+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) Ok, here's the deal. I don't post a lot in these forums, but I do lurk, a lot. There have been a lot of cointests over the last few days that have ended within minutes of them being started. A lot of the puzzles require that you a) be really good at guessing random numbers or b ) spend a lot of time here in the forums. Here's a chance for you to stop and think a little bit. You know that if you win, it will be worth it. Here's the puzzle: To the winner, I will send all 4 editions of my Delicious Cache coin: the trackable version, the Gold LE, the Glow LE, and the Glitter LE. The Glow and Gold LEs have been cache only, so some of the Michigan cachers have seen them (I know LadyBee4T has at least seen all 4 versions!). My pictures haven't turned out well, so I haven't posted pics yet, but they are nice looking coins. Here's the rules: 1- Send me an email with the answer through the site. Don't post it here and don't send me a private message (I don't always see those). 2- Don't send me an email with guesses. I'll provide a crosscheck for you to know if you have the right answer. 3- Guessing is ok, as long as its not in my inbox. 4- Working together to solve it is ok. Here's the crosscheck: The answer is a single word. Take the values of the letters (e.g. A=1, B=2, C=3, etc) and add them up. If the answer is more than 1 digit, add up each digit. Continue until you have a single digit. If your answer is correct, that digit is 9. For example: If I thought the answer to the puzzle was GEOCOIN, I'd get the numbers 7,5,15,3,15,9,14. The sum is 68, which isn't a single digit. 6+8=14, still not a single digit. 1+4=5, single digit, but not 9, so I know that's not the answer. Sure you could brute force it, but that would be a lot of time wasted. Have fun, and I'll go back to lurking. Edit for smiley Edited August 17, 2007 by moscow32 Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Yep I have seen them and they are all very cool looking coins! Quote
+The Moop Along Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 email sent with answer 15 minutes, way longer Quote
+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) Nope to all answers to this point. It's not going to be that easy. I promise. Edit for smiley Edited August 17, 2007 by moscow32 Quote
+Damenace Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Nope to all answers to this point. It's not going to be that easy. I promise. Edit for smiley Well then I am sure my guess is wrong, but email sent. Quote
+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Posted August 17, 2007 I do not get it It's a puzzle. It's worth 4 geocoins. That makes it a challenging puzzle. So much for my going back to lurk mode. Quote
+Damenace Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I do not get it It's a puzzle. It's worth 4 geocoins. That makes it a challenging puzzle. So much for my going back to lurk mode. There is no such thing as lurking for you now !! Once this puzzleis finished we plan to tar and feather you so you stand out like a sore thumb. Quote
+Damenace Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I do not get it What part don't you get? Quote
+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Posted August 17, 2007 I do not get it It's a puzzle. It's worth 4 geocoins. That makes it a challenging puzzle. So much for my going back to lurk mode. There is no such thing as lurking for you now !! Once this puzzleis finished we plan to tar and feather you so you stand out like a sore thumb. Well, at least i have something to look forward to! Quote
+Damenace Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Well since we can work together, lets start the dialogue!!! I first attempted to guess at what the picture was. I am thinking that would be to easy. The wording appears to be the word Moscow over and over in some sortof cryptograph format. I was thinking that I would be able to replace letters like hte cryptographs in the newspapers, however they are all five letter words. I thought that perhaps the puzzle has to be some sort of long winded question, with the answer obviousely being the one word. Any other thoughts? Quote
+Damenace Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 So it has 26 letters in this word? No that is not what it means, you have to add the numerical value of the word. The word once added will equal nine. Quote
+MommyFinder Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Well since we can work together, lets start the dialogue!!! I first attempted to guess at what the picture was. I am thinking that would be to easy. The wording appears to be the word Moscow over and over in some sortof cryptograph format. I was thinking that I would be able to replace letters like hte cryptographs in the newspapers, however they are all five letter words. I thought that perhaps the puzzle has to be some sort of long winded question, with the answer obviousely being the one word. Any other thoughts? I was thinking like your #1, but I like #3 ..... Quote
+The Moop Along Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Dennis There is a six letter cipher, just like the five letter one you speak of. You can decipher the question using it, and then send him the answer. check your email. Just send me one coin as a birthday gift if you get it TMA Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Any other thoughts? I think that I'm no good at puzzles!!! Quote
+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Posted August 17, 2007 here are some wrong answers that have been submitted: Metamorphosis moscow sphinx moth Monarch pneumoencephalographically <--- my favorite guess so far abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz and several extracts from the puzzle itself. Quote
