This GiveAway serves only to check if you're on my Blacklist so QQers don't cry how they spent hours on a stupid puzzle just to find out they're blacklisted. Now go and solve actual puzzle and win actual game. GL!
ofc there is! I said it's super-duper easy for zelgh-style puzzle ;p clicking one link hidden behing "blacklist checker" would not be worth of calling a puzzle at all ;p
To be honest I don't think such obvious things like fingerspelling should be covered in the guide thou (and yay, I know fingerspelling as well - I am semi-deaf -50% one ear 30% other ear - and when I was a young kid doctors were not sure if I won't lose my hearing totally so my mom learned and then taught me fingerspelling as well as basic sign language, just in case ;p). The thing is that if images of hand in position appear anywhere it is obvious what this is - while for example genetic coding may not be obvious as you are changing letters to letters. that's the same reason why I do not cover let's say kana table (japanese alphabet) - because that's just alphabet and it can be easilly recognized and if I were to start covering that as well I'd have to cover each and every non-latin alphabet there is on the planet ;p
EDIT: Also another reason - even if someone doesn't recognize that it's fingerspelling or japanese alphabet etc - they can still use reverse image search - already covered in the guide - to find out what it is :>
interesting about your hearing loss... and yea I guess fingerspelling is easily recognized.... Nice job on this puzzle--- thought I had it and then STUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK! Augh.... gotta step back and rethink and try to figure out what the deal is!!
Even if I don't solve them, I always come out of puzzles like this with one thing - a new hatred for whatever kind of thing I got stuck on. For example, I never want to see anything that even resembles a QR code for the rest of my life. May their pixels all melt into a puddle of ink or electrons! :|
Alas, I am sure that the guide has not failed me, but that I have failed the guide, yet here I sit, hating.
well - the guide was always supposed to give people a starting point - people who want to get into puzzles, maybe help them with easier ones etc - but I never wanted it to be "The Ultimate sollution" - thing that will solve all the puzzles for ypu, because it would destroy the purpose of puzzles themselves ;p That being said - the guide is almost always somehow helpful in solving my puzzles, but it will never solve any of my puzzles for you. You may use it as a tool, but in the end you will also need to use your brain and puzzling skills to finish the journey :>
Anyway - keep trying ;) There's already been 2 solvers so far ;) And in case you fail - don't worry - I always post solutions to my puzzles and even if you fail, you may learn something new ;)
Oh, I know, I'm just sulking. I'm good at failing and learning though, as I don't seem to have enough "brain and puzzling skills" to figure some of these out. :\
As for solvers, revilheart and perrolijo don't count. :P
I'm not one to give up easily, but at some point I've exhausted all of the techniques I know and have no idea what else to try. It's like trying to read a language in an alphabet you've never seen before - it doesn't matter how long you stare at it, you're still not going to understand it. :)
actually revilheart gave up as of now ;p SilentGuy was the 1st solver with less than 3h to solve the puzzle ;p
And as for reading alphabeth you don't understand - there were puzzles with made up alphabets noone could understand in the past as well and they were solveable as well ;p
Ah, I thought revilheart pulled it off. Good for SilentGuy - that's a new name for me.
If it's just an alphabet substitution, sure, symbols are symbols if you have enough information to work with. But if it's also a completely foreign language, where you don't know any words or the grammatical structure, and you have no key, you have no basis to even begin to decipher anything. That's how I feel with a lot of these "easy" puzzles. :P
Ha, you better remember it! ;-) I would say I'm pretty good at puzzling, but I'm also inflicted with a wandering mind, so I often either miss the puzzle completely cause I'm wasn't paying enough attention to the forums, or I give up to easily after running our of ideas...
Let's assume it's also something that Google Translate or another tool can't just do for you - I forgot to mention that. :)
Let's say I just make up my own language and alphabet altogether from scratch, give you no key at all, and write a question in that language for you to answer, where the answer is non-trivial. Where would you even begin? :P
It would go somewhat like this I imagine :) But no good puzzlemaker ever would make his puzzle impossible to solve, especially on purpose (mistakes happen), and one should keep this in mind.
Hi, thank you for the Puzzle.
As allways when i see a zelghadis puzzle, i tried to solve it.
I was only number 20 on the first stage (sleep is for the weak i guess), but your answer got me stuck so hard xD.
I have no idea how to fix it.
But you allready inspired me with it :D
So long happy cake day, maybe i will try again later, right now i'm completely out of ideas
Passed the test. xD
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so now go and solve the puzzle :>
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I have to find it first. ^^
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There is another puzzle?!
Thank for this, i'll go hunting now
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ofc there is! I said it's super-duper easy for zelgh-style puzzle ;p clicking one link hidden behing "blacklist checker" would not be worth of calling a puzzle at all ;p
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Huzzah! :) Happy cakeday to ya!
