[ARG] The Pizza Code Mystery

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#5166

I haven’t made much progress with the bmrf.us beep code. But there’s something weird going on here.

If we write the sequence as centiseconds (instead of milliseconds like I did in my earlier post), we get the following number sequence:

14,11,5,5,11,7,4,11,11,5,11,11,5,5,9,4,5,5,7,5,5,4,8,5,9,10,8,11,24,11,11,5,4,5,14,5,5,11,11,9,7,8,5,5,11,9,5,5,8,16,11,8,11,24,5,11,15,14,18,8,14,5

So, each number represents the duration of a beep in centiseconds. The commas represent the pause between the beeps, which lasts 8 centiseconds.

The set of unique values is: {4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24}

There are 12 unique values.

The weird part is that if we take the interval of integers between the lowest value (4) and the highest value (24), [4 … 24], we get 21 values. 8|

The frequency table has me stumped as well:

Value | Frequency ------+---------- 4 | 4 5 | 20 7 | 3 8 | 6 9 | 4 10 | 1 11 | 15 14 | 4 15 | 1 16 | 1 18 | 1 24 | 2What I’m scratching my head over is the large number of occurrences of 5’s and 11’s compared to the other values.

#5167

If we take common encryption methods into place… I’m betting the 20 5-cs beeps stand for “E”. 11 might be “T”, “A”, or “S”?

_ _ E E _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ E E _ _ E E _ E E _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ E _ E E _ _ _ _ _ E E _ _ E E _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ E 14,11,5,5,11,7,4,11,11,5,11,11,5,5,9,4,5,5,7,5,5,4,8,5,9,10,8,11,24,11,11,5,4,5,14,5,5,11,11,9,7,8,5,5,11,9,5,5,8,16,11,8,11,24,5,11,15,14,18,8,14,5EDIT: Suppose 5 = E, then 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc.

N K E E K G D K K E K K E E I D E E G E E D H E I J H K X K K E D E N E E K K I G H E E K I E E H P K H K X E K O N R H N E Length of 62 characters, 2 shy of a 64-character key for a cipher.

#5168

Being that we are focusing on audio currently, I wanted to ask again if anyone recognizes this audio. This is from a scene in “Crimson Tide”. The part you need to listen to is from 44:08 TO 44:20.

It is the same type of audio used in game on many of the pc consoles. I’m having a hard time figuring out what is making it. If we can identify what is making the clicking noises, maybe it is something that can be used to decode it in game? Seems just rather odd to be “just noises a pc makes”.

youtu.be/BwETZRV0sno

Why the dislike? I’m just asking if anyone recognizes this sound? its the same noise found in game.

#5169

If anything, I’m pretty sure it’s the sound of reel-to-reel computer tape. Like this.

youtube.com/watch?v=TVx31unjf-g

(You know, old technology. Moving parts and stuff. Not super fast but amazingly reliable, plus easy to repair with little to no special materials, like what’s available in a submarine or an underground base.)

#5170

Not to mention that older computers made much more noise than ones used today.

#5171

I meant the pulsing.

#5172

I’m going to go ahead and leave this here…
I Decided to download the CRUSADERS GOOD NEWS BIBLE, like found throughout the game. Right in the middle of someones desk as well.

so, the pdf I have, has over 4k pages. The first page I looked at was page 1012. It talks about Samuel and Saul. I read it, and decided to number the words, then I removed all the spaces and counted the characters. So this might be a disgustingly amazing coincidence, but

THERE ARE EXACTLY 752 LETTERS ON THE PAGE. Here is the text side by side of the 752 Hex, [font=‘Consolas,Courier New,Courier,monospace’]

TOTHELORDYOURGODANDTHERESTWEHAVEDESTROYEDCOMPLETELYSTOPSAMUELORDEREDANDIWILLTELL
B32B003A35BADD66577C24C14FC919064346D131A7C54BB82FFE03E022615777247923DC21F62CD4
YOUWHATTHELORDSAIDTOMELASTNIGHTTELLMESAULSAIDSAMUELANSWEREDEVENTHOUGHYOUCONSIDER
182E91C3B267B545ABCAEDAF0261510D4EEA1E87CD33C7C77131309CC4280EB4243D1154F044F9CF
YOURSELFOFNOIMPORTANCEYOUARETHELEADEROFTHETRIBESOFISRAELTHELORDANOINTEDYOUKINGOF
6296D9BFF7397E4390987FE63203DA0DE40278B3A54F5DDC6975FA04F749849E1A62595A9F630B07
ISRAELANDHESENTYOUOUTWITHORDERSTODESTROYTHOSEWICKEDPEOPLEOFAMALEKHETOLDYOUTOFIGH
95913DE0153E3AAC388C45FB9D850CFE913541D6C08398F2C88332A82FDF00281D62FCDC4FE7E46A
TUNTILYOUHADKILLEDTHEMALLWHYTHENDIDYOUNOTOBEYHIMWHYDIDYOURUSHTOGRABTHELOOTANDSOD
E90C51C5C806B41164E33AB92C96862E068B0C16C09990B8381A00DA7915B67FE4A20F599B0F1B6D
OWHATDISPLEASESTHELORDIDIDOBEYTHELORDSAULREPLIEDIWENTOUTASHETOLDMETOBROUGHTBACKK
481913C7B9538CEE639144F41561BA92E4FE751D1E242CD88F51D695519887136A7C15AABD7B4004
INGAGAGANDKILLEDALLTHEAMALEKITESBUTMYMENDIDNOTKILLTHEBESTSHEEPANDCATTLETHATTHEYC
4922014130A91F170F66CCB3C139463A7E909A37AA863FB27805FC9731C09C8C79067E79930A4065
APTUREDINSTEADTHEYBROUGHTTHEMHERETOGILGALTOOFFERASASACRIFICETOTHELORDYOURGODSAMU
46B24C9A629B26C2CE2A4BE48F589A375FEB731FC4AB225C11848CF89E291FB27133970C06361847
ELSAIDWHICHDOESTHELORDPREFEROBEDIENCEOROFFERINGSANDSACRIFICESITISBETTERTOOBEYHIM
4A892801EDD68F54698C5E5B506746F6765A6F7F1225DEA4DA1140FEB60F650745241C693695883D
THANTOSACRIFICETHEBESTSHEEPTOHIM
CB21E6FBFEFBB85A2991948036A52B5D

