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2 | 1 | 1 | Y | You've changed. | Starts from here. Seems like the theme for the ARG is "Change." Things related to change or having changed should be analyzed for potential clues, as well as be assigned extra weight. | Previous arg for reference https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kpnfIyhpEnKLNH9DcDtIhPSthILxaVB0IFeWRotNpbs/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 1 | 2 | Y | 18347689111674 (the emote name) | From starting message. | Summed with Clue4 to acquire Clue5 | Previous clue dumping for reference: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jU1Jf2JqWa4OpPuTU8jMLiqZiBpa9amlRmqPj2zXZwg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 1 | 3 | Y | https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/722724168029831220.png?v=1 (the emote image itself) | Seems like it's just an empty emoji, what matters is the name. Was edited to a non-empty version. New version has many non-blank pixels, see here for an edited version which makes it more clear. | Checking pixel value of (41,86) gives color code #100610 == (16, 6, 16) in RGB. See clue 11. | ASS FILES: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hHo5ynR4_xCv6xXPtpEGGLJ9a2ubPXa2?usp=sharing Can replicate by using something like `mkvextract tracks \[GJM\]\ Kaguya-sama\ \~Love\ is\ War\~\ S2\ -\ 04\ \[A38B175B\].mkv 2:04.ass` | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 |  | Stuff Alg has said: - Clues can be used more than once. - There will be a time lock set at some point forcing progress to halt; it'll be released during a weekend (thank god). - It's a long one. Probably much longer than the first one (which spanned a day). - Don't deal with timestamps unless explicitly stated. - "166 is working out, 166 16 is princess carry, yea" -> /166/16 - "I'd never put clues in yt comments" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 1 | 4 | Y | 5F_34_m15_m15_5d_59_03 | Guya emote ID in Algoinde's status; m15 is supposed to mean -15. | Summed with Clue2 to acquire Clue5 | 107/16? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 1 | 5 | Y | whatnow | Resolved by summing the hex values Clue 2 and Clue 4: 0x 18 34 76 89 11 16 74 + 0x 5F 34 -15 -15 5d 59 03 ------------------------------------------- 0x 77 68 61 74 6E 6F 77 The ASCII of this is "whatnow" | Leads to an edited message: https://discordapp.com/channels/329966811057618944/404588265090318336/532265807032483845 This message should clue you into visiting a BGS server to spot another Alg message: https://discord.gg/GvwE3n9 This leads to Clue6, Clue7, and Clue8. | Other random "clues" that may not be useful (mostly from the old docs clue stuff, probably not important): - :a: react - Status: "at all" on https://twitter.com/Algoinde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1 | 6 | Y | 44796 | Resolved by using that as the MangaDex ID for a series: https://www.mangadex.org/title/44796/the-kids-have-changed. ...is what I would like to say but Rei just Bing'd Alg's name and magically found it ahead of schedule. :fujiyay: | Going to the dreaded comments section of the series to https://www.mangadex.org/thread/204497/3/ leads to a new comment from Alg. Result: Clue9. | (WIP) Walkthrough if needed: https://pyreko.github.io/argoinde2/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 1 | 7 | Y | [2:h] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 0.5 | 8 | N | Now what :HayaSmug: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 1 | 9 | Y | 28C4A85D #0:2(eng) #166:24-34 (edited to #166:13-22) | Checksum of GJM EP5 release of the kaguya animated series, #0:2(eng) subtitle track. Note that you have to remove the `Comments:` portions to get this from the extracted .ass files (you can open them via a text editor, like Notepad++); see the ASS files. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 166th actual line of text file Dialogue: 50,0:06:02.06,0:06:06.64,GJM_Main_1080p,Ka,0,0,0,,{\q2}Recently, the appearance of the man she's \Nsomewhat interested in has changed drastically... | 0:06:02.06 is the string (extracted characters 13-22) Searching this leads to https://musicswap.livejournal.com/1119784.html with a comment from Alg, leading to clue 11. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 10 | N | [1:s] | Comment on https://musicswap.livejournal.com/1119784.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 1 | 11 | Y | (A38B175B #0:2 #3187:60-68) + (-600,-900) | https://nyaa.si/view/1245812 has the hash, seems similar to Clue 9. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | ASS FILES Using ffmpeg to grab the ass, gives this line#3187: Dialogue: 1,0:04:04.76,0:04:04.89,iFanzSigns,,0,0,0,,{\an7\pos(641,986)\org(856,912)\fscx102\frz-40.42\fry-10.42\frx-9.91\fax1.21\fnKozuka Gothic Pro H\fs13.68\blur1}This book will help you change \N{\1a&HFF&}.....