+patrick1997 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 i have been working on this cache for a long long time and can not figure this one out can someone please tell me not the answers but a way to find the answers like do i change some of the letters or do i have to find words in the puzzle or what. Thanks for anyone who helps. Quote Link to comment
+patrick1997 Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 o ya i forgot the puzzle cache is Sunset hideaway GC221PE Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Have you asked the cache owner for help? It's against the site's TOS for others to give you the solution. Seems to me that there are several hints given on the cache page. Quote Link to comment
+patrick1997 Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 i dont really understand the hints Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) i dont really understand the hints Not everybody will solve every puzzle and not every cache has to be found. If you can't solve it, there is nothing wrong with putting it on your ignore list and moving on. Edited August 9, 2011 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 A while back, The Rat offered a puzzle-solving class as an event cache. His slides are available here: http://thegba.net/resources/general_information.php Among the tips he offered: Identify the theme. Check the cache title, the hint, the HTML source, the graphics (including names/URLs), any links (including URLs), whatever is at the posted coordinates, etc. If you can figure out the theme, then you should look for numbering systems that are associated with that theme (zip codes, area codes, telephone keypads, episode numbers, etc.). Around here, coordinates will have 15 digits, and will look like "N 37° xx.xxx W 122° xx.xxx". So when I'm solving a nearby puzzle, I look for a group of 15 things, and then I look for ways to get the digits 37xxxxx122xxxxx from them. In general, I look for ways to get the number 37 (or the digits 3 and 7) from something near the beginning of the puzzle, and the number 122 (or the digits 1, 2, and 2) from something near the middle of the puzzle. (Of course, you'll need to adjust this for the coordinates near you.) Other useful resources include: Puzzle Solving 101 Series (bookmark list) Puzzle Shortcuts Series (bookmark list) Solving Puzzle Caches (online article) How Do I Solve All These $@! Puzzle Caches? (tutorial-style puzzle cache) Puzzle FUNdamentals (archived event cache) and the Puzzle FUNdamentals resources on the GeocacheAlaska! education page The GBA's Puzzle Cache FAQ (for puzzle designers, but useful for understanding how puzzle caches work) Quote Link to comment
+patrick1997 Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 A while back, The Rat offered a puzzle-solving class as an event cache. His slides are available here: http://thegba.net/resources/general_information.php Among the tips he offered: Identify the theme. Check the cache title, the hint, the HTML source, the graphics (including names/URLs), any links (including URLs), whatever is at the posted coordinates, etc. If you can figure out the theme, then you should look for numbering systems that are associated with that theme (zip codes, area codes, telephone keypads, episode numbers, etc.). Around here, coordinates will have 15 digits, and will look like "N 37° xx.xxx W 122° xx.xxx". So when I'm solving a nearby puzzle, I look for a group of 15 things, and then I look for ways to get the digits 37xxxxx122xxxxx from them. In general, I look for ways to get the number 37 (or the digits 3 and 7) from something near the beginning of the puzzle, and the number 122 (or the digits 1, 2, and 2) from something near the middle of the puzzle. (Of course, you'll need to adjust this for the coordinates near you.) Other useful resources include: Puzzle Solving 101 Series (bookmark list) Puzzle Shortcuts Series (bookmark list) Solving Puzzle Caches (online article) How Do I Solve All These $@! Puzzle Caches? (tutorial-style puzzle cache) Puzzle FUNdamentals (archived event cache) and the Puzzle FUNdamentals resources on the GeocacheAlaska! education page The GBA's Puzzle Cache FAQ (for puzzle designers, but useful for understanding how puzzle caches work) Thanks Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 It's against the site's TOS for others to give you the solution. How 'bout that! I had to look it up. GEOCACHING.COM SITE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT updated August 2, 2011 ...4. Use of Publishing Tools and Forums ... You and not Groundspeak, are entirely responsible for all content that you upload, post or otherwise transmit via the Site. You agree not to: ... (m) Publish, in any form of media, the solutions, hints, spoilers, or any hidden coordinates for any geocache without consent from the cache owner. Shortened: You agree not to Publish the solutions for any geocache without consent from the cache owner. Nice. That will quickly end any more threads like this I think... Quote Link to comment
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