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[Trailhead] The Question - The Clock is Ticking
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natas
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Rev_g00d wrote:
I could not stand "WITG", that's why I'm not playing "Something is Coming"...


Without wanting to go off topic too far in this thread..... Why do you not like Staff of the Magi games?

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Rev_g00d
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Oh it's nothing against them, they did an interesting job there. It just moved way too slow during the beginning and didn't keep my attention. Most of my friends I've made through ARG's felt the same way...
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Daeld wrote:
but in the e-mail it was formatted such that the words were blacked-out and the lines formed a letter E in black. I needed to select the E to reveal the message. (looked a little like a key...


Yaha, does resemble an E or key notches, neither of which work as a PW on "thequestion.png" to Uncamoflage a hidden file.
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Got a reply:
Quote:

from Aurora Wanderer <svaqgurqbbe>
to grindboy
date 2 August 2009 17:25
subject Re: Find the door
mailed-by aol.com

The door will arrive soon.


So turns out the person on the other end is called "Aurora Wanderer"
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CarnageBlack
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I got that same response about 10 minutes ago. Weird.

<EDIT> I did a notepad open on "E" image. And got.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
LEAD Technologies Inc. ((It's some type of image tech company))

There's something in it, I'm looking for more data.

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grindboy
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I think the E image is a screenshot of the email. The image wasn't attached to the email. I'd guess that the LEAD software was what amandel used to either take or edit the screenshot.

[off-topic]The message from the email is a googlewack Smile (There is only one result when it is searched for on google with quotes)
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Tresbien
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Hope y'all will take another look at thequestion image. I suspect the dots next to the letters are significant: between i and s in is, o and p in open, and next to the ls in will, etc. Some like those are small, and others like the dot over the d in door are larger and attached. I've played around with them for awhile but haven't gotten a useful result yet still think they must have a purpose.

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grindboy
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Yeh I was looking at that too. I noticed that the periods all have the same extra dots. I thought it might be part of the font the PM used but there might be something to it.
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Tresbien wrote:
Hope y'all will take another look at thequestion image. I suspect the dots next to the letters are significant: between i and s in is, o and p in open, and next to the ls in will, etc. Some like those are small, and others like the dot over the d in door are larger and attached. I've played around with them for awhile but haven't gotten a useful result yet still think they must have a purpose.

I saw the same thing, but I think it may be part of the font. The dots next to the two lls in "will" are identical.

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RAD24
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This looks interesting, I sent an email and got the same "The door will arrive soon." message.

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DreamOfTheRood
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I got that same email while I was church. Seems like the initial contact was to let us know that some ARGy stuff was going to go down in the future, but it's not here yet. I figure they'll get back to us ... whut

Oh check this out. Just got this from squarticus or whatever his name is.

Quote:
How do you open a locked door?

Even the tiniest of URLs matter...


We gotta look for a tinyurl.
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CarnageBlack
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Not much of significance.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Ran through an anagram solver.

Without the "D"
ti noll
till on
till no
to nill
toll in
ton ill
on till
noll ti
noll it
not ill
lilt on
lilt no
lin lot
lot nil
lot lin
ill ton
ill not
in toll
intl lo
it noll

With "D"
till nod
till don
tin doll
told nil
told lin
toll din
ton dill
old lint
nil told
nil dolt
nill dot
nit doll
nod till
nod lilt
noll dit
not dill
lilt nod
lilt don
lin told
lin dolt
lint old
lint dol
lot lind
ill dont
intl old
intl dol
dill ton
dill not
din toll
dol lint
doll tin
doll nit
dolt nil
dolt lin
dont ill
dot nill


Like I said, not too much there. As for the locked door, a key. Maybe the "E" pic was onto something.

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RAD24
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I just got that email that DreamOfTheRood did too, except mine only had the first line. I sent back "With a key" Laughing

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Tresbien
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You're probably right that the dots are part of the font. What made me question that is seeing most of the small dots to the right side of the letter except for the n. But it could be that the one between o and p in open is part of the p not the o.

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CarnageBlack
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Same here, but I also tossed on that "E" pic. Not sure if that'll help but I figured it wouldn't hurt.

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