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'

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 - 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'


 * Sound files from a person called Lazarus (the same person is heard on the radio in-game) hidden on the Sarif Industries page 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

Theories:


 * Eidos used this maneuver as a report generating exercise to capture fan coverage of the event to show internet conglomerate, Google (note persistent ga and google analytics links, graph functions, etc, in the pages/pictures source code) that the game was not only well received but capable of a cult following. By launching this project within the first launch week, perhaps they hope to inspire an investment from the multi-billion dollar company and gain the capital to create the so teasingly conceived DLC

- It's more likely that the staff themselves were just curious as to people's progress on the ARG and just wanted to monitor how long it took people to follow the clues without having to monitor multiple different forums.


 * Missing Link refers to the gap in the story when Adam is aboard the ship heading for the Omega Ranch - confirmed on vg247


 * Missing Link refers to the chronological gap between Adam in DX:HR and JC in the original Deus Ex

Now we wait until more news (on Sunday?) - but remember Eidos, the longer we (the collective fans that have eagerly followed this hunt) wait, the colder that burning passion for more will become***

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

+ 	--- http://www.vg247.com/2011/08/31/source-deus-ex-human-revolution-puzzle-points-to-new-dlc/ 95.116.121.91 11:58, August 31, 2011 (UTC) greetings ProxyChemist ---
 * 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: