The Xbox Puzzle

[@soulure]

First thing I would have done was unscrewed all of the screws.

[@gumba2953]

Yeah, same. Especially the one at the top, with the Philips head. If I noticed it was different, I doubt my first thought would be "let's connect this random screw to that other one with a metal wire". I would've unscrewed it and probably consequently broken the whole thing.

[@Marquis-Sade]

Than it would explode

[@Robert08010]

Marquis Puzzle solved!!!!

[@ablestmage]

+

[@nopparuj]

I will hack saw it...

[@MyMrsamsam]

hey son i have this Xbox you talk about for your birthday

[@AAntichrisTT]

I fucking hate you dad

[@LoaFi132]

omfg Dad my Xbox just got the red ring of death! I've never been so happy!

[@YelddopoulosProducts]

LmAo

[@chilleffect]

you have exactly 360 likes. leave it at at that.

[@supmaster2866]

MyMrsamsam your sons gonna be devastated

[@tfox1385]

an xbox with a red ring of death? funny

[@dexwrecker]

T Fox yep.... hilarious.

[@beehivemind9343]

It's so anti-ironic!

[@SubscriberswithNoVideosC-ps4xv]

That’s the joke

[@CJUGames]

That's an incredibly clever and well designed puzzle. Knowledge of comics would help, but nothing a quick google search can't find. Ending was a bit of a letdown though. All around great video, thanks.

[@vysearcadia522]

If you google, you lose anyways. Outside help or influence counts as clues for a puzzle that is meant for you to solve alone.

[@vysearcadia522]

Btw to give meaning to what I said... try to solve this box as a person living in the 1800's before google or even the internet was a thing...

[@Crecross]

can it run crysis?

[@TeamoJr]

Nothin runs crysis

[@Zachary8174]

Anything can play crysis, but nothing can play crysis 3

[@Crecross]

hipnotyq 😂😂

[@LightningSe7en]

Give it to your sister. Slap her face then shout at her. It will then *run* *cry* *sis*. (Not in that order) Sorry.

[@AndreiRaduAtanasiu]

Crecross Official no it doesnt u console peasent crysis is PC exclusive

[@CinemaGunk]

I like how its called the X box, so naturally one thinks of Xbox game system, but then its all X-men characters so you think "oh not xbox game system the X is for X-men" but then the answer at the end is referring to the Xbox game system with "the red ring of death" lol

[@ryanfergo]

Amazing puzzle, but my god was it an anti climax

[@TacosAndBenders]

Yeah. I thought the box was going to open up and reveal something. Whats in the box?? Electronics I guess.

[@bkbj8282]

It's literally a perfect circle back to it being called the Xbox. Take a joke.

[@chilloutsloth]

dulcet le reddit army exdeeeeee zdxdddd

[@lopendepaddo]

well that seems right if you ever owned a first generation xbox 360....

[@bs0170170]

Reminded me of the movie A Christmas Story when he gets his decoder ring and all it says is," Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"

[@youtubasoarus]

Wait... so there's nothing inside?! O__O

[@xilllllix]

That's why you get a PS4 instead.

[@thurmanator7874]

PC

[@minor_edit]

There's some electronics inside

[@youtubasoarus]

We know there are electronics inside... the point of a traditional puzzle box was that uh... there was something in there as a reward for solving the puzzle.

[@simargl3334]

youtubasoarus But this is not a traditional puzzle, now is it?

[@Blxzers]

how is anybody going to solve this on their own?

[@strayfromlight]

People who enjoy puzzles typically have good problem solving skills.

[@LastAvailableAlias]

Telekinesis=turn the box upside down? This reminds me of the old adventure games in the 80s where you'd have to know to do things like "To unlock the door you have to put the pink rock in your pocket while standing in front of the window" Huh?

[@Kolop]

Yeah, the others made some sense, but that one didn't make any sense at all.

[@knilschbromen7147]

As mentioned in the video, it was designed to be solved with four people.

[@xilllllix]

You Google the solution.

[@johns5364]

I would harness the power of my framing hammer and break it open

[@boredvideos5616]

John S lol

[@loleq2137]

You deserve an oscar for this comment.

[@souravzzz]

You have to rub the fleeb juice over it.

[@brettgagnon3937]

if only everyone had cooler more elevated tastes like yours :(

[@JQXJQ]

You are reddit.

[@JCDxDRaMa]

then a schlami shows up... and he spits on it

[@bandittheferret6388]

woah dude you are so unique with your crazy amazing taste in very obscure shows that you like to make constant references to!!!!!! wow!!!!!

