Test Your Mental Might With The Escapist's First-Ever Puzzle Adventure!

[irequirefood]

Day 2 #3 and #4 are killing me. I have the one for #4 decrypted, but I can't find any meaning other than coordinates.

Look at the puzzle image: translation, location, vocation. You've translated it, which gives you...

The location, yeah. Now I just need to figure out the vocation >.<
Edit: Now just gotta get #3.

 

[Volafortis]

2-3 and 2-4 are brutal (The wording on 2-3 is iffy, at best)

I'm just to tired to think for 2-4.

 

[ajluczak]

Here's a few more hints for people struggling with 2-3.

Hint 1:
As I said in a earlier post, there are four words in the answer

Hint 2:
The longest word is 10 letters long

Hint 3:
One of the solution words is "the"

 

[Glamorgan]

You have to follow the hint, very literally. Rotate the image, but not the characters. It's not M<M, but another set of characters entirely.

I've tried everything I can think of :-(
3A3
W<W
I just don't get it!
*smashes forehead against keys*

You're close. Just try rotating it in the other direction.

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

Ok. I KNOW I have to change #4 to binary but how?
A computer whiz I am not.
Grr 3 is driving me insane!
EDIT: Figured out number three. Gah! Now the clue makes sense!!
Aheyhey!!

 

[Expwnent]

this is the text I got from the binary conversion for #4
Is that correct? Because If so I'm not sure what to do with it.

 

[ajluczak]

this is the text I got from the binary conversion for #4

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one point five two three adot udot

Is that correct? Because If so I'm not sure what to do with it.

Yes, that is the direct text representation of the message in #4. Perhaps you should turn the words into digits and punctuation.

It'll be more useful that way.

 

[randomsix]

this is the text I got from the binary conversion for #4

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one point five two three adot udot

Is that correct? Because If so I'm not sure what to do with it.

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only two characters are explicit in the translation. Also, keep chopping up that sequence.

 

[Expwnent]

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all I can think of for Mars is red faction guerilla

 

[Expwnent]

and then it came to me

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because Mars is another name for the greek god

 

[Spoonius]

I tried converting 2-4 to binary, and got this:

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10110000101010111011000010111011101100011011100110101011101100001011101010110110101101111010101110101111
10101001101011011010101010110000101110101011101010111011101101101010101110111010101100001011000110101000
1011111010101011

Somebody mentioned something about an "American Standard"... wtf is that? I'm using this website here to translate the binary code... is it OK?

http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp

Whenever I try to translate the binary, I get the symbols ;&# followed by a three-digit number (ranging from 168 to 190). The pattern repeats itself 28 times when translating the entire code.

Are they supposed to be coordinates? if so, then I have no fucking idea how to use them.

 

[ajluczak]

I tried converting 2-4 to binary, and got this:

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10110000101010111011000010111011101100011011100110101011101100001011101010110110101101111010101110101111
10101001101011011010101010110000101110101011101010111011101101101010101110111010101100001011000110101000
1011111010101011

Somebody mentioned something about an "American Standard"... wtf is that? I'm using this website here to translate the binary code... is it OK?

http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp

Whenever I try to translate the binary, I get the symbols ;&# followed by a three-digit number (ranging from 168 to 190). The pattern repeats itself 28 times when translating the entire code.

Are they supposed to be coordinates? if so, then I have no fucking idea how to use them.

Your binary is backwards: flip every 1 into a 0, and vice versa. But yes, that conversion website will work.

 

[Expwnent]

I believe you've got your digits swapped

 

[ajluczak]

So, I've gotten a request or two for more hints about 2-3.

THIS IS A MAJOR HINT FOR 2-3. IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE DIRECT THAN USUAL. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

The real problem is their hint. Even having never played the answer game, I can tell it's not a zombie game. That said, there is (at least) one dead person involved

 

[Detheroth]

Ok- Struggling a bit on 4 and number 3 is being elusive.. but i need to persevere.

Huge Hint/Explanation for 2-1;

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The character from peanuts is called Schroeder... use the pictures and work out the name of a theory.. then work out why you would open the box

For 2-2

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Think of it as a tongue twister... just keep saying it.. fast.

Working on the other two now.. Good luck all.

 

[VampiresDontSparkle]

So, I've gotten a request or two for more hints about 2-3.

THIS IS A MAJOR HINT FOR 2-3. IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE DIRECT THAN USUAL. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

The real problem is their hint. Even having never played the answer game, I can tell it's not a zombie game. That said, there is (at least) one dead person involved, and he's a smooth criminal.

THANKYOU! I finally got it. Now for question four...

 

[Spoonius]

I tried converting 2-4 to binary, and got this:

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10110000101010111011000010111011101100011011100110101011101100001011101010110110101101111010101110101111
10101001101011011010101010110000101110101011101010111011101101101010101110111010101100001011000110101000
1011111010101011

Somebody mentioned something about an "American Standard"... wtf is that? I'm using this website here to translate the binary code... is it OK?

http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp

Whenever I try to translate the binary, I get the symbols ;&# followed by a three-digit number (ranging from 168 to 190). The pattern repeats itself 28 times when translating the entire code.

Are they supposed to be coordinates? if so, then I have no fucking idea how to use them.

Your binary is backwards: flip every 1 into a 0, and vice versa. But yes, that conversion website will work.

Spoiler

OTOD - NFTO - EIHT - PVRU - OEED - ITEO - NWAT?

 

[J-dog42]

Totally just guessed 2-4. No work or anything, just fluked it.

EDIT: Day two all done, I feel like I have accomplished something. Time for bed.

 

[ajluczak]

I tried converting 2-4 to binary, and got this:

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10110000101010111011000010111011101100011011100110101011101100001011101010110110101101111010101110101111
10101001101011011010101010110000101110101011101010111011101101101010101110111010101100001011000110101000
1011111010101011

Somebody mentioned something about an "American Standard"... wtf is that? I'm using this website here to translate the binary code... is it OK?

http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp

Whenever I try to translate the binary, I get the symbols ;&# followed by a three-digit number (ranging from 168 to 190). The pattern repeats itself 28 times when translating the entire code.

Are they supposed to be coordinates? if so, then I have no fucking idea how to use them.

Your binary is backwards: flip every 1 into a 0, and vice versa. But yes, that conversion website will work.

Spoiler

OTOD - NFTO - EIHT - PVRU - OEED - ITEO - NWAT?

Mod note - No posting answers

 

[Spoonius]

I tried converting 2-4 to binary, and got this:

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10110000101010111011000010111011101100011011100110101011101100001011101010110110101101111010101110101111
10101001101011011010101010110000101110101011101010111011101101101010101110111010101100001011000110101000
1011111010101011

Somebody mentioned something about an "American Standard"... wtf is that? I'm using this website here to translate the binary code... is it OK?

http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp

Whenever I try to translate the binary, I get the symbols ;&# followed by a three-digit number (ranging from 168 to 190). The pattern repeats itself 28 times when translating the entire code.

Are they supposed to be coordinates? if so, then I have no fucking idea how to use them.

Your binary is backwards: flip every 1 into a 0, and vice versa. But yes, that conversion website will work.

Spoiler

OTOD - NFTO - EIHT - PVRU - OEED - ITEO - NWAT?

That's what I did. One block at a time.