{\fs12.83\1a&H00&}your life using computers Characters 60-68 give `pos(641,986)` (641,986) + (-600,-900) gives (41,86) Pixel (41,86) in initial emote gives RGB: 16,6,16 | leads to this (NSFW) https://nhentai.net/g/16616 SFW-ish link (it's just a profile) https://nhentai.net/users/3369277/a00000000 Leads to clue 12. Also used as a manga chapter/page reference to c166, p16, where there was hidden morse code on the page. (Clue 15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 11.5 | Y | 16616 | https://nhentai.net/g/16616/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 1 | 12 | Y | user a00000000: tf is this [4:u] | comment extracted from nhentai link https://nhentai.net/g/16616/ | Leads to a twitter account, https://twitter.com/a00000000, named "Iroha". Clue to Oregairu server. https://discord.gg/PQ2kJCv There's a post from Alg there... leads to clue 18. Message link: https://discordapp.com/channels/121026081598865411/239489041899192323/696317734547488788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 1 | 13 | y | - message made by kaguya gang Oh, and you might need this: : ⧜ a0x8 | ⧜ = U+29DC UTF-8: 0xE2 0xA7 0x9C (e2a79c) => valid reddit link (but it's dead) and this colour U+29DC Aka Documento Continuo - Book by Enrico Boccioletti a0x8 -> a00000000 : = U+003A maybe can convert to 0x23A Html entity = ⧜ - many of the early guya.moe entries are published on july 16th, thus 0716. this may lead us to chapter one | see clue 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 1 | 14 | Y | 16616 | leads to a Kaguya chapter 166, page 16 | NotJag verion page contains the following Morse code at the bottom left: -..-. .-- .- .. - .-.-.- .... - -- .-. Dechyphred, gives "wait.htmr", which, assuming it should be "wait.html", leads to Clue 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | TBD | 15 | Y | https://algoinde.ru/wait.html | Checkpoint, wait for 2-ish days on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK4TWXWEKAQ See you all then. Update: the site is dead...? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 1 | 18 | Y | 4172838-5 and https://algoinde.ru/4172838-5 and https://algoinde.ru/wait.htmr | The wait.htmr gives a file with "4172838-5", while the 4172838-5 gives a file with "wait.htmr" Googling "4172838-5" gives the results for Orion (the constellation) | Searching leads to "Orion". Searching this in Discord goes to this edited comment: https://discordapp.com/channels/329966811057618944/643650478067941385/6683411505197875 Leads to clue 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 19 | Y | Orion | related to clue 3? https://discordapp.com/channels/329966811057618944/643650478067941385/66834274636031591 Alg submitted this to an art contest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glJfKeBzjLg&feature=youtu.be He said that there's a significance to the way Orion is oriented in the art | Annotation leads to a video. Leads to clue 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 1 | 20 | Y | yes. that's also why they are looking that up too right now. [3:u] | At this point we have 4 letters, this would spell: "shuu". - "Shuuchiin Gakuen" is a valid spelling. Or maybe it's so obvious it's a red herring. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 1 | 21 | Y | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3CHFS1xMLU β Right ascension timecode : I really like that other song. s/m/s/ s/h/m/ | h/m/s corresponds with coordinates from right acensions from stars... Song is Helvetica Standard, Sono 2, from Nichijou | Clue 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 22.1 | Y | Орион не при чем - здесь есть другая звезда, сравнимая по яркости. Witch's Translation: Orion has nothing to do with this, another star with comparable brightness exists here Or something like this | found in the russian transcription of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glJfKeBzjLg at 02:02 | Clue 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 23.1 | Y | sky in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glJfKeBzjLg |  | beta monocerotis: Right ascension 06h 28m 49.0700s beta canis majoris: Right ascension 06h 22m 41.98535s beta canis minoris: right ascension 07h 27m 09.04174s suggests clue 23.