[@brettgagnon3937]

Wubalubadubdub am I right ?!

[@nicholashamilton1898]

I love these puzzles. They keep your mind sharp. And it keeps you from getting bored.

[@ItsMiss5p1d3r5]

Just found this through the front page of reddit, loving your channel!

[@thedartgamingyt7888]

the red ring of death was something that occured to your xbox 360 when it got short circuted or overpowered this is actually a nice ee and made me happy to remember the good ol days thank you so much fleb and thank you to the creators of this puzzle

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

so cool

[@Testerinopelinokinosjwizldid]

carmine pls, go make more game of thrones videos, get to work man

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

Smessies I JUST MADE ONE. GET OFF MAH BACK DAWG

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks!

[@croftylol]

WELL THEN MAKE ANOTHER, DUDE.

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

Tsar Nicholas fiiiine

[@JFeingoldlink]

The idea of adding different kinds of modalities to a puzzle is fascinating to me. I think a lot of the times, we are used to solving puzzles with clearly defined boundaries and scripts for behavior. Sudoku, crosswords, twisty puzzles, and logic grids all have rules for completion which can lead to deep and beautiful logic, but there is something kind of magical with a puzzle that asks you to do something different. Where the solution is not found within a bounded space. Great puzzle.

[@Daniel-ew9gx]

And as always, a fantastic upload by a fantastic man. I love how well you make your videos, and how easy it is for a guy, like myself, to follow your every step in these solving videos. I really hope that you feel good about what you are doing here, and just by looking in your comments, i am not the only one appreciating your work, you deserve all the best!

[@Twistedsackboy]

He's an Xman not a Fantastic Man.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks! I saw this comment before the person on Reddit posted the video, and I really appreciated your comment at the time. It took a while, but I found it! Happy puzzling!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Just for clarification, I also appreciate your comment now.

[@mysteriumbros8386]

I hope this channel becomes a larger level channel at some point subscriber wise. You deserve it. You are my new favorite channel. And don't forget that this is for everyone's enjoyment yours included.

[@baseballredsox1234]

These are very well done! Love the commentary on them.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you!!!

[@haysdixon6227]

This was extremely interesting with the comic book and console references especially. I enjoy the references to comics and mythology in some of the puzzles.

[@tkurth02]

I too just got here from reddit. This deserves more views.

[@jenniferzhu8573]

what was the code for the letters on the outside??

[@hainsay]

I think there is a different mapping for every letter, since you can see BOX -> OXB

[@collectivelight]

Found through reddit. Thank you for introducing us to these puzzles!

[@presidentadrian]

Your description of the processes is epic! I love the detail and attention you give! Keep it up bro! Gonna share ur channel as much as I can!!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you very much!

[@Pengajim]

wtf and the box didn't open? I want my 6 minutes back

[@kylecooper8657]

Pengajim I was one comment above this until the end... wtf

[@davefilms7422]

The puzzle is truly amazing and must have taken so much time to develop. I really appreciate you showing us this intricate puzzle. Great job keep the awesome work!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks! Todd Etter did an amazing job with the design!

[@NicholasDwork]

Where can this puzzle be purchased? I tried searching for XBox, and that was a futile effort.

[@Ethan-hb9gg]

I am a huge super hero nerd and I find that puzzle one of the coolest puzzles ever

[@matthewmccloskey6085]

This was awesome! If i can ask, how'd you solve the cryptogram?

[@KmSiDevastate]

I'm thinking the same thing!

[@calvin624]

Matthew McCloskey Looks to be a fairly easy letter swap. Just write down A to Z and take note of letters which appear most often, these are your vowels. WZ and FX are both shown, there aren't many two letter words W appears quite a bit as does X, W equals I and X equals O. From there it's just a matter of subsituting the letters you do know into the puzzle and forming words as you go to reveal more letters, which in turn reveal more letters etc.

[@aur3nnnn]

What if it isn't in English? :O

[@calvin624]

aur3nnnn He said at the very start it's in English.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

People here have gotten somewhat of the right approach. First, remember that this was a puzzle event with multiple people teams, so we were all trying to solve it. A lot of techniques are shown here: www.cryptograms.org/tutorial.php A combination of one letter words, two letter words, and three letter words got us a lot of the letters, and then we were able to guess some of the bigger words. Eventually we started trying to translate the names, got that they were xmen, and got a lot more of the key.

