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The National Cipher Challenge

The story

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  • #93734
    Harry
    Keymaster

    Have your own theories about what is going on and want to discuss them? Want to publish your own precis of last year’s story for everyone to read? If so, this is the place to do it.

    #93854
    CodeKitten
    Participant

    Hii!!! I’m so excited for the challenges! Also, in the poster why are-

    1. Almost all the “i”s not capitalised when everything else is
    2. The “i” in “NEEDING” capitalised when all the other “i”s are not
    3. The first “A” in “ADA”, the “A” in “WARNE”, the “R” in “WARNE” and the first “B” in “BABBAGE” have a little serif at the top of the letters.
    4. There should be a space between “iT,SHE” and “WARNE,AND” but there isn’t
    5. I feel like there shouldn’t be a space between “SOLVE” and the “…”?

    (Some friends pointed out the line on the As and one of the missing spaces so credit to them 😀 )
    Are they clues to something in the story?
    (Sorry if all the things are just typos and I’m just being some kind of really annoying spell checker)

    Anyway the story sounds like it’s going to be great!

    #93929
    Harry
    Keymaster

    Excellent critique of the typography and a keen eye for detail. I think you will do well!
    Welcome to the cipher challenge,

    Harry

    #94180
    nobody_special
    Participant

    The answer to all your questions is…

    This year’s font is called Kon Tiki Aloha.

    You can say mahalo now.

    Think I recognise that voice? Harry

    #94191
    viaaa
    Participant

    It’s a really nice font!
    A cool use, I wouldn’t see that style of font often used for detective-type stories, but it gets pulled off really well here!

    Thank you, we like it too! Harry

    #94211
    F6EXB_the_frenchy
    Participant
    • ****** *******
    • ***************,
    • **********************,
    • ************,
    • **************,
    • *********,

    I think there’s something to do with ********************.

    Well, you might be right, but I don’t think I will be telling anyone that just yet! Jodie

    #94760
    theCodeLessTraveled
    Participant

    How interesting. The poster mentions Kate Warne…an American. She was known for her role in the
    Pinkerton National Detective Agency, and was influential in uncovering the Baltimore Plot
    against President Lincoln. As far as I know, she never ventured to England, so perhaps the
    silver bullet has some connection to her domestic work?

    Great new interface this year. The elves must have been busy.

    Thanks, I will pass on your comments! Harry

    #95081
    USB-C_is_supreme
    Participant

    In the letter, the \ seems a bit suspicious. It is hardly likely anything is coincidental, as when @CodeKitten pointed out some “typos”, Harry never denied it was intentional.

    #95082
    USB-C_is_supreme
    Participant

    I also seem to have found “traces” or knowledge on the bullet.

    #95500
    ByteBusters001
    Participant

    Hi, how is the case file related to the challenge? The challenge scores points, but what does the bullet saying ‘LYPGFFFOL’ have to do with the challenge?

    Curious, isn’t it? Perhaps it will become clear as the story begins! Harry

    #95595
    Team_Name_Goes_Here
    Participant

    Hello! Regarding the bullet, is the code one word or two with a hyphen as it is against the English language to have three letters the same in the row? Or is it a decoding key? Just curious, and so excited!!!

    #96092
    gingerChickpea
    Participant

    Hi Jodie, do you speak russian?

    Я немного говорю по-русски

    #96896
    cribbage
    Participant

    I am enjoying this year’s story already, and I love the reference in week 1 to a certain person’s vendetta against street musicians. I have got nothing against them myself, but I know that this person really didn’t like them, so that’s a lovely historical detail!

    #96952
    Dagemelior
    Participant

    I wish I knew more about history in this time period, the setting seems really cool! Would’ve helped with the bullet as well

    It’s never too late to learn! Harry

    #96998
    PIGEONSrNICE
    Participant

    ‘LYPGFFFOL’ – a thread of possible acronyms:

    Let Your Pigs Go For Forest Frolics Over Leaves
    Look, Your Penguins Going Flying, Fast, Festively Over Lapland
    Lovelace – You Prefer Ginger Filled Fondant Fancies Or Lemon?
    Love Your Polarised Glasses! Found For Free Online – Look!
    Lets Yodel Pretty Great, Fabulously For Finlands Older Lemmings
    Love your Pet Giraffe Friends Forever, Friends Over Lifetimes
    Lead your Path, Gorilla, Forging Forest Footpaths Over Land

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