So I finally hit 2k CV Milestone! So I created a great adventure for you guys and gals :>

All you need to finish is google maps and spirit of exploration!

You should start HERE (there are no multiple stages this time ^^

BLACKLIST

GL ALL! I may or may not update this topic in time ;p

And you have 1 week :>

I repaired Q3. If it's sltill not workicng copy-pasta: https://plus.google.com/photos/108648089614826670458/albums/5876816590520671505/5876820170502896626?pid=5876820170502896626&oid=108648089614826670458

Credits to Smythe for awesome idea xD


SOLUTION:

All questions could be answered using google maps street view :>

  • Q1: After travelling mentioned 24 steps you were supposed to look right and then you would see big-ass lego bricks :>
    Lego Bricks
    Accepted answers were:
    LEGO The Lord of the Rings
    LEGO: The Lord of the Rings
    LEGO

  • Q2: After finding roundabout you should go left, at the level of Carntall Rd if you turn right you would see mentioned characters :>
    Wallace & Gromit
    Accepted answers were:
    Wallace & Gromit
    Wallace and Gromit
    Wallace'n'Gromit

  • Q3: After clicking Photo Details at right side of the page you would see clickable google map with location of where this photo was shot. It was Köln in Germany. Close to this location is koelnmesse where mentioned event takes place :>
    Original photo with googlemaps link
    gamescom location
    Accepted answers were:
    gamescom

  • Q4: The given location was for Kremlin in russia. If you look around exactly at given location you'd find this picture:
    Samsung at Kremlin
    Accepted answers were:
    Samsung

  • Q5: Looking at google maps you could see there's a Ghibli Museum in the same park as given location. At lest side of museum is entrance, and there you could see those flags:
    Starting Location and Ghibli Museum
    Flags
    Accepted answers were:
    Green

  • Q6: Plaza as atated in definition is A public square or similar open area in a town or city. And there is one right next to Eiffel tower. You should street-view the only location viewable on this plaza (not at the road!!) and you would see this (X is one of PS controller buttons):
    West Pillar of Eiffel Tower
    Accepted answers were:
    Pilier Quest (i failed at reading it first ;p)
    Pilier Ouest

  • Q7: At many places next to the track you could see him :> He's a famous person from UK TV Show Top Gear.
    The Stig
    Accepted answers were:
    Stig
    The Stig

  • Q8: After moving mentioned 25 steps you should look right and up and see this:
    CDProjekt building
    Accepted answers were:
    The Witcher
    Witcher
    Wiedźmin

  • Q9: Take 4 steps north and then turn camera backwards. You should see this:
    Bird Attacks!
    Accepted answers were:
    seagull
    seagulls
    gull
    gulls
    bird
    birds

  • Q10: On link given there was a link to google maps and it was your starting location. After going 9 steps south you should look at stairs on the right. Sitting there is a girl wearing bikini and nun-hat :> 1 step further you could see that other girl sitting behind her wears same hat as well as that if you look closely you can see her actual hair under the hat :>
    Bikini Nun
    Accepted answers were:
    bikini
    swimsuit

  • Q11: At the middle of the road you could see the mentioned car with company name written on a door :>
    Strachman Car
    Accepted answers were:
    Strachman

  • Q12: Take 4 steps east, then turn right and go 3 more steps in this direction. Turn around - you should see Red Bull Logo on door and above it theres Crowned Logo of a beer.
    Crowned beer
    Accepted answers were:
    Oranjeboom Bier

  • Q13: Go 4 steps west and turn right. Vader is right behind blue car. Now turn around and you can see this banner:
    Vader
    Banner
    Accepted answers were:
    Mars Needs Moms

  • Q14: After 24 steps you could see this car parked at right :>
    Garfield Van
    Accepted answers were:
    Garfield

  • Q15: You should follow main road called Mińska all the time until you get to the level of McD. It was 105 steps away, but I accepted answers +5 and -5 from it. You could also bruteforce answer, as with +-5 margin you'd only have to check 90 possible answers :>
    Starting Location and road to follow
    McD Location
    Accepted answers were:
    100
    101
    102
    103
    104
    105
    106
    107
    108
    109
    110

LAST STAGE: After all this you were given a simple puzzle: sqrt(4)(1 letter) MOST COMMON BAN ON STEAM(3 capital letters) v(1 letter xD).

  • sqrt(4) means square root of 4 and it is 2.
  • MOST COMMON BAN ON STEAM is VAC.
  • and well v is v ;p
  • so GA code was 2VACv

QUESTIONS IDEAS:

I got asked where did I come with ideas for each question, so here's an answer:

Q1. I googled lego, but didn't wast something as obvious as Legoland, then I found address for this shop and it had big blocks next to a road xD

Q2. Found on some site with interesting locations on street view :>

Q3. I've been to gamescom in koln and I've been on this bridge with all these locks - it's actually very close to where gamescom takes place - so that's where idea came from :>

Q4. I have many friends from russia in my Steam Groups and wanted to do something for them, and when I think Russia - I think Kremlin - so I wandered a little on Kremlin using Street View looking around and then saw this Samsung Logo :>

Q5. An big Manga nad Anime fan I wanted to do something related based in Japan. But also wanted it to be something more popular, not just a niche few otakus would know about. So 1st I researched Studio Ghibli - but it was normally looking building, just with small name-plate in front - but during research I found location for Ghibli Museum :> I wandered around a lot and generally loved the whole park, so that's idea behind that question :>

