Hello again, back with another puzzle for you. Today, participants will be going on a trip. I have listed your destinations below, and the order in which you will travel to them. On this trip, the order is very important. Enjoy each city at length. The giveaway link is: http://bit.ly/??????, where each "?" can be found in the destinations listed below. This puzzle will be open for four days. Thanks, good luck, and enjoy!


42° 19′ 53″ N, 83° 2′ 45″ W

37° 48′ 16″ N, 122° 16′ 15″ W

38° 37′ 38″ N, 90° 11′ 52″ W

35° 13′ 37″ N, 80° 50′ 36″ W

39° 46′ 5.88″ N, 86° 9′ 29.52″ W

30° 27′ 29″ N 91° 8′ 25″ W


Giveaway: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/rf5kr

Bitly: http://bit.ly/DaLraR

The intention was to use the first letter from the name of the first city, second letter from the name of the second city, third letter from the name of the third city, etc. Case mattered, which is what St. Louis and Baton Rouge were included in the middle and end.

Hints:

  • "The order is very important," which should sound odd, because the clues to the hidden digits are usually already in order.
  • "Enjoy each location at length," as in "the entire word," or "beyond the first digit."
  • "19,770,609,664 permutations." This one was a bit tougher, but was a response to claims that there were XYZ number of possible URLs. 52^6 = 19,770,609,664, so there are both capital and lowercase digits, but no numbers. I'm told this was too hard and I'll remember that for next time.

I had planned to give more hints, but people were solving it quickly enough, and I had planned for around two dozen or so entries.


Thanks for all those who participated. There will be more puzzles in the future. See you!

13 years ago*

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What about upper cases and smaller cases?

And are the answer the first letter of the locations?

13 years ago
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+1

13 years ago
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yay no bar jokes will do later

13 years ago
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Hmm, ended up on a foursquare page telling me it couldn't find the page I was looking for...

13 years ago
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ditto

13 years ago
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I don't think it's that simple XD (or maybe it is)
Looks interesting, not really too sure what I should be looking for, though.
Either way, thanks for the puzzles! :D

13 years ago
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Heh, I ended up on all kinds of crazy sites. I guess that is what you get for trying to brute force a bit.ly address.

13 years ago
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+1

13 years ago
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same for my first attempt.
got a German-language "777livecams" site on my second attempt. (And BR looks like the worst vacation spot of the lot)

lol... I'm done with trying this one.

13 years ago
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I'd consider at least two of those places far worse than that for a vacation, if for no other reason than the crime.

13 years ago
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LOL NEVER MIND IT WAS EASY

13 years ago
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13 years ago
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19,770,609,664 (edit: this is a hint, of sorts)

13 years ago
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are we looking for the town or the address itself.

13 years ago
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Town. Edited OP for clarity re: this.

13 years ago
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ok

13 years ago
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Your numbers don't make sense for the cities that the coordinates are for.

13 years ago
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For 4 days, this is impossible.

Add some more tips

13 years ago
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Have some patience. I won't leave you hanging with just this. But I'd rather let some people work at it before posting hints? Isn't it more satisfying to solve something before it becomes easier?

13 years ago
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I think a puzzle with 19,770,609,664 possible permutations is bullshit, even with 4 days timing.

13 years ago
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You're not meant to brute force the entire key? I don't understand people who complain about puzzles and their difficulty. No one forces you to enter.

13 years ago
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Your hints are not clear enough, like upper cases and smaller cases, which letter of the name and the permutation.

13 years ago
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A hint regarding UC/LC has been given (but not expressively)

13 years ago
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Thanks for that hint, sort of. ;)

13 years ago
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My number is based on his hints.

13 years ago
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916,132,832 combinations. 62 to the power of five (26 letters, 26 capital letters, 10 numbers).

13 years ago
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That is the total amount of gifts steamgifts.com is gonna be able to handle.

13 years ago
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we need hints not time!

edit:wow 4 days are not enough

13 years ago
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I thought maybe I should hit these coordinates up on Google Street View, but I found absolutely nothing.

13 years ago
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What's the giveaway for?

13 years ago
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Quiche

13 years ago
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Hope it's got bacon.

