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Per Audacia Ad Astra

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
I've been partially commissioned by DeeJ to do this week's MailSack Challenge
Prove it.

And I counter your puzzle with this;
HJFRC;BPJC;F_D;0PRC;H_RL_E;0C;0D;B_FBB;H

D;0PJ_ZBRX_C;HBFV_C;BD;BE;BE;BXJC;H_BXD;FBE;0C;H_FC;0B;HLD;BC ;HJ ZJ.


[Edited on 11.17.2012 11:51 AM PST]

  • 11.17.2012 11:38 AM PDT

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Posted by: Bungie Sam
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
I've been partially commissioned by DeeJ to do this week's MailSack Challenge
Prove it.

And I counter your puzzle with this;
HJFRC;BPJC;F_D;0PRC;H_RL_E;0C;0D;B_FBB;H

D;0PJ_ZBRX_C;HBFV_C;BD;BE;BE;BXJC;H_BXD;FBE;0C;H_FC;0B;HLD;BC ;HJ ZJ.
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=75790293&p ostRepeater1-p=10#75860422 Also, I don't much care for your counter. Terrible sorry.

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  • 11.17.2012 11:54 AM PDT

In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten


Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Bungie Sam
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
I've been partially commissioned by DeeJ to do this week's MailSack Challenge
Prove it.

And I counter your puzzle with this;
HJFRC;BPJC;F_D;0PRC;H_RL_E;0C;0D;B_FBB;H

D;0PJ_ZBRX_C;HBFV_C;BD;BE;BE;BXJC;H_BXD;FBE;0C;H_FC;0B;HLD;BC ;HJ ZJ.
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=75790293&p ostRepeater1-p=10#75860422 Also, I don't much care for your counter. Terrible sorry.

©


You know Deej jokes around right?

  • 11.17.2012 11:57 AM PDT

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Posted by: Malfar

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
e: I can't help but feel this challenge suffers from a severe lack of incentive... Not so sure how well the whole "create your own thread" thing went... Oh well. Worth a shot.
I don't think incentive is the issue here. The problem is that it is a challenging challenge. It should work out like a math problem, where you can hypothize or work out what the answer is, then test if your are correct or not. it seems to me that a key factor of the challenge is getting lost, or overlooked somehow.

For instance the title of the thread, my guess it has something to do with the challenge, but how can I confirm this? And I will also guess that the images in the jpg are referencing that the key is located in you Sig. Again there is no way to confirm this within the puzzel. And the 'key' jpg in your sig clues you into how to decypher the numbers, but there is no clue as to how to do this.

Good challenge, good challenge indeed. I am anticipaiting the answer. I'm looking forward to that "Ohhh that's how it's done." moment..
Yeah, I'm definitely not very practiced at this, thanks for the criticism. All I can say without being terribly helpful is that utilizing first clue (the R&J one) will give you a hint to what it is that will tell you what has been done to the numbers to make them unhelpful in their present state.

I'll try to work out the kinks in my skills and nonlinearity if I'm ever allowed to do this again (which is unlikely).

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  • 11.17.2012 12:01 PM PDT

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Community Joe Interview: defnop552
Bye.

I think that was an open invitation for anyone to do the challenge. But you gave it a go and I commend you for it, Craz(z)y.

  • 11.17.2012 12:02 PM PDT

In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten


Posted by: defnop552
I think that was an open invitation for anyone to do the challenge. But you gave it a go and I commend you for it, Craz(z)y.


What if, the challenge was to make a challenge, and crazy won?

  • 11.17.2012 12:04 PM PDT

"Inveniam Viam Aut Facium" _~

if ( !now ){ when(); }


Posted by: spartain ken 15
...

You know Deej jokes around right?
He also gave '©' the go ahead on page 2. I am so suprised more people are not saying how cool of a mail sack we had this week, DeeJ answered so many questions..

.. At the end I was half expecting DeeJ to post, "Are you not entertained?"

[Edited on 11.17.2012 12:25 PM PST]

  • 11.17.2012 12:07 PM PDT

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Community Joe Interview: defnop552
Bye.

