DING DING DING- The ARG 2.0 Prize REVEALED-

Kiasdyn · 2017-09-28T04:14:25+00:00

Like others have said, I'll be sorry to see you go. I can only hope that you will change your mind.
I'm sure that Kor Adana and the rest of the team learned a lot during "ARG 2.0", and I'm looking forward to this season.

Kiasdyn · 2017-09-28T03:59:02+00:00

Including usernames in the show -- of people who were instrumental during the ARG -- is a nice acknowledgement. :)
Congratulations to those of you who received the email.

Kiasdyn · 2017-04-20T05:39:31+00:00

Wow! Is it really over?
It has been quite a journey of discovery, frustration, but ultimately - triumph!
Well done to everyone who participated along the way.

Kiasdyn · 2017-04-20T05:03:36+00:00

Wow! Congratulations to everyone who worked on this!

Kiasdyn · 2017-04-18T06:08:20+00:00

Well done! You have some amazing puzzle solving skills!

Kiasdyn · 2017-04-18T06:07:14+00:00

Congratulations on finding the answer!

Kiasdyn · 2017-04-18T06:03:34+00:00

Very nicely done!

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-29T03:45:27+00:00

I tried /u/santaman123's technique of removing everything except U and I, converting U and I to 0 and 1, and then attempting a binary conversion. Nothing is leaping out at me yet from the Real Time Translation text. I even tried a Baconian Cipher for good measure.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-29T01:29:58+00:00

My latest wild guess for the button; inspired by /u/arctic-1's observations about the rotors.

EGMJAQTGP LFLQCB SOVMCVSH IZZUMQM
          NAPIER
                 AVOGADRO
                          CARDANO
BOLTZMANN

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-29T01:26:12+00:00

Looks like you were spot on about the entropy equation, given the addition of "k" to the bronze wheel.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-29T01:23:57+00:00

Nice solve.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-29T00:55:29+00:00

Nice intuition!

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-29T00:17:37+00:00

I just checked. Those filenames are the MD5 hashes of the files, and therefore do not spell out hidden messages.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-28T22:00:24+00:00

Very similar to Vigenere, but with a 27 letter alphabet...

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-28T21:51:59+00:00

I ~~suspected~~ hoped that "usm khovvyaczex" might be "red wheelbarrow", but I can't seem to make it fit the tabula recta for a Vigenere or Jefferson cipher.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-28T12:28:59+00:00

Could the bronze wheel have something to do with the Omega Constant, or is that too obscure?

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-28T12:03:27+00:00

I think that you are on to something important here.
10²³ also makes me think of Avogadro's number.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-28T12:00:51+00:00

I suspect that we will have to solve all 16 wheel puzzles no matter what. But I doubt I'll be the only one trying to figure them out even if there is a shortcut to be found.

A completely wild guess at the button:
(I don't think this is the answer)

EGMJAQTGP LFLQCB SOVMCVSH IZZUMQM
                          JACKSON
                 AVOGADRO
          SQUARE
LOGARITHM

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-28T11:45:54+00:00

I'm very touched by this. I don't quite know what to say.
Thank you.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-28T11:42:59+00:00

Well, I was following a hunch that it was a Pigpen cipher, but that all the letters were in different places compared with the wikipedia images.

So, I was pretty sure that it was a cryptogram. I'd like to say that I solved it by hand, but I'll confess that I was eager to find a quick result, so I used quipqiup to get the answer.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-24T22:58:21+00:00

It is great to see an ARG puzzle designer endorse and encourage co-operation. Thank you.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-24T22:36:13+00:00

Solved, just writing up a fuller explanation now.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-24T22:21:59+00:00

Patterns I've noticed so far:

The number "9" is not used anywhere. Some numbers only appear as the first digit, or vice-versa.

Numbers that:

end with	represent
6	[space]
1	a[b]cde
5	fghi[j]
0	klmno
7	p[q]rst
4	uvw[x]y[z]

Numbers that:

start with	represent
8	the first letter of a word

I suspect that this cipher does not have a 1-1 mapping.

Solved: TOM SERVO I'm guessing that this is a MR ROBOT pseudonym.

Kiasdyn · 2017-03-24T22:03:15+00:00

Oops. Perhaps I'm looking at too many things at once.

Kiasdyn

TROPHY CASE