Yeah, it’s gotta be a fence bolt.

Edit: double post

That's what I mean by "The Muds you didn't rescue are getting firing squad-ed"

Those are his armpits

Yeah, I see how the Glukkons could be trying to deter further rebellion by punishing surviving Mudokons of the Rupture Farms incident.

Nope, Nope, Nope. Don't say that! :confused:

The waiting for it is killing me softly.
What if the cleaned up Pic turns all theories into dust? :<

:D hahaha, I said that yesterday!
This thread is moving to quickly, info and ideas are getting lost:fuzgrin:

We're fast as lightning! Be patient, perhaps the theories couldnt be true at the end, but they could also be for real. Don't be optimistic or pessimistic

Pshh, I thought OWI were gonna clean up our image, and now they're having us squint at a crumpled up low quality like we'll know the answers. Buncha chumps

The essence of a good ARG is to have people on the hunt confused as hell as often as possible.

Do you think that when we save ED he'll be... savED eheheheh

So this is the image they are using on the main site as the "in progress" picture.

https://i.imgur.com/t7wvn1B.png

Is it just me or does anyone else see a face-type thang going on on the right hand side sort of overlayed over the actual image? I cranked the contrast up to try and see it better.

edit: now outlined in red, head&body ?

I think that if he doesn't provide us with better hints, he might end up... dED hahah

Well, they've certainly succeeded, then!

You can see a horizontal slice of the "010101BB" in the top right quarter of the picture

EDIT: Could he be holding his assigned Jackhammer bit? (bottom right corner)

http://d3d71ba2asa5oz.cloudfront.net...co-10157_1.jpg

I read these in Ralli Englanti everytime :goof:
Same with Kapteeni13 haha

You know the stitching on the bottom of piece 7393-AN could be stitching on his loincloth or something but its hard to determine the head to spine to hop alignment with how the pics are crumpled and similar shades of color hard to tell what's attached and what's not

You could be onto something there, my friend.

There's a substantial chunk missing and the shape of this piece seems to fit the void.

I started trying to see how well I could get the pieces to fit by messing with the perspective of each piece, as the photos were each taken at different angles.

Then I started thinking that he's staring so attentively that I wondered "at what or at whom is this Mud looking?"

Edit: picture refuses to display; here's a Drive link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...0I3NlFkNnE1N1E

It's pretty bent out of shape but the piece would fit.

Furthermore, Kalhiki pointed out something he spotted and I agree with him; I see a thumb and below it a pale or bucket of some sort.
I've circled the thumb in the attachment.

Edit: I now notice that the "locked" image from the Soulstorm site is actually the top portion of 1029-LY

Just to chip in here (didn't read the next 2 pages yet). In Exoddus there was a short clip where Mudokons were being enticed by Brew and then imprisoned. With Exoddus being rushed as it was, I can imagine that scene and that particular concept being expanded upon heavily to the point where we might see camps full of Mudokons ready to be shipped off to wherever they are needed/sold to.

Yes! I definitely see that thumb! Actually, if you look at the left portion of 1029-LY you can see a shape that may be a neck/back of a head. I think the Mud in front of the one clearly shown may be pulling whatever that box-like shape is at the bottom of 9394-AL and 5574-PH. Mine cart maybe?

Lol! I'm originally from the UK, but I'm living in Finland for now :fuzgrin:

Hey guys huge oddworld fan here. Have all the games on every platform and I forgot the password for my last account. I just thought I would weigh in some questions with you much better users of photoshop out there. Just wondering has anybody figured out what that thing in the top left is. I may just be delusional but I personally see Lady Margaret up there. Anyway if that is a missile the mudokon is holding. I wonder what's it for? Can't wait to see the cleaned up image. Also love the community with these games. Some of the theories you guys are saying are brilliant. And the fast response is astounding. Great work guys.

Will try my own shot at a sketch
while trying to find out new things =)
this game is going to be daaaark

damn i hope so :p

Ah! I can just make out a potential neck area.
And I think you may be right with the cart. Looks as if the hand is holding the side/back of the cart. But there does seem to be some sort of round barrel-ish thing inside of it. Keg of Soulstorm? Or if the Rupture Farms theories are correct, one of the barrels from there?

Took a good look at the photos in an attempt to identify writing & consolidate the findings. Please let me know if you see something I've missed!

