[ARG] The Pizza Code Mystery

[MJB]

I’ve been following this thread for some time. Pretty interesting stuff!

@Gunsrequiem

Thank you so much for that! Saved me a ton of time and allowed me to find the codes quickly. You can find the final product here.

This way, we can see how the codes correlate to each other and perhaps look at areas that could potentially hold further clues. I imagine they wouldn’t be all within one area, which suggests there may be things we haven’t found.

EDIT: Folder found in the west wing of QE netted me these files:

file_paper01 - file_paper07 in the “models” folder. file_paper07 looks like it has Horn’s writing on it.

Have we tried plotting the “pizza is a lie” locations like we did with codes A, B and C? I know there are many on the maps in hidden locations. Maybe they have something to tell as well, or else they wouldn’t be primarily located in locations only accessible by noclip.

[Gunsrequiem]

@MJB

I’ve been following this thread for some time. Pretty interesting stuff!

Have we tried plotting the “pizza is a lie” locations like we did with codes A, B and C? I know there are many on the maps in hidden locations. Maybe they have something to tell as well, or else they wouldn’t be primarily located in locations only accessible by noclip.

Think that would require some serious effort–would have to take each map, create a static map, then somehow conjoin them so they were all in order.

[Pyroclase]

I was under the impression that X01 and X02 were the glass-walled offices across from the two parallel laser rooms; is this not the case?

[Gunsrequiem]

@Pyro

I was under the impression that X01 and X02 were the glass-walled offices across from the two parallel laser rooms; is this not the case?

I think those are D02 and D05, which are “Office 02” and “Office 01”, respectively.

[MJB]

@Gunsrequiem

Think that would require some serious effort–would have to take each map, create a static map, then somehow conjoin them so they were all in order.

It most certainly would…I want to believe they have significance, but maybe not. My reasoning is because I’ve only found them before, during and after QE (Residue Processing, Questionable Ethics, Surface Tension). I could be entirely wrong though.

[Flafla2]

Maybe this is possibly related: https://www.joshhubi.com/portfolio-item/bmrf-us/

[MadDoctor]

Might be a coincidence, but it’s getting hard to tell. The bottom of the page reads DALSys login. The Dalsys site might be the gate way to the end of the ARG after we decipher the codes.

[Pyroclase]

https://bmrf.us/ actually gives a 403 forbidden error.

Intriguing.

[Gunsrequiem]

Yeah, that is interesting. What led you to the site, Flafla? Seems that we have something that may come into play later, since technically it does exist we just can’t access it yet. Hmmm . . . .

EDIT: The site was registered on 9/20/2012 by Josh himself, shortly after the release of the mod. To me, that lines up perfectly

[darkone]

according to something I just read 403 forbidden is just another way of saying the sight was set up wrong.

[Pyroclase]

Actually, it essentially means that you don’t have permission to access it. We might somehow unlock it later in the ARG, if we ever do get that far.

[faed]

I found a login area on Stormseeker’s page via the robots.txt file.

https://www.thestormseeker.com/wibble

“You cannot have the WIBBLE, Unless you ask me nicely.”

[Gunsrequiem]

@faed

I found a login area on Stormseeker’s page via the robots.txt file.

https://www.thestormseeker.com/wibble

“You cannot have the WIBBLE, Unless you ask me nicely.”

NICE catch! So, we CAN expect to get a username and password at some point in the future.

By the way, the Urban Dictionary definition of a “wibble” is hilarious

[faed]

@Gunsrequiem

NICE catch! So, we CAN expect to get a username and password at some point in the future.

By the way, the Urban Dictionary definition of a “wibble” is hilarious

Maybe somebody should try asking him nicely.

And I think in context, wibble means this:

“an alias term commonly used to denote an arbitrary thing”

[Eltripas]

I’m not completely sure but I kinda remember someone posting a screen or something with a password and a user name somewhere in the thread, someone else remembers this or I’m hallucinating?

[faed]

@Eltripas

I’m not completely sure but I kinda remember someone posting a screen or something with a password and a user name somewhere in the thread, someone else remembers this or I’m hallucinating?

I think I know what you’re talking about. it was guest:guest. Already tried it.

[LordSkunk_707]

So will someone ask Stormseeker nicely for the wibble?

[CPU]

@Lord 707

So will someone ask Stormseeker nicely for the wibble?

I have sent a heart felt message to Stormseeker and hope to hear from him soon. I don’t want to post the message here because it’s painful but, I hope to secure his help. He is a caring and honorable person and all I can do now is wait for his decision.

[CPU]

Here’s Stormseeker’s reply to my request:

[i]Sorry, can’t give you access to that one. Even though it looks like it, it really has nothing to do with the ARG. Congratulations though to the people solving stuff, you’re all finally thinking outside the box. Obviously I would like to help further, but that would defeat the object of the game. Most people would have given up by now, which is a shame, you’re all so very close to finding the answer.

It’s everywhere you look.[/i]

[Gunsrequiem]

@CPU

Here’s Stormseeker’s reply to my request:

[i]Sorry, can’t give you access to that one. Even though it looks like it, it really has nothing to do with the ARG. Congratulations though to the people solving stuff, you’re all finally thinking outside the box. Obviously I would like to help further, but that would defeat the object of the game. Most people would have given up by now, which is a shame, you’re all so very close to finding the answer.

It’s everywhere you look.[/i]

I’m glad he responded to you–it’s a breath of fresh air to know we’re getting there. As for the last line, that either has to do with the pizza messages or something very obvious in the game.