Edit: Fixed topic a bit to adjust for the next part of the [PA]-story, arriving on Friday.
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Hint 1: The note depicts one of two parts of the locations of the entrance. The other part will have to be discovered some way else. The two parts have to be combined to be useful.
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Hint 2: As alluded to in my comment to revilheart, I made a similar puzzle 5 months ago. Here's a link to that puzzle. You'll find reading it will greatly improve your chances solving this one. Especially since the solution to one of the problems here is written down in detail. After that is solved, GOTO HINT1.
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Hint 2B: Puzzle #6 is the one you're looking for. Solution how to solve it is written down in the thread.
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Hint 3: As you can read in hint 2 and 2B, the hidden code is binary. That's the only decryption needed to solve the puzzle. If you can't make sense of the decrypted message, try google.
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I know you're smart enough, 5 months ago I made a similar puzzle to the first part of this one, which you solved. :)
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I won't be a good agent i couldn't even find a hint :(
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Hm...
I got to stage 1, but stage 2 is failing to find anything...
Edit: Will try something for stage 2.
Edit 2: Got to something, but don't know what to do with what I got, got too many letters
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Or exactly the right amount for this challenge? 5 and 8 are too common to become a puzzle agent. Well, except for that note. That note definitely have 5.
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I believe I've reached part 2 as well (have I?). No idea at first, but I'm playing around with it.
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Bump for solved. Yay I'm an official member now! xD
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Well, I noticed something peculiar but I'm not far enough yet to figure out what to do... interesting...
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Bump for...solved? Too fast, I usually curse for days!
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It's just a prelude, getting you into the agency. :)
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Maaaaan, already got stucked. Dunno what to do with that stuff, every decoder says me it's not what it seems to be (maybe because is missing its numbers?) .-.
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Man, this is driving me crazy... I feel like I'm onto something, but my result does not quite tell me anything useful...
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The class is still too small, I wonder where all the recruits are?
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I thought a lot, tried some websites and programs no luck so i have no idea what to do with the thing i found. I gave up. :/
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Did you check the referenced puzzle I talked about in my reply to revilheart? Perhaps that will give you some ideas.
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Good job, Agent!
I was wondering if you'd show up actually. :) You're one of the people that solved my puzzle 5 months ago. So far, of the people that has solved this, the only person who didn't solve that one is SilentGuy.
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Still got it, like it's 1999!
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hm, got to the thing with the thing, but it's not displaying correctly :( (says "loading" - I guess I'll try it on my laptop, maybe it works there)
But yay, new puzzle! :D
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Let me know how it goes. Which browser are you using? I've tried with Chrome and Firefox.
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I used Firefox, and it's the latest version, but this PC is a bit older (it worked in Firefox on my laptop, same version). I'll try Chrome on PC, maybe it's some weird compatibility thing (also can't watch videos on a certain part of Vimeo in FF anymore, but works fine in Chrome)
Edit: yup, works fine in Chrome on my old PC, I guess it's just a weird Firefox thing. (and now I saw the intended thing almost immediately ^^)
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Sounds like you've got more issues than this puzzle then. I used to have weird stuff going on in Firefox as well, vimeo was one of the sites I just couldn't watch any videos on, and I remember having problems on some videos on youtube as well. Some settings were at fault. A complete clean reinstall of it worked for me.
Good luck, agent!
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Yay, I'm an agent now! :D
And meh, reinstalling is too much work, I'm getting a new PC in a few months anyway ^^
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Oh, it seems I'm officially an agent now. :) Thanks for all the hints, it would have been impossible without them.
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But there's only 1 hint... officially. ;)
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That's what I want to know... the puzzle solution is pretty much written down now, and still noone solving it. :(
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Ok I came here through the other puzzle. This is kinda nice and I do know how to solve this, but don't have the time unfortunately right now. Not interested in the reward either. Is it ok to skip this and wait for the next puzzle? :O
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You will have to solve at least parts of this to be able to follow on the first case that starts in 30 minutes (and lasts for 2 weeks). So there's really no rush to get it done now. The 5 games in the case might be of more interest, so feel free to hang on to your hat and graduate when you have more time. :)
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You mean this here has many parts? I thought only one with the pic with the specific reward you mention here.
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The pic, combined with the code given out is half the challenge. They lead to the entrance.
2nd half is more of a visual challenge, you don't have to decode anything, it's the easy bit. Noone's been stuck on that part. That part is also one that doesn't need to be solved to work on the new case, all you have to do it find it. I'm making it sound a lot more complicated than it actually is.
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Oh? Did you view the entrance from the right angle?
Also, some solvers mentioned that when they cleaned the entrance, they could see the code better.
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I tried different angles but didn't try to clean anything...
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Look through the tools (the yoyo/ball-looking thing), there's a clean option.
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The first case has been released, The Case of the Secret Ruler.
Since you've found the entrance, you can follow along the story of it.
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Cleanliness is next to Godliness :P
(just an observation, not a hint: Hmm, actually, that Smashing Pumpkins song fits pretty well :P)
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I was so busy opening doors I missed this puzzle. :'(
giving it a bump for now
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This was actually over way before the doors started ;) The first real case is still up though, and running for about 1½ more days. And in a bit less than 2 days the next case arrives. :)
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The first case has been released, The Case of the Secret Ruler.
Welcome agent aspirants.
You are all here today for your final test before joining the puzzle agency. As you may well know, finding hidden clues in the fine-print is an important aspect of your job as agents, which is also why it's so important to not just look at a piece of paper and read the symbols on it besdM, you also have to understand the meaning behind them. The world isn't always just black and white, sometimes what looks like one thing can be something else entirely.
Now, if I told you those 5 letters on that note are not to be altered in any way, would you believe me? I suppose not. That sort of thinking would not make you good agents. The problem is that it's true, the trick to this challenge is reading between the lines, not trying to convert those 5 letters to something else.
Once you've found the entrance to the agency, which we've gone old school with in celebrations of your graduatory mission, you'll find your final code. It all comes down to viewing the problem at the right angle. Go on now, don't be tardy. Find the code and solve the puzzle.
Rewards:
Puzzle Kingdoms
Become a member of the Puzzle Agency (next agent case (puzzle train) starts on Friday)
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