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TrapperKeeper
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Try this out. I've gotten to about the 8th clue or so in a day and a half. LOTS of fun, and when you figure one out it really gives you a sense of accomplishment.

http://www.relpats-eht.com/

Basically, how it works is that on each page there is a clue to the next one. So say you figure the answer to the first page is "Cake" you would go to the website www.relpats-eht.com/cake which would contain another clue that you put on the end of cake/.

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Oh, and PLEASE do not give answers here. Totally ruins the game. I can see maybe a clue now and then, maybe something to point people in the right direction, but DO NOT GIVE ANSWERS.
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I read the first page. I think I must not have the intelligence of the average high school student.
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Whaddya know, I made it to the next clue!
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I got to page 4, and got bored.

-Bok

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I got to page 4, and got stuck :-/
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Yup, page 4. Got bored, wandered off, now trying again. Still stuck, though.
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I can't get the first one. Someone give me a hint!
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amira: any of the phrases in the first one strike you as a bit weird?
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Page 5, but I had to go to a different site, but not a cheater site. Unfortunately, I didn't take that class in school and needed a reference.
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IanO
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stuck on page 4 as well.
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TrapperKeeper
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Oh, for alot of them you have to go do some research on outside sites. With the exception of the first two, I've had to research or use outside materials for every one.
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Use what you got from page 3. [Smile]
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page 5. hmmmm....
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In fact, 5 would be downright impossible without using outside website/s
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I'm flat out stumped on 5, and I know I can not find it. I know key phrases of what to google, but what to look for? No way. Need some help.
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yeah, same thing here.
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Key phrases: Quake, Model, CRYPTIC, Page 5

Yeah, that was is pretty much impossible. I was able to work together with a couple people on it and eventually figure it out. If this hint isnt enough, ill give one more tomorrow. bout to head home from work.

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unfortunately, googling that brings up cheater sites.
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quote:
Originally posted by xnera:
amira: any of the phrases in the first one strike you as a bit weird?

Many of the phrases strike me as a bit weird...

The whole thing is very awkwardly written.

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I can't get past page 3. Bleh.
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I found the answers to the 1st and 2nd puzzles.

I decided to stop playing when I noticed that the many typos and grammatic blunders in the first page were not part of the puzzle. Funny how he claims to have correct grammar and spelling on the second page [Big Grin]

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afr: That's binary. My bet would be that you have to convert it to either decimals or ASCII in order to get your answer.
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I've tried it every which way and I can't find the answer.
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alright, page 5 was pretty cool. Tough, but cool.
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I'm on the second to last page. And I'm irked.
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I don't get it, I can't even figure out what length of phrase I should be looking for here. The first paragraph is barely a clue.
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Someone just tell me the answer to 5.
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Somone just tell me the answer to 1. :'(
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All the binary code translators I've tried have told me that the numbers given are not real binary. I think I'm missing something? [Confused]
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For 1: something on that page is very arbitrary. Figure out what it represents. Really, it's easy as...something.
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So what is the answer for 4?

-Bok

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The answer to 3 suggests something about the missing letters.
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Avadaru, add a zero to the beginning of each one. That should help.
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I think 5 has something to do with primes, but that was the point at which I said to heck with it.
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OK, Dag, you gave me the answer to page one. Now the clue is glaringly obvious but since I couldn't find it on my own I guess I'm still dumber than his pet rock, so I'll just bow out of this here contest!
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So is it cheating to just google site:www.relpats-eht.com and skip to the last page? I'm always impatient. The last page is some weird hex code anyway, I'll never figure it out.
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Yeah. I tried that cheat right after I solved the first clue. Then, because I had all the answers laid out in front of me, I lost interest.
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I am completely stuck still on page one. I just don't get what I am looking for even with clues. guess this game might not be for me
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ooh I got one... but now I am stuck on two.. I think this game is going to drive me bonkers
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don't worry theresa..neither am i..i was never very good with ridles..my sis on the other hand..
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I'm sure I'm looking at the right part of number one; I just can't seem to figure out what I'm supposed to do with it...
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yeah, number 5 has some wierd sequence of primes. But it doesn't seem to have any pattern to it. Irritating.

As for binary conversions, it's better to use the windows calculator, set it to scientific mode, and convert that way (or do it by hand.)

Number 2 is a little joke by him. The answer is right in the paragraph.

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Google the primes.
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Thanks. Very obvious. Should have googled it. Now trying to find a binary-dec converter for something as large as the next sequence. Windows won't take anything that large.
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OK I just started fiddling with number one this morning and I feel like an idiot already. I think I have the arbitrary information but I can't figure out what to do with it.
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(Grammar Nazi: Please, please add the apostrophe in the thread title. The juxtaposition is killing me.)
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ok, I figured it out... on to #2. Beginning to think this is stupid though.

edit for update: now stuck on 5 with the rest of you. I am not mathmatical so the primes pages I am looking up are no help to me. I still don't know what I'm looking for.

[ December 21, 2005, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: MandyM ]

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quote:
I decided to stop playing when I noticed that the many typos and grammatic blunders in the first page were not part of the puzzle. Funny how he claims to have correct grammar and spelling on the second page
Yes, that really annoyed me, too. It led me down a few wrong paths before I finally got the answer. I believe my reaction to getting the answer for Page 2 was "you've got to be kidding me".
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I'll probably have to break down and make a binary-dec converter that can handle a 67 bit number. Hopefully, that should do it.
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