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Ehsan · Entrenched Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992

[PUZZLE] paintover.net

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:42 am

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

paintover

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:50 am

Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

The ARGN MU graveyard for paintover just has that one picture? Aww. It's too bad the "book" is offline now.

Also, what does ventimiglia mean? Google informs me that it has something to do with Catholicism and Italy, but what's the MU connection?

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:00 am

Ehsan · Entrenched Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992

For those who didn't play Mu, the paintover puzzles were a seriers of pictures posted every once in a while, which lead to a group of files.

Certain elements in the image would always lead as to a group of files. There would be some text which is a quote with a missing word, and some imagery. The background would give us the URL or the subfolder. For example, if the picture was of a flower and the missing word was bees, you would look in /flower/bees.txt
Then you need a username and password. The username is the person who said the quote, and the password is another element of the image.

Now what I have so far:
username: Vincent van Gogh (or part of the name)
filename: line.extension

What we're missing: subfolder and password

Elements to decipher: The latin text on top of the image, what the actual image is, and the little symbols on the border of the image.

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:21 am

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

observations

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:28 am

Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

Because I'm sad about the original being gone:
(there were lots of other pictures, but this is the only one I have with the whole page visible, for pretty comparison purposes.)

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:31 am

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

text

Caterpillar

Ehsan · Entrenched Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992

Re: text

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:54 am

Caterpillar

Is there a certain ext associated with this fellow?

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:59 am

GWing_02

Ooo, the puzzles are getting really MU-ish now. Very Happy

Hmm, why does it say "A Totallers.Nonsense Production. Copyright � 2004" with "Totallers.Nonsense" in lighter words at the bottom? Must mean something.

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 3:29 am

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Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

It's an anagram of lessonstolearn.net. (Like "Tavern Pointe" was an anagram of paintover.net)

Here's the solve to the pic I posted:
(ah, this isn't a working link, but I'm not sure how to unlink it...)

http://www.theaquapolis.com/urchin/carelessly.*
(where * is all sorts of file extensions)

Aqua (watery stuff, sea urchins) + policeman guy = aquapolis

urchin because of the sea urchins in the background

Carelessly = missing word from the quote.

The quote is said by Cassius, so that was the username. The password was urchin.

(also, someone else needs to explain Oct. 1st now. The memories are still too painful. Very Happy

Aaaanndd now I've got stuck in my head, "I have a picture, taken so long ago...")

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:00 am

Ehsan · Entrenched Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:33 am

krystyn

Maybe I should wear a Zorro mask during this thread, in order to keep from experiencing violence towards my person.

Meep. Steve, do you still have my back?

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:49 am

Muffin

And just to rub it in, the title on the www.lessonstolearn.net page is now 'eye see'.

Oh how I laughed.

Muffin glares at Zorro and her mocking avatar!

Very Happy

does anyone have a list of extensions? can't remember them off the top of my head... (did search but was distracted by symbols)

The original picture had Blockobats font in - have had a look but I don't think its the same, ergo we either crypto it, or find the font!

**Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:47 am