[punxtr]

Good job on the cipher. I was at work when I realized what Dan really meant with the hint he gave me. He focused on the spreckers a bit more than usual.

Maybe we should archive this as FAILTECH Ep1. And then when Ep2 comes around, start a fresh new thread?

Seriously guys, loved this short burst of fun. I loved cleaning up Morse for you guys too

[Zobot257]

Aw, spike it all, it's OVER already? Aw, oh well. I'll just get in on Episode 2 when it comes out. Oh well.

[Gimme20dollaz]

Okay, since we've recieved an OOG email, I would like someone to ask them if this is just for fun, or if they're promoting something.

[duke9509]

Dan sent in a reply (he's the timeliest-to-reply ARG character I've ever seen):

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Honestly, that is NOT the default password, in fact that's not even the default username. This seems disturbing and rather a threat to us. We will look onto this and further investigate this. So far LAINSY was busy consolidating her self to one location. Remember me telling you that LAINSY is a distributed network AI? Well, as of now, she has consolidated her data into the Antarctica Facility mainframe. She's still busy restoring systems and security, so we're still not interrupting her to ask questions and to restore her data back into the other facilities. She seems to be back and can be commanded so we can say she's pretty much back to normal, except for that part where she's not "distributed". As soon as she finishes her tasks, we can then start investigating this case and see the scope of what has happened. Until then, we hope you all relax, take a deep breath and lie life normally. Remember, whatever happened down here never happened. Or else, we may need to take actions. Just keep quiet and everything should be fine. We don't want a rumor to come out and cause panic to the public.

[godder]

Lisis_M wrote:

zeighy wrote: wait, so the time I spent for the enigma code was..... oh well... I'll just wait for what will happen next! Looks interesting from here and further. EDIT: Do we still need to tell him about the password? I followed this for a few days, never done a thing besides watching you guy break those codes, you are amazing!! Anyway, I think Dan should know about the L7 password, he mentioned that his user/password did not work, and that level 7 was the highest password. Yes Lainsy was already reset, but It is not for certain that she wasn't tampered with, or if the original passwords were restored. On a sidenote, I left the home page loaded on my computer, still on lockdown, and left it for a couple of hours and when I returned to my computer the page was already restored, this game sure moves fast!

Got an email from the pm. Sounds like this thing developed into more than they thought it would.

Greetings!

Thank you for participating in the first episode of the FAILTECH ARG series, and congratulations in getting so far from what we have previously planned (or rather, NOT planned)! The team was very happy with how everything went and how the story has developed. You are receiving this email as you have been in contact with our Dan Miller character. It's been a fun, thrilling, and suspenseful 5 or 6 days.

For reference, a mirror image of the Episode 1 website is accessible via http://e1.failtechnologies.com and will function exactly the same way as it was if it were in the original URL (failtechnologies.com; if you find any broken links or bugs, feel free to shoot us an email) except that it now starts with e1 instead of just the base URL.

Also, to further improve this series, we would be happy to hear some feedback, suggestions, or concerns that you may have. Feel free to reply and tell us what you think.

We don't have a definitive date for the next episode, but I'm sure it will be a surprise. What will happen next is surely open for speculations and theories. Dan Miller will contact you once he will need your help.

FAILTECH ARG Team


I think we all need to keep the level 7 Password somewhere as it may be needed later. And great job on the enigma Zeighy! We were all so close! I'm just glad somebody figured it out. See everybody in the next episode!

Edit: latentmoths beat me on the update, sorry for the repetition

[LatentMoths]

OOG email received

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Greetings!   Thank you for participating in the first episode of the FAILTECH ARG series, and congratulations in getting so far from what we have previously planned (or rather, NOT planned)! The team was very happy with how everything went and how the story has developed. You are receiving this email as you have been in contact with our Dan Miller character. It's been a fun, thrilling, and suspenseful 5 or 6 days.   For reference, a mirror image of the Episode 1 website is accessible via http://e1.failtechnologies.com and will function exactly the same way as it was if it were in the original URL (failtechnologies.com; if you find any broken links or bugs, feel free to shoot us an email) except that it now starts with e1 instead of just the base URL.   Also, to further improve this series, we would be happy to hear some feedback, suggestions, or concerns that you may have. Feel free to reply and tell us what you think.   We don't have a definitive date for the next episode, but I'm sure it will be a surprise. What will happen next is surely open for speculations and theories. Dan Miller will contact you once he will need your help.   FAILTECH ARG Team

Click HERE for episode 1 mirror mentioned in the email.

