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[Daveman424]

My upload was the actual email, copied into Textedit. So apparently we're getting different codes. Strange. I just got that new email as well, with the same code in it. Did everyone who is receiving multiple emails reply to the messages? Did thebruce not reply? I'm just wondering if a reply signified "send me more", and that's why some people aren't receiving the rest.

And yes, I was definitely thinking "Chinese proverb". Except for the bottom stuff, obviously. Guess it's just "hurry up and wait" until we complete the bottom part of the email. Unless anyone has better ideas about the "codes" we're receiving.

[sMooTH WuN]

[Will 2.0]

Now we just wait for maybe 1-2 new clues. I think that they are AIM SN's perhaps? I added both just in case.

[Rekidk]

Good idea with adding them as AIM names.

For completeness, I've attached my HTML version of the 5th email.

Have we tried ROT-ing the new codes in this one? I would, but I've got to run and do homework. (Hence, updated list of bracketed words will come tomorrow.)

[thebruce]

rot'd words are all the same, except the interruption at "Tank Cat into Mordor" which just says READERROR and CONTINUING
wiki's updated

[sMooTH WuN]

Just for comparison purposes, I'll post the two mails I recieved also.

Instructions 1:

[sMooTH WuN]

Sorry for the dbl post, I couldnt keep that post going it was getting way too long.

Regarding the "Sacred grove of [???] trees.."..

Due to the constant referencing of Greek Mythology, I searched Wikipedia for sacred groves in Greek Myths and came up with a possible answer for the "???":

[Will 2.0]

I go to sleep and wake up and here is all this Spec.

Smooth- awesome awesome research. I don't know much about greek mythology, tidbits here and there but a ARG surrounding that would be awesome don't you think?

I thought we were supposed to fill in the question marks too. If so, you're on the right track, or at least I believe so.

Keep on rocking.

[wargasm]

the coded text that comes in at the beginning and ending of the emails, i think might not mean anything. i know that some forms of ROT are used in certain email protocols as a kind of "toy" encryption. wasnt ROT17 MIME? ill have to look it up, but the translations on page 1 of the code in the first email seem to confirm this for me. the downside is that this usually doesnt show up in the acctually emails, so it would seem that they are being re-formated along the way to us somewhere. also the fact that the convo pieces come after what is essentially the EOF on the email is odd....
anyone who knows more about this than me please add your thoughts

PS. did they really just go to tank cat? that makes me want a longcat/tacgnol ARG!!! holy shit. i just figured out what the monster is in cloverfield!

[thebruce]

to better understand the code and brackets, think like HTML... what's within the brackets is related to the tag before them. I think the fact some of the brackets don't match up might be an oversight - would be more feasible and understandable were they this way (including the interruption from email 5)

MAILSTART ((
...FILELOAD ((
......text
...READERROR ))
...report
...CONTINUING ((
......text
...FILECLOSE ))
...CODE ((
......code text
...TRANSFERERROR ))
...COREDUMP ((
......core text
...??? ))
MAILEND ))

as it stands, they appear as this (still with similar commands grouped together):

MAILSTART ((
...FILELOAD ((
......text
...READERROR ))
...report
...CONTINUING ((
......text
...FILECLOSE ))
...CODE ))
......code text
...TRANSFERERROR ))
...COREDUMP ((
......core text
MAILEND ))

in the latter case, some of the brackets don't make much sense, even if considering 'incoming' vs 'outgoing' data or vice versa.

[sMooTH WuN]

Regarding the Brackets and ROTs: It could be as simple as that the only reason of their existence within these emails is to make it appear like it is being fed to us by some sort of operating system.. just throwin that stuff in there to make it sound computer-official-like.. lol yeah thats right i said computerofficiallike. Maybe we're focusing too much on the ROTs when we need to keep our eyes on the convo/code/bracketed words?

Just a thought, could be wrong, its been known to happen.

Nobuo - Thanks but I owe it all to wikipedia.. its one of those times where you look for one thing, and it leads you to another, and so on..like an avalanche of information. Im glad all my info could possibly help in some way though..

[thebruce]

too much on the rots? we've dissected pretty much everything we've got... just throwing out ideas. We've paid more attention to the coredump and code by far, than the rots... once we knew it was rot-17, well, there was nothing else to figure out

So far this has all been very 'light' on puzzles... the fun of this is more piecing together the segments of story and conversation than anything else... really hoping for more to come soon. it's a little trickle every day or two, with not much to do for each.

[sMooTH WuN]

[thebruce]

totally agreed. No harm is discussing them though.
Just like no harm in speculating a conversation's content when it'll be revealed precisely with each email received anyway

[faeryqueen21]