Da Boards code! (win a prize)

Hobbes

Its competition time again. Anyone whos been around for the other competitions will know the prize will be worth it.

Brief description.
Since the advent of google and other search technologies the ability to find stuff on the net is fairly easy. This is kind of a treasure hunt. Everything you need to find is on the net, but I have made it far from made it easy.

*** IMPORTANT ****
Please ensure you read the rules and understand them because if you mess up you may loose or be disqualified.


RULES
1. Rules are subject to change without notice. My ruling is final in the event of disputes.

2. You must have a valid boards account to enter. If you are banned your disqualified. Anyone who is not directly related to me is allowed enter.

3. Only one person will win (even if you use a team to solve it).

4. The hunt is six clues. You need to unlock each clue before you can move onto the next clue. Each clue will be a sequence of words. Each clue will get progressively harder.

5. When you believe you have unlocked the clue you have the following options to get a score. (Note: You can guess as many times as you like)
Declare it publically
(on this thread). If you are correct you get 2 points and the next clue is shown to everyone. If you get it wrong you loose no points from your current score.

Declare it privately.
You post on this thread that you have PM'ed me. The time will be based on the post on the thread, not the PM. YOU MUST Send the PM first. In the case of disputes where the PM was sent second it will be dismissed.

If you get it right you get 1 point + the next clue. If you get it wrong you get -1 point. After three people get it right or three days pass from the first correct PM the next clue is made public.

6. The first person to solve the last clue gets a bonus point (as I believe it is insanely hard) .

7. The person with the most points win. So its a game of tactics as well trying to solve the clues.

8. Once you have access to the clue you are free to give that clue to whoever you want, or post it on this thread. Posting fake clues on this thread will get you disqualified.

9. If you edit any post on this thread it is disqualified from the competition (so you can loose points). If you made a mistake just post again rather then edit. This is important!

10. If the clue is not being progressed after a few days then hints will be given. No timeframes as to when these hints will appear. You are free to post hints, etc on this thread to see if someone else may tip your hand to the clues.

11. Remember each clue requires some investigation on the net, so don't assume that the clue can be solved on its own.

== CLUE #1 ===
605 4432 57832 88 1337 8008

Answered: Numbers correspond to the Users ID on boards (Check URL in show profile of a user).

== CLUE #2 ===
Firstly, sincere apologies to *** who suffered my extreme drunken ways.
Been drinking at the boardsie beer, was *** *** up last night ?
He expressed total support for my stance on ***.
Now its mid *** crapness ah well wouldnt be fun if they were good all the time.
Was twice offered to go to Holland for *** Scientific

Answered: "all bard banged journals table Boston". Each line is a line from a persons blog on boards.ie.

=== Clue #3 ===

51435856/3 =
55/9 =
1136/4 =
54334/8 =
733833/7 =
223359/7 =

Answered: First number refers to Post ID. The second is the word position.
West Seeking Like business much Omega

== Clue #4 ==
http://img63.imageshack.us/my.php?image=funandgames4gt.jpg

Answered: Was a screenshot of a BBC news page. Overlayed the white spots say "waited to go stole system wave"

== Clue #5 ==

Ik2JW5jmheo:26:2
iViu-_FZpBk:45:2
go2mq3gs_3Y:16:1
gOqeAmXUARs:18:4
c9-46uvbDfI:31:2
ChNvRHdRumo:12:2

Answered: The first code is a video lookup code on www.youtube.com, the second part is the number of seconds in and the last number is the location of the word.

== Clue #6 ==

http://img383.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sanctispiritu2zn.png

The image is big so I recommend you save it to disk.

=== CURRENT SCORES ===
Royle = 4
Subway = 4
Tar.Aldarion = 4
RuggieBear = 3
RedShift = 2
tklemonade = 2
Sarge = 2
Karoma = 2
sico = 2

those above the only ones who can possibly win the prize. However others are still allowed to try guess it.

Other scores:
Goodshape = -1
Julip = 1
Gerrycollins = -1
jhegarty = -1

At this point the final question is worth three points. In the event there is no clear winner it will be based on who made it to the highest points first.

Gordon

(Hobbes' challenges FTW!)

BlitzKrieg

Hobbes challenges give me a bloody headache....i swear the 1337 is misleading on purpose.

Hobbes

This is one of the easy clues.

KdjaCL

Arghh just read - point rule

Ehh good man well done


kdjac

BlitzKrieg

then i'm too stupid for this competition me thinks.

Tar.Aldarion

Damn that leet boob, so misleading.

Hobbes

It just requires a bit of lateral thinking. This is the most easy clue which means the answer is closer then you think.

Just to add to it.. this early in the game it may help if you confer with people.

Ruu_Old

To the meeting room everyone!

