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Re: Dropquest Scavenger Hunt

#31

Post by mdanger »

angelangel wrote: post #29

alright i need help with chapter 6. i think the colors are there to confuse me and i believe the letters stand for month, day, and year. now i need help figuring out the order :/ any hints?

I think the colors must mean something, but being colorblind doesn't help me.

There doesn't seem to be an orange box, though?

Re: Dropquest Scavenger Hunt

#32

Post by angelangel »

mdanger wrote: post #31
angelangel wrote: post #29

alright i need help with chapter 6. i think the colors are there to confuse me and i believe the letters stand for month, day, and year. now i need help figuring out the order :/ any hints?

I think the colors must mean something, but being colorblind doesn't help me. There doesn't seem to be an orange box, though?

bottom right box is orange and for a moment i thought the colors were the key. im still not sure

Re: Dropquest Scavenger Hunt

#33

Post by powerc9000 »

mdanger wrote: post #31
angelangel wrote: post #29

alright i need help with chapter 6. i think the colors are there to confuse me and i believe the letters stand for month, day, and year. now i need help figuring out the order :/ any hints?

I think the colors must mean something, but being colorblind doesn't help me. There doesn't seem to be an orange box, though?

bottom right corner is orange

Re: Dropquest Scavenger Hunt

#34

Post by powerc9000 »

mdanger wrote: post #31
angelangel wrote: post #29

alright i need help with chapter 6. i think the colors are there to confuse me and i believe the letters stand for month, day, and year. now i need help figuring out the order :/ any hints?

I think the colors must mean something, but being colorblind doesn't help me. There doesn't seem to be an orange box, though?

do you think the color says what box to look at next?

Re: Dropquest Scavenger Hunt

#35

Post by angelangel »

powerc9000 wrote: post #34
mdanger wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the colors must mean something, but being colorblind doesn't help me. There doesn't seem to be an orange box, though?

do you think the color says what box to look at next?

i thought that for a moment. but chartruuse green isn't one of the colors and cyan and red are both months. the only time this works is green, magenta, yellow.

Re: Dropquest Scavenger Hunt

#38

Post by michaelmartin »

angelangel wrote: post #29

alright i need help with chapter 6. i think the colors are there to confuse me and i believe the letters stand for month, day, and year. now i need help figuring out the order :/ any hints?

Take the image and invert the colors in it. Then you'll be able to work it out. :)

Re: Dropquest Scavenger Hunt

#40

Post by kjemperud »

powerc9000 wrote: post #39
kjemperud wrote: post #37

I'm stuck at Chapter 19. Anyone know the language of the Asian looking letters/numbers?

did you try to put them into translate.google.com it usually detects the language

It's an image, so it's a bit difficult to copy/paste them ;)

EDIT: I could try Google Goggles though

EDIT2: Hint for other people - it looks like it's Chinese Horoscope Signs

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