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The forum discussion revolves around an online riddle game titled "Dracula's Riddle," accessible at www.draculasriddle.co.uk. Participants share their experiences and challenges while solving various levels, particularly focusing on clues such as "bag zip" and the importance of file extensions like .ttf. Users employ tools like vi and Font Creator 5.0 to decipher clues, while others express frustration over the need for technical knowledge, particularly in HTML. The conversation highlights the collaborative nature of solving riddles, with members providing hints and spoilers to assist each other.

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  • #61
yomamma, you got I and W reversed.

Clue 4 gives you positions 3 and 4:

M and I[/color]

but clue 2 gives you position 3:

M flipped which is W[/color]
 
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  • #62
there are 10 letters in the name, so (in the mirror) 5 goes to 6
 
  • #63
there's only seven letters...that it tells you
 
  • #64
i get letters overlapping a lot.. i dunno..
 
  • #65
Gokul43201 said:
there are 10 letters in the name, so (in the mirror) 5 goes to 6

Yes, that is what I was saying...but this doesn't make any sense.

<If letters 6 and 7 are from the minor chord of 440 hz, then letter 6 simply cannot be I, since I is not a musical note. Right?[/color]>

P.S. On the main page containing the clues, is states that "my name has ten letters."
 
  • #66
yomamma is using clue 3 to say how many letters there are.
 
  • #67
Could the fifth letter in (1,6) be R from the Vigenere grid dd discovered earlier ?

Lotsa possible contradictions between the clues. Only fairly sure abt C_W...

yomamma is using clue 3 to say how many letters there are.
How does that work ?

Grr...gotta go now...
 
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  • #68
no one's gotten any further?
 
  • #69
Gale said:
no one's gotten any further?

Not really, I'm about ready to start trying random ten letter words that begin with C. It could take a very long time...but maybe not as long as getting it from these clues...:smile:
 
  • #70
I'm back...and I bring trouble :

<<"There is a large street in the place where I rest...remove it and you shall have the first two letters of my name..."

place where I rest = grave
large street = ave (for avenue)

grave - ave = gr : first 2 letters ! [/color]>>

what the... ??
 
  • #71
yah... whyd you have to come back, that doesn't help at all...
 
  • #72
It is very curious that no one has ever completed this...enigma (according to the homepage). Either this has been recently developed or maybe it is simply impossible to complete. Clue 8 states that the first letter of my name is what you do when you open your eyes. The obvious answer to this is see or "c", but the grave - ave makes perfect sense for the first clue. Up until now this puzzle has been addicting...but this last part is extremely ambiguous. So I'm either up for introducing an extremely methodical approach to tackle this problem...or admitting that this guy may be playing with our heads. </conspiracy theory>:smile:
 
  • #73
i got it guys!
i have no idea what the clues meant, but cause of gokul i figured it out
GRIMREAPER[/color]
 
  • #74
Brilliant ! :approve:
 
  • #75
Gale said:
i got it guys!
i have no idea what the clues meant, but cause of gokul i figured it out
GRIMREAPER[/color]

::gives you big hug::
 
  • #76
i also think it is a new game because there aren't any cheats online and there's loads of spelling errors.
 
  • #77
The next one is:

<<werewolves[/color]>>
 
  • #78
Omega, yeah you get that from the TTF font file from the silk bag
 
  • #79
Or from a monoalphabetic substitution cipher...which is way harder to crack.

Next one : <<tongue of the dead = Latin ?
Only latin I see are the words undique and nex.

Undique = everywhere, or more accurately (from) all sides.

What's nex ? Some form of nexus ? [/color] >>

Edit : Just noticed the symbols on top-left...
 
  • #80
nex = death in latin

Death from all sides?
 
  • #81
The answer is

<<deatheverywhere[/color]>>

What is the origin of the text on the next page? Same?
 
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  • #82
I think the text is greek.

[edit] musae is latin spelling, but the meaning of the word has greek origns
 
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  • #83
I feel stupid (Although it is late...). I can't even get past the first level...
 
  • #84
Did anyone else notice that the url changed to something completely different then what we typed in before? Maybe it's a hint
 
  • #85
"eum" is also Latinic, isn't it ?

But I don't think any of those are real latin words. I don't know if they're greek, but I doubt it.

On the other hand (except for valnirta, about which I'm clueless), the other words are either phonetically too well-constructed or otherwise based off known words for them to be encryptions...

PS : Yes, I noticed the url change...

dd : Any silk bag (whatever the hell those are) tricks up your sleeve ?
 
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  • #86
Yeah I noticed that...and is it just me, or do you see a face on the left side of the text?
 
  • #87
I see it too...only after you pointed it out though.
 
  • #89
i think it just shows too many letters and the word is hidden amongst them.
 
  • #90
Perhaps the letters are out of order and need to be rearranged?
 

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