[@JustPlainRob]

This is so amazing. I have all the technical ability to build something like this but I could never come up with the actual puzzle logic and encryption concept on my own.

[@MitchellWiggs]

4:55 - I can't imagine that someone trying to unlock this puzzle would know any other people.

[@jonathandiaz2365]

I'd just like to say that I watched all of your videos and found them all extremely interesting and subscribed instantly. I don't know if you are aware but someone posted a link to this video on a site called Reddit which is where all of this traffic is coming from. Currently the top comment chain I see now is pretty negative and I really hope this doesn't discourage you. In no time at all these children and their negativity will be gone.

[@1337NinjaSakura]

do you have to wrap the cube in a bunch of towels to get the 'red ring of death' to disappear?

[@thatoneshortchild1937]

The first time I can say, I want an Xbox for Christmas XD I love this channel

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you very much!

[@colfrankslade]

So...about the key itself. How is one going to figure out an entire key with no clues ?

[@bend2788]

You can get pretty far using guesswork, trial-and-error, and patterns. The first things I would've done are probably look for 1-3 letter words (a, of, the, and so on), and also try to figure out which letter corresponds to E. It's possible that the key could just be a rot cipher (every letter gets moved forward/backward a certain amount of "spaces"), which would make it easier, but otherwise you just have to grind away.

[@colfrankslade]

I was hoping there was some kind of marking on the box to kind of help (outside of the letters themselves) I see what you're getting at though and deductive reasoning is likely what most people would use to establish it....just hoped for a short cut or explanation :)

[@crono303]

Check out cryptograms. They're a word puzzle that you commonly see in newspapers next to crosswords (I assume anyway. I haven't used a newspaper in a while). Basically, as long as the sentences is long enough, you can figure out most cryptograms. You start with the small words, like the other guy said, and then you can usually work out the rest from there. They're pretty fun if you like puzzles and such.

[@zackmw1]

you can figure out how frequently certain letters appear and then pair those letters with the letters in the English language that occur the same number of times. for example, e is the most common letter in the English language. if you figure out which letter occurs most often in the cipher text it is probably the letter that corresponds to e.

[@nonchalantturnedoa]

I don't know how I came across your channel today but I'm really glad I did. I watched a few of your videos and enjoyed each one. I wish I can be as smart as you. I really do. That would be cool - solving puzzles and whatnot. Kudos!

[@_Roxoz]

I couldn't really catch the final phrase, what was it?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

"The Red Ring of Death". It the context of this event, we were looking for something that would destroy the Xbox. That works!

[@_Roxoz]

FLEB haha great, love your videos! :)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you very much!

[@Mookielady]

This is the most amazing puzzle I have ever seen!!!!!

[@ItsTheMoonMan]

aye you better copywright "xbox" before anyone else thinks of that sweet ass name

[@pfblatx2]

My god, the patience you must have for these things

[@kolo5141]

It's like one of the Da Vincis puzzles

[@TrainlocksmithsCollege]

This looks so interesting. Really well designed puzzle piece.

[@DROIDZ_YouTube]

*Awesome puzzle, awesome video*

[@that_oneguy9486]

I literally fell asleep no joke because of how smart this guy u are smart fleb keep up the good work

[@linkszxx]

I was expecting the box to open and the one above all to show up

[@PerfectDawn]

Yooooo. That's crazy. Props to who ever solves that

[@kittyrules]

In before the million views

[@ASOUE]

Are you me?

[@nnk2391]

Come play with me kitttties

[@kittyrules]

No you are meow... sorry

[@nnk2391]

Mrow?

[@saopy]

I love how all of your profile pics are just the first letter of your username!

[@bdproductions]

Excellent job Fleb-dawg

[@jewman4]

Did you figure this out yourself from start to finish?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I did in the original event with my puzzle team. This is from a puzzle event back in 2013 where you had to try out to be allowed to play and they only took 24 teams. For filming this video, I remembered a lot of the solve path from that original event.

[@jewman4]

Well great job. I just saw this vid made the front page of reddit, so it looks like you'll have an audience for months and years to come!

[@colekern6214]

My favorite puzzle yet!

[@warcatbattalion]

red ring of death?

[@rcarroll98]

ninjastarforcex Google "Xbox red ring of death"

[@doggoyourmom]

ninjastarforcex its also fitting that the hardest letter to get is the "O". (it just furthers the red ring of death because when the letter appears its red)

[@ablestmage]

On the video game console called the X-Box 360, the "red ring of death" is a visual error on the exterior of the main console that indicates some certain conditions. The ring is a lit-up circle with four quadrants, and each quadrant that is lit up as green normally represents a player or game-controller connected to the system. If there is a red quadrant, it means there is some problem with that corresponding controller or internally with the system that prevents further play, but all four quadrants lit up red (making a red ring) generally mean there is a system error or some other fatal condition that can't be remedied without taking the console in for repair.