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I'm invited to the party? :D
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if you manage to find hidden door :D:
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Happy cakeday
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i only wanted to check this ga, puzzles are bad for my health
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Happy Cake Day and Thank you =)
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Nice--- funny the blacklist checker is actually a live giveaway!! LOL! Soon Ill be lev 5 one day! Thanks for such a nice guide that has helped us tremendously!! You can add to the guide now FINGERSPELLING in sign language as a code that could be used! Here is the first time used online and solution http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/mHYP9/first-time-discussion-created-first-train-and-first-puzzle-solution-posted
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Glad you liked my guide ;)
To be honest I don't think such obvious things like fingerspelling should be covered in the guide thou (and yay, I know fingerspelling as well - I am semi-deaf -50% one ear 30% other ear - and when I was a young kid doctors were not sure if I won't lose my hearing totally so my mom learned and then taught me fingerspelling as well as basic sign language, just in case ;p). The thing is that if images of hand in position appear anywhere it is obvious what this is - while for example genetic coding may not be obvious as you are changing letters to letters. that's the same reason why I do not cover let's say kana table (japanese alphabet) - because that's just alphabet and it can be easilly recognized and if I were to start covering that as well I'd have to cover each and every non-latin alphabet there is on the planet ;p
EDIT: Also another reason - even if someone doesn't recognize that it's fingerspelling or japanese alphabet etc - they can still use reverse image search - already covered in the guide - to find out what it is :>
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interesting about your hearing loss... and yea I guess fingerspelling is easily recognized.... Nice job on this puzzle--- thought I had it and then STUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK! Augh.... gotta step back and rethink and try to figure out what the deal is!!
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Happy cake day!!
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Thanks zelghadis and happy cake day!
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Thanks :)
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Even if I don't solve them, I always come out of puzzles like this with one thing - a new hatred for whatever kind of thing I got stuck on. For example, I never want to see anything that even resembles a QR code for the rest of my life. May their pixels all melt into a puddle of ink or electrons! :|
Alas, I am sure that the guide has not failed me, but that I have failed the guide, yet here I sit, hating.
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well - the guide was always supposed to give people a starting point - people who want to get into puzzles, maybe help them with easier ones etc - but I never wanted it to be "The Ultimate sollution" - thing that will solve all the puzzles for ypu, because it would destroy the purpose of puzzles themselves ;p That being said - the guide is almost always somehow helpful in solving my puzzles, but it will never solve any of my puzzles for you. You may use it as a tool, but in the end you will also need to use your brain and puzzling skills to finish the journey :>
Anyway - keep trying ;) There's already been 2 solvers so far ;) And in case you fail - don't worry - I always post solutions to my puzzles and even if you fail, you may learn something new ;)
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Oh, I know, I'm just sulking. I'm good at failing and learning though, as I don't seem to have enough "brain and puzzling skills" to figure some of these out. :\
As for solvers, revilheart and perrolijo don't count. :P
I'm not one to give up easily, but at some point I've exhausted all of the techniques I know and have no idea what else to try. It's like trying to read a language in an alphabet you've never seen before - it doesn't matter how long you stare at it, you're still not going to understand it. :)
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actually revilheart gave up as of now ;p SilentGuy was the 1st solver with less than 3h to solve the puzzle ;p
And as for reading alphabeth you don't understand - there were puzzles with made up alphabets noone could understand in the past as well and they were solveable as well ;p
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Ah, I thought revilheart pulled it off. Good for SilentGuy - that's a new name for me.
If it's just an alphabet substitution, sure, symbols are symbols if you have enough information to work with. But if it's also a completely foreign language, where you don't know any words or the grammatical structure, and you have no key, you have no basis to even begin to decipher anything. That's how I feel with a lot of these "easy" puzzles. :P
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Ha, you better remember it! ;-) I would say I'm pretty good at puzzling, but I'm also inflicted with a wandering mind, so I often either miss the puzzle completely cause I'm wasn't paying enough attention to the forums, or I give up to easily after running our of ideas...
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Well, you seem to have had the right idea on this one, congrats! :)
It's still Greek to me...and no, I don't speak Greek :P
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Ha ha, there actually were some here. I recall a puzzle written in, what, Welsh before encryption?
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Let's assume it's also something that Google Translate or another tool can't just do for you - I forgot to mention that. :)
Let's say I just make up my own language and alphabet altogether from scratch, give you no key at all, and write a question in that language for you to answer, where the answer is non-trivial. Where would you even begin? :P
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It would go somewhat like this I imagine :) But no good puzzlemaker ever would make his puzzle impossible to solve, especially on purpose (mistakes happen), and one should keep this in mind.
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I only meant that's how I feel - it wouldn't be impossible to someone who had the key, even though I didn't share it with the puzzle.
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happy cake day =)
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Well I already have LoG2, so this GA works for me! Thanks! :D
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Woot I passed...
Happy Cake day!
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Time for puzzling :3
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Happy C-Day! :D
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Thank you! I'll go to hunt puzzle now
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Hi, thank you for the Puzzle.
As allways when i see a zelghadis puzzle, i tried to solve it.
I was only number 20 on the first stage (sleep is for the weak i guess), but your answer got me stuck so hard xD.
I have no idea how to fix it.
But you allready inspired me with it :D
So long happy cake day, maybe i will try again later, right now i'm completely out of ideas
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I'm not blacklisted! YESSSSS!! :D
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I can't even get to the puzzle =/ I'm such a noob
well I finally got to the puzzle and now the solution evades me
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Happy cake day not gonna try to solve your puzzle if i remember correctly theyre hard as f***:D!
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Got to the puzzle, but suddenly remembered I already have the game =)
Anyway, happy cake day!
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