Official Nubblies Contest #9: Codebreaker Elite - Page 2 - Nubblies.net Forums

Ironic Mustache · 01-24-2005, 10:14 PM

This is the hardest thing I've ever done INCLUDING pulling the plug on my grandmother.

(I didn't really do that, but I bet this is still harder.)

01-24-2005, 10:46 PM

If only you knew.

Once this contest is over, we need to all compare the things we tried to solve it.

Because I've sure tried some crazy stuff that will probobly sound hilarious once this contest is over (they were probobly looking into the problem wayyyyy to deeply)

ninjaface · 01-24-2005, 10:53 PM

True that.

Ironic Mustache · 01-25-2005, 04:28 PM

I tried to add all the numbers up and then subtract that from the population of Phoenix, Arizona, and then change the numbers to letters. I got the word "Tilt" but it didn't work.

Orgazmo · 01-25-2005, 04:39 PM

Hmm...that's the right process...but the wrong answer.

You must have messed something up.

Ugly Bastard · 01-25-2005, 04:55 PM

Tilt.

-Ugly Bastard

Ironic Mustache · 01-25-2005, 06:03 PM

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

01-25-2005, 06:06 PM

I used the numbers as atomic weights of various elements.

I then used cold fusion to fuse all the elements together, and what was left was a living breathing sexbear, but I thought that was the password!?!?

Ironic Mustache · 01-25-2005, 06:39 PM

I tried that too with no luck.

Orgazmo · 01-26-2005, 03:12 AM

Hint #4

Each number in "the code" is actually a pair of coordinates. Chew on that, bitches.

ninjaface · 01-26-2005, 04:17 AM

I tried some fucked up calculations along with some morse code.

FUCK

[ January 26, 2005, 01:49 AM: Message edited by: ninjaface ]

01-26-2005, 07:45 AM

Wow, I wasn't far off all along.

Pliedes · 01-26-2005, 06:02 PM

I win, bitches.

Orgazmo · 01-26-2005, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pliedes:
I win, bitches.

And with that...Contest #9 has come to a close.

Pliedes · 01-26-2005, 06:07 PM

Orgazmo, what's that thing to the right of my affiliation?

Orgazmo · 01-26-2005, 06:15 PM

It's the "Best Member of Nubblies" trophy.

Thank you for taking the time to make that post, Sir. I know I'm not alone when I say that I appreciate it.

I'll leave you alone now. Thanks again.

Beebs · 01-26-2005, 06:29 PM

Damn...so what was the answer?

sim_flex_x · 01-26-2005, 06:45 PM

I hate you Pliedes. You have no idea how hard I've been trying to figure this damn thing out!

Orgazmo · 01-26-2005, 06:47 PM

IN THIS POST, I'M GOING TO REVEAL HOW THE CODE WORKS. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW FOR SOME REASON, DON'T READ THIS POST

For the username, there are Seven 5-digit numbers. Each one of those numbers can be broken into 2 separate numbers. The first 2 digits of the 5-digit number make up the first "sub-number." The second 3 digits make up the second "sub-number." Ex. 12345 = 12 & 345.

That much was kinda given in the last clue. Now that you have the coordinates, you need to find your map. What was the map? The map was Nubblies, of course. The first coordinate (in our example: 12) represented a forum number. The second coordinate (in our example: 345) represented a thread number within said forum. In general, when your number = XXYYY, what you were looking for was found at:

http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/.../f/XX/t/000YYY

What exactly were you looking for? You were looking for the first letter of the title of said thread. Put all of those first letters together...and you get the username.

The password was quite a bit easier to figure out. If you simply looked at the page, you saw a simple picture:

However, if you saved this picture to your hard drive...or even linked directly to the picture, you would see that there was more to it than was displayed:

Pretty straightforward.

The title of the page decoded to "TITLE"...though that was more to throw you off the trail than anything...since it really doesn't help in the translation at all.

So, in the end, you were left with:

14004 =
http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/.../f/14/t/000004 =
D

07172 =
http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/...c/f/7/t/000172 =
O

07080 =
http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/...c/f/7/t/000080 =
L

03246 =
http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/...c/f/3/t/000246 =
P

15109 =
http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/.../f/15/t/000109 =
H

01126 =
http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/...c/f/1/t/000126 =
i

13023 =
http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/.../f/13/t/000023 =
N

Meaning...
Username: DOLPHiN
Password: fishpants

Once you knew that, you could access the final page which gave the simple instruction, "Make a post in the original contest thread that says, 'I win, bitches.'"...thus ending the contest.

Congrats, Pliedes.

01-26-2005, 06:50 PM

Nice win, I thought I had tried absolutely everything...

Schroeder · 01-27-2005, 03:18 AM

Pliedes makes a rather uncommon visit to the forum and wins the contest, no problem. My hero.

Pliedes · 01-27-2005, 06:49 AM

Uncommon visit or uncommon post?

Schroeder · 01-27-2005, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pliedes:
Uncommon visit or uncommon post?

Beats me.

Now, probably the dumbest thing I did working on this code was to type the whole string of numbers and hyphens into a yahoo search. I thought I was on to something when I found a dow chemical site that featured all the numbers as court cases against them. I guess not.

01-27-2005, 01:37 PM

I was actually on the right path considering them coordinates, but I was manipulating them and seeing if they coordinated to longitude and latitude to pin point some spot on the globe. I tried every possible combination.

