https://blog.ircpuzzles.org/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2026/04/2026-april-fools-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2026 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat</a>!</p> <p>The theme this year is <em>nature</em>!</p> <p>To begin, please join <code>#ircpuzzles-2026-afpc-01</code> with key "nature"</p> <p>Most IRC clients should let you join with the command: <code>/join #ircpuzzles-2026-afpc-01 nature</code></p> <p><br /><br /></p> <p>Please join us in <code>#ircpuzzles</code> on <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat …</a></p>yanoWed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2026-04-01:/2026/04/2026-april-fools-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2025/10/2025-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who participated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <h2>Solo</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>NickServ Account</th> <th>Finish Time (UTC)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>qt</td> <td>2025-04-03 19:15:21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>switchnode</td> <td>2025-04-03 23:09:40</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>ali1234</td> <td>2025-04-03 23:13:30</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>AimHere</td> <td>2025-04-04 12:17:33</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>Weetos</td> <td>2025-04-04 13:09:00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>pinkieval …</td></tr></tbody></table>yanoSun, 05 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2025-10-05:/2025/10/2025-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2025/04/2025-april-fools-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2025 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>To begin, please join <code>#ircpuzzles-2025-afpc-01</code> with key "music"</p> <p>Most IRC clients should let you join with the command: <code>/join #ircpuzzles-2025-afpc-01 music</code></p> <p>The theme this year is music!</p> <p>Please join us in <code>#ircpuzzles …</code></p>yanoTue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2025-04-01:/2025/04/2025-april-fools-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2024/05/2024-afpc-summary/<style> span.hint { width: 30em; font-size: 12pt; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 2px; } span.hint, span.hint a { color: transparent; /* for emoji */ background-color: black; } span.hint code { visibility: hidden; } span.hint:hover code { visibility: visible; } span.hint:hover, span.hint:hover a { color: white; background-color: black; } </style> <p>Here are the puzzles, hints, and answers …</p>za3kWed, 01 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2024-05-01:/2024/05/2024-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2024/04/2024-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who participated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <h2>Solo</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>NickServ Account</th> <th>Finish Time (UTC)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>qt</td> <td>2024-04-06 13:08:40</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>switchnode</td> <td>2024-04-06 18:53:58</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>ali1234</td> <td>2024-04-06 21:31:53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>artart78</td> <td>2024-04-06 21:55:57</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>pinkieval</td> <td>2024-04-07 21:25:20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>Nyaaori …</td></tr></tbody></table>yanoWed, 17 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2024-04-17:/2024/04/2024-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2024/04/2024-april-fools-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2024 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>To begin, please join <code>#ircpuzzles-2024-afpc-01</code> with key "puzzle"</p> <p>Most IRC clients should let you join with the command: <code>/join #ircpuzzles-2024-afpc-01 puzzle</code></p> <p>The theme this year is "best of #ircpuzzles"</p> <p>Please join us …</p>yanoMon, 01 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2024-04-01:/2024/04/2024-april-fools-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2023/05/2023-afpc-summary/<style> span.hint { width: 30em; font-size: 12pt; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 2px; } span.hint, span.hint a { color: transparent; /* for emoji */ background-color: black; } span.hint code { visibility: hidden; } span.hint:hover code { visibility: visible; } span.hint:hover, span.hint:hover a { color: white; background-color: black; } </style> <p>Here are the puzzles, hints, and answers …</p>za3kMon, 01 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2023-05-01:/2023/05/2023-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2023/04/2022-afpc-summary/<style> details { margin-left: 1em; } details > summary { margin-left: -1em; } span.hint { width: 30em; width: min(30em, 100%); font-size: 12pt; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 2px; } span.hint, span.hint a { color: transparent; /* for emoji */ background-color: black; } span.hint code { visibility: hidden; } span.hint:hover code { visibility: visible; } span.hint:hover, span.hint:hover a …</style>za3kSun, 23 