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[PUZZLE TRAIL] "Torment"
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Uberg33k
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simokon wrote:
Uberg33k wrote:
Quick question on the circles.

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After reading through the Shadow pdf, I understand how the cipher works. What I'm having a hard time determining is if I'm actually flipping this thing correctly. Once flipped, is the text still Vigenere encrypted or is it plain text? Every time we hit a number, are we supposed to flip the puzzle?

I've been working on flipping/turning things and deciphering, but I still get a lot of garbage. Looking at that output, I try and find a Vig key and come up flat there as well.


Coming up with a clever way to give a hint without giving it away is quite a challenge. Here goes:

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Somewhat like the morse code puzzle, there is something you need to do before you can start decoding it. It may not be the first thing that you think of.


And if that's not quite enough...

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Don't you wish the first symbol were a direction instead of a letter?
Gotcha

That's actually what I had been playing with since thats what the PDF indicated needed to be in place to decipher the message. I'll keep at it then. At least I know I'm not completely off base, I just haven't quite hit upon the correct method yet.

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simokon
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 		Re: help
you need it so do I
sniperloki wrote:

That should help you.Can anyone point me in the right direction to twist to english for an ermine?


A couple of pages back...

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...you saw something where the answer was a slight variation from the name it's normally known by - a difference of one word - probably because it was translated from another language?


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YOUNGEN
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 		umm
...
ok so i ciphered the gold bug but i dont know how to figure out the location...
can someone please help me?

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simokon
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 		Re: umm
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YOUNGEN wrote:
ok so i ciphered the gold bug but i dont know how to figure out the location...
can someone please help me?


Google maps understands coordinates.

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There is also a connection between the location and the other text in the message.


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Kain211
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 		Can someone pm the the url of the circle page? I've gotten passed it, but it sent me to the "next" page with the tv...and now I forget the url.

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Uberg33k
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 		OMFG! Finally cleared out the cirlces! Lets just say I suspected type of "additional processing" need after deciphering the first bit in English based on the symbols, I just totally didn't understand where/how we were supposed to start from. Let's just say the hint that's been posted has an entirely different meaning in AutoCAD as a command and that was throwing me off.

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Uberg33k
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Kain211 wrote:
Can someone pm the the url of the circle page? I've gotten passed it, but it sent me to the "next" page with the tv...and now I forget the url.
The page after the circle puzzle has no TV.

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Kain211
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 		The one I got to did, because I did it wrong.

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YOUNGEN
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 		gold beetle
can someone please help me
ok well simokon has been trying to help me with this...
but i still dont understand as to what to do...
can someone please help me

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CB_Indy
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 		Circle Code Solved
Help! I am rotting.

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CB_Indy
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 		Circle Code Solved
Help! I am rotting.

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ElGameR
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 		Thanks for the clues on that Circle Puzzle!

The one after it is a LOT easier, it's just a lot of rots! Razz

Working on the glyph puzzle now Smile
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simokon
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ElGameR wrote:
Thanks for the clues on that Circle Puzzle!

The one after it is a LOT easier, it's just a lot of rots! Razz

Working on the glyph puzzle now Smile


Bah! I solved the "rot" code but still can't get the keyword. Please say I'm missing something obvious...

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 		Yes Simokon, its something obvious. I missed it the first time as well. Since you helped me immensely to get the scarface done heres a clue

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Pay attention to which Rot you use to solve each line


There, now i dont feel like such a lurker Laughing

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Paulzilla
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 		Hmmm

Are the results of the glyphs

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Coordinates?I wound up with two sets of three numbers so far, and they look suspiciously coord-y.

Only thing is, they lead to very random places, so I might very well be barking up the wrong ttree somewhat.

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