Also, am I the only one now completely familiar with the town of Woburn, MA? (01801)

Schroeder · 01-27-2005, 03:10 PM

Yeah, I tried zipcodes too

01-24-2005, 10:14 PM	#26 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	This is the hardest thing I've ever done INCLUDING pulling the plug on my grandmother. (I didn't really do that, but I bet this is still harder.)
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

01-24-2005, 10:46 PM	#27 (permalink)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a	If only you knew. Once this contest is over, we need to all compare the things we tried to solve it. Because I've sure tried some crazy stuff that will probobly sound hilarious once this contest is over (they were probobly looking into the problem wayyyyy to deeply)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a

01-25-2005, 04:28 PM	#29 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	I tried to add all the numbers up and then subtract that from the population of Phoenix, Arizona, and then change the numbers to letters. I got the word "Tilt" but it didn't work.
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

01-25-2005, 06:03 PM	#32 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

01-25-2005, 06:06 PM	#33 (permalink)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a	I used the numbers as atomic weights of various elements. I then used cold fusion to fuse all the elements together, and what was left was a living breathing sexbear, but I thought that was the password!?!?
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a

01-24-2005, 10:53 PM	#28 (permalink)
ninjaface Level 20 Holothetan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Space Posts: 5,245 Internets: 210144	True that.

01-25-2005, 04:39 PM	#30 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,699 Internets: 305662	Hmm...that's the right process...but the wrong answer. You must have messed something up.

01-25-2005, 04:55 PM	#31 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Tilt. -Ugly Bastard

01-25-2005, 06:39 PM	#34 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	I tried that too with no luck.
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

01-26-2005, 03:12 AM	#35 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,699 Internets: 305662	Hint #4 Each number in "the code" is actually a pair of coordinates. Chew on that, bitches.

01-26-2005, 04:17 AM	#36 (permalink)
ninjaface Level 20 Holothetan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Space Posts: 5,245 Internets: 210144	I tried some fucked up calculations along with some morse code. FUCK [ January 26, 2005, 01:49 AM: Message edited by: ninjaface ]

01-26-2005, 07:45 AM	#37 (permalink)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a	Wow, I wasn't far off all along.
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a

01-26-2005, 06:02 PM	#38 (permalink)
Pliedes Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 4,594 Internets: 1608	I win, bitches.

01-26-2005, 06:07 PM	#40 (permalink)
Pliedes Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 4,594 Internets: 1608	Orgazmo, what's that thing to the right of my affiliation?

01-26-2005, 06:15 PM	#41 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,699 Internets: 305662	It's the "Best Member of Nubblies" trophy. Thank you for taking the time to make that post, Sir. I know I'm not alone when I say that I appreciate it. I'll leave you alone now. Thanks again.

01-27-2005, 03:10 PM	#50 (permalink)
Schroeder Unwanted Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,543 Internets: -885	Yeah, I tried zipcodes too

01-26-2005, 06:29 PM	#42 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	Damn...so what was the answer?

01-26-2005, 06:45 PM	#43 (permalink)
sim_flex_x Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: St. Pete Posts: 690 Internets: 10	I hate you Pliedes. You have no idea how hard I've been trying to figure this damn thing out!

01-26-2005, 06:47 PM	#44 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,699 Internets: 305662	IN THIS POST, I'M GOING TO REVEAL HOW THE CODE WORKS. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW FOR SOME REASON, DON'T READ THIS POST For the username, there are Seven 5-digit numbers. Each one of those numbers can be broken into 2 separate numbers. The first 2 digits of the 5-digit number make up the first "sub-number." The second 3 digits make up the second "sub-number." Ex. 12345 = 12 & 345. That much was kinda given in the last clue. Now that you have the coordinates, you need to find your map. What was the map? The map was Nubblies, of course. The first coordinate (in our example: 12) represented a forum number. The second coordinate (in our example: 345) represented a thread number within said forum. In general, when your number = XXYYY, what you were looking for was found at: http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/.../f/XX/t/000YYY What exactly were you looking for? You were looking for the first letter of the title of said thread. Put all of those first letters together...and you get the username. The password was quite a bit easier to figure out. If you simply looked at the page, you saw a simple picture: However, if you saved this picture to your hard drive...or even linked directly to the picture, you would see that there was more to it than was displayed: Pretty straightforward. The title of the page decoded to "TITLE"...though that was more to throw you off the trail than anything...since it really doesn't help in the translation at all. So, in the end, you were left with: 14004 = http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/.../f/14/t/000004 = D 07172 = http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/...c/f/7/t/000172 = O 07080 = http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/...c/f/7/t/000080 = L 03246 = http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/...c/f/3/t/000246 = P 15109 = http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/.../f/15/t/000109 = H 01126 = http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/...c/f/1/t/000126 = i 13023 = http://www.nubblies.net/cgi-bin/ubb/.../f/13/t/000023 = N Meaning... Username: DOLPHiN Password: fishpants Once you knew that, you could access the final page which gave the simple instruction, "Make a post in the original contest thread that says, 'I win, bitches.'"...thus ending the contest. Congrats, Pliedes.

01-26-2005, 06:50 PM	#45 (permalink)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a	Nice win, I thought I had tried absolutely everything...
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a

01-27-2005, 03:18 AM	#46 (permalink)
Schroeder Unwanted Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,543 Internets: -885	Pliedes makes a rather uncommon visit to the forum and wins the contest, no problem. My hero.

01-27-2005, 06:49 AM	#47 (permalink)
Pliedes Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 4,594 Internets: 1608	Uncommon visit or uncommon post?

01-27-2005, 01:37 PM	#49 (permalink)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a	I was actually on the right path considering them coordinates, but I was manipulating them and seeing if they coordinated to longitude and latitude to pin point some spot on the globe. I tried every possible combination. Also, am I the only one now completely familiar with the town of Woburn, MA? (01801)
DJ FC Guest Posts: n/a