SoulStorm ARG -

Scrabaniac · #**451** 03-25-2016, 04:07 PM

GLUTTON just gave me 'PLEASE NO MORE'..
I haven't seen that one yet

Varrok · #**452** 03-25-2016, 04:12 PM

I hope they're referencing my Oddword fanfic about Mullock the Glutton

Connell · #**453** 03-25-2016, 04:47 PM

JAW returns "WRONG GREEN_WRONG GREEN"

Just kidding guys have a great weekend.

Moot · #**454** 03-25-2016, 04:57 PM

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I hope they're referencing my Oddword fanfic about Mullock the Glutton

That's my fetish..

That's a joke

grimGadabout · #**455** 03-25-2016, 07:02 PM

Just a little thing for the wiki page because someone changed one of the "new answers" to one of the generic messages: when adding to the wiki page, press the send button MORE than once to make sure the answer you've gotten isn't a generic message. Also, if the message is actually new, and there's already a message in the box, add a new column. If there's a dash, replace the dash.

mouthbeast · #**456** 03-25-2016, 07:57 PM

interesting thing i thought i would point out

going to oddworld.com/soulstorm/ and then "125"(abes name if you go by numbers a=1 b=2 e=5), "356" (the one line of code on the page with an ! on it and nothing else) and "1029", (these are the ones ive tried so far).

will all bring you to this page

nothing to crack the code, but i just discovered it works with more than just 1029, so maybe something about these numbers will be useful later.

i will update with more numbers and more links that i happen to find, hopefully something exciting shows up soon!

mouthbeast · #**457** 03-25-2016, 08:23 PM

hey its me again just noticed this in the source code for the main page
(without the signs between them because they mess up my post lmao
"
!-- there's got to be a wa_
attempt number seventy five...
still lsot ? .m
--
"
its still stuff we've come across already, but i dont think i saw anyone mention it. if someone beat me to it, then thats fine.

also, whoever went on the wiki and deleted the general responses list, not cool dude.

grimGadabout · #**458** 03-25-2016, 08:43 PM

I noticed the general responses list was gone while I was editing the page. It wouldn't let me add my edits because someone had edited it while I was putting in my stuff. I looked through what was edited before I added my stuff, and that general responses list was gone.

grimGadabout · #**459** 03-25-2016, 09:43 PM

Ok guys. I think I may have found something important. I was looking though the page source of the main page and I inspected the blurred picture of what seems to be Abe's face. In the code it had images/reveal4.jpg

I typed in the link and it took me to this page:

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

I tried a few other numbers as well.

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

It may just be clearer versions of the images used to tease the '"prize" for enough twitter followers, but I thought it'd be worth mentioning.

***Xavier*** · #**460** 03-25-2016, 10:50 PM

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Ok guys. I think I may have found something important. I was looking though the page source of the main page and I inspected the blurred picture of what seems to be Abe's face. In the code it had images/reveal4.jpg

I typed in the link and it took me to this page:

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

I tried a few other numbers as well.

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

It may just be clearer versions of the images used to tease the '"prize" for enough twitter followers, but I thought it'd be worth mentioning.

That's one of the very first clues we found. It's listed in the first post of the first page.

grimGadabout · #**461** 03-25-2016, 10:54 PM

I posted that at 12:43 in the morning and now it's 1:53 and I've been very tired between both those times and just spend $51 on Steam. XD

STM · #**462** 03-26-2016, 12:45 AM

Is there an announcement you can write on Zulag 1 to tell people to get up to speed with where we are with the ARG before they post, Xav? This isn't me shitting on any of the newbies, because it's great they're here contributing, but it might avoid having to explain that we haven't just started as things progress.

Also welcome gG. Thanks for playing.

Nepsotic · #**463** 03-26-2016, 12:54 AM

We should have multiple threads for this ARG, I think, to keep it more organised.

Varrok · #**464** 03-26-2016, 01:05 AM

We should make a temporary ARG Subforum.

STM · #**465** 03-26-2016, 01:13 AM

Oh Naaaaaaateeee~

Varrok · #**466** 03-26-2016, 01:16 AM

Do temporary subforums have their own moderators, by the way?

kjjcarpenter · #**467** 03-26-2016, 01:26 AM

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We should make a temporary ARG Subforum.

