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The First Speaker · Boot Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 55 Location: UK

[OT] Perplex City Trades Competition 2!!

**Posted:** Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:25 pm

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ALISDAIRPARK

Cool - I'm in I love PCT the site rocks.

EDIT: Damn and I'm stuck on the first one! The first block looks like a familiar code, but cant find how to decrypt it. I'm baffled as the other codes so far have been straightforward.

**Posted:** Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:43 pm

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ALISDAIRPARK

OK my brain is fried and I can't get started on this, gotta go get some z's

**Posted:** Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:58 pm

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monkeyslave · Boot Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 12

Given this is a competition, what's the form on discussing how to solve the various keyword puzzles. I've got past the first keyword, after trying various different approaches, but now i'm stuck on the next keyword - do I have to wait until April for even a clue? Confused

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:47 am

Lysithea

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:22 am

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maevey · Veteran Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 106

Urg. The only computer I can access at the moment is at work (yes, yes, I know I should be working) which means that there are certain things I can't do as the system won't allow it. Hmph. I want to progress but am not allowed.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:40 am

ALISDAIRPARK

thanx for the hint Lysithea, however I'd translated the rest of the page and it's not falling into place, I guess the whopping 4 hours sleep I had wasn't quite enough to refresh me!

EDIT: OK now I'm P'd off I tried that word last night and got the page not found error

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fretty

I've also translated the rest of the page and cannot make sense of the top bit. I'm no good with computer ciphers, can I have a little hint to point me in the right direction please

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:59 pm

maevey · Veteran Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 106

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:02 pm

Phant

Please explain Alisdair, only one of the words I try gets me 404'd!! which kind of implies it is relevent. Are you saying there was something that didn't work last night but is working now?

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:31 pm

Adam G.

would i be right in saying that the competitions on PPCTrades are like that of PPC and we will not need things hidden in the source code and stuff like that.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:15 pm

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monkeyslave · Boot Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 12

Phat: Spoilered to keep everyone happy

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:21 pm

oliverkeers13

I think that, as it's a prize competition, we should not post solves here. Like with The Card Catalogue (how it should be spelt) competition last year.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:25 pm

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ALISDAIRPARK

And now I'm home the 2nd word doesn't work anymore. Both work and here are on IE, yet it doesn't work here.

And did I think to e-mail myself the address, noooo.... Crying or Very sad

Damn my PC, can't open DOS now. I guess you're on your own with this one guys. I can't be bothered having to download c~*# at every stage and what's with the homepage there's nothing on it?

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Phant

Oh my that is nifty Very Happy

**Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:10 pm