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[SPOONRIVER][PUZZLE] Spoon River Metblog hidden puzzle
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jaybushman
Kilroy


Joined: 14 Apr 2007
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 		[SPOONRIVER][PUZZLE] Spoon River Metblog hidden puzzle
Solve it before next Tuesday's reveal!
Here's the story:

I've been using ARG-inspired structures to write adaptations of classic works of literature, under the banner of The Loose-Fish Project. The current story has been running since May, and it concludes next week. It's an adaptation of the 1915 poetry serial "Spoon River Anthology," told in the format of a Metroblogging-branded group city blog:

http://spoonriver.metblogs.com

There are 244 individual blog posts that tell the story of this fictional town. But hidden in these posts is a code, a secret structure that leads to a special story extra.

Nobody has cracked this code yet. And the secret content is scheduled to be revealed on the main site next Tuesday. But it would be so much cooler if somebody found it before then.

I did reveal the code in a presentation I gave last month, and was promptly labeled insane. But I'm pretty sure none of those folks are Unfiction material Smile

Here's where to start:

About the Spoon River Metblog: http://www.loose-fish.com/waifpole/current-story-the-spoon-river-metblog/
Updated list of entries: http://www.loose-fish.com/waifpole/the-spoon-river-metblog/

If necessary, I'll give hints out over Twitter: @jaybushman.

[EDIT] Moved out of CFwP and into N&R --Giskard

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rose
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 		Poetry and ARGs! Awesome. I hope people have time to look at this before next Tuesday!!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:13 pm
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cjr22
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Joined: 10 Apr 2005
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 		I got the first part of the code by looking at
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The first letter in each line in I, Metadata
.
This gives
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The number of syllables modulo 26.

But since there are 244 poems to go through and I'm at work, that's where I stopped.

Cool idea though...

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krystyn
I Never Tire of My Own Voice


Joined: 26 Sep 2002
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 		I got about as far that myself, in October. Heh. Smile
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jaybushman
Kilroy


Joined: 14 Apr 2007
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 		Since this is where folks get stuck...

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Count the syllables in each line. There's a repeating pattern. If it were a haiku, the pattern would be 575. But each entry is different.


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