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| Jul 14, 2017 at 13:57 | history | edited | Christopher | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 14, 2017 at 13:57 | comment | added | Christopher | Yeah I actually provided several large hints that take some looking. I am adding a few more things. Now some people may not be able to view them but there are other ways of doing it | |
| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:58 | comment | added | Gareth McCaughan Mod | In this case, even without the image I think it would be possible for someone who's encountered something like the relevant ideas to get most of the way to the answer. But of course they wouldn't know which one was next. | |
| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:57 | comment | added | Gareth McCaughan Mod | I largely agree with Alconja. Also, I understand that for some people the technique used here simply doesn't work, making the puzzle inaccessible to them. | |
| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:43 | comment | added | Alconja | I'm a child of that era, so it was fairly obvious to me, but I don't think that makes it bad. I've not seen it used before in a puzzle, so I think it's suitably interesting (plus the image gives the impression of other steganograpy, which acts as a red herring of sorts). My issues are purely with step two being fairly uninteresting (see the link I included in my other comment). | |
| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:41 | comment | added | Christopher | @Alconja you think the technique is too obvious? | |
| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:40 | comment | added | Christopher | I am going to add another step | |
| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:40 | comment | added | Christopher | @Alconja well after the image there is another step | |
| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:38 | comment | added | Alconja | Some feedback (using generalised terms to maintain some level of spoiler avoidance): I like the idea of a puzzle including the technique used in your image, but there's not much else to it unfortunately, which makes it simply a gimmick. Basically, I think it's a good start, but the second step needs something more puzzly/meaty (see here). | |
| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:31 | history | edited | Christopher | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 14, 2017 at 0:29 | comment | added | Christopher | I can't put many tags as that would actually give away part of the challenge | |
| Jul 13, 2017 at 23:22 | history | answered | Christopher | CC BY-SA 3.0 |