I think this is the way to go, that we we can have a new thread for each "phase" of the ARG; new members can easily keep up; and we won't clog up the General Discussion forum.

Varrok · #**468** 03-26-2016, 01:37 AM

The way I see it we should make separate threads for Submit Form respones (with the top post being updated frequently) and other, to avoid the situation where 5 people on the page say stuff like:

"I have found that X -> Y. I don't know if you've already seen this, because this thread is an unorganized mess and I'm not browsing 12 pages just to know it's been done".

And I totally don't blame them for not wanting to browse it. It's natural.

***Xavier*** · #**469** 03-26-2016, 02:42 AM

To be honest that's why I'm trying to maintain the wiki. This way people can see what we found yet. Also the wiki is editable by everyone so there's no bottleneck on how often and fast it can be updated.

I'll ping Nate to get an announcement.

Varrok · #**470** 03-26-2016, 02:46 AM

It's good that wiki is being frequenty updated and it exists, but it's not a part of OWF. We should be organized here as well.

Manco · #**471** 03-26-2016, 03:36 AM

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I noticed the general responses list was gone while I was editing the page. It wouldn't let me add my edits because someone had edited it while I was putting in my stuff. I looked through what was edited before I added my stuff, and that general responses list was gone.

I’m trying to figure out if it’s possible to revert this, because god dammit why would someone delete it?

Havoc · #**472** 03-26-2016, 03:39 AM

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It's good that wiki is being frequenty updated and it exists, but it's not a part of OWF. We should be organized here as well.

I'm part of OWF so the wiki is part of OWF

Seriously though, no reason to keep the two separated.

Crashpunk · #**473** 03-26-2016, 03:41 AM

Agreed. The wikia is pretty much ran by Forum members anyway.

Why not have a sticky thread with the Wiki page in it? That way it'll be easier to redirect people to the nicely sorted wiki page.

Varrok · #**474** 03-26-2016, 03:45 AM

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I'm part of OWF so the wiki is part of OWF

Oh yeah, about that...

...

I'm kidding!

Manco · #**475** 03-26-2016, 03:49 AM

My recommendation would be to have a subforum and run a separate thread within it for each puzzle/clue that appears. Then, keep the wiki page updated as a central repository for our progress.

I’ve re-added the generic responses list to the wiki, and I’ll be editing the unique responses table shortly as I’ve noticed a couple of generic responses have been put there by mistake. Please test any responses you get multiple times before adding them to the wiki, and check the lists before adding them.

***Xavier*** · #**476** 03-26-2016, 04:01 AM

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Why not have a sticky thread with the Wiki page in it? That way it'll be easier to redirect people to the nicely sorted wiki page.

That's exactly what I asked Nate

Really don't feel there is a need to keep the wiki and OWF separated.

Moot · #**477** 03-26-2016, 04:47 AM

Morning guys. Any leads? It seems like progress has seriously halted.

Manco · #**478** 03-26-2016, 05:04 AM

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Morning guys. Any leads? It seems like progress has seriously halted.

Current leads are:

The remainder of the morse code from lsot.mp3 - “ED” led us to http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed, but there are two other codes that haven’t been used yet.
The purpose of the message at /ed, as this hasn’t been shown to do anything yet.
The message box is now responding to “vice president aslik” and “director phleg” with clues about login credentials.
The message box is also responding to some queries with *** DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE? ***
We still haven’t figured out if there’s any meaning behind reveal1.jpg
0451.jpg may hold further clues.

Varrok · #**479** 03-26-2016, 05:14 AM

I think the rest of the text in http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/ (the special characters) might be more than just white noise. There are code-breaking methods that count the character appearance frequency, comparing them to the frequency in a specific language. Let's assume the coded message is in English, as everything so far.

Moot · #**480** 03-26-2016, 05:19 AM

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Current leads are:

Alright, so we're thoroughly stuck.. Hopefully your list will also help those dropping by.

Also regarding the Wiki, it might be wise organizationally, to make a response section for only the replies with the *** *** asterisks, because they seem to indicate a response from the character we're interacting with. The others just seem like gags and references.

But that's just my observation.