Q6. This one I designed especially for Nonos xD I was thinking France, and when you think Frane you think Eiffel Tower :> and I found this little spot with street view from plaza, not from a street, looked around, seen Cross and thought "Cross = PS Pad" xD

Q7. This one I found here. I love Top Gear, so I love Stig so had to add it there :> just walked a little bit so he wouldn't be visible right away :>

Q8. I'm from Poland so I had to add it here :>

Q9. Found it looking for "unusual" street view pictures :>

Q10. Found a nun on StreetViewFunny, then looked around and it turned out the closest hotel have it's webpade with link to google maps, so I used it :>

Q11. Wanted to do something in New York - Originally Q was about counting how many cars are parked between Broadway and Amsterdam Awe, but as I didn't know should I count this white car and wasn't sure for some others are they parked or just staying there for a moment I decided to go with White Car that was just parking :>

Q12. When I was in Holland I loved the small narrow streets next to canals, all these boats etc, so wanted to do something here, Was wandering around on Street View and I found this pub :> Wanted people to explore a little bit, look how beautiful it is, that's why you needed to turn to find it :>

Q13. Found Darth Vader on StreetViewFunny. Then looked around for something I may ask about and seen this giant banner at other side of the street. Also if someone doesn't find Vader it's hard to bruteforce, as there are shitloads of banners on whole Hollywood Ave :>

Q14. My friend who always solves my puzzles and I was sure he's gonna solve this one as well loves Garfield. So I researched for something Garfield Related on Street View and found that xD

Q15. It was designed as a lazy time-waster and it's easy to misscount especially when street view lags, so I thought it would be an awesome idea to mess up with solvers :>

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I'll try to solve it :)

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I'll reserve it for bumps xD GL Bilbo :>

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bump - 10h left

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Gratz on milestone. :)

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thanks :>

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gz on the milestone

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thanksies :>

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I'm so lost that I need to teleport to my bound milestone and buy some cooldown reductions. D: Congratulations on 2000! Here's to 3000 more!

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thanks mew, and no prob with u being lost - that's why we have google maps, right? :>

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cv req? and also gz!

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30.01

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Congrats

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thanks :>

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Bloody hell! Why am I in yet another blacklist?

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Gaaah, the link in Q3 is forcing me to log in to my Google account, and then Google forced me to "upgrade" my account >_>

Can you upload the image to some image hosting site?

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+1, please

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maybe it's intentional? I could solve Q3 just fine

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Google didn't show me a thing after multiple attempts, so it's clearly not working for everyone. I doubt that's intentional.

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+1

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Q3 EDITED!!

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Thank you! Much better!

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Cannot see the image on Q3 :( Oh and nice puzzle and congrats!

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Still blacklisted. Meh. Good luck to all others.

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Yeah, no, question 3 isn't working. Can you just use imgur or something?

Edit: Thanks for question 4 by the way. With Russia's atrocious streak of anti-gay laws, I now know what company will not be recieving my money until they stop sponsoring the Russian government.

Edit 2: Oh my god, question 5. That's a thing?! I have to go there! I must learn the language!

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turned out it is a thing :> was looking for studio address when i found this museum :>

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edit: ok it fixed..

Q7 : OMG!! >.<

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i dont even know my pass there :q could u fix the Q3 pic somehow pls ?

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Q3 isn't working for me even though I am logged in to google and everything is up to date.

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Congrats Zel ^_^ Blacklist is BIG

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thanks :> and yes it is :>

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Long link is long. o.o

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maybe it's what broke ITH xD

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Very cool puzzle, thank you zelghadis :)

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you're welcome :>

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nice puzzle, thank you!

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np :>

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oh my god Q9 x__x

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wait for hint xD ITH hint i mean xD

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no no I solved it, that's why the comment x_x

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:>

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I gave up after I must have taken the wrong route on the last question :P

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then just search McD using GM close to this location? DUH! xD

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Q5 is really hard...

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not if you use google maps wisely :>

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Well, I got that one, but Q6 is worse :D

OMG. I know why Q6 is worse. You have a typo!

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10, 12 and 15 left...

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12 was typo, updated

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Have you fixed Q6, too? I got it, but some other people won't.

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Only Q10 left... Can't find the nun anywhere :/

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PM me what you thing is wrong with Q6, as you're 1st person mentioning any typo here ;p

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-edited out-
I'm still stuck on Q10, by the way :/

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it's one of the hardest ones xD

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Did you get what's wrong with Q6, can I delete that?

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edited, thanks :>

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Definitely a typo. That's why it was so hard to get.

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cause i like this emoticom - nearly as much as ^^

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;( but both xD and ^^ are so manga-like xD ^^

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Many/most of the people consider such emoticons as childish...

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XD Oh, you. ^///^ ;)

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do I look like I give a f*ck? xD ^^

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I've just counted: a grand total of none fucks given.

Congrats on the milestone btw. I'll be giving the puzzle a whirl later.

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I am enjoying this muchly, though I'm not making amazing progress. But the idea itself is grand.

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thanks :>

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Congratz

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thx :>

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Congrats!

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thanks :>

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Q6 and Q12 left. Found both things im looking for. Just can't figure what information you want.

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12 had a typo - updated :)

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Closed 11 years ago by zelghadis.