mcb
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Post by mcb on Feb 14, 2019 15:50:30 GMT -5
It's difficult ... I hope it's worth the challenge.
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Post by brydena on Feb 15, 2019 13:02:15 GMT -5
It's difficult ... I hope it's worth the challenge. Haven’t you figured it out yet?
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Post by zaphod73491 on Feb 15, 2019 13:31:41 GMT -5
It's difficult ... I hope it's worth the challenge. Haven’t you figured it out yet? Brydena: if by this question, you're implying you *have* figured out the Forrest's Special Words puzzle, then my hat's off to you! You are one of only a handful. I've been working on it off and on for two months without hitting on the correct Vigenere keyphrase to unlock the final stage.
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Post by brydena on Feb 15, 2019 13:54:32 GMT -5
Haven’t you figured it out yet? Brydena: if by this question, you're implying you *have* figured out the Forrest's Special Words puzzle, then my hat's off to you! You are one of only a handful. I've been working on it off and on for two months without hitting on the correct Vigenere keyphrase to unlock the final stage. No. I can see how you took it that way. I just thought Mcb has already figured it out so I was curious about that last statement. But, no, I have not.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Feb 15, 2019 14:27:29 GMT -5
No, McB is still struggling with it just like the rest of us, and he's worse off because he doesn't have a copy of the book. Someone apparently has scanned in many pages from the book and sent them to him, but I never got the impression he had the whole thing.
Jenny says we're missing clues *plural* in how to decrypt the Vig stage of the cipher. They must be subtle or I'm blind. ;-)
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Post by brydena on Feb 16, 2019 11:50:57 GMT -5
@genetic Blend Have you offered to this site all the same clues or “help” that you have been given to solve the Special Words? Just curious if the reason we aren’t figuring this out is because we are just blind or it’s actually that the people who figured out the solution had quite a bit of help. And, please know, I would rather not have the help if it’s going to make it too easy. I’m just wondering how others have solved it is all.
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Post by Jenny on Feb 16, 2019 12:11:30 GMT -5
No, McB is still struggling with it just like the rest of us, and he's worse off because he doesn't have a copy of the book. Someone apparently has scanned in many pages from the book and sent them to him, but I never got the impression he had the whole thing. Jenny says we're missing clues *plural* in how to decrypt the Vig stage of the cipher. They must be subtle or I'm blind. ;-) I have to admit, I feel I may have made them too obscure....and that is why I will be offering a clue at the end of March. I also won't be sharing them as with some tweaking, I might want to use them again. But the 'Key Phrase' itself is not obscure at all and it relates to The Thrill of the Chase. That is all I will say until I release the clue.. (other than the clue will be the letter count of the key phrase which should help narrow it down quite a bit)
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Post by zaphod73491 on Feb 16, 2019 14:03:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the added info, Jenny. I will say that I have tried the couple hundred most obvious key phrases, along with sensible variants, but haven't hit on it. I would think that if I got even two or three consecutive words correct covering 10 or more letters (at any position within the 80 letters) that it would be abundantly obvious because the decryption would be heavy in ETAOINSHRDLU. That hasn't happened. I get some good single and double word hits, but not enough to extend the phrase in either direction. But I'll keep at it...
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Post by GeneticBlend on Feb 16, 2019 16:08:41 GMT -5
brydena, I had made some progress on the puzzle myself, but became stuck at a certain point. Someone gave me some help/hints that enabled me to move forward. They asked me not to share the hints. I have remained true to my promise. I have helped as far as to the parts I had solved alone, but I will not share beyond that. I think most people on the forum have solved the puzzle to the point where I became stalled. I'm sure that eventually, the solution will come out. Good luck!
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mcb
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Post by mcb on Feb 16, 2019 18:13:04 GMT -5
brydena, I had made some progress on the puzzle myself, but became stuck at a certain point. Someone gave me some help/hints that enabled me to move forward. They asked me not to share the hints. I have remained true to my promise. I have helped as far as to the parts I had solved alone, but I will not share beyond that. I think most people on the forum have solved the puzzle to the point where I became stalled. I'm sure that eventually, the solution will come out. Good luck! Just answer one question: Is the key phrase obvious or not?
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Post by mcb on Feb 16, 2019 18:30:56 GMT -5
Brydena: if by this question, you're implying you *have* figured out the Forrest's Special Words puzzle, then my hat's off to you! You are one of only a handful. I've been working on it off and on for two months without hitting on the correct Vigenere keyphrase to unlock the final stage. No. I can see how you took it that way. I just thought Mcb has already figured it out so I was curious about that last statement. But, no, I have not. As Zap said: I'm worse than you. I've tried dozens of known phrases, but to no avail.
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Post by GeneticBlend on Feb 16, 2019 21:40:29 GMT -5
brydena, I had made some progress on the puzzle myself, but became stuck at a certain point. Someone gave me some help/hints that enabled me to move forward. They asked me not to share the hints. I have remained true to my promise. I have helped as far as to the parts I had solved alone, but I will not share beyond that. I think most people on the forum have solved the puzzle to the point where I became stalled. I'm sure that eventually, the solution will come out. Good luck! Just answer one question: Is the key phrase obvious or not? No. I would say it is not.
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Post by brydena on Feb 17, 2019 0:19:00 GMT -5
Sounds like it is a phrase that we know well but just not obvious in this sense.
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Post by brydena on Feb 17, 2019 1:01:34 GMT -5
Phrases that can give hints or clues: "The Treasure you are looking for is waiting for you in the place you least expect it." "The difference between living an ordinary life and living an extraordinary life is simply adding the extra pds" "There is a hidden treasure in every problem. It is your job to find it." "Embrace the unknown. It is only there you will find your treasure." "THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU WANT TO BE IS WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO EACH DAY" "today isnt rehearsal its your life capture it" The 20 keys mean "Seek treasure". >> "In the waves of change we often find true purpose" << If you haven't solved this yet, how do you know this to be true?
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Post by brydena on Feb 17, 2019 1:03:00 GMT -5
I don't know how my message above turned out like that. I was trying to respond to Mcb's thread about these particular puzzle solves offer clues or hints. How do you know this?
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