New Recruitment Challenge

[likwidtek]

so how many people solved it other then me and doubleoh

[Eroz]

Aye. I did.

[Anonymous]

im stuck at the whole pawn place. The first thing that comes to my mind is /hardcorepawm.html , but that doesnt work =/

although i did get to level 7 on try2hack

[Anonymous]

Still stuck on the ss142 bit

[Anonymous]

I gave up on try2hack when they told me to download this and download that..


Getting a decompiler for everything got boring..tho i must admit using the java decompiler in certain places was interesting ..

[Anonymous]

hehe, eventually i had to make a vb prog to accept a connection from the try2hack exe you had to dl, getting the prodcedures right was a bitch! =/

[Anonymous]

Orasu the ss bit is actually very easy compared to the pawn part.....is there a part after teh pawn? Or is that the last part before the application? I'm still stuck on the pawn....dammit anyone have any as Asha said vague hints? Please anybody?

[Anonymous]

im not sure, but i think its still more about the "Node ss142" bit rather than the "YOU ARE A PAWN"....i dunno tho, i havnt really put much thought into yet =] and just thinking over this "hmm..thats interesting" clue... cant figure that one

[Anonymous]

I just can't figure out what ss142 could mean on thematrixonline.com...  :|

[Anonymous]

Whatever puzzle format the Pawn bit is in...yeah, that?...well, my mind doesn't think that way.  To me it seems like a lot of guesswork and very little puzzle about it.  Maybe I'd think differently if I could figure it out.  

I know we seriously need to limit our recruitment, but I still strongly believe that this kind of challenge is going to keep out extremely skilled and thoughtful recruits.  It would seem to me a better idea to have a slightly more difficult challenge combined with a more stringent application review or trial period.

[Anonymous]

so the pawn part is the next clue after the ss142?

[Anonymous]

I solved it a few days ago. VERY tough. The kind of people that can get by are the kind we want.

[Anonymous]

I'm with Muse.  I don't doubt that this challenge is good, because it's stumped a lot of us.  I do however question the means by which you solve the puzzle.  Again, I don't know the answer.  But if it turns out to be something that doesn't make a lot of sense, then I agree with spending some time making it complex, but solvable.  The lack of clues so far seems to indicate that giving a hint isn't possible, because the only hint you can give would be the answer.

[likwidtek]

The clues are there.  You just need to be able to understand them.

[likwidtek]

and tbone's hmmm that's interesting clue wasnt a clue it was a joke as in he aint helpin.