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Way late to the game...
only the name of the movie related to this egg
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Very slow server and doesn't work properly and the big problem is customer service is very poor I have experienced very bad.
What in heaven's name are you talking about? (Joined 2:40PM)
I will try to reply to the comments tomorrow, thanks for the comments. Been catching up with lots of things in work after "resting" for 2 days for the event.
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It is almost 1 May soon, please do not submit your public key after this. The extended event is coming to an end and I will post the solution shortly.
I really appreciate the comments and feedbacks given by you guys.
Although all SYS E3 SSD are claimed, you can still try to find it for fun, the straightforward hint is to look for Alpha Channel in images related to ninzo59 (SYS representative).
hey @FAT32 give me some of your eggs.
i am so lazy, all i can do is stare
If I may just add my 2 cents worth to all the feedback posted here: I generally agree with the sentiment that (some of) the eggs were a little too hard to find; 2 hours into my search, I found myself evaluating my priorities for the day
But the whole event was really fun, reminiscent of the hair-pulling treasure hunts Dropbox used to do.
My suggestion for the next one (hopefully there'll be next!) is to make the eggs easier to find, but the difficulty of actually decrypting the eggs be commensurate to the "value" of the deal inside the egg. The idea is the users won't be bothered much with the mundane task of searching for eggs (too boring of a task) but they won't be able to sleep normally while trying to figure out how to decrypt the eggs (more challenging task)!
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wot
@FAT32
Really great job on the event, good mix of difficulty/know-how from what I can tell, and I feel there's been a bunch of effort put in on the whole. Sleepless night(s) included! Truly selfless too from what I can tell, which is a rarity these days.
As for the event; it does seem to favour people with some technical knowledge (it is LET after all), and more spare time than most around the holiday season. Prior information about CTF-type events is likely a plus too which, depending on your perspective, isn't a bad thing.
In contrast to Black Friday, at Easter or for arguments sake Christmas, you normally have family to contend with occupying your time. That and you're normally not expecting mega bargains. Hypothetically speaking; maybe you're also away visting family and don't have access to a computer and/or have terrible phone service during this time etc. In that light, I can see how the more time consuming events might be a turn off for some folks. Extending the event was certainly welcome.
It's worth mentioning Black Friday is almost expected to have insane deals, and I'm sure people prepare for that in a sense.
With this style of event, the only thing I can think of to solve that is have it not tied to any big holiday. I can see that being harder to justify to providers though, compared to an easily recognisable date. I'd also feel it wouldn't carry the same weight, so who knows! Just my two cents.
As for revealing the deals after finding the flag: definitely makes the hunt more interesting when you stumble across one and franticly enter it in the portal!
So thanks to the providers for some cracking bargains and even some freebies!
Knowing everything ahead of time would probably limit where people looked, hoping to find the best ones first. The egg claim limit is a good idea, makes you actually think about the deals instead of just taking anything that comes your way, addiction be damned.
All-in-all, you've really outdone yourself, so thank you for organising one blast of an event! One to remember for sure.
Dear @Falzo, I tried but ultimately failed to raw read your hint; ultimately I needed a translator for the hopes of getting an egg from it
Solutions v2
let{SuRPr1s3D_p1kaCHu}alttag of the image contains the flaglet{ImG_ALt}alttag of the smiley face contains the flaglet{L00k1ng_f0r_DeALs}let{r3moVe_aL1_SpAc3s}let {to prevent from searchlet{f1ag_CaN_B3_In_ImaGes_t0o}let{MRvm_11_L0CaT10ns}let{fuL1sT0p}let{hoT_Ch1ckS}let{1_Am_juSt_a_T1nY_b1T}let{OVH_is_v3rY_g3n3r0us}let{eAST3r_2018_eGGs}let{HaRd3sT_FlAg_F0r_tH1s_HunT}let{hell0_tAg}let{bUNdL3ssSss}let{daDdy_d3di}let{w1nD0ws42bUck5}Hints explanation
Hint 1: It is not just Ctrl+F, look around for more places
This suggests the use of the search tool in LET (Top right corner), then Ctrl+F the "edited" text
Hint 2: Most of the time the flag will be hidden in something related to the providers
This suggests the flags will most likely be hidden in the threads created by the provider
Hint 3: Big providers are joining
By big providers, I mean OVH and Hetzner. I also clarified that VirMach is not joining. In fact, the hardest flag is already up even before this easter hunt thread is up.
Hint 4: Developer Tool is your best friend
Some flags (Custom HTTP header, CSS source files, console.log) are easier to find with the developer tool, especially the
console.logonesHint 5: _Search_ing the website is hard, but is also useful
This is a more obvious hint to Hint 1
Hint 6: An image of pointing and looking down "Sometimes you have to look inside, or look below."
This is one of my favourite hint, it gives 2 clues:
1) Look for signature
2) Look inside an imgur image by removing
i.and.pngof an imgur image, the link of the hint image does thatHint 7: Hint 6 have multiple meanings, including 1 new deal that was just added
This is a more obvious hint to Hint 6
Hint 8: Look around for weird IPs, links or photos, it might not be what it should be
This is pretty much how I hide most of the things, some IPs actually point to my own services, doing
curl,ping,digetc would be useful. A link might not pointing to the actual destination and a photo might contains hidden information in HTML tag.TLDR: I will revise the rules and mechanism and ask for suggestions of those active members if I decided to organise similar event next year. As mentioned by most of you guys, releasing the deals ahead will help a lot. Thanks again for joining this event especially the big providers, it is my pleasure to host this event.
I shouldn't necro this thread but I feel like there is a need to reply since I have some free time today.
Thanks for all the comments, it reminds me of the fun moments during the event, I have to say the eggs are highly inspired by VirMach and most of the methods are what I have tried on VirMach to find the legendary egg.
@Letzien @MasonR
It kinds of make me sad too, I am expecting more deals on the easter megathread. It is just as crazy as Black Friday where I sit there the whole day just to refresh the page
@solaire @Falzo @hzr
Making it easier to find and releasing them ahead will definitely make life easier. Will consult you guys if there is next event
All the deals including solutions are actually posted somewhere public even when it is not fully claimed. I am not very happy but I am fine with people helping each other as long as they are not freeloader. (I still prefer people posting it somewhere private / internal)
@snow2k @FennecFox @skorous @nullnothere @priest @FlamesRunner
You are welcome, I also feel sorry for spending too much time of you guys on hunting the eggs. I agree that the deals can be even better because most of them are not crazy enough.
@pullangcubo
Perhaps a flash deal style will be great, at least people don't have to crack their head but just "F5" all the way.
Besides that, making it harder to decrypt but easier to find seems to be fair too, that's one possibility in the future
@Ksygo
I believe there are a lot of very smart guy in LET and my puzzles are considerable easy enough. Since I am from Asia, I don't really know that Easter is more of a family time, I should do more research next time
I will better plan this event in the future, perhaps during weekend where not a lot of events / festivals so people can still possible to get crazy deals not only during Black Friday / Cyber Monday.
@FAT32 you should not worry so much. after all it's been nothing but awesome entertainment and fun. you made yourself kind of too much work with it :-)
I think we all agree on being very happy that someone spends his free time to come up with something sophisticated like this, I'd never would have expected that.
no matter the occasion stuff like that will always be most appreciated!
so KUDOS, THANKS and keep on rocking.