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 		Over the Hedge Puzzle Trail by Dave Szulborski!
Hedge Games!

Found from the Chasing the Wish Comic link by Enaxor!
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PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 12:23 am
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 		Addicting!!!!!
Kind of like playing JMX but with a little more frustration (and you don't have to go in order).

There is a forum for posting the puzzles and hopefully folks will help eachother like we do here in unfiction.
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 		Hard! Casual visitors beware...
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 		Dave and Dale are both letting us "bandwidth challenged" players down.
I get a "puzzle load timed out" on about 80% of the puzzles. Even on the smaller ones. They get almost done (within a couple of seconds, according to the dialog) and then display the message. The ones that did load were pretty good, though.
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konamouse
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 		The forums (The Forest) are slow to load also. There is one puzzle that never loads for me; Hammy runs across the hedge but nothing appears and I have to reload and re-login.

A couple of the puzzles have bugs - they may not accept the correct answer, or they may not even offer you the chance to input after running the video clip. Messages have been left in the The Forest for the moderators/PMs.

Some of these are "what the heck?". Some are simple trivia (easy enough to google). Some are code to break. Some are anagrams or vig. And I even recognized a coded message that was similar to one we had in Urban Hunt (that was a sweet moment, when that "ah hah!" hit me).
Some of them are just luck - (the Shell game, and the Leaf, Stone, Rain game). But it is an interesting challenge and helping me relearn some decoding I picked up during CTW and JMX.

And it's something to do while waiting for CTW2.

Thanks Dave!
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konamouse
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 		Anyone familiar with this tower (seen in the background)?
Ozzie World Tour#3.doc
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PostPosted: Sun May 07, 2006 3:41 pm
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 		Here is picture #4. Sorry I can' t put it in here, it's a bmp file but I don't have a host site.

Thanks Cather for posting the relavent picture, I'll remove this word file.

It's not The Hague, Louvre (didn't try The Louvre - but there are no trees nearby to account for the branches).
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konamouse wrote:
Here is picture #4. Sorry I can' t put it in here, it's a bmp file but I don't have a host site.

I have the relevant corner as a .jpg attachment
ozzy_house.jpg
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ozzy_house.jpg
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 		This is an IM message between 4 different people

Code:
Stella: laidp
Vern: ovrcw
Hammy: hrq
Ozzie: sudzckgdzi


Any thoughts?

[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Use Vigenere with the writer's name as the key.


Here's another one:

Code:
D.
Been burning the candle at both ends and I see it when I look in the mirror.
pmfgwfvjaymincomsbharyy
G.


[SOLVED]
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Another vigenere, the key is just the alphabet, but you have to start "in the middle" which is where you get to after "burning the candle at both ends". Kinda weak clue - and the mirror part didn't make sense.

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 		Heather's password in a picture folder marked TOP SECRET.

Code:
3r2613           March 5, 2006
1i15             March 1, 2006
1a16             March 1, 2006
2b1114           March 1, 2006
1v7              March 1, 2006
3e358            March 1, 2006
1p1              March 1, 2006
2s49             March 1, 2006
2u1012           March 1, 2006


[SOLVED]
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Ignore the dates. The number on the left = how many numbers are represented on the right. The numbers on the right represent the placement of the letter. So 3e358 = e at the 3rd, 5th and 8th location out of 16 total letters used.


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Another coded message to solve:

Code:
-start at the tee
-go south then east
-east, then north, then east again
-west until you see a queue, then make two quick lefts
-south to the intersection then east
-head northeast to the tee and then go due east until you find a circle
-go west and then west again
-back east, south, and east again
-head due west until you see an s curve – you'll know you went too far and need to go back east just a bit
-go southeast a little bit then due east twice as far
-northwest to a tee and then left about the same distance
-go back to the tee
-go south then east
-just a bit north is a fork in the road; find it and go left, traveling three times as far as the fork was when you started
-it's a nice place, stay there go back to that fork in the road (it's due east) and then head southeast, stopping before you come to an empty space
-go due west and look for an X, make a hard right back northeast and you are there!

P. Phoxx


[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Use the keyboard


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Still not solved:

P. Phoxx's hard drive.
Video clips.
Secret message.

Code:
agtuu.mov      1:11
cwsoto.mov     0:24
riepsx.mov     1:15
bcbrre.mov     0:58
xdyl.mov       0:28
aznnd.mov      0:35

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PostPosted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:25 pm
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 		Heather & Hammy are going on tour. Secret message in the tour schedule.

Code:
#1: Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
#2: New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa
#3: New Mexico, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas
#4: New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska
#5: New Mexico, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas
#6: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri
#7: Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
West Virginia, Virgina, North Carolina, Tennessee
#8 New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa
#9: Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas


[SOLVED]
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Use a map of the use, put a dot in the center of the states, connect the dots, look at some really bad handwriting and decipher.


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Code:
G.

2 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0

15+5-11+3+9-16+6+8+6-19-5+3+4-5+21+2-10-6+4+4-1-4+10-16-5+20

D.


Interestingly, there are 26 numbers in both strings.

[SOLVED]
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The first line represents letter frequency, i.e. there are 2 A's, 3 D's, etc.
The second line represents where those letters go on a phrase that is 26 letters long. The first A is space 15, the second A is 15+5, so it's at space 20, the first D is at 20-11, so it's at space 9, etc. Clever.

