SoulStorm ARG -

Connell · #**751** 04-04-2016, 12:21 PM

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It was the wrong green you piece of shit, and hey, they fixed it. I take credit for that.

I do believe I agreed at the time. It's just a memorable forum meme, in a way. I'm slowly de-railing this thread

Has anyone considered running Ed's Twitter picture through any image editing software, or is it the same as one we've seen before?

grimGadabout · #**752** 04-04-2016, 12:25 PM

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I do believe I agreed at the time. It's just a memorable forum meme, in a way. I'm slowly de-railing this thread

Has anyone considered running Ed's Twitter picture through any image editing software, or is it the same as one we've seen before?

I was just about to check.

Connell · #**753** 04-04-2016, 12:32 PM

Having a tweak, I believe the picture behind the static is the Abe's moon.

Abe now returns: "*** ABE? YES - ABE. SOON. I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU ***"

I believe that's an elongated version of the previous message.

FrustratedAssassin · #**754** 04-04-2016, 01:27 PM

Ahahahah I literally missed the whole ARG now there's asterisks and stuff what the fuck

Havoc · #**755** 04-04-2016, 01:40 PM

mlg man · #**756** 04-04-2016, 03:03 PM

Holy crap this happened so fast. Great find guys.

acedude · #**757** 04-04-2016, 08:46 PM

My heart hurts seeing the Oddworld community work together like this, and for me not contributing. I didn't see anyone say that entering "fart" gives "EHEHEH" yet, so I contributed that.
Edit: And that's already on the wiki. Oh well.

kjjcarpenter · #**758** 04-05-2016, 12:03 AM

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My heart hurts seeing the Oddworld community work together like this, and for me not contributing. I didn't see anyone say that entering "fart" gives "EHEHEH" yet, so I contributed that.
Edit: And that's already on the wiki. Oh well.

I'm a chronic observer. I'm having a blast.

Connell · #**759** 04-05-2016, 02:04 AM

Ed's active on Twitter guys, morse code:

.- .-. . / -.-- --- ..- / .-.. .. ... - . -. .. -. --. ..--..
0 retweets 0 likes

EDIT: Translates as "ARE YOU LISTENING?"

I feel like the next part of the puzzle is to do with audio, considering how literal the "search for me, follow me" clues were about Twitter. "Are you listening?" He wants us to hear actual audio I think. Just had a look on the OWI site pages for the New 'N' Tasty soundtrack on a whim, but nothing came up.

Also, that tweet came on at exactly 11AM (or adjust for your time zone, dead on the hour is what I mean to say), so there's a possibility it was an automated tweet just to keep us wriggling. There's no way they're hitting 23,000 followers any time soon though. It's gonna be a long wait for piece 2.

Snukm · #**760** 04-05-2016, 02:20 AM

Have you tried searching on soundcloud again?

***Xavier*** · #**761** 04-05-2016, 02:22 AM

Yes, no luck

Connell · #**762** 04-05-2016, 02:23 AM

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Have you tried searching on soundcloud again?

Yeah, sadly nothing under the name of "Edmudokon" or anything Oddworld-y for "lsot.mp3". Just checked OWI official soundcloud page and nothing on there, nor are they following anyone / linking to anything to do with Ed. Might be the wrong path to head down.

Manco · #**763** 04-05-2016, 02:25 AM

Piece 8 is now marked with a ?, no further clues as of yet.

Connell · #**764** 04-05-2016, 02:27 AM

Maybe they're trying to tell us the pieces won't be revealed in a linear fashion. That's a relief. Thought we'd have to wait for piece 2. We see what ya doing guys. I'm convinced they're watching us squirm on here haha.

EDIT: PAGE SOURCE CHANGED:





  

   t h        ey know               i'm h ere

   let me             try                                         t h                 is

   

   

   

   

    

    

    

    

   There was a minor, insignificant error in the code here. Please ignore any message(s) you may find as a result of this unfortunate glitch. Apologies.

    ig    n        o                               r      e                   o                                                                w

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

   

       t     h e          y a r           en       ' t       t                           e ll

       i                          n                                                             g 

       you

                     e                             ve                       ry                                 thi                   n g

   

    

-->

My message didn't carry over the formatting properly. Have a look for yourselves, it's more spaced out.

Snukm · #**765** 04-05-2016, 02:31 AM

Do the random messages that we receive from typing stuff mean anything when all combined? I'm talking about the ones on that box on the site.

If you type moolah, it replies: now there's an addiction. Idk if it's just random or if all of them combined could mean something.

