The challenge was:
You download http://lmao.rotfl.at/upload/Str0be/Formats.zip

Then try to determine what format each file was originally.
These are just snippets of the original files, most or all of the headers are removed, and there is only a portion of the data left.

Tools needed: Your favorite hexeditor, or if you're masochistic, notepad.

Send your answers to strobeflux@gmail.com in a list like:
Form01 = .gif
Form02 = no freaking idea

...and include your botb nick.

Topic for the e-mail could be "File Format Challenge" so it's easy to spot.

Scoring
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There is 1 point per one right answer generally.

Exception:
For Form07.bin you will gain 1 point if you get correct answer, and 1 point extra if you pick out what sub segment of the file this is.

Total points possible: 11
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I understand that this is not a challenge for everyone,
but i hope to get some participants, if I get 5 or more
people who tried seriously, there will be a 500 boon price
at the end of the week. (It ends on Sunday)

if there is a tie, there will be 250 boons for each winner.

Happy haxxorings!

Edit: This is medium challenge for people familiar with fileformats,
because i left some (but subtle in some cases) hints in the filedata
that could be used to determine the origins.
There are no totally random data in this particular challenge, nor
are there any very unknown formats.

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RESULTS --- further reading in long post below

funnypowers - Score: 8/11
rainwarrior - Score: 6/11
Slimeball - Score: 5/11
CeriX - Score: 4/11
zanzan - Score: 0.2/11

This one is giving me a run for my money... I don't recognize any of these.

these files are saying they're SNES ROMs

it appears I have lost before I could have tried hehehe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos

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Removed due to recent policy changes!

This Challenge is easy!
The file you provide (I can only find a single one) is obviously a .zip file!
The ending ".zip" is a dead give away :3
Also it seems to be a complete file, rather than a chunk.

Jokes aside...I'll try what I can find, but so far it didn't go too well D:

Man, that would have been even funnier if it was someone saying that genuinely, it would have been the cutest thing ever!

Just sent my try... :-)

Shouldn't the second '??' in the participant list be '11'? :-)
(e.g. "rainwarrior - Score: ??/11")

Yer right! i just blanked them both out in panic when i realized that maybe i shouldn't post results yet ;)
Got your answers too!

here are my results:

01: .diz
02: .1st
03: .bin
04. .doc
05. .torrent
06. .torrent
07. .wad (mission e2m4)
08. .cfg
09. .ini
10. deflemask.exe

Challenge ends on June 16th!

Extended for a week! gogogogogo!

I hope this extra week brings in fresh blood!

I tried, I think i got at least one right. Also I cried.

You winners better give me some for b00ns for pushing the amount of entrants up to five. ;3

I'm really wondering if i should treat zanzans submissions seriously though ;)

RESULTS!!!!
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1.Funnypowers (8 correct)
2.rainwarrior (6 correct)
3.Slimeball (5 correct)
4.Cerix (4 correct)
5.zanzan (0.2 correct)

Due to zanzan's attempt being a troll one, there is no 500
boon price, it has been reduced to 300 boons!
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Explanation for Form09.bin due to no one got it:
The last 2 bytes of the file is the JPEG End Marker.
this is the end of a JPEG stream.
I knew this was the toughest one of all, i just
included it to see how far i could go.

CORRECT ANSWERS
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Form01 = .xm
Form02 = .exe
Form03 = .wav/riff
Form04 = .mp3
Form05 = .mid
Form06 = .png
Form07 = .avi (subcategory audio IndexList)
Form08 = .msi
Form09 = .jpg
Form10 = .mod

And the guesses...

CeriX
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Form01 = .xm 1
Form02 = .crt (C64 Cartridge Format)
Form03 = .wav 1
Form04 = .mp3 (lame encoded) 1
Form05 = .bmp
Form06 = .png 1
Form07 = ???
Form08 = .exe
Form09 = ???
Form10 = ???
Result: 4/11

funnypowers
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01 - ???
02 - exe 1
03 - wav 1
04 - mp3 1
05 - midi 1
06 - png 1
07 - avi, audio chunk index 1 + 1
08 - msi 1
09 - ???
10 - ???
Result: 8/11


rainwarrior
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Form01 = .XM 1
Form02 = .EXE 1
Form03 = .WAV (signed 16 bit) 1
Form04 = .MP3 1
Form05 = .SAP
Form06 = .MP4
Form07 = .NES (CHR segment)
Form08 = .MSI 1
Form09 = .DMF
Form10 = .MOD 1
Total: 6/11 Points!

Slimeball
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Form01.bin - XM 1
Form02.bin - :(
Form03.bin - :(
Form04.bin - MP3 1
Form05.bin - MIDI 1
Form06.bin - PNG 1
Form07.bin - :(
Form08.bin - MSI 1
Form09.bin - :(
Form10.bin - BMP
5/11

zanzan
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01: .diz
02: .1st
03: .bin (to be fair, this is technically correct) 0.2 points awarded.
04. .doc
05. .torrent
06. .torrent
07. .wad (mission e2m4)
08. .cfg
09. .ini
10. deflemask.exe
0.2/11

I don't get why a .bin is a technically correct answer if the file was a .WAV file. :O

Because the .exe was changed to a .bin! ;-)

So writing .bin for all ten entries would have given me 2 points!? ;-)

Delek, because all of the files are binary in some way ;)
(also they were named .bin), but I only gave zanzan that 0.2 points
because he would have had 0 otherwise! it wouldn't have worked to use ".bin" as answer for all entries!

%77%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%6F%77

I did attempt this. I guessed MOD for the first one because of the way the data looked, but then I looked at a few MODs and gave up on everything.

>_<

congratulations