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DropQuest 2011
- gotwilly 16y agoThis is a really creative way for dropbox to engage their customers.
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- endtime 16y agoVery cool. Can anyone confirm that getting a 500 from nginx when trying to go to the forums for step 2 isn't part of the puzzle?
- Justin_Time 16y agoCorrect, getting 500 errors from the server is not part of the puzzle.
- swombat 16y agoWhat about getting 500's from the blog?
- kunday 16y agoI'm getting no where from there
- jeremydavid 16y agoI guess this is working a little too well for them...
- rkudeshi 16y agoStuck on Level 19...how far is everyone else?
- seancron 16y agoStuck on step 8. I found the secret message but I can't figure out what to do with it. Edit: Doh! I analyzed it too deeply when it was staring me in the face.
- Justin_Time 16y agoSame here. Been trying everything since I found the message 30 minutes ago.
- rkudeshi 16y agoThere's a secret word...look at the first letters of each line. Go there and look carefully at anything visual.
- Justin_Time 16y agoThanks, I kept thinking it would be in the source somewhere!
- varunsrin 16y agogah its down
- zzleeper 16y agoAlso stuck there =(
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- ernestipark 16y agoThere goes productivity for the rest of the day...
- PanMan 16y agoLogin only link :(
- terryjsmith 16y agoThey have to have a user to reward with extra storage for each step, though admittedly they could've offered a "challenge" track with the ability to sign up once you're engaged.
- ambiate 16y agohttps://www.getdropbox.com/login#register https://www.getdropbox.com/login#register Free registration, but part of the hunt is to created a shared folder with hex. You would need to install the client and utilize your free space.
- X-Istence 16y agoYou can create a shared folder from the web interface.
- ambiate 16y agoI bombed out at https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/3712/frozen-yogurt https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/3712/frozen-yogurt and wasted my entire day. I commend Dropbox for this awesome Saturday.
- rkudeshi 16y agoAny tips on 21? (The one about shared folders and the blue picture.)
- ambiate 16y agohex code of pic, share the folder
- sid0 16y agoI did that (shared with myself), but all that happened was that a .dropbox file showed up. edit: figured it out. Thanks.
- rkudeshi 16y agoI created a folder named the hex code of the color, shared it with the email address hidden in the picture, and nothing happened. Maybe their servers are overloaded?
- geekfactor 16y agoIs it possible that Step 17 is platform dependent?
- rkudeshi 16y agoFind the HTML code for the color.
- geekfactor 16y agoYeah, I got that, with hex and all, but when I use digital color meter I get a different reading on each of my monitors, thus the question.
- liuhenry 16y agoUse an eyedropper in GIMP, PS, etc. to get the digital value (don't read off monitor)
- geekfactor 16y agoFunny Acorn didn't work but PS did. Go figure.
- ddrmaxgt37 16y agostuck on 27...
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- riobard 16y agoTheir blog and forum are constantly refusing connections……
- milkshakes 16y agoyeah :( doesn't seem like they thought this one through. now i'll never know what asian cuisine they enjoy
- sahillavingia 16y agoJapanese.
- riobard 16y agoit's quite frustrating when you know about the asian cuisine but cannot open the page!!!
- zzleeper 16y agoUse google cache :P
- richbradshaw 16y agoIt doesn't work – the referer is checked.
- zzleeper 16y agoHey guys, I'm totally stuck on 39.. any advice?? :S
- ddrmaxgt37 16y agoyou mean 29?
- ddrmaxgt37 16y agohelp with 29?
- rkudeshi 16y agoOfficially giving up. Level 21 seems to be buggy - I've shared the folder multiple times with dropquest@dropbox.com and nothing shows up.
- AdamTReineke 16y agoYeah, I got stuck at the same place. I got most of the way there on my own though, so I'm pretty proud. :-)
- David 16y agoSame problem, but I cheated my way past -- hints at the irc channel (including a link to solutions to every problem, but I was on the last one by then ;)
- ugh 16y agoWhew. That was exhilarating. And damn OS X Preview and Color Meter for not showing the right colors. (I was too late for any of the prizes but I’m very happy about the 1GB. Oh, and the scavenger hunt itself was also fun and cleverly designed.)
- richbradshaw 16y agoAh, this really bugs me everyday... anyone know how to get round this? Currently I strip out all color profile data, but don't know if thats the "right thing to do" for images going online.
