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ynaffit
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Joined: 20 Jul 2011
Posts: 3

"Get your kicks..."
weekly puzzle 7/21/11

This topic section is to discuss the weekly puzzle "Get your kicks..." from the week of 7/21/11.

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:49 pm

bobbyfishcaxer
Guest

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I don't know how to draw the 6...

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:04 am

ynaffit
Greenhorn

Joined: 20 Jul 2011
Posts: 3

bobbyfishcaxer wrote:

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I don't know how to draw the 6...

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I'm 99.999999995% sure you are drawing the 6 correctly

hint 3 gives this puzzle completely away. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:22 am

unkn0wn
Guest

ynaffit wrote:

bobbyfishcaxer wrote:

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I don't know how to draw the 6...

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I'm 99.999999995% sure you are drawing the 6 correctly

hint 3 gives this puzzle completely away. Rolling Eyes

I've used them all too, and I still don't know. All I get is nonsense, and I see no hint anywhere...

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:26 am

Unkn0wn
Guest

unkn0wn wrote:

I've used them all too, and I still don't know. All I get is nonsense, and I see no hint anywhere...

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and by hint, I meant riddle* >_>

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:28 am

bobbyfishcaxer
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ynaffit wrote:

bobbyfishcaxer wrote:

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I don't know how to draw the 6...

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I'm 99.999999995% sure you are drawing the 6 correctly

hint 3 gives this puzzle completely away. Rolling Eyes

Hahaha, I was actually drawing it wrong, but I got it now. Thanks

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:47 am

caf
Boot

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 10

Is it me, or do the fairly explicit directions in Hint 3 not match those in the link in Hint 2?

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Hint 2 has you reading from the original crypto-grid in the pattern of the key - the order letters are taken from the grid is determined by the key (as well as which letters, potentially), and then the decoded message is read start to finish. Hint 3 has you make a brand spanking new grid by pulling letters left to right from the old grid and placing them in a new grid according to the key...and doesn't ACTUALLY say how to read the new grid.

Or am I misreading the hints?

In any case, the description in hint 2 meant what should have taken only a few minutes after the third hint took me an extra hour...

Although I too was drawing it completely wrong for a while. But I did get it.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:50 am

emoney
Guest

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i'm so angry because i had the cipher broken in about 10 min but couldn't for the life of me figure out the right answer to it >.<

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:00 am

ynaffit
Greenhorn

Joined: 20 Jul 2011
Posts: 3

Unkn0wn wrote:

unkn0wn wrote:

I've used them all too, and I still don't know. All I get is nonsense, and I see no hint anywhere...

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and by hint, I meant riddle* >_>

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look up and down versus left to right

I hope that helps. thats where i was stuck after i got the

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cipher

done right.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:08 am

Scott
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Joined: 11 Sep 2004
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emoney wrote:

i'm so angry because i had the cipher broken in about 10 min but couldn't for the life of me figure out the right answer to it >.<

Me too, actually. I'm not sure if we're thinking metaphorically or literally.

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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:40 am

mstephans
Boot

Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 21

More literally than figuratively. Wikipedia is an ally on this one.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:18 am

HSoup
Greenhorn

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 9

Ok..12 Hours is my limit

Hmmm.. I'm stuck and judging by the responses so far, possibly on the wrong track.

What I've done so far:

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So, by my read I should take the 8x3 grid and write out the characters I find following the pattern:

4 | 3 | 2 | 1 - 4 | 3 | 2 | 1
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 - 5 | 2 | 1 | 0
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 - 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

(The three underlined characters are 10, 11, and 12)

If that makes sense. Essentially creating two "sixes" route-wise. Which would equal

TKLOTEMHRIEFRLEHODARTHOE

According to the third clue I should then create a new 8x3 grid (?):

T K L O T E M H
R I E F R L E H
O D A R T H O E

This is supposed to lead me to a riddle of some kind, right? Way off?

Any help is appreciated.

'Soup

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:30 pm

Joseph Fox
Boot

Joined: 05 Apr 2011
Posts: 14

Re: Ok..12 Hours is my limit

HSoup wrote:

Hmmm.. I'm stuck and judging by the responses so far, possibly on the wrong track.

What I've done so far:

Any help is appreciated.

'Soup

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Try doing what you have done in a different order.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:29 pm

homerow
Boot

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15

Re: Ok..12 Hours is my limit

HSoup wrote:

Hmmm.. I'm stuck and judging by the responses so far, possibly on the wrong track.

What I've done so far:

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Any help is appreciated.

'Soup

You've been operating in "decode" mode.

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Now try operating in "encode" mode instead.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:42 pm

Riveran
Boot

Joined: 16 Jun 2011
Posts: 21
Location: Lansing, Michigan

Re: Ok..12 Hours is my limit

HSoup wrote:

Hmmm.. I'm stuck and judging by the responses so far, possibly on the wrong track.

What I've done so far:

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Any help is appreciated.

'Soup

close.

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if you work your way around the six to get the letters, place the letters you get (in the order they appear in the 6 pattern) in the grid you drew, left to right, top to bottom.)

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:47 pm

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