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[CaptKing]

What type of encryption is this?

[Lysithea]

For a random stab in the dark:
It makes me think of paragraph.word.letter

[CaptKing]

Bad part is there is no other reference, just this string of encoded numbers.

EDIT: here is a Screen shot of the BBS Screen: [content omitted]

[xnbomb]

Jejune Institute / EPWA Terminal Cipher

[rose]

I wholeheartedly agree with everything xnbomb said. I'm sure that he and the other site admins will stay on top of any TOS violations.

I wanted to add that I personally find taking credit for solving something someone else solved...or not crediting the solve to the person who made it...as disrespectful and just plain rude.

If plain manners aren't good enough to convince you to credit the people who helped you, and leave the data for other people to share in, you might consider your own self-interest. I can't speak for anyone else here, but I would think twice about assisting someone who has asked for help and then deleted all the information about the puzzle and the solve.

[Lysithea]

Well said rose.

I would not have tried to help if I had known that the puzzle solve was not going to be shared.

[CaptKing]

Wow... well first off I apologize and I meant no offense to anyone.

Second, I do appreciate the help, I truly do.

Finally, I wasn't sure how to handle the situation. I understand what the PM is saying because he does not want the "experience" to be ruined due to the fact that this "experience" relies on visiting the city itself, and more than half of the fun is not know what is going to happen. But I do understand where you are all coming from as well.

I now know I cannot come to UF for help in this issue, so trust me it wont happen again. So, please understand where I am coming from and please do not be insulted, that was never my plan.

Thank you.

[JTony]

Jejunism and Shared experience.

[JTony]

On Topic, Now

[notgordian]

JTony: Here's an explanation of how the Beale cipher worked in the previous puzzle (based on mapmaker's solve).

The message is hidden within the text above the number strings: the numbers tell you where to look under the format X.Y.Z where X = line number, Y = word number, and Z = letter number. Each number string gives you one letter.

There are six lines in the message, with no text on the second line (notice none of the strings start with 2). Now, here's how that would work for the first two letters in the solve.

For example: the first string 4.7.4 tells you to look at the fourth line (the one starting with "intelligence"), then go to the seventh word on that line ("this") and then choose the fourth letter in that word ("S"). That's your first letter.

The second string 1.8.7 tells you to look at the first line (starting with "Hm"), go to the eighth word ("yourself"), and choose the seventh letter ("L"). Continue that for the rest of the strings and you have the answer.

[JTony]

Oh, I get it. I wasn't counting the empty 2nd line as a line, and no matter how I tried it I couldn't get anywhere! Thanks!