Trading credits for brainpower
Hello, Imperian folks!
I am bored and like torturing people, so I am starting a competition. Every week, or two weeks, or when I feel like it, or maybe just once, I'll post a puzzle. Usually logic puzzles and the like, probably.
At the time of the post, I'll also post the prizes.
First one incoming!
I am bored and like torturing people, so I am starting a competition. Every week, or two weeks, or when I feel like it, or maybe just once, I'll post a puzzle. Usually logic puzzles and the like, probably.
At the time of the post, I'll also post the prizes.
First one incoming!
I am the righteous one...
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the claims are stated - it's the world I've created
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First person to send me a forum message with the solution to this puzzle will win 30 credits. Second person gets 20 credits. No other prizes.
Winners will be judged by correctness and the message timestamp.
First puzzle
EDIT: Yes, solutions exist around the internet. They're cheating. If I think you used one, I might arbitrarily disqualify you
EDIT 2: Generally, if you can tell me what the puzzle is/how it works, and generally be able to answer questions/show your work, I'll assume you didn't cheat
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‘Every sword’s a weight to carry. Men don’t see that when they pick ’em up. But they get heavier with time.”
Still 20 credits up for grabs.
EDIT: Since I've had a lot of complaints (from one very vocal Ahkan), the next puzzle won't give quite as much of a head start to the code-minded.
EDIT 2: I hope no one is trying to brute force a solution. While theoretically possible (and I made some models to do so), we're talking about 8.05184836*10^217 possible solutions! (26^154, to be exact).
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The puzzle was a regular expression crossword, part of the 2013 MIT mystery hunt. Each place on the grid is restricted by the three regular expressions that point to it. A solution is a filled in grid in which each position satisfies all of the restrictions on it.
You can find a regex cheat sheat here. I'll give people the rest of the weekend to keep at it and try to solve it, if they're inclined, and post the solution after the CTF. Or on Monday. Or when I remember.
the claims are stated - it's the world I've created
the claims are stated - it's the world I've created
‘Every sword’s a weight to carry. Men don’t see that when they pick ’em up. But they get heavier with time.”
If there are any suggestions or requests for next week's puzzle, feel free to post/message.
the claims are stated - it's the world I've created
the claims are stated - it's the world I've created
the claims are stated - it's the world I've created
"On the battlefield I am a god. I love war. The steel, the smell, the corpses. I wish there were more. On the first day I drove the Northmen back alone at the ford. Alone! On the second I carried the bridge! Me! Yesterday I climbed the Heroes! I love war! I… I wish it wasn’t over."
If anyone has suggestions, feel free to contact me.
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(Still thinking, I swear I'll post something soon)
EDIT: I'll actually accept an answer to any of the Millennium Prize problems.
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http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0610903v1.pdf
In under an hour.
the claims are stated - it's the world I've created