Deej would have posted asking for Crazy's stats like he does when most people win the challenge?

  • 11.17.2012 12:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: spartain ken 15
You know Deej jokes around right?
1
2
3

Proof I almost did the challenge last week and that DeeJ has show interest in me doing the challenge. DeeJ, could you come in here so I don't have to defend myself? That'd be nice.

Please and thank you.

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  • 11.17.2012 12:08 PM PDT

In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten


Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: spartain ken 15
You know Deej jokes around right?
1
2
3

Proof I almost did the challenge last week and that DeeJ has show interest in me doing the challenge. DeeJ, could you come in here so I don't have to defend myself? That'd be nice.

Please and thank you.

©


Oh, Oh, Oh, I call making one.

  • 11.17.2012 12:09 PM PDT

"Inveniam Viam Aut Facium" _~

if ( !now ){ when(); }


Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: spartain ken 15
You know Deej jokes around right?
1
2
3

Proof I almost did the challenge last week and that DeeJ has show interest in me doing the challenge. DeeJ, could you come in here so I don't have to defend myself? That'd be nice.

Please and thank you.

©
Don't listen to them, they just haven't read this weeks mail sack.

  • 11.17.2012 12:10 PM PDT

Check out my Soundcloud account to hear some of my music.
Here's my twitter, in the off-chance you want that too.

Community Joe Interview: defnop552
Bye.

I was the first person to set a challenge for the mailsack anyway so I'm clearly cooler than you. ;)

That's pretty cool though. Can you go ahead and tell us the solution to this puzzle?

  • 11.17.2012 12:11 PM PDT

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Posted by: defnop552
I was the first person to set a challenge for the mailsack anyway so I'm clearly cooler than you. ;)

That's pretty cool though. Can you go ahead and tell us the solution to this puzzle?
But... but... you haz 2 solv it.

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  • 11.17.2012 12:12 PM PDT

"Inveniam Viam Aut Facium" _~

if ( !now ){ when(); }


Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
But... but... you haz 2 solv it.

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All right, let's do this logically..

(!)Clue #1 = "What's in a name" or "Thou art thyself though" (depending on where you find the annotations) But the former makes more sense.

(?)Clue #2 = The name of the thread is "Extra One For Every One", so I am guessing that we need to extract 1 for every 1, but I'd don't know from here.

(?)Clue #3 =
(?)Clue #4 =
(?)Clue #N =

  • 11.17.2012 12:18 PM PDT
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Do you like Yax? I do.

The answer is "Your Mom".

  • 11.17.2012 12:23 PM PDT
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Good work, man! =D Been trying to solve it for a while but must have been missing somenthing cause I cant get to find much. Maybe I should have a rest...

  • 11.17.2012 12:48 PM PDT

I have to say that now I officially hate the numbers 81 and 59.

  • 11.17.2012 1:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: M1Silencer
I have to say that now I officially hate the numbers 81 and 59.
Don't you mean 70 and 48?

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  • 11.17.2012 1:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: M1Silencer
I have to say that now I officially hate the numbers 81 and 59.
Don't you mean 70 and 48?

©


Well, at least this means I was doing something right, but...

  • 11.17.2012 1:26 PM PDT

WHAT THE HELL! That just blew my mind.

  • 11.17.2012 2:29 PM PDT


Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: M1Silencer
I have to say that now I officially hate the numbers 81 and 59.
Don't you mean 70 and 48?

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Why thank you.

