I wish we could edit posts. That way it wouldn't look like I was making fun of Levik's spelling of "scavenger" by my putting it in quotes and then spelling it wrong myself...

im thinking mebe has to do sumthing with the spelling error of surprize but dunno

Phhttbb! Stupid me. Ok passed it.

I was going to try the scavenger hunt, but it didn't work. Do we have to sign up separately on the forum home page to try it?

hmmm... gamer thx fr the advice. and tristan follow his advice its very helpful... hell the answer is sumwhere here lol. dang now im stuck on the gif image on 2. thinking it got sumthing to do with the pic so im editing it on my photo editor right now lol

I can't get past the fourth one because I don't know how to use javascript.

wow sam.

Sam - Challenge 3 (4m)
Sam - Challenge 2 (11669h 39m)

challenge 2 took u that long? lol

First one was ok. I've not a clue what to do with the second. I've played around with the image in MS Paint and Photo Editor and nothing new has magically appeared. I'm in desparate need of a burst of inspiration.

Don't you mean the signs?

I found that when I log off the Scavenger hunt, I also log off Flooble, and when I log back on to Flooble, I log back onto the scavenger hunt. Since I normally check off the remember me button, I'm gonna be logged onto the hunt the whole time. That means I'll probably have a longer time finishing the challenges than Sam on challenge 2. I wonder if the computer recognized my username or something. Or maybe it's the cookies. Oh well, not like the time matters...

Yes yes indeed. My apologies for bringing up something that would obviously start to generate spoilers. I need to be more careful with my tongue in future (some say I should start to use my fingers for typing, but pshaw...).
Multiple trails seems like a good idea, though. It's a bore to get stuck on one and not be able to go anywhere (wretched challange four...).

Damn you, Challenge 4! You will be the bane of my procrastination. How am I supposed to avoid study when I can't even get past that level.

Levik,
Is there any way to run some sort of Scav forum, with some tips (NOT spoilers)? Maybe divided up into challenge levels. It's just REALLY annoying to be stuck on a challenge and have absolutely no idea how to get through it. When, just maybe, a little prodding it the right direction by a fellow Floobler (hey, I like that word!) could get you going.

Hmmm... sitting here in IE6, that's not making e feel good.

Cheers for the advice tho. I'll have to check up on how IE differs from other browsers.

Err.. I don't see how that's helpful at all, Victor. Though I didn't read the whole column, I did glance thorough the table of contents, and the topics discussed are far more in depth than what is required for challenge 4.

To solve it you need to know the most basic Javascript, as well as how it can be included into a page.

hmm.. i see i got from another site that ie6 is more ActiveX friendly while netscape is more java friendly. is that why?

lol, yeah, I'm just a sucker for free t-shirts... :-)

roflmao

I'm using IE 6.0... and I don't want to 'give it away', but I agree with Levik... there is something about IE that makes that one harder (IMHO).

What???? That was the very first thing I tried to do, like four days ago. Wretched stupid ugly smelly IE.

Ok, passed 4.

Agreed...

All the previous ones seemed to have something directly to work with, and number eight is more subtle. I'm stumped! (Boy that was difficult for me to say.) :-)

hmmm im not up to eight but mebe u spell challenge in an AIM screenname style like... ch@113ng3 or something of the sort.

I don't think lo0ol is even a member of this site :)

He asked me for a hint to challenge 1 a couple of weeks back on a webmaster forum. Now I almost wish I hadn't given it to him :) Well, now he gets the t-shirt, so the prize is gone. But at least we know that the game is beatable with no prior knowledge.

This is what lo0ol emailed me:
Egad that last challenge took me forever. I was going into Photoshop, inverting things, frantically working in NotePad... made it more complicated than it needed to be. :)

Well... I must admit that I sure am lucky that my full time employer gives me all the time I want to surf the web!

Actually, I asked Levik to set up the system to e-mail and page me every time a new problem is posted. That way I can generally get to them before anyone else. It sure is helpful! Thanks again Levik!

:-)

It's your browser. IE6 seems to have problems with challenge 4. Try a different one.

My guess is that your Real player browser won't work either, but I've never heard of it, so I'm not certain.

I know #4 can be solved using Netscape, because that's what I used before, and assume that it can be solved on Mozilla Firefox. Both are free, and highly recommended alternatives to the buggy, vurnerable & worm-ridden IE (not that I'm biased, I swear). Mozilla's browser is especially recommended.

I'd say you're on the right track, but don't give away too much in these forums

YAAAAAAAAAY completed the scavenger challenge, and even challenge 8 without any help at all!!!! I'm happy because I didn't think I'd be up to it, what with so many people failing at it!! And tips for challenge 8 (truly the best challenge of the lot, and furiously satisfying!!)? I'd say - do what it says, and look at the colours another way...!

