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My First Puzzle Giveaway. (ended, posted solutions)

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Edit: The giveaway is over, the solution is posted at the end of this post.

The giveaway ends Friday night. There's 3 separate parts. For the purpose of this giveaway, use tinyurl.com/jurk with the being replaced by whatever you believe the code is (always in lowercase).

Your first hint: My avatar, what is it?

If this turns out well, I'll do similar puzzles in the future, hopefully with better games. XD

I'll add hints over time as I see necessary.

Extra hint: Pattern recognition and logic.

Edit: first puzzle is 2 characters: tinyurl.com/jurk**

Edit: ALL tinyurls will lead to an image (.pngs usually). or if it's the last one, it will lead to the giveaway.

Edit: 6 hours left as of 3:50 PM PST. (or the post I'm about to make if you're too lazy to convert timezones.)

Solution:

The first puzzle was figuring out what my avatar is. It is Pi in pixelated numbers, collapsed together to remove spaces, and turned 90 degrees to the right to make it a bit more difficult to figure out. this would lead you to tinyurl.com/jurkpi which leads to
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7840/codeo.png

from this image, you would get FHLTX which would lead you to tinyurl.com/jurkfhltx
the way you get FHLTX from this image can be seen here: http://i43.tinypic.com/14jbypy.png

essentially, I made A-Z pixelated in a 3x5 size per letter, lined them up, removed flhtx, removed the spaces, turned it to the left 90 degrees, and then made a mirror image of it that I put on the other side of it. I added the before removal and after removal to show that you were looking for what was different between the two.

the tinyurl would lead to this: http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4172/kakuro.png
it's a Kakuro puzzle, which I love. The description on how you were supposed to solve it was in the image itself. User Reelix posted an image of it solved via a program: http://i.imgur.com/PK0zC.png

The tinyurl you got from that would lead to the giveaway:
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/WrNKl/portal

yeah, yeah, it was portal, but now that I see this puzzle worked out well, I'll do better games in the future.

13 years ago*

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I need a Hint in second puzzle

13 years ago

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solving the second puzzle properly is similar, but different, to the way you should have solved the first.

13 years ago

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i was trying numbers for # and this is what i found tinyurl.com/jurk2 XD
ITS SO HARD, i cant figure it out

13 years ago

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omg so hard !

13 years ago

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Game aside, If i manage to complete this third puzzle i want a damn Achievement.

13 years ago

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Ur on the 3rd puzzle? HOWWWWW

13 years ago

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Aliens!

13 years ago

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i have no idea

13 years ago

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finally :D

13 years ago

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Hint for second puzzle needed :P

13 years ago

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hey its not a puzzle if you keep getting hints man
but a hint would be nice :3

13 years ago

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It's why my first puzzle giveaway is me testing the waters before going headlong into better giveaways, I need to see what works best XD. but yeah, as I mentioned at his post above, if you solved the first puzzle properly, a similar method can be used to solve the second.

13 years ago

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i assume by googling stuff isnt the proper method?

13 years ago

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nope. as the other hint above suggests. pattern recognition.

13 years ago

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i see the pattern, now i just need to understand it...

13 years ago

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I used the same method and I don't see nothing new :P

13 years ago

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Going to get something to eat then try this again, at the moment I can't even do the first one, got a rough idea but nothing is working... that worked :)

13 years ago

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Solved all 3. Like a Boss.

13 years ago

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Nice :) What was the game ?

13 years ago

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Not telling. I don't want to spoil it or prevent anyone from doing the puzzle, I did however leave a comment to prove I solved it.

13 years ago

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I wish I could watch other people solve this, with rage and confusion on their faces.

13 years ago

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I'm having fun solving this, when it will be end and I will know how to solve it I will laugh about how stupid I am, because I didn't saw/know something ;)

13 years ago

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I'm just happy I solved the first one! Given up now, I know the answer is bound to be obvious, but can't figure it out.

13 years ago

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Don't give up, you can do it! I did it!

13 years ago

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Ok, 2nd clue solved (I think)... takes me to a Google search.

13 years ago

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I think that not because: ALL tinyurls will lead to an image (.pngs usually). or if it's the last one, it will lead to the giveaway.

13 years ago

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Yeah true, thought I had it :)

13 years ago

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Do I need to use some online decoder for the first one?
Or if I just stare at it and recognize the pattern, I'll be able to somehow solve it?

13 years ago

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no outside programs are needed, though as someone pointed out to me, it does help to download the image the get a better look.

13 years ago

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Is that true for the 2nd one as well? I think I'm on the right track, but am hitting a brick wall now, lol

13 years ago

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yep.

13 years ago

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Solved it! :D

13 years ago

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im still on the first one >:( is it just plain obvious and im just really stupid?

13 years ago

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considering only 1 person has solved all the puzzles so far, and only a handful have solved the first, I guess I didn't make it obvious enough. XD

13 years ago

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Easiest things are the toughest to solve ;)

13 years ago

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You are evil! lol Going to give this a rest as I've a feeling I'm approaching this wrong.

13 years ago

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is there anything you need to know to get this? like Morse code etc. Cause all i see are a bunch of faces

13 years ago

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I seem to have gotten the second one :D best feeling ever xD

13 years ago

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Finally done. Could have finished a lot of hours ago. Luckily, I have a job :D

Great one, Jurk0wski. It has been one of the bests puzzles i've done here.

13 years ago

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Hey there. I don't think I'll be spending more time trying to figure this out I'm afraid unless there's a new clue. But could you please post a solution when the giveaway is over? I'm really really curious.

13 years ago

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Curses, I leave for a little while and 3 more people solved it. Shakes fists STRUGGLE MORE~

13 years ago

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2nd one has defeated me, got a feeling I'm either extremely close to the answer or as far as away as can be!

13 years ago

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/me puts on thinking cap

I think I will attempt this one, looks interesting. I think try not to give out too many hints, it's a little unfair for the people that got in with little-to-no help.

13 years ago

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Ok I solved the first one, but it appears that the second image is broken? Get an imageshack "blocked login" image :/

13 years ago

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let me know if anyone else has this issue.

13 years ago

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solved third puzzle small moment ago, now tried that second image if it works... works fine for me just now...

13 years ago

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I'm dying over here O_O

13 years ago

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Second one? same :P Maybe take a break and try again later, probably a good idea.

13 years ago

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actually i'm still on the first one xD
I just can't figure it out but i feel like i'm so close! :P

13 years ago

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i'm in the second , wtf ? any hint ?

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Feel like I'm soooo close on second. Either that or I'm extremely far off :?

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Found the first one!! finally xD
But i have a question. is the second one also The link tinyurl.com/jurk with two letters that are missing? or is it just a random number depending on the puzzle?

13 years ago

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the second one has multiple charatcers, not just two.

13 years ago

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Anyone still working on this? This game needs more entries. Game aside though, the puzzle is totally worth the time.

13 years ago

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i am :P
just taking a break, will be back tomorrow 'happy face'

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This

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still another 24 hours or so till this one closes. 9 have solved it so far that have at least commented.

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6 hours left, 11 people have solved it.

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and final post here, the puzzle is over, the solution has been posted.

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