About
PARADOX is a two day online cryptic hunt organised by IEEE Computer Society of VIT Chennai. The
2023 edition of
PARADOX
will be held from 20 May 2021 10:00 PM IST.
The hunt consists of several questions in
form of pictures and players would require to rack their brains to solve them and reach to an answer. The goal
of
players should be to find the answer as fast as possible to stay on top of the leaderboard. At the end of two
days the
player at the top of leaderboard will be declared as the winner of PARADOX 2021. This gripping competition will
upskill
and hone the expertise and efficiency of the competitors to solve tasks, by testing their logical and analytical
skills
while they search for clues all over the internet.
Rules
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At each level, the participants will encounter a number of clues which shall all, together, point to one
final
answer.
Each level has only one correct answer.
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It is compulsory for all participants to join our discord server. All official hints will be released on
the
discord
server.
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Answers will always be in lower-case, alphanumeric and will contain no spaces. Special characters are
not
allowed.
Beware of the spelling you enter. For example, if the answer is 221-B Baker Street, you would type it in
as
“221bbakerstreet”.
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Directly messaging any admin for clues, hints or lead confirmations is not allowed. Participants could
use the
general
chat in the discord server for any queries.
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Team play, answer sharing and collaborating with other participants is not allowed and any such activity
can
lead to
disqualification of the people involved. Your answer attempts are recorded and any sufficiently
suspicious
answering pattern will be scrutinized.