Using the text version Jumbus posted, subtracting 11 from each number makes almost all of them into hex characters, represented in ASCII form.
F F D 8 0 0 B 2 5 9 F F 0 0 7 F 0 ; 5 7 0 0 7 F F F 0 0 D C F F 8 C A 9

0 0 7 F 0 ; B 2 5 9 F F F F D 8 0 0 F F 6 A 0 0 F F 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 7 F F F 0 0 D C

0 0 7 F 0 ; B 2 5 9 F F F F D 8 0 0 F F 6 A 0 0 F F 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 7 F F F 0 0 D C

F F 6 A 0 0 0 0 2 6 F F F F B 2 7 F 5 7 0 0 7 F

0 0 F F 2 '

F F 6 A 0 0 0 0 F F F F 7 F 3 3 0 0 F F 0 0 D C

F F 0 0 D C

B 2 5 9 F F 0 0 7 F 0 ; F F 0 0 0 0 F F 6 A 0 0 F F D 8 0 0 F F 8 C A 9 F F 0 0 D C

B 2 5 9 F F 0 0 7 F 0 ; 5 7 0 0 7 F F F 0 0 D C F F 8 C A 9 F F D 8 0 0 F F 6 A 0 0

5 7 0 0 7 F F F 0 0 0 0 0 0 F F F F 2 ' F F 0 ' F F D 8 0 0 F F 8 C A 9

0 0 7 F 0 ; B 2 5 9 F F F F D 8 0 0 F F 6 A 0 0 F F 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 7 F F F 0 0 D C

F F 6 A 0 0 0 0 2 6 F F 7 F 3 F 3 F

B 2 5 9 F F 0 0 7 F 0 ; 5 7 0 0 7 F F F 0 0 D C F F 8 C A 9 F F D 8 0 0 F F 6 A 0 0

B 2 5 9 F F 0 0 7 F 0 ; F F 0 0 0 0 F F 6 A 0 0 F F D 8 0 0 F F 8 A A 9 F F 0 0 D C

F F 6 A 0 0 F F D 8 0 0 B 2 5 9 F F 7 F 3 F 3 F

Next I'll try and group them 6 hexits at a time, to try to make a color.

Btw, even if we took the hint ("What's in a name?") that the numbers were modified, how were we supposed to figure out the -11 part?
Character count of the translated stuff:
F: 146
': 3 # The single quote character, represented by 70 in the original
D: 20
B: 10
C: 15
A: 18
;: 8 # semicolon, represented by 50
8: 16
9: 15
6: 13
7: 28
5: 17
2: 14
3: 6
0: 139

11 non-hex characters. Crazzy, surely those are typos?

[Edited on 11.17.2012 4:13 PM PST]

  • 11.17.2012 3:50 PM PDT

In an effort not to overcrowd a post:
FFD800 B259FF 007F0; 57007F FF00DC FF8CA9

007F0; B259FF FFD800 FF6A00 FF0000 57007F FF00DC

007F0; B259FF FFD800 FF6A00 FF0000 57007F FF00DC

FF6A00 0026FF FFB27F 57007F

00FF2'

FF6A00 00FFFF 7F3300 FF00DC

FF00DC

B259FF 007F0; FF0000 FF6A00 FFD800 FF8CA9 FF00DC

B259FF 007F0; 57007F FF00DC FF8CA9 FFD800 FF6A00

57007F FF0000 00FFFF 2'FF0' FFD800 FF8CA9

007F0; B259FF FFD800 FF6A00 FF0000 57007F FF00DC

FF6A00 0026FF 7F3F3F

B259FF 007F0; 57007F FF00DC FF8CA9 FFD800 FF6A00

B259FF 007F0; FF0000 FF6A00 FFD800 FF8AA9 FF00DC

FF6A00 FFD800 B259FF 7F3F3F

Someone should probably spot check this conversion in a few random places.
00FFFF: 2 -- light blue
FF00DC: 10 -- bottom pink
007F0;: 8 -- green
7F3300: 1 -- brown
57007F: 8 -- lower left dark purple
00FF2': 1 -- ?
FF8AA9: 1 -- also pink?
2'FF0': 1 -- ?
FF8CA9: 5 -- lower right vertical pink
7F3F3F: 2 -- vertical purple-brown
0026FF: 2 -- dark (almost) pure blue
FFB27F: 1 -- the lower left diagonal salmon
FFD800: 10 -- yellow
B259FF: 9 -- the purple that's oriented flat
FF6A00: 11 -- orange
FF0000: 6 -- red

