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[docwho2100]

Looks like project 1 was accepted and project 2 opens August 22

http://www.acoustic-distortion.com/internforums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25

[Tadao]

Oh wow, that's pretty cool! I went back and checked the email and it's totally Stephen Miller <Steve>;

[Tadao]

Ok still think PyroPuzzles leads nowhere though. I'm a little worried that his puzzle might blow me up though. He's an interesting guy. You can see the connection between Pyro-Puzzle-Fire. The beggining show looks a lot like Junkyard Wars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ichmtunL8pI

[suncrusher]

Nice work on project 2. I have been trying to make sense of the frequencies mentioned in Journal 2. 440hz is standard musical tuning for "A" as in A440. I have been unable to draw any other conclusions around 84hz and 5780hz.

I also keep thinking there is something hiding within the message itself. Something about the wording almost seems forced...

Just thinking out loud.

Still no word from @PhdRipley or @NotthatWatson.

[docwho2100]

[docwho2100]

[Tadao]

I like how Watson found us on Google + at first I suspected another player messing with us, but Watson is using a picture I've not seen on his twitter page. Interesting picture BTW.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/115616725558073777313/photos/photo/6051153835530107890?pid=6051153835530107890&oid=115616725558073777313

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAW_80

[Tadao]

[suncrusher]

So based on what I have read of the facebook posts between Ripley and Watson it would appear we are in fact deciphering Ripley's notes on his tests for ADI. It also appears as though they have done something with him as his absence suggests.

Is everyone on board with continuing to help ADI wit this process? I am concerned about giving information regarding something that Ripley said "mankind is not ready for".

Would anyone consider feeding them inaccurate information?

[docwho2100]

So in journal 1 this is a title then, not someone else referring to it?

from journal 1 - experimental archaeological
research by dr roger ripley based on
finds recovered during kremlin
tunnels expedition in may twenty
fourteen

also as spoiler - the two facebook profiles

[altreluser1]

Just joined the game and must confess to being a little lost. I thought I read the discussions thoroughly for each project, but I must have missed the part where it's explained how ADI and ARE were found as keys. ADI could just be a lucky guess, but ARE?

sorry if I seem slow. also - glad there's more to the game than "translating" lol!

[hyphen]

The journal entries after the first one have been encrypted through a keyed Caesar shift before being changed into the Alchemy font.
I think that site can probably explain it better than I can! xD

[arthurdent11389]

[hyphen]

I agree with your point about keeping the info private, arthurdent11389, and I was actually debating posting the keys listing here instead of on the forums they provided. However, I don't know if everyone participating is reading these forums...

Hopefully the higher ups in the company don't bother to look at much except the solutions we post!

[The Grim Axel]

Missing person, A shady company, keyed ciphers, hidden messages, QR Codes, SCIENCE! This seems to be ramping up to quite be quite the ride. In an effort to get my head straight, I'm gunna try and recap the timeline of events so far.

Having read a bit more through Facebook, I'm not entirely sure we can discount Pyro Puzzles involvement in all this just yet. So I resend my earlier statement.

Early May 2014 -
Dr. Ripley starts investegating Kremlin tunnels in search of Ivan the Terrible's Lost Library, inspired by the work of Ignatius Yakovlevich Stelletskii.

Johnathan Watson joins the team at Pyro Puzzles.

Late May 2014 -
Dr. Ripley discovers the Library and gathers samples, including 3 large, strange looking crystals.

Mid June 2014 -
John sends Dr. Ripley a prototype from Pyro Puzzle and connects Dr. Ripley to Jane Chisholm from ADI.

John Watson is offered a job opportunity 'across the pond.' Given John's interest in drones and flying objects, along with his game history on Facebook (myVEGAS slots, etc.) and his pictures of Vegas casinoes on Twitter, it can be infered that he works at Area 51. ( )

Late June 2104 -
ADI agrees to fund Dr. Ripley's research with the condition that he sign over all Intellectual Property Rights and allow ADI to commercially exploit the findings.

Early July 2014 -
Watson heads of to Nevada to begin his work.

Early August 2014 -
Watson visits Dr. Ripley's house to find it ransacked and empty.

Another interesting find, there is a comment on John's FB post by Dr. Ripley that was edited on the 14th of August. However, Watson found that Ripley's house was ransacked on the 7th. The edit itself removes a mention of ADI and it's CEO from the comment.

It seems that either, ADI has kidnapped and is holding Dr. Ripley hostage, or has somehow disposed of him and taken over his accounts. Personally, I think he's being held hostage and is attempting to communicate with us via the cipher keys and QR code.

As such, I think it would be best to not post that information on the ADI forums at all. There have been several posts from ADI staff saying we should focus on just the translations of the pages, and to move other discussion off the site. I see this as a firm hint from the PM's that we're receiving info that should be kept secret from ADI staff.

I understand that some players may not have found this forum, or the G+ page yet, however, we may be putting a major character at risk by trying to accommodate new players. Personally, I've put a link to this Thread in my signature at ADI.