System for a puzzle?

[BunnyKinx]

hiya i just wanna see if its possible for you guys to get this. im putting it here cause it could be a long puzzle and maybe change them to try ideas out. but here it is.

please reply with ideas on the password or what you think about this puzzle.

843 72779673 47 : 9355 3663

Figure it out.

 

[Actingman00]

What does it have to do with RM?

 

[e]

843 72779673 47 : 9355 3663

Considering the lack of information (e.g.: what type of password, what for, the game, etc.), I tried anything that popped up in my mind. Here's what I tried:

Sums
74 : 40
OR
15 48 11 : 22 18

Now, if we take 74, divide it by the number of digits there is in the left side, 13, we obtain: 6.
Now, if we take 40, divide it by the number of digits there is in the right side, 8, we obtain: 5.

Damn, that was close.

Grouping
2334467777789 : 33355669 => Remove similars => 244777778 : 3556

Properties
Left side: 13 digits, ranging from 2 to 9; 7 is the most repeated digit, and 2, 8 and 9 are singletons.
Right side: 8 digits, ranging from 3 to 9; 3 is the most repeated digit, and 9 is a singleton.

Base conversion
Left side:      843 72779673 47
  Base 2:      1111010110001110100111101001100001111110011
  Octal:        172616475141763
  Hexadecimal:  7AC74F4C3F3
Right side:      9355 3663
  Base 2 :      101100100111000001111111111
  Octal :      544701777
  Hexadecimal : 59383FF

If we stop assuming that there are two parts, one left and one right, then we're left with 21 digits, something that can easily be broken down into groups of 3s or 7s.

843 727 796 734 793 553 663
OR
8437277 9673479 3553663

If we sum these up, we obtain:
15 16 22 14 19 13 15
OR
38 45 31

All of which have no real meaning that I see.

So, to sum it up...what the hell am I supposed to be looking for anyway? This is much too vague.

 

[Hevendor]

to sum it up

For some reason I actually laughed at that =D

Back on topic

The password is 42 and this puzzle is very, very retarded.

(as in, more info pls)

 

[BunnyKinx]

you are looking to deep into it. (and the reason its to do with RM is cause if this works out ok i will make a few new scripts (kinda like mini games) around it.)

So far i 3 people have got the answer from the EXACT same puzzle and i mean no extra description or anything. just trust me when i tell you thats all you need and it should be quite easy

the password is to unlock a puzzle in the game. giving you acsess to extra items and weapons :D its very simple and i think you are looking to deep.

 

[Antikythera]

843 72779673 47 : 9355 3663

I read it upside down and got this:

EggE SSEx LA ELgrLLSL EAB

I win.

 

[Danton Lavergne]

i see poo

this is stupid. puzzles like this make you want to close the game and never look at it again. try harder.

 

[mawk]

EggE SSEx LA ELgrLLSL EAB

Egg Sex La El Girl Silly B.

nothx. ._.

A professional attempt at sequence craking is "too deep," so...

I'm guessing you found some old cypher and are putting it to use -- that's not a puzzle as much as it is a knowledge test. I hate cyphers in games as much as I hated the Braille thing in Pokemon R/S. It's disappointing to agonize over any possible permutations of reason to a random number system only to learn that it's a direct translation into a cypher you were expected to know beforehand.

Bottom line: If this is a cypher, you suck. Puzzles shouldn't require any metagame knowledge unless it's incredibly common -- even then, you shouldn't be frivolous about what you assume to be incredibly common.

 

[Calibre]

If its a puzzle for a game, I'm not having fun with it now, so I wouldn't in a game either.  Something to bear in mind.

 

[Brewmeister]

Spoiler: Spoiler

Bunny, looks like you have them all hung up. Well done!
Perhaps they should phone a friend to find the key.?
You're a pretty smooth operator, perhaps we should exchange ideas sometime.

As Calibre illustrated, most people will get annoyed if the lightbulb doesn't come on in a reasonable amount of time. Not really a matter of intelligence, just that everyone thinks differently. (as our resident Math Major, etheon up there demonstrated).

Assuming you want to use this 'in-game', perhaps placing an object in the scene that gives a clue to the solution...

