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Dot Grids in video and on ourcolony.net
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Kagerou
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 		Dot Grids in video and on ourcolony.net
Already posted this on the teamxbox forums, but wanted to share. The dot grids in the video are all the same, but get a few columns longer each time. The final one looks like this:

1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 2
2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1
0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1

Columns represent letters, as follows:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T

Using the codes on the dot grid on the current ourcolony.net page...

2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 2
0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1
1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1
2 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 1

O U R C O L O N Y W I L L R E T U R N

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phoenix9
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 		for what? the launch of halo 3? oh well i hope its true this community really was good. (I hope THX can come back to our side rather than m$'s tough)

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novaKain
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 		it better
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CyberKnight
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 		Re: Dot Grids in video and on ourcolony.net
Kagerou wrote:
2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 2
0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1
1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1
2 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 1

O U R C O L O N Y W I L L R E T U R N


I don't understand. How did you get from the numbers in the columns to the letters and their order? (This is why I'm not any good at these games. Sad )

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Kotori_shyla
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 		Re: Dot Grids in video and on ourcolony.net
CyberKnight wrote:

I don't understand. How did you get from the numbers in the columns to the letters and their order? (This is why I'm not any good at these games. Sad )


If you look at the first set, you get the letters to decode the second. For example, take the first 2012 going down in the second set. If you look back at the first set, and find 2012 going down, you see that it's the 'O'. Same for the next- 1102 is the second column. If you look back at the first, you get 'U'. See?
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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:08 am
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Kagerou
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 		Re: Dot Grids in video and on ourcolony.net
CyberKnight wrote:
Kagerou wrote:
2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 2
0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1
1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1
2 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 1

O U R C O L O N Y W I L L R E T U R N


I don't understand. How did you get from the numbers in the columns to the letters and their order? (This is why I'm not any good at these games. Sad )


I guessed that each column of numbers represented a letter, and started looking for patterns (eg, "2012", vertically, is "O"). My first guess was ourcolonydotnet, or something equally mundane, but it didn't quite fit. But the first, fifth, and seventh columns were identical (where the O's would be), so I tried filling in the remaining letters from there. Some I had to totally guess on, like the W and Rs, but they worked.

Funny thing is, the key was in the video, but that took me longer to crack. I was guessing the web site one would be the key, not the other way around. I used the conversions from the website to start that one, and just noticed that the letters I filled in were all ascending towards the right.

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Kotori_shyla
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 		Congrats on solving it, Kagerou. That's really thinking outside the box. Razz
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Silent Xenocide
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 		More like thinking outside the, XBOX!!!!! Wow that wasn't very funny.

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CyberKnight
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 		Re: Dot Grids in video and on ourcolony.net
Kotori_shyla wrote:
If you look at the first set, you get the letters to decode the second. For example, take the first 2012 going down in the second set. If you look back at the first set, and find 2012 going down, you see that it's the 'O'. Same for the next- 1102 is the second column. If you look back at the first, you get 'U'. See?

Thank you very much. I get it now. I appreciate the help. Embarassed

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The Brayn
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phoenix9 wrote:
for what? the launch of halo 3? oh well i hope its true this community really was good. (I hope THX can come back to our side rather than m$'s tough)


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that they could possibly use the OurColony site for the release date of Xbox 360. That would make the most sense at least and would fulfill the promise that it will return.

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:15 pm
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Jiroe
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Location: Chicago, IL.

 		Is the sequence that is on OC right now the same that was on there before the change? If not, maybe we should try using the key to decode that I know the background also had this sequence. Just a thought. If anyone knows of a cached OC front page, I'll do it.

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xenostar
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Jiroe wrote:
Is the sequence that is on OC right now the same that was on there before the change? If not, maybe we should try using the key to decode that I know the background also had this sequence. Just a thought. If anyone knows of a cached OC front page, I'll do it.


Got a cached version off of google, but didn't follow the same code, Got this:

2221
2100
1222
2221
2100
1222

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bagus
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 		Yup. I got the same (vertically). Saved a shot of it a few weeks back:



Non-alpha? Numbers maybe?

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Bonusuk
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 		You guys need to stop digging for something you wont find.

The very first post is a perfect example of code breaking.

Find the key, solve the cipher, get a relevant message, end of story, just give the first guy credit for getting it right Very Happy.

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xenostar
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Bonusuk wrote:
You guys need to stop digging for something you wont find.


Is it not a reasonable expectation that you would find a smililar phrase in a similar picture?

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