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Post by matthew on Jul 5, 2020 17:15:06 GMT -5
Wow already?
Well you can help give nudges to the rest of us. I am a bit anxious now that I hear people already have 24 solves. I suppose you have more than 1 guess though and maybe that's why the anagram isn't working out, or maybe it is that hard.
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Post by hyde123 on Jul 5, 2020 21:42:34 GMT -5
Wow already? Well you can help give nudges to the rest of us. I am a bit anxious now that I hear people already have 24 solves. I suppose you have more than 1 guess though and maybe that's why the anagram isn't working out, or maybe it is that hard. Yes already.. I don't have "guesses". There is only really one that I feel undeniably confirms the location, but the object wanted is a bit ambigious, and that's #15. The code as is will look like it starts off as a phrase, but then it scrambles off. He admittedly did that intentionally. Until then, its just trial and error I guess. Not what i expected after solving all 24 puzzles.. Figured it would be a formality. Obviously there is more to it Well done on getting to that stage, iamtron. I definitely have guesses and will have to go back to review some of them as I don't think I have enough vowels. When you say 'he admittedly did that intentionally' did he give an indication that the letters that start to spell out a phrase are in the correct spot? Or should those letters be included in the anagram as well? All of this street viewing is making me want to get on a plane and go and see this part of the world for myself. It's beautiful. One day. |
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Post by matthew on Jul 7, 2020 9:30:23 GMT -5
Based on my accumulating answers I need more vowels if I plan to make words. haha
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Post by stercox on Aug 6, 2020 13:14:16 GMT -5
The creator has been quite thoughtful in helping one find the specific riddle locations. With 24 letters in hand, I would think that he has also provided a mechanism to organize the anagram, beyond just trial and error. I've run through a lot of scenarios without finding such a mechanism yet. At this point, it'd be nice to know if it does exist vs having to bust this anagram old school which is quite daunting. Any thoughts?
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Post by doubtsevenhere on Aug 6, 2020 13:55:32 GMT -5
Do you have a sensible message (without anagramming) from your 24 letters?
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Post by iamtron on Aug 6, 2020 14:23:39 GMT -5
To make it even more difficult, the author responded to an email regarding the final location and whether there were images of it online or only BOTG.
His reply was that just ONE image exists on the internet.. so you have that to deal with on top of the 24 letters anagram with no feasible method as of yet..
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Post by retro on Aug 6, 2020 15:37:21 GMT -5
I hope the author will be sharing these privately shared hints on the public website. Doesn't seem like fair play to be responding to emails.
I have a few words spelled out in my ordered solves, but also some jumbled letters. We know from the Keys to the Cross starter puzzle large anagrams can be expected by this author, but they did start with words, not a jumbled mess.
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Post by susb8383 on Aug 6, 2020 15:52:48 GMT -5
The creator has been quite thoughtful in helping one find the specific riddle locations. With 24 letters in hand, I would think that he has also provided a mechanism to organize the anagram, beyond just trial and error. I've run through a lot of scenarios without finding such a mechanism yet. At this point, it'd be nice to know if it does exist vs having to bust this anagram old school which is quite daunting. Any thoughts? He said: Q: Does the hunt feature a way to confirm the final location once you think you have the 24 letters? A: There are a few ways, each one requiring a different perspective on the way it is found.
To me that does mean there's an additional way than just using trial and error in anagramming 24 letters.
I'm sure that will make sense once the answer is revealed.
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Post by stercox on Aug 6, 2020 16:27:43 GMT -5
Do you have a sensible message (without anagramming) from your 24 letters? Just the beginning, the rest is just jumbled up |
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Post by doubtsevenhere on Aug 6, 2020 17:06:21 GMT -5
I do have a (more or less) readable message, without anagramming. But as yet, I’ve not uncovered a way of knowing for certain whether that is the required outcome.
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Post by stercox on Aug 6, 2020 17:16:05 GMT -5
Interesting. So you're saying that your solutions function more as an acrostic? If that were correct, I'd have to fiddle around more with a number of my solutions to see something like that. Thanks for your perspective.
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Post by hyde123 on Aug 6, 2020 20:25:56 GMT -5
Would anyone be willing to swap some answers to see if they are the same? Of course in a way that doesn't give away what the answers are. e.g. give the third letter/final letter of answers?
Seems that most people are sold on the first few answers at least, especially if we are all spelling out actual words. Might be the last half that could do with some confirming..? Just a thought.
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Post by susb8383 on Aug 7, 2020 16:00:28 GMT -5
On his original Kickstarter page, he had this very cryptic statement:
"Location: Found using the first letter of 24 real-world objects hidden in plain sight – and also within the book's verses and illustrations."
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Post by Namtabeht on Aug 7, 2020 17:10:12 GMT -5
On his original Kickstarter page, he had this very cryptic statement: "Location: Found using the first letter of 24 real-world objects hidden in plain sight – and also within the book's verses and illustrations." This is probably no longer true as since then a lot changed in the design of the puzzle. From the second set of six questions with the designer: " 2Q) I’ve heard there have been a few changes over the year. Now that it is finished, and all is set in stone, can you share with readers some of these changes and how to get involved? There is relief at having it finished at last, but yes I had to refine some details of the hunt first. One was removing hand-drawn visual puzzles on the text pages, which once solved would uncover the same answer as solving the main illustrations and poetry, but based on locations that residents of the US would be familiar with. ..." |
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Post by susb8383 on Aug 8, 2020 6:14:31 GMT -5
Maybe yes, maybe no. In his various comments he made a distinction between his hand-drawn clues and the rest of the book. The drawings didn’t make the final cut, true. But “within the book’s verses and illustrations” seems consistent with his implying in other comments that there’s more than one way to come up with the location.
This is pure speculation on my part, of course.
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