I know it's not the most traditional, but I love quiche with bacon in it!

13 years ago
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Can we go back to KenKen :-S

13 years ago
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Once I find a way to generate puzzles with only one answer. Yes :)

13 years ago
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woohoo

13 years ago
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People, please stop complaining. Not only has cfriend created a giveaway but he's also taken the time to make this puzzle. He's said that more clues will be revealed as time goes on.. You can't assume that you'll find a solution after 5 minutes of Googling.

13 years ago
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ZOMG!!!!! Y U NO MAKE IT MOAR EAZY FOAR MY LAEM ASS TO SOLVE!!! I IZ TOO HERP TO DERP THIS!!!

13 years ago
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I'm not gonna lie, you can figure it out pretty easily with all the clues that were given.

13 years ago
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Nine have solved it so far.

13 years ago
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I solved it as well, but I already own the game.

13 years ago
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So far I have solved every single puzzle that has been in the forum.

13 years ago
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Why haven't I seen you in one of mine? :-)

13 years ago
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Strange, I didn't see you anywhere in Edse's Puzzle... The second treasure hunt he did, that is.

13 years ago
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I just didn't enter.

13 years ago
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14 entries so far, many of which have neglected to comment or say thank you. Still plenty of time left.

13 years ago
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Don't know which are upper- and which lowercase... O_o Did ppl just guess them? :p

13 years ago
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Now that I solved it, feel a bit dumb -_- :D

13 years ago
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I've found links to Foursquare, Jewelmint and some OneRiot that won't load. But no Steamgifts, i give up... :(

EDIT: Found also links MySpace and tons of links to Grovo, still no steamgifts... So i really give up now :D

13 years ago
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I have to agree, a good puzzle clearly states what the puzzle is and the puzzle not with the extra info. Also # of uppercase/lowercase/numbers would be most helpful.

13 years ago
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I gave a clue to the composition of the URL, regarding uppercase, lower case, and numbers. It is higher in the comments, but I'll post it here as well. There are 19,770,609,664 permutations of this six digit bitly URL. This is the clue. There is no extra info or misleading info. Fifteen people have solved and entered, and more have solved and declined to enter. Puzzles are not of uniform difficulty, and this one isn't particularly difficult.

13 years ago
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I guess the problem most people are having is that we just don't really know what to do with the information. Like that one other puzzle, where they just assumed that someone would figure out that what they actually wanted was the ascii representation of the (not even hinted at) hex values (as opposed to decimal, which is what the numbers were actually in.) I guess I'll try some different things.

Not trying to complain or anything, I'm grateful for these puzzles, and I enjoy them. Thanks for taking the time to put these together! =)

13 years ago
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If the order is just the order that you travel to each one and the case is determined by the city, then I'm just completely stuck now. Not sure what to do anymore.

13 years ago
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D:

13 years ago
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but guiz I live at one place of these, how I go vacation if i live here and solve puzzle????????

(disclaimer: this post is satirical and I am in fact grateful for the puzzle and giveaway and found it very enjoyable.)

13 years ago
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Hello. Friendly bump. Don't think I'll be adding a clue too soon, as 20 have solved, and more have commented without entering. Have another go at it, and we'll talk again soon. :)

13 years ago
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Mmmm, we got 4 rotate view for each coordinates.... so...how solved it?

13 years ago
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Hello. Sixteen hours to go. If you're still struggling, have another trip through the cities one by one. You'll have it in no time. I believe in your victory!

13 years ago
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Well I guess its not the name of the cities. Tried all permutations of UC/LC. What else could it be...

13 years ago
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If I'm stuck at a missing foursquare site, what am I doing wrong?

13 years ago
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Update, solution posted in OP.

13 years ago
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Good puzzle, should have got it.

13 years ago
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Aha! I actually thought of the correct solution at some point, but never bothered to follow up on it to check. Never mind, I wouldn't have entered for the game anyway. As always, thanks for the puzzle. :)

13 years ago
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Interesting idea, but now I see why I couldn't have solved it. Perhaps, it is just my personal problem, but I think the hints did not indicate the pattern, in which the letters should have been taken, clearly enough. Anyway, it was nice to try it. Thanks!

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Closed 13 years ago by cfriend.