mathematically talking, i know 0 from mathematic.. used to know some, but alcoholic beverages killed for good... damn grog, ahoy!
But random.org sometimes surprises me...
Next time! ;p

You will definitely have your chances. And I may reveal a little secret that probably tomorrow there will be my next criminal mystery contest!

Congrats to the winner, and +1 for the clever contest. I pondered a while about the solution, but couldn't come up with anything solid, so I stayed quiet. Looking forward to another crime mystery!

So i may also reveal that i suck at that too!! (just like my english)
but it's super fun to read! ;p

I thought it all wrong: "Suppose the gallows have been here. If the trees are on these two points, the treasure would be here. But what if they were in these two places instead." I ended up with a page full of scribbles and headache.

Do not ask me why I decided to move the trees instead of the gallows. I'm still wondering... :D

(have no regrets, I have participated with the idea of sending the code to you if i was winning, so, in a way, you still had your number in the lottery)

That's very kind of you. What have I done to deserve such kindness? I'm very grateful for your intentions.

This community is full of great people! =)

It's not immensely kind. It was just one ticket in a lottery. And just vague spontaneous solidarity due to piratey interest.

(But yes, more generally speaking, the GoG community is awesome, and very good at reminding us that being rationally egocentric is neither a fatality nor a necessity. The rest of the world is good at making us believe the opposite, and at shaming us for not maximising our personnal profit. I kinda love GoG. It's a good place to re-learn that being oneself is still an option. I hope GoGers apply that mindset outside of GoG too.)

I recently read in a thread (not sure what forum member say it) that maybe this community makes us better people, which is very consistent with what you express. And I agreed with you both.

Going offline, I'm afraid. Have a nice day, Telika!

Yuck.. math! :) ...and here's one form of the general equation..

Tx = (Bx - By + Wx + Wy) / 2
Ty = (By + Bx + Wy - Wx) / 2

..where Bx,By are coordinates of the birch, Wx,Wy the willow, and Tx,Ty the treasure. Or..

Tx = (Wx + Wy) / 2
Ty = (Wy - Wx) / 2

..if you choose the birch to be 0,0..

Now isn't this fun hehehehe? ;-)

Edit: Oh forgot! Nice way of showing it btw! +1 :-) ...and now since I know we all love this so much, here's the proof - where Sx,Sy is the starting location.

Distance from start to trees: dBx, dBy = Bx-Sx, By-Sy (birch) and dWx, dWy = Wx-Sx, Wy-Sy (willow)
Distance from trees to stones: dBSx, dBSy = -dBy, dBx (birch, left turn) and dWSx, dWSy = dWy, -dWx (willow, right turn)
Location of stones: BSx, BSy = Bx+dBSx, By+dBSy (via birch) and WSx, WSy = Wx+dWSx, Wy+dWSy (via willow)
Location of treasure: Tx, Ty = (BSx+WSx)/2, (BSy+WSy)/2

...and substitution gives: Tx, Ty = (Bx-By+Sy+Wx+Wy-Sy)/2, (By+Bx-Sx+Wy-Wx+Sx)/2

..which simplifies to the above... Hmm.. maybe I should play a game instead? ;-)

I can finally confirm the gossip: today in the afternoon I will star a new crime mystery contest. I hope to see there!

Huzzah :)
Looking forward to it. This one was awesome.

Here it is: http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/the_case_of_the_keg_giveaway