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Break the Code 2 x DEV Chat

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Fisheiyy • Edited

starting a thread for G2

edit: spoilers but if you just want the answers (salmon-man.please-end.me/5t0Q74_BM)

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UNcrafteble • Edited

thread for seti@work

i found that this Ftqdq mdq 12 Bqzfayuza etmbqe uz ftq eomz sol is solved by using a ceasar cipher an means There are 12 Pentomino shapes in the scan.
also the name Delalian is used, wich is a game about pentomino shapes, in the table with letters there is already a piece in place, so i think the table has to be filled in an the remaining spots are the awnser. any ideas?

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found this template: dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/up...
the pieces it seems to fit

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Leo-cpu-bebop

As far as i know:
-All of the pentomino's have a letter asociated to the shape
-One way to order all the pentomino's is in a 3*20

And there is an image in map view that is a 3*20 matrix

To this i have to say, 116 in roman is CXVI, and there are some pentomino's asociated to this same letters

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hajar

Did you find the answer??

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christopher saylor

Yea still haven't got the solve

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KURO13NE

anyone found the answer for seti@work ?

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Taiwo Momoh

I'm just stuck in the begining. i don't even know how to apply for the job

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BanksMustapha

Go the terminal , ping care.tech

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Pranai Rao

Your email tells you that you should apply through the Terminal. (Let me know if you need another hint)

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Taiwo Momoh

yeah, i got that, so in the teminal what do i type? how do i apply?

i tried pinging the email adress

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Pranai Rao

The email address won't work. Try just pinging the domain:

ping care.tech

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Nathan

then after

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Starting a top thread for part 4 "Revamp"

Translated every song. One translates to "Hint - Overlap the songs point by point"

Have to overlap the songs but how is the question, what does it mean point by point? Line them up using the equalizer settings? Song duration?

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Couple other things stand out

these following songs have flat line equalizers while the others dont. They also seem to be clues

Magic Mirror - TOD ETALSNART (TRANSLATE DOT) 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

Indiciu - Suprapune punct cu punct melodiile (Hint - Overlap the songs point by point) 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

Wayne - The Dot Song 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1

SOS - Find me DMS 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3


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You can separate the songs in categories. First split them up based on their equalizes, as the same number ones are hints, the other half you can split a second time on if the song is about Dots, if you listen to clippy, he gives hints also. and he states "a rose by any other name is still a rose" , so dot by any other name is still a dot, i.e. POINT, SPOT, LOCATION*

The one song is SOS - Find me DMS, DMS = DEGREES : MINUTES : SECONDS.
This idea is backed by some of those hint songs. Also when you export the list of songs, you only get 18 not the full 19 songs in the list. This is another clue and can be confirmed by seeing the equalized are all the same when you select track 19. This song is called "DEGREES - Spin Me Around", this mentions out degrees and spinning, pointing us back to DMS = DEGREES : MINUTES : SECONDS

So since we are looking for a location, we now know we need the coordinates of this location, not a name.

need to figure out how to solve for the coords, that will be the answer


EDIT 2
Clippy gave clue of Duration and Directions be correlated.
Thinking it has to deal with the time lengths of the songs with Dot references.


EDIT 3
okay having the songs in three groups does matter. the songs about dot, songs not about dots, and songs that dont fit in either of those.
you add theses songs' lengths up to get minutes and second for both West and North
you then take the two number (116:36) from track 19 for the DEGREES

so once everything is slapped together you get the following coords
116:23:46 W 36:38:38 N

Though i was incorrect, the coords are not the answer but rather the location name they point to.
I will leave that little bit as fun for you guys as this is the last part of this drive.

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Fisheiyy • Edited

all song names translated and reversed when needed: salmon-man.please-end.me/5rLvC3beC
that is how it shows up from the .csv file you download when you click the "save list" button in the bottom right

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Digital Grey Hat • Edited

The other guy who deleted the comment said that when you click on the eject button it plays a rickroll.
Edit: It's NOT an Easter Egg

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try to install hacx ;) if you are looking for some eggs

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HarishAir

Can someone give me a hint for the pizza challenge as I ran out of points.

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Tony E.

Just think of what goes on pizza!

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Janis

The pizza slices on the first page are encoded in a pigpen cipher.

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Dom

I solved the pigpen cipher and found that the slicing techniques represent images, then the length of the word for each image is in the phone number at the bottom of the page, but still can't figure out the answer. I've tried about 20 different things that go on pizza but no luck. Anyone get it?

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Tony E.

Yes, think pizza toppings, hint most images start with the letter "P" like Prism, Pacman, Pyramid, etc. that's the clue! But think what's worst and more of! hint#2

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Dom

Ahhhhh I was missing the "more of" part. Thanks!

