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speg
My favourite time of the year!
kjemperud
How many chapters are there? At Chapter 4 now - I took way too long figuring out the chess reference.
bard
I'm at 17 so far.
tenaciousJk
I'm stuck on 16... doesn't seem to be doing anything after I shared the folder :/
michaelmartin
Hit the "Repair Dropquest Folder" link on your current chapter's page to fix that.

I had the same issue after the chapter where you invite an email to share a folder. I invited it to the Dropquest folder, which I guess was a bad idea!

kjemperud
Looks like chapter 24 is called Endgame. I guess this answers my own question. Just one damn crossword puzzle to go!
sirclueless
Is this normal?

    {"error": "Service unavailable, please re-issue request."}
jontas
I'm getting the same thing. I wasn't 100% sure I had it correct, but since other, similar URLs issue a 404 this makes me think we got the URL correct. Either I am not seeing how this relates, or they are having issues.
ominous
for me, I changed https -> http and it worked.
jontas
I just tried that, but still get redirected back to https. I even tried using curl and I get a 302.
ominous
Got the same problem from chapter 8 -> 9...
petroica
Just keep refreshing.
jontas
Thanks for the tip, I'll try that.
simonb
Are people brute-forcing the 5 letter password? ;)
jontas
It seems like that would be a lot more work than just figuring it out the right way..
michaelmartin
I got this as well, but refreshing will fix it.

If you're on that page, you've got the right answer. The wrong one will give you a 404 error instead.

kjemperud
I just tried again, and it worked.
mdanger
Thrilled to see this is back!
asselinpaul
On chapter 5, I understand they are outlets but nothing will do....
michaelmartin
Google for types of power outlet. That one had me for ages as well.
kjemperud
Should you enter the whole names or only the first character of each? Or something else?
michaelmartin
Just one character for each (That ends up being a common theme across quite a few of the chapters I've done so far at least)
angelangel
isn't number 2 and number 6 both NEMA? The only difference is the grounding part
mdanger
I think there are single-character names for each socket type under that standard? That's what Google results seem to suggest, at least.
angelangel
So we base our answer off the socket types that hold the socket standard name under it?
michaelmartin
I'm not sure what NEMA is (I knew nothing at all about outlets before this), but I found they all corresponded to a different 1-character plug type.

This website rocked for this question because of all the images: http://electricaloutlet.org/

angelangel
alright i need help with chapter 6. i think the colors are there to confuse me and i believe the letters stand for month, day, and year. now i need help figuring out the order :/ any hints?
mdanger
I think the colors must mean something, but being colorblind doesn't help me.

There doesn't seem to be an orange box, though?

angelangel
bottom right box is orange and for a moment i thought the colors were the key. im still not sure
powerc9000
do you think the color says what box to look at next?
angelangel
i thought that for a moment. but chartruuse green isn't one of the colors and cyan and red are both months. the only time this works is green, magenta, yellow.
michaelmartin
Take the image and invert the colors in it. Then you'll be able to work it out. :)
powerc9000
if you invert the colors there are some colors lying about what color they are. they all correspond to a m/y/d
kjemperud
I'm stuck at Chapter 19. Anyone know the language of the Asian looking letters/numbers?
powerc9000
did you try to put them into translate.google.com it usually detects the language
kjemperud
It's an image, so it's a bit difficult to copy/paste them ;)

EDIT: I could try Google Goggles though

EDIT2: Hint for other people - it looks like it's Chinese Horoscope Signs

sirclueless
I think I got the first two parts, I'm just confused as heck by the last one.
ith3aq
You subtract the value of the red cards from the value of the black cards to fill in the blanks.

db.tt/xxJ9xx

angelangel
Chapter 7 requires some math. that or just bruteforce the password :/
swalberg
Google is a great calculator :)
angelangel
it is, but i still don't know how this trig fits in with the letters provided. =|
swalberg
The letters make a word, you make a url from that word much like you did a couple of steps before.
dropdeadfred
Any clues for Chapter 8? Is it a substitution cipher?
swalberg
I'm completely lost on that one too. The two strings don't have the same number of characters.
dropinhott
no luck with online anagram websites :(
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rowanquigley
I've got the files from 16 but it makes little to no sense on what to do, anyone willing to advice me?