 29, 02:56 BRT): mahv is the third solver!
Fourth Solver (January 30, 04:36 BRT): Aeshma is the fourth solver!
Fifth Solver (January 30, 16:57 BRT): Markass is the fifth solver!
Solution (January 31, 12:30 BRT): Solution posted.
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Hint #1: Since this is the easy edition, I will not post actual hints, because I do not feel like they are needed. I will, however, provide you with item checkers, so that you can at least check if your times are correct. Today I will provide item checkers for items 1 & 2.
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Hint #2: Posting an actual hint because I didn't think this would be a problem. If you can't note the starting time, try to picture Wally inside of this thread. What time is it if he just woke up?
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Hint #3: Today I will provide item checker for item 3.
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Hint #4: Posting another actual hint. Everything you need to know about these items can be found in their Wikipedia pages. It's even easier to find what you're looking for if you pay attention to the keywords I used.
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Hint #5: Today I will provide item checkers for items 4 & 5.
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- The thread was posted at 18:45. 18:45 - 01:34 = 17:11 AKA 05:11
- The top speed of a dwarf seahorse is 5 feet per hour. 21.5 / 5 = 4.3 Hours AKA 04:18
- In the Great Plains frog species, the male restrains the eggs with his back feet, holding them in place for about 3 minutes. 46 * 3 = 138 Minutes AKA 02:18
- An apple tree generally stands up to 12 meters tall in the wild. 266000000 * 12 = 3192000000. Applying the falling body formula t = √(2d / g), we have t = √(2 * 3192000000 / 9.81) = √650764525.99 = 25510.09 Seconds AKA 07:05.
- If Wally takes his medicine every 10 hours and the last time he was supposed to take it was 05:11, the next time would be 15:11, but as he was 13 minutes late, the correct time was 15:24 AKA 03:24.
After looking up these times in the clock, you would have found 4-J, 3-P, 1-P, 5-0, 2-V. Ordering them, taking sad as lowercase, happy as uppercase and applying the contrary based on "sad, happy, sad, happy, uncertain" would have given you PvPj0, which was the giveaway code.
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Wait, this is the easy version? But the other version straight up gave me times and a clock, and this one wants to calculate times first
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Nope, the other one didn't give you straight up times - that's the tricky part. For this one you only have to calculate everything and that's it. It might be more work, but I find it easier for that reason.
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"calculate everything and that's it"
This is assuming I understand how the times relate to the clock image right?
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What do you mean? It's a regular clock. You read it like any other.
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But am I looking for the position of the minute hand? The hour hand? Both? If its both, how do I get from 10 characters to the 5 needed for the link?
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When you get all the times, read them on the clock and look at the results, you should be able to figure it out.
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I thought this would be related to High School Musical
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Wally may have forgot his medicine, but to me it sounds like he's on drugs. :)
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I keep coming to this puzzle for a while but couldn't figure something yet :/ Anyway here is a bump.
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Hey for 4th option how long is the tree? :D I have found the rest.
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Aren't you asking about time? :o How can i solve with 2 unknown? :(
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Bump for solved \o/ I needed the hints to get on the right track, but once you know what revil is asking for, it's a really nice (and easy) puzzle :)
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For the last 2 entrants: you solve a puzzle without even leaving a comment or bumping the thread? Am I looking at a case of giveaway leaking here?
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This is the easy edition of this puzzle.
What time is it? (Easy Edition)
It's time for Wally to check the items you brought him and try to figure out how to travel to the alternate universe so that he can trade the betrayer for the real Olly.
Wally later reveals the emotions he felt during the contact with each item: sad, happy, sad, happy, uncertain. Although most of the times Wally goes against social conventions. He also advises to always use 2 rounded decimal places.
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