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Fisheiyy

Thread for the 3rd part, Sudoku
so far i have unlocked 2 hints by just using fake spam google accounts i use for non sense when i dont want to give out my real information or use my real main gmail.
hint 1: salmon-man.please-end.me/5rLurzxQw
hint 2: salmon-man.please-end.me/5rLutqYci
solved sudoku puzzle: salmon-man.please-end.me/5rLuV7sRI
presidents secret service names in order according to hind 2: salmon-man.please-end.me/5rLvamGAc
so far all the clues have told me is to try
Scorecard Deacon Lancer Volunteer Timberwolf Searchlight Rawhide Passkey Eagle
or
Providence Deacon Lancer Volunteer Timberwolf Searchlight Rawhide Passkey Eagle
but neither work unless i am doing something wrong

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SOLVED

First hint is to list the presidents and their codenames in order,

second hint says to rearrange to the first puzzle number (the ones we had to solve for) and the order is from top to bottom of the puzzle, so president number order is then 3 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 5 - 9 - 6
Giving you:

3 Volunteer
1 Scorecard // Providence
2 Lancer
4 Searchlight
7 Rawhide
5 Passkey
9 Eagle
6 Lock Master

third hint says to use second number to then get the letter from each codename
if you do the same order that you took from hint 2 then you get the following:

3 Volunteer 6
1 Scorecard // Providence 5
2 Lancer 6
4 Searchlight 4
7 Rawhide 2
5 Passkey 3
9 Eagle 2
6 Lock Master 9

You take this and you get the following:

T(E/I)RRASAT

the i option that comes from Providence makes less sense as the E would make the word TERRA, or give us our answer of the target satellite that is known as TERRASAT {ANSWER}

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lam

right, so everything in here makes sense to me, until the part where you pulled the correct order of the codenames from.

how did you end up with 3 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 5 - 9 - 6? im trying to find the sudoku connection to that, but alas ive found nothing.

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lam

nvm figured it out

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Fisheiyy

when you copy all the numbers from the solved sudoku it appears like
6 3 7 2 5 4 9 8 11 2 4 8 9 3 7 5 69 5 8 6 1 7 4 3 22 9 6 4 8 1 5 7 35 4 3 7 6 2 1 9 87 8 1 9 3 5 6 2 44 6 5 3 2 9 8 1 73 7 9 1 4 8 2 6 58 1 2 5 7 6 3 4 9
and the paired numbers come out to 11 69 22 35 87 44 73 58

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Hypxr • Edited

What does it mean by pairs. I thought it meant the the number in the box and in the corner. eg 36, 35, 26

also it says 9 presidents the preceded Clinton, that doesn't include him so the list should start and Harry S Truman

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Jackson Kasi

I don't understand what the concept of this game is? what I want do for this? hey friends pls help me anyone?

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Pranai Rao

A lot of people are misleading about Mission 2. There are clues in all 3 playlists. I'll drop a few hints if people want them.

The hint about missing letters in the song titles is correct (mentioned in previous thread). Pay attention to Clippy when he talks about liking song titles.

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Code-Boy1234

here are some cheat code hints figure them out and then type them into runhaxc
if you haven't install runhaxc follow this link github.com/breakthecode2/neo. Like this post if you got the points:

Famous song lrycs from 80's that is hidden in links= 200 points

white rabbit, neo, atari600, ps4 = 100 points

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nnana1425

Hey man need your help with white rabbit, neo, atari600, ps4 thing plz.
The clue to i love you file is vigenere-cipher with key beeing https which leads to a stupid gif. Please help with that one.

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wame43

Drive 3
Ftqdq mdq 12 Bqzfayuza etmbqe uz ftq eomz

result:
17 unique chars
: 7 ********************************************************************************
1 : 1 ***********
2 : 1 ***********
B : 1 ***********
F : 1 ***********
a : 2 **********************
b : 1 ***********
d : 2 **********************
e : 3 **********************************
f : 2 **********************
m : 3 **********************************
o : 1 ***********
q : 6 ********************************************************************
t : 3 **********************************
u : 2 **********************
y : 1 ***********
z : 4 *********************************************
Don,t know what to do with it ?

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wame43

I Just Got This So Far
17 unique chars
: 7 ********************************************************************************
1 : 1 ***********
2 : 1 ***********
B : 1 ***********
F : 1 ***********
a : 2 **********************
b : 1 ***********
d : 2 **********************
e : 3 **********************************
f : 2 **********************
m : 3 **********************************
o : 1 ***********
q : 6 ********************************************************************
t : 3 **********************************
u : 2 **********************
y : 1 ***********
z : 4 *********************************************

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itzlemo

solved the drive, but now I'm driving myself crazy digging through all the files on the c drive, demo.html and readme.md TRYING to find meaning....lol I think I might have a rabbit chasing problem... at least I managed to uncover the iloveyou.txt egg

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Code-Boy1234

what was it ?
I got some annoying meme from the link

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Michael Nunley

Hello and thank you in advance to everyone. I am on Drive 1: Mission 4: Revamp. I have translated all of the song titles, and have found all five that use the word DOT. I have mathed out the durations; to get minutes and seconds. I have come up with two possible answers for that portion. I am now lost. I believe I may need a set of coordinates. How do I math it out to get the coordinates?

