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[REFERENCE] The Events so Far
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skywing
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 		 [REFERENCE] The Events so Far
Well, things are starting to get busy on the plot front, as well as tCotSA moving up to a full-blown arg with its own forum, so I figure one of these is in order to get any newcomers up to scratch (as well as the fact that my computer let its magic smoke out and I need to get caught up as well.

Warning: This post has spoilers. These make the post more aerodynamic, and thus more maneuverable at high speeds.

It starts with SpaceBass recieving a letter, mostly saying that "tCotSA" is going to send us a bunch of puzzles that we are supposed to solve to prove that we are not stupid. It also says to send the answers to: tCotSA / PO Box 885 / Bloomfield Hills, MI / 48303

The first puzzle is also sent to SpaceBass, a letter containing a bunch of words with the spaces removed. The words ask us for the last entry in the Devil's Dictionary, which is zoology. Lovek sends in a postcard with the answer.

The next puzzle arrives to Lovek. It consisted of a package of letters, each one with a slip of paper with letters cut into it. These letters were irrelevant but, with the aid of a hint a series of phrases, that when put together, indicated "Arron Burr" as the answer. Postcards were sent in. After which, an additional hint was recieved, basically spelling out the answer.

The next puzzle consisted of a set of three packages; each one contained a pencil image, a dot message, and a set of scrambled letters. Lovek recieved a boot, Mapmaker recieved a feather (plume), and EndOfFemme got a hammer (beetle).
The dot notes decode to the question: What names do the three objects represent?
Meanwhile, several other letters are recieved: a message that says that "tCotSASPLATgmail.com" is now working, a hint, one-third of an explanation, and a second hint.

At this point, we recieve notice that the head puzzler's torch has been passed. This person sends out a
letter in a contradictory style and tone to what we have been used to. It says that we have been taking to long on the boot/plume/beetle and that they are going to start the next puzzle.

At this point, multiple puzzles start taking place.

This next puzzle consists of a number of map books and color schemes, but is cut short with
this letter: the person sending out the map puzzle has been removed for starting the puzzle early and we are to ignore their puzzle and resume the work on the "triumvate" puzzle. However, the puzzle is still solved and a solution is confirmed in a note (more on this note later)

JohnnyCon is sent a wooden shingle and some cloth The wooden shingle has dots pressed into it on both sides, and the cloth has seemingly random letters. A hint is sent - ask the DCDD (possibly the dutch coalition on disability and development). A second note is sent, (it translates to "dcdd have a governing board with ten members") and leads us to beleve that the cloth reads "the time has closed at the time now is" in dutch. The shingle is, as of now, unsolved.

TylerK gets a letter that adds spaces to the "offset letters" which then can be rearranged to clues. This leads to a solve. a final hint is recieved after the hint.

After the three solves, this letter is sent to a number of people. It decodes to this , the first instance of plot. TCotSA is a group of people protecting the secrets of "time communication" and that, since a lot of people are out to get them, we need to do their dirty work.
Hey hasn't this been done before?

On several of their letters tCotSA included "arithmatic drawings". These drawings are sets of four objects, each with a arithmatic symbol (+, -, /, *) that spell things when put in the right order. These decoded to "GOLD CITY WASH TALE" which led us to Eldoradowatcher, a character in Deus City.

Before these were figured out, it was speculated that this game was part of deus city. A Email from Al Brakin confirmed this, and filled in the background of DC.

As of right now, we are waiting for info about gathering the "folio" and catching up with the plotlines of DC.

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 		Thank you so much! Smile

I'm stickying this as a resource post.
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 		a bit verbose...
You know, that summary almost as long as the trailhead post! I didn't really know what to leave out. I don't think it's customary to put the puzzles and solutions in, but that seems to be the focus of the arg so far.

And a side note - how does one link to a post so that when the page loads scrolled to that post?

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 		Look toward the lower right-hand side of your post, right above the edit buttons. There should be a small icon like a piece of paper with the corner folded, next to the date and time of the post. Click on that for a direct link to that specific post.
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 		I'm kind of lost on this ARG, how are things getting mailed to people...is there anything to sign up for it or anything like that?
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 		It's unclear how that's going to continue due to the tCotSA / Deus City merger, but the email address for tCotSA is tCotSASPLATgmail.com -- in addition to that, you can register at www.deuscity.com (although there has only been one mailing that I'm aware of due to Deus City actions).

I think a combination of the two would probably be your best bet...we're still waiting to find out how they're treating the two groups now.

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notgordian wrote:
It's unclear how that's going to continue due to the tCotSA / Deus City merger, but the email address for tCotSA is tCotSASPLATgmail.com -- in addition to that, you can register at www.deuscity.com (although there has only been one mailing that I'm aware of due to Deus City actions).

I think a combination of the two would probably be your best bet...we're still waiting to find out how they're treating the two groups now.


Ah ok...I was originally signed up with DeusCity anyways. It's complicated and twisty but I think I'll stay with it.

Thanks a bunch.
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