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2023-04-23:/2023/04/2022-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2023/04/2021-afpc-summary/<style> details { margin-left: 1em; } details > summary { margin-left: -1em; } span.hint { width: 30em; width: min(30em, 100%); font-size: 12pt; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 2px; } span.hint, span.hint a { color: transparent; /* for emoji */ background-color: black; } span.hint code { visibility: hidden; } span.hint:hover code { visibility: visible; } span.hint:hover, span.hint:hover a …</style>za3kSun, 23 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2023-04-23:/2023/04/2021-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2023/04/2020-afpc-summary/<style> details { margin-left: 1em; } details > summary { margin-left: -1em; } span.hint { width: 30em; width: min(30em, 100%); font-size: 12pt; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 2px; } span.hint, span.hint a { color: transparent; /* for emoji */ background-color: black; } span.hint code { visibility: hidden; } span.hint:hover code { visibility: visible; } span.hint:hover, span.hint:hover a …</style>za3kSun, 23 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2023-04-23:/2023/04/2020-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2023/04/2019-afpc-summary/<p>Here are the puzzles, hints, and answers for the 2019 April Fools Puzzle Contest on #ircpuzzles on libera IRC.</p> <h3>Level 00</h3> <p>Clue(s):</p> <ul> <li>WW91dmVGb3VuZFRoZUtleQo=</li> </ul> <details><summary>Answer</summary> The solution was "YouveFoundTheKey" </details> <details> <summary>Walkthrough</summary> <p>The solution is to decode the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64">base64</a>, for example with the Linux command <code>base64 -d</code>.</p> </details> <h3>Level 01</h3> <p>Clue(s):</p> <ul> <li>VnpTcnJ5dmF0WWhweGwK …</li></ul>za3kWed, 12 Apr 2023 20:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2023-04-12:/2023/04/2019-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2023/04/2023-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who participated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <h2>Solo</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>NickServ Account</th> <th>Finish Time (UTC)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>qt</td> <td>2023-04-05 18:40:39</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>nikuhodai</td> <td>2023-04-06 18:01:36</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>mark2222</td> <td>2023-04-06 20:05:08</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>artart78</td> <td>2023-04-06 23:00:09</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>switchnode</td> <td>2023-04-07 10:16:21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>Nyaaori …</td></tr></tbody></table>yanoMon, 10 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2023-04-10:/2023/04/2023-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2023/04/2023-april-fools-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2023 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>To begin, please join <code>#ircpuzzles-2023-afpc-01</code> with key "puzzle"</p> <p>Most IRC clients should let you join with the command: <code>/join #ircpuzzles-2023-afpc-01 puzzle</code></p> <p>The theme this year is "Countries of the World!"</p> <p>Please join …</p>yanoSat, 01 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2023-04-01:/2023/04/2023-april-fools-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2022/04/2022-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who participated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <h2>Solo</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>NickServ Account</th> <th>Finish Time</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>V</td> <td>2022-04-03 14:51:35</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>alice</td> <td>2022-04-03 16:38:34</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>qt</td> <td>2022-04-04 16:37:29</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>edef</td> <td>2022-04-04 22:56:43</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>nikuhodai</td> <td>2022-04-05 02:16:37</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>Omniflux</td> <td>2022-04-06 …</td></tr></tbody></table>yanoFri, 08 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2022-04-08:/2022/04/2022-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2022/04/2021-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who particpiated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <h2>Solo</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>NickServ Account</th> <th>Finish Time</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>BlueShark</td> <td>2021-04-06 16:44:39</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>MD87</td> <td>2021-04-06 18:47:42</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>Dataforce</td> <td>2021-04-06 20:25:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>Omniflux</td> <td>2021-04-09 01:42:48</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>artart78</td> <td>2021-04-10 16:52:59</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><br /></p> <h2>Teams</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>NickServ …</th></tr></thead></table>yanoWed, 06 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2022-04-06:/2022/04/2021-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2022/03/2022-april-fools-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2022 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>The first clue is: <code>aGlzdG9yeQ==</code></p> <p>The theme this year is, <em>History</em>!