+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Posted August 17, 2007 I love the fish coin! I still have some for trading, so if after the cointest you still want/need one... let me know. Quote
+Ble68 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I love the fish coin! I still have some for trading, so if after the cointest you still want/need one... let me know. Ok Is anyone close Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I think I'm going to read Harry Potter for a clue! Quote
+ByrnedFish Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 it reminds me of this puzzle cache GC10XjV that i havent figured out yet Quote
+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Posted August 17, 2007 Just to be clear: You will absolutely know the answer once you have it. There will be no doubt about it. If this were a cache, i would probably rate it at least a 4 star difficulty. Damenace gets bonus points for attempting to start some community discussion. Anyone care to join him? Quote
+MommyFinder Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Damenace gets bonus points for attempting to start some community discussion. Anyone care to join him? I would love to. I just don't have anything to contribute. Quote
+deafnut Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Sure ....Damenace what to do ... join ya ? Quote
+Ble68 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Damenace gets bonus points for attempting to start some community discussion. Anyone care to join him? I would love to. I just don't have anything to contribute. same here except i bet it has to do with his forums icon coincidence it is something with a bug and so is this background Quote
+Ble68 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I think I'm going to read Harry Potter for a clue! That is not a bad idea moscow made a harry potter series Quote
+deafnut Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 NO look again it the picture show the clue Quote
+ByrnedFish Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 observations: there are 5 letters in each group there are 5 rows there are 5 columns there are 5 different letters no group repeats itself exceptions: the last group "ccs" - perhaps this is the key to the puzzle, or is irrelivant and there to confuse us Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Just to be clear: You will absolutely know the answer once you have it. There will be no doubt about it. If this were a cache, i would probably rate it at least a 4 star difficulty. Damenace gets bonus points for attempting to start some community discussion. Anyone care to join him? I thought I absolutely knew it but he said no Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I'm having a blast trying to figureit out. Thanks for the challenge. MAkes finding out the answer (that I know someone else will get) that muchmore interesting. Brain Candy. Quote
Son of Cyclops Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 observations: there are 5 letters in each group there are 5 rows there are 5 columns there are 5 different letters no group repeats itself exceptions: the last group "ccs" - perhaps this is the key to the puzzle, or is irrelivant and there to confuse us Out of the 25 combanations none spell "Moscow." I think that is the trick. Quote
+ByrnedFish Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) its not an image map "www" and "com" appear - is there a website hidden somewhere? no 5 letter group contains all 5 letters, only 4 of the 5 letters at the most Edited August 17, 2007 by ByrnedFish Quote
+ByrnedFish Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 observations: there are 5 letters in each group there are 5 rows there are 5 columns there are 5 different letters no group repeats itself exceptions: the last group "ccs" - perhaps this is the key to the puzzle, or is irrelivant and there to confuse us Out of the 25 combanations none spell "Moscow." I think that is the trick. but moscow has 6 letters, so of course it cant be spelled? Quote
+sillygirl & jrr Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Cool, puzzle. And yes Moscow is 6 letters long, but only has 5 unique letters. Perhaps I should go dig out the e-mails from our trade, where I asked you about your name! Quote
+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) nevermind. edit because I confused a trade. Edited August 17, 2007 by moscow32 Quote
+Damenace Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 And for the record I already viewed the source of the picture and I am sorry to report that Photobucket couldn't help. Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Cool, puzzle. And yes Moscow is 6 letters long, but only has 5 unique letters. Perhaps I should go dig out the e-mails from our trade, where I asked you about your name! You've got one of the LE Glitters from that trade, right? What did you think? The glitter is my personal favorite! Quote
+ByrnedFish Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 i looked through his profile and couldnt find anything that would help. he has not made any puzzle caches that look like this, and has not found any puzzle caches that look like this. i think ive seen this puzzle before, but cant come up with where, and if i did im sure i neglected to solve it and if you really enjoy this puzzle, i have to plug www.draculasriddle.co.uk, which is an 82 level riddle that is awesome!! i am assuming this puzzle could be made with any 5 letters. i am also assuming that the background picture is a hint Quote
+moscow32 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Posted August 17, 2007 Just wanted to say: Two hours! It's almost a record. Quote
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