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Treasure In Search Of The Golden Horse
For those who participated in the puzzle :In Search of the Golden Horse Treasure" by Dr. Crypton Posts made here not specifically pertaining to Treasure will be deleted!
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HA
IP: 65.64.12.199 Jan 13, 08 - 12:13 PM |
Treasure Search
I have asked that the answer to the search of the golden hores be known. It apparently was won. I asked that Dr. Crypton reveal the ending. I asked all of you to ask Dr. Crypton to reveal the ending. Apparently the money went to Big Brothers & Sisters, a charitable orgisination. If so why do you all keep searching? It's over and done with, why won,t Dr.Crypton come forth and tell the out come of this puzzle. I believe I know why!! It's all a con, and those who keep buying the Book and game just adds money to the pot! I've tried to e-mail Dr. Crypton, the Blair Co. and Big Sisters and Brothers, with no luck. When I put this into the post it wasn't shown, so now I'm asking it again. Paul Hoffman explain, Please.  
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Cryptonite
IP: 69.125.236.229 Jun 9th, 2008 - 1:30 AM |
Re: Treasure Search
HA, No more money is being made off of this puzzle.. it was out of print long ago. Only reason I believe Paul Hoffman will not reveal it is because he thinks his puzzle was MEANT TO BE SOLVED. I think he is just waiting to see how long it takes. There is no prize any more. It's like solving Fermat's last theorem... no money involved, just the satisfaction of knowing. I, personally, do not believe the "official" solution. It is at least partially wrong. |
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BraveGhost
IP: 209.19.141.7 Jun 12th, 2008 - 3:09 PM |
Re: Treasure Search
You seem to have your own reason(s)to return to this TISOTGH forum where as others also do, some write, some read, some complain about the past, the present and undoubtedly the future. Truthfully speaking and knowing first hand " one can lead a horse to water but one can not make the horse drink ". |
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Ixnei
IP: 71.193.177.124 Jun 29th, 2008 - 6:05 AM |
Re: Treasure Search
If you look carefully at the purported published solution, there are quite a few apparent flaws. First and foremost, the key (MAP, reversed as PAM) was applied incorrectly to the rabbit card (The M and P substitutions are off by an additional 1 in the WRONG direction). There's a very casual mixing and matching of movie and book version clues, which contradict the rules stating they are separate puzzles. The Tennessee Pass monuments were dedicated to the 10th (not 40th) division, on Memorial Day 1959 (not June 11 1980). I have no idea where the "He did it himself" came from, but it doesn't appear anywhere near the mentioning of the "only two short words" of ancient Rome (Latin). The key substitution error is really a very gross error, and should have been caught unless there was some sort of mad last-minute rush... And apparently it was reversed due to the clue "the way to move forward is sometimes to go back." Why this means applying the key in reverse rather than applying the key from the back of the cyphertext is beyond me (or why it's applied post-card rather than pre-card). Apparently the Greek code was meaningless, as was the Egyptian code, as well as the Tarot Card code (DM for JS). As really were most of the clues I found back in the day (Ignore state shapes, Viewer be not afraid). Unless they were the clues that stated 150 degrees and 100 steps (which would be useless anyways - as once you found the June 11 1980 "grave", the odd 4-limbed tree was less than a football field away). Did the back of the 10th monument really state June 11 1980, and did the tree really look like what was on the map? I'm more and more beginning to think Dr K didn't release the solution since he was embarrassed by it. Take a look at most half-way decent puzzles you see today. You will NOT find gross errors in encoding like the MAP keying problem. They are connected, with each puzzle not only leading to the next, but being validated back. The puzzles build on each other, and consist of a complexity that is more than 16 characters (try route two dozen) and a couple of vague TN clues (Not the XVI, 0x10010 0x01100). For a laugh, check out the musical note "DR C WAS HERE" cypher - talk about an f'n stretch... I always had a notion that there was something in the 81 pages, 21 chapters and specifically the chapter titles (The map was page 13!!!). I thought this because I ASSUMED tisotgh was one of these complete complex connected puzzles. Fully well aware of Dr' K's triskaidekaphobia, I figured there wouldn't be a chapter 13 UNLESS that chapter title had some significant overall meaning to the puzzle (e.g. it was used for the solution). I figured the cards would give you an idea how to crack some code hidden in the chapter title's 163 letters. In fact, years prior to reading Hoffman's Archimede's Revenge, I found myself filling in two 9x9 matrices, some using spiraling patterns (ala prime number diagonalization)... |
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JCG
IP: 66.235.28.9 Sep 16th, 2008 - 1:48 PM |
Re: Re: Treasure Search
Out of curiosity....how many have actually visited the Tennessee Pass site to see if the date (June 11, 1980) is mentioned anywhere on or near the monument at the Pass? I'm not sure what to believe anymore....this is a pretty obvious blunder if there is no reference to this date that can be associated with the memorial.....not that I have ever believed in the Nemo solution, but I did think that the site could be correct, just for all the wrong reasons. Please shed some light on this for me. 
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