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My First Puzzle GA [The Silent Age]

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takkyon

I thought it would be fun to create a puzzle GA, so here's one for The Silent Age. Ends 9 PM PST 11/3. Here's your puzzle:

As Eve entered the church, she found Adam engaged in
solemn prayer. Inquiring about his activity, she was met by
the vitriolic reply: “NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!” After she left
the curmudgeon alone, he pulled out an antediluvian lamp. He
rubbed it, hoping greedily for wishes. Djinns are not real, however.

Solution: The URL was hidden in puzzle. The key was to look for the silent letters. They are
n in solemn
y in prayer
I in BUSINESS
d in curdmudgeon
D in Djinn

The word "When" threw people off initially. Some people pronounce the "wh" differently, so I considered the "h" not silent. It turns out most people do pronounce that "h" silently, so that was my bad.

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Moony1986

Bump :)

6 years ago
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TheFabulousWaffle

Any tips on how to solve it?
I'm really stuck OTL

6 years ago
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takkyon

The name of the game's in the name of the game

6 years ago
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axd88

That doesn't help much

6 years ago
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TheFabulousWaffle

Still pretty mindfucked :s

6 years ago
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DirigibleDan

After understanding the puzzle (but still not solving it), this clue is hilarious.

6 years ago
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Dancelot

How is the format?

6 years ago
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Jawzzles

bump

6 years ago
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axd88

We're gonna need a hint for that one lol

6 years ago
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takkyon

Another hint:

You can read it out loud all you want, but you'll never hear the key.

6 years ago
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TheFabulousWaffle

Feel like I might understand the code...but nothing's working :(
I could be entirely wrong though xD

6 years ago
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takkyon

If you're on the right track, it might help you to know I'm from the US and not the UK.

6 years ago
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DirigibleDan

I definitely understand the code, but I can only find 4 of the things. And one of them I'm assuming is what you intended.

Either way, good idea for a puzzle.

6 years ago
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takkyon

I think I know where you might be stuck. Remember I got a random URL code and had to work with it, so some of the instances here may be obscure. I did some Googling for some of the characters in the URL code, so a similar Google search might help you find the last one.

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DirigibleDan

lol, duh. Didn't think about that.

6 years ago
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TheFabulousWaffle

I have 5 things, but the code isn't working :( Not sure what I'm getting wrong
And yeah, it's a really clever puzzle!

6 years ago
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takkyon

Praying doesn't work, but it does as a noun.

6 years ago
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takkyon

If you take out the first word of the puzzle, it doesn't affect the answer

6 years ago
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axd88

Still nothing. You wouldn't believe how many techniques and combinations I've tried, lol

6 years ago
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takkyon

The key is hidden in the puzzle.

6 years ago
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takkyon

Just to make this even more clear this is a "Code hidden in Letters" puzzle a la https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/TLR8m/zelgh-magic-guide-to-basic-sg-puzzling-update-october-2017. Two people have gotten it so far, but maybe this well help a few more.

6 years ago
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axd88

That's obvious. What I'm having trouble with is finding out which letters are the right ones :P

There are five lines and five sentences, but it's not the first letter of each line, sentence or column. So it must be something relative to the context, rather than the form of the text, correct?

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takkyon

I intentionally put red herrings related to 5 in here. The most obvious is probably not right. There's something special about the words in the clue I gave to Rubenius that tells you what you should be looking for.

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redsweater

Bump. I already have the game, but I liked the puzzle, and the hints are good, too.

6 years ago
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Wildstorm

bmp

6 years ago
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Rubenius

only 9 hours remaining and I still have no clue where to find the code...

6 years ago
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takkyon

“Fudge this dumb brain-wracker,” sighed the knight halfheartedly. “It’s damn ghoulish!”

6 years ago
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Rubenius

Thanks for the solution and the interesting puzzle! I tried to look for writing differences between US and UK...
The hints were great, I was just not clever enough. Btw, I still don't understand the special hint you gave to me, but its probably also about the pronunciation? For me it feels like every english word has silent letters, so I never thought about searching them.

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takkyon

Yeah, the hint about the US and UK was because 'r' is often silent in UK pronunciations, so the 'r' in 'prayer', 'after', and 'however' would all be silent.

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axd88

welp, only 5 hours to go and still I'm lost.
I think I understand the clues, and believe me, I've tried a buttload of different techniques to apply them to the puzzle, but still nada. I give up.

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