Save the Date by Google

Post by sja » Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 10:25 PM UTC

dkonofalski wrote: post #176

XaspR8d wrote: post #155

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?

Post by kaoD » Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 10:25 PM UTC

neogodless wrote: post #129

sja wrote: post #111

As requested: answer to puzzle 4 (I think): 14.2981, 101.2189 Start from top-left, move the number of spaces given by the number of your current square: down right left down right right up down down right down It's a maze; worked backwards from the numbers that have commas and points next to them. Number: 19; Title: Thailand https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMNGiEkdfeZKK5uus5iOmt-...

Sheesh I'm dense, I think I need an animated GIF of how you're moving through the maze. I can see 1-4.-2 but then do you keep moving right a second time, two spaces, to that 9? And then you move... nine spaces to... where?

Post by bleezy » Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 10:28 PM UTC

sja wrote: post #106

tantalor wrote: post #83

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Here is better format: Numbers are amazing. Follow the count. V ----------------------------------- > 1 7 8 5 4 10 1 2 6 3 6 1. 9| |4. 2 9 4 2 7 9 8 5 6 5 2 7| |4 10 9 7 4 2 5 9 6 8 10 7 9| |8 5 3 5 3 5 4 7 2 9 6 1 8| |2 7 1 3 4 1 5 8 4 9 8 8 3| |6 1 9 4 5 5 7 3 1 2 6 10 4| |10 8 7 1 2 4 5 8 2 5 7 9 1| |2 3 5 7 1 4 6 9 5 3 4 5 6| |9 1 4 4 8 3 7 6 2 5 1 6 7| |2 1 9 3 7 4 5 7 3 6 8 7 8| |8 3 8 5 8 4 6 1 5 9 1, 10 6| |6…

14.2981, 101.2189 Start from top-left, move the number of spaces given by the number of your current square: down right left down right right up down down right down It's a maze; worked backwards from the numbers that have commas and points next to them. Number: 19; Title: Thailand https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMNGiEkdfeZKK5uus5iOmt-...

Post by jdutoit » Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 10:31 PM UTC

sja wrote: post #174

XaspR8d wrote: post #155

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!

Post by kaoD » Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 10:35 PM UTC

jat255 wrote: post #185

akappa wrote: post #162

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that was... anticlimactic, to say the least.

I'm more impressed that they actually created those numbers to be seen by satellites