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bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

Adah and nadando figured out how we can order "products" by providing our address (real one) to Message Desk guy.
Orders can be done by using few of the codes we have been receiving recently.
I am not completely sure what codes have been used in what order. Here are full logs

For now we ordered two (or three???) "products":
ab000, ab101 and ab101-doc

**Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2012 7:41 am

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

new message on agent number 18005:

Z 060345Z DEC 12
SECRET//PRJMLPL//75X5
MSGID/MX-TICKET//
SUBJ/BATT WARNING//
/FORMAT/OBJ/00001/ASCII//
/OBJ/00001/
TRAVEL TO FACILITY
ALPHA SIGMA, EXAMINE
BATTERY SITUATION. USE
GENERATOR CONNECTION TO
RECHARGE IF NEEDED.
REPLACE BATTERY IF NEEDED.
CONFIRM ACTIVATION CODE
99990 ON TASK COMPLETE.
//

very similar than message that was on 18006 before that

**Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:12 pm

Echoshock · Greenhorn Joined: 21 Dec 2012 Posts: 5

Alright, the call we got today was pretty big. Who's gonna do the update?

**Posted:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:18 am

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

You mean that long call with all sorts of questions and answers?

We called MD with this code
MDSK KEEP ALIVE, CODE 231003, VERIFY 5F67B

Here is a surprising result:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s03M1f1q7iL3 recording

http://pastebin.com/v94BqDre

Soon after this interesting conversation messages on Message desk changed to newscrambled messages...

http://vocaroo.com/i/s02Dp66yBpUs
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0umnXSktvyC
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0DPJYCDu772

Is is possible that it is one of easier voice inversion modes? http://www.w2sjw.com/radio_sounds.html
http://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/voice.htm

Cleaned up version http://vocaroo.com/i/s10zJyl2m3bK
Sounds like "VOIP with the packets out of order"
We found that some same slices. We are plying with thought id that message is simple substitution cipher in audio form.

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

OUR ONLY IDEA SO FAR:
recording consists of 'random' fragments of which some are double(d)

http://postimage.org/image/mtu8w8cyb/full/

full spectogram

now we can start searching for repeated samples and analyzing them or/and putting them to right order

Results of investigation so far:

[15:20] crash_demons Audacity Project with duplicate clips labelled: http://ompldr.org/vZ3RveQ/Vocaroo_s0umnXSktvyC.zip (the ones R6mco and I found tonight at least for http://vocaroo.com/i/s0umnXSktvyC ). Labels with timestamps can be read in text format also: http://pastebin.com/PgCTDUxi
[15:23] crash_demons PS: done with old Audacity 1.3.13-beta (Unicode)
[15:23] crash_demons and with that, I must sleep
[15:26] R6mco my feeling is that the doubled frames may be glued together to form a word or phrase or something

SPOT THE PAIR:
hmm, here is result of my searching for same samples in PS
http://i.imgur.com/Ximzb.jpg
http://pastebin.com/yASEK105

no idea why some sampes have their pairs but vast majority dont
also no sample repeats more than 2 times

**Posted:** Tue Dec 25, 2012 8:55 am

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

dumpind three recordings when we catched MD guy we call him Jeff now on dialer

http://dialer.otp22.com/2012-11-27%2022-56%20UTC%20-%20202-999-3335%20-%20160410.wav here is a bit bored
<Lurker69> http://dialer.otp22.com/2012-11-28%2001-39%20UTC%20-%20202-999-3335%20-%2016041.wav another
http://dialer.otp22.com/2012-11-28%2003-07%20UTC%20-%2048-22-307-1061%20-%20666666666.wav
last one is when he put dialer on hold with that music
poor jeff

**Posted:** Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:36 pm

Jaytenthousand · Boot Joined: 06 Dec 2010 Posts: 43 Location: Canada

The effort and resources that have gone into this on both ends of this game are staggering. Excellently done.

To echo earlier sentiments: If you need a package picked up in NorthEast Ontario, i'm up for it.

**Posted:** Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:57 pm

ndemeter

What's going on with this? I tried to get on the IRC chat yesterday but it was rather quiet even though there were a lot of people joined in the room.

Am I correct to assume that at this point the team is still talking to a "real" person on the other end of the phone trying different codes? Or have we moved on from that?

Thanks bambusar for keeping a log here of this! Smile

**Posted:** Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:28 pm

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bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

We are still alive and well

For all the people who are visiting us, stay in channel a bit longer. We havent got any new messages or puzzles for few days and in cases like that channel always become more silent.

Currently we are waiting for that AB-101 modem one of our guys ordered at message desk.

And yes aou are right. Message desk guy seem the most important communication way between us and game creator atm.

ndemeter: free to join http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#arg
next time stay connected a bit longer, we are far from the hype of first month when 100 people was watching the chat 24/7

now things settled down, all trolls lost the game long ago, all gam jackers lost their fun, people who are still in channel are only the old rusty coders and phreaks who will die tryng to get to the bottom of this

**Posted:** Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:34 pm

ndemeter

OK will do. I am going to park my butt on the IRC channel tonight. Smile

Thanks again!

**Posted:** Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:37 pm

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zzaryn · Decorated Joined: 02 Jul 2011 Posts: 180

Still just lurking (honestly, don't expect me to contribute), and I am very glad that this is going. Keep up the good work! Smile

**Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:20 pm

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

we are glad for all the lurkers
no problem if you just watch everybody have to do what he is good for
maybe next puzzle will be made just for the skill set you have

we are welcoming all the people, except few exceptions that got banned for various resons... but ban list on irc is empty atm

You are all free to call Message desk guy, he might be lonely.
You can reach him on 202-204-2303
Here is the list of tried numbers. If you get any extraordinary result post here.

http://otp22.referata.com/wiki/Message_Desk

**Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:04 pm

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

Gents and Gals we have new messages

Agent code 18029
http://pastebin.com/CHTrG0pq

**Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:28 am

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

**Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:30 am

bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

We have a location for the book drop- Rainier, Oregon. Also, the new book has been ordered.

Messages from 7 January 2013
Agent code 18029

http://dialer.otp22.com/2013-01-08%2002-01%20UTC%20-%20202-999-3335%20-%2018029.wav
message:

**Posted:** Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:35 am