Anyone else tempted to just buy the follows/likes? I mean I know it's cheating so I wouldnt but part of me really wants to see how this progresses, like what will we be able to do with the code?

OWI read these forums. They'd see you coming a mile off and report the accounts, most likely.

Yeah, they'd also hate any publicity they got in response. I've been nagging people for weeks to follow but it's pretty tricky.

Yeah, I'd love to see the ARG completed tomorrow but I guess their return on the investment of organising this is getting more exposure. We'll get there eventually ;)

How much would it cost?

Not loads, got asked by my boss at a previous company to do it with the corporate twitter accounts, it was something like £10 for 1,000

EDIT: Nobody seriously do this please, OWI probably don't want the attention this could bring and could stall things further. Their twitter audit is sitting at 88% which is pretty damn good for an account of their size, p. sure they don't really want that going south

Piece 2+3 wont be done for a while. It would be nice for them to start off the ? with either 7/9, but at the rate we are completing these puzzles, I don't think it would be exciting to have every step completed except 2-3.
And cleanshirtUK, might be a good idea to not leave the price answer before someone does it anyways

Okay, I made an account here just to keep on track with this thing.

Just want to add a few things (if something was already known, please tell me and give post links if possible):

"WAIT" in the text box gave me something along the lines of "i have to show you something" but i could only get it to say that once, and it was before i found the ARG thread so idk
More interestingly;
"EXODDUS" = "where are we going? who will take us there?"
Couldn't get ODDYSEE to do anything.

And then there's a (seemingly) generic response of "SEEME? WAVE." But then I got a response (out of sheer dumb luck) that said:
SEEME.WAV
Appending that to the soulstorm url gets a 404, but appending it to soulstorm/ed gets this:
http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/seeme.wav
If someone could decode that (idk what form it's in, but it's definitely a message) that'd be great.

Again, if anything I mentioned was already known, please tell me and/or provide direct links to the posts. It's late and I'm tired and braindead and I can't go through 34 pages of posts and catch everything.

EDIT: I see some people mentioning a ? in the fourth spot on the form, for me it's an X. ???

Also, has anyone figured out this image yet: http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/at...eventyfive.jpg
It got mentioned in the reddit thread, not sure if anyone here's seen it yet or looked at it.

So, I also made an account since I have been wanting to contribute but im always too slow...Anyway!

SEEME.WAV is an SSTV image (Image stored as sound.) After decoding I got this : https://i.gyazo.com/f171fa95538b315b...0fd2b8038e.png

Ben looking around for that file on the website...No luck so far. Cant wait to see what we can find. /ed/s01029.txt and just /s01029.txt don't turn up anything...And nothing happens when I put it into the form...Well, it turns up attemptseventyfive.jpg a couple times, but Im pretty sure thats just random.

Good luck team!

Folks, it's great that you've joined the hunt and every piece of help is appreciated, but you're treading ground that's already been covered. Check the thread for Piece 4 here: http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=22243

Okay, so we've solved piece 4. Now what do we do with the code? I'm new to the whole "ARG" concept.

Nothing yet. There are 9 codes to unlock on the Soulstorm site. We need to unlock them all before they become useful.

So, while passing the time I had another look at the codes we unlocked and...

1: C4GD - "Caged"?
2: ????
3: ????
4: SCRD - "Scared"?
5: 3STY - "Thirsty"?
6: DDTH - ?
7: ----
8: XGMA -?
9: ----

Just a thought.

I think that might not be just a coincidence

I think it's a bit too soon to look at this part of the ARG now.

DDTH - "Double Death"
XGMA - "Extreme Grandma"

Ooops, Sorry for putting work into something which was already solved. It was 5AM and I wasn't thinking straight.

Wen u lurk 4 like 6 yrs and kill it in 1 post.

Take a look at this post.

http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Soulstorm_ARG#Piece_4
Nice, thanks much, Xavier

PS 22.9followers on OWI twitter and over 43 likes on FB, all so close

I know right... It's so close. I was shameless and asked people to like and follow OW in my FB, heh.

if only we could push a button that would give us the exact numbers instead of an estimate

Just wanted to let you guys know, especially those working on the wiki, the Soulstorm ARG wiki page has launched itself to be the longest article on the wiki since it started. Ironically enough, Munch's Oddysee is second longest. Go figure.

