I have no idea what is being said, or what language is being spoken for that matter, but it's all Greek to me. :)
To my untrained ear, it even sounds like it's Greek! Is it Greek?
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I knew I heard it before! It was the last part that helped.
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So, basically what I assumed it was going to be. You either already knew about it (or had a clue about it) or you had to try and google what was said in the audio fragment. As puzzles go I'd say it's not the best, there's no logical way of determining the answer, except for getting lucky with google. As a way of limiting the amount of entries it's great since it makes sure only people who really want the game will be determined to waste enough time on it. And I'd like to make it perfectly clear that I had no interest in either game, but being perfectly honest, as a puzzle it's pretty bad.
Edit: but thanks for revealing the solution though :D
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There is a way to logically deduce the answer. I even used said method to answer the latest puzzle (the one for Ashen). The clue I used was the game itself. The other game was from a NZ studio so, after making some assumptions about gordon's taste in puzzles, I looked for long words in the Maori language and found the correct answer within one google search. With this sort of puzzle, once you have even an inkling of the correct answer then you're pretty much set.
The hard part really is just determining that first clue. Someone actually correctly guessed in the comments that the language was Welsh, but even without that it would have been possible to guess the language from the clue that Maid of Sker is a Welsh game. Even looking for long Welsh sentences still leads you to the correct one-word answer (though amusingly, long Welsh phrases does not).
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Hmm, that's arguable I guess. He did very mildly hint towards it, and I did know it was welsh because of that, but I still couldn't "easily" deduce the answer after that, google searches for "long welsh words" or even "welsh sentences" does not give a clear answer, you still have to sift through several websites and even doing that I can't see the answer amongst them. Now I realize google works differently for different regions so maybe it was easier for you, but I'd still argue it requires some luck with google. I mean eventually going through a bunch of websites with welsh sayings, sentences or whatever will lead you to the correct answer. So I suppose you are correct in that isn't completely un-logical or random, but neither is it very easy to deduce that way (especially if you didn't know the language). I still stand by my personal opinion that it's not a great puzzle though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I mean in the sense that it comes up on google a lot more than it realistically should. Its memetic status means that so long as you know it's Welsh, even tangential queries should land you on the right track. Try typing in Welsh plus some syllables that you recognize, for example: Welsh+gogogok. That line of googling should lead you to the right answer eventually.
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Well it's debatable if it is memetic, it certainly isn't something obscure but neither would I say it very well known either. Sure it shows up if you know enough information, but just knowing it's a Welsh word or saying isn't enough either. Typing in "welsh gogogok" does indeed leads me straight to the answer, but the problem I personally have with audio is that it leaves it open to interpretation what you're hearing. It may be obvious to you, but not to someone else. In all honesty I didn't spend too much time on this puzzle and probably would have gotten it, if I really wanted too. I wouldn't say it's the worst puzzle either, but the lack of proper hints makes it pretty obscure/difficult to deduce.
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Kind of a similar issue with that puzzle, he assumes you knows something. If you don't know it you can technically discover it yourself but you'll either have to get lucky or waste a good amount of time researching it. Basically each dot (on the shaft) has a color code (number) which you can find out with a photo editing program, each number corresponds with a letter (ASCII table), which forms a sentence (I'm assuming I didn't bother with that puzzle). From what I can tell you still have to do some more google/wiki research to finds the actual answer after that.
So, yeah this puzzle is easier in that it requires far less work and more google skills.
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