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Chris-UK
03-12-2006, 09:08 PM
CONTEST CLOSED


After spending most of the afternoon trying to work out Hix's puzzle with absolutely no success, I decided to try my hand at something similar

250 geos to the person who can pm me the answer to this....
Chris-UK
03-13-2006, 11:41 AM
Ok first clue.....

You need to think outside the box..... The emperor and Conn Iggulden
Games Master
03-13-2006, 11:49 AM
Games Master Matches 250 Geos!!!

;bunny ;bunny ;bunny ;bounce :cheer :cheer :cheer

Games Master
Chris-UK
03-13-2006, 11:51 AM
Nice one GM......c'mon people...its simple!
Splurge
03-13-2006, 12:41 PM
Is the answer a number? If you use the conversion to numbers from binary...

0101010101

1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128

therefore 0101010101 = 170

Something like that... If so i have the answer...
Chris-UK
03-13-2006, 12:48 PM
No, the answer is not a number.... The emperor and Conn Iggulden
Splurge
03-13-2006, 12:52 PM
No, the answer is not a number.

Well then i'm out i guess. I had a program that converted it for me :o
Chris-UK
03-13-2006, 12:55 PM
Keep going...don't give up that easily! lol
Shadownation
03-13-2006, 03:53 PM
According to my binary skills the awnser is: Iukeolew
Ct.ruobh
AlîÒÎîÊÂ�ÞÐÎÐæÐè¤Ñ�½Ñ�¥�4)UÝȱ�±¹´4)9��ѽ½�¤4) ±Ù¡±Ì¸ü4
:growse
Chris-UK
03-13-2006, 03:54 PM
Nope......there is more than 1 stage to this puzzle
Shadownation
03-13-2006, 03:57 PM
:'( This is ridiculously hard.
xtreme
03-13-2006, 04:10 PM
I found it!
Did I win, Chris ?
johnny
03-13-2006, 04:10 PM
yeah? than show us please ...
Chris-UK
03-13-2006, 04:17 PM
We have a winner!!!!!

Congrats to xtreme....

The answer was a nose....

If you convert the binary correctly, you are left with:

Iukeolew
Ct.ruobh
Anwigwea
Nohghsht
Rteotcia
Uwr,flnm
Naetoodi
Blvhls.?

There are 64 characters, lined up in 8x8 rows

read down the columns from left to right you get:

I can run but not walk.Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

The answer of course, is a nose

500 geos on the way to xtreme

The clue about The emperor and Conn Iggulden was a reference to Julius Caeser, who made the above cypher and called it "Caesars Box"


Now go listen to some good music and click the thread below...(musical pimp at work)
johnny
03-13-2006, 04:24 PM
and you call this nice and simple...oh my god
i don't wanna see your hard ones
Shadownation
03-13-2006, 04:25 PM
Wait how do you get from
Iukeolew
Ct.ruobh
Anwigwea
Nohghsht
Rteotcia
Uwr,flnm
Naetoodi
Blvhls.?

To your little riddle in English?
Chris-UK
03-13-2006, 04:26 PM
Read down the first column, then the second, then the third....etc....

Draw a grid 8 x 8 squares and input the letters row by row, it makes it easier to read down the columns!
xtreme
03-13-2006, 04:29 PM
Well now I got the geos:

The binary
01001001011101010110101101100101011011110110110001 10010101110111000011010000101001000011011101000010 11100111001001110101011011110110001001101000000011 01000010100100000101101110011101110110100101100111 01110111011001010110000100001101000010100100111001 10111101101000011001110110100001110011011010000111 01000000110100001010010100100111010001100101011011 11011101000110001101101001011000010000110100001010 01010101011101110111001000101100011001100110110001 10111001101101000011010000101001001110011000010110 01010111010001101111011011110110010001101001000011 01000010100100001001101100011101100110100001101100 0111001100101110001111110000110100001010

Translates into
Iukeolew
Ct.ruobh
Anwigwea
Nohghsht
Rteotcia
Uwr,flnm
Naetoodi
Blvhls.?

If you read from up to down, you read
A can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind.

And that would be a nose...