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a box of gorgons
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waterboy100
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a box of gorgons

from
http://pc.ign.com/articles/620/620647p1.html
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A Box of Gorgons?
You won't be able to resist the fun of encrypting and decrypting messages.
by IGN Staff
May 31, 2005 - One of the best things about the internet besides the loads of factually challenged information and shocking images that you couldn't conjure up in your best dreams or worst nightmares. But some of the best websites around are the ones that don't even make sense, initially.



If you check out gorgonbox.com you'll find a well produced site that lets you sign up to receive messages, decipher encoded messages and encode your plain English into cool secret code.

What's the purpose of all this? That's what we want to know.

We've seen some cryptic decryption sites before but none like this. Plus the name, gorgonbox.com, just sounds too cool. Gorgons of course are the species of creepy women with snakes for hair and the ability to turn people to stone with just a glance. A box of them could be devastating or wonderful depending on how it's used.

In any case, head on over to gorgonbox.com and see what you come up with. We've already sent naughty love letters to ourselves from that site. Their encoded so it's not as bad. Oh and check the trailer for even more clues.
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http://www.gorgonbox.com/

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:27 pm
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jamesi
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WHJ9H 26JMH HJWAI 2Z_JM HNJDB DNVWA U26J4 T8UDJ 2D95I N

(Seriously, that's the best I could come up with. I'm so sorry.)
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:35 am
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RobMagus
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That's pretty sad, Jamesi.

Now, I'm wondering about the nine boxes on the right side. If you click on one, the circle attached to one of the corners of the box moves to the next corner. Stinks of puzzle to me.

By the way:

ND5D5 3DNJW HJQNU 2ZJVH TNJHB I8WU2 D
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:17 am
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sixsidedsquare
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And clicking the little question mark leads you to a password entering thing.
"THE KEY IS THE BEGINNING. THE END IS THE BEGINNING."
If this aint a puzzle I dont know what is...
Hmmm.... back to thinking...

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:44 am
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Ehsan
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Click on the boxes so that all the circles are in the same direction (I did top left) and then you get a phone number

8662373690



I'm not in the states.. can somebody call?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:32 am
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Shaded Spriter
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Things I know about the code:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

  • It relies on The Date. (only day of the month)
  • There are 5 different posibilites for each letter/number/symbol based on position.
  • Capital and lower case doesn't matter.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:17 am
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Worker
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I called the phone number.
A recording answered with the following:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
may 15th
auluat_rhavvwurwpi_jt

Which led to this:
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Entered in the decoder with a message date of 15 gives:
UDV PREDATOR LAUNCHED


PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:48 am
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sapagoo
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I just called the number Ehsan found (866.237.3690)

It was a recorded message with a date (May 15th) and letters & underscores.
This is what I wrote down.
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aqlat_rhavvwurwpi_jt

But i didnt' get it to decrypt properly. Cause it decrypted to
F564A5IQKMIH W04Z5

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:49 am
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Ehsan
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Tried worker's deciphered text as a key, it didn't work..

Then noticed that sapagoo had a different letter, second letter is Q instead of U

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
UAV PREDATOR LAUNCHED


Enter that as the key and you get

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://www.gorgonbox.com/1asdfj/0515.htm


And there's more..

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Checking the source code reveals
T9FY7 QQOTH AOB9X NY_IO 2KBRW P2HMD WS


Don't know the date for that.. 15 doesn't work..

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:16 am
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sapagoo
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Correction to worker's decryption, it should read UAV PREDATOR LAUNCHED
Which is the pass code if you click the ? on the front page.

It gives you a little video, and hidden on the page is another code for the 16th.

Also found lots of help at http://gorgonbox.blogspot.com/

so there are pages for 15th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 21st, 29th...
I'll try to make a complete list.

sapagoo

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:19 am
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Ehsan
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http://www.gorgonbox.com/1asdfj/0515.htm
T9FY7 QQOTH AOB9X NY_IO 2KBRW P2HMD WS
Decode with Date 16
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING INITIATED

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/2lkjfd/0516.htm
MI64X PMV0R 7EW1N X63V_ 391
Decode with Date 17
ENEMY ACTIVITY DETECTED

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/3dslafj/0517.htm
H_A07 TECE4 MCIFP 6UZ25 CQLZ5
Decode with Date 18
PREPARE NOTIFICATION PLAN

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/4osda/0518.htm
ANI5M 314AQ FSN7S 09JBU _KE8U 8X80Y 6
Decode with Date 19
INITIATE GORGON BOX DATA CIPHER