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 23.2 | Y | 06h 28m 49.0700s 06h 22m 41.98535s 07h 27m 09.04174s | timestamps of some kind. 06:28 in Kaguya stargazing episode is a picture of the full moon further attempts: the moon is linked to the story of Princess Kaguya in Ghibli's Kaguya Hime no Monogatari: 6:28 : baby grows suddenly 6:45 : baby gets breastfed 7:45 : baby grow furthermore | timestamps of Kaguya sama episode 3 led to the Summer Triangle and its mention in Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari leads to clue 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 24 | Y | sed | sed was fixed to s/m/s/ s/h/m/ if you use the sed command on the right ascension of a star you get the format: xxm xxs, which is a time code. The question is for which star and time code for what | Replacing using sed replacement notation should be this monocerotis: 06m 28s 49.0700s canis majoris: 06m 22s 41.98535s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 25 | Y | Found on: https://bakemonogatari.fandom.com/wiki/Kimino_Shiranai_Monogatari I like this song. [8:-] [10:a] | [8:-] (or it might be a fill-in the blank from clue 13, this is only a guess) [10:a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 26 | Y | Comment on monogatari wiki had ip address 185.14.186.30 leads to empty file with inc.inf.pg257 | the ip address resolves to http://shuchiin.algoinde.ru/ | leads to empty file named inc.inf.pg257 leads to clue 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 1 | 27 | y | inc.inf.pg257 | leads to incomplete infinity page 257 which leads to documento continuo by Enrico Boccioletti http://www.linkartcenter.eu/public/editions/Enrico_Boccioletti_U%2B29DC_aka_Documento_Continuo_2014.pdf mentioned in clue 13 (page 257 of documento continuo) we cannot have a conversation about something whilst it remains unseen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | https://danecervine.typepad.com/files/the-greased-pig-e-book.pdf surely irrelevant, still writing this down anyway found with a google search with terms "incomplete infinity" and "pg257" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Data from PDF page 257: #Stacktivism A term coined by Jay Springett Which posits that “we cannot have a conversation about something whilst it remains unseen” derived from Benjamin Bratton’s work on ‘The Stack’ #stacktivism is a term that attempts to give form to a critical conversation & line of enquiry around infrastructure & the relationship we have to it, whilst asking the question “who controls the means of not dying?” http://pastebin.com/bm1EKB9H BY: BEN_VICKERS ON OCT 21ST, 2013 SYNTAX: NONE SIZE: 6.61 KB HITS: 545 EXPIRES: NEVER | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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37 | 28.1 | Y | something changed | http://shuchiin.algoinde.ru/mask.link gets added to http://shuchiin.algoinde.ru index | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 1 | 28.2 | Y | mask.link reads: ``` cut -d"/" -f4 ``` | https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/cut.1.html $ cut --help Usage: cut OPTION... [FILE]... Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -d, --delimiter=DELIM use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter -f, --fields=LIST select only these fields; also print any line mask.link is a website to mask already given URLs into a different URL, the generated URL link is 24 hours | using the unix cut function you can cut -d"/" -f4 page 257 to leave us with bm1EKB9H (from the pastebin link) (clue 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 29 | Y | Hint from Algo: you have one unused thing left over https://discordapp.com/channels/329966811057618944/722942485487157299/727928780097585173 clues 16 and 17 got deleted by algo | unused clues: [1:s] [2:h] [3:u] [4:u] [8:-] [10:a] aka clues 9, 13, 17, 20, 25 inc.inf.pg257 aka clue 27 cut -d"/" -f4 aka clue 28.2 a0x8 (a00000000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Y | hint from algo: http://shuchiin.algoinde.ru/mask.link.2 | 0 = _ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 1 | 30 | Y | cut -d"/" -f4 on documento continuo pg 257: bm1EKB9H | using a0x8 as a base and algoinde's other hint that 0 = _, you append bm1EKB9H to a, this gives you abm1EKB9H | Searching "abm1EKB9H" on the server reveals clue 31. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 1 | 31 | Partially | abm1EKB9H y o u n e e d t o l o o k i n t o t h e w h i t e t h e g r i d c o n t i n u e s e v e r y w e e k y o u n e e d t o l o o k i n t o t h e b l a c k t h e s p a c e i s l o o k i n g v e r y t h i n https://alg.e/ | The link contains zero width characters. You can see this via Python: >>> s = 'https://alg.e/' >>> s.encode("unicode_escape") b'https://alg.e/\\u200d\\u200d\\u200c\\u200d\\u200d\\u200c\\u200c\\u200d\\u200d\\u200c\\u200d\\u200c\\u200d\\u200d\\u200d\\u200d' | Replacing "https://alg.e/" with "zws.im/" links to https://algoinde.ru/25566, clue 32. