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[New] The Message On The Cards...
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Shockt
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GuyP wrote:
HELP ME...

"...bring him/her to justice" fits those last question marks. Then again, so does 'flog it on ebay please', 'annoy you with a blog' and 'and i'll help you, yeah", so who knows?

Actually "flog it on ebay please" is one letter too long Laughing Nice try though
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 		Re: [New] The Message On The Cards...
MarcB wrote:
First things first, shading only appears on cards with playing card symbols on (Ace of Spades, 9 of Clubs etc) so this led me to believe that they are linked. So to reveal the message a bit of trial and error was needed on my part. I'll spare you the details, but to reveal the message yourself, you'll need to do the following things...

Great job! Wink
But, I see shading on #013 (just got it today), but no playing card symbol. Am I missing it somewhere? Shocked
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 		Re: [New] The Message On The Cards...
Hunting4Treasure wrote:
Great job! Wink
But, I see shading on #013 (just got it today), but no playing card symbol. Am I missing it somewhere? Shocked

No, there isn't a playing card symbol on all the cards.

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 		#13: Sphinx has an 8 of hearts. It is dark and hard to see, but it's there in the lower-left.
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BriEnigma wrote:
#13: Sphinx has an 8 of hearts. It is dark and hard to see, but it's there in the lower-left.

Ahh! Now I see it... Thanks!
But, do you mean 8 of Diamonds?
Darn good eyes, whoever discovered that first! Shocked

Anyway, MarcB's observation that cards with a shaded partial character, are also the only ones with a card suit symbol, is very interesting! I thought I found a glitch, but his method does seem to be solid now. Wink
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 		Just to restate it for people, we think each prime numbered card should have a playing card symbol on it, because this will give us 54 primes over all 256 cards, which is coincidently the same number we need for a solitaire cipher i.e. 243:Shuffeled.

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 		Might I direct everyone to the FAQ?
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 		Ok, well I'll skip everything I found, since it was already found... but I've got another spec for the entire message:

I STOLE THE CUBE HELP ME RETURN IT TO THE ACADEMY

that just spawned from the one leftover letter spot at the beginning which really only "I" would make sense. The next sentence makes sense given "HELP ME". And it makes for an interesting plot twist Wink

(PS the wiki page about playing cards is now up to date)
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Da Tee In TeeS of doom
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 		All?
Can you tell us which cards you need, to see the rest of the message?
I mean. In playing card symbols.
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Seej
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 		Re: All?
Da Tee In TeeS of doom wrote:
Can you tell us which cards you need, to see the rest of the message?
I mean. In playing card symbols.


I can't be bothered working out exactly which playing card symbols we have (check the Card Catalogue), but assuming the theory that all the puzzle cards with playing card symbols are those with prime numbers is correct, then the full list of primes from 002 to 256 is as follows (those in blue are the ones that haven't been released yet):

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251

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 		Maybe something like "V STOLE THE CUBE... ", and the message could be from Monica? But I also like "I STOLE THE CUBE... ", but who is "I"? Yeah, yeah, I know... That's what we're supposed to figure out... Just thinking out loud. Razz

Seej,
54 cards total? 2 jokers? Forgive me if this has already been discussed. Confused
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Seej
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Hunting4Treasure wrote:
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54 cards total? 2 jokers? Forgive me if this has already been discussed. Confused

Look for sixsidedsquare's post just 4 posts above my last one. We think it may be related to the pack order of a Solitaire cipher (for which you need 54 unique cards) to allow us to solve Card # 243.

As Bri said, FAQ Wink

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 		Major [spec]
I think one of the puzzle scribes helped in the theft. It explains how the inside info was obtained, and how the message got on the cards. I think it's probably Kurt due to the fact that we know about him. He also seems too inquisitive for someone who isn't saving their ass!
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 		It was Sente! He wrote an admissoin of guilt thinking we wouldnt get it and muttering "foolish hu-mans, they lack the knowledge of us perplexians, muhahahahaha..."

Or else it could be Kurt, ether way's good with me Smile
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 		I really don't think the message will yield any great revelations. I think (as already suggested) it will be something very vague - help find the cube/solve the puzzles/return it to academy etc etc. Its like the map on the back of the cards, they look impressive, enhance the feel of mystery and bring the game to life, but essentially it won't help in discovering the location of the cube.

As articles in the Sentinel suggest:
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the puzzle cards, keystone to Sente's attention-getting campaign,

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Without doubt the methods of recruitment used by Sente and the Academy are proving to be successful on Earth, with an ever expanding group of game players becoming involved.


The cards are merely an advertising campaign. Sente uses them as a way of creating interest on Earth about the plight of those in Perplex City. Therefore the message on the cards is just another puzzle for us to solve and draw us further into the game, rather than a clue to the whos wheres and whys.

Ultimately, the message is there to make us buy more cards when the 2nd wave is launched (or the rekindle our interest if its started to waver).

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