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[FCR] [TRAILHEAD] Findings Cedar Rapids
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Will 2.0
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 		Tidus, if you're reading this, come on AIM for a sec, invisible if you want to chat for a sec, there's something I need to ask ya.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:02 pm
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Jas0n
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 		Tidus, I know from experience that mistakes are often made by both sides of the curtain. I'm glad you're reconsidering and going back to developing the game. It seems the players all enjoyed the game, I hadn't had the opportunity to play as I've got my hands full with other things Wink but I did see a headsup that there was a bts thing over here in this thread and investigated.

One thing to always remember, if you don't want players knowing who you are - don't leave footprints Smile 99% of players can do a good bit of background checking that's easy, the other 1% may go a little too far and I don't understand their feeling of need to do so as they're pushing the bounds of the game (then again so is posting personal information about the players - lol)...

best of luck to you with the remainder of this game, everything I've looked at so far is really good.. send me a pm sometime on here for some more meta discussions sometime if you ever need help or someone to lean on... #pm-guide in the unfiction chat is another place that's good to hang out at. Smile
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Doug52392
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 		I missed so much, I've been away since Monday Sad His blog page is gone. What's happened since Monday? I've heard some people's IP addresses were posted, what happened? I have a server running on my IP.

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faeryqueen21
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 		Doug, just read back a couple of pages and catch up. Thankfully, it's all been resolved now.
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miki_38x1
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 		Okay, well I say that our first course of action should be to just forget about all of this and get back to trying to figure out the pseudo-hex from Steve's email, figuring out why there was distortion in the video, and getting the next coordinates figured out when the opportunity arises. So I think we should just get on with this and get back in TINAG mode. Smile
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Ayeso
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 		Current things needing figure out..

Should we send jeff to the power plant or the marsh?

Quote:
Email from Steve

--- Steve Chalmers <oilerfan271> wrote:

gZvHJ/Uii3kIS54LqdGTetBEkh61XOiDrJzelNjri0M=


Decoded to with advanced cipher

Quote:
E4 A6 D8 A4 D6 E8 D5 E6 A8 A4 D6 E8


Which although it appears to be hex it comes out as gibberish..


From the latest movie / piece of info we had..

Quote:
(screen starts out with the normal fuzzy look we have become accustomed to from Jeff's videos.) OK, (screen clears up) I'm back now. I had to get another piece. Here's our documentation tape 83 for (bleep)labs? I am in lab 19 right now. We are putting our final touches to the (bleep) camera. This is camera 1 of 2. I was only assigned to do one camera but I decided I better have two just in case. Um, my circuits are all set up. Pretty much just a test. I want to see what else I can see. This is the first camera. This is what I designed. (shows us camera two, the one he designed) It's a separate, a separate lens. I've taken a converter and put it to the lens. So we can see (bleep) hopefully. That's for camera number two. Camera number one (points back to the camera and circuit boards etc. on the table) is just a simple design. Our black box with intel, two caps, a transfer lead wire. Kinda like a neutral wire just in case. Set up going to the hard drive and back to the computer.So we can display (bleep) Here's the I/O card we designed and it's running straight through the tape deck into the I/O ports of the camera. I'm going to finish up this (blood curdling scream in the background) tape. Oh shit! (runs to check out scream) (we now hear a terrible screetching noise and the screen goes black)

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Doug52392
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 		Tidusia just logged onto AIM

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Ayeso
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Doug52392 wrote:
Tidusia just logged onto AIM


and back off haha
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Sylvia
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 		Guys, let's just give it some time.

I think Jeff will get in touch with one of us as soon as he can. I seem to remember he said he needed to find a more secure place to communicate with us after JB compromised his blogspot.

