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Parcel Letter

2005-05-21T02:33:48Z

Darkfall:

A letter tucked into the [[Parcels]] delivered to people who solved the [[22.04.05 Update]] email.

==Content==

<pre>
THE PERPLEX CITY ACADEMY

Dear Friend, 28th April 2005

Thank you for your patience; our Cube retrieval project
has been a mammoth undertaking and we are grateful for
your loyalty and support. You were one of the first people
on Earth to answer my plea for help and, on behalf of the
citizens of Perplex City and our agents on Earth, Mind
Candy, I offer you our collective thanks.

For the last 15 months I have been planning a puzzle game
that, I hope, will lead you to the Receda Cube. Preparations
are not yet complete, but they are now sufficiently advanced
that I can give you this exclusive preview. Six prototype
puzzle cards are included in this parcel. You are one of the
first 333 people on Earth to see these cards; they will soon
be available from sources across your world. Hundreds of
different cards will be issued, creating a complex puzzle game.

It may strike some as perverse to create a game in such a
grave situation as this. For us in Perplex City and in the
Academy, the logic is clear. We have observed your culture
and witnessed how fast information can spread in the right
circumstances. We want as many people to be looking for the
Cube as possible; we want the news of our quest to spread
rapidly by word of mouth. A game, in your world and in ours,
gets people talking.

Through the cards, and the growing number of our websites we
will make accessible to you, you will have a window into our
world. You will learn about the people and places of Perplex
City and, most importantly, our way of thinking. We have
investigated the theft very thoroughly and have been unable to
solve the mystery. We hope that you will be able to make links
and propose solutions that we might have overlooked. It is also
our firm belief that the greatest problems are solved by new
thinking, by lateral thinking; the kind of thinking that is
engendered by a game or puzzle. Puzzles are a central part of
our culture and society. We hope that this game will be a trigger
for the people of Earth to enjoy and respect them as much as we do.
Intelligence and puzzle-solving skills are to be applauded, not
hidden away.

As a further incentive and to encourage the largest possible number
of participants, our agents on Earth, Mind Candy, are able
to offer a reward of PCL2,000,000 which is approximately
equivalent to Â£100,000, $200,000, 150,000 or ~20,000,000 to the
person who finds the Cube. Mind Candy will also be arranging the
distribution and marketing of these cards across your world. They will
be selling the cards for PCL5O, Â£2.50 or $5.00 for each pack of six.
There is yet more I have planned, but this must all wait for now.

My friend, the Cube is an irreplaceable part of our history; it
vital for us to retrieve it, and for this we need your help. This is
only the beginning of the journey we will make together. May we find
success waiting for us at the end.

Sente Kiteway

Perplex City Academy, One Taversen Square, The Old Town, Perplex City
</pre>

==Puzzles==

The letter contained withing the parcel contained at the bottom a small clue.

At the very bottom was a number followed by an equals sign and then a letter or a number.

The codes at the bottom of the letter seem to be unique. Though until all 333 are known we are unable to confirm what it says.

So far the codes and their owners that are known are:

