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natas
PHP Ninja
Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 3177 Location: Northwest Indiana
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?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:33 am
Rev_g00d
Decorated
Joined: 24 Jul 2009 Posts: 156 Location: Ohio
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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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:43 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
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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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:54 am
grindboy
Decorated
Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 220 Location: Plymouth, UK
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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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:29 pm
CarnageBlack
Unfettered
Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 548 Location: Chicago
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:36 pm
grindboy
Decorated
Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 220 Location: Plymouth, UK
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 (There is only one result when it is searched for on google with quotes)
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:55 pm
Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:07 pm
grindboy
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Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 220 Location: Plymouth, UK
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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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:09 pm
degravedi
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Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 1458 Location: New Orleans
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:10 pm
RAD24
Entrenched
Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 795 Location: Behind the wall
This looks interesting, I sent an email and got the same "The door will arrive soon." message.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:13 pm
DreamOfTheRood
Unfettered
Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 714 Location: Indiana
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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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:17 pm
CarnageBlack
Unfettered
Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 548 Location: Chicago
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:19 pm
RAD24
Entrenched
Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 795 Location: Behind the wall
I just got that email that DreamOfTheRood did too, except mine only had the first line. I sent back "With a key"
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:20 pm
Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:20 pm
CarnageBlack
Unfettered
Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 548 Location: Chicago
Same here, but I also tossed on that "E" pic. Not sure if that'll help but I figured it wouldn't hurt.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:21 pm
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