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Helanren 05-25-2013 03:39 PM

Re: Cryptomania
 
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Originally Posted by Bruja (Post 1441456)
3rd and 4th eye are the same... and it's strange, as I copied+pasted the drawings, but I had already noticed some eyes seem not to be in the exact same place.

Haha, so for some of the intermediate ones we'll have to make up our own minds on whether they're "up/down" or "left/right" then....

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Originally Posted by Bruja (Post 1441456)
There are only 8 possible positions for the eyes: up / up right / right /down right / down / down left / left / up left .

Left or right eye is not important then I guess?

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So now we need to decide how many eyes together make up 1 code group :thinking:

Bruja 05-25-2013 04:36 PM

Re: Cryptomania
 
I think Bolaf already made the groups... Well, I know he did it. (Unless you mean a different thing.)

There are a couple of faint hints in the play... but I also added a lot of stupid chit-chat to confuse you :tongue: And one of them is only understandable for Spanish speakers :lol:

.... :devil_2:

[edit] And you got the right 8 positions... but remember, faces have two eyes :nodder:

Helanren 05-25-2013 04:46 PM

Re: Cryptomania
 
Left eye comes up in 5, right eye in 6 different positions, so that's 30 possibilities per head -> one head, one letter?

Bruja 05-25-2013 05:08 PM

Re: Cryptomania
 
One head=one letter, perfect!

Helanren 05-25-2013 06:43 PM

Re: Cryptomania
 
No direct substitution though, it seems..... replacing eyes by numbers to get a better 'view' and using Bolaf's sequence (one frame = one line) we get
Spoiler:
(up, N) = 1, (up right, NE) = 2 etc.

52 52 52 74 73 61
76 54 63 81 54 62
52 65 52 76 68 68
76 14 63 68 53 64
52 52 52 74 63 61
76 54 63 81 65 62
52 65 52 76 61 68
76 14 63 68 52 64

so the first three letters are all the same :doubt: ???

As my sequence, or even putting all the frames next to each other, uses the same groups of three heads, that still leaves us with sequences of "52 52 52"....

Bruja 05-25-2013 06:56 PM

Re: Cryptomania
 
Sequences of 52-52-52.... no, not really. Let's go back to the animated GIF now. When you look at it what you see is one head = one word.
That is:
six "eye-moving" heads = six words.
each "still-eyed" head = one of the letters of that word

[edit] And forget the numbers... remember I can't count :rolleyes:

Helanren 05-25-2013 07:56 PM

Re: Cryptomania
 
The numbers were just to make it easier to see in what way the heads/eyes were the same or not ;)

So the solution is 52-74 52-54-65-14 52-63 74-81-76-68 73-54-68-53-63-65-61-52 61-62-68-64 with each two digit number a different letter?

Or if you wish :biggrin::

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Bruja 05-25-2013 08:00 PM

Re: Cryptomania
 
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And, by the way, while checking your numbers (once I understood they were related to the positions) I've discovered the output I got has an added difficulty I wasn't aware of... it seems the GIFMaker tool also wanted to participate here :rotfl:

Bolaf 05-27-2013 03:37 AM

Re: Cryptomania
 
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ACT FOUR (Right after Act 6, and to be followed by Act 2)

[Bruja, clinging to an old broom, hops in from the left and stops at a strange pile that lies in the middle of the stage.]
Bruja (worried): Deus?
Deus ex machina: ...
Bruja: Are you ok?
Deus ex machina (whispering): Waiting... for... Godot...

Coryphaeus (singing): Where's Godot - when you need him?


ACT TWO (Right after Act 4, and to be the final Act)

[Bolaf, having been offline for 2 days, appears on the stage where Deus ex machina has recovered from its fall.]
Bolaf (cheerfully): Greetings, good Sir.
Deus ex machina (grumpily): Shut up and entertain me!
Bolaf: Attachment 72708
Deus ex machina: Faster, faster! More balls!
Bolaf (whining): I can't. My arms hurt. Frankly, I hate this.
Deus ex machina: It's Nhelma's fault!

Coryphaeus (singing): Nhelma's fault, Nhelma's fault!

Bruja 05-27-2013 09:34 AM

Re: Cryptomania
 
:lol: Well, the animated encryption was hel's fault, of course, as the encrypted text explains... And the fact that his name changes to Nhelma is the website's fault, so I'm totally innocent of your sufferings :hypocrite

You can stop moving your arms up and down, Bolaf :nodder: We're ready for your next machiavelic idea.

Spoiler:
Something like "You know I don't like maths, so don't count the dots, or try to convert them into numbers" didn't sound as a good clue. I also wanted you to disregard braille or other dot-related codes. Then I thought about a hint about "moving arms up and down"... but that was a bit too direct, and it'll lead you to the solution in three seconds, as always. That's how the idea about the theatre play came to mind, in order to hide the clues.

I had also thought about "changing colours", but that would only work in Spanish, as we use the word "semáforo" for the traffic lights... I decided to add it just for fun, as I realized the play -with all the useless chit-chat- wouldn't help you at all. But now I've found out it could also work (a bit remotely) in English. Copied from wiki: Traffic lights, also known as traffic signals, traffic lamps, signal lights, robots in South Africa and, in the past, semaphores


Over to Bolaf! :jossun:


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