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Thunderwolf
Unfettered
Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 419 Location: The Sprawl
Gah. What is it with me and ROT? I always skim over the obvious. Good work enaxor.
_________________"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:18 pm
operator0013
Boot
Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 62
aahh!! I actually tried them both singularly didn't think to string them together.
It's the near misses that get under your skin the most.
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:22 pm
Makani
Guest
* de-spammified. SEO this ~thebruce
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:36 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Saranna has updates on both her Tarot blog and a PW protected entry on her Hidden Cards blog which is below:
_________________ "I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:53 am
Thunderwolf
Unfettered
Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 419 Location: The Sprawl
I've found a bug of sorts - I have subscribed to the hidden blog and get email updates when a new entry is posted. The updates contain the text of the blog post - even if said post is password protected. So I get the full text of "The Cards Say..." without even realising it had a password on it.
_________________"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:15 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
When it rains... Saranna's Tarot blog now has two updates & the "Update" entry contains these letters:
DDFDWBTKIIORIAHOHIUHSSNBAMVAUIFTIHGGEYISNSEINEOTTH (solve below)
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Startied to make a grid and found this message (so it's likely a railfence cipher)
DAVID HAS FOUND HIS WIFE BUT I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BETRAY HIM
D D F D W B T K I I O R I
A H O H I U H S S N B A M
V A U I F T I H G G E Y
I S N S E I N E O T T H
_________________ "I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:48 pm
yellowmazine
Boot
Joined: 09 Mar 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Toronto, ON
E-mail from Saranna Catching up on the story I received this in my inbox today -- I've been busy and out of the loop this week:
"I know where David is. He has found his wife and she is planning to betray him. They want me to hand him over. They now have several people helping them:
http://pimca.org
http://iwascharlottebronte.com
These people cannot be trusted, and I need you to do anything you can to help me protect David."
So, I need to choose one or the other?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:17 pm
mycroft7
Decorated
Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 202 Location: England
another post on the TBS main page:
Quote:
...from David. Actually, a series of texts. I need to find him and warn him.
Here are the texts:
1066-1087
1216-1272
1327-1377
1377-1399
1422-1461
1483-1485
1509-1547
1558-1603
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
these look like they will all relate to the reigns of various kings and queens of england. i haven't looked them all up but the last is definitely elizabeth 1 and the first is definitely william the conqueror.
EDIT
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the dates are for:
william 1
henry 3
edward 3
richard 2
henry 6
richard 3
henry 8
elizabeth 1
which could give us WHERHRHE (anagram of where hrh? - buckingham palace?)
or 13326381 as a coded clue.
or might not be anything that simple
_________________this revolution is faceless
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:47 pm
yellowmazine
Boot
Joined: 09 Mar 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Toronto, ON
Length of reigns? For the above, I am playing with the idea that the length of the periods of time might also be useful. But this is just an initial idea and I am playing with this still. I am also scanning wikipedia to see if there is anything else connecting these monarchs.
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:21 pm
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Update: Pimca has left comments on both of Saranna's blogs:
Pimca on The Hidden Cards blog wrote:
David's wife is not working for us, but we are closing in. It's only a matter of time, Saranna. You can't hide from us.
and
Pimca on The Tarot blog wrote:
If I were you, I'd be careful who I shared information with.
_________________ "I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:31 am
yellowmazine
Boot
Joined: 09 Mar 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Toronto, ON
David's last message I might be way off here:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the dates are for:
william 1
henry 3
edward 3
richard 2
henry 6
richard 3
henry 8
elizabeth 1
which could give us WHERHRHE (anagram of where hrh? - buckingham palace?)
or 13326381 as a coded clue.
or might not be anything that simple
I think it might be the final digits in a UK phone number. In London, after the area code, the digits for individual phone numbers are usually eight digits. The trick, then, is figuring out what the area code is precisely and, possibly, calling David (or Saranna doing so).
I am contacting Saranna to throw my idea out there -- I am in Canada, so testing the theory by phone is not really possible for me to do.[/spoiler]
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:27 am
mycroft7
Decorated
Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 202 Location: England
i've contacted saranna as well to ask if she can help me throw some more light on this.
she is obviously worried about david and the shadowy PIMCA organisation have raised the stakes - making a play to find him through enlisting other people. we know he is in london somewhere and i suppose we had better find out where pretty quick, so that we can pass the news on to saranna who seems to be his only hope of escape. plot definitely thickens.
mycroft
_________________this revolution is faceless
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:56 pm
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Update at TBS and at IWCB with the msg "We have David now" where there's a hyperlink to Pimca who are Hiring Soon.
_________________ "I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:26 pm
cherrytree98765
Entrenched
Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 849
So who's the lucky duck who cracked the last cipher?
I'm guessing that means someone on Team Life got the info.
I'll make sure to try to get hired by PIMCA.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:48 pm
mycroft7
Decorated
Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 202 Location: England
i'm not sure that the last clue was cracked by a player - there's no message from any of us (Team Life) on the other thread concerning this.
it's possible that david's being picked up is a PM strategy to move the game along? i had been corresponding with saranna to try to get her to give me a clue as to his whereabouts, and a couple of her replies suggested that it was only a matter of hours before PIMCA found david - which sounded at the time as if that was how the story would develop whether we found him or not.
the other connected game (I Was Charlotte Bronte) seems to be on a temporary hiatus - possibly because it has served its purpose in bringing the two groups together in the hunt for david. so now the only obvious open line is the PIMCA website which states that they will be recruiting agents shortly. i will await an application form,
mycroft
_________________this revolution is faceless
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:43 am
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