V.I.L.E.

cutter · Post by **cutter** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:15 pm

This idea of the challenge is really nice, but i think the realisation is very ugly.
It is inconsistent and ambiguous at some points and the +809 seems to be a mistake.

edit: solved it but still don't know why this is the right solution

p2p · Post by **p2p** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:38 pm

am i on the right track with characters in games?

megabreit · Post by **megabreit** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:48 pm

I have absolutely no clue. I found V.I.L.E. with Google near "Carmen Sandiego".
Do they have something in common?

p2p · Post by **p2p** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:12 pm

that was actually the same thing i found.
i also combined it with cipher, crypt, decript, code and decode because they are the evil ones and maybe have some sort of secret-language. but i got ne result

mcjohn · Post by **mcjohn** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:49 pm

Hey guys, I created this challenge. There is unfortunately some confusion on the answer itself that probably only those who have solved it will understand. I have sent an email just now to very slightly apart of the question to hopefully correct this and asked that once it be fixed the administrator post here. Regardless of the change, you will "know" with the original you are on the right track solving this challenge and it is most definitely solvable (4 so already), albeit some ambiguity.

John

mcjohn · Post by **mcjohn** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:47 pm

This challenge has been updated/changed slightly so make sure you refresh your screen. The answer is still the same and with either version the challenge is solvable. (but now less confusion I hope).

John

bass · Post by **bass** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:46 am

This seems to contain a typo:

+90+509+20+355+977+46+685+503+7+98+421+43+45+380+377=?

The 503 in the middle is probably supposed to be a 593.

nighthalk · Post by **nighthalk** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:27 am

wow talk about annoyingly simple, it had me stumped for like a year. and ya everyone treat the 503 as 593 but you really dont "need" it

d6E8bBU5aXHm · Post by **d6E8bBU5aXHm** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:05 pm

503 is perfectly right

andythejocker · Post by **andythejocker** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:40 pm

well...kinda hard at first...got in in 5 minutes...thanks wikipedia

Nudin · Post by **Nudin** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:49 pm

In my solution the 503 ist also wrong…
Found out never the less.

aurora · Post by **aurora** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:48 pm

503 is absolutly right

bboy · Post by **bboy** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:28 pm

503 is not right. It could be 593 , 372....
Nice idea btw

Flog343 · Post by **Flog343** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:50 am

great idea if you ask me
for everyone still needing some help a tiny hint:
try to find out what +(number) can mean even and if it doesnt makes sense first try to get a letter from it. the 2nd letter may end up wrong depending on your source

morio · Post by **morio** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:26 am

LOL......But Who Exactly Are These Guys......Very Creative

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