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[Trailhead?] Endless Insanity
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[Trailhead?] Endless Insanity

I found this in a forum I lurk around in... seemed pretty cool.

www.endlessinsanity.blog.com

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:36 pm
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Maeyveria
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Joined: 26 Jun 2011
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wow,
this stuff seems rly interresting ._.
the youtube video :/

PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:49 am
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iRobotZombie
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Can't resist a bit of Base64 decoding.

26/6 post decoded
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bleedbleedbleedbleed

IWANTTOHURTYOU

HIREADERSDOYOUKNOWME

NOVARARITYADRENALEXVIOLETPROCESS
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:49 am
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JehosephatDostoevsky
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I'm intrigued. Will keep an eye on this, see how it develops.

FYI, base64 in the most recent post:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
YOU WILL LEARN TO BELIEVE

I WILL BREAK YOU

THE STRONGEST ARE THE FIRST TO FALL



some random thoughts: there's a LOT of references to various video games. I don't know if they're just using them as a common frame of reference, but one thing that did jump out at me: the events occur at 3:33 AM. I never played the game, but a friend of mine got freaked out by that number for a few weeks because of "Eternal Darkness" on the Gamecube. Apparently that number features heavily in the game. (And, of course, it's half of 666).

Also, in the very first post, there were some lines that looked like lyrics. Googling them led to a forum called "Within Hubris". I've never heard of it, but it seems fairly active? Googling "Within Hubris" led to a related facebook page, looks like it might have been an ARG? In which case, not sure if this is a spinoff or what
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:21 pm
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willowrain
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Within Hubris is the forum for the haunted majora's mask cartridge. I've mentioned this there with a time line that quoted some pieces, so It's more likely that they aren't related other than the discussion thread for it =) It seems that characters lurk in the shoutbox page, and they are releasing pictures and such with coding, and there are youtube videos that have sprung up as well.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:34 pm
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Jung
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New post (27/6) with code:
Quote:
41 52 45 59 4f 55 52 45 41 44 59 54 4f 50 4c 41 59 4d 59 47 41 4d 45 3f 59 4f 55 27 4c 4c 48 41 56 45 54 4f 57 4f 52 4b 4d 55 43 48 48 41 52 44 45 52 54 48 49 53 54 49 4d 45 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 77 41 69 74 2e 20 4e 4f 21 20 74 48 45 20 65 59 45 21 20 6d 41 4b 45 20 69 54 20 67 4f 20 41 57 61 59 21 20 70 4c 45 41 53 65 0d 0a 0d 0a 57 48 59 20 41 52 45 20 59 4f 55 20 44 4f 49 4e 47 20 54 48 49 53 3f 0d 0a 0d 0a 56 49 4f 4c 45 54 49 50 52 45 53 55 4d 45 3f


Decoded:
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HEX> AREYOUREADYTOPLAYMYGAME?YOU'LLHAVETOWORKMUCHHARDERTHISTIME.

wAit. NO! tHE eYE! mAKE iT gO AWaY! pLEASe

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

VIOLETIPRESUME?


Time to read all the blog posts carefully.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:47 am
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JehosephatDostoevsky
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Right, this ARG's moving at BREAKNECK speed. Most of the solving seems to be taking place on the blog's shoutbox, but everyone's stumped on this latest puzzle:

Quote:
mjiskBEujY2up7V3jYxpjYicsBqfk6xxh6/N37VpjYicsYjj0a+xh6+3mBigkYxwmYdpmYn8j7UujYqumon3hkVmmoYfk7iup7Yfk8Al3u


only hint:

Quote:
NOVAVIOLETADRENALRARITY

THATISYOURONLYCLUE. USEITWISELY.



It's been tried using 'novavioletadrenalrarity' as a key, result is:

Quote:
MXPSNOWROHOHWSRWXYCDXPSMXP? ORWXYCUU. MXPHOHWSSNOWROYCTJOWTONIHYOSNMXPHOHMXP?


looks like three sentence fragments - question, statement, question - the 'demon' setting the puzzles tends to have his words run together. so, that's where it's at, everyone's stumped - anyone got any ideas?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:13 am
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Lystella
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
YOU THINK I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT YOU? I KNOW ALL. YOU DIDNT THINK I WAS FINSIHED WITH YOU DID YOU?

I used subsitution. Typo as is based on the arrangement of letters it seems. Also, I added the spaces to make it easier to read.


PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:30 am
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Maeyveria
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hmm,new author seems to have been introduced

PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:18 pm
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Aesculapius
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://z13.invisionfree.com/EndlessInsanity/index.php?

New post gives a message board.... K.


Edit: Sicne this one seems to be about puzzles so far, realized what I said should be in spoilers. =p

Anyway, new step in whatever this is with the 4:44 puzzle.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:43 pm
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Lystella
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In reference to the Shoutbox on the blog:

Quote:
AdrenalEx: Be aware everybody.. that this chat is only for those conversation like yesterday (icecubes, videogames and stuff)...


PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:39 pm
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booba
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Feeling a bit dense today. What is the first step of decoding this with the keyword?

mjiskBEujY2up7V3jYxpjYicsBqfk6xxh6/N37VpjYicsYjj0a+xh6+3mBigkYxwmYdpmYn8j7UujYqumon3hkVmmoYfk7iup7Yfk8Al3u

PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:32 am
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another_pilot_dwn
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new post up.
http://endlessinsanity.blog.com/?p=94

PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:13 am
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Lystella
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booba wrote:
Feeling a bit dense today. What is the first step of decoding this with the keyword?

mjiskBEujY2up7V3jYxpjYicsBqfk6xxh6/N37VpjYicsYjj0a+xh6+3mBigkYxwmYdpmYn8j7UujYqumon3hkVmmoYfk7iup7Yfk8Al3u


According to the cipher thread on the their forum http://z13.invisionfree.com/EndlessInsanity/index.php?act=idx

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
de-cesar with NOVAVIOLETADRENALRARITY as password


PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:58 am
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posse
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This ARG is moving so fast I am not able to be a regular so I think I'll just stick what I come up with here.

The latest update in the cipher thread on the forum says something about a possible cipher in the initial blog entry from Requited Silence (http://endlessinsanity.blog.com/?p=81):
Quote:
A new head on the chopping block. - post by RS
NOT SOLVED
beaufcxzzz
pleaemevi2g
CanvaS tHree
(may possibly decode into "GOODLUCK", if someone finds out how, share asap)


I don't really know about a cipher, but it just looks to me that "CanvaS tHree" is an anagram for:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Cant Save Her


The rest still looks like gibberish to me, and even this small solve doesn't compare with the other kinds of ciphers that have come up recently, but will keep on lurking. Smile

PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:00 am
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