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ads123 · Veteran Joined: 12 Nov 2012 Posts: 85

Don't wish to derail this topic further but as I was the one who originally brought it up I'd like to put my ideas in the mix.
I do believe that the videos being deleted / unlisted is not because of a second stage, it is just because we found the account.
However, I also don't believe that this was 'cheating'. There are some ways to cheat in ARGs such as brute-forcing solutions rather than following the puzzle but analysing source code is a common ARG convention. This is simply how I found the vimeo account. In all honesty, the videos should have been unlisted from the beginning. There is a difference between cheating and doing something that the PM did not intend. I wish to be as fair to the PM as possible (especially as this could be their first attempt at something like this) and so I was not sure if that solution was legitimate, as the PM intended (I used the word cheaty but that was a poor choice of words), and that is why I did preface the solution by saying I would be happy if someone could find a legitimate, as intended, solution. Now that they have, I have removed the link from my post just in order to stick to the PMs intended way of solving the puzzles.

**Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2016 5:34 pm

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

Maybe calling it "cheating" is a bit much but i do think its definitely playing with that boundry, doesnt matter anyway since the videos have been unlisted

**Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2016 6:09 pm

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

http://www.nationsquid.com/honeylocust.html has changed, I dont know if this makes it easier because i've got no idea how to translate it but my best guess i assume he knows somepeople (possibily us) have gotten that far and are having trouble decoding it. I came to that because he knows people had his vimeo so he'd surely know they're progress

**Posted:** Sun Jul 17, 2016 11:50 am

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

EnCt2e1d2a4e507d419920fad65906a092426c3816abfe1d2a4e507d419920fad65906dUH8AJAzQIEiT9zhVdnnrhEIW0BjHl4TGahm11apg==IwEmS the code from the tea video

looks like an encryption from encipher.it needs a password to decrypt my guess is "row ten no spaces" is a hint on how to get it

Edit: Had the wrong code

**Posted:** Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:12 pm

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

anyone found anything? i haven't found anything new since lillyofthevalley

**Posted:** Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:40 pm

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

Made a discord group about nationsquidwith someone from reddit. https://discord.gg/kRxjV join if you want, expires in 24 hours though

**Posted:** Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:58 pm

Knife7 · Boot Joined: 22 Jun 2016 Posts: 12

Ok, for those of you who didn't come to the discord chat last night. We received a mysterious photo from a user named "s us". We aren't sure if he's a gamejack or an actual element in the game. However, we'll take what we can get. here are the photos:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/204798956939509761/205181009619189760/4b8aabeb956c235ef89d6ae0d29d302d.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/204798956939509761/205181157824790529/photofunny.net__final_203278964117_.jpg

https://images-2.discordapp.net/.eJwNyEsSgyAQANG7sJef48B4mRQiohUVIphFUrl7WPWr_rL72tnI1lpzGYWYt-LTNfNS0-Vi4DGluAeXt8J9OoSr1fn1CGctQkswZGlA6mmQZFC1NSirJYLqodegNQhlERZpXKdaOsBl6kha3zRJIMRJ2eXxycW8n_l84c3zGdnvDyyQLYY._hcBhwUlLmYyWl4R1Zbgjur18Vo.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/204798956939509761/205184372230324225/b079ca94-9891-4507-a257-7a35eda14f33_2.png

each version was edited by the people with the discord chat. We're not yet sure what role they play, where they are from, or whether or not s us is a game element. Also we're still trying to figure the passcode to the tea video, so that angle is still in our sights.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:48 am

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

Just so people know i think we can be fairly sure s us has something to do with nationsquid. He joined the voice chat and played a number of cryptic audio message which sounded like this which would fit in with themes from his other videos (early 1910-30's song like 50-70's ads etc. along with the picture we recieved) Heres the new link for the group. https://discord.gg/SVfvU i'd encourage you to join because most likely anything we find will be posted infrequentley if at all

**Posted:** Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:38 pm

Crepes · Boot Joined: 21 Jul 2016 Posts: 67

I just heard of NationSquid a day ago. So far this is pretty freaky!

**Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:34 pm

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

**Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:45 pm

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

new link just incase anyone else decides they want to join https://discord.gg/CgPMY

**Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:35 pm

Knife7 · Boot Joined: 22 Jun 2016 Posts: 12

Ok guys here's an update. We solved the tea1 code which led us to this page:

www.nationsquid.com/915003291531.html

this video led us back to the lillyofthevalley page so now we're back at square one but with some new leads.

we got an American phone number: 323-929-6990

and our resident audiophile free zi ng found a code at the beginning of the video: 891559

Calling the phone number above yields a creepy ass voice message with a woman screaming "help me" while another code is stated in the background.

we all agree that the code is probably 962105 but the numbers are somewhat hard to pickout so be sure to pursue your own findings.

my theory on the codes is that they are hex color codes but I am not sure.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:14 am

Leviathanz · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2016 Posts: 21

New page discovered by yours truely http://www.nationsquid.com/8159113.html download is of a picture of a family, I suggest you join the group

**Posted:** Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:57 am