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Want Morrowind? Solve puzzle [finished, solution included]

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lazytev

Puzzle:
11101 00010 01010 11111 01010 01111 10101 00110 001011101100010001001 100111000110000000001 100110101010011010011 010010001001011000001 001011101010101011100 1100000101111 0110001100011 1011001110000 1010111100011 0101110100110 1000111011001 0010110010010 0011000010011

I'm not telling you what to do with this.
Result of solving is 5 letters of giveaway link xxXxx.
Giveaway ends at midnight CET.
Hints MAY appear here.

Also I'm pretty sure that nobody will solve this one :)

EDIT: you CAN solve it as group, I don't care. :)

Some answers to your questions:

  1. It's not just binary as you clearly see.
  2. As a result of 2-3 steps you will get 5 letters, 2 small, big and 2 small again. You will have to put it after www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/
  3. Hint(s) maybe at 7 p.m. CET. They still won't help you. :P

Solution:
Chris1507 was veeeeery close to solve this one. He made good choice to paint the numbers. And I'm very curious why nobody noticed it's QR code? Used Chris's picture to get solution. Ofc that yellow version is not readable (or maybe is, need to check it...) so proper one is here. After reading it in some online QR code reader we get "kvZoc" and that's proper part of giveaway link.

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adrianowski

Mission Impossible

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Aneszej

Your avatar kinda fits with what you said :D

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adrianowski

Yeah :> I will never change it

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Jar3k

Tak zakręcone jak bimber od wujka Władka. Trzeba było szyjkę ubić :D

ENG: It's not so simple. :] I hope that somewhone will get the answer ;D

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Troscufka

Easy peasy, did it.

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Marumisu

0_o What is this I don't even... I've never seen so many ones and zeroes cluttered together, I have no idea where I'm supposed to even start solving this...

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Jonex

A little something called binary code, heard of it?

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Marumisu

Well let's say I have heard the name binary code, and I know it has something to do with bunch of ones and zeroes.... And that's pretty much all I know about it. I guess we're supposed to convert this code somehow into something else, a phrase or a giveaway code or something, but I have no idea how to do it. It looks too complicated :(

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Jonex

You can find translators online that automatically convert the code into text.

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Marumisu

I don't really believe this puzzle can be solved with such simple methods. The OP claimed this would be a really hard puzzle, so I expect we have to do something more complicated. But who knows, I might be wrong :L

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Jonex

Yes, you're absolutely right. It's much more complicated than it seems. I need some time :P

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nosef

A lot of people use Binary Codes on this site for their puzzle giveaways xD

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tomgould

It isn't binary :L

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Jonex

D:

What else could it be?

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Marumisu

If that's the case, I think I'll give up. I don't even understand binary codes properly, and if this is something far more complicated than them, there's no chance I'll be able to figure it out :(

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FatGoldfish

Binary.?.because i know binary and ascii conversions and all

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Ekaros

For oblivion I might have tried... Still looks bit similiar to something I might plan...

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TheFamousDrScanlon

I wouldn't pick my nose to get Oblivion.

But this here... Time to get solvin'.

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Jonex

Translated = è•õ>¦.ÄLãf©¦‘,ê®`½Œvp¯é£²Y#

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Mindestens

Yeah, this is as far I could get... I think it's a secret recipe for pancakes. Alien pancakes.

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Jonex

You're confusing me now, I was convinced it was alien waffles :(

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Mindestens

It's that damn Πwhich is ambiguous in a secret alien language that no one knows, if we had something added to the recipe like szxczdsadfxv it would be pretty clear is it for pancakes or waffles :/. It has to be part of the puzzle!

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Jams

Sounds delicious. :D

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thesn00ze

Notes? On what string? I shall play this one :)

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lazytev

Both E's simultaneously :P

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thesn00ze

Sounds kinda good, add some triples, most 8ths :)

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Alteria

Impossibru :P

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fredfioreze

omg :X

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mathiaslylo

And the answer is: č•ő>¦.ÄLăf©¦‘,ę®`˝ŚvpŻéŁ˛Y#

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godprobe

[edit] nevermind :P [/edit]

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Tycrane

Question:

Is the giveaway link mumbled up and you have to rearrange them to find out the exact one? Also, does xxXxx mean small letter-small letter-big letter/number-small letter-small letter or does the little x's mean number as well?

I think I might be on to something.

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mathiaslylo

Hint: nobody said that you have to decode it into ASCII

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Ekaros

You have eventually arrive to ASCII ;D

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ragemage138

è�õ>¦.ÄLã�f©¦�,ê®`½�vp¯é£²Y#

6JX1PqYuxEzjAGapppEsEuquYL2MdnCvGumjslkjCQE=

I thought it was like Jzpu5
But i think i was wrong :D

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Tycrane

Yeah, I tried using Base64 though I don't think it's right. :s

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ehsanelite

xxXxx so there is no numbers right?

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Jonex

He said "letters" so I guess not.

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danielpeach

I'm stumped.

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mathiaslylo

Not worth it. Bye.

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JoeHackerman

�_�B [<LF ;
...?

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Constus

Looks like a guy with a pair of sunglasses...

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BronzePage

Am I allowed to post what I got?

It's definetly not the answer and I can't figure it out.

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lazytev

Yes, you are allowed. I stated that you can work as group. :)

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Tycrane

Might have to jumble one of these codes around to get the giveaway link:

93ffc418a676edf07d16f9783569ad19

dc06b8abd3acb0b1ffb5e08f1e8d4385

$1$cpJAW9eC$HSb0oMwoZqZwWe8vbARog0

c101d13c1fc575214bea980e2db60102bf7f29bd

f94a269850f1eb9c3462ba9abb37773b776227d2

6JX1PqYuxEzjAGapppEsEuquYL2MdnCvGumjslkjCQE=

Anyways, good luck to whoever solves this. This one's a toughie. :)

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AtomicWoodchuck

This puzzle's mother was a hamster and its father smelled of elderberries.

:-(

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Ekaros

Huffman, still don't know character set and what is the distribution...

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acedelic

Guys, have you tried converting it from binary to hexadecimal?

I tried and got:

E895F 53EA6 5D889 138C01 1354D3 912C1 5D55C 182F C63 1670 15E3 BA6 11D9 592 613

The key must be somewhere here...
Have fun resuming my work :D

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BronzePage

It's not working for me.

I keep on getting random shit, no matter what converter I put it into.

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Ekaros

Does the spaces mattter? This might be relevant...

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acedelic

Here's something else...
I basically did the same thing, only a little different this time :)

Now I got:

1D2A1FAF156 5D889 138C01 1354D3 912C1 5D55C 182F C63 1670 15E3 BA6 11D9 592 613

Any luck?

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ahoym8

Nothing to see here, move along :D

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fredfioreze

I give up...

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Chris1507

Splitting the "code" into lengths:

8 x 5: 11101 00010 01010 11111 01010 01111 10101 00110

5 x 21: 001011101100010001001 100111000110000000001 100110101010011010011 010010001001011000001 001011101010101011100

8 x 13: 1100000101111 0110001100011 1011001110000 1010111100011 0101110100110 1000111011001 0010110010010 0011000010011

All lengths are multiples of four plus one. May it be necessary to decode each line a different way?

No idea if it's relevant as I'm not very skilled in coding - I can't get anything from it but maybe someone else can.

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cams02

I wonder if the fact that all of the numbers are fibonacci numbers is important.

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Ekaros

Also two of them are primes and one isn't...

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Closed 1 decade ago by lazytev.