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[39C] The 39 Clues

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Gilbo
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Abraham Lincoln

We know that Abraham Lincoln

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is an Ekaterina (see Card #64).

Did you know that he married a Todd? His wife was Mary Todd....

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:20 am

TheRealPip
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Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 61

the next clue....

Quote:

but now it says "Urgent. Visit My Clues and click on the glowing box to pick up Benjamin Franklin's clue".

From other people I have spoken to, and data I have seen on the internet, I believe the "glowing box" isn't the icon on the "clue page". It might be, but I have a feeling that that small window in the bottom left of the "clue" and "card" pages (that doesn't seem to be working right now) is how you pick up new clues and maybe combine cards. Hopfully when this bug is fixed we will find out. I have contacted 39 Clues help about this, and provided them some very specific technical data around the problem. Hopfully this will help them resolve it ASAP.

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My surveillance camera codes are 22FC46MJX2 and 237DRWJJX2... use them and pass them on!

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:20 am

Maggie
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thebruce wrote:

Well sure, for practical purposes, activated/unactivated won't matter once the game's done, but it's still a significant difference for a collector, for whom practicality didn't matter in the first place. There'd still be a difference Smile

And (I think your comment indicated you knew this) the SASE only gets you codes, not cards, so it's not about unactivated codes as much as it is the cards that hold them.

Interestingly, anyone holding a full unactivated set might hvae to protect it, as there may be some out there wanting to devalue those sets by finding even just one code in that full set and activating one card so it's no longer an unactivated set. (well, actually that wouldn't be a problem once the activation method is no longer around, so that's moot).
heh, it's like a little collector's minigame as long as the game's running Razz

There is a way of figuring out the code. The last 2nd last letter tells you if it Common (C), Uncommon (D), Rare & Ultra-Rare (F), Super-Common (DM-DW). The last letter or number tells you the order the card came in (e.g. all Maria Marapao have C2 at the end, Ophir has C3). The rest of the code is random.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:59 am

Maggie
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Re: heyza

Anonymous wrote:

the thing is is that i dont have any cards to swap so im just going to buy cards from like stores or on internet im just asking if anyone nos a good place to buy some individually cause i dont have any to swap

if i dont find i good place that sells em individually online then ill just buy like 2 packs and any extras ill swap but first i need to look around a bit

Welcome Guest,

As Gilbo said, he swapped with me. I am selling on ebay under bryancollectible. None of the codes I have are used. My guarantee. I e-mail the codes out before they even leave my house. Not satisfied, I will refund your money.

Tyty 2001: I can help you with: 25 26 30 31 40 42 49 58 and 65.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:11 am

PC Tex Ripley
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Maggie wrote:

hmm, I think you need a bigger sample before you can make such a sweeping statement. I have both commons and rares with (D) uncommons with (F).

Tex...

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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:24 am

cengiz01
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Card Trades

Hello

I need cards 14, 47, 51, 60 and 62

I have 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 that I would trade.

If you want to trade email me at chicago.cineaste at gmail dot com

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:51 am

Maggie
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PC Tex Ripley wrote:

Maggie wrote:

hmm, I think you need a bigger sample before you can make such a sweeping statement. I have both commons and rares with (D) uncommons with (F).

Tex...

I think I did go too general, but I was on the right track. Each card has the last 2 digits common. Here is the order:
from left to right:
Card Code [last 2 digits];
Branch [J=Janus, E=Ekatrina, T=Tomas, L=Lucian, CA=Cahill, NA=Not Applicable];
Rarity[C=Common, R=Rare, UC=Uncommon, SC=Super-Common, UR=Ultra Rare];
Card Number; and
Name

C2 J C 7 Maria Marapao
C3 J C 8 Ophir Dhupam
C4 J C 11 Hidden Notes
C6 J C 12 Taj Mahal
C7 J C 13 Frankenstein
C9 J C 15 Telegram
CC E C 24 Lilya Chernova
CD E C 26 Marie Curie
CF E C 27 Loch Ness
CG E C 28 CERN
CH E C 29 Bermuda Triangle
CJ E C 30 The Hyponist
CK L C 39 Gordon Klose
CM L C 40 Alana Flores
CN L C 43 Bletchley Park
CP L C 44 Salem Witches
CR L C 45 Listening Device
CT L C 46 Poison Ring
CW T C 50 Heinrich Heinrichson
CX T C 52 Annie Oakley
D2 T C 53 Alcatraz
D3 T C 54 The Northern Race
D4 T C 55 The Golden Fleece
D6 T C 56 The Ghurkas
D7 CA C 59 Young Grace
D9 CA C 66 Blackberry

