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Re: Save the Date by Google

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You're overthinking it. The number of spaces in each row matches the lengths of something you've seen. Answer is posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13476200

ok, so what's the final set of coordinates then? searching that on google maps and putting the center point into savethedate.foo did not work.

They broke our expectations. I put in coordinates too, but it's just "Shoreline Amphitheatre".

Re: Save the Date by Google

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Answer to last puzzle: You can put the names of the countries into the spaces on the board and add/subtract from letter values appropriately. This gives you: L IN E THEATRE SHO RE AM P H I (Shoreline Amphitheatre) 5/17, 5/18, 5/19 are the dates of Google I/O, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. EDIT: Haha, I guess we're faster than they expected or this leaked early, since completing it links you to h…

Boo.

Re: Save the Date by Google

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Answer to last puzzle: You can put the names of the countries into the spaces on the board and add/subtract from letter values appropriately. This gives you: L IN E THEATRE SHO RE AM P H I (Shoreline Amphitheatre) 5/17, 5/18, 5/19 are the dates of Google I/O, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. EDIT: Haha, I guess we're faster than they expected or this leaked early, since completing it links you to h…

Well, that was a brief burst of fun! Wish the final payoff was a bit flashier, but c'est la vie. Good work, all!

Re: Save the Date by Google

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post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're overthinking it. The number of spaces in each row matches the lengths of something you've seen. Answer is posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13476200

ok, so what's the final set of coordinates then? searching that on google maps and putting the center point into savethedate.foo did not work.

Yeah I tried that too! It bucks the trend and just wants you to enter the name.

Re: Save the Date by Google

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Answer to last puzzle: You can put the names of the countries into the spaces on the board and add/subtract from letter values appropriately. This gives you: L IN E THEATRE SHO RE AM P H I (Shoreline Amphitheatre) 5/17, 5/18, 5/19 are the dates of Google I/O, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. EDIT: Haha, I guess we're faster than they expected or this leaked early, since completing it links you to h…

So what's the final lat/long to type into the site?

Re: Save the Date by Google

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post #132

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How did you work out the movement sequences?

If you start at the bottom-right you can count either up or left. Going 8 places up lands on an 8 (this is the only square where delta from bottom right = number in the square) which means that square was the previous one. Rinse and repeat.

Deduction at it's finest - thanks!

Re: Save the Date by Google

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Answer to last puzzle: You can put the names of the countries into the spaces on the board and add/subtract from letter values appropriately. This gives you: L IN E THEATRE SHO RE AM P H I (Shoreline Amphitheatre) 5/17, 5/18, 5/19 are the dates of Google I/O, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. EDIT: Haha, I guess we're faster than they expected or this leaked early, since completing it links you to h…

So what's the final lat/long to type into the site?

Final solution is not a lat/lng, just put in "Shoreline Amphitheatre".

Re: Save the Date by Google

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Answer to last puzzle: You can put the names of the countries into the spaces on the board and add/subtract from letter values appropriately. This gives you: L IN E THEATRE SHO RE AM P H I (Shoreline Amphitheatre) 5/17, 5/18, 5/19 are the dates of Google I/O, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. EDIT: Haha, I guess we're faster than they expected or this leaked early, since completing it links you to h…

So what's the final lat/long to type into the site?

"Shoreline Amphitheatre" is the answer.

Re: Save the Date by Google

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Answer to last puzzle: You can put the names of the countries into the spaces on the board and add/subtract from letter values appropriately. This gives you: L IN E THEATRE SHO RE AM P H I (Shoreline Amphitheatre) 5/17, 5/18, 5/19 are the dates of Google I/O, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. EDIT: Haha, I guess we're faster than they expected or this leaked early, since completing it links you to h…

Meh...
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