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Boot

Joined: 29 Jul 2009
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Two SM sightings in #13

1:05, behind the fence.

And the obvious one up close.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:55 pm
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lifegospel
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Damn, we need the next totheark video, besides the timeframe, work is keeping me away. (5 shows as Dav will know.) However, I am making the most of my 2 days of freedom.

Now to go search through all the tapes again.

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morscata12
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J was wrong - Entry 1 had some audio. I downloaded the video file, converted the audio track to a wav file, and analyzed the sound spectrum using Spectrogram (http://www.electronics-lab.com/downloads/index.html). Turns out there's a morse-code-like pattern hidden in the right channel! I've attached that section of the spectrograph so it can be properly analyzed.

I've transcoded it into text (the higher dash as a -, and the lower dash as a .) but it doesn't make any sense in this state:

Code:
-..-..-. -..- .-..-..-..-..-..-. - .-..-. -..-..-. -. -..-. -..-. -..-..-..-. -..-..-. -..-..-. -. -..-..-. -..-. -. -..-..-. -..-..-. -..-..-..- .-..-. -. -. -..-


The image is also attached and zipped. There is a little visible distortion in the code probably due to MP3 compression.
entry 1 - morse code.zip
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:48 am
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morscata12
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One more picture - this is the left channel of Deluge. The set of curvy lines that look like ferns is the "Alex" sound. It looks like scenery to me - maybe something from an entry?
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:03 am
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Vondrr
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Morse code

I've been playing with this "morse code", I reversed it, made a program to switch "-" and ".", but nothing works, it doesn't make sense in morse code. I'm starting to think, that it's not the morse code. It might be in binary. But I don't know, what to do with it, if i'm right.

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Veya Orunitia
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Tried binary but got nothing, spectrograph certainly looks more interesting.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:17 am
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morscata12
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Entry 1's noise might just be background noise. But it is the only Entry where noise plays during the title cards, which could mean that J put it there. You can hear it if you turn your speakers up when you play Entry 1. Maybe it was an accident on J's part, but it does seem to be repeating some sort of pattern.

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TheNightmareComplex
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Morscata12:

Throughout everything, you seem to be doing all the legwork. Nice job. The spectograph does look like scenery, possibly the scenery on the shoulder in Entry 2, or the woody area in entry 10... Actually, it looks a lot like the fence SM was standing behind in Entry 13. Hmm. However, we can't really go of a specto image, it could just be a coincidence. Try getting Spectography from the other videos, too.

Also, can you find the breaks in that morse code you found, or is that it? Because if it is, the only unique codes are XT"N//N/N"NNX

Which, I'm sure, is not the message, if there is one xD



My God, I just realised something.

What if all of these things, the Morse Code, totheark, the hidden messages... What if they're all distractions?

I mean, this is an ARG, right? A game? And what's the point of a game?

To beat it.

What if the purpose of Marble Hornets... The object of the game... Is to get out alive?

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itmustbedone
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removed

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Acosta
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TheNightmareComplex wrote:
Morscata12:

Throughout everything, you seem to be doing all the legwork. Nice job. The spectograph does look like scenery, possibly the scenery on the shoulder in Entry 2, or the woody area in entry 10... Actually, it looks a lot like the fence SM was standing behind in Entry 13. Hmm. However, we can't really go of a specto image, it could just be a coincidence. Try getting Spectography from the other videos, too.

Also, can you find the breaks in that morse code you found, or is that it? Because if it is, the only unique codes are XT"N//N/N"NNX

Which, I'm sure, is not the message, if there is one xD



My God, I just realised something.

What if all of these things, the Morse Code, totheark, the hidden messages... What if they're all distractions?

I mean, this is an ARG, right? A game? And what's the point of a game?

To beat it.

What if the purpose of Marble Hornets... The object of the game... Is to get out alive?


What if they're all... worthless? Random stuff scattered by Something Awful to piss off ARG players?

What if they're all... for teh bonerz?

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morscata12
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Acosta wrote:
What if they're all... for teh bonerz?

The anagram of Marble Hornets is Thermal Boners. Thermal Boners is "The Boners" + 4 other letters, so technically the name of this game is "4 the Boners". However, I'm pretty sure that was a wink at the last attempt at an ARG rather than an explanation for this one. Hopefully it is Very Happy

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:35 am
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FirebreathFishslap
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Has anyone made a transcript of entry 13 yet?

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Nonmetals Nerd
Boot


Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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FirebreathFishslap wrote:
Has anyone made a transcript of entry 13 yet?



A: Yeah, this ones kind of low - uhm

J: Do you have the extra one?

A: No, I think I left it in the car. Can you go get it?

J: Yeah

A: Okay

J: Oh, Wait, where is it?

A: Uh, I think I left it in the passenger seat

J: Okay

A: If not, the trunk.

J: Alright

A: I'm going to keep on going though so

J: Yeah I'll meet you down there.

Audio distorted @ :56

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WickedEndings
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Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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I've just read all of these pages. 44 of them. Crazy, you know?

Anyways...I've been watching these videos again and again, watching and listening, looking at the pictures. Really amazing, actually.

Does anyone know when the next video will be put out by J will be? I'm like..really interested now....(Obviously..I just read 44 pages of forums) But! Now i'm looking at the third video still for any new clues..

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:07 pm
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WickedEndings
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In Entry #3...Did anyone notice when he was sitting on his computer...

Drawing...maybe a star? Lower left hand corner...

The Dots all over the US map? Looks like a line in the middle of the dots? The dots are around like...Montana, Idaho, Nevada? and going down? And again in NC and VA and SC.

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