[@bibowski]

You deserve a lot more views man, these vids are awesome :p

[@jazz4dayz543]

This was very anti-climactic..

[@Zgembo121]

u mean anti-orgasmic? \_(ツ)_/¯

[@SquirtleSquady]

¯\(ツ)/

[@the_weird_potatod6106]

(i~i)

[@Emteon]

This was amazingly made

[@TrapMusicNow]

Nope. You just pull on a few plumbuses and get schwifty. Simple as that mate.

[@jackcarter5415]

When Trap Music Now shows up on a puzzle vid xD

[@uh-ohspaghetti-os4118]

Stop

[@zakdunn]

+FLEB Awesome videos. Love all the cool puzzles. Any suggestions on how to build a puzzle?

[@cechk01]

you sound like jd from scrubs

[@IchigoKurosaki011]

Red ring means the HDMI cable or whatever visual cable you're using is either not plugged in properly or is broke. Q1, 3, and 4 is the almost ring of death though.

[@MistikaManiac]

heh. red ring of death.

[@Dougout92]

Outstanding creativity! Great job.

[@summoner1451]

Is your wife single? She's kind of cute.

[@AnuevoX]

sum moner kek

[@FLEBpuzzles]

What? No! She's married to me! That means she is not single!

[@jazz4dayz543]

It was a joke, dude, chill. lol.

[@Fryerstarter]

FLEB you guys getting along or...?

[@Mister_NO.]

FLEB Judging by your answer, i kinda doubt that you solved that puzzle yourself... Do you really think that someone would seriously ask you if your WIFE is single? Especially, when you take in consideration that this joke has been around for years...

[@nikgk1215]

the red ring of death refers to an error for the Xbox 360 when the lights on the power button go red, it usually happens when you use it to much

[@panwall1327]

that seems stupid

[@NaajiRahmbah]

Very anti-claimactic

[@ChrisJ82]

Great to see what Reddit can do. You are about to gain a whole bunch of new subscribers (including me). But could you pls tell us where we can purchase that astonishing puzzle?

[@NotNibrasakhi]

Kid: I want Xbox for my birthday Dad: *bring these*

[@yolkomodo]

Kudos to this puzzle creator for being an X-Men fan. I thought "maybe you need to apply electricity" once I read "Noriko Ashida'

[@leod8024]

Hey man the videos are great and super interesting! Keep it up!

[@Nikanaiko]

...Your reward for the XBox puzzle is the RED RING OF DEATH XD And you have to be a Marvel fan to understand how to do it in the first place oh my gosh this is the most nerd-reference-heavy puzzle I've ever seen in my life.

[@Alex-yu9cx]

Reddit discovers another high quality channel 😃

[@stephencoxbass]

That's insane! Very cool!

[@GLAKJack]

Put the FLEB logo on the bottom LEFT corner of the thumbnails, so it's not covered by the time stamp.

[@PassTheSnails]

Me: “I want an xbox for christmas” Grandma:

[@bunnyxmahgii]

I lost you when math happened. Awesome puzzle box though!

[@MrOreis]

I would Love to buy one but i cant find it on the Internet 😞

[@NOGOODHOODnz]

"Red Ring Of Death" is a reference back to a long standing issue with Xbox 360 consoles. Basically, if your Xbox showed the 'red ring of death', your Xbox was broken. Google it for images...

[@trebot9292266]

it was just an error code.

[@NOGOODHOODnz]

GoAwayGoogle My old Xbox 360 got it and I had to send it back to Microsoft. They ended up replacing a board inside.

[@trebot9292266]

NOGOODHOODnz the lights light up in a pattern to tell what's wrong with the xbox and where the unit failed.

[@oriwan3786]

Lawsuit from Microsoft incoming. Awesome puzzle. Subbed.

[@Jordster360]

Just finished all of your videos and subscribed for the next one... keep up the good work. I love these type of puzzles and looking forward to seeing and learning other unique items like the Xbox. Thanks! Jordster360 P.S. Any reason you play your FLEB intro halfway through the video? It's a great intro :-)

[@trueboxing8148]

Man well done for figuring that out!! How did you crack the original decoding of the names?

