So, for everybody that's still on the challenge, let me tell you, i solved, they/he said pretty specifically that i shouldn't share it but fuck it, i dont care, just wanna solve this shit. Apparently the password has changed(?) anyways, the password i used was from this clue:
Good job coming this far. The next test involves numbers and words.
Here they are:
scene
ever
ninny
dogma
nbp1-44418191
tHat 44268 - ZC3 = 1408_2848
-4048
I took the last letter and number of every line, which formed: erya 188, which by itself didnt work but then i thought, the password box is 32 chars long, so i converted it to md5, which formed: 29ad01b3493d8cbeaf5b9b993863c21a
Turns out it worked, you guys can try too just to see if he was bluffing or not about the password change but anyways, look at the next clues, as i said before, i dont give a fuck about what he said, i want to solve this shit once and for all.
4048 doesn't use center tags, that's a fucking long shot guess answer, can't be checked because /the site changed the password/ etc etc
most likely b8
>>17171360
Where did you get that clue?
fake.
>>17171360
http://www.fastcompany.com/3025785/meet-the-man-who-solved-the-mysterious-cicada-3301-puzzle
>>17171818
>http://www.fastcompany.com/3025785/meet-the-man-who-solved-the-mysterious-cicada-3301-puzzle
>November 25, 2014
>>17171360
>i want to solve this shit once and for all.
> 01/04/16
seems like all sites down now?
KEK @ typo in first line very poor bait