Quote:On 6/12/2017 at 5:09 PM, rubenspaans said:
My guess is that Eric Schmidt is designer #42 and thus has a level in every CCLP.
Congratulations! Both to rubenspaans for figuring this out, and to Eric Schmidt for having the only ongoing perfect CCLP streak!
I'll go over the clues in the video below:
- The keys represent the number of designers represented in each CCLP: red for CCLP2
, yellow for CCLP3
, green for CCLP1
, and finally blue for CCLP4
. The quantities for the first 3 of those were already known, so you could infer that the 21 blue keys represent the 21 designers in CCLP4.
- Even if you didn't make the keys-to-designers connection immediately, there are some hints that the different key colors have to do with CCLP2, CCLP3, CCLP1, and CCLP4 in order. First is the fact that we already knew the first three but not the last. Second is the number of monsters Chip must dodge before entering each corridor of keys--2, 3, 1, and 4, in that order. And finally, pay attention to the force floors. This is a bit trickier; anyone know what they represent? It's not necessary to solve the clue, but could help, and confirms something you technically don't know yet but could probably guess.
- Also, to make the "keys=designers" connection more obvious, the level is titled "Monument". What is a monument? Usually a structure or symbol used to honor or thank a person or group of people. In this case, it thanks CCLP contributors, for making such delightful and creative levels to play, and for allowing us to compile them into a set for everyone to enjoy.
- Now moving onto the "monument" itself, i.e., the tower of locks. As rubenspaans theorized, each row represents a designer, and each column represents a CCLP. With keys representing designers in a specific CCLP, it only makes sense that an unlocked door in a given row and column means the designer in that row got a level into the CCLP in that column.
- Further, you'll notice that there were only 2 rows with all 3 of the first doors open, which matches a fact we got from the CCLP1 leaks--that two designers who each had levels in CCLP2 and CCLP3 would have a level in CCLP1. (Those designers were Mike Lask and Eric Schmidt, which became public knowledge upon CCLP1's release.) And this was visible during the part the hint said "you already knew".
- Then, the tanks and bombs. The fact that only one tank makes it through indicates that only one designer has a perfect streak. Sadly, one of the two ongoing perfect streaks broke....
- The specific numbers of the rows aren't important; we just added the numbers so it would be easier to count how many doors Chip was unlocking and where. It was a (neat) coincidence, based on the way we grouped rows by CCLP representation, that the 42nd row was the one with the perfect streak. However, the total number 71 is important; that's the number of distinct credited designers among all 4 sets (including "CCLP3 Staff" so as not to throw off the count for anyone referring to the wiki).
- After all that, there's the final room, offering congratulations to the designer with the perfect streak. Note the constant "e" (2.71828...) repeated all over the floor, and the question, "What are these?" The answer to the question is, "e's", which points to E.S., or Eric Schmidt, being the sole remaining perfect-streak designer!
There are 5 new CCLP contributors in CCLP4, and the remaining 16 have levels in a previous community pack. (rubenspaans pointed this out in his post.)
3 designers missed CCLP2 but have an active streak of 3 packs: CCLP3-CCLP1-CCLP4,
and 3 are coming back after having a level in CCLP3 but missing CCLP1.
The rest of the designers in CCLP4 had a level in CCLP1 but no other pack.
Interestingly, while some designers had a level in CCLP3, missed CCLP1, and came back for CCLP4 (which is awesome), not a single CCLP2 designer has ever come back after missing a pack.
Anyway, thank you for your efforts in solving this clue, and look for another clue to appear here sometime soon, most likely by the end of the week!