DropQuest 2011

http://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011

by ambiate • 16 years ago

116 91 16 years ago

gotwilly• 16 years ago

This is a really creative way for dropbox to engage their customers.

endtime2• 16 years ago

Very 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_Time3• 16 years ago

Correct, getting 500 errors from the server is not part of the puzzle.

swombat• 16 years ago

What about getting 500's from the blog?

kunday• 16 years ago

I'm getting no where from there

jeremydavid• 16 years ago

I guess this is working a little too well for them...

rkudeshi10• 16 years ago

Stuck on Level 19...how far is everyone else?

seancron2• 16 years ago

Stuck 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_Time3• 16 years ago

Same here. Been trying everything since I found the message 30 minutes ago.

zzleeper3• 16 years ago

Also stuck there =(

baby2• 16 years ago

What I don't understand is that there is no Step 9. I jumped straight to step 10. Did I miss something ?

edit : there is no step 12 also. But at the end of step 11 one's can read "You must be pretty tired though, so maybe it's time to go home and get some well-deserved rest."

so resting must be the step 12 hehe

cube2• 16 years ago

I'm stuck on 13, any hints? Edit: The Haiku one.

ddrmaxgt376• 16 years ago

me too. I'm stuck on the haiku one.

ambiate4• 16 years ago

Been staring at 18 for too long.

ropiku• 16 years ago

Solve the anagrams

baby2• 16 years ago

Stuck on level 1... haha

palish• 16 years ago

Sounds like you're in the lead. Go go rkudeshi!

rkudeshi10• 16 years ago

I wish...someone tweeted about an hour ago that they finished the entire thing!

Now I'm stuck on 21 and I swear it involves the Dropbox Wiki, but I can't find anything...

ddrmaxgt376• 16 years ago

me too. bjf??

rkudeshi10• 16 years ago

Tip: It's not BJF. Translate again.

ernestipark• 16 years ago

There goes productivity for the rest of the day...

PanMan• 16 years ago

terryjsmith• 16 years ago

They 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.

ambiate4• 16 years ago

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• 16 years ago

You can create a shared folder from the web interface.

ambiate4• 16 years ago

I bombed out at https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/3712/frozen-yogurt and wasted my entire day. I commend Dropbox for this awesome Saturday.

rkudeshi10• 16 years ago

Any tips on 21? (The one about shared folders and the blue picture.)

ambiate4• 16 years ago

hex code of pic, share the folder

kvdr• 16 years ago

Same, dont know what to do at that page.

cstuder2• 16 years ago

Hint: Hunt down the hunter at their team page.

geekfactor4• 16 years ago

Is it possible that Step 17 is platform dependent?

rkudeshi10• 16 years ago

Find the HTML code for the color.

geekfactor4• 16 years ago

Yeah, 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.

ddrmaxgt376• 16 years ago

stuck on 27...

riobard2• 16 years ago

Their blog and forum are constantly refusing connections……

milkshakes• 16 years ago

yeah :( doesn't seem like they thought this one through. now i'll never know what asian cuisine they enjoy

sahillavingia• 16 years ago

Japanese.

riobard2• 16 years ago

it's quite frustrating when you know about the asian cuisine but cannot open the page!!!

zzleeper3• 16 years ago

Hey guys, I'm totally stuck on 39.. any advice?? :S

ddrmaxgt376• 16 years ago

you mean 29?

ddrmaxgt376• 16 years ago

help with 29?

rkudeshi10• 16 years ago

Officially giving up. Level 21 seems to be buggy - I've shared the folder multiple times with dropquest@dropbox.com and nothing shows up.

AdamTReineke• 16 years ago

Yeah, I got stuck at the same place. I got most of the way there on my own though, so I'm pretty proud. :-)

David• 16 years ago

Same 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 ;)

ugh2• 16 years ago

Whew. 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.)

richbradshaw2• 16 years ago

Ah, 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.

ugh2• 16 years ago

Color management is a pain. I would love to get my hands on some kind of simple guide.

inji• 16 years ago

Dropbox <3 You ;)

rlm• 16 years ago

Walkthrough: 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)

unicornporn2• 16 years ago

what about step 8, just a question mark?

jolan• 16 years ago

Read the first letter of each line, go to the appropriate place, click the top most picture to see a URL.

cstuder2• 16 years ago

I 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• 16 years ago

http://erroneus.tumblr.com/post/2765996497/dropbox-dropquest...

Another blog post with slightly better explanations, found this link on IRC.

mischiefmaker• 16 years ago

Another more detailed guide with some explanations: http://www.forumvancouver.com/threads/dropbox-dropquest-answ...

ptomato• 16 years ago

I have a sneaking suspicion that the finish line isn't, even with the hall of fame and all that. Oh well.

geekfactor4• 16 years ago

Me: "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• 16 years ago

https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/wall_of_fame

da5e• 16 years ago

This thing was like trying to get support from Google. Step Two divide a number. Go to the forums. Then what?

geeksam• 16 years ago

With the exception that this is supposed to be, y'know, fun.

wmwong• 16 years ago

In case anyone has finished and is looking for more puzzles just for fun, you can try the original http://www.deathball.net/notpron/

No prizes though :(

kingkawn2• 16 years ago

A nice side benefit of this was discovering https://www.dropbox.com/edu, which doubles your space bonus from all referrals. I'm at 13.8gb now with a free account.

unicornporn2• 16 years ago

And 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• 16 years ago

I 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.

flexterra• 16 years ago

Epic!

s3graham• 16 years ago

Is 28 supposed to have a 'bug'? Or is that the clue? Hmm..

marcamillion• 16 years ago

Ughh...no clue how to play Sodoku! Any hints on that one anyone? I seriously don't know how to play it.

noodle• 16 years ago

you 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• 16 years ago

Pretty challenging one too.

decadentcactus• 16 years ago

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• 16 years ago

Full folution and walkthrough: http://b4it.tumblr.com/post/2775347938/dropbox-dropquest-201...

mathias• 16 years ago

Dropquest 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

DropQuest 2011

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