[enaxor]

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.

[konamouse]

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]

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

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.

[konamouse]

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]

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

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

[konamouse]

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]

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

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.

[catherwood]

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

[konamouse]

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).

[konamouse]

Anyone familiar with this tower (seen in the background)?

[konamouse]

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!

[Rogi Ocnorb]

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.

[aliendial]

Hard! Casual visitors beware...

[konamouse]

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.

[MageSteff]

Over the Hedge Puzzle Trail by Dave Szulborski!