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Nemin 09-30-2018 09:52 AM
ARG seems to continue. Crashpunk receives a canister!
 
Hello,

It seems like it's about time the ARG starts again. This time Crashpunk got one of these elusive green canisters and we finally get to know their contents:



(If the picture doesn't show up for you, press right click and view image.)

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/=.&.=/\x50\x6f\x73\x69\x74\x69\x6f\x6e\x20\x6d\x61\x74\x74\x65\x72\x73\x2e/=.&.=/NYSE:KO_ATL.GA/=.&.=/@SO1029_36:5=4:4_17:5_12:3_26:3_35:7/=.&.=/
1029.io #wewillrise
I began working on the code and thus find the following:
1. /=.&.=/ is a separator. There are actually three things to solve.

1. /=.&.=/ is not just a separator. OWI_Pete confirmed that's it's part of the message.

2. The first sequence of characters is actually a hexadecimally encoded string. Decoding it yields: "Position matters."

3. The second one was a bit trickier:
"NYSE" is the New York Stock Exchange.
"KO" is the codeword for Coca Cola stocks.
"ATL.GA" refers to Atlanta, Georgia, the location of the HQ of Coca Cola. (Atlanta, GA 30313)

The third code's meaning has not been found yet, but more users commented that they look similar to coordinates.

Crashpunk 09-30-2018 09:55 AM
The Fan Art badge is not apart of the ARG.

You know I just had to include it.

Phoetux 09-30-2018 10:18 AM
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The Fan Art badge is not apart of the ARG.

You know I just had to include it.
Damn it dude, my dreams :fuzsad:

Dead Meat 09-30-2018 05:37 PM
There might be another lead between those 3 points. Might be obvious, but there's my input.

Nemin 10-08-2018 10:28 AM
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26:3 = r / c
17:5 = v / a
12:3 = h / r
35:7 = j / r
36:5 = r / o
4:4  = m / t
So as an attempt to solve the third part, I went to SO1029's Twitter and used the following formula:

tweet:character

The first column is counting from the newest towards the oldest and the second (much more promising alternative) is vice-versa. As you can see we got the word "carrot".

However, I have no idea what to do with it.

Connell 10-08-2018 01:38 PM
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we got the word "carrot".

However, I have no idea what to do with it.
I'd eat it, or save it for snowman season. :)

Nepsotic 10-08-2018 07:43 PM
a carrot is kind of like a pyramid

Gunnr 10-08-2018 09:19 PM
Dangling a carrot in front of us?

Nate 10-09-2018 08:14 AM
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a carrot is kind of like a pyramid
But unlike a potato, it doesn't have any eyes!

Auriel 10-09-2018 08:24 PM
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a carrot is kind of like a pyramid
clearly a nuanced allegory for Oddworld's social hierarchy
or you know, just a vegetable fruit

Nepsotic 10-09-2018 11:42 PM
actually a root

Ale's 10-13-2018 01:52 AM
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a carrot is kind of like a pyramid
Carrot is the red herring. Lycopene makes carrots red.
Lycopene is a form of Carotene. Carotene sounds identical to "carrot-in".
Is it in the carrot, or carrot is hidden in something? Glukkonati.

Nepsotic 10-13-2018 01:10 PM
Don't trust him, he's a Russian bot

MA 10-13-2018 06:38 PM
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Is it in the carrot, or carrot is hidden in something? Glukkonati.
the existential crisis of carrots.

Nate 10-15-2018 09:43 AM
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the existential crisis of carrots.
I never knew that was the collective noun for carrots!

MA 10-15-2018 02:26 PM
only for carrots with eyes

Ale's 10-16-2018 05:14 AM
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the existential crisis of carrots.
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only for carrots with eyes
https://i.imgur.com/mfIA4Lt.jpg

Phoetux 10-16-2018 05:49 AM
I like this guy already

Auriel 10-16-2018 07:57 AM
mudokon pops - vegan edition