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konamouse wrote:


Another coded message to solve:

Code:
start at the tee

go south then east

east, then north, then east again

west until you see a queue, then make two quick lefts

south to the intersection then east

head northeast to the tee and then go due east until you find a circle

go west and then west again

back east, south, and east again

head due west until you see an s curve – you'll know you went too far and need to go back east just a bit

go southeast a little bit then due east twice as far

northwest to a tee and then left about the same distance

go back to the tee

go south then east

just a bit north is a fork in the road; find it and go left, traveling three times as far as the fork was when you started

it's a nice place, stay there go back to that fork in the road (it's due east) and then head southeast, stopping before you come to an empty space

go due west and look for an X, make a hard right back northeast and you are there!

P. Phoxx


This one looks like you need to use the keyboard. I haven't tried to work it out yet though.
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 		"Start at the tee" using a keyboard - that sounds promising. I'll try it.

Edited to add: YUP!! Thanks enaxor!
-----------------

Meanwhile, here is one that is suppose to be hard.
It seems each group of four characters = 1 letter.

Code:
Verne, Hammy, Ozzie, Stella
Ozzie, Hammy, Stella, Verne
Ozzie, Verne, Stella, Hammy
Hammy, Stella, Ozzie, Verne

Verne, Hammy, Ozzie, Stella
Stella, Verne, Hammy, Ozzie

Stella, Hammy, Ozzie, Verne
Hammy, Ozzie, Stella, Verne
Stella, Verne, Ozzie, Hammy
Ozzie, Hammy, Stella, Verne
Hammy, Verne, Ozzie, Stella


What is the message?

[SOLVED] - posted further down the thread.

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RJ, I have an important message for you, but I sent it in code for no good reason. Yes I know it would have been far simpler just to send it… but they are watching… WATCHING, DO YOU HEAR!!!! I see eyes everywhere, even right in front of me! Of course I'm looking in a mirror but that's beside the point. Can you decode my message before I have a complete nervous breakdown?

With fondness and affection,

P. Phoxx

Code:
1-5 2-6 1-3   2-6 1-7 3-7 2-1 3-6 2-2   1-2 2-1 3-6 1-5

1-5 2-6 1-3   1-2 2-6 1-9 2-9 1-3   2-4 1-9 1-4 1-3 2-2 1-5


This one looks like a grid code, 3 x 9, but that didn't seem to work for me.

[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Yes, it was a grid of 3 x 9, but you use the keyboard again. Nice!


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I know I should recognize this, but I don't. Do any of you?

Quote:
5N5 0F3 1S9 1O5 8O6 7G13 8W8 7K4 1T5 10A24 1T15 0L10


This is the "Letter in the Center" puzzle.
[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Initial spec to add or subtract from the letter in the center were correct. That is the rule. But there is no pattern to it. Include the letter itself and see which combination of add or subtract works to create words that make sense, even if the sentence structure doesn't.

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Code:
0010001100001000010000100
0111100001000100010000100
0011001001000100010001111
0011001001000100010001111


Too long for binary, but sure looks like it. Should yield 4 numbers.
[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Fiendishly clever. Take each line, divide into group of 5, then grid and what do you see?
00100
01100
00100
00100
00100


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Here's another number code:

Quote:
Here is the password code, in "animal math" 437442301507


(we think "animal code" and lack of 8 and 9 means octal).
[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Yup, octal. Just find a Base8 to Base10 converter and then the answer was just the number. We kept trying to conver that thing to letters but we didn't need to.


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What is the message hidden inside this series of numbers?

Code:
13 254 67 886 962 342 1357
9 323 1 4 935 7 1 3147
684 222 431 17 359


[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The clue was the title of the puzzle, "Oddly Even". Hint: Try naming the numbers Odd or Even. Then recall a code that is made up of only 2 possible inputs.


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I have a string of letters:

Quote:
ICETHPAHRSEHRTGEERSTEDSUH


that should spell out a message that is something Ozzie Opossum hopes to earn with this performance (probably has something to do with his daughter, Heather, who is always embarressed by her dad's overacting).

[SOLVED]
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It was an anagram.

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Quote:
Gladys,
You may think that I am paranoid but I'm pretty convinced that a turtle has been reading my email. I've decided to start encoding the messages we send back and forth. The code I used here is made from my name, if you know what I mean and can figure out how that adds up.

Code:
XEFSFFTPJMHMIEFCUJEOFNIWPXTSVTTB

Dwayne.


[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
DWAYNE was used as the key to create the vigenere result.

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This one is called "Put it Together". I'm thinking that two lines get joined?

Quote:
featu_re_ade_i_mic_an_drs_sec_ekrr_fig_abcd_ecca
qc__baajnbaheiej_idddnaa_i_ilwad_by_oe__aoasjcj_
fm_bbh_m_sra_ai_cad_it_ea_dmaa_disc
h_abceaa_cb_dd__r_njd__ijme_c_qa___b



[SOLVED]
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Yup, change the letters to their corresponding numbers, put the first two lines together, change the resulting number back to a letter. The spaces = 0.

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It's a Date

Code:
         Calendar
Aug. 6th          Oct 4
10/1             March 4
Sept 4           April 4
Jan 2            Oct 1 st
7/3              Jan 4
April 5th          9/1
1/7
2/1
6/2
12/8


[SOLVED]
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The number represents the location of the letter found in the name of the month.

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