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Evilcheese01

Noone seems to be talking about G3 so heres a thread for it: The Leek

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Medea
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Hypxr

Solved TheLeek.tech in G3. reply to post for hints.

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Tony E.

BreakTheCode 2 TechDomains server crashed so game is at a hold!

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whyhat69

When you first enter the game (as it's booting up) it says to press DEL to enter setup. I recommend you all try it.

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phoboz

join discord discussion discord.gg/VaKrk2ab

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hajar

Hello can you please send new invitation link

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hajar

Thank you 😊

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Hypxr

there are very faint impresions on the surface of the moon

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Justnthenick

I know. #Sadface

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Fisheiyy

the answer is CPC-ABS-JBI its the 3 letter all capitals that appear on the site in the text

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Tony E.

anyone on G4 yet because I am and you get locked out for 3 hours if you type in 3 wrong answers! It should have been max an hour but 3 that's pushing it! No one so far has not solved it!

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Lucia Cerchie

Just want to say, this looks super exciting! Nostalgia for sure! Happy to try it out this weekend.

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CloneMaster7

Any weather hints?

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Anushka Raj
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Tony E.

is there a G4 thread yet?

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Vivek K J
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wildan hafidz

im just stuck part of tmsj.tech, anyone have a clue for this?

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Users12345j

Who knows anything about the sudoku

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AinzOwl

btw who found the rickroll :3

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Tony E.

Anyone on G3?

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Daniel Sawatsky

any help on the mall street jorurnal

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Daniel Sawatsky

stuck on revamp

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Tony E.

Does anyone have any clues or hints for any of the 6 Easter Eggs?

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IvanBegue
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Nathan

HOW DO i solve revamp

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Daniel Sawatsky

me t00

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IvanBegue

instagram.com/p/Ca5Bk5Do6fC/

I have found the rabbit now what ???

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itzlemo • Edited

good job!
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degrootsteyt

So i am at the first step where we have 4 different pages, i cant find anything in NADA, am i missing something or do you have to go to the next mission

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Matthew Sell

How do I get to drive 2, I finished all 5 missions in drive 1, what do I do?

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itzlemo

look for more easter eggs, and read "TheRules.txt" in c drive, it has a list of drive drop dates. also check out the instagram page for hint about runhacx codes

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christopher saylor

Can anyone help my with the seti graph?

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Super-Pirate123 • Edited

Im stuck at the seti@work, someone pls help me btc2.tech/mYVQDf

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Code-Boy1234
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Code-Boy1234

any hints on cheat codes

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Tony E.

Anyone do the Games folder that showed up on the c:/ drive?

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twinex1234

Hello, I'm stuck at drive 1, Mall Street Journal...
Someone has an answer for me?
Thanks

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KCGib

does installing the NEO repo invalidate me from being able to claim prizes?

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Code-Boy1234

no
it helps you and the devs tell you the link why would they stop you from claimig prizes

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Hackermanzxc

Any updates on Seti@Work?

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Tony E.

G3 started

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hajar

Please give me hints for G3

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Cherokeem2004

I need help on seti@work

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Cherokeem2004

I'm stuck on SETI@Work, need help

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UNcrafteble

does it matter what you choos in the decision? like i dont get a prize or somthing?

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Mysterygod24
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Squigga

Thread for G3

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Tony E.

Is there a Drive 3 thread started?

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DeusExMachina

Great hints and clues here, no answers
reddit.com/r/BreakTheCodeDotTech/new/

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Jacob C.

FYI: I am sending sharing this link to hired more recruiters for the Break the code 2 challenge:

btc2.tech/hFPOBl

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phoboz

I finished the first two steps in drive 3, dm me discord andro-chan#1234 for collaboration!

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phoboz

Join discussion discord.gg/VaKrk2ab
I solved drive 3 mission one already

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HarishAir

Can someone give a hint for net films?

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Tony E.

think of the movies listed they all what? then think what some of the movies have in them...hint Clint Eastwood. then put those two words together.

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crystalwizard

how do I report a bug that I ran into on btc2.tech/UCBAB2

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Sixto Martin
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Note | Official

How do I accept a referral request?

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Chip_zBefree

I'm stuck on the second step

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Nerdtendo

Are answers case sensitive? I don't know if I'll need specific case or hyphens for the first answer

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