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[geektastic]

[ixalon]

[geektastic]

Ok, thinking about the alphabet replacement spec, I wanted to see what that looked like. So using the edited version of the map with the symbols circled, I did two edits with the appropriate letters overlaid onto the symbols. One is based off the alphabet progressing around the compass clockwise, and the other counterclockwise.

I'm not seeing much in either one. The letters aren't yet seeming like they'll anagram to anything. There are a lot of symbols around the compass that I couldn't make out, though, so who knows.

[tchow]

I think the symbol on the compass is actually a '.\' not a '|' -- what's strange is that there are some symbols here that don't appear (I guess there is a lot more space around the compass anyway). (Whoops, wasn't reading closely enough there.)

Also, I wonder if the discovery of the original map was planned (notably because it doesn't seem to align "quite right" with this new map -- the segments as defined by fold boundaries are a bit jittered w.r.t. each-other). I tend to think that probably it's not so crucial as the symbols and the coordinate system, though.

[Marconelly.]

I've been following this ARG for the last day or so (that's when it started), and the game's website for longer (Enigma puzzle was there maybe a few weeks ago), as I quite like the prospect of the game in question. However, on videogaming websites there's not much interest for this kind of stuff, so I'll try to help out here, if I can.

The website game started with some relatively easy puzzles (Enigma machine) as far as these things go, but it's getting a lot more difficult now it seems. I figured out the tattoo would probably have to be overlaid onto the map, but I couldn't figure out where. Now that's been solved, but I still don't see where it leads. I guess we'll need to find more missing pieces of that compass.

One thing I did manage to figure out is the code on the paper attached to the notebook page you get to see after clicking on "Jungle" on the 2nd map on the website - a map that appears after the Enigma puzzle is solved

The code on it is:

927
EMTKWUM
BW
BPM
RCVOTM

[Cross_]

Hello Marconelly, welcome to the unforums...
.. and here's your first since the engima has already been adressed. As for the numbers:

[tchow]

A perhaps interesting observation: looks like delta appears on the compass just CCW of S... kind of wish I knew where the eta (η) and phi (ϕ) fell, though.

[Marconelly.]

[Cross_]

To annoying to quote spoilers so sorry for unspoilering this....

[eranmane]

Cool, Uncharted looks like a great game to advertise with an ARG.

[tchow]

So, two thoughts here. I'm going to 'spoiler' the first even though it probably isn't worth it:

[tchow]

So, I made up a few grids where I did actually overlap all the squares. First I tried just going the regular route, but a lot of symbols collided (maybe this was actually good? ah well).

Then I thought "well, there must be some reason for the zero" so I flipped everything vertically that was below said zero axis... of course it still doesn't do much.

[Myrn]

Now for my two thoughts:

[tchow]

And another transform of this map in hopes that someone sees something in it that I don't; this time, I've folded the map (as if along the creases) and tweaked the alpha channel so you can actually see all the symbols. Not so terribly satisfying a result (to me), by maybe some other folding might hold promise.

That frame is taunting me by its very lack of content.

[Myrn]

There's a new Podcast up on the Sulivan's Stories site:
http://www.sullivansstories.com/sullivansstories_podcast01.mp3
Mentions "Brothers of Drake"
I guess now we look for posters...