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seniormeatbox 06-28-2016 08:04 AM

holy shit I fall asleep at 2AM, and you guys have done half of this shit by 7.

One path one thread, follow the map.

Guys, I'm pretty sure this is the map hes referring to
http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...5&d=1460544619

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgAdNXrUUAE99fF.jpg

Gunnr 06-28-2016 08:05 AM

Whoa, don't check the forums for a day and the ARG blows up with activity! You're all awesome at this, kudos but I'm just as lost with this as any.

i did enter HELLO? In the answer box and received "Nearly.. It's nearly time stay quiet just a little longer..."

Is this at least a new reply?

seniormeatbox 06-28-2016 08:11 AM

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Whoa, don't check the forums for a day and the ARG blows up with activity! You're all awesome at this, kudos but I'm just as lost with this as any.

i did enter HELLO? In the answer box and received "Nearly.. It's nearly time stay quiet just a little longer..."

Is this at least a new reply?

Nope. Been there for a while

DreadfulDrummer 06-28-2016 08:14 AM

One path one thread, follow the map.

Guys, I'm pretty sure this is the map hes referring to

They gave us the "map" in a tweet:
https://twitter.com/edmudokon/status/747717729885503488

Connell 06-28-2016 08:15 AM

I think the set of instructions in the tweet is simply the map he's referring to:




We've been following it so far, and he does refer to that tweet as being "our map" so I'm not sure the Witness puzzle will be useful here. Ya never know though, any ideas on how it's implemented?

For now Ed has basically spelled out our instructions for us. We need to use the pieces to decode the numbers somehow.

seniormeatbox 06-28-2016 08:27 AM

well, converting the letters to numbers and subtracting them doesn't work, he said don't go down, so I added the numbers and got-

bw-zv-tu-av-av-zu-vv-zv-xt
25-48-41-23-23-46-44-48-44
RDHG3STY SCRDXGMA SCRDC4GD RDHGSSBR RDHGSSBR SCRDWALF SCRDSCRD SCRDXGMA SCRDSCRD

Or maybe he means, add all of those together, which would give--
25+48+41+23+23+46+44+48+44= 342

SSBRSCRDRDHG

DreadfulDrummer 06-28-2016 08:29 AM

Don't go down was when we were trying to Caesar cipher in the wrong direction.

seniormeatbox 06-28-2016 08:35 AM

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Connell 06-28-2016 08:42 AM

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well, converting the letters to numbers and subtracting them doesn't work, he said don't go down, so I added the numbers and got-

bw-zv-tu-av-av-zu-vv-zv-xt
25-48-41-23-23-46-44-48-44
RDHG3STY SCRDXGMA SCRDC4GD RDHGSSBR RDHGSSBR SCRDWALF SCRDSCRD SCRDXGMA SCRDSCRD

Or maybe he means, add all of those together, which would give--
25+48+41+23+23+46+44+48+44= 342

SSBRSCRDRDHG

The original string of letters have gone through several steps already. Here's a quick summary of what's happened. We have to tick off steps from the map Ed provided us with. In each step we must use the original method that was used with that piece:




We started out with:

bw-zv-tu-av-av-zu-vv-zv-xt

Our first step on the map was "listen for me". When that was relevant to tha ARG, we solved it by caesar shifting. So, we shifted the letters down down 7 steps as per ed's instructions in this tweet:




Which gave us:

id-gc-ab-hc-hc-gb-cc-gc-ea

This was confirmed as the correct way to go by Ed here:




The next step on the map was "Monday". When Ed originally told us about Monday it was written in braille, so we converted it to braille, which gave us:

http://i.imgur.com/tb0cxuZ.png

The next step on the map was "piece 7 source". I'm a bit confused about this one, but Ed put this tweet on shortly after we arrived at this piece:




The dots inside the lines are braille for the "#" symbol, which indicates that numbers should follow. We then decided the best course of action was to convert the braille symbols to their number counterparts, as each letter has a number that uses the same symbol as it. That gave us:

94 73 12 83 83 72 33 73 51

The next step on the map was "pieces". This is where we have got to. Ed has given us this hint to this step of the map:




Once we figure out how the numbers correlate to the pieces, we can decode them, and hopefully enter the result in the chat box which will finish this section of the ARG. Any other tweets have been Ed kindly guiding us on our way, and stopping us going astray.

Xavier 06-28-2016 08:48 AM

I'm basically going to copy paste this when doing the next wiki section. Couldn't have summarised it better. :)

seniormeatbox 06-28-2016 09:02 AM

so, I'm going to use the Piece code thing again, even though it might be useless.
94 73 12 83 83 72 33 73 51
DF2F SCRD WALF SSBR C4GD RDHG XGMA SSBR XGMA SSBR WALF RDHG SSBR SSBR WALF SSBR 3STY C4GD

vikit15 06-28-2016 09:12 AM

I solved it again :D


the numbers: 94 73 12 83 83 72 33 73 51


first number is piece second number is letter

so 94 is ninth piece and fourth letter= F

when you do that to all you get FL4MMABL3.
you put that in that thingy on oddworld page and you get new response :)

seniormeatbox 06-28-2016 09:14 AM

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I solved it again :D

WHAT

Connell 06-28-2016 09:15 AM

Nice! How?

Confirmed: Vikit15 is working for Ed ;)

1029.io is a url. Check it out guys crazy shit. Well done Vikit15. Would have taken me days.

There's a string of numbers hidden in the source code of 1029.io:



So @Spiritof1029 is an official account. Looks like we just found it early ;)

seniormeatbox 06-28-2016 09:19 AM

THERE'S A STORM COMING. 1029.IO

DreadfulDrummer 06-28-2016 09:20 AM

Genius!

Gunnr 06-28-2016 09:20 AM

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I solved it again :D


the numbers: 94 73 12 83 83 72 33 73 51


first number is piece second number is letter

so 94 is ninth piece and fourth letter= F

when you do that to all you get FL4MMABL3.
you put that in that thingy on oddworld page and you get new response :)


Well shoot!! I was in the middle of trying things! Lol cool man, "flammable"... Heh

SgabbitGabbiar 06-28-2016 09:22 AM

Really nice , guys!

Account : https://twitter.com/SPIRITOF1029

seniormeatbox 06-28-2016 09:24 AM

So,now what? Is the ARG done? Is this just phase one?

Connell 06-28-2016 10:01 AM

Sorry to keep thread jumping, I've moved back over to the general ARG thread. Probably more appropriate as it seems the "map" element is finished.

Xavier 06-28-2016 11:07 AM

Nice work vikit15!

By the way, the discussion on 1029.io takes place here:

http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=22305