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Ok, so the Extrasolar twitter posted this: https://twitter.com/ExoResearch/status/491044942030966785 If you go into that site linked, it’s weird and poo poo, I dunno. If you go to the site map you have to scroll down a bunch to see the link to the “The Truth About Venus” page. If you click on it you get this 403: http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/theTruthReal.html If you scroll down all the way on that 403 page you get this link: http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/theTruthActuallyReal.html This looks like a blank page, but it’s actually white text on a white background that says “SO smart eh? Try right-click->View Source” If you look at the source there is a commented out link to here: http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/theTruthAboutVenus.html So that was a pointless runaround eh? Well the background image for that page is:  Note that the letters end in “.html” so, if you type all that goddamn poo poo out you get this page: http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/jkfhj...ojjyuyuyuo.html Which eventually leads to some logic puzzles. Try to solve them them yourself, they are relatively simple! (Except for the second one if you don’t have a printer and have fold it up in Maya). Anyways, solve them and you get this link http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/orderOfTheMorningStar/memberList.php And that’s where the real fun begins. Libra’s password is “password”, and in his account you find a couple of things- an interesting code http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/orderOfTheMorningStar/libra/leobot_lib041414_1723.txt and an email from Scorpio http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/orderOfTheMorningStar/libra/note_041414.txt. The gif attached to the email  is Scorpio’s password. The frames of that gif- Cassini. Inside Scorpio’s account, you find a note from Gemini about Sagittarius http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/orderOfTheMorningStar/scorpio/note_050514.txt with a picture of Sagittarius’s “ideal summer home”  As it turns out, Sagittarius’s password hint is “The name of my summer home on Venus”. Unfortunately, that image is so tiny and so useless that we’ve had no luck figuring out where that actually is. That’s where you come in. This is just the beginning- we’ve got two accounts out of 12, and there’s bound to be some goodies in one of them. Plus, if it IS actually an ARG, and we haven’t just accidentally broken into a private website, this could be the next step to cool stuff happening in Extrasolar. Which would be pretty sick. HoboMan fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Jul 22, 2014 |
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ACCOUNTS AND INFO Log-in Page Link Aquarius password reminder: Look deep under the sky Rich Edwards Working on a game with Colin Northway (Scorpio) for the Order Aries password reminder: What I saw Venus say to us password: Dollond Aries' Files Karen O'Connell Kevin O'Connell is listed as a council member, married, alias? Cancer password reminder: The world knows my fortune is filled with beauty!!! password: Aphrodite Cancer's Files Jacob De Klerk Council member Keeps a "Joy journal" Puts a ton of exclamation points on everything Possibly hitting on Virgo Dislikes Pisces, submitted a request to have him demoted Capricorn password reminder: My favorite place in the world Adam Novak Master of The Order Gemini password reminder: When I see the stars I can hear them talking about me password: RUMORS Gemini's Files Natalie Snyder “Always piling one confusion on top of another” -Aries Treasurer of The Order is listed as Timothy Snyder, married, alias? Leo password reminder: The Master might think it an insult but I take it on for my own protection Guy Honeycutt Website administrator Constantly picking on Libra Trying to contribute to Edwards/Northway game project Secretly trying to make his own game and abotage the other game Is defenetly a prick Libra password reminder: password password: password Libra's Files Lucas Deering Council member Old man, doesn’t like computers Constantly forgetting password/how to access login screen Kind of a dick Pisces password reminder: пароля Adrian Hobson Council member Claims to know about a Russian conspiracy control the Venutian jellyfish Sounds tinfoil hat crazy Sagittarius password reminder: The name of my summer home on Venus password: TellusRegio Sagittarius' Files Rebecca Klein-Underwood Presumably married to Charles Klein-Underwood, secretary/administrator-at-large Logged over 500 hours playing Football Manager 2013 Spectacularly anal about forms and bureaucracy Scorpio password reminder: He had disbelieved claims about Venus too! (Neith) password: cassini Scorpio's Files Colin Northway Working on a game with Rich Edwards (Aquarius) for the Order Probably just flavor Colin Northway as in the creator of Incredipede Taurus password reminder: What love will open Venus to the world? Ryan Bailey Submaster of The Order Virgo password reminder: The answer to a very clever puzzle made just for me! password: 12/1874 Virgo's Files Amelia Cross Council member Likes puzzles HoboMan fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Jul 22, 2014 09:28
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Update! We cracked Sagittarius’s password: Tellus Regio Found the larger image that the small snippet given was taken from. Cross-referenced the location with a map that was actually labeled and it's the name of the island pictured. Here's Sagittarius's Files The thing that looks like the next password clue is this:  It looks like this could be for either Aries or Gemini. HoboMan fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 19:37
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Is this a Homestuck thing? This what Andrew Hussie has been up to for like two years?
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Jul 23, 2014 20:18
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HoboMan posted:Update! It is for Gemini. The password is 'RUMORS'. There are three constellations embedded on top of each other in that picture: Orion Ursa-Major Cassiopeia Slotting the names into the blanks spits out the password.  observation_venus_051514.jpg quote:GEMINI Edit: Some of the areas of 'small dots' looks like they make letters, V, I or lowercase l, L, C, etc. Some are pretty ambiguous though. orphean fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 20:46
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What about treating them like puzzle pieces and rearranging them so that they fit together based on color? Does that result in anything?
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Jul 23, 2014 23:21
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Yup. I was in the process of doing so when you posted. The aries password is "dollond", see: http://imgur.com/GPeIDJ9 http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/orderOfTheMorningStar/aries/index.php?password=dollond EDIT: Also, the clue in Aries for virgo is a map of the solar system in december 1874, giving the password for virgo to be 12/1874. http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/orderOfTheMorningStar/virgo/index.php?password=12%2F1874 EDIT2: The puzzle in virgo (for Cancer's password) consists of associating letters to the dates in the journal, giving: http://thetruthaboutvenus.com/orderOfTheMorningStar/cancer/index.php?password=Aphrodite Mesarune fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 23:25
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Wow, great work everyone! I updated the info we have so far.
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We've gotten a bit further in the reddit thread at http://www.reddit.com/r/thetruthaboutvenus/comments/2bfqw8/the_truth_about_venus_the_story_so_far/ You may want to grab some info from there too.
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