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Manspider
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Forecast 8 only contains player positions, which is pretty interesting. Details below and updated maps attached.

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Lioness W 4C#
Down? W 5C#
Absurdus SE 5E
Absurdus SE 6C#
Yugito E 6E
Lazenby N 7D#
Butterfly Flokki 9C
Butterfly China 9E
Butterfly Signora 10A
[empty] 11A#
IDSYS SW 12F
Reginald NE 13A#

Notes:
    We have a new player, Down(?).
    Flokki and China shanking each other has affected their positions. They were announced as "Butterfly Flokki" and "Butterfly China." China still moved, but a direction wasn't mentioned for either player.
    Even though the forecast was limited to just player positions, it included the empty regions 10A (Butterfly Signora) and 11A# (the location with "snowless south" instead of "snowless alpha").
    WhatIsTruth (Absurdus) moved SE last turn, which caused both of their positions to jump massively. SE is crazy.
    East is weird, but it looks like it could be based upon the player's current position (just the key, though). I added a table that shows what East seems to do.
    Unfortunately, NE and SE don't seem to be additions of North+East or South+East.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:17 pm
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WhatIsTruth
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My condition is marked as "All moderate" so I definitely have two positions.

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Endzo
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BwJxVNfAnNOer0NmFB7zVkZUngXMW-ODNY9WGD5HwhQ/edit?usp=sharing

I uploaded your sheets so folks can see it more quickly without needing external software or downloading files every time. If you want to update it just message me an email to grant edit access to it.

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NetLurker2
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manspider wrote:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Lioness W 4C#
Down? THOU W 5C#
Absurdus SE 5E
Absurdus SE 6C#
Yugito E 6E
Lazenby N 7D#
Butterfly Flokki 9C
Butterfly China 9E
Butterfly Signora 10A
[empty] 11A#
IDSYS SW 12F
Reginald NE 13A#

Notes:
We have a new player, Down(?) THOU.
Flokki and China shanking each other has affected their positions. They were announced as "Butterfly Flokki" and "Butterfly China." China still moved, but a direction wasn't mentioned for either player.
Even though the forecast was limited to just player positions, it included the empty regions 10A (Butterfly Signora) and 11A# (the location with "snowless south" instead of "snowless alpha").
WhatIsTruth (Absurdus) moved SE last turn, which caused both of their positions to jump massively. SE is crazy.
East is weird, but it looks like it could be based upon the player's current position (just the key, though). I added a table that shows what East seems to do.
Unfortunately, NE and SE don't seem to be additions of North+East or South+East.

So as you can see in the attachment there is the new player. And sure enough we see the re use of A1-QPLR.
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Manspider
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Endzo wrote:
I uploaded your sheets so folks can see it more quickly without needing external software or downloading files every time.
Good thinking. I'll PM you in a second to get editing access.

@NetLurker2, where do the player images come from? I haven't fully read through this thread, so I'm a little behind on a few important details.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:34 pm
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Endzo
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The images come from the radio broadcasts. They are the odd signals you hear. There is a method of turning an image into an audio signal called slow scan television (sstv). By running these audio signals through the right software, you can reassemble the image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-scan_television

I added the character/player notation as a tab to the spreadsheet so we don't have to keep reposting a growing list.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BwJxVNfAnNOer0NmFB7zVkZUngXMW-ODNY9WGD5HwhQ/edit?usp=sharing

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The new forecast was broadcast in a man's voice.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:33 pm
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Endzo
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New poll up: https://strawpoll.me/4820923

Some things to ponder:
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It seems we know the attributed crime, but is there anything more we can do than execute once it is all filled in? Also since this is Absurdus and he has 2 pieces on the board atm, will we see one or both become Butterfly when he is executed and/or surprise attacked?


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Endzo
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New AB DV image on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AscendToday/photos/a.379162418853259.1073741828.378223432280491/602615853174580/?type=1

I'm not sure on the best way to clean the image and looking at it long enough was giving my poor vision a headache. It is doubled and offset 4 times. I was able to suss out the japanese and the dark purple text.
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ロブスター?
Lobster?

Yes, bright red.
Nearly boiled.
Extra tender.


The bottom is another alphacrypto key thing to who knows what.
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Manspider
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Hahaha... "another alphacrypto key thing to who knows what."

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The bottom reads J=1IBXWGDTZALFQKCYMERSPONUHW=26

My original thought was some sort of a scrambled Base64 encoding, but it's entirely upper case. That's pretty unlikely for Base64.


I've been reading up on a bunch of the old posts, but it looks like we've been through two or three generations of ARG players since Ascensionism started. At this point, I can't even tell what has been left unsolved.

Is there any interest in using a wiki or Google Doc to maintain a list of open and closed clues?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:23 pm
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Endzo
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We can add a tab to the spreadsheet or set up a new one.

With the disjoints in time, loss of files, and path changes in the storyline, I'm not sure if it is worth documenting the older unsolved puzzles.

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Manspider
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Endzo wrote:
path changes in the storyline


I don't think I've caught up enough to notice that. I think adding a tab for open clues will definitely help, though.

WhatIsTruth, any idea why you're listed as AML2 while everyone else is still AML1? edit: I just found WhatIsTruth's post about AML2 possibly happening because he killed Wriggler. Hmm.

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Endzo
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He took possession of Wriggler's tank, which I take to mean his second position on the map is Wriggler's tank. This seems to differ from the double KO of Floki and China. Those two currently have a butterfly status, which Wriggler does not. Could this be read then that Signora was a previously killed/destroyed tank?

Also are these to be understood as military tanks or the sensory deprivation tanks whose schematics were found in one of the location drops?

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Conro101
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Hey, I'm from the Facepunch forums and I've been following this thread for a few weeks now. On a thread over a month old about Kanye Quest's link to the ARG, a new user randomly joined and posted in the thread something that seems like you guys would want to know about. Apparently they posted it on reddit too. Sorry if this is fake or you already know about it.

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xytho
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th_ ]nsw_r l/_s /n th_ gr]ve of m_n

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