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(Private Giveaway) The hardest puzzle ever

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OGrady

I present to you: The hardest puzzle ever.

No talking in character, no special stuff, no interesting contest, just a puzzle. The private giveaway associated with it ends next week wednesday at 3, meaning you pretty much have exactly one week to solve and enter.

Good luck. You may cooperate, but please do NOT outright share the answers in this thread.

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Lunk

Hints you say? Sounds fun.

If you're stuck on the first question, don't panic. Consulting a bag of random letters might help.

13 years ago
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Geraltas

Please give hint on q2. You are the only one who solved it

13 years ago
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Lunk

OGrady, I've gotten a couple of requests for a hint on 2. I got the impression that you wanted the hints to come from different people. Is it ok if I post another one, or should I just stick to the one I posted above?

13 years ago
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Tommycide

Honestly, I don't even think that a hint is needed for the first question. I have probably spent less than 2 minutes trying to solve it.

The questions that really need a hint are 2 and 3.
EDIT: now that I have found the answer to question 3, I am not sure if it really needs a hint or not. I had the answer more or less from the beginning, but the hard part was to find the right thing to write, as many others already said.

13 years ago
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OGrady

Sure, post a hint question 2, why not.

13 years ago
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5uicide

Another hint for Question 3 or better said my own hint rewritten.

The Answer all of you think of which is the sentence Joshua says is correct you just need to put it into other words ;)

13 years ago
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Usagi

I could solve Q1 alone, Q4 and Q5 with the help of my old friend, Google.
Q3 was hard, I knew who Joshua was and just couldn't get the right words, but your first hint helped, thank you. :)
And now it's only Q2 left...

13 years ago
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Tommycide

Wow, I also finally got the answer to question 3 after manyyyyy tries. \o/

13 years ago
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sexbad

What is 6*9 if not 54?

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Usagi

Read the hints. :)

13 years ago
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Sakuko

Everything else?

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Lunk

Hmm... question 2 hint:

Bill Haley might accidentally give you the answer while making his exit.

13 years ago
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weemadarthur

That was a very useful hint. I still don't get the reference though.

13 years ago
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Lunk

Yeah, the hint isn't actually tied to the reference. I wasn't familiar with it at all until I found it working on the quiz, so I wasn't sure how to fashion a more on-topic hint without just straight-up spoiling it. I'm guessing OGrady will share the source when he posts the answers if you're really curious.

13 years ago
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5uicide

Thx for the hint managed to get it correct now too (Without the Solutions ^^)

13 years ago
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weemadarthur

Right. I got the correct answers. What a pain.

13 years ago
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OGrady

What's that, a whole bin of paste in room G88zQc0E?

Careful: That contains all the answers. If you want to solve the puzzle yourself, you should probably stay away.

13 years ago
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portugal1

so theres no giveaway?

13 years ago
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OGrady

Of course there is. Why wouldn't there be?

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portugal1

Huh. Apparently I was wrong.
Or was I?

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OGrady

Yes, you were. Now go and find the giveaway.

13 years ago
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Puistokemisti

Solved 1, 3 and 4, got 5 thanks to solutions but I have no idea where 2 comes from :/
And now I'm stumped with the result, I don't have any idea how to start working on it after Google was very unhelpful.

13 years ago
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Konata

What do i do when i solve it? :3

13 years ago
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Geraltas

Am I the only one who doesnt get q2 correct even after Lunk hint ? :(

13 years ago
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5uicide

Geraltas read my hints here on the site ;)

13 years ago
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5uicide

Can you drop a hint how to get the code for the URL OGrady? The Solution i thought was working wasnt correct :/

13 years ago
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Konata

Well, i've answered all of the questions correctly, and now i'm stuck, i feel like such a jackass.

13 years ago
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BronzePage

Someone said it's for the Binding of Isaac soundtrack, which is the one soundtrack I really want. But this puzzle seems overall impossible. So, thanks for the giveaway and a chance to win!

13 years ago
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OGrady

True, someone said that. Someone was talking out of his ass. It's not the Binding of Isaac soundtrack. However the puzzle is far from impossible - it would not have so many entries if it was.

13 years ago
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aegislaetis

I managed to get all but Q2....might try bruteforcing it tomorrow at work =D

13 years ago
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Sakuko

You will find that bruteforcing it is pretty much a fool's erand.

13 years ago
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aegislaetis

I finally got it but I'm stuck again....I think 4 am isn't the best time to use my brain xD

13 years ago
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negroud

For the Q3, it's a chess party ?

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negroud

it's a wargame movie ?

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Konata

You're on the right track ;)

13 years ago
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negroud

un ptit indice ^^" ?

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negroud

Tic-tac-toe ?

13 years ago
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OGrady

So the giveaway is over. It was a joy to behold, if you ask me.

So, you guys already have the answers, but not everyone has entered the giveaway. What was that crap? Why no link?
Suffice to say that a lot of people actually found the link, so stop your whining :D As a special prize, Lunk, the first (and only) person to solve all questions without help, has received Legend of Grimrock. Congratulations! The winner of the giveaway has already received his gift, too.

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Zyconis

Could you explain how the link was found? I'm REALLY curious now as to where it was hidden.

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5uicide

I thought it was the first charachter of every answer but it seemed i was wrong though. Couldnt get the actual link with that.

13 years ago
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Zyconis

I want to know what obvious clue I was missing. I know it's going to make me feel incredibly stupid, but I still need to know!

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OGrady

It was actually posted here until I asked for it to be removed. Just check the source code.

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chour

Tricky. Congratulations on that. But can you give some explanations to quiz answers? I don't even.

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OGrady

  1. Everybody assumes 42 is the answer to the question "What is the meaning of life". It is not. 42 is the answer to the question "How much is six multiplied by nine" - obviously this is wrong, so basically the whole program had a glitch and/or never entirely finished.
    If you still have no idea what I'm talking about, read the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and shake your fist at me angrily bcause I just spoiled a MAJOR plot point.

  2. He ALWAYS thinks about alligators. (For more information visit your local game-a-vision or watch code monkeys.)

  3. Look here.

  4. Most native english speakers would pronounce the German delicacy "Currywurst" something like "Curryworst", so it's a simple (bad) pun (fyi, the correct pronounciation sounds more like "currywoorst").

  5. "Kot in der Friteuse" is a famous German audio drama about a local restauranteur and what he found in his fryer. Attention: That may or may not only be half true.

13 years ago
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chour

Thank you. Don't worry about the first, it's was an obvious answer :) 2 and 5 are really tough!

13 years ago
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NaeloneMaxwell

I hate it when "puzzle"s rely on google search.

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OGrady

Go cry in a corner, then re-read how to find the link.

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Closed 13 years ago by OGrady.