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Who's excited for Warrens' return?

me
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me
- 2 (4%)
me
- 5 (10%)
help i'm trapped in a poll i don't know why i'm here i'm so scared someone please help
- 29 (58%)
me
- 6 (12%)

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Author Topic: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome ???  (Read 3975794 times)

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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19560 on: April 20, 2015, 03:23:21 pm »
So, assuming that only half of the alphabet is used then we would need to pick letters manually...
abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz
1234567890123
The numerical values of the first message are:
-12+5>+5+8+6+7>-7+8

If one assumes that -- = subtract twice, and that 13 = shift 13(no change) then...

j/w e/r _ e/r h/u f/s g/t _ e/r h/u
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Is Proxxy Canadian?
But then it makes no sense for later messages...

The numerical values for the puzzle are
71 2a 5b c4

a is not 2 or 1
b is not 6 or 4
c is not 3 or 7

As near as I can tell, the encryption originates from pProxxy, so presumably cannot contain any information that they do not already possess. So presumably it cannot be a solution to the puzzle because if it were then Proxxy would be able to solve it without us...


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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19561 on: April 20, 2015, 04:09:14 pm »
Well, so far I detect 8 ">" dividers, creating 8 series started by a ">" which do not begin in either a "+" or a "-"

This means it's quite easy to manipulate the text (in its current state) by chunks to receive a series of 8 numbers.

Now, my intermediate goal is to find a solution that naturally provides results within that range of 7, rather than simply applying "mod 7" to the end result (like I'm doing at the minute)

EDIT: So hopeless, I forgot to update my list with one of the recent updates... Now there are more than 8 numbers, but they might loop... I think I'll try something new anyway
« Last Edit: April 20, 2015, 07:15:13 pm by Chris the OK »
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19562 on: April 20, 2015, 05:36:45 pm »
Quote from: Proxxy
010010 123 2........
One more thing - the changes in this number sequence are all stepwise - each digit is either one more, one less, or the same as the digit before it.

This could have something to do with the +/-/> system in the text.
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19563 on: April 20, 2015, 11:21:40 pm »
Someone else: Push another button on the Influx, come back when someone else has figured out this weird puzzle shit.
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19564 on: April 20, 2015, 11:26:28 pm »
You know, we really should experiment to see whether anyone else can use the Influx. It would be kind of odd, but the Skill Tree can be used, so it's worth a shot. If others can use the Influx, we can pull off some shenanigans.
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19565 on: April 21, 2015, 05:05:56 am »
Why not change the transmitters already?

2B Riltia
3B Ecco
4A Floe
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19566 on: April 21, 2015, 10:22:28 am »
Quote from: Solymr on April 21, 2015, 05:05:56 am
Why not change the transmitters already?

2B Riltia
3B Ecco
4A Floe
Because changing transmitters to the wrong value hurts us, and we've only got 12 hp left.
-1.
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19567 on: April 21, 2015, 10:26:09 am »
Quote from: fractalman on April 21, 2015, 10:22:28 am
Quote from: Solymr on April 21, 2015, 05:05:56 am
Why not change the transmitters already?

2B Riltia
3B Ecco
4A Floe
Because changing transmitters to the wrong value hurts us, and we've only got 12 hp left.
-1.

+1 to 2B Riltia.
-1 to anything else.

Test with one of the three to see our validity before doing anything else. If we're right, we only lost a turn. If we're wrong, we only lose 1 HP.
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19568 on: April 21, 2015, 10:35:10 am »
Are we certain changing one won't cause the other wrong ones to hurt us?
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19569 on: April 21, 2015, 11:41:36 am »
Quote from: Solymr on April 21, 2015, 05:05:56 am
Why not change the transmitters already?

2B Riltia
3B Ecco
4A Floe
+1
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19570 on: April 21, 2015, 11:43:17 am »
Quote from: Solymr on April 21, 2015, 05:05:56 am
Why not change the transmitters already?

2B Riltia
3B Ecco
4A Floe
+1
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19571 on: April 21, 2015, 11:43:38 am »
Quote from: RoaryStar on April 21, 2015, 10:26:09 am
Quote from: fractalman on April 21, 2015, 10:22:28 am
Quote from: Solymr on April 21, 2015, 05:05:56 am
Why not change the transmitters already?

2B Riltia
3B Ecco
4A Floe
Because changing transmitters to the wrong value hurts us, and we've only got 12 hp left.
-1.

+1 to 2B Riltia.
-1 to anything else.

Test with one of the three to see our validity before doing anything else. If we're right, we only lost a turn. If we're wrong, we only lose 1 HP.



 >Your theory was correct! You go ahead and change the others for good measure.







+>It's undeniable now. You were obviously being tested with a simple puzzle.
->You're going to be very cautious from now on. You know Oric thought you were dumb,
+>but your solution shows him you're not as dumb as he thought. Anything you'd like
 >to do before you teleport back to DL3 and away from this prison?
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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19572 on: April 21, 2015, 11:50:14 am »
Gaze into the void.  Regard how it differs from higher voids.
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Quote from: syvarris on December 27, 2015, 08:03:03 pm
HMR stands for Hazardous Materials Requisition, not Horrible Massive Ruination, though I can understand how one could get confused.
Quote from: Hapah on November 04, 2015, 11:43:09 am
God help us if we have to agree on pizza toppings at some point. There will be no survivors.

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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19573 on: April 21, 2015, 11:51:23 am »
Teleport to the greens instead.

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Re: (ISG) The Warrens of Oric the Awesome: Halfhabet Soup
« Reply #19574 on: April 21, 2015, 12:02:55 pm »
Oookay? So I solved it? Damn, what I said made sense!

*Victory dance*

But I am still lost about the more complicated puzzle.
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