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==0-9==<br />
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; 13th Labour : Nasty encrypted card. Will probably end up with a key of "elephant" and a plaintext containing ASCII art of Kurt naked. See also: ''Hideaway, Sekrit''.<br />
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; 333 : The hallowed group of elite players who have since mostly vanished from the game, having taken to either curtain masking employment, or to joining the ''3P'' and ruling Perplex city in an Illuminati-style fashion. <font color="white">fnord</font><br />
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; 3P, (Teh) schneeky : Helicopter-loving sekrit group with a penchant for universe-spanning conspiracies and vicious murders - who are all quite nice, really. You just have to get to know them, y'know?<br />
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==A==<br />
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; Asplode (v): To scatter oneself over a large radius. See also: ''Skenmy; Unasplode''.<br />
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==B==<br />
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; Ba-na-na (n): Sometimes, a kloo is not a kloo. It is, in fact, a ba-na-na. Ba-na-na is not a dismissive term, nor an insulting one, just used to imply that in Perplex City, as in life, things are often all that they seem and nothing more. <br />
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; BFC : You probably qualify in one way or another.<br />
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; Billion To One : Card requiring the player to track down a man who was probably happily minding his own business before some puzzle architect took his photo and stuck it on thousands of cards. Billion To One is part of the Will You Guys Please Stop Bothering Me set of cards. Perplexians are currently hunting for him. See also ''Satoshi'', ''13th Labour'', ''Shuffled'', and ''Riemann''.<br />
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==C==<br />
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; Cube, The (n) : The Receda Cube. Something which you should probably not sleep in the same room as for longer than a month. See Also: ''Guy''<br />
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==D==<br />
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; Dead, Kurt is : Insinuates the non-alive status of Kurt McAllister. Often results in other characters dying and/or shamefully bad limericks.<br />
; Do Eet! : See also: ''Do It. DO EET!''<br />
; Do It! : See also: ''Do It!, Don't.''<br />
; Do It!, Don't : See also: ''Do It!'' ''or'' See also: ''Do Eet!''<br />
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==E==<br />
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; Elephant (n) : It's not a bloody elephant!<br />
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==F==<br />
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; Fip (v) : 1. "Totally fipped out" - became angry. 2. "Fipped off" - treated in a derogatory fashion.<br />
; Fipper (n) : Derogatory term for an annoying individual.<br />
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==G==<br />
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; GuiN (v) : Marketing guru behind [[13th Labour]] and suspected solver of [[Shuffled]]. Was responsible for putting the snakes on the mother-fipping plane. He has already found the cube.<br />
; Guy (n) : See also: ''Hair, Floppy''. He's a guy, who's called Guy. Isn't that hilarious?<br />
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==H==<br />
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; Hair, Floppy (n) : See also: ''Guy''.<br />
; Helicopter : ''Highly Enigmatic Lifting and Ingenious Conveyance Of Particularly Thneekily Enigmatic Robots.'' Honest.<br />
; Hideaway, Sekrit : Where GuiN, macmonkey, Chimera, and mj will head once the [[13th Labour]] client reaches 100%.<br />
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==I==<br />
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;IG (abb) : In Game. Inside the mindset of the truly hardcore ''TINAG'' player, a place without rules, laws of physics or puppetmasters.<br />
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==J==<br />
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; Jeb: Major Earth reality TV celebrity. After a stint in Beauty and the Greek (focusing on beautiful women in the classical literature), he went on to I'm A Celebrity: Get Me A Beer before marrying Jade Goody and starting a line of snailcare produce. <br />
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; Jem, To do a: You have to buy him a few drinks, first.<br />
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; Jem: is truly, truly outrageous.<br />
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; Jeremy?, Who is: A mole, he is. But who the eff is he?<br />
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; Jo's Rack: Is very impressive. Check it out for yourself! http://www.flickr.com/photos/74636791@N00/212082243/<br />
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==K==<br />
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; Kloo : Could be a typo, could be a clue; sometimes very shiny. See also: RSM.<br />
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; K00b, The : Like the Cube, but shinier and less likely to asplode.<br />
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==L==<br />
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; Leitmark (n) : A badge of honour in Perplex City, a badge of geekdom on Earth. Often seen worn by pavements across the world, due to shoddy pin back design. Available in a range of colours.<br />
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; Limerick : A highly crafted poem of mourning. See also: ''Dead, Kurt is''<br />
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; Loop, Recursive : See: ''Recursive Loop''<br />
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==M==<br />