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/5nddjkd/0519.htm
PS3B2 81S6W WRMN6 FQ7E7 QPYZH LE67X CV27V S6
Decode with Date 20
INCREASED DATA TRANSMISSION REQUESTED

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/6mdidjh/0520.htm
VVN9N 9_ZP_ BO0AH BPMQK XRH0U IBJR9 FAMT1 T4OC
Decode with Date 21
POSSIBLE ENEMY JAMMING EFFORTS DETECTED

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/7ueieol/0521.htm
EYHCE DZJJK TCUDE ELEHA Y_KTH FI9VO E
Decode with Date 22
ENEMY JAMMING EFFORTS CONFIRMED

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/8bbdhdu/0522.htm
WM6NO 73F82 C04DO WNEN5 DV4K5 13GD0 L3F80
Decode with Date 23
EXPERIENCING FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/9nduao/0523.htm
Z0R76 BSQM4 E4EMI YT7P9 KSWQB 0GY97 BT96
Decode with Date 24
COMPLICATIONS WITH SYSTEM RESPONSE

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/10bsisis/0524.htm
NWFAP 66I8Y Z76CM 2Z1HL TJASD HLQKZ OQS3K 2HQ
Decode with Date 25
ELEVATED PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEM RESPONSE

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/11bvau/0525.htm
VR22E RPEFV VE_C2 HFVEO RXLFO L
Decode with Date 26
LOSS OF ALL VISUAL CONTACT

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/12tetee/0526.htm
WUZ5C 8OWTA UF96Q 9TPTY 08WSG AFYNU
Decode with Date 27
BEGIN TROUBLESHOOTING SEQUENCE

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:35 am
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Ehsan
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Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/13ggsgs/0527.htm
3H5CG 5CP51 Q3KV9 6N8SE FQ84U QGI
Decode with Date 28
SUSPECT UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/14yayaa/0528.htm
7G887 9MQOD 02K25 42FKV GW_9W FXHOE X6_GM O
Decode with Date 29
MOVEMENT CONFIRMED AT BORDER REGIONS

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/15aysd/0529.htm
0AV3Z OD89A NNV78 R0GJR 5SP4R NTXFS N14KF 4SNN
Decode with Date 30
GORGON BOX PROTECTION SEQUENCE UNDERWAY

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/16gagai/0530.htm
26T26 4906C 95KYS 6TUTD EG9LK NZTKB
Decode with Date 31
GORGON BOX TEMPORARILY SECURED

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/17tdaw/0531.htm
DWKJV 6J4IQ KL4WI COC1F KPW3P NYJDF
Decode with Date 1
ENEMY TARGETING LOCK CONFIRMED

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:41 am
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Ehsan
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Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/18dvbd/0601.htm
0BETO WYVT4 9KISE 2O3FR 8X_H3 LWTS_ YJOKF E
Decode with Date 2
POTENTIAL MECHANICAL FAILURE WARNING

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/19iufs/0602.htm
XRI3B 4GFBA YJBU8 9ZRYF J4FUZ D6_
Decode with Date 3
MECHANICAL FAILURE CONFIRMED

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/20ydsdos/0603.htm
OYZ1J SX027 0TZS0 ZAHUQ P_S02 T_EXH FXYK4 LG
Decode with Date 4
PREDATOR EXPERIENCING LOSS OF CONTROL

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/21oytopr/0604.htm
N41L_ 6PXRA PZV_E 92E1X RPVH_ QV_EU P09P3
Decode with Date 5
PREDATOR DOWNED OVER ATLANTIC OCEAN

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/22uygssd/0605.htm
DLIXW J9ADN DI3HT W_JT2 Z2H92
Decode with Date 6
EXACT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/23ihdsed/0606.htm
LW1VV IW2SA DH_7Q V58SM 6ORRA 6W4SW _7
Decode with Date 7
LOCATION CONFIRMED AT SECTOR 121

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/24regsa/0607.htm
U4Q91 ZJ_HL 709DE HHI0_ WZS4P 68OAG Z_J0H SBEB
Decode with Date 8
PICKING UP STRONG HEAT IMAGING RESPONSE

Leads to:

http://www.gorgonbox.com/25lkflfosd/0608.htm



Whew!

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:50 am
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Worker
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Wow. Nice job Ehsan! Very Happy

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:51 am
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sapagoo
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And for completeness, per several websites, the Navy is behind this, and there were postcards sent during E3.

Apparently this is the Navy's answer to America's Army

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:09 pm
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