<pre>
BigBadDaryman: 1=I
Daffy889: 5=N
AngryEd: 6=O
dtrains: 7=W
Stormalong: 9=I
bagsbee: 10=M
rowlock: 11=E
Russell_k: 12=T
boac: 15=E
cassandra: 18=A
erekose: 19=L
RI_Barnica: 20=T
Darkfall 21=H
SilentAvenger: 22=E
Sep7imus: 23=L
strifey: 26=A
cortana: 27=T
kidzdoc: 29=O
BC: 30=N
firefox: 31=O
yanka: 32=F
Tictac 33=T
spaceXplorer: 35=E
chippy: 40=T
vibration13: 41=9
Rob_Riv: 48=T
Reason: 55=L
[Unknown]: 57=T
hawk/fabs_uk: 59=C
lotusflower: 62=E
angelesque: 64=P
timair: 69=I
spugmeistress: 70=T
Wiglaf 76=S
rhynchus: 77=T
step: 78=H
ariadne: 81=E
varin: 82=C
minttea: 86=I
mysteryjones: 87=N
Listacorta: 88=A
Greg Hastings: 89=L
Lysithea: 90=S
Sparkles: 91=T
zaeil: 92=O
zaichik: 93=R
Mason: 95=S
Prufrock: 96=A
StevenapeX: 99=L
Muffin: 100=O
mafalda_quino: 102=A
number9dream: 109=O
brat-sampson: 114=U
ellipses: 118=R
theMoo: 123=A
Porka25: 126=O
MikeyJ: 127=U
Scott1234: 128=N
hakab2060: 129=G
Ebay Auction: 130=E
thrush: 132=E
scatcat: 134=K
DogsHead: 135=S
z0z0: 136=T
Frank Franklin: 137=R
uptownishnyc: 139=E
Snaker: 140=T
angryman: 141=L
fuegomanchego: 142=O
Hamoir: 144=D
hikey: 145=O
Xara: 147=J
Carmilla: 148=E
Buceph: 150=E
Belga: 151=M
sober: 152=Y
beri: 157=E
SpaceBass: 158=O
Potus: 159=X
samlang: 160=F
RobPal: 170=S
Flidget_Jerome: 176=G
chrome_halo: 177=A
Nerfball: 178=M
Kastanok: 179=E
<blank>: 185=R
KillSwitch: 187=E
Enigmaster: 188=L
D4N: 189=E
Davermouse: 193=R
impossibledave: 194=K
gjindancer: 195=E
Xanatos: 198=Y
MagicGingerHippy: 199=C
redpanda: 202=E
LouMac: 203=T
Catherwood-offline: 204=T
Mozzie: 205=E
Zanzabarb: 206=R
filmguy1013: 208=E
seannyob: 209=S
Bixter: 212=N
chriscoyier: 214=H
Duluoz: 215=O
CreativeEmbassy: 219=Ã‰
^BonoVox^: 220=P
Dr. Jinx: 221=A
madam o'brien: 222=R
aab_123: 226=A
l.cpl. boudreaux: 229=E
cskane4life: 230=T
Spankit: 232=U
KSG: 233=R
Hyperbolica: 234=U
DubbaJ 235=C
WaCKo1138: 236=A
quetzlcloth: 238=E
lhall: 240=O
cjr22: 242=N
Der_loki: 251=R
Snowball: 252=G
karlosuk: 255=S
Falken: 256=T
Catfurnace: 259=K
[Unknown]: 262=L
Riffy: 263=M
earlgray: 266=D
Solaris: 269=T
fimacmo: 272=K
dopefiend: 273=K
JebJoya: 275=B
Lazarus: 283=D
maxim: 287=P
Salkunh: 289=N
James Lyon: 294=N
tanner: 296=U
GarethM: 299=Y
Openfly: 300=S
Swanneh: 304=C
sequoya: 307=V
AdamF: 310=T
arieh: 312=Y
jerryt: 316=Y
sonofajoiner: 317=O
InspJJ: 321=A
bocahedron: 326=E
othuum: 328=E
MrShifty: 329=W
Wishi-san: 332=R

</pre>

Current text for this is as follows. Line breaks are every 40 characters.

To generate this text automatically from the list above, see
[http://www.jermy.net/perplexcity/parcel_letter.py parcel_letter.py]

<pre>
I___NOW_IMET__E__ALT_EL__AT_ONOF__E____T
9______T______L_T_C__E_P____IT______TH__
EC___INALSTOR_SA__LO_A______O____U___R__
__A__OUNGE_E_KSTR_ETLO_DO_JE_EMY____EOXF
_________S_____GAME_____R_ELE___RKE__YC_
_ETTER_ES__N__O___Ã‰PAR___A__ET_URU_A_E_O
_N________RG__ST__K__LM__D__T__KK_B_____
__D___P_N____N_U__YS___C__V__T_Y___YO___
A____E_EW__R_
</pre>

There is also some basic analysis of the known letter weightings at [http://www.jermy.net/perplexcity/parcel_letter_analysis.py parcel_letter_analysis.py]

If you want to try to search for a word or phrase in the known text try [http://www.apejet.org/sites/args/find_it.php find_it.php] - Nogwater.

==Solve==

The codes at the bottom of the letter form a small text which reads as follow :
<pre>
It is now time to reveal the location of the first
9 places that will stock perplexcity cards.
These cardinal stores are located throughout earth.

- Play Lounge, Beak Street LONDON
- Jeremyville Oxford Street, SYDNEY
- Games of Berkeley, BERKELEY
- Civette, rue St HonorÃ©, PARIS
- Gadget Guru, CAPE TOWN
- Dino, HÃ¶torget, STOCKHOLM
- Gadgets.dk, KÃ¸bmagergade, COPENHAGEN
- Luckys, VANCOUVER
- Toy Tokyo, 2nd Avenue, NEW YORK
</pre>

==Images==

{|
|[[Image:280405_letter.jpg|thumb|Parcel Letter]]
|}

Perplex City Wiki:Community Portal

2005-02-02T16:24:10Z

Darkfall:

==Community Links==

The place to find all the chatter about Project Syzygy

*[http://forums.unfiction.com/ UnFiction Forums]
*[http://www.unfiction.com/chat/ UnFiction IRC] - [http://shish.is-a-geek.net/irc/syzygy/ IRC log and stats]

'''Player Links / Blogs'''

*[http://www.glimpsemymind.blogspot.com/ DarkBlaze's Blog]
*[http://www.cjtonline.net/booted Seej's Blog]

Main Page - Anna Heath

2005-02-02T16:18:23Z

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===Game Overview===

Project Syzygy is a recruitment project setup by [[Sente]] and the Perplex City Academy staff to find the missing "[[The Cube|Cube]]". [[Sente]] desperatly wants the "[[The Cube|Cube]]" returning as it is a cornerstone of there society and is priceless. Now the project has ended, what is the next step to finding the cube?

