[nirvAnA]

Birthday Month Contest #1! By nirvAnA

For our contest give away, we will be handing out 6 never to be made again SC2SEA tees. The winner of each contest will receive an all expenses paid Tee courtesy of SC2SEA! The first contest will be a web puzzle created by nirvAnA. The contest will start on 15th September, 2012 2 PM AEST and this OP will be updated then. Have fun!

Birthday Month Contest #1

Update: More clues added!

Start the Contest Here! (UPDATED)

Congrats to UHF who wins contest #1

The last 3 stage part was solved about 40 mins after it was posted.

The Top 10

1. UHF (1 day 40mins)
2. Savior (1 day 1 hr 8 mins)
3. sR Dante(1 day 1hr 10 mins)
4. sRGrim (1 day 1hr 26 mins)
5. Skrawl (1 day 2 hours 10 mins)
6. AsylumOfSouls (1 day 2 hours 15 mins)
7. ZooMForYou (1 day 3 Hours +)
8. |Erasmus| (1 day 3 Hours +)
9. sRAequitas (1 day 3 Hours +)
10. fray`ChadMann (1 day 3 Hours +)

Clues and answers for all stages are posted at the end of this thread. Thank you everyone for playing. Stay tuned to more contests in our birthday month happening soon! The next one is not puzzle related.

[Mox]

This looks awesome! So excited! And the Tees are awesome for those that don't have one already.

[ShinyA]

nice Too bad I live in the US ^_^

gl to everyone!

[Flamga]

Good luck everyone!!! I think I need to win this :P

[Cyanide]

The shirt is a lie.

[Cordance]

And the crowed goes wild ... but there is no link. Greatest troll ever Nirvana. I guess we will have to wait for you to wake up and work it out.

[SLCN.CautioN]

I want shirrrrrrrrrrt

[ROOTPetraeus]

bad nirvana!

[SLCN.CautioN]

i waited 2 hour long time la

Quick Comments

Cordance:

I just set an alarm

[nirvAnA]

contest is live!

[ProAnnn]

Nirvana probably sleeping LOL~

[Legionnaire]

Stage2 an inside joke or something?

Edit: Yeah i did some googling before i gave up, and saw some of the names in the sc2sea promotional videos. I presume all the other levels are going to be similar inside knowledge.

Quick Comments

	Cordance:	They are names often found on the site I believe
	SLCN.NXZ:	Stage 2 was probably one of the top 3 most difficult

[VB_Blake]

Already lost

edit: yeahh made it to stage two..now im lost

[inFeZa]

i give up at level 1 ~

[mGGAequitas]

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

imba as ****

[inFeZa]

What is it more cluez plz

[ToRGreenArchon]

What were the clues?

[TCPKerO]

I don't stand a chance for this thing being new to sc2sea, which sucks so much

[syfMiley]

Originally Posted by TCPKerO

I don't stand a chance for this thing being new to sc2sea, which sucks so much

You should check out the who's who's and read up on people

Quick Comments

TCPKerO:

so I guess I should read through 6 pages of ppl to stand a chance... awesome times see you in a week

[Akilos]

so yeah..I guessed and ended up in stage 4 lol.

[Cyanide]

For those who missed it. More clues from nirvana same time tmr.

[AceWing]

I can't get past stage 1 =.=

Quick Comments

ROOTPetraeus:

*hug*

[LennX]

I wonder how many red herrings there are in the final stage...

[TCPKerO]

There have been plenty so far

[nirvAnA]

If the contest is still not solved, more clues will be added in tomorrow at 2PM AEST, as well as two more stages so they take some time to solve since many people are at the last round already! For those who have made it this far on your own, grats! For those who need help, ask for clues in the chatbox.

16th September 2012 2PM AEST

Today SpartaZ was the first to level 7 then he got stuck for 1 hour. Bard was the first to level 8. Cyanide, yongming and TheCSerps reached the last round early too.
However no1 one has solved it yet.
Everything makes sense, thats the only reason why people have come this far already!
So if you don't get it, try harder! Many are at round 8.
Tomorrow if no1 solves it still, 2 more stages will be added + more clues.

Some clues for people

Yes, nearly every answer is either Starcraft related, or SC2SEA related. We want someone from our community to win it!
Two later stages aren't, so in that case try to form a word
Answers could be everything from a starcraft player, commentator, unit, spell, building, meme, whatever.
Two later stages aren't, so in that case try to form a word
Caps are important so are spaces. There are no silly alternating caps to make it impossible.
Don't know who is who? Look around the site.
http://www.sc2sea.com/showroster.php

Dont PM me I will not give you any private tips!

Clues for the last stage

Not a person.

[AxSGRiM]

My ban is until all these contests are over right?

[ToRozliam]

This last one is very hard indeed hm. my brain is about to explode to much thinking

[ToRSpartaz]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

Today Spartaz was the first to level 7 then he got stuck for 1 hour. .

Sigh* silly caps -.- gunna think about stage 8 at work today! ^^

[SLCN.NXZ]

This has been bugging me for hours. I personally just want to know the answer now, I don't even care about the shirt anymore

Quick Comments

	sRAnti:	Agreed.
	TCPKerO:	I will still gladly take the tshirt as compensation for my brain being destroyed though

[mGGAequitas]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

There are no silly alternating caps to make it impossible.

the answer to the 2nd stage?
the answer to the puzzle level?

Not to mention two stages don't even have a capital as the first letter of the word

Quick Comments

	AsylumofSouls:	but the clues also tell you that will be the case. (pun intended) ;P
	nirvAnA:	I mean NoThiNG wiLl bE speLT sILLLy lIke this

[Flamga]

The second stage is using proper caps, as in if you look at that players name (hint hint) it is spelt exactly like that.

