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HTML_Earth 01-19-2017 07:14 AM

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looks like all the horizontal black boxes should be flipped horizontally and have their colour inverted.

http://i.imgur.com/VhGwBvT.png
A bit rushed, but here ya go.

V_O_T 01-19-2017 07:17 AM

Is that like a lexigram on the bottom of the page? have we seen those characters/symbols before?

Xavier 01-19-2017 07:21 AM

Thanks HTML_Earth!

Yes V_O_T, we have:
http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Soulstorm_ARG#Piece_9
http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Fonts/Pigpen.html

Also there seems to be some arrow code on the right of that page.

Crashpunk 01-19-2017 07:24 AM

Ooooh. This has me very excited. I'll be keeping a very close eye on it!

EDIT: Not sure how I can really contribute apart from spreading the word. I will make videos on my channel when you lot discover stuff. :)

acedude 01-19-2017 07:26 AM

Don't forget about those arrows going up the side of the page. I don't think we've seen that before.

V_O_T 01-19-2017 07:27 AM

Thanks Xav :)

Scrabaniac 01-19-2017 07:30 AM

I can't really see the symbols very well, but from matching them up, i got as much as this:
YOU ARE THE KEY Y? KNOW ??? YOU ???? LISTENING

FennecFyre 01-19-2017 07:33 AM

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Hi guys. :)

OWI GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


I can't contribute much myself, at least not enough to keep up with how ridiculously fast you all are solving this, but I'm definitely keeping an eye on all this.

Scrabaniac 01-19-2017 07:38 AM

Got it. It says:
YOU ARE THE KEY YOU KNOW IT IF YOU WERE LISTENING
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HOMINIX 01-19-2017 07:40 AM

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Got it. It says:
YOU ARE THE KEY YOU KNOW IT IF YOU WERE LISTENING

Beat me to it. dammit youre speedy ;) So, the morse code in the audio file is our 'key'?

edmudokon 01-19-2017 07:44 AM

https://s29.postimg.org/dl0vhlhh3/soulstorm.jpg
I have no idea how you upload an image but it looks like I wasn't quick enough here's my version

Crashpunk 01-19-2017 07:46 AM

Unsure if anyone is taking the audio. But from what I can hear. I hear Rupture Farms alarm, ambient factory sounds towards the end and distorted Mudokons crying out for help?

EDIT: Christ you lot are speedy.

Phoetux 01-19-2017 07:48 AM

I finished the job with the audio. I couldnt do much but all I heard were screams and the words that I mentioned earlier. I tried several times to isolate the voices but I don't think it's good enough. If you want me to load the audio file isolated just say it.

I also tried to isolate the morse code, I think it repeats several times. Here's the audio of it. Note that it's a bit quiet.
I don't know morse code so I'm not able to translate it

Scrabaniac 01-19-2017 07:57 AM

How long has Oddworld's twitter picture been a distorted Alf? I haven't looked at their page in quite a while.

HOMINIX 01-19-2017 07:58 AM

Just when Ask Alf came back

OWI_Pete 01-19-2017 07:59 AM

well, this is a bit of a mystery, huh?

Varrok 01-19-2017 08:00 AM

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Hi Alex, are you here to help? I hear some Mudokons are being mistreated.

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You can probably hear lots of things.

Wow, just wow. That's cruel. I thought you were one of the good guys.

lol

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well, this is a bit of a mystery, huh?

At least OWI_Pete seems willing to help the Muds.

HOMINIX 01-19-2017 08:03 AM

I ran the mp3 through this Morse decoder website: http://morsecode.scphillips.com/labs/decoder/

Doesn't look like it's anything, but just in case, here's what I got.

EHE#ES E EEEIH EI####55#5EH5######S#ES###S#IEIEIIISEEEE I EEEEEE SS EEISIIEEEEEI EE EEEI##H#####5EH###I##EE E EEE E E I E

I didn't change any of the volume or frequency options, so if someone more audio-savvy than i wants to mess with that or maybe try to clean up the audio, we may get an answer.

Varrok 01-19-2017 08:10 AM

Why is Abe blinking symmetrically? Abe usually blinks asymmetrically. Is there a pattern to his blinks?

acedude 01-19-2017 08:11 AM

HOMINIX, I'm trying my best to fool around wth the audio. I'll post it if it turns out well enough.

edmudokon 01-19-2017 08:14 AM

I've tried to copy everything the note says but some words are hard to read.
I looks like the "product" is SoulStorm beer.

Date:

Period: XXXXXXXXXXX
Specification Details:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
-Observe XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXX changes in test subjects
-Assess long term XXXXXXXX on XXXXXXX
-Determine product safety
Authorization: XXXXXXXXXXX
Tests requested:
-XXXXXXXX Pronostics
- ?Access whenever? product XXXXXXX
-Acidity Levels
- ????? XXXXXXXXX
-Product safety
Expected results: XXXXXXXXXX make XXXXXXXXX interesting
Test results:
-XXXXXXX highly XXXXXX
-XXXXXXX this XXXXXX ?? XXXXXX ?nice? XXXXXXXX
-Highly XXXXXXX
-Subjects: XXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Conclusion: Product (ready) for consumption
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??? : XXXXXXXX there is XXXXXX here but it will XXXX ???? XXXXX
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YOU ARE THE KEY YOU KNOW IT IF YOU WERE LISTENING







acedude 01-19-2017 08:37 AM

I don't know if this any anything better than what has already been done, but here are some of my attempts. The second link only plays out of one speaker because I figured that's where the code is most prominent. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...0/test%207.mp3
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...0/test%208.mp3

Mr. Molluck 01-19-2017 08:49 AM

Don't know how I can help, but it seems my views on getting content on the general Soulstorm thread have been right: we've been given a puzzle that hints at bigger things. We gotta work together to get the REAL stuff they're sending. Let's get to it! :D

Xavier 01-19-2017 08:50 AM

The symbols at the top are runes

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mvhp-aCMuH...Bguerreira.jpg

They spell "ED" :p

Manco 01-19-2017 08:56 AM

Can’t see if anyone’s solved the Morse code in the audio file yet, but if that’s our key then someone needs to get on it – I’m a little busy now but if it hasn’t been solved in the next few hours I’ll take a crack at it.

Connell 01-19-2017 09:02 AM

I know some very, very talented guys who I've asked to do me a huge favour and look into the audio; they already believe there's reversed and slowed down audio hidden there, and they think the morse should be easy to pick out. I'll let you know how they get on :P

Varrok 01-19-2017 09:04 AM

Nice job at decoding the numbers, scrabaniac! I only managed to crack the first one

OWI_Alex 01-19-2017 09:05 AM

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I know some very, very talented guys who I've asked to do me a huge favour and look into the audio; they already believe there's reversed and slowed down audio hidden there, and they think the morse should be easy to pick out. I'll let you know how they get on :P

That's the Spirit. :)

Manco 01-19-2017 09:07 AM

Side note: the audio sounds a heck of a lot like Tear X-Tractors being used…

acedude 01-19-2017 09:23 AM

This Morse code is much harder to hear than the original Heard clip from a while back. Not that I want it to be all super easy, just an observation.