Royale

ok people any idead, google is only throwing up the census, is it converting numbers to letters?

lostexpectation

i thougth to was keypad-text numbers but that don't work

Royale

its not a web address

Crucifix

Converting to hex didn't shed any light.

Tar.Aldarion

Let's convert it to more things!

Royale

What kind of net-tools are ye using?

Crucifix

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Let's convert it to more things!

Wheee!

Tar.Aldarion

Royale wrote:

What kind of net-tools are ye using?

My mind.

Wheee!

lostexpectation

well the numbers arn't split up in to word no word is 88, two the same letters if it that simple?

Blowfish

k, well they aren't all in urban dictionary

Royale

are they area codes?

carpothepunk

1337 8008...

OmG T3h FiRsT cLuE Is Le RaCk!OmGlOlz

besty

This is all too cryptic for my liking.

Vokes

Well, they don't return anything as co-ordinates in Google Earth obviously, unless theyre supposed to be changed around in someway.

lostexpectation

the numbers they're cursed

*curses hobbes*

RuggieBear

hmm...interesting

KdjaCL

SofaKing wrote:

Well, they don't return anything as co-ordinates in Google Earth obviously, unless theyre supposed to be changed around in someway.

Without leet boob its japan. Thread numbers people thread numbers.



kdjac

Hobbes

I should point out if you think you have guessed correctly you should post the results you got, otherwise someone else can get there before you.

KdjaCL

Hobbes wrote:

I should point out if you think you have guessed correctly you should post the results you got, otherwise someone else can get there before you.

Then we get - minus points HUZZAH tricksy little Hobbes



^ pun wasnt intended kinda just came together.


:d


kdjac

Hobbes

You don't get minus points if you post it publically, only if you PM me the answer and its wrong.

Tar.Aldarion

If you get it wrong you get 0 points.

So we can only guess once?

Call Me Jimmy

The Mona Lisa

Hobbes

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

So we can only guess once?

erk. I will reword it. You can keep guessing publically without any loss to your score. The loss of score for PM'ing is partly to stop people spamming me and also that it gives people a headstart.

subway

is it just a random sequence of words or is it supposed to make a sentence?

Hobbes

subway wrote:

is it just a random sequence of words or is it supposed to make a sentence?

For all clues it will always be a random sequence of words.

subway

so its impossible to know if im on the right track as the answer wont become clear as i progress?

Hobbes

subway wrote:

so its impossible to know if im on the right track as the answer wont become clear as i progress?

Well you have two options. If you think you have the right answer you can post it publically without risk of loosing score. If your right the next clue opens up to everyone (you still get +1). You are free to guess as many times as you like, but I recommend you ensure that your guess follows the pattern of the clue.

Its only if your confident with the answer you can PM me.

Tar.Aldarion

I tried assigning some letters to the numbers, alphabet style etc, doesn't work.

Royale

there i sprob no answer, like those riddles where the answer is "no"

Vokes

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I tried assigning some letters to the numbers, alphabet style etc, doesn't work.

Which letters did you assign to which numbers?

Goodshape

PM sent to hobbes.

Tar.Aldarion

SofaKing wrote:

Which letters did you assign to which numbers?

Tried four or five things in notepad, didn't work. Maybe it will with the right method.

subway

Hobbes wrote:

I recommend you ensure that your guess follows the pattern of the clue.

Its only if your confident with the answer you can PM me.

if its random then how can there be a pattern?
i cant be confident of an answer, again, as its random

there is about 50 ways to assign the numbers just off the top of my head and i dont really want to post over and over with different ideas.

Merrick

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I tried assigning some letters to the numbers, alphabet style etc, doesn't work.

He said you need the net to do this, so frequency analysis probably isn't going to work.

Tar.Aldarion

subway wrote:

if its random then how can there be a pattern?
i cant be confident of an answer, again, as its random

there is about 50 ways to assign the numbers just off the top of my head and i dont really want to post over and over with different ideas.

Put all your guesses in one post.

He said you need the net to do this, so frequency analysis probably isn't going to work.

Hmm...

Hobbes

Goodshape wrote:

PM sent to hobbes.

-1 score for Goodshape.

It will be a sequence of words people, I have already given some hints and at least 2 users are on the right track.

And to repeat again, all clues require looking on the net. They are not solvable on thier own.

Goodshape

\o/


(stupid code)

Tar.Aldarion

Japan leet boob? lol

20 Times 20 Times

Is it a electronic component ?

Pocari Sweat

ARS

The agricultural research service seem to be coming up with most of these numbers, with sensing laboratories in countries using these figures such as france and cambodia etc.

Maybe a sequence of 6 countries including france, cambodia etc.

lostexpectation

it must be either hex like or keypad text

Tar.Aldarion

I'm thinking census right now.