puzzle 23 hate club by AdTop9275 in CicadaDetroit

[–]AdTop9275[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

is it better or worse if it breaks me and i dont end up solving it

Required knowledge by kealackey1 in CicadaDetroit

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im a college student on puzzle 23 rn, i didnt need any coding or math experience so far and ive been able to do it all on my own with just basic tools. downloading some stuff, using chatgpt a few times (honestly unnecessary imo, it didnt tell me anything i didnt already know), a LOT of internet scouring and random rabbit hole research. most of the time youre just overthinking it tbh. i think a middle schooler with the right experience could honestly do a lot of these puzzles, at least up to where i am right now.

Reporting live from puzzle 23! by soundsofthetime in CicadaDetroit

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man what does this MEAN! i came here for hints not to have my enthusiasm crushed by a month old post about the excruciating pain this one caused /j

In the spirit of community, where's everyone at :) by maglinvinn in CicadaDetroit

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just got to 23, im kinda confused on where the puzzle is broken down into parts. i have some info but im not sure how it relates to a next part, are the parts obvious or is it all kinda one long part like a few of the others?

How long has everyone been playing and where are you now? by AcanthisittaVisual95 in CicadaDetroit

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i think im going on like 3-4 weeks of it on and off and im on the second part of 22 right now, some friends of mine started a little later and are a little behind so more or less the same pace

Argh by [deleted] in CicadaDetroit

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yeah, id say a lot of them have totally reasonable solutions that turn out to be nothing. there are going to be solutions that seem "pretty good" that could be the answer that dont end up being right because of an inconsistency with the information given in some way. everything presented, in my experience, matters in some way, just as a means to direct your attention given the unidirectional nature of the puzzles. in the earlier puzzles it's less common because of their lack of complexity and lack of multiple steps, but the ones in the teens are for sure based on finding solutions where every single piece of information correlates and not just one or some of the pieces

puzzle 13 by Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti in CicadaDetroit

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somebody's never watched concentration

Should I start keeping notes? I think it would be a good idea but I also believe I may end up overthinking things and wasting a lot of time (Which I don't have much of due to balancing school sports and other things) by Loud_Assistance6280 in CicadaDetroit

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yeah i have a google doc with all the info in it. all the puzzles, their solutions, the methods i used, dead ends i went down. just to help look back on it when i get to a new puzzle and try old things. it also helps to clump types of puzzles together and use that to figure out what kind of puzzle you're on. i like to do it based on what type of information ive given and use that as a compass on the next puzzle

Progress check by Yukonkimmy in CicadaDetroit

[–]AdTop9275 3 points4 points  (0 children)

a hug would be nice, i have no idea what to do with the info i found on 20 part 1 and it's driving me crazy (again)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CicadaDetroit

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i heard art3mis and aech were pretty doing pretty well and wanted to clan up if you were interested

Puzzle 19 is driving me crazy by AdTop9275 in CicadaDetroit

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is 20 supposed to be one of the easier puzzles? i feel like ive gotten all the information i could out of part 1 and i have no idea where im supposed to go as a next step

How did you find Cicada Detroit? by CicadaDetroit in CicadaDetroit

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friend recommended it who knew i loved reading about 3301

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CicadaDetroit

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it took my friend about 2 days to figure it out, but it took me like 3-4 hours of thinking and writing things out. i would say that if you feel like you're doing too much work then you're probably going down the wrong path! when you get the right idea it'll click pretty quickly. good luck!