ignite portland 7: "how to solve any puzzle in less than 47 minutes"
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Can you understand Morse Code? What if it's encoded as images instead of sounds? What if those images are cancelled postage stamps, and you have to first sort them based on their colors and the dates in each postmark? Puzzle hunts come in many shapes and sizes, but they all test players' mental agility by presenting information in unusual ways. I'll give a brief history of my involvement in this unique community, show some clues from past Games, and do a quick recap of the Portland "DASH" event which took place on September 13, 2009. MORE INFO: http://snout.org/gameTRANSCRIPT
“How to Solve Any Puzzle in Less Than 47 Minutes”
Curtis C. Chen
Team Snout
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(treasure_hunt)0
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These are puzzles.
Images from Wikimedia Commons
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This is also a puzzle.
MegaHard (2000) Clue #13 provided by Jeff Stribling
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???
PATTERNS0
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,...
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128,...
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23,...
CODES1
1 = A2 = B3 = C ...
alpha = A bravo = Bcharlie = C ...
00001 = A00010 = B00011 = C ...
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Are you looking for:•English words?•A location name?•GPS coordinates?•Phone number?•Padlock combination?•Quotation?•Something else?
The Clue:
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WTF?
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44 stamps16 denominationsAll postmarked
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19911993
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? ? 1998
1982 1983 1984
1963 1979 1980
15¢
20¢
22¢
25¢
29¢
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OLDDANVILLERRSTA
OLD DANVILLE RailRoad STAtion
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MIT Mystery Hunt
“The Game”
BANG (Bay Area Night Game)
Microsoft Puzzle Hunt
SNAP (Seattle and Nearby Adventures in Puzzling)
Midnight Madness
DASH (Different Area—Same Hunt)
Shinteki
Dr. Clue Treasure Hunts
The Go Game
The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google
San Francisco Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt
Ravenchase Adventures
Washington Post Hunt
Stumptown Challenge
Microsoft Puzzle Safari
Miami Herald Tropic Hunt
Microsoft Intern Puzzle Day
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http://playdash.org
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http://snout.org/game
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