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[PUZZLE] Possible code in "YOU AND YOUR EGO"

[BottomlessPitMan]

angry typing... no idea if it is a code or any thing... tried everything I know how to do to decode stuff... and got tons more crap... if this is a puzzle it is freakin' hard .

[jbd]

I imagine since all the puzzles we've seen so far have been fairly natural, this isn't a puzzle at all. Why would Ian stick a code in the angry typing of his unsent message?

[AnarchyBurger]

I honestly think it means something...Here are my reasons:

1. I think that code at the end is the most important part of the message.
2. I think that code is the reason the message exists in the drafts.
3. Notice how there is a comma after the first sentence, as if he is saying look at this code.
4. Its an ARG. normally odd little details like that mean something

Just my 2 cents...

[LordKinbote]

[Saint Cad]

[Nadif]

[Darkstar]

I thought this was a code when I saw it, but im lost as to how to solve it. If it is a code, its pretty hard for the first real puzzle in the game.

[Saint Cad]

[CDub]

[nivra]

substitution cipher?

[Saint Cad]

[ConcretePeanut]

First off, hi, I'm completely new to this, and as such will probably suck mightily.

Anyway, I've been looking at this thing for far too long now, and amongst my brain-scratchings have come up with a few ideas and bits of info-

1) The only numbers to appear are 0-5, which may have some significance - perhaps the vowel letters plus the pretend vowel (y)?

2) The person in question is a games designer, right? Perhaps the code is related to eitehr hexadecimal translation (looked into breifly and decided it was unlikely at best) or something to do with the ASCII codes. Long shot, but an idea nonetheless.

3) Of the non-alphanumeric characters, two are just 3 spaces from either end, suggesting a www.<address>.com layout. It might be worth noting that in reference to this, both '?' and '/' occupy the same key, and that key is next to '.'.

4) It could, along similar lines, be email-related, such as addy & password or two addresses. If there were an ASCII shift, this would makes sense as the 4 non-alphanumeric characters are in the right places both in the ciphertext and the ASCII chart - SPACE in ASCII standard is 32, whilst @ is 64. Possibly a coincidence but also a base 2 shift. Also, the characters are / ' SPACE and ?. which have the ASCII numbers 47,96,32,63, respectively. Adding 1 to the first and last gives a list of multiples of 8 (6x,12x,4x, and 8x). Once again, a lot of far-fetched speculation, but based on the fact that the person in question is a programmer/designer it isn't quite so crazed, at least in my opinion.


That's my 2 pence worth, anyway. Probably all off by miles, as I have no real backing in code-cracking as such, and am completely clueless as to the normal situation of things in ARGs.

Also, if anyone wants it, I've got a list of the relevant (and some other) ASCII characters letter/number frequencies, and a few other random notes.

[BottomlessPitMan]

the possiblities are limitless but I do like ^'s numero uno... and hex seems to always be needed when I'm not playing(but lurking) an ARG... hex-away charm... I'm not going to try touching ASCII... pretty nice stuff there... also join the club of newbies... and 2 pence is 4 cents... so we* owe you two cents now...?

_{by 'we' I mean unfiction}

edits for typographical errors...

[rowan]