Level 22

[hell_puppy]

This puzzle was easy, I just couldn't convert to the right character set until i did it in notepad.

I'm pleading with you. USE NOTEPAD for the last conversion.

[phreakymonkey]

I've had several PMs about this, so I want to make it absolutely clear: there is a difference between ASCII (which is a character set) and the method used on Level 6, and it makes a world of difference which you use. If you use windows, there is no excuse not to do it in notepad (see above). A Google search for the correct terms will help you if you do not.

edit: Apparently I haven't made myself clear enough - ASCII tables will not help you! That is not the method used on Level 6.

[SamXp]

I've had several PMs about this, so I want to make it absolutely clear: there is a difference between ASCII (which is a character set) and the method used on Level 6, and it makes a world of difference which you use. If you use windows, there is no excuse not to do it in notepad (see above). A Google search for the correct terms will help you if you do not.

edit: Apparently I haven't made myself clear enough - ASCII tables will not help you! That is not the method used on Level 6.

This is SO critical. I wish I would have read this 3 hours ago!

[lizasand]

look closely into the page, there are things you may not see at first sight...conversion might come handy as well...

[dtle007]

helping out the noobs cause I think people are using too muich terminology incorrectly.

phreakymonkey: This is true.

Anyway all you need to do is as the clue says,
take URL > DECIMAL > BINARY.

but this step is misleading as most converters will do it in one step from URL > BINARY.

phreakymonkey: Which is why you shouldn't use them! See below.

after you're able to get the XOR key, this is what you do!   Your Answer (URL>BINARY) + XOR KEY = next answer.

How to XOR?   Here's how.... ****************************  <------ this is where people all say you do it by hand or on paper.

Just look it up, people. If you can't figure this out on your own with Google or some other method, you aren't going to get very far in this game.

Above steps require a coverter, this step doesn't or isn't require.

No, no converter is necessary at all in this level, as I (and others) have stated over and over again. You can find several tutorials on decimal to binary conversion with a quick google search, and that way you don't have to trust converters that are performing invisible processes and giving you outputs in who knows what format.

Last step hopefully you can figure out or just pm me.

[victoria]

Okay, so...

I converted d****** and u****** each to a**** then to b***** then i XORed them. now im stuck because once i convert the resulting b***** numbers to decimal the decimal numbers i get do not coincide with the a**** table i found. of course i am reading now that it is not a**** that is used on level 6, and i can see that, BUT i cannot for the life of me figure out what they do use on level 6 OR what is going on with all this talk about using notepad or how using a laptop could be a burdon.

personally i am using a mac with a full keyboard, but no notepad, sooooo, help me please!!

i have been on this level for almost 5 days now and i want to figure it out without using a spoiler.

[kRaZyK!Rb]

personally i am using a mac with a full keyboard, but no notepad, sooooo, help me please!!

The reason you're stuck is because you're not following the clue! Instead, you've chosen to go by what everyone else is doing on this forum. Follow the clue, it will put you on the right path! 

[Neo155]

Hello, I'm new to these forums. I've been stuck on 22 for a couple days now, and I have had several ideas on how to solve it from reading this thread. I think I understand the last comment about "stop doing what everyone else is doing and follow the path". I was wondering if I could PM someone with my idea to see if I'm on the right track. I was no where near familiar with XOR (or any of the other tools used by levels 6 and 20) until this puzzle forced me to do some reasearch lol. Thanks a bunch and good luck to all.

kRaZyKiRb: You don't need permission to reach out to any moderator! From the home page of the forum, towards the bottoms, you'll be able to see which moderators are currently on. Their names are in blue!! 


Edit - Toma : Topic cleaned - 01-15-07

[Evilplayground]

I havent got a clue either.  I've been converting left right and center...now I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do to be able to utilize the second .*** page table

[giega]

Convert once more

[fitzgibbon]

this one is killing me.
so here's what i did.
took a certain 7 letter word, and exchanged it for 1's and 0's.
then i took another 7 letter word from a hint, and exchanged it for 1's and 0's.
i compared the 2 sets of 1's and 0's, and got a new set of 1's and 0's.

i guess i'm stuck on the 2nd "Level 6" step of this puzzle.
this is as far as i've gotten.
i can convert this 3rd set into decimal numbers, but the numbers don't seem to correlate to anything.
am i inventing a step that doesn't exist?


am i using the right 7 letter words (they share a certain theme)?
also, i found an alphabetical legend, but i don't know what it means.... are those symbols in some other font?

i read that an ASCII chart is unnecessary, but doesn't that give you the decimal form for individual text characters?

phreakymonkey: Although it may overlap in places with the technique for Level 6, it is not the same, and is completely useless here.

somebody wanna throw me a life-ring on this one??
thanks

[Arwen]

the 3rd set converted in decimal correlate to something. remember level 6, all the level. the table will be used when you find what i said before.

[victoria]

i am wondering if the answer has anything to do with the word et cetera (from the clue) or the abbreviation of it as writting in the clue - etc...  ??

[giega]

Clue tells you exactly what to do. Riddle is a guide/help for the solution.

[zAlbee]

Count the number of letters in your answer! It doesn't sound like anyone had the problem I did, but if you do... count the letters! There should be the same number as you started with.

When I did it, I just wrote a short C program and ran it from the command line, which was all nice and easy EXCEPT the last symbol was a non-printing character :-(. I have no idea why - it prints perfectly fine in Notepad. So I found the answer, minus the invisible last letter, (which is still an English word!), and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. That was annoying .

BTW: I would stop suggesting Level 6 as a clue. Chances are you didn't use the same method in Level 6 as the one that's required for this one.