Porphyria's Glomschal Challenge - Revision history

Esmene at 01:57, 18 October 2011

Esmene — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:57:25 GMT

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	The decoded message: Said Farmer Brown who's bald on top, "Wish I could rotate the crop." Burma Shave		The decoded message: Said Farmer Brown who's bald on top, "Wish I could rotate the crop." Burma Shave
	:Congrtulations to Rashidun, and stay tuned for the next challenge.		:Congrtulations to Rashidun, and stay tuned for the next challenge.
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		+	Finally, (since someone asked), the encryption was done by picking a Scrabble letter out of a bag for the first letter of each word. After that, the following letters were indicative of how many letters in the alphabet each letter appeared after the last one, with A=0, B=1, C=2, and so on. So, "CG" indicated I because I is 6 letters after C in the alphabet. I'm not really that knowledgeable about cyphers, so I don't know the technical terms for what this kind of cypher is called, or anything -- it was just something I dreamed up.

Esmene — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:21:27 GMT

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	'''And for those who are actually still paying attention to this,''' your reward for giving a damn is a heads up: My next contest will be a scavenger hunt, timed roughly to coincide with the week before Halloween. Some details may be found on my blog (and here later).		'''And for those who are actually still paying attention to this,''' your reward for giving a damn is a heads up: My next contest will be a scavenger hunt, timed roughly to coincide with the week before Halloween. Some details may be found on my blog (and here later).
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		+	'''And we have a winner:''' Rashidun, who sent a mud mail @Date: Sat Oct 15 17:44:14 2011.
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		+	The decoded message: Said Farmer Brown who's bald on top, "Wish I could rotate the crop." Burma Shave
		+	:Congrtulations to Rashidun, and stay tuned for the next challenge.

Esmene — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:30:30 GMT

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	* Think roadside advertising.		* Think roadside advertising.
	* The 9th word is "I". If you can figure out how CG makes I, you should have a good idea how to solve this.		* The 9th word is "I". If you can figure out how CG makes I, you should have a good idea how to solve this.
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		+	'''And for those who are actually still paying attention to this,''' your reward for giving a damn is a heads up: My next contest will be a scavenger hunt, timed roughly to coincide with the week before Halloween. Some details may be found on my blog (and here later).

Esmene — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:01:23 GMT

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	* The hint before the last one is an anagram. If you know what it refers to, you should be able to figure out what product the text is an advertisement for.		* The hint before the last one is an anagram. If you know what it refers to, you should be able to figure out what product the text is an advertisement for.
	* Think roadside advertising.		* Think roadside advertising.
		+	* The 9th word is "I". If you can figure out how CG makes I, you should have a good idea how to solve this.

Esmene — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:30:46 GMT

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	* Man Army, Ram Myna!		* Man Army, Ram Myna!
	* There aren't as many letters in the decoded message as there are in the cypher.		* There aren't as many letters in the decoded message as there are in the cypher.
-	* The hint before the last one is an anagram. if you know what it refers to, you should be able to figure out what product the text is an advertisement for.	+	* The hint before the last one is an anagram. If you know what it refers to, you should be able to figure out what product the text is an advertisement for.
		+	* Think roadside advertising.

Esmene — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:56:07 GMT

Getting impatient for someone to solve this.

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	* Man Army, Ram Myna!		* Man Army, Ram Myna!
	* There aren't as many letters in the decoded message as there are in the cypher.		* There aren't as many letters in the decoded message as there are in the cypher.
		+	* The hint before the last one is an anagram. if you know what it refers to, you should be able to figure out what product the text is an advertisement for.

Esmene — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:51:19 GMT

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	* An important part of decoding each letter is the letter that comes before it.		* An important part of decoding each letter is the letter that comes before it.
	* Man Army, Ram Myna!		* Man Army, Ram Myna!
		+	* There aren't as many letters in the decoded message as there are in the cypher.

Esmene — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:16:50 GMT

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	* If you know something about old advertisements, the message may be familiar to you.		* If you know something about old advertisements, the message may be familiar to you.
	* An important part of decoding each letter is the letter that comes before it.		* An important part of decoding each letter is the letter that comes before it.
-	* Man Army	+	* Man Army, Ram Myna!

Esmene — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:13:29 GMT

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	* If you know something about old advertisements, the message may be familiar to you.		* If you know something about old advertisements, the message may be familiar to you.
	* An important part of decoding each letter is the letter that comes before it.		* An important part of decoding each letter is the letter that comes before it.
		+	* Man Army

Esmene — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:38:38 GMT

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	* The cypher-to-plain text will not require rearranging the letters as an additional step (the plain text is not an anagram of some middle-step cypher). Basically, only one method was used to encrypt this.		* The cypher-to-plain text will not require rearranging the letters as an additional step (the plain text is not an anagram of some middle-step cypher). Basically, only one method was used to encrypt this.
	* If you know something about old advertisements, the message may be familiar to you.		* If you know something about old advertisements, the message may be familiar to you.
		+	* An important part of decoding each letter is the letter that comes before it.