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Zockerfreak112 · Greenhorn Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Posts: 6

Oh, I didn't notice these are the same chinese letters. I thought these were different letters after the first file/case appeared.

Does the progress bar progress at a different speed now? 10 hours ago 7% were finished, it took about 12 hours for these 7% I think. Now the bar raised by 8 percent points in just 10 hours. I expected it to take another 12 hours to be at 14%.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:09 am

aklreaxmer · Veteran Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 78

Yeah it seems to be going even faster now. It raised 12% in the last 3-4 hours (now at 26%).

**Posted:** Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:46 pm

MrToasty

New tweets including an updated image:

**Posted:** Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:39 am

Zockerfreak112 · Greenhorn Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Posts: 6

A new case file is available. Reading it and watching the video enlightens us. We now know that UH3 is another machine being examined.

Please watch the video before you go on reading my post, I will try to summarize the video.

**Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:38 am

Bartock

Apparently we are intruding in the system and we have been detected. System lockdown is currently at 5%.

Also OT, but this is reminding me strongly of the SCP Foundation. You can lose yourself for hours in that if you are interested.

**Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:22 pm

Zockerfreak112 · Greenhorn Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Posts: 6

Are we the intruders? Or the machines? Or something different?

I don't know much about SCP, I just read some cases and know the games Containment Breach and the so-called "Staircase Simulator" (I think there are two versions).

About the chinese letters:

First letter:
http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E5%A4%A9/1314989
(sky, weather, fall, day, season)

Second:
http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E9%AB%98/1304786
(tall, high, senior)

Third:
http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E7%9A%87/1306439
(emperor)

Forth:
http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E5%B8%9D/1303178
(god, empreror, imperialism)

Fifth:
http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E8%BF%9C/1318794
(far, distant)

Now it's getting really interesting!

When I put these letters together and translate them, I get 3 possible meanings:
http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E5%A4%A9%E9%AB%98%E7%9A%87%E5%B8%9D%E8%BF%9C/41487
天高皇帝远

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away"
"One may do whatever he wants without limitation"
"There is no help for something"

Wow, that's super interesting. I'd say the machines or AI is not from earth. Maybe a whole empire of machines exist. But we don't know whether the machines reproduce themselves or are just constructions of organic lifeforms.

What do you think?

**Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:08 pm

skotona · Kilroy Joined: 07 Oct 2013 Posts: 1

**Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:39 pm

MrToasty

Nice skotona! Almost completely missed that with brightness turned down on my monitor.

**Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:18 pm

GlitchTybalt · Boot Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 64 Location: Dallas, Texas

Ok, so my security and encryption background is somewhat limited. I'm more academic in my pursuits, so Viginere and Atbash are more my cup of tea. That being said, we're dealing with PGP, or Pretty Good Privacy.

This is an interesting encryption method, as it requires a public and private key to function. To explain:

Dude A wants to send a private message to Gal B.
Gal B posts her Public key.
Dude A encrypts his message using the Public Key, and sends it to Gal B.
Gal B uses her private key to decrypt the message.

It's a very solid encryption method. So, that leads us to this unfortunate bit of news:

We don't have a public key. This ciphertext is next to useless to us, until we get a key. Maybe it's buried somewhere? OH GOD WHAT IF IT'S STENOGRAPHED INTO ONE OR SEVERAL OF THE PICTURES NO I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT

But yeah.
TL;DR: Shit's private, yo. We need more stuff to decrypt this message.

**Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:13 pm

_________________
"So, Glitch, tell me why you're late for work AGAIN?"

"Well, sir, I had to try to figure out why a development company in atlanta is building generators in old loft apartments. And something about ghosts."

*blank stare*

twisterxiz

Well going off of what Skotona showed us with the hint:

**Posted:** Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:19 am

Greystone · Unfettered Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 373

SQUEAL, little piggies, SQUEAL!
I found the connection.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:40 pm

SeriToolsDE

Could you please explain it further? I don't see how soma is connected to Amnesia:AMFP.

EDIT: Oh, by the way. The official game website is online: http://www.somagame.com/

EDIT: "Terminal locked" on somasystems. Redirects to somagame.com. Seems to be over (for now). Sad

http://frictionalgames.blogspot.de/2013/10/soma-officially-revealed.html

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:48 am

calivica

The "Files" page is there, with the files already unlocked and the ones missing. The game is to be released in 2015... there's a long time to continue the ARG. I hope...

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:15 am

Zockerfreak112 · Greenhorn Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Posts: 6

"Don't trust Raznik. He's an imposter.", as twisterxiz already posted.

Did you already watch the trailer? Did you notice what the name of the (dead?) man in the video was?
Right. His name is Raznik.

I really hope the ARG continues until the release date.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:43 pm

SeriToolsDE

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 2:30 pm