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themightymooker

Maybe this isn't super kosher, but I'm going to bump this thread to see what happened to it. Has anyone found the next solve, or have we hit a dead end?

**Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:21 pm

booba · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433

Glad you brought this back up MM!

As Regula123 brought up eons ago http://aby551an.xyz/OnlyTheStrong/ has some suspicious static that suggests some steg.
From the clues here http://aby551an.xyz/WITHIN/ it is probably stegged with
OutGuess with likley password WITHIN Within within. I've never been able to get that program to download/operate properly. Anyone have OutGuess up and running that could give this a go?

**Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:18 am

themightymooker

I've tried maybe 5 stenographic tools that have all been next to unworkable. Time to add OutGuess to the list, I suppose. Mad

**Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:01 pm

booba · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433

Mooker-
I have a time frame when I can get OutGuess running on my elderly PC.
ETA= Not in this lifetime Sad

Not to worry though. I have a:

PLAN B
Wait for someone with OutGuess to wander by and render aid. http://aby551an.xyz/OnlyTheStrong/

My understanding is that it's do-able on a Mac.
Or maybe someone from the Cicada 3301 days. This puzzle resembles one of theirs- like a lot.

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/uncovering-cicada/images/2/2d/Duck.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131128220647

http://uncovering-cicada.wikia.com/wiki/OutGuess

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:42 am

themightymooker

Yeah, I suppose we will have to wait for someone. I've tried it a couple of times and I just seem to be missing some element of the equation. Oh well; I'm more of a literature puzzle solving kind of guy, anyway.

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:46 am

LH00Q · Greenhorn Joined: 03 Nov 2016 Posts: 5

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2016 2:21 pm

themightymooker

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:30 pm

LH00Q · Greenhorn Joined: 03 Nov 2016 Posts: 5

Hmm, downloaded it a while back, not sure where to get it safely anymore.

Below is the extracted text:

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2016 4:12 pm

buddroyce · Guest

Hi!

Budd Royce here. I'm the executive producer for the Abyssian Knights project at Dev Null Studios and also the idiot behind the ARG(or whatever you want to call this thing).

Someone who was going through all this stuff pointed me to this forum and I'm honestly just happy to know that people have found the game and actually attempting it.

The game itself is really just for entertainment purposes and not in an attempt to push the Kickstarter(which is now over). I actually started this prior to the Kickstarter to create a community by leveraging a cross disciplinary skillset to help bring people together. That and maybe get people to mentor the new people who are getting into the game to show them how to approach the problems.

A new version of the game is currently in the works but won't be ready for a while. It has been re-designed to procedurally generate a unique puzzle for each person playing the game and it'll be much easier to prevent spoilers because answers alone won't be of much help.

I love reading the discussion here and hope you all enjoy the game!

Cheers,

Budd

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2016 6:24 pm

booba · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433

Many thanks LH00Q !! You got that meenky of my back. (classic bit- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnlIWpZSPXU )
Now that you finally signed up, hope to hear from you more.

buddroyce wrote:

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2016 8:40 pm

elemental_drone · Kilroy Joined: 04 Nov 2016 Posts: 1

I found the next new link which is:

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:48 pm

_Burgundy · Boot Joined: 23 Apr 2015 Posts: 18

**Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2016 2:27 pm

LH00Q · Greenhorn Joined: 03 Nov 2016 Posts: 5

I can post the solve for this next step if people want it?
FYI, the URL usually gives a hint as to how to approach the puzzle, like how
FrenchRevolution was a subtle nod towards the Vigen�re cipher.
This one is a bit more esoteric; it helps to have a background in STEM.

**Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2016 7:59 pm

LH00Q · Greenhorn Joined: 03 Nov 2016 Posts: 5

-:0 <-- Is this part of the set? How is it related to 66.
I: <--Where is this part?
II:1C
III:18
IV:15
V:1H
VI:17
VII:1F
VIII:1J FOLLOW YOUR PAST (AbyssOS)

**Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2016 5:12 pm

Chongo · Kilroy Joined: 07 Nov 2016 Posts: 1

**Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:40 pm