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[TRAILHEAD?]thereisnolist.ca from Canadian Videogame Awards
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duke9509
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 		There were also four final new codes (which I'm not going to bother typing up) as well as a post from yesterday on both Twitter and Facebook that simply said:
Quote:
1m++


PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:51 am
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marczellm
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duke9509 wrote:
There were also four final new codes (which I'm not going to bother typing up) as well as a post from yesterday on both Twitter and Facebook that simply said:
Quote:
1m++


Don't have to type. You can copy-paste it from http://thereisnolist.ca/thereisnolist.xml.

Quote:
*8** 6QB* *9*H
D**==*D.seq
PROTOTYPE // arsenal.code: 007->*
* knights located. FINAL VIRUS // *C root.cluster('masayef');

**H* **** *F**
(**x2)-(*x3)==mmDAWN.1
CRITICAL AUDIO NOTICE // ***_*OUR.HMX
CROWN:(*x2)**KA

**7K-*D*5-9*H*
LOCATED NOA** -> REDMOND
mmo-DEFUNCT | S.K recovery project.*P*
print('Digital congratulations')==**;

JRW**-C*M*2-D99**-4MM**-C**J*
SoM ** char.limit -> (*+*)SEED
DANGER ROOM char.limit 1P-** | F-class obstacle *.*HITE
*r.2k5_P*R*-XB2


PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:03 pm
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duke9509
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marczellm wrote:
Don't have to type. You can copy-paste it from http://thereisnolist.ca/thereisnolist.xml.

Ok, thanks for the tip!

Also, took a closer look at Bleu Wizard:

On the homepage, at the bottom, is a line of text (actually two lines) reading:
Quote:
DATABASE ERROR // Cannot locate KC.BLUE

RUN('Resolution_SEARCH'); | Recover database elements until location of entry file('KC.BLUE') is discovered, compiled and activated..


Below that, where copyright info would typically be found is this line of text:
Quote:
CONTACT // tsilonsierehtSPLATgmail.com('Tsilon_Siereht'); • LOADING // Processing source++ contact location 71411.. ▓


Next, on the listings for each of the three games currently on the site, there is a strange line of text that seems to be a way of listing info about the games:

Pong:
Quote:
Arcade • 2P090072en.003_DEVELOPER('Allan_Alcorn.Atari');

Spacewar!:
Quote:
DEC PDP-1 • 2P020062en.002_DEVELOPER('Steve_Russell');

Tennis for two:
Quote:
Analog Oscilloscope • 2P181058en.001_DEVELOPER('William_Higinbotham');


Lastly, there is no link to it, but, if you have your browser's RSS button enabled, you will notice that the site has a feed at: http://bleuwizard.ca/rss.xml

This feed has only one entry, listed as "TEST FRONT page" and posted early last month. It links to: http://bleuwizard.ca/node/2 which is like the homepage but with just the header and footer.

I decided to try typing other numbers after "node" in that URL.
/1 is a template page (apparently these guys are using Drupal... probably wasn't meant to see that...)
/3 is a 404
/4 seems to be an alternate URL for "Tennis for two"
/5 is the same for "Spacewar!"
/6 would be "Pong"
Past that they all seem to be 404s.
/node with no number was the homepage

I checked thegamertest.ca again to see if anything had changed, and I noticed that, while it's still a placeholder page, the hosting company behind that page has changed to BlueHost, the same hosting company behind Bleu Wizard (I can tell from the favicon). This placeholder page also doesn't have a "buy this domain" link. I think they're actually starting to set up whatever that site is going to be.

Whew. That was a long post!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:04 pm
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duke9509
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 		There was a post on FB and Twitter:
Quote:
Phase one complete, Phase two underway. 1m


I wonder what this recurring "1m" means. One month? Perhaps saying how long "phase two" is going to last?

Also, the page title on Bleu Wizard (meaning on the browser tab) has been changed to the word "red."

Does anyone have the slightest clue what we're supposed to be doing at this point? If anything?

EDIT: Also, thereisnolist.ca now has three entries corresponding to the three listed games. The bodies of the posts are those strings of text for each game that I listed earlier.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:04 am
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Sixfivefive
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 		I have no idea. My only thought is that those character strings (2P020062en.002) are some kind of code.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:40 pm
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duke9509
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 		First of all, there's a new tweet:
Quote:
Database error management required. Seek support source.

which makes it sound like we're supposed to do something. Still can't figure out what.

next, we have three new entries on Bleu Wizard:

Pedit5 -- PLATO • 1P000075en.006_DEVELOPER('Rusty_Rutherford');
Astro Race -- Arcade • 2P000073en.005_DEVELOPER('TAITO');
Star Trek -- SDS Sigma 7 • 1P000071en.004_DEVELOPER('Mike_Mayfield');

Each of these have a corresponding entry on thereisnolist.

Anybody have any ideas as to what we should do at this point?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:28 am
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Paxton
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 		I have no idea what we are supposed to do now. The only thing I can figure out is that the file names, or whatever they're supposed to be (2P181058EN.001), each contain the number of players of the game, the year that the game was released, EN for english probably, and the order of their release. The four numbers in the middle I can't figure out though. In the three newest games those four numbers being all zeroes makes this even stranger to me.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:13 pm
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duke9509
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 		Well, I guess it wasn't asking for our input, after all, it found its "support" by itself.

