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Post by engr101 on Jan 11, 2022 10:47:46 GMT -5
Is this hunt still active? The web site (https://gargaphia.com) doesn't respond.
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Post by Jenny on Jan 11, 2022 17:32:54 GMT -5
Is this hunt still active? The web site (https://gargaphia.com) doesn't respond. I was able to get to the website... seems ok...
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Post by engr101 on Jan 12, 2022 7:02:33 GMT -5
Thanks, it wasn't working for me yesterday, but okay now.
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andee
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Post by andee on Sept 29, 2022 20:43:03 GMT -5
The website says the hunt ended. Is there any reason why? It said unfortunately.
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Post by tiburon421 on Oct 4, 2022 17:50:43 GMT -5
I spoke with Robert and he said he has received a lot of negativity and even threats over the hunt. He came to a point where the negative outweighed the positives of the hunt.
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krait
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Post by krait on May 23, 2023 4:17:50 GMT -5
I spoke with Robert and he said he has received a lot of negativity and even threats over the hunt. He came to a point where the negative outweighed the positives of the hunt. If this is true and the real reason that is unfortunate. On the one hand, I think it is awesome anyone would put together a riddle or hunt, much less one involving their own property or money as a reward for solving said hunt. It is their hunt and property and they may do with it as they wish. On the other hand. however, things like this are why I stopped buying into hunts. This has not been the first time a hunt I bought into was ended without winners or solution or stuck in limbo indefinitely. No solution, no answers given, nothing. I guess the solution is to stick with more official or established hunts or those with bigger media exposure that are not so easily disrupted or stopped altogether.
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Post by hyde123 on Jul 21, 2023 19:54:20 GMT -5
As this hunt has ended, does anyone who was working on it have any ideas to share? Or maybe things they found? I kept coming back to this hunt for ages, and am still intrigued as to what the first stage of the puzzle was about. I think the numbers are imprinted in my brain forever now!
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Post by contiguous on Sept 3, 2023 21:09:51 GMT -5
I'm glad I kept up my author page a little longer. I haven't posted in more than three years to the site because of all this stuff. Since you will relay the message, I will go ahead and shut down the page after sending this message.
Alas, here is the first stage solve:
The first paragraph of the clue is separated for a reason. The nine sentences with nine numbers was supposed to mark the pattern here.
The word count in the sentence takes you to that chapter in the book.
The characters in the sentence take you to a word.
The numerical value of the word relates to the left side of the decimal point number. So, technically, you could solve this backwards, but it would take an off the wall idea to get there.
The right side of the decimal point then tells you which letter of that word to use for the solve.
The numbers are in order for the word that you are trying to find. They are scrambled on purpose so that they don't relate to the order of the sentences. Hindsight, I would've done this differently to make it easier. I didn't want people to be able to just guess a word.
The word is Satellite... and this is the answer to the first stage. I do not use the word a single time in the book on purpose so that people couldn't guess it.
I hope this helps give you some closure. Again, I am sorry to have disappointed with this.
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