Forum:29th August Announcement ARG

Starting on 29/8/11 a cryptic message was seen on the main menu screen of Deus Ex: Human Revolution saying: At the alloted time this message changed to: '5-/!f/fq/xc/qy/d3/?x/t$/j#' and the ARG was born.
 * 'Human Revolution – Special Message Incoming / Be Ready / 2200 GMT 29 Aug -- okM8-+Ds4Dui?lMh$Mzvm14SBqe7;G.I6=u74b?mkh-45Ki6Od+98XBpCku7'

Further cryptic clues were released throughout the day, across different websites and services:
 * r5/ie/yp - Twitter from David Anfossi DX: HR producer


 * bo/zv/3n/4h/9b/$=/=8/st/-9 - Facebook


 * ad/uk/w0 - Twitter from Stephane D'Astous EM manager


 * 72/m1/.4 - Twitter from Jean-François Dugas DX:HR director


 * cm/n7/pg/gw/+j/#s/2a/8z/o! - Found in a picture uploaded by Jonathan Jacques-Belletête DX:HR Art Director


 * o./ll/e;/6u/;6/h+/v?/kr/1i - Found on frontpage of the community website

These clues were eventually solved by:
 * Using the later codes as pairs for a subsititution cipher

Following that link takes you to a picture full of snippets of info related to DX:HR. If you then clicked on the Illuminati eye on a post-it note in the image then a username/password box appeared.
 * Taking the capital letters from the original announcement 'MDDMMSBGIKOXBC' and using these substitutions on it to give: '13311tower.com'  (leetspeak for BELLtower.)

The log-in details for this were cracked from clues hidden in the source code of the page.


 * User: Uluru - found from GPS coordinates and referencing them on google maps to what was known as Ayers Rock (Uluru is its original Aboriginal and now official name).


 * Pass: 11m13clinic (leetspeak for LIMBclinic)- found by reversing the playback of some Morse code found in a wav file that was referenced in the source code.

When entered, a new image is displayed showing Adam sleeping in the pod he used while travelling to Singapore, with the text 'WHAT IS THE MISSING LINK?' 
 * Confirmation was received from David Anfossi that this is the end of the ARG on twitter


 * Further confirmation showed up on the bottom of 13311tower.com where ' ' was added to the bottom of the page source. Running that through the original substitutions gives the message 'congratulations see you on sunday'

Even with this confirmation that the ARG has ended, there remain some lingering questions:
 * The gaming news site VG24/7 claims to have a source the ARG will announce a DLC spanning the time Adam spent on the ship to the Omega Ranch facility


 * A Username/Password screen reappears from the second screen on 13311tower.com if you click on the same spot on the page as you did for the first (Might be a website coding error)
 * Going to 11331tower.com presents some garbled text before forwarding to 13311tower.com


 * From looking at the source code, some of the words were set with the style tag 'ex' rather than the style tag 'deus' which the rest of the text is under. These words in different styled text spell out '13eLLtower will fall' - This could also be discovered by mousing over the text as the different style setting made those words change blue when hovered over.


 * Sound files from a person called Lazarus hidden on the Sarif Industries homepage and the overall look that it's been hacked by Purity First
 * Laz_001 - Augmentations/Vision
 * Laz_002 - Augmentations/Speed page
 * Laz_003 - Sarif Industries Page (not homepage but the about the company page)
 * Laz_004 - Augmentations/Durability
 * Laz_005 - Augmentations/Insight
 * Crystal Balls - The road to here/Links to progress/Bottom left
 * One more found from url searching http://sarifindustries.com/en/_audio/Pirate_DJ_06.mp3

159.33.64.216, PoLLeNSKi, 74.214.41.63, 174.46.204.210, ProxyChemist
 * Great job =). Itachou [~talk~] 21:26, August 30, 2011 (UTC)