Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Sat Nov 23, 2024 7:07 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » QU13E
[TRAILHEAD] QU13E
View previous topicView next topic
Page 16 of 29 [430 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, ..., 27, 28, 29  Next
Author Message
labfly
Unfettered


Joined: 30 Apr 2005
Posts: 717
Location: nyc or the haunted house in maine

 		our source "countdown" thus far
Quote:

<!-- Rebirth. Tenth. Movie. Twenty Four. -->
<!-- 2453705.45325-23 -->
<!-- 334-22 -->
<!-- 7 * 3 -->
<!-- =+ -->
<!-- +9 -->
<!-- &#43&#47&#92 -->
<!-- +7 -->
<!-- &#61 * &#47 &#92 -->
<!-- +GO -->
<!-- +4 -->
<!-- 13 -->
<!-- += -->
<!-- +- -->
<!-- + -->
<!-- 3 * 3 --> today is 9
<!-- =^3 --> today is 8
<!-- 111 --> (7)
<!-- = = = --> (6)
<!-- 120 | 7200 | 432,000 --> (5)
<!-- 96 | 5,760 | 345,600 --> (4)
<!-- g r y -->
<!-- VEWS SEB FFF VEYR -->
<!-- barahanabira [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] -->

went thru and checked dates and source changes and
today is "1" (tomorrow is "0") Wink
edit: the gry and the VEWS SEB FFF VEYR came in on the same day
both give us "three"-- maybe the pm saw us attempting to make
gry into 4 and frustrated sent off another "three" clue???
_________________
r u a sammeeeee? yep.
resident of Snow Town
(friend of Peeps & Peg)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:28 am
 View user's profile MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Glecius
Decorated

Joined: 23 Nov 2005
Posts: 193
Location: The corner of HUH? and WTF?

 		ok, since labfly posted the entire progression its easy to see the entire countdown, up until the last source. I see no way possible to get "2" from barahanabira [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] unless we just assume it was split into 2 words Dunno

I still stick firm to the "Get Ready Yall" Confused
_________________
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that dont.

President of the Phaedra Fan Club, she'll jack your thread

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:50 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Maria Cottrell
Boot

Joined: 19 Nov 2005
Posts: 32

 		First, thanks to Atrophied and Glecius for the IRC help. I'll join everyone as soon as I can.

Second, thank oogle for Google. Let's see, after nearly giving up from frustrating attempts to search for "barahanbira", "rose petals", and "[1,2,3,4,6]", I also tried "[1,2,3,4,5,6]", so I reread the thread.

Quote:
Glecius wrote:
The actual flower of a rose has only 5 petals, which could explain [1, 2, 3, 4, 6]. The 5 is missing.


In desparation, I key: "How many petals does a rose have?"

And bingo -get a link to this interesting site:
http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-j.htm

Haven't figured it out yet, but will work on it after school.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:29 pm
 View user's profile
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
Glecius
Decorated

Joined: 23 Nov 2005
Posts: 193
Location: The corner of HUH? and WTF?

 		I found a similar link with dice, but couldnt find it. The idea behind it from what I read is that there is a mathematical formula to get this right everytime. I was not able to figure it out, but it could help us if we could get it figured out. If for no other reason, just to beat the game Laughing
_________________
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that dont.

President of the Phaedra Fan Club, she'll jack your thread

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:36 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
toenolla
Boot


Joined: 22 Aug 2004
Posts: 51

 		Heh..
The Petals Around the Rose is an old puzzle, famous, for one, because Bill Gates was unable to solve it without brute forcing. But the answer is easy. Here's a huge hint, spoilered for those who want to solve it on their own.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Think visually.


PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:13 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
Puppy_Zwolle
Entrenched


Joined: 18 Oct 2005
Posts: 969
Location: Not Zwolle anymore. really no kiddin'

 		k... got it. Laughing
So, whats this all gotta do with "The countdown"?

If nothing, still enjoyed the puzzle.
_________________
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -Einstein

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:44 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
sixsidedsquare
Unfettered

Joined: 24 Mar 2005
Posts: 409
Location: 60E

 		Oh yeah, [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] in petals around the rose is equal to 2.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:15 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Glecius
Decorated

Joined: 23 Nov 2005
Posts: 193
Location: The corner of HUH? and WTF?
sixsidedsquare wrote:
Oh yeah, [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] in petals around the rose is equal to 2.


Sweet, so the game and the numbers made sense after all. Nice work everyone, that one had me stumped. Still havent figured out the key to it tho lol
_________________
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that dont.

President of the Phaedra Fan Club, she'll jack your thread

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:17 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
labfly
Unfettered


Joined: 30 Apr 2005
Posts: 717
Location: nyc or the haunted house in maine
sixsidedsquare wrote:
Oh yeah, [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] in petals around the rose is equal to 2.


cheers and yay to all that contributed on this!
and could someone pleeeeze explain?
_________________
r u a sammeeeee? yep.
resident of Snow Town
(friend of Peeps & Peg)

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:41 pm
 View user's profile MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Glecius
Decorated

Joined: 23 Nov 2005
Posts: 193
Location: The corner of HUH? and WTF?

 		Source updated, go to www.qu13e.com we need password to get "inside"
_________________
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that dont.

President of the Phaedra Fan Club, she'll jack your thread

PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:16 am
 View user's profile AIM Address MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
cs178
Boot

Joined: 05 Nov 2005
Posts: 16
Location: Germany

 		That was almost too easy...

The password is 'Clockstop the Whys'. It leads to a new page with a new image, containing another riddle:

"Seek first she who kept him secret.
Her name I don't remember,
but was the sound of the rising sun."

In the source there seem to be many hex characters.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:26 am
Last edited by cs178 on Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:31 am; edited 1 time in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
labfly
Unfettered


Joined: 30 Apr 2005
Posts: 717
Location: nyc or the haunted house in maine

 		here's the front page:
title of jpg: http://www.qu13e.com/mr.eyes/nowherexits.jpg
nowherexits.jpg
 Description   
 Filesize   128.55KB
 Viewed   63 Time(s)

nowherexits.jpg
_________________
r u a sammeeeee? yep.
resident of Snow Town
(friend of Peeps & Peg)

PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:31 am
 View user's profile MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Glecius
Decorated

Joined: 23 Nov 2005
Posts: 193
Location: The corner of HUH? and WTF?

 		since you cracked the puzzle it removed the password bar
_________________
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that dont.

President of the Phaedra Fan Club, she'll jack your thread

PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:37 am
 View user's profile AIM Address MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
labfly
Unfettered


Joined: 30 Apr 2005
Posts: 717
Location: nyc or the haunted house in maine

 		and the next jpg: http://www.qu13e.com/mr.espot/proloqu13e.html
(i'll upload it later or somebody else can)

so we have new characters mr. espot and mr. eyes
_________________
r u a sammeeeee? yep.
resident of Snow Town
(friend of Peeps & Peg)

PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:43 am
 View user's profile MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Glecius
Decorated

Joined: 23 Nov 2005
Posts: 193
Location: The corner of HUH? and WTF?

 		This is the jpg from the link above
proloqu13e.jpg
 Description   
 Filesize   198.13KB
 Viewed   73 Time(s)

proloqu13e.jpg
_________________
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that dont.

President of the Phaedra Fan Club, she'll jack your thread

PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:45 am
 View user's profile AIM Address MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 16 of 29 [430 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, ..., 27, 28, 29  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » QU13E
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group