[duke9509]

Wow! I leave for part of the day and the game (or, this part of it, at least) actually ends! Wow!

Anyway, if everyone's in favor, I'll email Dan saying that we cracked that code. I must say that I doubt this was the default login. Genus must have changed it.

Now that it's over, I wonder what he'll say...

[Lisis_M]

zeighy wrote:

wait, so the time I spent for the enigma code was..... oh well... I'll just wait for what will happen next! Looks interesting from here and further. EDIT: Do we still need to tell him about the password?

I followed this for a few days, never done a thing besides watching you guy break those codes, you are amazing!! Anyway, I think Dan should know about the L7 password, he mentioned that his user/password did not work, and that level 7 was the highest password. Yes Lainsy was already reset, but It is not for certain that she wasn't tampered with, or if the original passwords were restored.

On a sidenote, I left the home page loaded on my computer, still on lockdown, and left it for a couple of hours and when I returned to my computer the page was already restored, this game sure moves fast!

[zeighy]

wait, so the time I spent for the enigma code was.....

oh well... I'll just wait for what will happen next! Looks interesting from here and further.

EDIT: Do we still need to tell him about the password?

[godder]

New email from Dan. Looks like this part of the game is done. Guess we will have to keep checking back and watching our email for any updates. Good job everybody!

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We have done some progress. We have successfully reset LAINSY's security and by now, the website should be restarting and resuming normal operations. It should take a while before she completes the needed steps. Everything seems to be safe now, down here in the Antarctica Facility. No more further issues or problems, as far as we can tell. However, all operations here will be temporarily suspended until we are able to fully inspect the scope of the problems we had here. We will also get LAINSY to give out any information she knows so that we can speed up the process.  But, she's busy with other things right now, so let's not disturb her right now. All employees in this facility will be sent back to their own homes for a 1 month paid leave (see how much problems like this costs us) as a small compensation for their time of being trapped down here. So far, I think we've resolved this case and may no longer need assistance from you. If ever we do, I'll contact you. You see, we still need to find Genus, figure out what he knows, and all that. Who knows you might become a bigger part of this case than previously thought. This experts team will really come in handy. If you have any questions, ideas, or what not, feel free to send me an email. I've kept your email in my contacts because I'm pretty sure I'm going to need your help soon as all of this is not over, yet. Daniel Miller Board of Director, FAILTECH

[Zobot257]

Hey, I know I'm late to the game, but I read through the whole thread and I'm here to help.

[cherrytree98765]

Well I was going to chime in before I saw that the site has been updated. The main page has changed to the failtech logo, and says:

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Our website is returning back to regular service in a few moments. Please standby and check back in a few hours.

/admin leads to a 403 while anything above it (/L1) now leads to a 404

Edit: Checking old links now. /lainsy still leads to a 403. /fail page has changed to:

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LAINSY SAYS : I encountered an error in attempt to execute your request. This might have been an error caused by a fail in our systems and will then be checked by our technicians shortly. However, if this caused by your faulty browser or your attempt in hacking, rest assured you will not get anything out of this.

[duke9509]

Well, then, why don't we wait for some more people to log on and chime in before we send a message.

[Minz]

Acutally, I dont know whether he will like what the password spells out about failtech and i'm still not completely sure whether he can be completely trusted as Orein seems to have been pretty obsesed with escaping from anything Failtech related.

On the other hand, I guess the PM's blocked the password dialog to prevent(or stop?) people from trying to brutefore their way in since that's probably what caused the site outages earlier. So maybe we really wont be able to access the login unless we contact Dan....

[duke9509]

Has anyone emailed Dan about this? If not, I will. Perhaps, now that they're inside the facility, they can reactivate the L7 login somehow.