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; Mind Candy : Similar to brainfuzz, but more sneeky.<br />
; Mines, (In the, O in the) : To be underground and/or at risk of flooding/death. See also: ''Dead, Kurt is.''<br />
; Mole, A : See also: ''Helicopter''.<br />
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==N==<br />
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; Naked, Kurt: Shut the hell up. That's not very funny. See also: ''Guy''.<br />
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; Neek : What sound would a tretretretre make, if a tretretretre could make a sound?<br />
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; Ninjas : Better than ''Pirates''<br />
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; Noes! : Well this is all a bit of a pickle, isn't it? See also: ''Yays''.<br />
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==O==<br />
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; [[OK13DTFC]] : Sneeky group; a bit like the 3P, but with fewer helicopters and more cravats.<br />
; Onionring, To eat an : Oh my!<br />
; OoG (abb) : Out Of Game. Outside of the joyous world we know and love as PerplexCity. See also ''TIAG''<br />
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==P==<br />
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; Perplexor, The : Stole all the children of Perplex City and sent them to Earth. See also: ''Season 2.''<br />
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; Pirates : Better than ''Ninjas''<br />
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; Project Syzygy : See also ''Season 0''. Life before cards?!<br />
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; PWN 4 : Ultimate ownage. Being PWN 4'd is akin to being set on fire, told the entire collection of 'Is Kurt Dead' limericks, forced to go on an adventure with Scarlett Kiteway and then operated on by the Third Power (who, coincidentally, are trying to work out the biological differences between people from Earth and people from Perplex City). See also: ''Anna''.<br />
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==R==<br />
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; Real life: See also: ''Don't do it!''<br />
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; Recursive Loop : See: ''Loop, Recursive''<br />
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; Rectabgle : Almost a rectangle, but not quite.<br />
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; Reimann : Card requiring the solution of a surprisingly hard problem regarding the distribution of tricycles over a front lawn. Obtaining a suitable number of tricycles would be impossible, and the consequences of placing them all on a front lawn would be catastrophic. Reimann is part of the Please Please Please Give Us The Answer set of cards. See also: Satoshi, Shuffled, and 13th Labour.<br />
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; [[RSM]] (abb) : The [[Random Speculation Monster]]. Lurks around various forums, preying on the open-minded and inducing them to get over-excited. Feeds on speculation, doesn't like to get hungry. You wouldn't like it when it gets hungry.<br />
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==S==<br />
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; Satoshi : Photograph on Billion To One which, once seen, will fatally confuse the owner after seven days.<br />
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; Season 0 : This season didn't happen. Got that? Good.<br />
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; Season 1 : Comes right before Season 2. See also: ''Season 2''.<br />
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; Season 2 : Comes right after Season 1. Probably has extra helicopters. See also: ''Season 1''.<br />
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; Season 3 : Comes right after Season 2 and a Season-and-a-bit after Season 1. Will probably involve tricycles after Season 2 spends the rest of the budget on helicopters. See also: ''Season 1'' and ''Season 2''.<br />
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; Sekrit : It's a sekrit!<br />
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; Shuffled : Designed by the Tricycle Playing Card Company and included in an effort to obtain sponsorship for Season 3.<br />
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; Squee! : Extreme delight! See also: ''OK13DTFC''.<br />
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==T==<br />
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; Tally, To do a : To type a line that was meant to be in one channel into another, with confusing and often hilarious consequences. [http://www.pxcbash.com See the quotes database].<br />
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; Thunderclap : A player with an unfortunate name; see: [[Puzzle Card Symbols]]. As a result, often combed.<br />
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; TIAG (abb) : This Is A Game. A game you say? I don't know what you are talking about...<br />
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; TINAG (abb) : This Is Not A Game. see ''TIAG''.<br />
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; TOS (abb): Tears Of Sadness. These usually appear when Guy is late with the newest Ask Mind Candy.<br />
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; TOA (abb): Tears of Anger. These follow shortly after Tears of Sadness and shortly before a torch-and-pitchfork bearing mob descends on Mind Candy Towers.<br />
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; Tretretretre (n) : A Perplexian creature prone to escaping from Polygon Park zoo. Extinct on Earth since a plague of diarrhoea wiped out the remaining breeding colonies. Care, and toilet roll, advised before approaching. See also : ''Neek''<br />
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==U==<br />
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; Unasplode (v) : To unscatter oneself around a large radius. See also: ''Asplode''.<br />
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==W==<br />
