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SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
China685 Posts
November 14 2009 03:41 GMT
#1
Me and my friends are stumped on this one puzzle and the rules state that we can get outside help. Anyone want to bite?

https://www.collegepuzzlechallenge.com/Puzzles/01e799f7-2cd7-4d97-accf-0609871e04a5/' Marks the Spot.pdf

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What does the scouter say about his macro level? It's Over 9000 minerals!
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-14 03:44:31
November 14 2009 03:44 GMT
#2
Um... what is the goal of the 'puzzle'?

edit: also what is this that you and your friends are doing?
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
huameng
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1133 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-14 03:44:43
November 14 2009 03:44 GMT
#3
They'll tell you tomorrow before the event starts.

micronesia: the answer is a word or short phrase. That's pretty much all the info we're given.
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iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
November 14 2009 03:55 GMT
#4
you are back eh hehe
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
November 14 2009 03:57 GMT
#5
hey siegetanksandbluegoo is back n' bloggin
| MLIA | the weather sucks dick here
SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
China685 Posts
November 14 2009 04:03 GMT
#6
It's like a pre-puzzle series for a bunch of college students.
What does the scouter say about his macro level? It's Over 9000 minerals!
numLoCK
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada1416 Posts
November 14 2009 04:03 GMT
#7
So, what are your thoughts on this so far?
Insane
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States4991 Posts
November 14 2009 04:15 GMT
#8
I can't help you with it since I helped beta test it. I hope you have fun though and good luck!
SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
China685 Posts
November 14 2009 04:28 GMT
#9
I'm thinking it's an xor cipher.
What does the scouter say about his macro level? It's Over 9000 minerals!
Hamster1800
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States175 Posts
November 14 2009 04:45 GMT
#10
The ' is obviously the letter 'X' and that makes the numbers hexadecimal. Converting to decimal gives the numbers 51, 0, 2, 13, 23. The last three are the indices of the letters BMW, but I don't know what the 51 is about. I suppose 0x33 could also be interpretted as CC? but that seems pretty unlikely.

Some things would be helpful: how useful is the flavor text supposed to be? Is the video of anything important (nothing obvious jumps out at me).
D is for Diamond, E is for Everything Else
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
November 14 2009 04:49 GMT
#11
i dont get it lol

whats those set of numbers at the bottom? i thought maybe it was the words spoken or something at the times in the video shown, but they dont even say anything there lol.

and the ' e'tension -> extneions? but doesnt fit before 'or cuz wtf is xor.

and whats "No matter how far things get behind schedule people still find time to procrastinate." at the top for?
Graphicssavior[gm] : What is a “yawn” rape ;; Masumune - It was the year of the pig for those fucking defilers. Chill - A clinic you say? okum: SC without Korean yelling is like porn without sex. konamix: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
November 14 2009 04:50 GMT
#12
oh wow xor cipher lol, interesting. good luck with this!
Graphicssavior[gm] : What is a “yawn” rape ;; Masumune - It was the year of the pig for those fucking defilers. Chill - A clinic you say? okum: SC without Korean yelling is like porn without sex. konamix: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!
SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
China685 Posts
November 14 2009 04:59 GMT
#13
never mind we got it.
What does the scouter say about his macro level? It's Over 9000 minerals!
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21550 Posts
November 14 2009 05:02 GMT
#14
Yay.
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artofmagic
Profile Blog Joined March 2005
United States1951 Posts
November 14 2009 05:15 GMT
#15
this one seems easy. the e'tension gives you clue that you should replace all the ' with the character x. which reveal that the secret message is actually in hex.
evolve or die
numLoCK
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada1416 Posts
November 14 2009 05:20 GMT
#16
Explain, I'm curious about the answer now lol.
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
November 14 2009 05:40 GMT
#17
Are you preparing for the College Puzzle Challenge happening (today)?
Because I'm in it too =)
I don't want to reveal my team name (in case we do really bad and epic fail) but I can tell you I'm in University of Toronto.

Best of luck!
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huameng
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1133 Posts
November 14 2009 14:17 GMT
#18
On November 14 2009 14:40 OpticalShot wrote:
Are you preparing for the College Puzzle Challenge happening (today)?
Because I'm in it too =)
I don't want to reveal my team name (in case we do really bad and epic fail) but I can tell you I'm in University of Toronto.

Best of luck!


Are you guys team starcraft? :D
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OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
November 15 2009 03:52 GMT
#19
I can't solve the fucking Pop Quiz!!!
I'm in team Recursion: See Recursion. (Currently rank ~190)
=(
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huameng
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1133 Posts
November 15 2009 04:57 GMT
#20
We failed really badly. Rank 300 or so D:
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