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[Possible Trailhead?] Could This Be the Truth?
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C.G.
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 		Guh...


There are 40 games all right. This is just the second one.


I'm screwed D: I can't make a thing with the code either.

PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:53 pm
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Doug52392
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 		I'm back, I've been away from the computer for a few days, I got an e-mail on the 31st to draw some pretty art... havn't gotten around to it yet though. Whats this code? Has anyone decoded it?

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:10 am
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C.G.
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Doug52392 wrote:
I'm back, I've been away from the computer for a few days, I got an e-mail on the 31st to draw some pretty art... havn't gotten around to it yet though. Whats this code? Has anyone decoded it?



Nothing. I was right now reading the wikipedia's cryptography, but there are so many codes.

The code, again:

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000008 00000c 000000 00002k 000005 000016 0000c0 0000b8 000104 00011d 0000ke 00005e 0006n6 000afd 00075i 000000 001292 002gko 002m5i 000000 00af70 00j3kh 006dek 01im1e 0332hp 01m90j 000000 0911jd 1104go 0pcjfe 26nobe

- 31 sequences of 6 digits each. How many bits are these? It would help looking for a way to break it.

- The mixing of numbers and letters is confusing.

- Why the zero'es? And why the decrease in number from the beggining to the end?


PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:37 am
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Doug52392
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 		It does look like hex to me, being a programmer I deal with hex alot, but it does not line up with hex. Strange. Could be some sort of cipher, but there are hundreds of different ciphers. Also, zeros could mean null characters, or spaces.

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:12 am
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tehmasterplan
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 		Have you tried maybe emailing princess asking for a hint or something

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:47 pm
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C.G.
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 		I emailed her days ago, asking for a clue, but I doubt she'll give one.

I also went to wikipedia, but no chance. They say there's something missing, and that the zeroes can work as a red herring. I can't advance without an extra bit of information.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:12 pm
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yellowcard
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 		Just saw this ARG. Here's an idea to help; no solution, though.

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000008 00000c 000000 00002k 000005 000016 0000c0 0000b8 000104 00011d 0000ke 00005e 0006n6 000afd 00075i 000000 001292 002gko 002m5i 000000 00af70 00j3kh 006dek 01im1e 0332hp 01m90j 000000 0911jd 1104go 0pcjfe 26nobe

1) The sequence appears to be numbers in a large-base code of some sort. Base 40 from the hint? There are 10 digits and 26 letters, anyway. It could just be base 36.

2) There are occasional 000000's, which could mean a "space" between words.

3) The numbers (except for the six 0's) trend from small to great, but not perfectly. This is what I get when removing all leading zeroes and inserting spaces:

8 c <sp> 2k 5 16 c0 b8 104 11d ke 5e 6n6 afd 75i <sp> 1292 2gko 2m5i <sp> af70 j3kh 6dek 1im1e 332hp 1m90j <sp> 911jd 1104go pcjfe 26nobe

I find the increase in values to be puzzling. Perhaps there is an exponential modifier?



Edit: Okay, I did some of the dirty work:

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Assumes base 36 > base 10

8 12 0 92 5 42 432 404 1300 1345 734 194 8610 13513 9270 0 49574 114792 122022 0 486252 891089 297308 2547986 5182045 2717731 0 15165193 62151576 42575450 132114650


Going to bed now.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:12 am
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C.G.
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 		Oh f*** this.


Just got an email from the Child:


Quote:
There is nothing I can give. You have lost. All of the villagers are dead.


There was also this file attached to the message. Sound like there's something hidden within it.


As for me.... I think I lost interest. It was like people in wikipedia said, there should be at least one more clue, and I can't find any sense with that game. And I have a life, I can't be spending entire afternoons trying to break a code. And the last thing I need right now is to be listening to this audio file with screwed up sounds.
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faeryqueen21
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 		If they're all dead, does that mean game over? Or are we supposed to continue and try and figure out the audio stuff? This kinda sucks...

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C.G.
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 		Game is over. Someone killed Liliana.

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tehmasterplan
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 		Yea I've lost interest as well Confused

PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:10 pm
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Saraisthewin
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 		wait, so I just followed this to have everyone die because of one puzzle? Holy poo poo.

Now I'm upset. I feel like maybe I should mess with the audio. but not if this one died.
Crying or Very sad

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