I suspect on 1020-LY there is a ? after the writing but I couldn't make it out so I disregarded it.

e: added the 7676-AL with the x scratched into it (thx OrangeLightning)

Looks good to me! The only other thing that 'may' be important is that X mark in 7676-AL. It doesn't look like it was caused by the rumpling of the photo, and it looks deliberately scratched in, but I wonder why? At first I thought it may have been an 'x marks the spot' type thing where we were supposed to investigate that piece a bit closer, but comparatively to the rest of them that piece has very little going on in it. Then I thought maybe it may signify something to do with it's name. Like maybe 7676-AL will be important down the line. Could be anything really! But I think the fact that it was deliberately scratched in should be noted at least haha

Wow, you guys have all done a fantastic job with this. I, too, am not usually handy with codes and stuff like this, but it is exciting to even just watch the process.

That said, I just wanted to throw something out there about the content of the image itself. I'm more in the camp of the bundle BB is holding being mining tools. I know in Exodus they used pickaxes, but Soulstorm may modernize things a bit. BB here looks pretty fresh-faced, no stitches on his lips. But I wonder if he is maybe waiting in line to have a completely new kind of stitch added to his face. The blind mudokons in Exodus didn't have lip-stitches either. The Glukkons are trying to keep the ingredients a secret from the workers - perhaps that is one piece of info 1029 is trying to get out there? Or maybe the eye stitches are a brand new thing that Ed has stumbled upon and he is trying to get that info to 1029?

I get the feeling that the mudokon we see in the picture must be some mudokon we know or have heard about, since it's asking us WHO?.. I thought Ed was the one sending the pictures though, so who else could it be? I don't think it could be Alf, since he's answering our questions, but who knows

Frustrating that we don't really know what we're looking for... are we supposed to solve something else before they release the cleaned up image? I wish they gave us a bit more of a clear status update

http://i.imgur.com/9E3KJEBm.png

http://i.imgur.com/26CLgUFm.png


I get the sneaking feeling that owi is waiting until they get a few more subs or more people involved in the arg or something before they allow a new page piece to be released or finally return a cleaned up version.

Like from here is just an endurance run of waiting and owi is our personal trainer

Dont giVe up now, BE THE STORM! One-two-one-two!


The more the merrier though =)

Yep, we're waiting for them to say something.
Guess we're going too fast, maybe they thought we would get to this point more than just two days.

Possible lead
 

Hi there, first time using this website, created this account to join in the ARG hype. Nice work so far guys!

As far as I'm aware no-one has mentioned the Glukkon-ish face that reflects off the tip of the presumed bullet (9455-UM).

Am I seeing things?

I found this while I was frustrated and pacing in my room with the full image on display, Its something I could only pick out from a distance.

I see it, looks like a dent more than a Glukkon face but either is viable right now.

Welcome!

Just looked at your photo, I see it too. Maybe Glukkon-branded munitions? Their face is on both the Soulstorm Brewery and RuptureFarms logo. Maybe the Glukkons have branched out into military supplies? Maybe even private military companies?

Yo, they probably aren't going to post anything new until after the weekend - that's how things happened earlier in the ARG.

So, now's the time to discuss what this is leading up to...

Most likely a reveal trailer or more screenshots. Lorne did say they were ahead of schedule at E3 last year which was nice. They also mentioned that they showed prealpha gameplay footage in a private seminar. My guess is that in their pipe line, they are doing some minor marketing to build hype towards the reveal. I believe the arg will continue for another 2-3 weeks with more images and audio to uncover. I still think there's lots to find in the audio files and images.

I get a feeling that we won't see ED. I think he's just a mud worker hiding and trying to get a message across. The mudokon in the image, to me, is just a random worker. I just get a portal 1 vibe, I.e. The Rat guy who wrote all the scribbles of "she's always watching" "the cake is a lie" stuff. To me, that's ED. Which I think is brilliant if true. But one of our theories here is bound to be correct.

EDIT: my theory on that is based off the fact that OWI Alex said it's just a mudokon. They would have said if it were ED. Right? Lol I think it was Alex..

Irish, myself! Living in Saariselkä for the moment. :cool:

Oh man, a trailer would be awesome :D That's what I was thinking they'd probably end this on, too. I gotta be honest though, this ARG alone is getting me hyped something fierce! Even just participating a little I already feel really invested lol

You know, I'm hoping Ed makes it into the actual game. It'd be nice to be able to save him after he's been sticking his neck out all this time.

Just SO 1029 tweets from the passed 2 days. It's cool to see thread twitter accounts interacting now

http://i.imgur.com/lUgeDnsm.png

http://i.imgur.com/znb0Hyom.png

http://i.imgur.com/wd7El0Vm.png


And with that good night

Just to clear up a few misconceptions:
Rupture Farms wasn't destroyed. It was only disabled.

The Oddworld lore has been variable at times, but certainly in some versions Abe is the only one with stitches. In that case it's not surprising that this guy has free lips.

Is anyone else reminded of this guy?

That was a rhetorical question, of course. Xav and I are the only people stupid enough to still be here ten years later.