#1 I know some of the other questions are similar, but don't try to find a connection to Q8.
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#2 If you can solve Q8 by just looking at it and noticing a pattern, you probably are some kind of mathematical savant. So... Looks like you are not?... you'll need to stumble upon it by chance (but your chances are not that bad!)
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#3 Once you know what to do, the last number really is all you need to get the next. The first four numbers are not involved in getting the sixth, they are just there so you have more to play and test.
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Ok, if there is still someone around who could resist just googling it ... here's the next hint (would have given this a little earlier, but it was a exciting day for this poor puzzle)
#4 On most scientific calculators (including the Windows one), you can solve Q8 with 5 button presses.
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#5 The first 4 of those button presses are 5, 4, 1 and 9
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I got one, I got one...woohoo! :|
Q6 down, 7 more to go......................
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Wait ... you got Q6 first? ... I think there are some who will hate you for that :D
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that's one of the first places my head goes...I have to think harder about the other sequences
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Why do you hit me? :_(
I was just saying that you are going to be the first solver
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I have been stuck at q6 for 30 mins and need to vent on somebody :P
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Is it weird that I'm stuck on Q2? 「(°ヘ°) and Q8 of course
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A little. And you may hate me when you get it. But I'm pretty sure you know that one from school :P
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I asked Dr. Google, he told me what it was ^^
now I feel stupid - I actually wrote a whole page's worth of that in school when I was bored -.-
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"finally" ... I can't stop laughing ... that is so ... sassy :D
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now I'm even more confused...
congrats on being a genius, then?
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I wish, sorry :'( I didn't solve it the way mandrill intended ^^
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Like what? No way....just...what?
Stuck on Q8 for days, a SexyBudgie comes along... cries
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I assume you already saw the hints from the other puzzle that I never made it to, and they still didn't help on Q8. That doesn't make me very optimistic. The only one I actually solved by analysis was Q6, and that was pretty easy for me.
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Had a quick look, Q6 and Q8 left... But I really should be in bed anyway, maybe I'll find some inspiration tomorrow
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Solved, have a bump! Got lucky with Q8, and spend too much time on Q6...
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Lucky you, I'm missing only Q8. Can't make sense of it x_x
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Oh great. I suffer for 5 days trying to get Q8 right, the puzzle goes public and it already has 3 solvers. Makes me feel dum-du-du-du-dumb.
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You and me both.
Numbers, ugh :P
Maybe he's giving out secret hints to deflate our egos ? :P
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And don't even get me started on your puzzle 'cause I'm stuck there too. I just saw you posted hints, let me give it another go.
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Hmmph...I'm doing better with the numbers than the rhymes. :P
At least you guys got to this puzzle prior to him making it public, unlike somemost of us!
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You got 8 and were stuck at 6? Uggghhh...how did you people learn to see this stuff?! I've picked 8 apart a million ways and I can't find a pattern for the life of me. :|
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Guess I was just lucky having the right idea after google failed me :).
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Spent days trying to figure it out with no luck. It goes public, and bam, only takes 10 minutes to solve >__<
Bump for solved
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GAH! Are you taking lessons from mecorx? I seriously need some extra time on my day to put up my difficult puzzles and make all you all weep in despair :-p
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+1
Oh, wait, I actually have all the games :-D
Still wanna know the solution though...
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This puzzle looks pretty fun. Will give it a go later when I have more time. Looks like it's gonna take a lot of work.
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And Q8 left too. :p
Only got Q1,Q2 and Q8 on the first puzzle, this one is easier :3
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And I was so excited when I saw you added hints...I had already guessed all of those things about it, but apparently I'm just not stumbling upon anything useful.
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Yeah sorry, better hints will come ... but I try not to give this away too easily, so it's really only small hints ... next one tomorrow, we'll see if it helps :)
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crosses fingers
I hope it's obvious from all of my posts that I really enjoy these puzzles, and don't mind that they're ridiculously hard most of the time...I may get frustrated, but it's all good fun. I do appreciate progressive hints so I eventually get the satisfaction (and usually slap across the head) of solving it.