</p> <p>This year, the first channel is, <code>#ircpuzzles-2022-afpc-01</code></p> <p>To play, try to join <code>#ircpuzzles-2022-afpc-01</code> on Libera.Chat with your <em>answer</em> as the …</p>yanoThu, 31 Mar 2022 16:30:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2022-03-31:/2022/03/2022-april-fools-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2021/05/moving-to-libera/<p>Due to recent events we are moving <code>#ircpuzzles</code> from freenode to <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera</a>.</p>yanoThu, 20 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2021-05-20:/2021/05/moving-to-libera/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2021/04/offtopic-chat-created/<p>We are happy to annouce that we now have an off-topic/banter chat!</p> <p>Come join us in <code>#ircpuzzles-chat</code> on <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat</a>.</p>yanoThu, 08 Apr 2021 20:03:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2021-04-08:/2021/04/offtopic-chat-created/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2021/04/2021-april-fools-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2021 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>The first clue is: <code>d2hhdGlzYWtleQ==</code></p> <p>The theme this year is, <em>Cryptography</em>!</p> <p>This year, the first channel is, <code>#ircpuzzles-2021-afpc-01</code></p> <p>To play, try to join <code>#ircpuzzles-2021-afpc-01</code> on freenode with your <em>answer</em> as the channel key …</p>yanoThu, 01 Apr 2021 00:01:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2021-04-01:/2021/04/2021-april-fools-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2021/02/2020-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who particpiated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>NickServ Account</th> <th>Finish Time</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>stereo_</td> <td>2020-04-03 18:07:11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>construct</td> <td>2020-04-03 21:39:31</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>sigma_g</td> <td>2020-04-03 23:01:51</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>artart78</td> <td>2020-04-03 23:24:39</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>kitties</td> <td>2020-04-04 00:00:11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>Dataforce</td> <td>2020-04-04 02 …</td></tr></tbody></table>yanoWed, 17 Feb 2021 23:30:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2021-02-17:/2021/02/2020-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2020/04/2013-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who particpiated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <ol> <li>jojo (~wuhil@april-fools/winner/jojo)</li> <li>homerj (~homerj@april-fools/second/homerj)</li> <li>AndrewF (~AndrewF@april-fools/third/andrewf)</li> <li>Stereo` (~stereo@april-fools/fourth/Stereo)</li> <li>ditzydoo (~bGluZWFy@april-fools/fifth/ditzydoo)</li> <li>talisein (~talisein@april-fools/sixth/talisein)</li> <li>nebkat (~nebkat@april-fools/seventh/nebkat)</li> <li>jarick (~timgoh@april-fools/eighth …</li></ol>yanoFri, 03 Apr 2020 19:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2020-04-03:/2020/04/2013-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2020/04/2019-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who particpiated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ranking</th> <th>NickServ Account</th> <th>Finish Time</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>jacob1</td> <td>2019-04-01 02:18:34</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>Dataforce</td> <td>2019-04-01 02:19:05</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>stac</td> <td>2019-04-01 02:43:00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.</td> <td>Omniflux</td> <td>2019-04-01 05:51:14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.</td> <td>tinyhippo</td> <td>2019-04-01 09:39:08</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6.</td> <td>slidercrank</td> <td>2019-04-01 10 …</td></tr></tbody></table>yanoFri, 03 Apr 2020 19:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2020-04-03:/2020/04/2019-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2020/04/2020-april-fools-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2020 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>The first clue is: <code>V2VEb250TGV0Q09WSUQxOVJ1aW5BRlA=</code></p> <p>The theme this year is, <em>Ancient Cultures &amp; Mythology</em></p> <p>This year, the first channel is, <code>#ircpuzzles-2020-afpc-level01</code></p> <p>To play, try to join <code>#ircpuzzles-2020-afpc-level01</code> on freenode with your <em>answer</em> as the …</p>yanoWed, 01 Apr 2020 00:01:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2020-04-01:/2020/04/2020-april-fools-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2020/03/2020-afpc-announcement/<p>The 2020 #ircpuzzles' April Fool's Puzzle Competition will begin on <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20200401T0001&amp;p0=1440&amp;font=cursive&amp;csz=1">2020-04-01 00:01 UTC</a>!</p> <p>We will announce the first clue in <code>#ircpuzzles</code> on chat.freenode, on our website, and on our Twitter handle <a href="https://twitter.com/ircpuzzles">@ircpuzzles</a>.