===Getting Started===

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_Reality_Game What Is An ARG?]
*[http://www.unfiction.com/gs.html Getting Started In ARGs]
*[http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/ UnFiction Forums]

===Information Archive ('''Spoilers''')===

*[http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=73 Project Syzygy Forum]
*[http://syzygy.netninja.com/single/index.html Game Intro Reference]
*[http://www.tranzed.net/project_syzygy/index.htm Primer]
*[[Timeline]]
*[[Characters]]
*[[Websites]]
*[[Places]]
*[[Files]]
*[[Items]]
*[[:Image:Overview.jpg|Overview Of How It Fits Together]]
*[http://wiki.incognitus.net/files/ppc/syzygy.plt Plot File for Labryinth] - Last Update: 02.01.05

*[[Whats Not Known]]
*[[Misc Documents]] - Other documents and information.

===Current Mysteries===

*[[Current Speculation]]
*[[Current Puzzles]]

===Archived Stuff===

*[[False Puzzles & Speculation]]
*[[Archived Speculation]]

===The Rest===

*[[Syzygy Humour]]
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===News & Updates===

Check the [[Current events]] section for the latest news.

===Editing FAQ===

Before you edit the Wiki, take a quick look at [[Editing Guidelines]] just to give a basic idea on how to format a Wiki page to fit in with the rest, and where to put pages.

===Site Services & Related Sites===

As well as the Wiki there are other services available to Perplex City / Project Syzygy players.

* [http://wiki.incognitus.net/files Incognitus File Store] - No place to upload a ARG file? Put it here.
** [http://wiki.incognitus.net/files/ppc/ PPC Storage Section] - Directory listing of the PPC upload section.
* IRC services provided by [[User:Shish|Shish]] on his [http://shish.is-a-geek.net/ website].
** [http://shish.is-a-geek.net/irc/syzygy/ #syzygy IRC Stats] - Stats for the #syzygy IRC channel.
** [http://shish.is-a-geek.net/cgi-bin/irc_search.pl #syzygy Log Search] - Search the logs of #syzygy chat
** [http://shish.is-a-geek.net/irc/syzygy/logs/ #syzygy Full Logs] - Full IRC logs of #syzygy

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===Community Links===

'''Community'''

*[http://forums.unfiction.com/ UnFiction Forums]
*[http://www.unfiction.com/chat/ UnFiction IRC] - [http://shish.is-a-geek.net/irc/syzygy/ IRC log and stats]

'''Player Links / Blogs'''

*[http://www.glimpsemymind.blogspot.com/ DarkBlaze's Blog]
*[http://www.cjtonline.net/booted Seej's Blog]

===Tools & Other Links===

'''ARG Documenting Tools'''
*[http://www.habitualindolence.net/labyrinth/ Labyrinth] - Documenting tool for PMs and Puppets.
*[http://stackoverflow.org/tools/highlight.php IRC Log Colourizer] - Makes IRC/IM logs easier to read.

'''Steganography Tools'''
*[http://www.outguess.org/download.php StegDetect] (Windows & Linux) - Detect Stegged pictures, can't detect Camoflaged files.
*[http://www.petitcolas.net/fabien/steganography/mp3stego/ MP3Stego] - Detects stegs in MP3s

'''SemaCode / DataMatrix Tools'''
* [http://www.semacode.org SemaCode] (Series 60 Handsets)
* [http://www.intelcom.ru/2d/english/demo.php Barcode Decoder] (Windows, Linux, Solaris)

'''Crypto Tools'''
*[http://snarkles.net/scripts/sneak/sneak.php Snarkles.net Encryption Assortment Kit]
*[http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d97roli/project/krypto/ Vigenere/Caesar Key Brute-Forcer]
*[http://mdcrack.multimania.com/ MDCrack] - collision MD4 & MD5 tool, useful for "decrypting" MD4/5.
*[http://www.unfiction.com/resource/otools.html Online Tools] - Tools that are useful for ARG players.
*Solitaire Cipher
**[http://wiki.incognitus.net/files/ppc/Solitaire.zip Windows Command Line]
**[http://wiki.incognitus.net/files/ppc/solitaire-osx.zip MacOSX Command Line]
**[http://wiki.incognitus.net/files/ppc/solitaire-linux.zip Linux Command Line (libc6 2.3)]
**[http://wiki.incognitus.net/files/ppc/SolitaireSRC.zip Source Code (C++)]
**"You put in a key, or no key, and it'll splurt out numbers and do some modulus arithmetic with the evil number." - SilentAvenger.
**[http://matrix.theblob.org/solitaire Java applet]

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Darkfall: The cube from EBay

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