Re: Omnipwn Tournament (100,000 Credit Grand Prize)
Greetings, test subject 15837. We'd like to congratulate you for your accomplishments with our new Portal technology. However, our experiments with spacetime have resulted in some unsatisfactory side-effects. It would seem that reality itself is changing, and we do not know what to make of it. As a result we are attempting to analyze reality by figuring out what it is. Our scientists are working hard to find the ultimate solution, but we require your assistance. Please figure out how to extract the relevant solutions from the data sent to you below. If you are successful, there will be a party held in your honor, and there will be cake.
Challenge #1:
"Reality has a funny way of looking completely different when we look into the mirror. But for some things, we see no difference, and this is our only solace that what we see is real."
Challenge #2:
"If rain never fell, clouds would confuse us."
Clouds: &&&^ ^^^!!&&&# *@@ @@#$$$#^^^%##^^^
Challenge #3:
The position function of A is t^8. The acceleration of B is twice that of A's. Furthermore, .5t^14 is the absounce of C.
When t=0.000000000321181, what is the numerical answer you get when you add the pop of A plus the jerk of B plus the drop of C, minus 0.0000054?
Challenge #4:
"What does time look like, anyway?"
5:05:15
12:15:15
5:05:15
10:10:10
5:05:15
7:22:22
Challenge #5:
"We once had a team of Chinese scientists working on this project. They discovered that a certain combination of elements proved useful for Portal manifestation. The molecule itself was enough to sustain the energy levels required for stable spacetime tearing. However, we believe this molecule has contributed to the problems of our current situation. The molecule is created from a combination of erbium, sulfur, hydrogen, iodine, yttrium, and another atom of iodine bonded at the end. We currently lack the record which describes the way we write this molecule, but it is assumed to be by standard convention. However, to these particular scientists, the name meant something much simpler, but unfortunately we also lack the relevant documentation for this despite its grand importance."
Challenge #6:
The answer is all over the place, but merely hidden.
Challenge #7:
1. x=-2, x=2, y=-5x/2 for -5<=y<=5
2. x=0 for -5<=y<=5
3. x=-2, x=2, y=-5x/2 for -5<=y<=5
4. x=-2, y=-5, y=0, y=5 for -5<=y<=5 and -2<=x<=2
Challenge #8:
"The answer is at your fingertips... wait, again!? No, something's different this time..."
QAZXCDEW VFRTGBNHY KLOIUJM,.
Challenge #9:
"An excerpt from the relative translations of certain findings within our reality's spacetime:"
function makesense(int challenge[], string japanese_words, string english_words){
//japanese_words and english_words start off as blank, empty strings
for (int i=1; i<=8; i++){
challenge[i] = add(challenge[i], 4);
japanese_words = japanese_words & alphaconvert(challenge[i]);
}
english_words = translatetoenglish(japanese_words);
ffr_visit(english_words)
}
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