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Post » 10 Feb 2012, 23:23

Maurice just postet a riddle whose solution is the release date of the game!
He postet it on stabyourself.net
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Do you have any idea?
BUT PLEASE, DON'T SAY THE RELEASE DATE! JUST SAY HOW TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE ;D

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Post » 10 Feb 2012, 23:40

Strange that Maurice didn't also post it on the forum...I'll see if I can figure it out.

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Post » 10 Feb 2012, 23:46

i think i made it :D
it is binary, so white = 0; black = 1. from left top to right bottom.
Solution:
 converted it's 401, what means 4/01. The first of april aka april fools day. also the title was "No joke." 

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Post » 10 Feb 2012, 23:48

numpad0to9 wrote:i think i made it :D
it is binary, so white = 0; black = 1. from left top to right bottom.
Solution:
 converted it's 401, what means 4/01. The first of april aka april fools day. also the title was "No joke." 
Possibly.

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Post » 10 Feb 2012, 23:51

That's not the solution at all. That's not even what it would be if it was binary. Also, Maurice isn't from the USA, so he dates DD/MM/YYYY, not MM/DD/YYYY like that date is. Don't be so silly. :P

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Post » 10 Feb 2012, 23:53

Pyr0saur wrote:Strange that Maurice didn't also post it on the forum...I'll see if I can figure it out.
I thought it'd be weird if I started the discussion.

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Post » 10 Feb 2012, 23:54

Maurice wrote:
Pyr0saur wrote:Strange that Maurice didn't also post it on the forum...I'll see if I can figure it out.
I thought it'd be weird if I started the discussion.
So what can you say of the current guesses? Any of them close to being correct?

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Post » 10 Feb 2012, 23:55

You will know if you have solved it.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 00:00

hiya, just joined up to try in at this riddle

i don't think the 401 thing is right, since i tried binary converters, and they all came out with something that can only be either gibberish, or some kind of code (i say code because i noticed it having a ; a few times)

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 00:08

Ok i tried decoding it as binary wit white being 1 and black 0, and vice versa here's what i got

White=0 Black=1
MŒ™f‚t
and when you google that, it changes to- MŒ?™f‚t

Now White=1 Black=0
³íf™}‹

and when you google that, google changes it to- ³ íf™}‹

and putting them together gets you- MŒ?™f‚t ³ íf™}‹
any meaning to anyone?
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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 00:09

My analysis...

56 pixels:
33 white
23 black

Since Maurice does live in a different country, he may look a the date as DD/MM/YYYY.
So either it could be 3/3/2012, or 3/2/2012.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 00:32

It says if it not out by my birthday which is feb 25th, I will get it as a present on that day :)

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 00:39

Elbow wrote:My analysis...

56 pixels:
33 white
23 black

Since Maurice does live in a different country, he may look a the date as DD/MM/YYYY.
So either it could be 3/3/2012, or 3/2/2012.
I feel lIke thIs Is the most lIkely answer.

But Maurice saId that If we found It, we'd know It.

I feel lIke only the aprIl fools date fIts that.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 00:52

Elbow wrote:My analysis...

56 pixels:
33 white
23 black

Since Maurice does live in a different country, he may look a the date as DD/MM/YYYY.
So either it could be 3/3/2012, or 3/2/2012.
I seriously doubt it will be to do with solely the amount of each colour.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 00:55

Image

Hm.

The 21st?

Or 2/1?

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 00:58

Has this got anything to do with Ortho Robot
EDIT: if it does the 20th is the closes ive got
http://prntscr.com/611ou

Double EDIT: but when i flip it around
http://prntscr.com/611w9

So my final guess 20th of May

@Hen Barrison most likely the 21st
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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:07

byrono wrote:Has this got anything to do with Ortho Robot
EDIT: if it does the 20th is the closes ive got
http://prntscr.com/611ou
It may, have you dug through any of the later levels?

