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[MasterSpike]

Gnomeatic Posted a Gnomic Service Announcement and it has some QR codes. The one on the the right QR says:

[amandel]

Welcome to uF. Both of the QR codes should decode at Zxing which I'm showing offline atm.

It's a whimsical player submission so I'll just spoiler the left one:

[MasterSpike]

Thanks. So they're pretty much pointless... haha

[teh_lisa]

I am sending GC on his way tomorrow. He has made a new friend that insists on going with him. Please welcome Gnomad Blackwell III. He is a mushroom farmer.

[amandel]

teh_lisa: Saw your Gnomer pics. Wager GC had a blast with you. Sorry that you're now Gnome Alone. G'Nite y'all.

[Nighthawk]

So I've been out of town for a week, but I'm back. What'd I miss? Where is the little one now?

[shrtyscott3]

The PMs want us to solve the puzzle soon. New post by Gnomeatic via Gnomer:

[vapor]

Ok here is an update for Nighthawk and whoever else couldn't make it to the chat.

Gnomeatic tweeted that chat was open. Link pointed to the login screen found on IFILR. Entering the password provided brought us to chatsolutions and a secure chat channel. Gnomeatic, Vick and a gnome named Newell were there. They said they were going to try to infiltrate the IFILR office but didn't have much of a plan. There was a guard at the door holding a baseball bat (presumably with it's mouth). Vick brought a static generating device but when he turned it on it shocked him and he dropped it. He then brought out a sock to disguise himself and walked up to the guard and started a conversation. He told the guard that he forgot the password to the coded key lock on the door. The sock guard, who we found out was named Garibaldi then dropped a piece of paper and said it was a clue to opening the door. Gnomeatic posted a video and picture of the paper http://gnomer.ifilr.org/IMG066.jpg . We then spent the rest of the time trying to figure out the puzzle. Gnomeatic provided a couple of clues. He said that the third picture is a hat or cap (military style). He also hinted that he thought the puzzle (or maybe one of the pictures) related somehow to Garibaldi or revolutionaries.

So here is a pretty complete list of three letter words http://www.yak.net/kablooey/scrabble/3letterwords.html Not every definition for every word is provided but using Ctrl+F to find "shoe" I think I was able to find a match for the first picture. I think it is a Balmoral which is often called a Bal. I looks pretty close, anyway. So that would give us

b[al] - [ax]e
[ha]t/[ca]p - t[nt]/p[en]
[ho]g - p[ot]

as our best guesses so far.

[MasterSpike]

I'm just guessing. Couldn't the the picture on the bottom right also be Bal for the balaclava, or ski as in ski mask. And maybe the picture in the middle right could be cig as in Cigar.

[MasterSpike]

[MasterSpike]

So I found a list that shows revolutionaries it will be helpful.

Also I have some possible answers:

[snorkle256]

wow and here I was thinking that the letters would be used in a code on a keypad for the door, but the revolutionaries thing kinda blows my thinking out the door.

[MasterSpike]

Yeah I know what you mean.

[vapor]

Nice work, MasterSpike. So I may have come up with the solution

Using the first three letters of the corresponding revolutionary's last name I got

A[LL] - [TR]O
? - G[AR]
[GU]E - M[AR]

AO?GEM

Using that and accounting for possible mismatches in revolutionary names, I've deduced that the passcode is probably

[MasterSpike]

Cool, now it looks like a possible answer. Let's wait and see what gnomeatic says.