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sapagoo
Charter Member
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
Code:
C I K E B B S C N E
A T U F S K O Y Z Q
D R V W X D W G L I
G N O H P P U V X M
L M Q Y Z F R H T A
E M F G D D G I E A
B Y U O C C M O Q F
Q V Z W S B N U Y L
A P T X R R S Z X P
H J K N L K H V W T
"oje xqhp wenlgsw goivwa"
"hesx sv oje xxkbx mu ndheeo"
"ojs wsvn nvo nxspo jbxe gpm ndhopm"
"ggoj ojso sv mgpm ojn nzq lmlfqqbg"
using a psuedo-playfair cipher, take 2 letters at a time.
find a rectangle where the upper right is the O, and the lower left is the J... follow the rectangle and find the Upper left, and the lower right ( T & H )
The first two words are THE PATH....
more to come.
sapagoo
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 3:44 pm
sapagoo
Charter Member
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
first line.
oj ex qh pw en lg sw go iv wa
TH EP AT HB ET WE EN WO RL DS
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 3:49 pm
sapagoo
Charter Member
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
line 1
THE PATH BETWEEN WORLDS
line 3
oj sw sv nn vo nx sp oj bx eg pm nd ho pm
TH EN IN EW HO EX IS TH ER EA ND BE YO ND
THE NINE WHO EXIST HERE AND BEYOND
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 4:58 pm
imbri
Entrenched
Joined: 21 Sep 2002 Posts: 1182 Location: wonderland
line 4:
"ggoj ojso sv mgpm ojn nzq lmlfqqbg"
with them in hand the way revealed
very cool little puzzle. sap, how the heck does your mind work? i'd never have gotten that!
imbri
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 4:59 pm
sapagoo
Charter Member
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
line 1
THE PATH BETWEEN WORLDS
line 2 (decode by mottjr)
LIES IN THE POWER OF BELIEF
line 3
THE NINE WHO EXIST HERE AND BEYOND
line 4 (decode by imbri)
with them in hand the way revealed
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:05 pm
sapagoo
Charter Member
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
The path between worlds
Lies in the power of belief
The nine who exist here and beyond
With them in hand the way revealed
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I couldn't have done it without the datamatrix being decoded, and the interment chart posted by kona and cemgate.
mottjr gave me the interment chart broken into quadrants, and he pointed out that each quadrant had A-Z minus either I or J.
Which reminded me of the playfair cipher.
So after researching the playfair cipher, and noticing that the decoded datamatrix looked so much like a playfair cipher, except that there aren't any double letters in a regular playfair cipher.
So I just kept trying to figure out how it _could_ work.
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:11 pm
mopi
Veteran
Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 71 Location: Massachusetts
super work! awesome work you guys!!! very impressive
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:16 pm
imbri
Entrenched
Joined: 21 Sep 2002 Posts: 1182 Location: wonderland
sapagoo wrote:
I couldn't have done it without the datamatrix being decoded, and the interment chart posted by kona and cemgate.
mottjr gave me the interment chart broken into quadrants, and he pointed out that each quadrant had A-Z minus either I or J.
Which reminded me of the playfair cipher.
that, to me, is exactly what is so cool about this stuff. everyone adds something, whether they mean to or not. things that seem to go nowhere often give someone else exactly what they need to figure it out. it's brilliant the way group think works.
great job everyone!
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:17 pm
sapagoo
Charter Member
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
Code:
C I K E B B S C N E
A T-U-F-S--K-O Y Z Q
D R V W X D W G L I
G N O H P P U V X M
L M Q Y Z F R H T A
| |
E M F G D D G I E A
B Y U O C C M O Q F
Q V Z W S B N U Y L
A P T X R R S Z X P
H J-K-N-L--K-H V W T
"oje xqhp wenlgsw goivwa"
one last attempt to explain what's going on.
take the first 2 letters of the code, OJ.
make that 2 corners of a rectangle, with the O in the upper right, and the J in the lower left.
Now follow that rectange to the other two corners.
The first decoded letter is T in the upper left, and the second is the H in the lower right.
so oj => TH.
Do the same thing for each 2 letters.
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:18 pm
Spuds
Veteran
Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 79 Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Wow... You made it look easy. Your ASCII drawing just made the example crystal clear.
Hmmm... now what?
_________________Spuds
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:24 pm
Once more
Guest
trying again...
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Now we wait to learn what the 3 more items will be. Check your mail boxes! Price already said in chat he got one, so that leaves 2 more waiting to be delivered!
maggiemae
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:49 pm
Caterpillar
Unfictologist
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1887 Location: cem's otherbody
Way to go! Cool, cool, cool!
~cem
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 5:49 pm
Caterpillar
Unfictologist
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1887 Location: cem's otherbody
The path between worlds
Lies in the power of belief
The nine who exist here and beyond
With them in hand the way revealed
So Nine what?
Nine Guides?
Nine Planets?
Nine Muses of Greek Mythology?
Nine Worlds of Yggdrasil?
Nine Houses of Gaia?
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 7:55 pm
dmax
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1387 Location: Location: Location!
Go, A's!! I've got it!
A baseball team !
_________________That sounds like something HITLER would say!
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 1:02 am
Thomas
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 8 Location: Sunny Jville, FL
Re: Go, A's!!
dmax wrote:
I've got it!
A baseball team !
If we have to build a ball field in the middle of the Jersey Pine Barrens, I'm outta here.
By the way, props to all. I'm new at this stuff, and you all have really helped out us novices at ARG. Thanks guys and gals.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 8:08 am
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