- ugh 16y agoColor management is a pain. I would love to get my hands on some kind of simple guide.
- inji 16y agoDropbox <3 You ;)
- rlm 16y agoWalkthrough: http://dropbox.pastebin.com/J5SkmzL6 http://dropbox.pastebin.com/J5SkmzL6 A lot of people are stuck, and some might just want the extra 1GB, so I thought this could help. Of course, it contains spoilers. (I am not the creator of the list, I just found it on twitter after I completed)
- unicornporn 16y agowhat about step 8, just a question mark?
- jolan 16y agoRead the first letter of each line, go to the appropriate place, click the top most picture to see a URL.
- cstuder 16y agoI wasn't able to solve a couple of puzzles without the walkthrough, but am wondering about the solutions anyway. Will the Dropbox team or anyone else post some explanations afterwards?
- dmn001 16y agohttp://erroneus.tumblr.com/post/2765996497/dropbox-dropquest-2011-guide-free-space-for-dropbox http://erroneus.tumblr.com/post/2765996497/dropbox-dropquest... Another blog post with slightly better explanations, found this link on IRC.
- mischiefmaker 16y agoAnother more detailed guide with some explanations: http://www.forumvancouver.com/threads/dropbox-dropquest-answer-key.707/ http://www.forumvancouver.com/threads/dropbox-dropquest-answ...
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- ptomato 16y agoI have a sneaking suspicion that the finish line isn't, even with the hall of fame and all that. Oh well.
- geekfactor 16y agoMe: "Cool, that was fun, and I got another gig of space." My wife: "Yes, much better than forcing the kids to open Dropbox accounts." (Which I did once, when I needed to share a big file!) Doh!
- mshafrir 16y agohttps://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/wall_of_fame https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/wall_of_fame
- da5e 16y agoThis thing was like trying to get support from Google. Step Two divide a number. Go to the forums. Then what?
- geeksam 16y agoWith the exception that this is supposed to be, y'know, fun.
- wmwong 16y agoIn case anyone has finished and is looking for more puzzles just for fun, you can try the original http://www.deathball.net/notpron/ http://www.deathball.net/notpron/ No prizes though :(
- kingkawn 16y agoA nice side benefit of this was discovering https://www.dropbox.com/edu https://www.dropbox.com/edu, which doubles your space bonus from all referrals. I'm at 13.8gb now with a free account.
- unicornporn 16y agoAnd I am at, what I think is, the current 20GB maximum. Weeeee :) Can't see how I would use that space though. It is too little space too keep my music, video or photos, and too much to store anything else.
- gecko 16y agoI symlink all the music I care about into Dropbox, which gives me access to the music I listen to most at my office and on the road, but doesn't mean Dropbox hsa to have sufficient space to store ALL of my music. This hybrid works well for me personally.
- kingkawn 16y agoyeah i store all of my materials for school, including high res versions of all of my textbooks so I can look them up and print things if needed. Also about 2 gb of audio lectures that are not otherwise mirrored online. I wish it had the space to store all my music, but I don't really have the money at the moment for a paid account. someday.
- flexterra 16y agoEpic!
- s3graham 16y agoIs 28 supposed to have a 'bug'? Or is that the clue? Hmm..
- marcamillion 16y agoUghh...no clue how to play Sodoku! Any hints on that one anyone? I seriously don't know how to play it.
- noodle 16y agoyou have to have one and only one of each character (typically 123456789, but in this case its letters) in every column, row, and 3x3 sectioned off square. i'd suggest going out and finding a really easy sudoku puzzle and solving it. they're really easy once you get the concept.
- sliverstorm 16y agoPretty challenging one too.
- decadentcactus 16y agohttp://www.sudoku-solutions.com/ http://www.sudoku-solutions.com/ I used this. Knew the basics of Sudoku but eh, bit tedious to try and actually work it out for me.
- kozaw 16y agoFull folution and walkthrough: http://b4it.tumblr.com/post/2775347938/dropbox-dropquest-2011 http://b4it.tumblr.com/post/2775347938/dropbox-dropquest-201...
- mathias 16y agoDropquest can be completed in 60 seconds. Here’s a list of the minimum number of steps required to do so: http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/dropquest-2011 http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/dropquest-2011