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bnm12 · Greenhorn Joined: 08 Apr 2014 Posts: 4

Bruteforce

**Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2014 4:56 am

francinum · Boot Joined: 31 Mar 2014 Posts: 18

**Posted:** Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:24 am

Mister · Boot Joined: 06 Jun 2014 Posts: 20

stinky.arj Password

**Posted:** Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:22 am

Mister · Boot Joined: 06 Jun 2014 Posts: 20

Brick Wall

**Posted:** Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:08 pm

likeabillion · Greenhorn Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Posts: 6

I thought perhaps the phone audio with all the "meh meh mi ma"s might be morse code. I can't determine anything sensible out of it though...

Also, just for completeness:

Jim's business card had JCRNWmZiVE5DXGhfTg== on it, which base 64 decoded gives: $$MZfbTNC\h_N

It's the same input to the brainfuck program that appeared in /r/kernaloftruth (the link with ?stdin=).

Other than that, I tried a few passwords on the stinky archive but no luck :/

**Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:30 pm

francinum · Boot Joined: 31 Mar 2014 Posts: 18

Welp, unless we get some more details, in short.

we're up shit creek without a paddle.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:43 pm

Exasperation · Kilroy Joined: 29 Jun 2014 Posts: 2

It's probably a red herring, but a google search turns up a second stinky.arj file located at http://cd.textfiles.com/microhaus/mhblackbox7/WINDOWS/SOUNDS/STINKY.ARJ

This is a much smaller, non-password-protected file containing STINKY.WAV, which is a brief audio clip from an episode of Ren and Stimpy (the clip is of the phrase "I smell something stinky!").

If it's not a coincidence, maybe the contents of this .arj are related to the password for the other? I tried a couple of variations on it with no luck. It seems unlikely that there's anything hidden in the metadata for this, since it was apparently uploaded in 1993.

If nothing else, it provides a fresh brick wall to bang our heads against.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 6:35 pm

Voidberry · Kilroy Joined: 06 Jul 2014 Posts: 1

OK, we may be looking at this wrong. What if page count refers to actual pages?

Our top candidates are the bible, new testament, and that excerpt from the Persian book. Maybe the Rosencrantz roleplay.

Additionally, Rosencrantz could be a reference to the flower and bug stickers. Do we need to find the rose and ant?

Finally, maybe it's 45:1 instead? That could help us find more things. Also try looking up the new testament. It was the messiah offering bread, after all.

**Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:58 pm

jongyon7192p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNAFuXxkuFY
A guy made a summary of the ARG. Also made this imgur album.
http://imgur.com/a/CwGaw

I say maybe we should stop trying to brute force the password and figure it out how we're supposed to. Solve the puzzle and all that. Cmon, there's gotta be something... I'm stuck, too, tbh.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:48 pm

francinum · Boot Joined: 31 Mar 2014 Posts: 18

YOOOO!
found this
http://goombas.org/

**Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:39 pm

Translocator · Greenhorn Joined: 28 Jul 2014 Posts: 5

The page numbers on goombas.org are 5-8-7-2-10-11-6-3-9-4

http://twinbeard.com/230_huggy-bear is mentioned on page 7

Also, the one page.
[04:45:52] Tim: they are cysts
[04:46:26] Tim: careful when they are under your ear
[04:46:41] Tim: like, under the lobe on your neck
[04:46:58] Tim: in the place where you jaw meets the rest of your skull
[04:47:10] Tim: apparently you can kill yourself by popping them if things go just wrong enough
[04:47:29] Tim: a tragic way to go

Maybe the differences in times matter?

IDK, just guesses.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:27 pm

Mister · Boot Joined: 06 Jun 2014 Posts: 20

Translocator, I'm sorry, but what do you mean by "page numbers?" Maybe I'm blind, but I can't seem to find anything like what you describe.

Also, might be another Red Herring, but if you search "stinky" in the search box on Goombas.org, it only comes up with one result, like this:

http://goombas.org/search.php?search=stinky

Which leads to this page: http://goombas.org/1370_july-2013-microblog-digest.html

Which only has one instance of "stinky" on it, from a twitter post by Jim, seen here: https://twitter.com/rachel_sala/status/353346606055170050

The "stinky" in question appears in the link: www.stinkymeat.net

That's as far as I've gotten... Although, the twitter post is from July of 2013... Perhaps he made it part of the ARG later on, using an old tweet to make it seem like it wasn't part of it?[/url]

**Posted:** Sat Aug 09, 2014 1:50 am

francinum · Boot Joined: 31 Mar 2014 Posts: 18

We're very clearly stumped. anyone. anyone at all? how long ago did this thing start?

I'm about to declare this the D word.

**Posted:** Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:55 pm

Translocator · Greenhorn Joined: 28 Jul 2014 Posts: 5

By page numbers I meant the numbers of the pages on the sidebar:

Topics:
coding= page 5
games= page 8
goombas.org= page 7
horror= page 2
judgement= page 10
life= page 11
minutiae= page 6
music= page 3
rants= page 9
software= page 4
They're not in order from 1 to 10 like you would assume.

When you put them in numerical order...
horror= page 2
music= page 3
software= page 4
coding= page 5
minutiae= page 6
goombas.org= page 7
games= page 8
rants= page 9
judgement= page 10
life= page 11

It skips the number one. When you change the link to number 1 it doesn't display anything.

Also I find it interesting that there are recent posts on
http://goombas.org/1092_you-ever-get-those-balls-in-your-earlobes-.html#c902
It seems like an odd topic for people to be discussion on a semi-obscure website.

**Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2014 2:47 pm