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Letters In Boxes #6
Suddenly, Letters In Boxes! Thousands of them! Well, it's the sixth one in the series at least. This week, we're proud to bring you a challenge like you've never seen before. Which isn't saying much, because we try to come up with new puzzles every week. But we think we've hit the jackpot this week. We've come up with a twist SO INCREDIBLE it will virtually BLOW YOUR MIND in a stream of RATHER UNNECESSARY CAPITAL LETTERS.
IN BOXES.
Before I start hyperventilating, take a look at your starter puzzle down below. If you click on it, you can open it up in its own window. Once you think you've figured out the word or phrase that's the solution, shift your eyes to your browser's address bar (which in this case reads "https://jayisgames.com/images/lettersinboxes/seesixstart.gif"). Change the filename (namely, "seesixstart") to your answer, using all lower-case letters and no spaces (make sure you use the same extension and directory). If you're right, the next puzzle will flash before your eyes! If you're wrong, an error message will appear, kindly inviting you to check your address and try again. (Error message varies by browser. Limit two hundred per customer. See store for details.)
This batch of puzzles contains four puzzles to solve. On the fourth puzzle, you'll find the email address for sending your final answer. [Edit: We have also uploaded a gif for the final answer, if you wish to check your work before you submit.] We'll hand out a prize to the first correct entry we receive, plus ten additional randomly-selected correct entries. Please include your Casual Gameplay account display name with your entry. You must be at least 13 years of age to enter. Only one submission per participant, please. Offer void where prohibited. Your deadline for submitting your answers is Monday, July 11th at 11:59 PM (GMT-5:00). Keep your eyes peeled, you never know what's going to pop out of the boxes today!
Update: Congratulations to these 11 winners! :D
All eleven winners were given a choice of prizes or an entry into a GRAND PRIZE drawing to be held at the end of August! Congratulations and thanks for playing with us! Look for another Letters in Boxes again soon!
- ViciousChicken ...First!
- SirNiko
- zxo
- curiousgeorgie
- CurtisFir
- ajikeshi
- Isi
- mercurious2001
- raddaya
- dhaisud
- chibzinator
Solved one. Two, now...
Wow. the first one was really easy.
Second one done.
Ditto. One, easy. Two, just took some patience. Three has me stumped so far.
I'm pretty baffled by number three, cause the answer I had ended up being wrong.
Raddaya:
Think I've got the last one, but I'm not 100% sure..
This is the first one I'm able to solve all of the puzzles, so I can only say that it is pretty fun. :)
#3 is quite hard.
Number Two, I thought I had, but what I thought it was didn't work out right. Maybe I just need to look again...
Oh, oh, oh! I got number 3!
Hint:
@baileydonk
Riley -
stuck on the second one. sigh.
baileydonk
For #2:
A little help?
Ugh, I had to brute-force number 3... not sure if I missed something or not.
@lerxt:
The letters themselves are red herrings.
Hornitos
aha.
having trouble with 3... i get that i have to
but i dont know how...
help on 2:
hornitos -
@hhii8888
@lerxt
For number 3,
Do the 5 rows come in order as the gif starts? or is the row with the highlighted "T" the first line?
Stuck on 3:
Cannot get 3. Someone's going to have so spell (haha) it out for me. :(
For number 3,
For #4,
Anyone have any little hints that could help?
But if this is the case, then am I right in thinking that it's not always
Wow...I can't even get past #1 today. Sigh.
For number 3:
@kublai:
I see why some people who have "solved" number 3 aren't getting through to the next question.
@jwjohnsen
I got 3 now (and the best hint is to look at the
and now i am on 4 with no clue what to do... has anyone gotten #4 done yet?
oh and
*solves #3*
*sees #4*
...AAHHHH!
Yeah, that looks a little too intimidating to tackle right now.
So I got the first one...
Trying to solve #4:
Think I got #4. I'm afraid I used an obvious (and incorrect) solution though.
Very explicit question for #3, ironing out the technique:
For 3:
Hope that was clear enough.