I'll start with the entry on thereisnolist, as I usually do:
Quote:
Support LOCATED
bleuwizard.app errors under review
UPDATE // REDO support services activated to expedite recovery effort
Setup sequence shall renew at correct update rate


Next, we have the same message posted to both Facebook and Twitter:
Quote:
Support LOCATED http://redosupport.ca/


Following this link leads to another website with about text that makes it look like it was made by a computer. I will say, however, that it does provide a pinch of backstory (apparently "Tsilon" is its name, and it is an A.I.).

I won't copy the whole About text, but, at the bottom of the home page, there were the following lines of text:
Quote:
Current process underway: wizard_bleu.fix
System progression updates coming soon.. ▓


This was listed on their list of available services:
Quote:
ERROR // Final Destination access DENIED - items required.


This was listed under their clientele:
Quote:
Nint++ERROR // ACCESS DENIED.. | AMEND RESULT('Competitive leading brand');

As well as this in the quote box:
Quote:
ERROR // Cannot locate QUOTE.Yelodyne.. (a)abort, (r)retry, (q)quit?
PROCESS DISABLED // Input disabled, retrying..
Contact representative immediately.


And, on Contact, their phone number was listed as:
Quote:
// RESTRICTED - ENTER ACCESS PIN TO UNLOCK

with no means of entering such PIN given.
Their email address was given as the same tsilonsierehtSPLATgmail.com we keep seeing.

And, lastly, at the bottom of every page but Home/About (they're the same page), there was this:
Quote:
.. ▓

which kind of implies that there will be something there later.

Judging by the "System progression updates coming soon.." bit, I think we're just waiting for something else to do at this point .

PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:18 am
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duke9509
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 		Alright, there are several new games listed on Bleu Wizard now, each of which, as usual, accompanied by a post on thereisnolist announcing it:
Quote:
Space Invaders: Arcade • 1P000079en.007_DEVELOPER('Atari_inc');
Zork: DEC PDP-10 / MDL • 1P000077en.008_DEVELOPER('TA_MB_BD_DL');
Asteroids: Arcade • 2P000079en.009_DEVELOPER('Atari_inc');
Pac-Man: Arcade • 1P220580en.010_DEVELOPER('Namco');
Battlezone: Arcade • 1P000080en.011_DEVELOPER('Atari');
Donkey Kong: Arcade • 1P000081en.012_DEVELOPER('Nintendo');


Then, this was posted to both Facebook and Twitter:
Quote:
Update schedule re-convened - 3pd TITLE post


And this just to Twitter afterwards:
Quote:
system setup resumed.


Still no clue here whether we're supposed to be doing anything right now...

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:25 am
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cherrytree98765
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 		So since I have the RSS feed. I noticed a new one. Which was titled Yelodyne Backup Found. Which leads to the site: http://yelodyne.ca/

The main page is just numbers for the moment. I did spot binary, but I wasn't getting anything from it.

The product page shows different nintendo systems. Dating from present, and it looks like back. Of course it's got all the specs for the systems.

Checked back at the Redo services nothing seems to have been updated.

The twitter just says:
Quote:
Yelodyne backup found http://yelodyne.ca


PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:00 am
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snorkle256
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 		Awesome, decoding the binary found in the text.

Quote:
I am Tsilon. AI class 117.
Your involvement in my reboot process has been recorded.
I have verified your observation of the initialization of my memory banks and the activation of AI_routine boot sequence. Your acceptance into the monitoring program has been conditionally approved. The backup archive is currently being scanned. Study // the information within will be put to use. >>File ends.
Init string $soonthegamebegins



Btw, has anybody e-mailed tsilon?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:21 am
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cherrytree98765
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 		I have not (Though i'm just trying to help as much I can for the moment.)

So since they designated "//" I wasn't sure what they exactly meant so I went to the different sites and listed the things that either
a)Had them in the text
b)Were surronded by the marks

Quote:
0b11110111010
0b11110111011
0b11110111111
0b11110111010
LTDEV 0b11110111100
0b11110111011
0b11110111111
0b11111111111
0c00000000000

Thirty years of service hasn't left REDO complacent, they're as nearly on the ball now as they've ever been!
-MSCR

The degree to which REDO's services covered my needs has been to standard protocol.
-BW

ERROR // Cannot locate QUOTE.Yelodyne.. (a)abort, (r)retry, (q)quit?
PROCESS DISABLED // Input disabled, retrying..
Contact representative immediately.

Nint++ERROR // ACCESS DENIED.. | AMEND RESULT('Competitive leading brand');

Their contact hotlines are fantastic, minus the few times they go down and take your site with them.
-YID

Phone: // RESTRICTED - ENTER ACCESS PIN TO UNLOCK

Mail: // RESTRICTED - UNDER REVIEW


The strings at the top may be something, but beyond that the rest are included just in case.

I guess we need to wait a little longer, and we'll be set.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:27 pm
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duke9509
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 		It just occurred to me after this long period of inactivity that perhaps we are supposed to do something: It says at the bottom to contact Redo Support or their webmaster (both Tsilon) if there is an error on the site (Yelodyne). There is also this at the top of the home page: (image attached)

I say we send her an email about the error, see if that gets the game to progress.

Also, that site is also hinting at some sort of "test." Perhaps it's going to test us on our knowledge of the video game info that we've been seeing on that site and Bleu Wizard? I won't send any email until everyone has "studied to their own satisfaction" as I don't know if the resources will remain past that point.
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cherrytree98765
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 		I sent her an email yesterday, and there's been no response. So I don't know.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:18 pm
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cherrytree98765
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 		Got a response from her!:
Quote:
COMPILING // real_time_interface('grenAID');
print('Salutations. Assistance noted[kind]. Installing language engine for proper information relation capability');
t_30h



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