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magnet0 · Unfettered Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 398

Q31: Fortunately, the penalty for an incorrect answer is only .04

Mavado, I think you are right. The 'cipher' for the chest could be problematic. I guess we'll find out once a correct answer is submitted.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:27 pm

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kie_yeo

My thinking for the cipher is that it's the number i've retrieved repeated twice.

Also, the amount of metres to dig seems a little ridiculous, does he have some sort of heavy machinery on this island, or is it not supposed to be realistic?

**Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:35 pm

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Mavado · Veteran Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 87

**Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:07 pm

kie_yeo

I thought maybe we could start a list of answers we've tried that are wrong. I'll start the ball rolling

**Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:06 pm

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Mavado · Veteran Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 87

**Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:30 pm

magnet0 · Unfettered Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 398

I have tried a few variations myself.
Forward: 11, 23, 23
Left: 6, 12, 12
Right: 8, 16, 16
Depth: 31, 31, 7
Cipher: 0018, 0018, 0018

We don't even know that the number of his crew, including himself, is 18 on day 50.
They started with 32 on day 27.
3 die on day 34.
10 mutinied on day 36. (did they land on the island?)
Bigfoot dies on day 39. (was Bigfoot part of the crew, or an animal?)

**Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:02 pm

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AUZ505

Are the numbers after "After" from the encrypted messages on the love letter and the map important?
I did not need them to decode the messages.
Do they have any purpose?

[UPDATE] Got it

**Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:51 pm

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Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

Yes, I found the space thing too. I'm at work and couldn't get to a computer. One thing I seem to remember, and checked it in the dictionary, is that one definition of Pace is 2 steps. Which would give us the first leg as 11.5. I'm going to try that. But then if Bigfoot's pace = 2 regular paces, it just gets more complicated.

Also, did you notice the last line in the journal? It's missing two t's. I wonder if that's significant in some way.

EDIT: About the birthday....could it be Feb. 29?

ps. maybe there's some special marking on the other side of the map. Rolling Eyes

**Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:31 pm

kie_yeo

Just quickly, something i thought about overnight, from his comment about his age, it is actually possible to work out all the relevant days. He makes the comment on Day 35, implying that Day 35 is 01/01/XX. So Day 1 was 28/11/XX, and Day 53 (last entry) was 19/01/XX.

Relevant? Probably not, but no harm in sharing.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:54 am

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Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

What seems to be the consensus of the pirate's birthday? Since he makes the joke about being 3 years older next year, I thought it might be Feb. 29. Do you think that's incorrect? Otherwise, I don't understand the joke.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:42 pm

AUZ505

**Posted:** Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:23 pm

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magnet0 · Unfettered Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 398

Yes, I agree that his birthday is 12/31 but as kie_yeo said, 31 meters is a long way to dig to bury some treasure.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:48 pm

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Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

**Posted:** Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:05 pm