I thInk we should examIne all the levels to see If any of them make thIs Image.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:21

byrono wrote:Has this got anything to do with Ortho Robot
EDIT: if it does the 20th is the closes ive got
http://prntscr.com/611ou

Double EDIT: but when i flip it around
http://prntscr.com/611w9

So my final guess 20th of May

@Hen Barrison most likely the 21st
I doubt he'd expect us to look for something that 'looks like the image'. That doesn't sound like something you'd know if you got it. :P

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:24

Camewel wrote: I doubt he'd expect us to look for something that 'looks like the image'. That doesn't sound like something you'd know if you got it. :P
I said the 21st was most likely from 2/1 or 21st

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:26

Camewel wrote:
byrono wrote:Has this got anything to do with Ortho Robot
EDIT: if it does the 20th is the closes ive got
http://prntscr.com/611ou

Double EDIT: but when i flip it around
http://prntscr.com/611w9

So my final guess 20th of May

@Hen Barrison most likely the 21st
I doubt he'd expect us to look for something that 'looks like the image'. That doesn't sound like something you'd know if you got it. :P
I don't thInk It mIght look lIke It, but exactly.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:29

Hen Barrison wrote:
Camewel wrote:
byrono wrote:Has this got anything to do with Ortho Robot
EDIT: if it does the 20th is the closes ive got
http://prntscr.com/611ou

Double EDIT: but when i flip it around
http://prntscr.com/611w9

So my final guess 20th of May

@Hen Barrison most likely the 21st
I doubt he'd expect us to look for something that 'looks like the image'. That doesn't sound like something you'd know if you got it. :P
I don't thInk It mIght look lIke It, but exactly.
Not to go totally off topic, but it's very noticeable in those italics. Out of interest, why do you capitalise every 'I' you type?

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:34

Camewel wrote:
Not to go totally off topic, but it's very noticeable in those italics. Out of interest, why do you capitalise every 'I' you type?

I guess It stared wIth the word Idea. I would acedentally capItalIze It and It just evolved from there. Have you ever seen someone who CapItalIzes Every Word?

Its lIke that.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:37

Just think of how much fun they are having laughing at us.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:42

probably saying "Oh, should have thought of that one!!"

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Hen Barrison wrote:... Have you ever seen someone who CapItalIzes Every Word?

Its lIke that.
Capitalizing Every Word You Type Makes Whatever You're Saying True.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:51

You see, I see four possible outcomes. We manage to work it out, or Maurice reveals it and we're thinking either, 'Oh, that's really clever', 'That's really obvious, why didn't I get that' or 'I hate you Maurice'. Maurice, which do you think is more likely?

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 01:59

It's not binary to ascii, in columns of 8 (because binary is expressed in groups of either four or eight digits), because 00000101 is not a valid ascii code.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:01

Camewel wrote:You see, I see four possible outcomes. We manage to work it out, or Maurice reveals it and we're thinking either, 'Oh, that's really clever', 'That's really obvious, why didn't I get that' or 'I hate you Maurice'. Maurice, which do you think is more likely?
I choose options number 1 and 3

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:13

Kyle Prior wrote:
Camewel wrote:You see, I see four possible outcomes. We manage to work it out, or Maurice reveals it and we're thinking either, 'Oh, that's really clever', 'That's really obvious, why didn't I get that' or 'I hate you Maurice'. Maurice, which do you think is more likely?
I choose options number 1 and 3
So we get it, then when Maurice reveals we are right we hate ourselves for not getting it? Okay then...

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:14

could it be a part of a QR Code? or something like that?

or a puzzle... maybe we have to take the black ones and rearrange them?
damn... xD

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:14

Here is what I tried:
Convert image to binary then to decimal:
0100110 = 38
1100011 = 99
0000010 = 2
0101001 = 41
1001011 = 75
0011010 = 26
0000100 = 4
1110100 = 116
Adding it up gives you 401. 4/01? April fools. No joke, huh?
Although I feel this 'riddle' might be way easier then I'd expected...

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:30

kabalzerO wrote:could it be a part of a QR Code? or something like that?

or a puzzle... maybe we have to take the black ones and rearrange them?
damn... xD
someone on the blog said the QR option. but i can't find a decoder that works with the image, or one that lets you put in a 'custom' code of your own. alternatively, i did notice something with the image, and did a simple mirror of it and i did get a face, but the rest could be anything. or nothing at all

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:31

Jorichi wrote:Here is what I tried:
Convert image to binary then to decimal:
0100110 = 38
1100011 = 99
0000010 = 2
0101001 = 41
1001011 = 75
0011010 = 26
0000100 = 4
1110100 = 116
Adding it up gives you 401. 4/01? April fools. No joke, huh?
Although I feel this 'riddle' might be way easier then I'd expected...
You did it wrong. There are 8 sets of numbers in a binary set, not 7.