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Doug52392
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 		Just chatted with Tidusia, for some reason he was shown on AIM as offline even though he was online.
Quote:
(10:25:02 PM) Doug52392: hi
(10:25:21 PM) TidusIA: hey doug
(10:25:57 PM) TidusIA: hows it going?
(10:26:16 PM) Doug52392: I've been away for a few days.
(10:26:41 PM) TidusIA: a lot has gone on!
(10:27:03 PM) Doug52392: I know Sad
(10:27:17 PM) Doug52392: Where did your blog go?
(10:27:45 PM) TidusIA: not quite sure...something must have happened
(10:28:02 PM) TidusIA: i dont remember doing anything to it...
(10:29:17 PM) Doug52392: It looks like someone either hacked into it and terminated your account or it was pulled for some reason
(10:29:37 PM) TidusIA: yeah...i dont know what is up
(10:30:31 PM) Doug52392: You took the pill?
(10:30:47 PM) TidusIA: i did
(10:30:54 PM) TidusIA: i felt much better for a while
(10:31:00 PM) TidusIA: starting to get a cough again
(10:31:59 PM) Doug52392: Do you know what the website bullerman.net has to do with this?
(10:32:25 PM) TidusIA: no, you guys found it in a voicemail...encoded in morse code
(10:32:33 PM) TidusIA: it had weird videos on it
(10:34:38 PM) Doug52392: Did you find out anything new about what caused your illness?
(10:35:28 PM) TidusIA: no, all i know its a virus...and the person/ persons? behind bullerman.net might be the ones sending me pills
(10:36:05 PM) Doug52392: They send you pills on a regular basis?
(10:36:23 PM) TidusIA: they hid another one somewhere
(10:36:26 PM) TidusIA: dont know where yet
(10:36:31 PM) TidusIA: i have under a week to find it
(10:36:37 PM) TidusIA: or else....i guess i die...
(10:37:22 PM) Doug52392: Have you ever brought one of the pills (or a small part of a pill) to a lab and have it analyzed?
(10:37:46 PM) TidusIA: i asked the doctor to analyze....he told me its a destuctive test
(10:37:51 PM) TidusIA: they would have to use the whole pill
(10:38:03 PM) TidusIA: i didnt want them to take it from me thinking i stole some narcotic or something anyway
(10:38:28 PM) Doug52392: that sucks Sad
(10:38:39 PM) TidusIA: i know
(10:39:16 PM) Doug52392: Do you have any ideas as to where the pill could be?
(10:39:52 PM) TidusIA: well, coordinates have been given and you guys figured out 2 places in iowa
(10:39:55 PM) TidusIA: a power plant
(10:40:03 PM) TidusIA: duane arnold....and a marsh by the plant
(10:40:43 PM) Doug52392: So it's a mater of choosing which one to search?
(10:41:21 PM) TidusIA: not sure if i can get in the power plant....
(10:41:27 PM) TidusIA: im thinking the marsh
(10:41:28 PM) TidusIA: but where in the marsh?
(10:45:28 PM) Doug52392: I've seen some old spy movies, sometimes they do a "dead drop" exchange to give each other stuff without actually meeting. Usually an object is hidden in a rock, loose brick, holes in trees, etc.
(10:46:03 PM) TidusIA: ill have to keep an eye out for anything suspicious like that
(10:46:31 PM) Doug52392: Have you made any new videos?
(10:46:49 PM) TidusIA: i havent. ive been so busy with moving out of my apartment
(10:48:59 PM) Doug52392: Your moving?
(10:49:22 PM) TidusIA: yes, i needed to get away from that crazy place
(10:49:42 PM) Doug52392: When are you going to go to the marsh?
(10:49:53 PM) TidusIA: doug, i have to get going. I will have to catch up with you later. I will be going to the marsh hopefully this weekend.
(10:50:11 PM) Doug52392: ok, be careful.
(10:50:22 PM) TidusIA: thank you i will. let me know if you hear anything else
(10:50:28 PM) Doug52392: ok
(10:52:38 PM) Doug52392: bye


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Will 2.0
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 		There was a reason Doug. I'll leave it at that.

Game on.

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Sylvia
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 		so the marsh it is
going back to the voice mail that said:

Quote:
Look at your map go see Duane Arnold at the Power Plant. He will direct you toward the marsh.


Then we had the co-ordinates for Duane Arnold Power Plant parking lot and those for a parking lot at Palo Marsh. Then we get these from Steve.

E4 A6 D8 A4 D6 E8 D5 E6 A8 A4 D6 E8

My thinking is that these are directions to the next pill, either starting from the parking lot of the Power Plant or the Marsh. Maybe there is something at the plant that will point the way. I am updating my Google Earth and will have a closer look in a few. Right now we need to find out how the above code might be directions.

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Sylvia
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 		here is an image of Duane Arnold and Palo Marsh with the each set of the co-ordinates marked.
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Jas0n
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 		Re: so the marsh it is
Sylvia wrote:
E4 A6 D8 A4 D6 E8 D5 E6 A8 A4 D6 E8


dunno why it would be, but I'm thinking musical notes. "E4 A6 D8" shows up under a google search for a "tab" - I can get a midi generator to create it but the 8s are converted to 7s...
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 		While looking at the code and thinking about the map coordinates and it occured to me... The code sounds a lot like battleship coordinates. Maybe we could divide a map our something into plots A-E horizontally and 1-8 vertically.

By the way I am so glad this is still going. I really want to finish my first ARG!
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