EPTOn April 16 2010 14:26 R1CH wrote:
Challenge is over!
Challenge is over!
Now that it's over can you tell us the trick that was used to encrypt/decrypt?
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
Now that it's over can you tell us the trick that was used to encrypt/decrypt? | ||
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hoborg
United States430 Posts
I noticed that if you take the .png in r1ch's post and turn it into a .txt, the words "Starcraft II" appear right at the top. Everything else around it is nonsense though... wonder if I was barking up the wrong tree. | ||
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Ironson
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just_nick
Canada35 Posts
Tried writing a program to do some bit manipulation to the string and came up with something interesting but still trying to figure this out(even tho its over) not sure if I'm on the right track at all :/. | ||
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Bear4188
United States1797 Posts
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r3z3nd3
Brazil522 Posts
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Ballistixz
United States1269 Posts
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killstereo
Canada30 Posts
Yep, still in need, despite my best facebook efforts -_-. | ||
Spazer
Canada8031 Posts
On April 16 2010 14:29 hoborg wrote: So what was the trick to figuring that out? I noticed that if you take the .png in r1ch's post and turn it into a .txt, the words "Starcraft II" appear right at the top. Everything else around it is nonsense though... wonder if I was barking up the wrong tree. I kinda doubt that R1CH would do something as cruel as coding the key into an image. It also seems unnecessarily complex. I expect the "Starcraft II" words are just from a keyword the image was tagged with or something like that. Edit: Hurr | ||
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Lucy1nTheSky
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s2pid_loser
United States699 Posts
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Genesis Brood
United States193 Posts
Been trying since last week on facebook, entered contests, opt-in since first day available; still fail Edit: name = PinkTemplar (I assume you didn't mean our real name?) | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
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R1CH
Netherlands10340 Posts
The text was encoded with base 64. This is apparent from the = at the end, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 for an explanation of base64. However, this would have been too easy, so the output was encoded with a substitution cipher, rot13: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rot13 If you decoded that, you would get the following message: "Alas, you have stumbled down the wrong path. Your efforts are not in vain, you just have yet to realize your true goal." Revealing that the text was merely a diversion. The only other thing in the post was the banner image. If you opened it up in an image editor and flood filled the background, you would discover a message hinting you onwards. If you then opened the file in an image viewer that supports metadata, EXIF, etc you would see a PNG comment message telling you to PM me on TL with a code to claim your key. You could even open it in Notepad to see that it says "Starcraft II", indicating something inside the image  .The winner in fact did not manage to decode the text, but was looking at the image instead. | ||
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zaMNal
Mongolia385 Posts
ps: opted- in last may | ||
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Neverhood
United States5388 Posts
I would love to have one...been trying to get one from that facebook event 3 times a day for a week now T_T | ||
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Chux
Peru255 Posts
Btw: Nice puzze R1CH! | ||
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frogmelter
United States971 Posts
Name : frogmelter | ||
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just_nick
Canada35 Posts
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checo
Mexico1364 Posts
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