Hello World - The Rebirth

[Gordon]

<Hello World/>​

Here we go again...

After months of silence and confusion, the infamous Hello World "competition" returns. Many have tried, few have succeeded but this time we have some rewards to offer.

Attached below is a ZIP archive, inside of which are a selection of files. Some may be useful, some perhaps not. This test takes its form in 2 parts. The answer of this test will come in the form of a 2 digit number alongside a sentence, send me both via a forum PM and you may well be in for a reward!

The first person to send in a correct answer will be given a cool £1,000,000 ingame, second place will be given £500,000 and finally third place will be given £250,000

!! IMPORTANT !!
This test CAN be completed without the use of external tools. However, should you decide to use any, Roleplay.co.uk do not accept any liability for the potential damage that online or third-party tools can cause, use some common sense! The ZIP file contains 6 files and are all either .txt .jpeg or .png files.

DOWNLOAD THE FILE HERE​

Good luck to you all...

 

[Oliver]

What happend to the first one??? alot of people spent hours / days on that and got nothing.

@Shuttle @Ant Arni

 

[Gordon]

What happend to the first one??? alot of people spent hours / days on that and got nothing.

The original Hello World tests were never designed with a physical "reward" in mind, this one is different.

 

[Ant]

Whats the point of doing a second one if we still don't know what's happened with the first one? No rewards, no announcements, no acknowledgement etc. to the people who did it

 

[Gordon]

Whats the point of doing a second one if we still don't know what's happened with the first one? No rewards, no announcements, no acknowledgement etc. to the people who did it

No. Not yet

 

[John Kurz]

I got so close to finishing the first one, I will not be beaten again

 

[MrKraken]

 

[CSI Wolfy]

Effort. Got better things to be doing dear xx

 

[DJ]

Effort. Got better things to be doing dear xx

Lies!

 

[Duckkyy]

Are we allowed several entries or only one? 

 

[Gordon]

<Hello World/>
We have the winners!​

1st Place: (£1,000,000) @Shuttle​

2nd Place: (£500,000) @Oliver​

3rd Place: (£250,000) @MrKraken
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However, we had many more submissions, excellent work! We'll be releasing newer and harder puzzles on a regular basis so keep an eye on the forums! If you were lucky enough to win this round, contact myself through any convenient means and I'll arrange your prize!

See you next time!

 

[Jack Gregerson]

Any chance we can see the answer? or how to get the answer

 

[Gordon]

The number was 29, and the sentence was "Computers are invaluable tools for the progression of humanity, but humans are the most extraordinary computers around."

the number was found by adding together all of the numbers stacked on-top of each other in the pallet.jpg file!

The sentence was written in a keyword Caesar cipher, the keyword being TELEPOHNE and the shift being 4, this could be found out simply by hovering over the house file as shown below.

 

[Jack Gregerson]

Now I feel dumb

 

[Yankee]

Oh.. what, I didn't see this thread untill now. Damn.. I love doing these ARG/Cicada 3301 style of codebreaking and all.