Or perhaps there's something on isot.mp3 that we're perhaps missing.

Connell · #**766** 04-05-2016, 02:34 AM

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Do the random messages that we receive from typing stuff mean anything when all combined? I'm talking about the ones on that box on the site.

If you type moolah, it replies: now there's an addiction. Idk if it's just random or if all of them combined could mean something.

Or perhaps there's something on isot.mp3 that we're perhaps missing.

There's so many generic responses that come up, I think it'd be impossible. I think they just made buzzwords from the franchise spit out funny answers as a bit of a fanservice

Snukm · #**767** 04-05-2016, 02:38 AM

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There's so many generic responses that come up, I think it'd be impossible. I think they just made buzzwords from the franchise spit out funny answers as a bit of a fanservice

Seems that way yeah...just brainstorming.

Though the new clue at least gives us a new direction!

Connell · #**768** 04-05-2016, 02:39 AM

Very true!

Any thoughts on the change to the source code? It seems like he is trying to tell is to "Ignore OW" in the middle section. Ignore Oddworld? OWI?

EDIT:

Ed just tweeted:

3
i

Wonder what that means?

JourneyToJah · #**769** 04-05-2016, 02:40 AM

New tweet

"3
i"

i think he's communicating now.

***Xavier*** · #**770** 04-05-2016, 02:41 AM

3
i
— ed (@edmudokon) April 5, 2016

Edit: got speedyshitted.

JourneyToJah · #**771** 04-05-2016, 02:42 AM

Lol, sorry X.

This changed too?

X O - - X - - ? -

EDIT: The name of the twitter profile pic is "-5r31_QC"

Could 5r31 be part of the code?

Connell · #**772** 04-05-2016, 02:44 AM

Well I'm stuck for ideas. Could the formatting on the page source mean anything that relates to that tweet?

STM · #**773** 04-05-2016, 02:47 AM

Maybe it literally means "iii"; something in the source code, something linking into the audio? I agree we need to be analysing our audio leads more, considering the cryptic, albeit literal hints we've had so far.

JourneyToJah · #**774** 04-05-2016, 02:48 AM

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Well I'm stuck for ideas. Could the formatting on the page source mean anything that relates to that tweet?

I think so too. It looks like its showing us a cypher to me...

Snukm · #**775** 04-05-2016, 02:48 AM

Oddworld isn't telling us everything? So perhaps we need to look elsewhere? xD no idea either

Connell · #**776** 04-05-2016, 02:52 AM

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I think so too. It looks like its showing us a cypher to me...

I agree. Anyone seen this kind of formatting before with big spaces?

EDIT:

Also just thought by "ignore ow" he might mean out of the URL, so I went to www.soulstorm.com and I got that weird page, with that picutre. Probably entirely unrelated.

So our clues now:

1. The source code on the site has changed to strange formatting. Possibly a cipher? And in the middle a warning to "ignore ow"

2. Piece 8 has changed to a question mark

3. Ed, on Twitter, has asked us in morse code "Are you listening?" and also sent the cryptic message of:

3
i

Could this be to do with the source code?

Snukm · #**777** 04-05-2016, 03:18 AM

It's definatly a cipher. But perhaps the key to it isn't there...on the oddworld site. Somewhere?

could the key be the 3 i?

***Xavier*** · #**778** 04-05-2016, 03:21 AM

Ok dudes, I sacrified my lunchtime and got some work done on the wiki

http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Soulstorm_ARG

I have to admit I don't understand how the Pieces are working yet (I don't have access to Oddworld.com on my work laptop) but I plan to try to have a look later tonight.

Connell · #**779** 04-05-2016, 03:28 AM

Thanks, Xav! That's really helpful. I can do a bit on the pieces if you like?

Manco · #**780** 04-05-2016, 04:26 AM

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I agree. Anyone seen this kind of formatting before with big spaces?

Nope, but it does seem that the lines line up with the message from OWI – they all start with at least 3 spaces, and none of them extend past the end of the message. Perhaps there’s some kind of substitution we need to do?

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Also just thought by "ignore ow" he might mean out of the URL, so I went to www.soulstorm.com and I got that weird page, with that picutre. Probably entirely unrelated.

Definitely unrelated, the domain name isn’t owned by OWI.

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1. The source code on the site has changed to strange formatting. Possibly a cipher? And in the middle a warning to "ignore ow"

Previously, the message here was signed by OWI. Perhaps by telling us to ignore OW, he wants us only to focus on the I?