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 1 | 32 | Y | https://algoinde.ru/25566 | 25566 is a port... trying http://shuchiin.algoinde.ru:25566/ gives a weird message. «Ё{"translate":"disconnect.genericReason","with":["Internal Exception: io.netty.handler.codec.DecoderException: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 69, Size: 1"]} googling gives Minecraft errors | This is a minecraft server. https://mcsrvstat.us/server/shuchiin.algoinde.ru:25566/ 185.14.186.30:25566 is the server IP (the shuchiin one works as well) The MOTD of the server is [5-7:å°º]. Leads to clue 33, 34. Time for gamer hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 1 | 33 | Y | motd: [5-7:å°º] | MOTD from the MC server. (The part after the colon was another layer of encoding added by MC server itself, the actual text should maybe be different) | dumping å°º into a utf decoder we are faced with the chinese character for ruler 尺，which translates to chi phonetically so therefore, [5-7:chi] -> clue 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 1 | 34 | Y | Minecraft server (holy shit its not just a meme) | Using the ip address from before (185.14.186.30) and the port from above, (25566), you connect to a minecraft server There is a red shulker box very high up in the minecraft server (x = -144, z = 4) ... we'll have to wait for someone to get there. | someone obtained the box and inside the box is 24 compasses all named Τέλος (Telos in greek) which means end goal ...yeah we have to kill the Ender Dragon. Leads to clue 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 after doing so and exploring. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 1 | 35 | Y | 大洲 鮎 キャンプ | Following compass after defeating enderdragon leads to this Found on a sign in the MC server. Points to https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E9%AE%8E+%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97/@33.5379844,132.5785525,13.5z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1z5aSn5rSyIOmujg!3m4!1s0x354f815fc4fbb8d5:0xd53c8ec9fa590c72!8m2!3d33.502853!4d132.6271959 | Together with clue 41, 44 and 35 as coordinates, and 37 as a reference to a Buddhist shrine, we triangulated a Buddhist shrine IRL. This leads us to a break for now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 1 | 36 | Y | A bunch of compasses named gqELqRCnW6g | That string is a valid YouTube video URL. YouTube video is the Yogscast parody "Screw the Nether" (good shit, that's my childhood). Points to something in the Nether. | Leads to Clue 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 0.5? | 37 | Y | Shulker named 卍 | No idea if relevant. Found while exploring the End. Symbol means Buddhist Temple on maps Sign under shulker box has dots on it (dots seem very close to plus codes) Buddhist Temple nearest to camp has plus code GJ58+P8 Ozu, Ehime, Japan | Together with clue 41, 44 and 35 as coordinates, and 37 as a reference to a Buddhist shrine, we triangulated a Buddhist shrine IRL. This leads us to a break for now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 1 | 38 | Y | [ : ] | Found on sign in MC server while exploring the End. We have a symbol from 1-10 except 9 so the following clues should give us the last symbol. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 1 | 39 | Y |  | Found while exploring the End. 40 18 430 673 483 683 40 18 450 675 485 685 | This leads us to a break for now.... |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 1 | 40 | Y |  | Found while exploring the End near clue 39 9 shulker boxes in total with same stuff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 1 | 41 | Y | RBBBBR button RBBBBBRBBBRBBBBRRRRR gap RBBBBBRR button RBRBRBBBRBRBBRRBBRRR | Found after following another compass in the Nether. Leads to circular room with torches on the perimeter Potentially use as binary numbers? 100001 -> 33 button 10000010001000011111 -> 533023 gap 10000011 -> 131 button 10101000101001100111 -> 690791 OR 011110 -> 30 button 01111101110111100000 -> 515552 gap 01111100 -> 124 button 01010111010110011000 -> 357784 OR 100001.10000010001000011111 -> 33.50833034515380859375 10000011.10101000101001100111 -> 131.65878963470458984375 OR 011110.01111101110111100000 -> 30.491668701171875 01111100.01010111010110011000 -> 124.34120941162109375 Morse seems a bit unlikely with how huge some values are... dunno | Together with clue 41, 44 and 35 as coordinates, and 37 as a reference to a Buddhist shrine, we triangulated a Buddhist shrine IRL. This leads us to a break for now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 42 | Y | [13-16:GAMI] | Gotten from clue 39 + 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 43 | Y | [5-7:chi] | gotten from clue 33. Currently we have "shuuchi-_a__gami"(? correct me if I'm wrong) | This leads us to a break for now.... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 44 | Y | Shuuchi-kasagami station | Together with clue 41, 44 and 35 as coordinates, and 37 as a reference to a Buddhist shrine, we triangulated a Buddhist shrine IRL. This leads us to a break for now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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