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Zobot257
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 		your world (Trailhead?)
ARGs in SPAAAACE?
Ok. On my recent foray into weird internet shit, I discovered this:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRT59xZqsRcO2ykLruxSUHQ

A youtube channel called your world, which has thus far been rather unusual and showing signs of Arglike elements. I have absolutely NO idea what's going on with this one, and I haven't spent a lot of time analyzing this.

A lot of the ARGlike elements in this so far seem to be very obscure. Some examples include:

- hidden messages in videos (such as one in morse code reading: "PLEASEHELPUSCONTACTCHRISTOMSONATGMAILDOTCOMPERSONALEMAIL" hidden in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwj8HeS4yTU&t=127s

- A 3-D printer video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-wHHV2ASHY ) where people who post commands in the comments will get replies as if they're issuing commands to an electronic system of some sort.

- Creepy faces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RpBhLOKiAk

- The repeated phrase "re: e" replied to so many comments in the videos for some reason...

- Another youtube channel that seems to be related to it, with only a single video that plays what sounds like unidentified video game music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFg8BUuTda5yU-RFZt2IQA

- A reddit community already poking at this: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/5123ga/weird_youtube_channel_and_i_would_like_to_know/

I'm mostly speculating and spectating on this one right now, but anyone want to investigate it and try to figure out what the fuck this is about?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:18 pm
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 		There is now a Discord for this ARG at https://discord.gg/dMxYJdP

I will also post timeline updates in this post soon. There's been some stuff going on.

Plot summary: strange youtube channel appears. It appear that it all somehow connected to NASA. Eventually we learn that channel is remotely operated by bot launched by Chris Tomson. People contact Chris, but it seems like he is in dire situation and calls for help. Then something finds Chris, and he is no longer with us, and someone else took over his bot and his channels. Plot thickens.


Relevant links:

your world YouTube channel.

USGS PDS Imaging Node Server

Chris Tonson YouTube channel.

christonsonnimsSPLATgmail.com Chris Tomson e-mail address.

Harold Masursky YouTube channel.

Amelia Sharon YouTube channel.

Rough timeline:

Aug 30, 2016 your world links http://pdsimage.wr.usgs.gov/ in his about profile. Description state:
Quote:
your world system surveillance updates & reports - bot coded by @4dd2speak - any problems please report them


Aug 30, 2016 your world posts first video titled 0-423_IMG A113_IMG

It contains images of the man's face shifting in rapid succession, and accompanied by disturbing sound.

Aug 31, 2016 your world posts second video titled 0-423_IMG A114_IMG

Content is very similar to the first one. In addition, channel starts replying to requests, incorrect reqests leading to "re: e" message.

Aug 31, 2016 your world posts third video titled 0-423_IMG A113_IMG

While this video go the same name as first one, content is quite different. We see logo of a band called Infinity Shred on the left. It is a spaceship. Text starts rolling on the right side. Here is a transcript:
Quote:
SYSTEM REPORT
the students have begun to
walk around much more
this is good we need to
continue this behaviour
for the next 24 hours


your world also responds to a person who provided transcript with a message "re: SYSTEM REPORT #01"

Sep 01, 2016 your world posts fourth video named 0-423_IMG A113_IMG

Content is pretty much the same as the last one, with exception of a text. Here is a transcript:
Quote:
SYSTEM REPORT
our servers have been receiving
much more traffic than the first
15 years of our proccess. as of that
we decided to implement a
message and response code
as when a person communicated with
our code it will respond back with a
simple read and return command

as of now it is only responding
"re: e"
seeing that there is an error it will
be fixed soon and respond


your world also responds to a person who provided transcript with a message "re: SYSTEM REPORT #02"

your world also started responding to different questions.

Q: Facility location?
A: re: disclosed

Q: what's the point of this, what is it
A: re: facility report

Q: who is 4dd2speak?
A: re: main developer and coder

Sep 01, 2016 your world posts fifth video titled 0-423_IMG A115_IMG

It is a footage of a camera looking at a night's sky. Audio is distorted.
Description of a video contains a code, meaning of which is still unclear:
Quote:
SURVEILLANCE REPORT #02
-==--==--=--=-=-===-===-
er: audio
-=-=--==---=-=-=-==-==-=-


your world again responds to comments, shedding more light on its nature.

Q: You may need to fix that audio/visual error you got there!
A: re: okay

Q: Are you a program?
A: re: code
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 		There have been some new developments. Unfortunately, I don't have time to write it all out, but in case somebody knows what this thing says, pop in the chat and share your knowledge:

https://yt3.ggpht.com/-7DBMRzJ5tu0/V827gL19C_I/AAAAAAAAAAQ/8veXLeKX6YsaIocVmv7m4yUSYdvMTfXUgCL8B/w2120-fcrop64=1,00005a57ffffa5a8-nd-c0xffffffff-rj-k-no/head2.png
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 3:55 pm
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Geeoitch
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 		Image...game of life?
Its been a while for me, but I saw this and wanted to dive into the shallow end.

I saw this image and wondered about Braille letters. I also wondered about the Game of Life. Not the one with little cars...but the one where you plug in cells that live or die based on their surroundings. If you are interested its called John Conway's Game of Life. I dont have time to plug in all of the pixels but it may prove interesting.

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Graved
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 		We already figured out this stuff. Turns out that all blocks say "CHANNEL CLAIMED BY NASA".

Well, latest video says "BE PATIENT" in morse code at the beginning. I guess creators are taking their time to get more content done. Very Happy
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 		found chris tonson's channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFg8BUuTda5yU-RFZt2IQA/videos

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 		and another channel connected with this
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IKSG4GEA_EXx3je7b1l5w/videos

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 6:08 pm
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 		Chris Tonson has a new video up
I have just read up on this one, and spent ages looking through that huuuuuge pile of data in the server.

it's massive.


Anyway, I have also noticed a new video on Chris Tonson's channel, titled '34'

The description for the vid just has 'iuuq://xxx.nfejbgjsf.dpn/epxompbe/xu3c2rji3mfl3k6/b-34.sbs' in it, Which a youtuber has posted the solve as
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http://www.mediafire.com/download/wt3b2qih3lek3j6/a-34.rar


No password needed to unzip, 3 files contained. 2 image files and one zip folder.

The first of the two image files is a heavily static covered picture of what looks like an electricity or radio pylon. The second image is a close up shot of a moon from a satellite or lander. There are numbers in the frame of the image; AS17 , 0946 and the number 4 though I think as these numbers are the file name itself they are incidental.

The zip folder has 2 x notepad files in, report a-35 and a-36.

the messages to us in the reports are in chunks of plaintext, capitalised letters in repeated alphabets and also in binary.

each block of binary converts to ciphertext, and then just needs a three-same-character key to decode. (eee for example)

I wont paste all the solutions as the links are there and its easy to do.
http://www.dcode.fr/vigenere-cipher - the one in UF's sidebar isn't there now, this one has a few functions that make it easy.

But what is obvious to take from this is:

a-35
His message to us:
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We must not contact him via email, he is not in control of it anymore.


also....
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
His captors can see what he does, what gets uploaded / posted and see us reading and rooting around.



a-36
more immediately...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
His captors disappeared when the containment was open


and the last message is a url which leads you to see this...

8-|

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
https://s16.postimg.io/otyl11d5h/enhanced_12.png


*edit - Newsflash - new video up on your world's yt channel...
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