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Cu Roi
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 		OpAphid
a video puzzle
There is something going on over at Youtube.

Go look at these videos by OpAphid: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=OpAphid

First off, yes this is connected to Cassieiswatching...but if you watch her videos you can see that she derides that fiasco.

Secondly there are very solid reasons to believe that OpAhid is the work of the Lonelygirl15 authors. This might be the ARG they've been eluding to, and it also seems like they might have derailed the CiW thing. Effectively taking back control of the storyline that was stolen from them...but I digress.

There is definitly a puzzle here, and I don't have the resources to examine it. Take a crack at the videos guys, and lets see if they go somewhere!
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:02 am
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djsampson
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 		I have been watching these videos for a while now and the editing is fantastic but I am still not sure that this is'nt another gamejack but I am right there with you watching and keeping a close eye one these as well
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:06 am
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Cu Roi
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 		Excellent! I'm glad someone is interested!

We've been given a task at this point though. Tonight she posted 2 new vids in conjunction with a vid by Daniel...one she predicted would be posted.

Op keeps posting new comments in her profile, urging us to solve the puzzle.

I don't have the capability to manipulate the videos, we need some help here!
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:17 am
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tigerlilylynn
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 		For the sake of having it in one place here is what we have:

Original video order
Everyone Hates Cassie
They Attack Cassie
Whatever Happened to That Girl, Cassie
Cassie is Lying, Cassie Tells Lies
Cassie Does Not R.I.P.

Each video had heiroglyphic numbers that were fractions. The football means fraction with assumed numerator 1. The lines are 1s. The sideways symbol is 1/2. The union symbol (upsidedown u) is 10.

The fractions when added and reduced become 1/5, 2/5 ect which gives us this video order which was later varified by the bug herself.
Whatever Happened to That Girl, Cassie
Cassie Does Not R.I.P.
Cassie is Lying, Cassie Tells Lies
Everyone Hates Cassie
They Attack Cassie

The video discriptions are, in fraction order
Who?
Attention leads to invocation. Rambam. Abenezra. Baudelaire? A IN APHID
Lies have a way of catching up to you, whether it's in this life or another. If you're not careful, your lies will come back to haunt you. FRANCIS DOES NOT RIP
What a poor, lonely girl.
WE ARE "THEY" Stop following the Helper, Daniel.

The broken comandment in each vid in order is
I have judged hastily and harshly
I have acted with guile and innsolecnse
I have beared false witness and supported false allegations
I have taken god's name in vain
I have been unduly proud and acted with arrogance

Which are admissions of guilt counter to the 42 Egyptian declarations of innocence
I have not judged hastily, nor have I judged harshly
I have not acted guilefully nor have I acted in insolence
I have accused no man falsely, nor have I supported any false accusation
(not Egyptian although 28 and 29 are close)
I have not been overly proud, nor have I behaved myself with arrogance

With their numbers being
21
38
14
28 based on the wiki
39

The dotted scrolling text is
Help Me
Cassie
Liar
Innocent
Victim

The overhead text is
Whatever happened to that girl cassie?
You all failed I hate you
Can you hear her?
Everyone hates me
They keep attacking

In the "third" video the text ID CONFRONT SERAPIS appears which is thought to be Francis does not RIP and is a sign that Frank (from Cassie's game) is dead.

The backwards audio is
Hipocricy, a lie is the true sister of evil, intorlerance and cruelty
Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, and most of all, though shalt not be a bystander.
The Neutral are the only ones to side with evil
It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake
If ignorance is the root of all evil, then no one knows the truth

I think that's everything

PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:56 am
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Cu Roi
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 		We solved it earlier this morning...and I'm happy to say that we have been promised more difficult challenges in the future.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The 5 declarations of Purity each have a number associated with them. It turns out that each of the declarations is a double digit number. This gives us 10 digits which when entered into a phine lead you to this voicemail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM_qFUWoAfk


Now one thing we are still missing is exactly what the A in Aphid means. We were cooresponding with OpAphid (Operation Aphid) through her YouTube email, and she gave us hints...but there is still debate as to what the A actually meant. Apophenia has been suggested, and while iw would make sense as a method...we're still not sure how we would have figured that out...unless that itself is the point.

Update
Quote:
ixlr8> ok i said this to her "One of the moderators of the forum made a post stating that A = Apophenia. I think it makes sense."
<ixlr8> and her reply was this "No. Too many letters, and many are wrong. The A in APHID is the first step in a process or method toward finding a solution. We are challenging you to see how apt you are in that area. What you suggested has three correct letters: a n e I will leave it to you to figure out the rest.


Help on that would be great!
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:15 pm
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Cu Roi
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Quote:
To those who have proven themselves worthy:

Find instruction within the message. Only then will you be prepared.

The first step toward any solution? The A in APHID, of course.

However, do not underestimate the importance of rest. Even God rested on the seventh day.

Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.

--

Some can be trusted with a secret, while others obviously cannot.

Do not be so quick to believe everything that you read, especially when there are agents amongst you who wish to interfere by spreading disinformation.

The truly worthy should ask themselves if they understand what is being asked of them.

Only then will they be prepared for the challenges that await.


This is from her most recent profile update.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:19 pm
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Cu Roi
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 		The Voicemail Message broken downn by Tiltingwindward:

Quote:

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. [Henry Kissinger]

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
[Voltaire]

Mistakes are the portals to discovery.
[James Joyce]

Alas, never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake.
[Napoleon]

It is possible to fail in many ways, while to succeed is possible only in one way.
[Aristotle]

Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
[Arnold H. Glasgow]

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.
[Susan Griffin]

Except in this case.

Arnold H. Glasgow is apparently a psychologist, although it seems impossible to find anything out about him on the Internet, other than the fact that he has a ton of quotes. Susan Griffin is a feminist writer, known for works on the femine body. The other people, I hope you all know.

That's everything from the message except the congratulations at the beginning and the instruction to wait at the very end. Neither of those sentences were quotes. The last quote (the Susan Griffin one) is appended with OpAphid's own commentary "except in this case," which is probably relevant.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:41 pm
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Cu Roi
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 		Confirmation that Analyze is the A in Aphid:
Quote:
To those who have proven themselves worthy:

Find instruction within the message. Only then will you be prepared.

The first step toward any solution? ANALYSIS. Analyze the data in front of you.

However, do not underestimate the importance of rest. Even God rested on the seventh day.

Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.

--

Some can be trusted with a secret, while others obviously cannot.

Do not be so quick to believe everything that you read, especially when there are agents amongst you who wish to interfere by spreading disinformation.

The truly worthy should ask themselves if they understand what is being asked of them.

Only then will they be prepared for the challenges that await.

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-Drusas Achamian

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