What is your point? That MO is as good as the ARG?

I'm pretty sure that each locked piece is bound to a piece in progress. So as soon as we finish an O we'll get a new piece to the puzzle.

Sort of true. Technically, we finished an O last week and we haven't had anything since. O's can be open at the same time concurrently, though. The Facebook / Twitter ones have been open together pretty much the whole way through, and there was a point were 3 O's were able to be solved at the same time.

Actually, there is:
Visit the website, click on the button on the left and a window with the exact number appears.

14276

I was just referring to these last 2 follower count O's.

The "there was a minor error in the code here please ignore / nobody was a witness find the .p" text or however it went has been removed from the source code on the Soulstorm page. Making way for new clues perhaps? ;)

Also, OWI are on 22,959 followers. Probably see that piece unlocked by the end of the weekend.

CAN YOU S- HARD TO K- IF BREAKING- THROUGH HA- ON NEED A D-
Not sure if anyones figured it out, since the Wiki page says its still unkown.
CAN YOU S(EE) HARD TO K(NOW) IF BREAKING THROUGH HA(NG) ON NEED A D(RINK)

Hasnt that veen a generic response since the beginning?
30 followers left now, looks like itll probably hit 23k today or something

Ed spoke up again.
"so thirsty.... tired..."
Doesn't sound like he is in good shape

He should drink some brew

But it's made by Glukkons. It's probably bad for ya.

So the website has gone mental... http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/

In the source code it makes a picture of Abe with characters.

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

Also, the Twitter one has been unlocked.

http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed...s_codes_02.jpg

Sorry about the long post guys.

Whoa, nice ascii art Ed. :p

I think the site going mental is Ed struggling to keep the ascii art contained in the html comments.

Indeed! I think they've managed to stop the symbols flowing out from the HTML comments as they no longer appear down the sides of the site. Also, they've updated the picture to black out Abe's eyes... Or make him blind you could say ;)

http://i.imgur.com/cSrJnp2.png

Edit: I don't know if it happens for you guys, but when I refresh the page certain images that have been used throughout the ARG pop up momentarily, such as the "9" on the white background that was discovered right at the start. I think they're trying to symbolise the site breaking.

Also, here's a direct link to the new Abe video playing on the homepage. Anything to be learnt from it? http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/abeface1.mp4

Am I glad I saved the first version right away:

Version 1:

Version 2:

It's deteriorating even further now:

Version 3:

Version 4:

Version 5:

That really is so cool!

This is the image I keep seeing popping up for a second when I refresh. http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal4.jpg

http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal4.jpg

It does appear in the source code but it doesn't seem to hint towards anything. I think it's behind the video, and thus loads slightly quicker.

I screengrabbed the page whilst it was refreshing, notice the text from further down the site leaking through on the right hand side. Sorry it's blurry, not sure why : http://i.imgur.com/yVDii0C.png?1

Also, the ascii art has been garbled and destroyed. This is happening realtime! Every time I refresh the source a little bit more has been deleted or jumbled. Reckon Ed got the brew and his visions gone funny?

EDIT: We have text

Not sure that's formatted exactly how it is on the side, I just copied the [/CODE] box from your post, Xav :P have a look for yourselves at the source

EDIT: Now it's just this! They're moving fast!!

@@@@@@@@@@@@
;''''';'''''''++'+''+'++++++++#''';,+';':,`I@@@@@@@@@@@
bone powder

http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal1.jpg
http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal2.jpg
http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal3.jpg

have something too...

Spells "1029"... again...

Yeah those are the images from way back at the start of the ARG, right? They've edited the reveal4.jpg to be a different images now,

http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/images/reveal4.jpg

EDIT: Source code now reads this:

http://i.imgur.com/DntxXoM.png?1

Definitely hinting at Rupture Farms.