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[drizjr]

[UPDATE] Blog x 3

[MrToasty]

New text files in the 'stasy' directory
http://www.exilearchive.com/stasy/eustasy___070208_00.txt

[drizjr]

[UPDATE] Blogs on July 3

[vidstudent]

That looks like a curly font for Japanese text.

If it weren't a picture, I'd drop it into Babelfish and go from there.

...the backslash is trying to help, but it isn't. The hint is pointing at a single apostrophe, such as one might find if the number were said as '78.

No, that doesn't work. Nor does \'78.

EDIT: Other notables: There is a Time Machine remake from 1978 for television. It does not appear to have been all that well received. I'm sure it pales in comparison to other movies that came out in 1978, but, then, in doing so we're comparing other movies to Star Wars IV, and that one's a tall standard. Also, 78 A.D. is considered the beginning of the Saka Era, with new rulers of Scythia and Parthia.

[drizjr]

[UPDATES] Blogs, changes to the format of the page, and ...

[drizjr]

[UPDATE] stasy dir

[ancalime]

Drive-by posting! I have no idea what all's going on in this thread, but the Japanese is:

[drizjr]

Thank you, anacalime. Your translation makes me wonder if jedditor is secretly a member of the ssc.

There have been quite a few updates to the site.
* a new image clue (link) for the password to http://www.exilearchive.com/stasy/stasy.php
* the whispering rock solution was given but without an explanation. link
* a new conversation with the System, including more codes, link, which makes me wonder if there's somewhere to interact with the System.


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I'm essentially a lurker at heart. I haven't had as much time as I'd like to devote to this. I invite and encourage any lurkers out there to jump in and post any updates, thoughts, ideas, or speculation.

I admire the PM(s) for continuing on!

[littleprelude]

Picture ClueTheater major-lurker chiming in:

[littleprelude]

Water Margin

[littleprelude]

Feeling kinda lonely here...

Does anyone know what the picture is from? The formula has three terms...I'm guessing that maybe one is the picture, one is the Macbeth quote, and one relates to the "water margin"...

Both Water Margin and Macbeth are connected to someone with the family name of Kurosawa...

Akira Kurosawa directed a movie called Throne of Blood, which is an adaptation of Macbeth.

Toshio Kurosawa is an actor in the film adaptation of Water Margin.

I wish I knew if I was even on the right track, here...it's kinda like beating my head against the wall.

[littleprelude]

New blogging

[EvilBrain]

slayers and japanese characters

[littleprelude]

Hey - it seems like this ARG is alive again. There have been a bunch of updates to the blogs...apparantly the missing water was being taken by someone who calls himself the sorcerer. Someone has managed to hack into the "Exiles at large" blog, and post a trickster god type myth. The source text of the welcome page has "orwmkyvydiiun" hidden in it, which translates to
findbpmpuzzle in ROT 17. There's also a little graphic in the lower left hand corner of the blogs page, that seems to be alternating between a little guy saying "It looks like you're trying to read this website! Need help?" and one saying "It looks like you're trying to SUBMIT TO THE WILL OF YOUR BETTERS... need help?". When you click on it, you get a system "verybaderror", and a request for assistance. The source code says, "hell, now what? dont worry ill get to the bottom of this"

The system also has a blog post that includes some code that's theoretically base 16, but doesn't really translate into anything understandable aside from "open"

So...a lot going on. Those of you who used to play but gave up, c'mon back?

[ALISDAIRPARK]

This is alive again, although maybe only temporarilily, we've found the lizard guys, as reported here: http://www.cerebrumachine.com/cerebrum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=158

Bit of a crossover going on.