Be Well

 

[Antikythera]

Heyhey, now I get it. See, even I can get it with heavy hints. And it's not so bad of a system as long as you do what Brewmeister said.

 

[e]

I don't major in Math ;-;

I really did try to solve it; I mean, you give me numbers. What am I suppose to think of them? That I have to eat them up, digest them and spew back a string of purplish buena nottes?

And I still can't find it, even if I rack my head around about telephone numbers and operators. All I can think of is that song...

 

[Antikythera]

And I still can't find it, even if I rack my head around about telephone numbers and operators. All I can think of is that song...

Get out a cell phone and stare at the numbers. XD

 

[Calibre]

I seriously don't get how Brewmeister got that.  I don't see you drop any riddle-esque clue so really it's just numbers that can represent anything.  If this was in  game like  95% would quit.  A Puzzle is far more rewarding to be able to see the goal from the start, then try and have to reach it logically.

 

[Cruelty]

im going to guess the big puzzle here is why anyone would want to sit and figure out some jackass series of numbers with no hints.  a string of numbers can be anything. for all we know, it can be the exact birth minute/second/whatever-is-smaller-than-seconds of your great grandfather and the password is UNCLE TOM


maybe its the total amount of atoms in a piece of dog shit.

maybe its the amount of little holes in the speakers of your school auditorium

maybe its the phone number of your dads special friend

maybe its the amount of distance, measured in yards, that hitler sailed his canoe during his camping trip for his 15th birthday

 

[Calibre]

It's worth noting that an obstacle of this kind could only be used for something well and truly optional and in no way should the player feel he needs to solve it.  There also better be a theme of lettered phones in your game.  If your game is set in 876AD and then you tell people the solution to the puzzle is the substitution of mobile phone numbers then they're gonna be pissed.

 

[rikuken]

843 72779673 47 : 9355 3663

Considering the lack of information (e.g.: what type of password, what for, the game, etc.), I tried anything that popped up in my mind. Here's what I tried:

Sums
74 : 40
OR
15 48 11 : 22 18

Now, if we take 74, divide it by the number of digits there is in the left side, 13, we obtain: 6.
Now, if we take 40, divide it by the number of digits there is in the right side, 8, we obtain: 5.

Damn, that was close.

Grouping
2334467777789 : 33355669 => Remove similars => 244777778 : 3556

Properties
Left side: 13 digits, ranging from 2 to 9; 7 is the most repeated digit, and 2, 8 and 9 are singletons.
Right side: 8 digits, ranging from 3 to 9; 3 is the most repeated digit, and 9 is a singleton.

Base conversion
Left side:      843 72779673 47
  Base 2:      1111010110001110100111101001100001111110011
  Octal:        172616475141763
  Hexadecimal:  7AC74F4C3F3
Right side:      9355 3663
  Base 2 :      101100100111000001111111111
  Octal :      544701777
  Hexadecimal : 59383FF

If we stop assuming that there are two parts, one left and one right, then we're left with 21 digits, something that can easily be broken down into groups of 3s or 7s.

843 727 796 734 793 553 663
OR
8437277 9673479 3553663

If we sum these up, we obtain:
15 16 22 14 19 13 15
OR
38 45 31

All of which have no real meaning that I see.

So, to sum it up...what the hell am I supposed to be looking for anyway? This is much too vague.

WTH...

 

[mawk]

Well, at least it's not a cypher. ;._.

 

[Brewmeister]

I don't major in Math ;-;

I was teasing.  "Not that there's anything wrong with that!" :scruff:
and pointing out that you attacked it in a mathematical way.
And I suspect the majority of players would start out thinking that way as well.  (I did)

then I stared at it for a minute, and it looked like words, so I played with rotation...
then I just happened to look at my phone, right next to my laptop...  :lightbulb:

It's not definitive (one # = one letter).  It could also be "Yell Food"

I'm with Cal. Add a few, even subtle, hints, and not on the critical path.

Be Well

 

[BunnyKinx]

yea in game these kinda puzzles will just be used for extras. and will have a no time limit window. so just little bits and bats that will keep SOME players interested. if you cannot be arsed then cool. but on my forums out of the 5 that attempted it 4 pmed me in the first 20 min with the answer. its not so hard when you think about it :D

well done to those that got it right. i will put some other ones up soon. (maybe harder)