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[8/13/42]Eight Days... Thirteen Lights... 42 hours...
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thebruce
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 		A number of argfest rooms tonight had a prined sheet of paper with a ROT-14 / ROT-13 code:

Quote:
C: ITMF PA KAG SQF UR KAG YGXFUBXK EUJ NK ZUZQ?

N: SBEGL GJB


on the back are handwritten: 080308 and 0200

the rots are:
rot-13 wrote:
Q: WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE

rot-14 wrote:
A: FORTY TWO


on my room the shet actually also had written on it: The 8 days are over... now it really begins

so... yeah...!


ETA: ok ok, so we're going to the USS Constitution tomorrow. cross your fingers we find something Razz
We're going after the labyrinth run (which starts at 11am)... so likely after noonish
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lestat5891work wrote:
If that was the last clue being too vague, I suppose the next clue will be the site changing to say "GET TO THE DAMN USS CONSTITUTION!"


Well, maybe just too vague for a bunch of stumbling drunkards... Drool
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vapor
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rot-13 wrote:
Q: WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE

rot-14 wrote:
A: FORTY TWO


Well, of course 6x9 does not equal 42...unless you use base-13.

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 		Now, putting my Hitchhiker knowledge to good use...

This latest puzzle is another reference to it.

42 (as most everyone knows) is the "Ultimate Answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything". But as the quote on 13lights.org points out, those who asked for the "Ultimate Answer" didn't actually know the "Great Question".

Long story short, it's later determined to be "What do you get if you multiply 6 by 9?"

In base 10, you get 54. But in base 13... it's 42.


edit: oops, vapor beat me to the punch Smile I'd guess that somehow, base 13 is going to come into play.
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pancito
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 		13 lights?
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TWINKIE!

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HildalgoJones
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 		This is looking really cool. Any updates from anyone in Boston?

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 		This thing's going to have forty different names by the time we're done.

I think we should call it "42... or something..." for now.

Why 42? 42 Entertainment was the #1 sponsor at ARGFest, but this hardly looks like their doing. Not their style.
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MrToasty
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 		New on the 13lights page? Look for the dark gray text.
Quote:
search /p 2

0000000 55 43 63 76 43 64 35 65 72 39 6f 65 53 30 39 48
0000010 70 33 50 67 67 4a 5a 33 58 6e 44 43 33 56 59 59
0000020 6a 67 47 67 68 54 57 65 54 35 74 32 79 42 53 77
0000030 30 30 66 75 4c 58 6e 79 32 48 43 6d 73 4e 59 78
0000040 6b 55 33 73 4f 36 4e 65 54 55 51 76 75 31 59 39


focus light thirteen leaving,
outwards searching... searching... searching...
0000013 6b 33 37 46 64 33 71 32 32 79 4a 39 69 34 43 75 second
location found.


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pancito
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Quote:
0000013 6b 33 37 46 64 33 71 32 32 79 4a 39 69 34 43 75 second

The 13 is in bold on the page. fwiw.
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 		Along with several others, I visited the USS Constitution today. After thoroughly searching the museum, the visitor's center, and the ship itself, we are pretty sure that there's nothing there (as of now, anyway).

Hm.
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vapor
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MrToasty wrote:
New on the 13lights page? Look for the dark gray text.
Quote:
search /p 2

0000000 55 43 63 76 43 64 35 65 72 39 6f 65 53 30 39 48
0000010 70 33 50 67 67 4a 5a 33 58 6e 44 43 33 56 59 59
0000020 6a 67 47 67 68 54 57 65 54 35 74 32 79 42 53 77
0000030 30 30 66 75 4c 58 6e 79 32 48 43 6d 73 4e 59 78
0000040 6b 55 33 73 4f 36 4e 65 54 55 51 76 75 31 59 39


focus light thirteen leaving,
outwards searching... searching... searching...
0000013 6b 33 37 46 64 33 71 32 32 79 4a 39 69 34 43 75 second
location found.


This has to be some sort of base conversion IMO. Possibly each line is using different base. I found out that base 16 is commonly used as a "user friendly" way of displaying binary. I've tried converting a couple of lines from base 16 to binary and then to ASCII but not much luck.

I just keep looking at that 4f in the last line and thinking base 16. 4f is 1001111 in binary which is the letter "O" when converted to ASCII.

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Nighthawk wrote:
This thing's going to have forty different names by the time we're done.


I was partial to Drunkard Walk, but at this point 13 Lights seems most fitting.

Rekidk wrote:
After thoroughly searching the museum, the visitor's center, and the ship itself, we are pretty sure that there's nothing there (as of now, anyway).


Damn. I don't know what else that haiku/latin poem could be pointing to...

vapor wrote:
This has to be some sort of base conversion IMO.


Agreed, I'm working that same angle given last night's puzzle...
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HildalgoJones
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 		Well crap. And I vote on calling this 13 Lights for now.
Do these games normally involve lots of real world stuff? Like i said, this is my first dabble in this world.

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Rekidk
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 		Well, the obvious choice seems to be Base 13, but I can't find a translator... Some math-y person want to help? Smile
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Quote:
search /p 2

0000000 55 43 63 76 43 64 35 65 72 39 6f 65 53 30 39 48
0000010 70 33 50 67 67 4a 5a 33 58 6e 44 43 33 56 59 59
0000020 6a 67 47 67 68 54 57 65 54 35 74 32 79 42 53 77
0000030 30 30 66 75 4c 58 6e 79 32 48 43 6d 73 4e 59 78
0000040 6b 55 33 73 4f 36 4e 65 54 55 51 76 75 31 59 39


focus light thirteen leaving,
outwards searching... searching... searching...
0000013 6b 33 37 46 64 33 71 32 32 79 4a 39 69 34 43 75 second
location found.


Maybe it's saying we need to be looking for another site?

Focus Light (focus your efforts) thirteen leaving (the site isn't going to be the focus for long?)

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