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Boot
Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 58
I would say that the wording is not coincidental and this confirms the Riis Twitter Storyline is part of TGH. they are probably putting a hard pause in the game until the code is translated. (I guess they were tired of the Hilariously bad RP in the the TGH boards.) Oh did I say that? I mean I guess they wanted to let folks on the boards know what they need to do instead of arguing about who is the leader..
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:28 pm
dharma22
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Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 103
"The great holocron currently missing, last seen on Coruscant.
Dispatch all available ships. This means you"
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:45 am
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Boot
Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 58
Putting the code together...lets review! It is my guess that this code must be solved before we can continue.
640342 1702162171 40 56430510 3747 11153522 171053406447 7457555633 7440701554 53256437155 120562100 675615452630 337 70126327 146773311041
Here are the hints.
godisvoid wrote:
According to Riis, the coded transmission is octal to code grid 25 to text. The 'password' is 'metellos surprise'.
(The octal was a piece of the puzzle given to Artaryl from Riis, and the password was given to me. I wasn't sure if they were/are a part of the game, so I didn't post it in here.)
other hints: "the spaces aren't for word breaks and each process must be completed before moving onto another piece." "Poly- alphabetic cipher, standard type. One has key, one has base. Fane is monitoring the channel.
Watch out."
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:48 pm
The Mirror
Unfettered
Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 700 Location: Mankato, MN
Hi! I've been away for a while, just got back and saw the AWESOMENESS that is a starwars ARG. Is it too late for me to jump in?
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:30 pm
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Boot
Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 58
Well the Website is "down".. (and is not taking registrants) but we think that it will come back up once the Code listed in the above posts is Deciphered and transmitted.. Please feel free to put on your Crypto hat and have a go!
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:59 pm
The Mirror
Unfettered
Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 700 Location: Mankato, MN
I have a stupid question: is a code grid like a barcode (code128 or code39)? or is it something completely different? Sorry if that's stupid- I've been looking on Purple Hell for ideas and haven't seen something explicitly called 'code grid'.
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:05 pm
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Boot
Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 58
The only thing I could think of was vignere type with ROT-25 but I could not figure out the octal numbers of each phrase. and tbh I'm not an expert at this and I make a lot of mistakes..
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:52 pm
The Mirror
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Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 700 Location: Mankato, MN
Is Octal like 1 to 8 instead of 1 - 10?
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:03 am
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Boot
Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 58
yup
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:30 am
godisvoid
Boot
Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 69
I'm still messing with the code. No luck so far, but now we know who fane is:
http://twitter.com/Rilefane
EDIT: And perhaps another player: https://twitter.com/BaricStilmone
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:48 pm
The Mirror
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Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 700 Location: Mankato, MN
I'm trying to convert the numbers into octal, based on the spacing. I keep coming up with 0. I'm sure I'm using this tool wrong, lol. I'll keep working on it!
Just tried to follow Baric Stilmone on Twitter and it said something like "you can't follow this account by user request". Should I feel unpopular?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:25 am
Yamato
Decorated
Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 190
i haven't had much luck with the code either. the "code grid 25" thing has me stumped as well.
however, basing off my knowledge of the recent tweets on the IG twitter accounts, i have a hunch that riis and marc may have been captured by fane. i may be wrong though, but the tweets seem to point to that...
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:41 pm
spionchen
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Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 128 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY
Riis posted a picture through Twitter. It looks like a map or clue, with everything written in Basic from what I can tell. Anyone want to take a crack at it?
http://twitpic.com/g25sd
-Trinity
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:10 am
RAD24
Entrenched
Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 795 Location: Behind the wall
Now I may be completely wrong (some letters are hard to make out), but here's what I see: (Dashes=space, apparently regular "spaces" don't work, trying to keep the format the same as the image)
-------------------------Current
------- Chelation------Service--Polyphagic
Tocsin-------Outgassing-----Sensorium
[arrow, looks like a timeline]
Mode--Magnitude
Select
--------------------------------------------------------------Vital
-------------------------------------------------------------Impulse
------------------------------------Anamnesis
-------------Temporal
---------------Cache
Hope it's easy to read, it was easier than trying to explain the positions of the words
Also, found wikipedia entries for/about Tocsin, Chelation, Outgassing, Polyphagic, and Anamnesis, I didn't know what they meant lol
These are both "Tocsin" related:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_Power_Indicator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocsin_Bang
Apparently TOCSIN was the name for the nuclear attack simulation performed by the Government of Canada on 3 May 1960, and 5-6 May 1961, and TOCSIN "B" on 13-14 November 1961. Also, A tocsin is a signal or alarm sounded on a bell or otherwise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outgassing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphagia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamnesis or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_history (also known as anamnesis)
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:35 am
The Mirror
Unfettered
Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 700 Location: Mankato, MN
dood. I totally have polyphagia.
Working on the other images now. I can't make out the letters on the screenshots, but is the third word down on Display Left 'calcium?' It's awfully hard to make the symbols out.
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:05 pm
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