</p>yanoTue, 31 Mar 2020 18:30:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2020-03-31:/2020/03/2020-afpc-announcement/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2019/04/2019-april-fools-puzzle-competition-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2019 IRCPuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>The first clue is: <code>WW91dmVGb3VuZFRoZUtleQo=</code></p> <p>The first channel is <code>#ircpuzzles-afpc2019-level01</code> and all subsequent channels are in the same format with increasing level numbers.</p> <p>Please join us in #ircpuzzles on freenode.</p>yanoMon, 01 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2019-04-01:/2019/04/2019-april-fools-puzzle-competition-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2018/05/2018-afpc-summary/<h2>Level 0 (vehk)</h2> <h3>Clues: IyMjIyMjQUZQQzIwMTgtVmlkZW9HYW1lcw==</h3> <p>As per ircpuzzles tradition, the first puzzle is simply a base64-encoded string. This particular one decodes to: <code>######AFPC2018-VideoGames</code>.</p> <h2>Level 1 (ybden)</h2> <h3>Clues: Join ######locked. this is the key.</h3> <p>This level introduces channel keys. The solution was to join <code>######locked</code> with the key <code>this</code>.</p> <h2>Level 2 …</h2>vehkSun, 06 May 2018 16:20:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2018-05-06:/2018/05/2018-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2018/04/2018-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who particpiated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: center;">Ranking</th> <th style="text-align: center;">Nick</th> <th style="text-align: center;">NickServ Account</th> <th style="text-align: center;">Finish Time</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">1.</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Omniflux</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Omniflux</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2018-04-05 04:12:43</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">2.</td> <td style="text-align: center;">siracusa</td> <td style="text-align: center;">pavonia</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2018-04-05 04:26:19</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">3.</td> <td style="text-align: center;">pdx</td> <td style="text-align: center;">pdx</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2018-04-05 12:07:32</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">4.</td> <td style="text-align: center;">MD87</td> <td style="text-align: center;">MD87&#124;</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2018-04-05 17:49:21</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">5.</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Snicksie</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Snicksie</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2018-04-06 13 …</td></tr></tbody></table>yanoWed, 18 Apr 2018 12:45:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2018-04-18:/2018/04/2018-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2018/03/2018-april-fools-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2018 IRCPuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>The first clue is: IyMjIyMjQUZQQzIwMTgtVmlkZW9HYW1lcw==</p> <p>Please join us in #ircpuzzles on freenode.</p>yanoSat, 31 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2018-03-31:/2018/03/2018-april-fools-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2018/03/2018-afpc-announcement/<p>The 2018 #ircpuzzles' April Fool's Puzzle Competition will begin on <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20180331T12&amp;p0=1440&amp;font=cursive">2018-03-31 12:00 UTC</a>!</p> <p>We will announce the first clue in <code>#ircpuzzles</code> on chat.freenode, on our website, and on our Twitter handle <a href="https://twitter.com/ircpuzzles">@ircpuzzles</a>.</p>yanoFri, 30 Mar 2018 18:43:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2018-03-30:/2018/03/2018-afpc-announcement/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2018/03/2017-afpc-summary/<h2>Level 0</h2> <ul> <li>Clue: IyMjIyMjTlNRMjAxN0ZnbmVnLVBlbGNnYkFyamY=</li> <li>The answer: <code>######AFD2017Start-CryptoNews</code> decoding the clue with base64, and then rot13</li> </ul> <h2>Level 1</h2> <ul> <li>Clues: NFRHI4TENB4WC5DBMF2GWYY= | <code>1&lt;&lt;5</code></li> <li>From <code>1&lt;&lt;5</code>, participants were expected to arrive at base32</li> <li>Decoding the first clue using base32 yields: <code>ibtrdhyataatkc</code></li> <li>Swapping each pair of letters results in <code>######birthdayattack</code></li> </ul> <h2>Level 2</h2> <ul> <li>Clues …</li></ul>vehkSun, 18 Mar 2018 19:20:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2018-03-18:/2018/03/2017-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2018/02/2017-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who particpiated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <ol> <li><strong>nikuhodai</strong>, 2017-04-05 13:46:39</li> <li><strong>mark2222</strong>, 2017-04-07 07:38:24</li> <li><strong>siracusa</strong>, 2017-04-13 14:39:28</li> <li><strong>BlueShark</strong>, 2017-04-13 14:50:08</li> <li><strong>zgrep</strong>, 2017-04-13 15:22:25</li> <li><strong>stac</strong>, 2017-04-15 23:29:41</li> <li><strong>Omniflux</strong>, 2017-04-16 04:45:33</li> <li><strong>ESphynx/ecere</strong>, 