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[ti]Blue ribbon[/ti]Crack the Code
Topic Started: Oct 24 2012, 04:25 PM (3,593 Views)
CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

I post an encoded message (using a substitution cipher, so each letter in the encoded message represents a different letter in the decoded message). The object is to decode it, as follows:
  • Guess which letter in the encoded message represents which letter in the decoded message (for example, "D=a" or "R=e".) For the sake of clarity, I'm using uppercase to represent letters in the encoded message, and lowercase to represent letters in the decoded message. You can make up to 3 guesses in each post (and they don't all have to be for different letters).
  • At any time, you can guess what the decoded message is. If you're right, you win; if you're wrong, you lose a life. Lose 3 lives, and you're eliminated from the contest until the end of the round - so be careful!
  • If the puzzle is solved before 30 guesses have been made, then the winner receives 3 posts for every guess remaining, and a Posted ImageBlue Ribbon if at most 8 guesses were made in total. In addition, the winner is allowed to host the next round (though if they do not do so within three days, then they forfeit the right to do so, and anyone can start the next round).
  • If the puzzle hasn't been solved after 30 guesses have been made, or three days pass without anybody making a guess, then the puzzle is considered null and void, and anyone can start the next one.
UPDATED 28/10/12: Guesses reduced from 50 to 30; prize increased from 2 posts to 3 posts per remaining guess; guesses allowed for Blue Ribbon reduced from 15 to 8.

Here's the first puzzle:

Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ _ _ _/_ _ _ _ _ _

50 guesses / 100 posts left.
Edited by CJ, Oct 28 2012, 08:22 PM.
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HeroineDark
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Give the order to deploy the glaive.

D = a?
D = t?
L = w?
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ _ _ _/_ _ _ _ _ _

47 guesses / 94 posts left.
Failed guesses: D=a, D=t, L=w
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Pyrite
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H = e
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CJ
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Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ _ _ _/_ _ _ _ _ _

46 guesses / 92 posts left.
Failed guesses: D=a, D=t, H=e, L=w
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Pyrite
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Just as Planned

H = l
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CJ
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Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ _ll/_ _ _ _ _ _

45 guesses / 90 posts left.
Failed guesses: D=a, D=t, H=e, L=w
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Pyrite
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Just as Planned

D = w
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ _ll/_ _ _ _ _ _

44 guesses / 88 posts left.
Failed guesses: D=a, D=t, D=w, H=e, L=w
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Pyrite
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B = a
B = o
B = e
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ _ll/_ _ _ _ _ _

41 guesses / 82 posts left.
Failed guesses: B=a, B=e, B=o, D=a, D=t, D=w, H=e, L=w
Edited by CJ, Oct 24 2012, 06:41 PM.
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Pyrite
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B = o
B = u
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CJ
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You already guessed B=o :P

Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ ull/_ _ _ _ _ _

40 guesses / 80 posts left.
Failed guesses: B=a, B=e, B=o, D=a, D=t, D=w, H=e, L=w
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Pyrite
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:P

L = f
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ ull/_ _ _ _ _ _

39 guesses / 78 posts left.
Failed guesses: B=a, B=e, B=o, D=a, D=t, D=w, H=e, L=f, L=w
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Pyrite
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Just as Planned

N = a
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CJ
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Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ ull/_ a _ _ _ _

38 guesses / 76 posts left.
Failed guesses: B=a, B=e, B=o, D=a, D=t, D=w, H=e, L=f, L=w
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L = p?
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ ull/_ a _ _ _ _

37 guesses / 74 posts left.
Failed guesses: B=a, B=e, B=o, D=a, D=t, D=w, H=e, L=f, L=p, L=w
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Pyrite
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Just as Planned

L = d
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/_ ull/_ a _ _ _ _

36 guesses / 72 posts left.
Failed guesses: B=a, B=e, B=o, D=a, D=t, D=w, H=e, L = d, L=f, L=p, L=w
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Pyrite
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L = b
L = g
L = m
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CJ
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Original text:
DPU LBHH DNRJTE
Decoded text:
_ _ _/bull/_ a _ _ _ _

33 guesses / 66 posts left.
Failed guesses: B=a, B=e, B=o, D=a, D=t, D=w, H=e, L = d, L=f, L=g, L=m, L=p, L=w
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Pyrite
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Red Bull Racing?
Edited by Pyrite, Oct 27 2012, 12:09 PM.
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CJ
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Yep, that's right :) .

You can do the next one if you want.
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Pyrite
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OK. Here's the next one:

Original text:

XACXIRI CXOWBTO

Decoded text:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _
50 guesses / 100 posts left.
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CJ
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X = a?
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Pyrite
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Original text:
XACXIRI CXOWBTO

Decoded text:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _
49 guesses / 98 posts left.

Failed Guesses: X = a
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CJ
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X = e
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Pyrite
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Original text:
XACXIRI CXOWBTO

Decoded text:
e _ _ e _ _ _ / _ e _ _ _ _ _
48 guesses / 96 posts left.

Failed Guesses: X = a
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