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Posted July 08, 2013
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oasis789: Thanks Lithrasil for SS2 :)

Can I share the solution?
Sure. With the third game this giveaway is over, so you may freely share the solution. Congratulations on being the fastest to solve and redeem!
Posted July 08, 2013
I'm also curious about the first bit. The second part seemed straightforward, I guess you had to shift with 1492, 1066, 1776 and 1969. I just never figured out the searching for the first part.
Posted July 08, 2013
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blotunga: I'm also curious about the first bit. The second part seemed straightforward, I guess you had to shift with 1492, 1066, 1776 and 1969. I just never figured out the searching for the first part.
Exactly!
Posted July 08, 2013
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blotunga: I'm also curious about the first bit. The second part seemed straightforward, I guess you had to shift with 1492, 1066, 1776 and 1969. I just never figured out the searching for the first part.
Those were the figures I was using too -- couldn't solve the code correctly though! (Although I did try 1783 and 1789 as well)

I assumed the original code words were 71V5, DASF, NX3D and RMXE.
Post edited July 08, 2013 by blakstar
Posted July 08, 2013
Ok so from the clues and hints Lithrasil gave, the names correspond to 4 digit numbers i.e. a year. What is the most characteristic year associated with these names?

Shibboleth - Christopher Columbus - 1492
Ozymandis - William the Conqueror - 1066
Bhagvan - George Washington - 1776
Kopernikus - Neil Armstrong - 1969

1. Use the words and the search function to find the posts containing them, which give you a 4-string each
2. Use the associated 4 digit number to shift each letter/number in the string (lots of web apps can do this)
3. Put the shifted 4-strings together

The additional complexity was that each 4-string could be shifted left or right, so I had to try some combinations (LLLL etc) before I got the right one. Fortunately the winning combination was among the more intuitive ones.
Posted July 08, 2013
Sounds stupid for asking, but what search function? Do gog forums have search?
EDIT: And thus i discover that indeed in the upper part there is a search box :D... and stupid me was trying google and wikipedia to figure out the connection between the words... thinking to complicated :P lol
Post edited July 08, 2013 by blotunga
Posted July 08, 2013
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oasis789: Ok so from the clues and hints Lithrasil gave, the names correspond to 4 digit numbers i.e. a year. What is the most characteristic year associated with these names?

Shibboleth - Christopher Columbus - 1492
Ozymandis - William the Conqueror - 1066
Bhagvan - George Washington - 1776
Kopernikus - Neil Armstrong - 1969

1. Use the words and the search function to find the posts containing them, which give you a 4-string each
2. Use the associated 4 digit number to shift each letter/number in the string (lots of web apps can do this)
3. Put the shifted 4-strings together

The additional complexity was that each 4-string could be shifted left or right, so I had to try some combinations (LLLL etc) before I got the right one. Fortunately the winning combination was among the more intuitive ones.
Aha, no wonder none of my codes worked -- didn't catch on to the opposite shift direction! :-)
Posted July 08, 2013
My worksheet:

71V5 1492 r-85E7 l-67M3
DASF 1066 r-EAYL l-CAMZ
NX3D 1776 r-OE0J l-MQ6X
RMXE 1969 r-SVDN l-QDRV
Posted July 08, 2013
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oasis789: Ok so from the clues and hints Lithrasil gave, the names correspond to 4 digit numbers i.e. a year. What is the most characteristic year associated with these names?

Shibboleth - Christopher Columbus - 1492
Ozymandis - William the Conqueror - 1066
Bhagvan - George Washington - 1776
Kopernikus - Neil Armstrong - 1969

1. Use the words and the search function to find the posts containing them, which give you a 4-string each
2. Use the associated 4 digit number to shift each letter/number in the string (lots of web apps can do this)
3. Put the shifted 4-strings together

The additional complexity was that each 4-string could be shifted left or right, so I had to try some combinations (LLLL etc) before I got the right one. Fortunately the winning combination was among the more intuitive ones.
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blotunga: Sounds stupid for asking, but what search function? Do gog forums have search?
It's in the top right -- next to "New Topic"

EDIT: Or the bottom right -- never noticed that before!
Post edited July 08, 2013 by blakstar
Posted July 08, 2013
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blotunga: Sounds stupid for asking, but what search function? Do gog forums have search?
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blakstar: It's in the top right -- next to "New Topic"
Riiight .. as I edited my last post :))... ok, I officially suck at this :D
I was wondering if it has to do with the Shibboleth project and SAML (and was guessing that this was the first part somehow)... and so on but apparently it was much easier than that :P
Post edited July 08, 2013 by blotunga
Posted July 08, 2013
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oasis789: Ok so from the clues and hints Lithrasil gave, the names correspond to 4 digit numbers i.e. a year. What is the most characteristic year associated with these names?

Shibboleth - Christopher Columbus - 1492
Ozymandis - William the Conqueror - 1066
Bhagvan - George Washington - 1776
Kopernikus - Neil Armstrong - 1969

1. Use the words and the search function to find the posts containing them, which give you a 4-string each
2. Use the associated 4 digit number to shift each letter/number in the string (lots of web apps can do this)
3. Put the shifted 4-strings together

The additional complexity was that each 4-string could be shifted left or right, so I had to try some combinations (LLLL etc) before I got the right one. Fortunately the winning combination was among the more intuitive ones.
Look at you, hacker!
Posted July 08, 2013
Well, I guess it was a little stupid using "the oracle" instead of the GOG search function.

But I guess I will have a slight chance next time (if there is a next time).
Posted July 08, 2013
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Mentao: Well, I guess it was a little stupid using "the oracle" instead of the GOG search function.

But I guess I will have a slight chance next time (if there is a next time).
At least I've found out that the gog forums DO have a search function :D. Never needed/used it before :)
Posted July 08, 2013
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Mentao: Well, I guess it was a little stupid using "the oracle" instead of the GOG search function.

But I guess I will have a slight chance next time (if there is a next time).
Yes, there will be a next time. Just not right away. I'll need to refill my wallet first (and wait for an interesting promo :-) )
Posted July 08, 2013
@Lifthrasil BTW I forgot to thank you! Even though I've been buying stuff from GOG for a few years, it was this thread that coaxed me out of hiding onto the forums -- I had lots of fun just trying to solve the clues :-)
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