@ray9na - nice reference. One of my favorite episodes (the first with the weeping angels).
Breezed through 1 and 2 in like five minutes. Been staring at #3 for like two hours.
Will anyone say the 6 letter combination for puzzle 3?
Got it! Kicking myself for not getting #4 sooner
For #4:
I found a possible solution to #4. I just hope it's the right one.
Still very stuck on #3.
Oh wait! I got it.
Hint for #3:
I got #3!
Now I'm scratching my head over #4.
Question for #4:
Anyone find a better solution for 4?
I feel like I'm missing something. The other LiB puzzles have always had that "aha!" moment when I know I've gotten the right answer, and this doesn't feel like that yet.
tigrita, about #4:
I think I got #4:
I just came to the same conclusion as baileydonk, and the word found DOES give an AHA-experience.
A further hint:
For #4
baileydonk:
nerdypants:
I must be doing something rather different from you lot on #4...
I don't think I'm right, though....aaaaaaaargh...
onyx mouse -
baileydonk, on #4:
So....for 2.
Download The GiMP from www.gimp.org. It can open animated GIF files. Then you won't have to stare at the grids trying to catch the letters.
Unfortunately, sourceforge does not seem to load for me, do you have any mirrors?
My general method is to take screenshots whenever it changes, then paste them in Paint where I can rearrange things and look at the frames side by side.
Erm....well, I got it, but....
Raddya:
Aha, got it. Now #3 is confusing, but with all the hints, I'm sure I'll work it out. I am not good with
stuff, though. X_X
...Guys...Seriously, get your hints together. I have a million and one questions.
raddaya
ATTENTION ALL LETTERS IN BOXES PARTICIPANTS:
Due to the higher-than-expected confusion about the final puzzle, we have decided to add an extra .gif file with the final solution as the filename, so that you can check your solution if you desire. If you have already submitted an answer, you may resubmit another answer, however, please be aware that only your most recently submitted answer will be considered for entry into the prize drawing.
Steve! Thank you soooooo much!
There was no "Aha" moment, but now I know I was right!
So, matador
Thanks Steve! I'm glad to learn I was on the right track with my second idea. "Aha!" moment achieved :)
raddaya -
tigrita -
I don't understand what you say in your last spoiler...
Yes, I got #4!
Nerdypants:
Also, on 4, there was a bit of a red herring for me.
Hints! Hints! Hints!
This "puzzle contest" has turned into a farce. (More like who can post the most blatant hints without actually giving out the answers.) If you don't want to work these yourself, then go away and come back Tuesday to read the walk-through. One day after the puzzle is posted there are enough spoilers that even non-puzzle solvers can figure out the answers. Then there are 50,000 emails with the solution and only 10 random prizes. You shouldn't have a discussion board here until Tuesday when entries are closed.
Whoa, wait, hold up..there's prizes with these things? O_o!?
Man, I thought these were just something to wrack our brains over..
Also, baileydonk was right...I do feel kinda dumb now. XD Overjoyed that I got the answer, but dumb. XP
Binks - I think you might be the first one to point this out. I also had this idea, but I guess I was too worried I would start a controversy that I didn't bother saying it and just followed the rest. Being contestants, people shouldn't just give out hints left and right.
Sorry, Binks - I don't do these things for prizes, just for fun. I see your point. Half the fun for me in these really hard and interesting puzzles is to get a hint when I feel truly stuck (without them I'd just give up on so many) - but putting them on hold until after the prize date sounds like a good idea.
Yeah, I'm with baileydonk here. This website is titled "Casual Gameplay", and complaining about competition certainly isn't casual.
I don't do these for the prizes, I do them because they're fun.
Yeah, I'm with baileydonk here. I don't do these for the prizes, I do them because they're fun.
If anything, perhaps JiG should disable comments until they've verified a "first response" winner, but after that, I like the community collaboration.
Sweet, I submitted the right answer.