[@ablestmage]

It's a fairly common word puzzle called a cryptogram, where each letter represents a different letter, to spell out a normal word, and each repeated letter will always mean that same repeated letter (such as E always meaning Z, etc). If you can figure out smaller words like "the" or "I" then all of those repetitions of those letters help toward finding out what the other longer words might be. There's a lot of guesswork involved =)

[@Blizzhobbs]

Wow this guy literally has no subscribers as of now. He definitely deserves 100k subs with these types of videos. I claim first sub. :)

[@jackmcmahon2324]

You could leave me in a room with this thing for the next 20 years, and I doubt I'd even decipher the code.

[@davidf2244]

How were the puzzle hunters given all of the tools to open the box?

[@titotitotito]

For some reason I felt like the box should've opened.

[@AaronPriceColby]

Can you add a link to where we can buy this?

[@Telratra]

the red ring of death also occurs on an Xbox console. so double reference on that puzzle

[@prisma29]

Cool puzzle! But where are the Cenobites? ;)

[@peterhaag9344]

Whats in the box?

[@ParkerEdwardsParties]

Hi FLEB! Cool channel. I wonder who did your intro clip? Very cool.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

It was from a template made by KZbinr SDJGRedstoneDJ. I think he did a great job!

[@scott4398]

big up tekvision

[@MegaTankEX]

Not sure if you know already but the "Red Ring of Death" is what people call when the Xbox 360 console stopped working and displayed the Green lights for the power button Red. Hence the name "Xbox Puzzle"

[@mushroomlad6233]

Mega Tank EX Incorrect, there are X-men characters whose powers you use to solve this. The X in X-men is responsible foe the name Xbox

[@MegaTankEX]

Adriano Colelay Yes i know but the name has a double meaning to the X-Men and XBox, which the Red Ring Of Death is from

[@Nada.AlShingiti]

This is my favorite puzzle!

[@thnkhrder6266]

wow that box was insane..I would've totally smashed it open with my solution hammer LOL great videos though!

[@valid100]

I'd like to hear your opinion on something I feel is mandatory to all puzzle design: All necessary information/equipment needed to solve the puzzle must be present in the puzzle itself. For example, asking you to solve the Xbox puzzle but one of the letter sequences was written so small you needed an electron microscope to see it, would be a bad design. Or a sequential discovery puzzle whose solution requires you to buy a key, sold separately. Where do you feel the line is asking too much of the solver either equipment or knowledge wise?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

That's absolutely something key to puzzle design. The line for what constitutes too much is entirely dependent on context. I've designed for events for beginners up to what amounts to the world championship of puzzles. For the beginner events, you have to have clues to every step and hint vigorously. For the world championships, you can basically do whatever you like, as long as all the necessary information is present in the puzzle. (Internet is fine for most puzzle events.) Is there a particular event or puzzle you're thinking about?

[@valid100]

I did an "escape the room" event in LA and one of the puzzles required a set of Allen keys to finish. We weren't given any, nor brought one so it was impossible to solve. I assume the employees forgot to include them on our run, but it put a sour taste in my mouth. Watching your videos brings up the question of how different regions and challenge levels make different assumptions about the solver's prior experience/access to tools.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I think it's ridiculous to assume you would have outside tools and I hope that was a mistake. Different regions definitely make different assumptions, but not to that extent. (Major regions for puzzle design are east coast US, west coast US, and Australia.)

[@lauraconway8673]

where can i buy this amazing puzzle ???

[@jakerman999]

What happens if instead of entering "forceful" you enter in the encoded string of "forceful"?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Nothing. When you press a button, the cube plays one of two sounds. If you got it wrong, it plays a low note. If you got it right, it plays a high note. So it does try to give you feedback on this.

[@jakerman999]

And just to clarify, the encoded forceful isn't a valid answer? I ask because "red ring of death" wile being a clever pun, implies (to me at least) that there's a better solution. Also, is the cypher one way or two ways?

[@scottykei5608]

so ,,, where is the result video ?

[@cinezach]

So where do I buy this

[@FreakyFred18827]

Perfect Birthday present.

[@Zeis]

This was great! Has anyone ever told you that you and Crispin Glover talk in a very similary?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

That's a new one for me! I hope it's a compliment!

[@Zeis]

Oh certainly! He's a fascinating person with an intriguing way to talk.

[@vianviannn5592]

That is the most cool puzzle ever 😍

[@020689rapha]

Andrés Navy este es tu puzzle definitivo para ti..... suerte.. :P