DC J R 16 Eagle Eye
DD E R 32 Mechanical Sense
DF L R 48 Magic Box
DG T R 58 Navigation Sense
DH CA R 63 Ghost Ship
DJ CA R 64 Mt. Rushmore
DK CA R 65 Grimm Tales
DM CA R 68 Grace's Hideaway

DN NA SC 69 Money 1
DP NA SC 70 Money 2
DR NA SC 71 Money 3
DT NA SC 72 Prestige
DW NA SC 73 Card Replicator

F2 CA UR 60 X-Ray

F3 J UC 9 Harry Houdini
F4 J UC 10 Flying Ace
F6 J UC 14 Imposters
F7 E UC 23 Victor Wood
F9 E UC 25 Astronomer Royal
FC E UC 31 HALO
FD L UC 41 Ace of Spies (My guess as I don't have a physical card)
FF L UC 42 Ching Shih
FG L UC 47 Snake Charmer
FH T UC 49 Paul Addison
FJ T UC 51 Gertrude Ederle
FK T UC 57 Parkour
FM CA UC 61 Carnival
FN CA UC 62 Klose's Notes
FP CA UC 67 NY Subway

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:51 pm

Gilbo
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Maggie wrote:

PC Tex Ripley wrote:

Maggie wrote:

hmm, I think you need a bigger sample before you can make such a sweeping statement. I have both commons and rares with (D) uncommons with (F).

Tex...

Note that there is no card code ending in 0, 1, 5, O, I, S (too easily mixed up). That means the final number sequence is: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Also note that the first number is always a 4 for regular cards.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:43 pm

Gilbo
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Gilbo wrote:

Opps. No B/8 either. So card sequence is: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, A, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:44 pm

TheRealPip
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Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 61

3??

Quote:

Also note that the first number is always a 4 for regular cards

Actually most if not all of mine start with 3. The only exceptions I see are the ones that came with the book (start with 2) and the 400+ cards (that are all G69?????MT).

My guess (because this is how I would do it) is that there is a 2 character identifier in the code that identifies the card (they are at the end), a "valid" and unique code (probably 7 of the remaining characters), and a check digit. This way you don't have to keep a big database of codes, you can just look at the last two characters of the code to see what card it unlocks. The check digit is so you don't get people taking the "valid" part of the string of characters that is the code and attaching on the 2 characters that identifes the card.

Having said that, since I don't know what the algorithim is for the random number, don't know the check digit code or position (however if I had to guess it would be converting each letter to a number, summing the string, modding by 36 or however many characters total there are and translating that back into a letter/number... and the postion would be 3rd from the end), and don't even know if this is how it is done... I don't have a good way of inventing codes or taking a crummy card (say prestige) and turning it into an X-ray virtually.

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My surveillance camera codes are 22FC46MJX2 and 237DRWJJX2... use them and pass them on!

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:04 pm

Gilbo
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Re: 3??

TheRealPip wrote:

Quote:

Also note that the first number is always a 4 for regular cards

Actually most if not all of mine start with 3. The only exceptions I see are the ones that came with the book (start with 2) and the 400+ cards (that are all G69?????MT).

Are you in Canada? I notice some cards I swapped to someone in Canada have a '3' prefix. The book cards have a '2' prefix and every card purchased in Australia has a '4' prefix.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:36 pm

TheRealPip
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Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 61

3??? 4??? more?

Nope. Ohio, USA. I got my cards from Amazon.com, a Borders here in Ohio, Meijer in Ohio, and a few cards from someone on Ebay (they also lived in the US).

My guess is that they were printed in batches, and the batches were mailed out acordingly. So areas are likly to have numbers "close" to each other. Clearly though, they don't all start with 4.

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My surveillance camera codes are 22FC46MJX2 and 237DRWJJX2... use them and pass them on!

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:03 pm

Sgt. Pepper
Guest

Vowles

You know, their arn't vowles on them, A,E,U, and Y are out.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:07 pm

TheRealPip
Boot

Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 61

I would have done the same thing

I would have done the same thing. This way the random code doesn't spell anything inapproprate and you have some parent complaining that the cards are corrupting their child. No vowels means no words can be made, even by accident.

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My surveillance camera codes are 22FC46MJX2 and 237DRWJJX2... use them and pass them on!

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:29 pm

Maggie
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Re: 3??? 4??? more?

TheRealPip wrote:

I have received codes from UK, Australia, and USA. The only spot I found 4 at the beginning is Australia.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:34 pm

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