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I showed this to a colleague of mine at work... Excellent nerd sniping
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:D Yeah that's what the puzzles around here do to me, too ... I hope no one gets hurt
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I can do it!!!!!!(only 8 left)
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Ok wow ... someone went to puzzling.stackexchange with this. Q8 is now unsolveable and giveaways have been deleted. Nice work, shithead.
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That sucks :-/. I really liked your puzzle, and I also was stuck on the last question.
Looking at the solution it doesn't look like I could solve it though, at least not without another hint.
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Yeah well there would have been more hints, but someone just couldn't wait :( spoilt it for everybody else ... oh well, can't do anything about it
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i´m sorry for that, but could you please explain (i´m new here^^). stackexchange is an other side than the riddle, right? how can it make it unsolvable and even delete the gas? O.o
and to your question: yes, i´m still interested^^ got q3 and 7. q1 looks weird. so feel free to post hints^^
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Oh ... no I deleted the GAs and made the puzzle unsolveable (and then solveable again) ... because someone cheated. Didn't solve it himself and made the solution easily googleable for others.
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Wow, that sucks. Destroying a puzzle just because you can't wait for hints....Well in the end I still had lot of fun solving it
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Yesterday they weren't googlable. Blame google! Heh.
I do wish it to solve in a conventional way, so I'm still on the puzzle.
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Oh, that sucks. By the way, now that it's over, let me say that your hint #3 made Q8 a matter of about 15 seconds. I was expecting something more fiendish. ;-)
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If someone still wants to try this for fun, the ITH is now solveable again ... but no more rewards there, sorry. Just try to not spoil it for yourself, you know what to avoid. I'll be happy to provide more daily hints (but only if anyone is interested at all).
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Oh bummer, I had looked it up on that site before I read this. Way to ruin the fun... Sorry for that. It was not what I had in mind though. I was going on a completely different path. :P
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Too bad someone ruined it for everyone else. I'm not trying to solve the puzzle (as you know I already have the games I otherwise would have entered for), but I'm very interested in finding out how to solve the last one, so I'm up for the daily hints.
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Sorry to hear that :/ 10yo assholes everywhere spoiling the fun... T_T
Hints pointed me to another kind of non-mathematical methods.
Now it will remain as an unsolved puzzle for me >_<
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Identity was found and reported. Although I doubt he will be banned for that ... but I feel better now :)
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That is really lame that someone would stoop that low. Glad you were able to find who did it though.
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Aww, crap. Yeah, I'd still prefer to go the hint route rather than just lookup the answer.
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Wow, it definitely seems that some people here are not even able to have some fun! That's so sad to see things like this happen!! :(
I'm very sorry for that. I really hope to see a mandrill puzzle #3 in the future! :D
Unfortunately, I couldn't resist temptation and I saw the answer. I was totally on the wrong path! :\
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That's too bad, there always will be someone who has to cheat and spoil it for everyone else!
I was trying some things about Q8 yesterday, but sadly got nowhere.
Hope this won't stop you from making other puzzles!
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wow, that's too bad that someone would just go out and spoil it for everyone ... that said, I checked the answer and although your hint nudged me into the right direction, I had no idea that was a thing. I highly doubt I would've solved this (even if the name of this had come in google, I probably just would've dismissed it)
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Ok, so ... this puzzle originally was hidden as the second step behind my "easy" puzzle. (I honestly thought that one would be easy -- well, perhaps it was, but apparently finding it was not? or not worth your time? you snobs. :P) I had hoped more people would get to that second puzzle, but ... yeah.
So anyways, since the first one is now over and the second one still has
a week5 days of life left ... here it is! There is no solver yet -- some have solved Q1-7, but so far Q8 has successfully held them back.I have already given some hints, and I will repeat them here (starting tomorrow). But for now, the ones who already found it still have a small lead.
Usual rules apply. Don't share any solutions, blah blah.
Giveaways: UnEpic, Hammerwatch, Bioshock Infinite; level 2+.
End time: Sep 28, 19:00 CEST
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