Jumbus' count for comparison:
81 81 65 76 59 59 ... count = 11
81 81 79 67 59 59 ... count = 10
81 81 59 59 79 78 ... count = 10
77 61 64 68 81 81 ... count = 9
59 59 66 81 59 70 ... count = 8
64 66 59 59 66 81 ... count = 8
81 81 59 59 59 59 ... count = 6
81 81 67 78 76 68 ... count = 5
59 59 61 65 81 81 ... count = 2
59 59 81 81 81 81 ... count = 2
66 81 62 81 62 81 ... count = 2
81 81 77 61 66 81 ... count = 1
59 59 81 81 61 50 ... count = 1
66 81 62 62 59 59 ... count = 1
61 50 81 81 59 50 ... count = 1
81 81 67 76 76 68 ... count = 1


It seems the clues were as follows:
R&J -> "What's in a name?" -> The numbers aren't meant to be interpreted literally (Xd00999 and Jumbus)
Plain -> Plaintext -> The numbers are (disguised) ASCII (Jumbus, me)
Crayola box -> The numbers represent colors (DiabolicSpartan, Jumbus)
CS55's sig holds the key to the colors (catman6, T1B3R7uMB0YXVI): We're almost done.

Let's try and fix the apparent errors (;'). I'm going to guess the semicolons are meant to be 0s ... even if they weren't, they're in a less-significant digit place.

[Edited on 11.17.2012 5:47 PM PST]

  • 11.17.2012 4:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: spartan058 bill
...Let's try and fix the apparent errors (;').
There are no 'E's, '1', or '4's represent in the Hex numbers. I don't know if it is anything, but I think the colors are the right track. Crayola uses their own set of colors.

  • 11.17.2012 5:22 PM PDT

I used this to get the colors.
yellow horizontal-purple green lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink right-vertical-pink

green horizontal-purple yellow orange red lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink

green horizontal-purple yellow orange red lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink

orange dark-blue salmon lower-left-dark-purple

00FF2'

orange light-blue brown bottom-pink

bottom-pink

horizontal-purple green red orange yellow right-vertical-pink bottom-pink

horizontal-purple green lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink right-vertical-pink yellow orange

lower-left-dark-purple red light-blue 2'FF0' yellow right-vertical-pink

green horizontal-purple yellow orange red lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink

orange dark-blue vertical-purple-brown

horizontal-purple green lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink right-vertical-pink yellow orange

horizontal-purple green red orange yellow unidentified-pink bottom-pink

orange yellow horizontal-purple vertical-purple-brown



Given that the "unidentified pink" is much more common than "lower right vertical pink", perhaps they should be switched? I've now switched them.

[Edited on 11.17.2012 5:49 PM PST]

  • 11.17.2012 5:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: spartan058 bill
yellow horizontal-purple green lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink unidentified-pink - "Lower case" D

green horizontal-purple yellow orange red lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink - A

green horizontal-purple yellow orange red lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink - A

orange dark-blue salmon lower-left-dark-purple - J

00FF2'

orange light-blue brown bottom-pink - S

bottom-pink - "Underline" or _

horizontal-purple green red orange yellow unidentified-pink bottom-pink - "Lower case" G or 9

horizontal-purple green lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink unidentified-pink yellow orange - "Lower case" A

lower-left-dark-purple red light-blue 2'FF0' yellow unidentified-pink - "N"

green horizontal-purple yellow orange red lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink - "Lower case" E

orange dark-blue vertical-purple-brown - "T"

horizontal-purple green lower-left-dark-purple bottom-pink unidentified-pink yellow orange - "Lower case" A

horizontal-purple green red orange yellow right-vertical-pink bottom-pink - "Lower case" G or 9

orange yellow horizontal-purple vertical-purple-brown - "?" Display like a Question Mark.


I'll slowly edit this complete.
Added letters next to each color representative. Seems like there's another puzzle within this puzzle. Unless there's something off here.

[Edited on 11.17.2012 5:49 PM PST]

  • 11.17.2012 5:49 PM PDT