DropQuest 2011 • Hacker News Board

Justin_Time wrote: post #9

seancron wrote: post #7

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Stuck on step 8. I found the secret message but I can't figure out what to do with it. Edit: Doh! I analyzed it too deeply when it was staring me in the face.

Same here. Been trying everything since I found the message 30 minutes ago.

There's a secret word...look at the first letters of each line. Go there and look carefully at anything visual.

Re: DropQuest 2011

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Post by rkudeshi » Sat, Jan 15, 2011, 8:34 PM UTC

ddrmaxgt37 wrote: post #12

cube wrote: post #8

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I'm stuck on 13, any hints? Edit: The Haiku one.

me too. I'm stuck on the haiku one.

Did you know there was a haiku contest a while back in the Dropbox forums?

Re: DropQuest 2011

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Post by kunday » Sat, Jan 15, 2011, 8:34 PM UTC

endtime wrote: post #4

Very cool. Can anyone confirm that getting a 500 from nginx when trying to go to the forums for step 2 isn't part of the puzzle?

I'm getting no where from there

Re: DropQuest 2011

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 15, 2011, 8:34 PM UTC

ambiate wrote: post #11

rkudeshi wrote: post #6

Stuck on Level 19...how far is everyone else?

Been staring at 18 for too long.

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