I kind of liked the fact that there were different ways to answer the last puzzle... puts another dimension to the whole thing. Of course it's easy to say that when I guessed the right possible answer :)
Even though I'm competing with people for Fabulous Prizes, I really don't mind giving out hints. Plus, most people aren't going to win, so they should at least have fun solving the puzzles, instead of sitting around, frustrated, waiting for the walkthroughs to be posted.
I do like the idea of turning off comments until they've gotten a first response, though.
I don't do these for the prizes either,(I think they're just token gifts anyway - no one wins a car or t.v.), and I certainly am not trying to stop anyone's fun on casual gameplay. Just sayin', if it's labled as a contest...no hints. Steve posts a walkthru every Tuesday.
I'm kind of in the middle. I like checking the comments for hints and have certainly been helped by them, but more and more often I'm seeing people give way too much away. It's when the "hints" become "borderline walkthrough" that I get frustrated.
#3 had me stumped, but when I came back to it after a while, I suddenly realized how to solve it. And then there was 4.
Rough transcript of what happened as I solved #4:
I don't mind the discussion, personally.
If you already know the answers, then posting hints only decreases your chances of winning, so the only motivation is helping others. (Or, y'know, feeling superior.)
If you don't know the answers, then hints are helpful, obviously.
So the only people that stand to lose out on the deal are folks who know the answers but don't want to post hints. Most un-JIG-like behavior!
It seems that if the JIG staff had wanted to enforce stricter rules, they would have done so from the beginning. As it stands, it seems more like a random drawing with a little bit of fun before you fill out your entry form.
As an aside, I may have missed it somewhere, but how many rounds are planned for JIG's Letters in Boxes?
Ah...one last question #3.
raddaya:
No, no, you misunderstand me.
Ah, nevermind, I solved it. Bit confused on #4. How many frames are there and which one is the starter? xD
raddaya:
"If you already know the answers, then posting hints only decreases your chances of winning, so the only motivation is helping others. (Or, y'know, feeling superior.)"
Exactly. If you're playing only to win, you're taking it a bit too seriously.
Also, @ReverendTed, I figure they'll just keep cranking out puzzles as long as we keep solving 'em :D
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Now that I'm done, my thoughts on the puzzles:
Ah! Done! Seriously JIG, never again. >>;
Hints for all of them.
1-
2 -
3 -
4 -
Incidentally, I remember a game in the Casual Gameplay Competition with the "sandbox" theme where the instructions given were quite like #4...
I can't say I really cared for this set. #1 and #2 were ridiculously easy; #3 was ridiculously obfuscated, and #4's answer doesn't actually begin where it tells you to look (that is, you'll get all the letters if you follow the directions, but the first letter isn't the one you'll find on the frame the clue points at).
I'm just glad I've had experience with editing animated GIFs in The GiMP before, or else this batch would have been an even bigger exercise in needless frustration.
On the upside, the ability to confirm our guesses as to the final answer is much appreciated - perhaps it would be wise in the future to change it up so that the "final answer" rather than the "final question" displays the contact information.
Yay! Finished!
I preferred the previous sets where the final puzzle yielded an obvious answer without needing to resort to a URL to confirm the solution. The image changing gimmick was clever, though, so I give back some points for that. I felt like the ease of the first two puzzles was intentional, to lead the player into the later puzzles.
Really, my only gripe with the last puzzle is that you can solve it and still not be certain of the solution.
SirNiko:
"Really, my only gripe with the last puzzle is that you can solve it and still not be certain of the solution."
This was my biggest problem with this week's puzzles. I would've felt much more comfortable if #3 and #4 had switched places. #4 just didn't feel right to me until I had confirmation. It's even worse if you take into consideration that
Okay. For puzzle 3, I think I
Am I doing the right thing, with the right word? Or am I totally off?
Never mind. I really should finsh my train of thought before stopping. Stupid mistake.
First time posting here. Thanks to all who left such great hints. I didn't have such a tough time with the first three, but #4 was a doozie! Hints from baileydonk were especially helpful.
@Riley:
You are SUPER close.
Here are this week's answers. Don't worry, they're all still images.
Winners will be announced soon!
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