The numbers are: 73 209 101 28 131 236 88, when added together, they equal 866. Which doesn't mean anything that I can discern.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:33

I even tried to apply tetris to the pattern, and got nothing.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:41

Jaedreth wrote: You did it wrong. There are 8 sets of numbers in a binary set, not 7.

The numbers are: 73 209 101 28 131 236 88, when added together, they equal 866. Which doesn't mean anything that I can discern.
Yeah I tried that, but I was wondering why Maurice would make it 7 wide (and this outcome rang a bell) if that was the case.
And what if the image is rotated by 90 degrees to the left... or right?

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:44

So, it's not Binary -> Ascii, because not all of them point to proper Ascii code, it's not Binary -> Decimal. And dropping each block straight down doesn't do anything. Which means I bet one has to rearrange the blocks in just the right way to form something, or I'm an idiot.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 02:46

Jaedreth wrote:I even tried to apply tetris to the pattern, and got nothing.
same here:
http://i.imgur.com/NFJeA.png
I guess it's... not Tetris, too!!!

Edit: I did it twice... and got something different the second time...http://i.imgur.com/EiwKU.png
idk which time i messed up...

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 03:06

WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO US!?!?

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 03:14

Kyle Prior wrote:
Jaedreth wrote:I even tried to apply tetris to the pattern, and got nothing.
same here:
http://i.imgur.com/NFJeA.png
I guess it's... not Tetris, too!!!

Edit: I did it twice... and got something different the second time...http://i.imgur.com/EiwKU.png
idk which time i messed up...
You messed up the second time; it's the same thing I got.

EDIT: Oops, I meant to say the fist time. The second time was right.
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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 03:15

Kyle Prior wrote:
Jaedreth wrote:I even tried to apply tetris to the pattern, and got nothing.
same here:
http://i.imgur.com/NFJeA.png
I guess it's... not Tetris, too!!!

Edit: I did it twice... and got something different the second time...http://i.imgur.com/EiwKU.png
idk which time i messed up...
You messed up the first time.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 03:50

The more I try, the more I think it's going to be something ridiculous that we would never get. I'm trying all sorts of weird stuff, nothing is giving me anything useful. I get that we need to think outside of the box, but can you at least give us a hint as to which kind of box we should be thinking in? I got a Y once, that was nice.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 04:06

Well Kyle, it could be, but I'm unsure of the amount of sarcasm included in that. If he is being sarcastic, like I think he probably is, then we've possibly got a February release on our hands. However, that could be an offhand comment or simply just a joke, and the release date could be any time still. You may be on to something.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 06:25

<b>OR</b> It could be nonsensical and everybody is having a laugh at your expense?!? :) Or, the April fools thing.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 07:43

I now know the answer to the riddle! Hooray!!!

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 08:01

Moncole wrote:It says if it not out by my birthday which is feb 25th, I will get it as a present on that day :)
We have the same birthday

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 08:16

If the answer to the riddle is 4/1, then you can expect to not be released on that day. It's April Fool's Day.

Just saying.

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 08:37

SpocKirk wrote:I now know the answer to the riddle! Hooray!!!
you and me both ;3

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 09:22

Maurice wrote:You will know if you have solved it.

Hmm, how would we know? It looks like a QR to me.

(BTW: first post! finally signed up!)

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 10:50

Camewel wrote:That's not the solution at all. That's not even what it would be if it was binary. Also, Maurice isn't from the USA, so he dates DD/MM/YYYY, not MM/DD/YYYY like that date is. Don't be so silly. :P
i know that maurice is german. just like me ;P

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Post » 11 Feb 2012, 10:57

Ozuma36 wrote:
Maurice wrote:You will know if you have solved it.

Hmm, how would we know? It looks like a QR to me.

(BTW: first post! finally signed up!)
i tried the QR code thing. nothing came out :/

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