Deadfish Riddle

[danceflashrevo]

Oops I was on my phone posting while talking. I meant credits roflllllll

[danceflashrevo]

PROBLEM NUMBER TWO, FOR 10K CREDITS

Keith has a bunch of deadfish, specifically iiss. With 5 operations, he wants to get his fish down to five. How can he do that?

Hint: 5 operations and an 'o'

[_Zenith_]

1) no tokens, no hype

2)How about something other than programming and dead fish lmao

[danceflashrevo]

ATTN: Zenith

to curb your puzzle pangs, ok lemme find one....

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The other challenge is still up for grabs for 10k credits, but so will this one:

PROBLEM 3: 10K CREDITS
Keith's friend gave him a message. Unfortunatly Keith's friend encrypts every message he gives Keith, help Keith decrypt the following message.
The Code:
hlpwz yomba aapa aa s bjo hmzqm yt yxbq mh amko mb xesamv kh rhgtpni ytf pmi napa hprk ba gbyj flvv xh odg zkfuv mmavt aj hhpcg akfuv klnzk mvk wrv cmi c im sxvet avdt xh gwi cmi mgcb oz ral awy ral jqlg oa utpnihwayxvet
Hint: The first letter was not changed.

[_Zenith_]

My IQ is a potato right now trying to decipher that riddle.

[llyair]

Originally Posted by danceflashrevo

PROBLEM NUMBER TWO, FOR 10K CREDITS

Keith has a bunch of deadfish, specifically iiss. With 5 operations, he wants to get his fish down to five. How can he do that?

Hint: 5 operations and an 'o'

Whee this is fun, but I'm not at home so haven't really thought about these.

siisio

[_Zenith_]

I am so close to problem 3 yet I am so far it feels like ughhhh @_@

[danceflashrevo]

Originally Posted by llyair

Whee this is fun, but I'm not at home so haven't really thought about these.

siisio

correct c:
llyair - 10k
KrazyKitzune - 10k

Problem #3 still up for grabs, I'll post #4 later

[AragakiAyase]

Nevermind I got ninja'd, didn't read properly.

Edit: Does the answer to problem 3 actually make sense/is in English?

[_Zenith_]

If only the hint contained an encryption key that riddle would be solved in 5 seconds haha.

Still very salty because I'm nearly there and then taking the next step disproves my previous steps and it is one giant clusterfuck.

EDIT: Done, I'm not getting any further.

[Netjet!]

Any other hints for #3? Some words don't look like they can be decrypted to english

[_Zenith_]

Originally Posted by Netjet!

Any other hints for #3? Some words don't look like they can be decrypted to english

I kept getting %NaN with certain approaches

[Mourningfall]

Originally Posted by Netjet!

Some words don't look like they can be decrypted to english

aapa
aa
flvv
mmavt
hhpcg

I've exhausted every resource I could
you say the first letter is unchanged. Could you be super-specific? The first character's the letter "h", does this mean all "h"s are constant?
Or is it only the first "h" which remains unchanged? wouldn't it be more easier if it were consistent? This h is a h, but those other h's are just posers.
couldn't the alpha h just stop trying to be so edgy and fit in with it's brothers, we know he's the main h anyways
I've been staring at your thread for nearly 10 hours, I'm losing it

[danceflashrevo]

What you got is what I have. I'm assuming it means the first "h" is unchanged. Although if no one gets anywhere with that I would assume it means all the "h's". Leaning more towards the prior though.

[Mourningfall]

I'm just being pedantic. when I can't find the answers I deconstruct the questions.
It's sort of a "I obviously don't understand what I'm doing or else I'd have made some form of progress by now" kind of thing.. ^^
Sometimes over analyzing to gain a clearer understanding can leave you with less cognizance than when you began.

I'm gonna leave it and come back when I can think, good luck to anyone else trying.

[_Zenith_]

Keith's friend is a massive asshole.

That's the message I'm done here q_q

Or Keith's friend is foreign.

[danceflashrevo]

Keith's friend is an asshole. That's the moral of this thread folks.

[llyair]

Originally Posted by danceflashrevo

correct c:
llyair - 10k
KrazyKitzune - 10k

Problem #3 still up for grabs, I'll post #4 later

Oh wow, credits, thank you ^^

Guess this was the thought process, didn't think it was right though haha. Anyways just wanted to put this out here xD

iiss = (2^2)^2 = 16
siisi since 's' gets 16-->256 (which resets to 0).
iisi = (2^2)+1 = 5

#3 though... :/

[_Zenith_]

Need to skip #3 as it seems not possible.

[reuben_tate]

#3 looks tough...it doesn't seem to be a basic simple substitution cipher.