As a Californian (and long-dormant member of these forums), I must apologize for our state's voters and, recently, our supreme court. Today will go down in history as the day when a religious value became more important than civil rights. Although there have certainly been precedents elsewhere...
Today is the deadline, and only Draka and Mister Emu managed to solve it.
The hex translated to a cryptogram that, when solved, would've rendered the infamous riddle of the Sphinx: "What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?"
The answer, of course, is a...
Well... today's technically the deadline, but it's also a holiday important to people. So consider TOMORROW the real deadline.
Free hint: "gur" = "the"
Let's recap:
1. We've decoded the hex into the following:
Jung unf sbhe yrtf va gur zbeavat, gjb va gur nsgreabba, naq guerr va gur riravat?
2. I mentioned the character Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the TV show House.
3. If you don't figure out what 13 has to do with this, you may rot down...
Let's recap:
1. We've decoded the hex into the following:
Jung unf sbhe yrtf va gur zbeavat, gjb va gur nsgreabba, naq guerr va gur riravat?
2. I mentioned the character Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the TV show House.
3. If you don't figure out what 13 has to do with this, you may rot down here.
And we have an early winner... Draka answered correctly so she gets to escape.
For those still working out the answer, and those simply just curious:
I'm not sure if I'll do this again. If enough people want to go again then I will, but it's hard for me to come up with riddles on the fly. If...
Happy whatever*!
* May include any of the following: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, Cephalopodmas, and/or any celebratory festive gathering or period either derivative or non-derivative thereof, whether invented by humans or not, batteries not included.
1. You already know you need to decode the hex into something...
2. Try decoding it using a hex to ascii decoder...
3. Maybe NickCiske.com | HEX- "sweet sixteen" will help?
1 hint down... how many did I promise you? :p
Well this hint is for free since the "code" displayed incorrectly. Ignore the extra spaces. You're on the right track with trying to decode the hex into something more intelligible...
"Very well," the man says, "Now for your final riddle. I do hope you do not rot down here whilst trying to solve this.
"Your first task should be to decipher the code that appears on the computer screen. The solution may put a hex on you:"
On the computer screen, the following sequence of random...
The man in the window appears again.
"Contestants Circle One, Draka, Dream Angel, Mister Emu and 9-10ths Penguin: you have answered correctly and shall be allowed to pass. Contestant Stacey bo Bacey, you have failed to answer within the allotted time and are therefore trapped.
"You may now...
I'm not sure if people have heard about this or not, but things like this always baffle me: Calif. Court: Would-be Good Samaritan can be sued - Yahoo! News
It certainly makes me want to have second thoughts about helping anyone. Imagine someone drowning in a flood. "Sorry, can't help you, I...
((Alrighty sorry for the delay. I'm extending the deadline on this 24 hours. I just rocked out to Metallica for the first time ever. I am partially deaf, hungover, and sore from all the moshpit antics. Fun times. I highly recommend it if you have the means to do so.))
The man in the window...