The puzzle level the answer is actually spelt like that all the time.

I think Nirvana meant no answers where its like BEgIn.png with caps like that, the others are legitimate.

Quick Comments

AxSGRiM:

+1

[nirvAnA]

UPDATED! For those stuck on the last stage image, crtl + F5 to refresh.

[inFeZa]

this is gayyyyyyyy

Quick Comments

LennX:

This is sc2sea!

[sRDante]

**** YEAH AMERICA

1st the worst
2nd the BEST DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Quick Comments

	nirvAnA:	third the hairy princess?
	crAzerk:	i like nirvana's comment

[TCPKerO]

New stage 8 is worse than the last one lolz

[Another]

since someones won can you post answers?

Quick Comments

TCPKerO:

I just want some more clues to try and figure it out myself :(

[nirvAnA]

Congrats to UHF who wins contest #1

The last 3 stage part was solved about 40 mins after it was posted.

The Top 10

1. UHF (1 day 40mins)
2. Savior (1 day 1 hr 8 mins)
3. sR Dante(1 day 1hr 10 mins)
4. sRGrim (1 day 1hr 26 mins)
5. Skrawl (1 day 2 hours 10 mins)
6. AsylumOfSouls (1 day 2 hours 15 mins)
7. ZooMForYou (1 day 3 Hours +)
8. |Erasmus| (1 day 3 Hours +)
9. sRAequitas (1 day 3 Hours +)
10. fray`ChadMann (1 day 3 Hours +)

Hall of Shame!
3:08 PM: Cyanide: meh...to anyone who knows the answer, just PM it to me. i'm tired of the guess work =/
3:09 PM: Cyanide: i'm close, but just want the answer =/

lol at one of the star performers from yesterday cyanide throwing in the towel!! and Erasmus boo for making it way too easy for the others

All clues / answers will be posted tmr so those who wanna try solving it still can.

Quick Comments

sRDante:

oh wtf i thought i came 2nd..

[AxSGRiM]

Savior actually finished second? He trolled me saying he didn't. TT

EDIT: Sorry for ruining anyone's experience throughout this contest. I was extremely well over myself throughout the most part of it, especially when I felt like I was seemingly close to getting 1st. Apologies to everyone again!

[crAzerk]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

All clues / answers will be posted tmr so those who wanna try solving it still can.

Just spoiler each clue/answer / level so we can keep trying as long as we want! (I'm going to just look at all the answers tho, cos I have insufficient current knowledge =X )

[nirvAnA]

General Clues

• Yes, nearly every answer is either Starcraft related, or SC2SEA related. We want someone from our community to win it!
• Two later stages aren't, so in that case try to form a word
• Answers could be everything from a starcraft player, commentator, unit, spell, building, meme, whatever.
• Two later stages aren't, so in that case try to form a word
• Caps are important so are spaces. There are no silly alternating caps to make it impossible.
• Google is your friend. So is the google similar image feature.
• Don't know who is who? Look around the site.

http://www.sc2sea.com/showroster.php

Clues Broken Down by Stage

+ [Stage 1] +

Ignore the numbers. Ignore the red herring / red heering whatever!!! Its there to confuse you!

+ [More Clues] +

Pay attention to the example!

+ [Stage 2] +

BEEthoven + duck. A duo!

+ [More Clues] +

Upper and lower case is important. So is using spaces. This sets the tone for the rest of the contest. Don't know the right way to spell it? Google it.

+ [Stage 3] +

Say it out

+ [More Clues] +

Tee + gun

+ [Stage 4] +

Its so dark except for..

+ [More Clues] +

The opposite of dark

+ [Stage 5] +

Ignore the picture

+ [More Clues] +

Puzzle is a player

+ [Stage 6] +

Spell their names

+ [More Clues] +

Write them down in a list on paper, in lower case!

+ [Stage 7] +

The girl is from the TV show Alias

+ [More Clues] +

Similar the the previous one, with a slight twist based on the clue. Time to read who's who profiles and form a word.

+ [Stage 8] +

The number of the same objects is significant

+ [More Clues] +

Think big refers to casing.

+ [Stage 9] +

Ignore the pictures, except for the hermit which looks somewhat similar

+ [More Clues] +

A unit, inspired by a HoTS patch

+ [Stage 10] +

What is wrong with the plug picture? The hydra might be representing something.

+ [More Clues] +

The song chorus has a very similar sounding word to the answer

Answers

+ [Stage 1] +

begin

+ [Stage 2] +

The BeeDuck

+ [Stage 3] +

tgun

+ [Stage 4] +

Light

+ [Stage 5] +

SlayerS

+ [Stage 6] +

samba

+ [Stage 7] +

meal

+ [Stage 8] +

4 GATE

+ [Stage 9] +

Carrier

+ [Stage 10] +

ZERG OP

Conclusion

I hope everyone had fun, thanks for playing in it! It was quite fun and I created it in about 2-3 hours. I think the caps/spaces were driving some people crazy so if i do this again, maybe next year, it will all be in lower case with spaces.

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[inFeZa]

are you ******* kidding me. number 10 was the worst clued one ever.

Quick Comments

crAzerk:

more like worst level overall :p

[Antel0pe]

i still don't get stage 1 after the clues :/ ;;

[LennX]

I guessed

+ Show +

Zerg OP

for stage 10. omg stupid me why me no all caps -_-"

[crAzerk]

REALLY Loved some of the levels that were pretty clever, such as the one with pictures of sc2sea people (The second one, first one was abit straightforward, the second one was clever heh). A little disappointed with the final level though!!

Looking forward to more of these