The Great Tree

Durin Mephit · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:28 am Post subject: A new puzzle

Some of you may have noticed a test message from me about two weeks ago. That was a partial and incomplete transfer of a coded message (one of six) from my KI. The code looks different from anything I've seen before. It looks like a cipher of some sort, but the patterns seem to be keyed... indeed, KI'd... to an external reference.

With many thanks to Ashtar, I am finally able to fully transfer all six messages in their entirety to this discussion board. I will post these over at Uru Obsession tomorrow, but I am giving members of the Great Tree a little head start. Hopefully, you can all assist with the decoding of these messages. I have an idea of where to start, but I'm keeping that to myself for now to see how the rest of you fare with this puzzle.

Message #1
14 4-1 2-11 11+11 10-2 8-1 * 7-6 14 13 5-8 8-1 5-1 3+12 7-3 9-3 / 3+11 13 10-8 * 7-3 5-3 2-8 11 5-3 7-12 * 5-7 3+13 * 4-14 14 * 9+12 7-3 8 * 1+11 6 11+6 12+12 4-3 3+12 1+13 5-8 5-3 / 3+3 10-2 8-1 8 * 5-2 7-12 14-6 14 * 3+3 10-2 13 8 * 10-9 10-1 1-3 7-12 10-4 14 / 10-11 2-12 14 3+12 * 5-12 11+12 2-12 2-11 5-14 * 6-13 2-11 12+12 * 1-3 * 6 10-4 12+6 * 11+12 9-3 12+6 10-2 12+12 1-13

Message #2
4 4-1 5-4 * 1+11 10-3 6-1 4-13 11 6 4-11 8-3 6 9-11 * 9-3 3+6 5-8 * 11+12 14-6 5-1 8-14 10-9 6 3+13 * 1-13 7-3 6+13 2-11 1+12 3+11 / 14 4 4-14 11+12 10-7 6 7-11 * 8-14 3+12 * 4 4-1 10-8 * 7-6 8-13 4-14 5-3 4-12 * 9 4-14 9-11 5-4 / 6 2-12 * 5-1 10-2 4 8 10-4 12+12 * 4-1 2-12 11+6 * 7+12 2-12 1+11 * 5-1 2-12 3+3 10-4 * 8-3 1+13 * 4-14 6-1 2-11 1+12 4

Message #3
1 9-3 3+11 * 1+13 8-1 14-6 * 14 1+12 5-3 * 5-7 4-13 8-13 1+12 10-1 12 6 10-2 4 7-3 / 3+12 13 10-4 10-3 * 3+12 8-1 5-4 * 2-8 5-2 11+12 3 6 5-4 14 3+13 * 3+13 13 2-12 11+6 / 8 8-1 14-6 * 5-11 4-14 3+11 8-1 * 9+12 2-11 1+12 * 2-3 1+11 3+13 3+11 * 1+13 1-3 4-11 10-4

Message #4
6-13 9-3 5-4 1 * 4 13 7-3 * 11+11 1-3 8-3 6 * 2-11 6 * 7+11 2-11 1+12 12+12 * 14 10-6 11 5-3 / 6-1 7-3 10-3 5-4 4-14 3+11 13 * 5 2-11 1+12 12+12 * 5-14 14-6 7-3 3+12 * 1 10-7 10-8 14 * 1-3 * 11+12 10-4 11+6 1-3 12+12 1-13 / 1+13 2-11 * 14 13 2-11 12+6 * 12+6 8-1 14-6 11+12 9-3 * 7+11 2-11 1+12 * 8-1 5-2 6+13 5-8 * 7-6 14-6 7-3 5-3

Message #5
4 2-12 * 3+13 10-4 10-8 * 3+11 8-1 5-4 * 12+6 8-14 3+12 7-3 11+11 5-14 8-14 1 4-13 * 13 9-3 12+12 5-8 / 2-11 5-12 7-3 10-3 * 1+12 5-11 * 1+13 8-1 9-3 * 2-8 10-9 11+12 8 5 * 11+6 5-9 5-3 2-8 2-11 12+6 / 6-3 8-14 10-12 1+13 1+12 12+12 9-3 * 1+13 13 10-8 * 9-12 4-13 2-12 11+6 8-3 10-3 9-11 * 3+13 7 4-1 10-4 11+11 14-6

Message #6
11+11 9-3 8-14 6-3 4-1 5-9 6 9-12 * 6-13 2-11 12+12 * 3+13 2-11 5-1 5-4 3+11 13 8-3 10-3 9-11 / 5-4 1 1+12 2-8 8-3 5-3 9-11 * 7+11 2-11 1+12 11+12 * 7-11 11+12 5-2 3+13 10-11 / 3+11 2-12 * 4 2-11 1+12 6-3 4-1 * 8-3 3+11 * 9+11 2-12 1+11 * 10-1 1+12 14 8 * 3+12 10-2 10-6 5-8 * 11+6 5-9 5-3 9-12

Note: I can assure you that this is not related to any previous puzzle you've seen.

Edit: Corrected a letter in message #3 - thanks to K'Huunah of UruObsession
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Professor Askew · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:26 am Post subject:

Wow. That's a lot of numbers. Shocked

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Durin Mephit · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:03 pm Post subject:

UruObsession has now received their copy of the puzzle...

Oh, people might want to know this too: There is a reward for solving the puzzle.
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Durin Mephit · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject:

K'Huunah of Uru Obsession is quickly narrowing in on the solution. He just needs to correct one of the answers.
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Professor Askew · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject:

Already?!

Man, I stink at these things. Laughing

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D'Jerid · Explorer Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 14

I just figured out the cipher! Oh Marten, that was evil!

EDIT: Well, now I have all six of the messages decoded. All that remains is to try to figure out what they mean.

Durin Mephit · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:

K'Huunah @ UruObsession has successfully solved the puzzle but I've only shared the reward with him. Will you be the second? Smile

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Durin Mephit · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject:

I wanted to inform everyone that four people (K'Huunah, D'Jerid, ChrisForsyth, and Andrew_C) have thus far solved the puzzle. The fifth person to do so will reveal the reward for everyone. Smile

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Durin Mephit · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject: The puzzle is complete

Five people have solved the puzzle and the solution and reward have now been posted over at Uru Obsession. I am not posting the solution here at the GT forum because I am using copious amounts of [spoiler] tags for those who don't want the whole explanation spilled at once, and who might be looking for just a few hints to continue. So... if you want the answer, clicky: Solution and Reward to "A new puzzle"
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weldergeek · Great Tree Member Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 44

I posted on UO too but that was awesome Marten Smile

I have to ask, what did you use to produce that video? The quality is much higher than anything I have been able to make at that filesize Smile

~Weldergeek
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CuzinJohn · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:00 am Post subject:

Awesome, Marten...

simply... AWESOME.
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Mystlander · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:49 am Post subject:

Marten,

I must agree with CuzinJohn's comments... "AWESOME!"

Now, how can we download the movie Unwritten and save it to our computers for future viewing? Wink

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Durin Mephit · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:28 pm Post subject:

Mystlander,

You should be able to save the movie if you right-click on the link in your web browser, and choose "Save As".

http://marten.treeweasel.com/UntilUru/Unwritten.wmv

I'm very glad you enjoyed it, and honored that you want to keep a copy Smile

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Mystlander · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:27 am Post subject:

Marten,

Hmmmmm... that option was not available with Mozilla Firefox, but I was able to save it using Internet Explorer. Thank you so very much, TreeWeasel!

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weldergeek · Great Tree Member Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 44

In Firefox it is Right click, save link as. It worked for me Smile

~Weldergeek
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