soooo yeah, that just happened
For whatever reason, its not letting me post the pdf, or letting me post it as a zipped file. [/font]

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#5173

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Woah. You might be onto something

#5174

Looks like you are going into transposition or substitution ciphers gibs, good work. However there are a few problems.

To my basic understanding if this is a substitution cipher then certain characters such as as M and D in the hex would line up and this does happen, but not every time. Same thing for O and 3 so it is a good try. So if this is a substitution cipher a key sf some kind will be needed that will line up every time.

In fact a few pages back guns look back and came across a similar idea that was seemingly brushed over at the time. I think we ruled out that it will take a lot of time for a puzzle like ours but storm did say time will reveal all. Perhaps by time he means it is a time consuming task. A few types of substitution ciphers exist.

Regarding the terminal.bmrf page now, it might be a clue. The page says at one point to please call IT department: ext 12. We solved code d using the vic extension of a secom and got clue from the code before it, code c to be exact. This made me think that the 752 hex code is an extension of something. I have not been able to narrow what it is yet. It did lead me to public key cryptography modes and protocols.

#5175

12 in hex = C, okay?
“Ext 12” can be reinterpreted as “ext C”, which means… Code C is where we get the clue about the EXTENSION.

I’m pretty sure that that “ext 12” clue has run its course.

But if the 752 hex is an extension OF something… Then is it back-filled, or appended to, or a snippet of, something we’ve already come across?

#5176

I think it hasn’t.

We still don’t have (or don’t know it yet) password for bmrf.us phone call EXT 12.
It says “…contact IT department: EXT 12”, and phone number on bmrf.us is new, valid, and only (so far atleast) leads to password-locked gate at ext 12. Too big of a coincidence if you ask me.

#5177

Dang, not much has happened since I was last here. You should all keep up the good work though! Great job!

#5178

I thought this might be of interest, but apparently there is a Black Mesa phone number. This was posted on Reddit a little while ago. 1-800-786-1410

#5179

That number is also found on bmrf.us. We’ve known about about since October i think. It is a valid phone number. If you call it you will hear the same EAS message that was used before the steam release in early 2015.

#5180

So what exactly is this ‘puzzle’ supposed to lead to? any guesses?

#5181

a small reward

"It has come to my attention that strange messages have been appearing throughout Black Mesa, and have been causing somewhat of a conunDrum concerning what has become known as “The Pizza Code Mystery”.

I have long suspected that there was something stRange going on during the development of this facility. The unexplained disappearances, misappropriation of funds regarding cheesy oven-baked bread products and an ominous feeling that something is constantly watching this all from the shadows, Have added up to create something that needs solving, and sOlving fast.

As a result, I am offering a small reward to the first peRson that can solve this mystery and provide me with the answers I need. Together, I’m sure you caN crack this."

#5182

I don’t know if anyone else has gotten this, but when I typed in *12, an emergency evacuation message was played instead of the regular password prompt. It sounded similar to the one on the radio in Office Complex, but I’m not sure if it’s the same one.

EDIT: I checked, and it is the same one.

EDIT 2: Never mind all of this, I hadn’t called the number in awhile and I thought that the audio from the Steam trailer played if you did nothing when you called the number, not the emergency broadcast.

#5183

It means that it probably didn’t 'hear’ *12 correctly. I just tried and *12 still leads to password prompt for me.

#5184

I thought I had it, I still think it’s significant, but I got nothing… notice the clock, not letting me delete the 2nd clock image, the one to look at is -2

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#5185

2.34 ? What could that lead to? It seems innocuous enough to even be related to something else. Who knows?

EDIT: Started a new playthrough, and once again I heard the “Dr. Horn, please call R.O.T. Four” announcement on the PA. I’m PRETTY SURE this is supposed to be a clue, curse it.

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