SoulStorm ARG -

FennecFyre · #**151** 03-23-2016, 03:03 PM

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If that’s the case, then the anagrams can be solved by working on individual words at a time.

That sounds plausible to me. What cipher are we supposed to use for the initial decoding?

Y'know I really should be doing the reading for a class tomorrow but this far more interesting. FU, journalism class posing as an honors class.

E: "Blind" gave me another weird string! Anyone seen this one before?

EZ-A FU FO XGF*V * BR*AN*GBV*E FSBRCYR*R B HQ

Nepsotic · #**152** 03-23-2016, 03:09 PM

I think I've come across that one, yeah.

FennecFyre · #**153** 03-23-2016, 03:10 PM

Darnit, I thought I was contributing for a second there.

E: "Eye" got me:
*** I CAN HEAR YOU, BARELY... ***

Is that another generic answer? Yes it is I am dumb

Manco · #**154** 03-23-2016, 03:14 PM

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That sounds plausible to me. What cipher are we supposed to use for the initial decoding?

Y'know I really should be doing the reading for a class tomorrow but this far more interesting. FU, journalism class posing as an honors class.

E: "Blind" gave me another weird string! Anyone seen this one before?

EZ-A FU FO XGF*V * BR*AN*GBV*E FSBRCYR*R B HQ

Ran it through the cipher, got RM-N SH SB KTS*I * OE*NA*TOI*R SFOEPLE*E O UD

This looks promising, but I still can’t decipher it.

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E: "Eye" got me:
*** I CAN HEAR YOU, BARELY... ***

Is that another generic answer?

It is, sorry. I’m keeping track of all the answers found here: http://www.oddworldforums.net/showpo...8&postcount=95

FennecFyre · #**155** 03-23-2016, 03:19 PM

I'm starting to wonder if some of these answers are just random gibberish. I tried "brew" but accidentally clicked twice. Both times gave me a different phrase each time, neither of which worked with the 13-cipher. Tried it a third time and got another broken sting.

E: It also gives me generic answers, so now I'm just confused.

EE: It doesn't respond to "Fart" either. If Soulstorm has no exploding controllable farts, I propose we riot.

Manco · #**156** 03-23-2016, 03:29 PM

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I'm starting to wonder if some of these answers are just random gibberish. I tried "brew" but accidentally clicked twice. Both times gave me a different phrase each time, neither of which worked with the 13-cipher. Tried it a third time and got another broken sting.

E: It also gives me generic answers, so now I'm just confused.

I tried “necrum”. First it gave me a recognizable answer (“I can’t see you anymore”), then when I refreshed it gave me:

LFPR B.VA LBNA'EZGR HNR

Running this through the cipher 13 times gave me:

YSCE O.IN YOAN'RMTE UAE

Which can be rearranged to “I can’t see you anymore”.

I think that’s a positive for “scrambled versions of known messages”. All we need to do now is test if there’s any other codes hiding among them.

FennecFyre · #**157** 03-23-2016, 03:41 PM

For shits n giggles I tried "Fuck you" which gives me: EU ON-ELPR OKAS RD*S*ES S***TOFB MIE H*IOTN which doesn't respond to the cesar cipher either. Trying to see what other answers I can get, though it keeps lagging for me.

E: Oh NOW it works. Yep, was just a generic-answer phrase. Carry on.

Nepsotic · #**158** 03-23-2016, 03:56 PM

It always takes like 3 seconds to answer me regardless.

mlg man · #**159** 03-23-2016, 04:18 PM

For anyone who's wondering why it takes so long to get replies, the javascript for it delays the request for 2.5 seconds.

http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/js/abereveal.js

This annoyed me so I just wrote a C# Console app that just sends requests through that.

Varrok · #**160** 03-23-2016, 04:20 PM

Is there a way to cheat all the answers out?

Or at least drop the answer table?

Manco · #**161** 03-23-2016, 04:22 PM

That’s not really in the spirit of things.

Varrok · #**162** 03-23-2016, 04:23 PM

It's totally in the spirit of things!

FennecFyre · #**163** 03-23-2016, 04:29 PM

The thingy doesn't respond to Aslik, Dripik, or Phleg, so now I wonder if we'll be getting some new villains.

E: And on a whim, I tried Sekto. More gibberish.

LA*EP R*,R* EAEO***SPTYSRE

mlg man · #**164** 03-23-2016, 04:42 PM

I'm starting to think that those gibberish replies, really are just gibberish.

FennecFyre · #**165** 03-23-2016, 04:53 PM

Possibly.

"Can you hear me?" results in "YES, FAINTLY."