2017-04-16 06 …</li></ol>yanoTue, 20 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2018-02-20:/2018/02/2017-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2017/04/2016-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who particpiated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <ol> <li><strong>vehk</strong> 2016-04-06 17:09:38</li> <li><strong>nikuhodai</strong> 2016-04-06 19:34:56</li> <li><strong>jarainf</strong> 2016-04-07 00:49:22</li> <li><strong>mniip</strong> 2016-04-09 02:35:58</li> <li><strong>homerj</strong> 2016-04-12 18:23:22</li> <li><strong>stac</strong> 2016-04-18 11:08:02</li> <li><strong>Omniflux</strong> 2016-04-19 03:32:19</li> <li><strong>brrr</strong> 2016-04-21 00:15 …</li></ol>yanoTue, 04 Apr 2017 19:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2017-04-04:/2017/04/2016-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2017/04/2015-april-fools-rankings/<p>Thank you for everybody who particpiated! Congratulations to those who finished!</p> <ol> <li><strong>pdx</strong> 2015-04-03 07:48:34</li> <li><strong>FireFly</strong> 2015-04-03 13:56:34</li> <li><strong>xnr</strong> 2015-04-03 14:22:38</li> <li><strong>Arch-TK</strong> 2015-04-03 18:08:12</li> <li><strong>slidercrank</strong> 2015-04-03 23:13:19</li> <li><strong>egrep</strong> 2015-04-04 00:15:29</li> <li><strong>jacksonmj</strong> 2015-04-04 01:35:02</li> <li><strong>Omniflux</strong> 2015-04-04 06:29 …</li></ol>yanoMon, 03 Apr 2017 19:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2017-04-03:/2017/04/2015-april-fools-rankings/rankingshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2017/04/2017-april-fools-day-challenge-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2017 IRCPuzzles April Fool's Day Challenge on <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>The first clue is: IyMjIyMjTlNRMjAxN0ZnbmVnLVBlbGNnYkFyamY=</p> <p>Please join us in #ircpuzzles on freenode.</p>yanoSat, 01 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2017-04-01:/2017/04/2017-april-fools-day-challenge-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2017/03/2016-afpc-summary/<h2>Level 0</h2> <ul> <li>Clue: IyMjIyMjQUZEMjAxNlN0YXJ0</li> <li>The answer: <strong>######AFD2016Start</strong>, decoding the clue with base64</li> </ul> <h2>Level 1</h2> <ul> <li>Clue: IyMjIyMjWm54ckN5aGdiTkN5bmFyZ050bnZh</li> <li>Like in the previous puzzle, the clue is encoded with base64, but additionally obscured by rot13</li> <li>The answer: <strong>######MakePlutoAPlanetAgain</strong></li> </ul> <h2>Level 2</h2> <ul> <li>Clue: Vmxad1ZsWndIM091TEpTdUxKU3VMSlN1TEpTdUxKU3VMMkF3TDJJeU1KSXkK</li> <li>Another combination of base64 and rot13</li> <li>The answer: <strong>######Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccceeeee</strong></li> </ul> <h2>Level 3 …</h2>vehkFri, 31 Mar 2017 15:48:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2017-03-31:/2017/03/2016-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2017/03/2015-afpc-summary/<h2>Level -2</h2> <ul> <li>Clue: morning light</li> <li>The answer: <strong>####east</strong>; the cardinal direction in which the sun rises</li> </ul> <h2>Level -1</h2> <ul> <li>Clue: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet</li> <li>The answer: <strong>####colours</strong></li> </ul> <h2>Level 0</h2> <ul> <li>Clue: dHN3aWZ0</li> <li>This is a base64-encoded string</li> <li>It decodes to "tswift", making <strong>####tswift</strong> the answer channel</li> </ul> <h2>Level 1</h2> <ul> <li>Clue …</li></ul>vehkFri, 31 Mar 2017 15:47:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2017-03-31:/2017/03/2015-afpc-summary/solutionshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2017/03/2017-april-fools-day-afd-competition/<p>Glad 2016 is over? Well, we are happy to present the 2017 IRCPuzzles April Fool's Day Challenge on <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a>! It will begin at 2017-04-01 12:00 UTC (noon).</p> <p>The first clue for <code>Level 0</code> will be released in <code>#ircpuzzles</code> on freenode and on our Twitter page, <a href="https://twitter.com/ircpuzzles">@ircpuzzles</a>.</p> <p>Join us in …</p>yanoWed, 08 Mar 2017 22:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2017-03-08:/2017/03/2017-april-fools-day-afd-competition/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2016/04/april-fools-day-challenge-is-now-live/<p>We are happy to present the 2016 IRCPuzzles April Fool's Day Challenge on <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a>! It has begun!</p> <p>The first clue is: IyMjIyMjQUZEMjAxNlN0YXJ0</p> <p>Please join us in #ircpuzzles on freenode.</p>yanoFri, 01 Apr 2016 12:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2016-04-01:/2016/04/april-fools-day-challenge-is-now-live/updateshttps://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2016/04/announcement-2016-competition/<p>We are happy to present the 2016 IRCPuzzles April Fool's Day Challenge on <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a>! It will begin at 2016-04-01 12:00 UTC (noon).</p> <p>The first clue for <code>Level 0</code> will be released at least on our Twitter page of <a href="https://twitter.com/ircpuzzles">@ircpuzzles</a>. It may also be released or announced via the <a href="https://blog.freenode.net/">freenode …</a></p>yanoFri, 01 Apr 2016 06:00:00 +0000tag:blog.ircpuzzles.org,2016-04-01:/2016/04/announcement-2016-competition/updates