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[TRAILHEAD] Watchers of the Flow
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notgordian
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[TRAILHEAD] Watchers of the Flow
Formerly "Long String of Numbers Says Lives Are At Stake"

I got an IM from "576683922" linking to http://rapidshare.com/files/277074403/hex.txt.html

Longstringofnumbers (that's my not-so-short nickname for the person) said "this is something that needs to be put together", followed by the comment that "Lives hang in the balance".

EDITED to reflect a more appropriate name for the game

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:50 am
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Nighthawk
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Can't download the file: session keeps expiring.

Can you attach it here?


*EDIT* Holy hell, a 2.7Mb TEXT FILE?!?

Uh... can you try to attach it here? Smile
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I Am The End Of The World
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This is MASSIVE.

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I Am The End Of The World
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Interesting..

If you plug the code into a hex decoder..the answer is already given to you at the side..

It doesn't decode right.. but the first line for example gives you PK.....x&;
Which is what it says in the far column..

All of the lines do that.
Strange.

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Nighthawk
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The "PK" file prefix is used in ZIP files.

Try renaming it to ZIP, then decompressing it.


*EDIT*

Got the file and... What the hell are we supposed to do with this?

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
It's a ZIP file with two files in it, "endgame.wav" and "package.gif". I only know that by reading through the hex, which is not in a format that can readily be converted to ZIP.

I might have to write a program to do it. *sigh...*

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I Am The End Of The World
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Nighthawk wrote:
The "PK" file prefix is used in ZIP files.

Try renaming it to ZIP, then decompressing it.


*EDIT*

Got the file and... What the hell are we supposed to do with this?

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
It's a ZIP file with two files in it, "endgame.wav" and "package.gif". I only know that by reading through the hex, which is not in a format that can readily be converted to ZIP.

I might have to write a program to do it. *sigh...*



Took the words right out of my mouth...

part of it translates to endgame.wav..
when googled it just brings up a link to download the new Megadeth Album.."End Game"

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notgordian
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LongStringofNumbers wrote back, and said a bunch of vague stuff about being caught in a recursive loop and how the Doctor Who episode "Blink" could help.

".... segmented....humm.... that's an idea.... I could try..... watch Dr. Who and find the website. I have an Idea..."

Also, Wiser already got the zip in chat -- I'll pull up the link in a second.

EDIT: and linked. http://randomlywise.com/misc/hex-converted.zip

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Nighthawk
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You're lucky I'm quick...
Package.gif
 Description   
 Filesize   13.91KB
 Viewed   122 Time(s)

Package.gif

Endgame.wav
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wav

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Filename  Endgame.wav 
Filesize  11.51MB 
Downloaded  108 Time(s) 
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thebruce
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package.gif is a Maxicode qr code variant, btw. At this moment I don't have a decoder though
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Lovely Luke
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Ok, here's my best transcription of the .wav. could be totally wrong but it's what I hear.


*fumbles with mic*
You did it.
Light (could be white)
Held (or powered) by the artifacts of the past
And it's a test (???)
I... because, because you can be trusted. I know you.
I come not (or I could not) (from the?) (???)
Yes, there is a price, and it took us a (lot?) to Figure it out.
you, how do you (???)
I can't say, sorry.
For now, but this is not over.
I know that I'll need you in the future.
You got this right, you can do it again.
Call me (Vega?) ( thank you?)

I'll try to clean up the recording and see if I can get it any clearer.

EDIT: I'm messing around with the audio and getting it a bit cleaner, so the transcription above is likely to change a lot. bear with me and once I have it all cleaned up, I'll upload it for you to hear.

Edit 2: Ok file is here.
endgame.mp3
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mp3

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:30 am
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Nighthawk
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BTW, how did you guys get the file in ZIP format?

I had to write a program to convert the text to binary. Took me 10 minutes, but still... Razz

ETA: I can't find a MaxiCode decoder online anywhere.
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Leyton Stone
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Interesting will check on this more tomorrow.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:47 pm
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notgordian
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Yeah, I was avoiding posting this because it makes me look like an ass. I wasn't in the best of moods last night.

I don't think it'll help much, but transcript is attached.
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Syncopal
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notgordian wrote:
Yeah, I was avoiding posting this because it makes me look like an ass. I wasn't in the best of moods last night.

I don't think it'll help much, but transcript is attached.


LOL!! Sorry... I didnt realize is was chat... I don't think it makes you look like an ass at all... and yea I dont think it will help much either...

However after reading it, it sounds like the second time 'numbers' talked to you they were worried about knowing what they talked to you about the first time... and that 'knowing' what was going to happen was a problem... time paradox maybe?

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