I gotta say, I know this is just code, but it's still just a little bit creepy. Creepy in a cool way, though, just like Oddworld should be.

hakansson20 · #**166** 03-23-2016, 05:12 PM

Found something new

HEALING -> WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR MODOKAID
GET ME OUTTA HERE -> NO, REALLY, GET ME OUT OF HERE - nothing special here
BIG-FACE -> NICE MASK, BOZO!
HOW ARE YOU? -> HOW DO YOU THINK?

Moot · #**167** 03-23-2016, 05:23 PM

OPEN SESAME -> WRONG MYTHOLOGY, SCHMUCK

FennecFyre · #**168** 03-23-2016, 05:24 PM

Aw man, I had tried Big Face earlier, but I didn't know it had a dash in it.

Nepsotic · #**169** 03-23-2016, 06:11 PM

I think somebody said this before but
WHO ARE YOU - IT'S BEEN SO LONG, I CAN'T REMEMBER

Guessing it might be some of the restless Necrum spirits.

grimGadabout · #**170** 03-24-2016, 12:37 AM

So I made an account just to post this, because I dunno if anyone else has come across it yet.

Manco · #**171** 03-24-2016, 01:12 AM

shrykull - WHO IS YOUR CURRENT ENERGY PROVIDER?

grimGadabout · #**172** 03-24-2016, 01:44 AM

When I put in "munch", it came up with:

*** GNRCRE RFNRYC, LEEBF ***

and the exact same message, but backwards.

I didn't see anything for it on the list, (and because of that list, I know that the picture I posted is a bit invalid. Sorry about that.) so I figured I could mention it.

***Xavier*** · #**173** 03-24-2016, 01:46 AM

Damn it, I don't look for one day and this happens

. This is so cool!

Thank you Manco for maintaining the list. I'm trying to recover my account on the oddworld wikia to create a page there with all the answers for easy reference.

Manco · #**174** 03-24-2016, 02:15 AM

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When I put in "munch", it came up with:

*** GNRCRE RFNRYC, LEEBF ***

and the exact same message, but backwards.

I didn't see anything for it on the list, (and because of that list, I know that the picture I posted is a bit invalid. Sorry about that.) so I figured I could mention it.

That translates to *** SORRY, PLEASE REPEAT *** and is one of the generic responses. I haven’t been tracking the untranslated codes on the list which is why you didn’t see it there.

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Damn it, I don't look for one day and this happens

. This is so cool!

I thought you would’ve been the first one in!

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Thank you Manco for maintaining the list. I'm trying to recover my account on the oddworld wikia to create a page there with all the answers for easy reference.

Once this is set up it’ll probably be best to store responses in a table, complete with all the possible untranslated variations, to prevent more false positives.

Havoc · #**175** 03-24-2016, 02:40 AM

Damn, you people work quick. I've created a dedicated page for the ARG details on the Wikia, so feel free to collect and sum up all the information you can find in there. You should be able to edit without an account.

Manco · #**176** 03-24-2016, 02:52 AM

Another response: [ERROR] Most likely a generic response, but I received it by typing “addicted”.

grimGadabout · #**177** 03-24-2016, 02:53 AM

I think I might've actually found something this time.

I typed in "how can abe find you" and i got the response of "*** WE'VE HEARD OF HIM, CAN YOU SEE HIM? ***"

I also typed in "have you heard of abe" and I got "***ABE?***"

Manco · #**178** 03-24-2016, 03:04 AM

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I think I might've actually found something this time.

I typed in "how can abe find you" and i got the response of "*** WE'VE HEARD OF HIM, CAN YOU SEE HIM? ***"

I also typed in "have you heard of abe" and I got "***ABE?***"

“how can abe find you” doesn’t give me that response, just the same responses as “abe” on its own. It might just be a very rare message to get.

“abe” on its own gave me:

*** ABE? *** (and scrambled/coded variations of. Fun fact: Abe backwards and ciphered is RON)
AGH YRFANOBFCFESQ] BR[VF URBVZ-XBER G --> NTU LESNABOSPSRFD] OE[IS HEOIM-KORE T --> [THIS FORM IS BROKEN - PLEASE DO NOT USE]

They seem to have changed some of the responses to use square brackets instead of asterisks.

Another new generic response: *** HBL ENRU ANP V GHO - BUPR AN F'RERUG *** ---> *** THERE'S AN ECHO - BUT I CAN HEAR YOU ***
edit: another: *** SORRY, SAY AGAIN? ***

grimGadabout · #**179** 03-24-2016, 03:06 AM

I just got that new generic one. And whenever I mention Abe at all, it keeps coming up with that question.

edit: Also, [ERROR] and its variations are popping up a lot.

STM · #**180** 03-24-2016, 03:10 AM

Has anyone thought about the potential that some of the astetisked responses form part of a longer excerpt? I was just wondering if some responses might go together to form a longer piece of text.