[ARG] The Pizza Code Mystery

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#841

Ignore the link in Gun’s post, its the first version and contains some bugs.

Here’s version 1.1
https://jsfiddle.net/NNuFP/2/embedded/result/

Fixes error on low personal ID’s.
Fixes bad placement of random ID on encoding and bad selection of random ID on decoding.

#842

So am I right in thinking that in order to just get the D-code, for the Vic cypher to work we need:

A pass phrase (approx 20 characters)
A single digit personal id number
A full date
A ‘checker board’ index
A 5-digit ramdom identifier

None of which we know of at the moment.

This all seems a bit over the top considering how much ‘easier’ the previous ones were in comparison. I can’t help thinking that if these items are all needed then they must all be together somewhere, otherwise the permutations are endless.

#843

Hey guys! I missed any posts since from friday, can someone make a quick recap please? Also i was thinking with one thing: has anybody else tried to found and look the old/minecraft style scientist model+materials on QE?

#844

I don’t think it uses any unique materials.

#845

Recap, check this Wiki about the ARG that we made:
https://thepizzaisalie.wikia.com/wiki/The_Pizza_Code_Mystery_ARG_Wiki

#846

Thanks! Also just a sugestion, since it looks very diferent from the other models

#847

AFAIK it’s made from brushes, or map geometry. Don’t think it has a model.

#848

Those TVs in Questionable Ethics we got the “Dr. C. Horn - Your Pizza is ready for collection from the staff canteen.” message from - there is another message on them about Dr. Horn.

See here

It says:

Optronics Labs 1-4 Lab
Doctors, Foreman, Junek
Horn and Welsh.

Todays test procedures
are availeable from
administration.

(spelling/punctuation errors present in original)

I don’t know if that has been seen before, maybe it’s telling us to check out the administration area?

#849

Any idea what this is for?

https://terminal.blackmesasource.com/public/mediaupdater/

#850

Saw that before and took a look at the front desk, etc and didn’t see anything. Not sure if that’s the “administration” area but I figured it was. Maybe we’re missing a piece somewhere?

Looks like it’s in place to be used later to upload the “fan count” from Facebook to that page of the terminal site. Why? shrug

Either that or it’s being monitored to see when the fan count gets to a certain point. Hard to say.

#851

And what about “Optronics Labs”? Is Optronics an actual laboratory in the game? Maybe there are clues there.

EDIT: I think I saw certain rooms marked as “Administration” on that map of QE… I think a pic of that map was also posted somewhere in this thread.

EDIT 2: This isn’t the map I was talking about, but another one. AND LOOK, OPTRONICS IS ON IT!!

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/8001579721_5979ff46ed_b.jpg

#852

Optronics is the area with the laser labs.

#853

ok I’ll bite. Those messages rotate if you wait (3 pages) and one did lead us to one of the codes so it’s plausible that it could be pointing to another one. Time for some more no clipping…

#854

I don’t know about others on this forum, but I’m pretty sure they’re with me when I say I’ve no-clipped the hell out of QE and nothing yet. I’ve checked behind desks, file cabinets, everything. Nothing.

#855

+1, it’s getting old now

#856

The interface looks good. You need to set it to accept 8 digit dates though. I also don’t understand why the placement of spaces matter on your checkerboard index. They get stripped out anyway.

#857

bet that the finished thing will just be a thing that says the pizza is a lie. more than likely this is all nothing.

#858

Y’know, no matter what happens with this ARG, I just hope these guys find a market they can all work in and perhaps start their own studio. For a first release, this game was stellar.

Now, back to the ARG, has anyone tried compiling everything we’ve found (names, dates, random numbers, etc) to see if it sparks any new thoughts? After I write this paper–that I’ve been putting off for 3 days now–I’ll start doing that tonight. Maybe something will pop out.

#859

That was from a while ago when they said they’d release more media when the facebook page reached 20,000 likes.

#860

Just hazarding a guess…that IF we are needing a VIC cipher, code D would be the top line in the checkerboard…and so they might have hidden in right in front of us -

Code D- R BOTMLEY

any takers?

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