"When problems happen and take their course, always remember to consider the source."

NB, challenge 8 is a very clever and tricky puzzle - This may not be much of a hint, but when you find the answer, it isn't ambiguous; you'll know when you find the right one.

Here's a quote I found on a calendar. It works here too.

"When problems happen and take their course, always remember to consider the source."

So, coming back the the scavenger hunt after a long time I find that I am no further on challenge eight than I was... jeeze, a year and a half ago (has it been so long?!?).

Supposedly about five people have passed it, and they all talk about how wonderful it is, and about how all you have to do is *think*, and blah blah blah blah blah.

I'M STUCK!

Are any of you mythical 8-solvers still around? Anyone want to help a poor lonely scholar who's been on this site too long and has grown old and tired? Anyone who hasn't solved come up with revelations that might benifit from teamwork?

***TOGETHER*** we can crack this thing! Or... you can give me a hint and I can go solve it myself. Either way, the result's the same. And I've got an email address listed...

I'd love to help, Sam, but I couldn't even get past challenge 2. I'm afraid I would be no help.

No, I hadn't noticed that.

There's something hidden on that page which isn't showing. See if you can isolate the hidden thing by itself.

Yayyy!!!!

I am pleased to announce that, nearly two years after having made the first post above, I have finally completed puzzle #8. Thanks in no small part from a hint by Timothy above.

Ahhh...........

Dustin, I'll give you a hint as soon as I get past that challenge 1 white screen.

I have now tried everything except bribing Levik. :-(

I made it up to 6, and I'm calling it a night. I might go back and try 4 again, this time with IE, to see how bad it is.

After 1 and a half year, it just took me 1 minute to get past screen 1.
At last.

"one picture is worth up to a thousand words.gif"

--from an unknown source

In Art 101 you learn about how red green and blue work together, but sometimes you just need to draw it out on paper.

I still can't get it.

In the mean time, it seems once people got past challenge 4, they whizzed right along to challenge 8. Any hints for 6? P.S. I switched to Mozilla Firefox since using it for challenge 4. P.P.S. If you're trying use IE on challenge 4, you may as well give up.

Finally. The Flooble Webmaster's Challenge is behind me. Congratulations, Dustin, on getting there first. It feels good to cross that one off my list.

I must have tried 3,171 times before I finally got it, thanks to hints gleaned from some of the posters above. Aren't we peculiar for enjoying this?

SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! E-MAIL ME AT CLIMBERBOI75@AOL.COM !!!!!

WHICH ONE ARE YOU ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! E_MAIL ME AT DMSTEEDE!S@SEMO>EDU!!!!

Which challenge are you currently working on? Oh well, I'll just sum up the hints given here and in the other scavenger thread for all of them.

Ahem...

Challenge 1:

Here's a quote I found on a calendar. It works here too.

"When problems happen and take their course, always remember to consider the source."

-Gamer

Challenge 2:

"one picture is worth up to a thousand words.gif"

--from an unknown source

-Mindrod

Challenge 3:

There's something hidden on that page which isn't showing. See if you can isolate the hidden thing by itself.

-Sam

Challenge 4:

My tip for challenge 4 is that in my experience, it's harder on the users on Internet Explorer than other browsers.

-levik

Challenge 5:

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Challenge 6:

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Challenge 7:

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Challenge 8:

when you find the answer, it isn't ambiguous; you'll know when you find the right one.

-abhi ghosh

the real solution was much simpler than most of the things I tried. If you find yourself taking doing something like converting colors to letters and then rotating the alphabet (as I tried) then tell yourself to turn around!

-Tristan

Tristan - is the fact that the page name is "fixed-width" and that the colors are in Arial (which isn't a fixed-width font) remotely important?

-Sam

No, I hadn't noticed that.

-Tristan

In Art 101 you learn about how red green and blue work together, but sometimes you just need to draw it out on paper.

-Eric

If you are tearing your hair out over the 8th challenge, take it from me; You'll be glad you figured this one out yourself. Just give it some time, and don't try to overcomplicate things. Puzzles this clever and challenging don't come around every day.

-Michael

Joe, no need to post twice, I'll help.

Send me an email, and be sure to tell me what you've tried so far. Saying "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO! I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING! I CAN'T GET IT!" will not help at all. If you don't tell me what you've already done, I can't help you. You're probably close to the answer, but not quite there.

oh, and by the way, the hint for 1000 words is pointing a bit to this:

what extension does a TEXT document usually have, and what extension have they given the hint? try flooble with the same - piccytext document. lol.

Simon, click here to see my user information. There is a hint there. You say you found the word. That is only the first part of the answer.

Im stuck on 8 the kints arent helping. does it have anything to do with the letter t i can see in the colours?

Simon, what did you mean by piccytext document?

Anyone still around? I need help with challenge 8.