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; Wave 0.5 (n) : Some of the first print runs of Waves 1 (and 2?) were printed as "Wave 0.5". Sometimes used in verb form as the act of putting one's hands in the air, and not putting them down.<br />
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; Wave 1, 2, 3, 4 (n) : The four releases of cards in Season 1.<br />
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; Wave Fox (n) : Unofficial title of Wave Four. Named for Lord of the Freelancers Michael Fox, responsible for approximately 94% of said cards; ie, direct your complaints to idlemichael@gmail.com<br />
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; Wibbies : Affectionate disabbreviation of WB = Welcome Back. Can be given as a present or done as an action. The appropriate counter response is to ''Wibble''<br />
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{{Humor}}</div>UKver2.0https://perplexcitywiki.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=20549Talk:Main Page2007-07-28T17:52:35Z<p>UKver2.0: </p>
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<div>==Link Fixing==<br />
*Probably still more ''wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcitysentinel.com/##.##.##'' links to be dealt with. They don't seem to die, really. But I think the huge bulk of links have been updated. If you spot anymore, you know what to do :)<br />
*Links to the PXCS article including ''academy_scott_i.html'' may need to be checked, they seem to be embedded links in many places.<br />
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A method of using custom text for S1Wayback template links would be good. I'll look and see if I can edit it into the template. --[[User:Edgemaster|Edgemaster]] 12:34, 14 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
:Done, see [[Template:WaybackS1]] for usage. --[[User:Edgemaster|Edgemaster]] 09:47, 17 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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==To Do==<br />
More needed on:<br />
* [[Frozen Indigo Angel]] - bring up to date, tidy text into [[Hot Water]]<br />
* [[Hot Water]] - general overview of whole story, puzzles, timeline, what leads to where, consider merging parts of [[FIA]]<br />
* [[Neural Override device]] - more details as they come<br />
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--[[User:Edgemaster|Edgemaster]] 09:45, 17 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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==Perplex City at an End?==<br />
From the recent reports from the PXCstories site, and several game developers, this is the end.<br />
[http://perplexorum.com/showthread.php?t=1647]<br />
--[[User:Edgemaster|Edgemaster]] 09:18, 1 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
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:Indeed. However the wiki will stay open indefinitely. fFor the record i'm ridiculously sad. I expect I'll be moping around the house fFor weeks. Interestingly, mind candy will remain in business. The next 2 waves of puzzle cards are supposed to be released in the coming weeks and months, completing this season's card offerings; and mind candy is intending to start selling a new range of toys fFor the kids. no word on what that will involve, but one supposes it will be interesting. [[User:Scott|Scott]] 16:48, 1 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
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:How should we edit the Main Page? A brief announcement, purge the FIA stuff?<br />
A wikipage on the demise would tie things together too.<br />
I'm quite at a loss, I really never got involved with S1 and was enthusiastic to see S2 off the ground. It's a shame that all I got to see was the very short FIA story.<br />
--[[User:Edgemaster|Edgemaster]] 17:56, 1 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
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Main page banner? --[[User:Edgemaster|Edgemaster]] 18:10, 1 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
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See the main page fFor my thoughts. [[User:Scott|Scott]] 01:59, 3 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Unsolved Cards ==<br />
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Shuffled can be taken out as an unsolved card. [[User:UKver2.0|UKver2.0]] 12:52, 28 July 2007 (CST)</div>UKver2.0https://perplexcitywiki.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Shuffled&diff=20548Talk:Shuffled2007-07-28T17:48:46Z<p>UKver2.0: </p>
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Really top-dollar stuff, people! And there I was still assuming we'd need all the playing symbol cards to solve it.,, --[[User:GuyP|GuyP]] 18:01, 18 March 2006 (EST)<br />
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''[[User:Jakeo|Jakeo]] : I've been creating this page by working through the forum posts. I'm currenly at page: 43. (Hopefully I'm finished, it took 4 hours, and I've read it before!)''<br />
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''Where there is a obvious first post of a new idea I have attempted to credit the author. I may have missed a couple, and its open to interpretation. I do make reference to some of my own posts, but hopefully under the described circumstances. Also, because so much of the information has been duplicated, I have also attempted to keep external information references down to the single, most comprehensive source.''<br />
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== Brute forcing Solitaire ==<br />
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If you want to brute-force solve Solitaire, I'd be surprised if my C implementation wasn't the fastest:<br />
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:http://www.ciphergoth.org/crypto/solitaire/<br />
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since it performs both copies in a single step. [[User:Ciphergoth|Ciphergoth]] 05:40, 3 June 2006 (PDT)<br />
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== Solved ==<br />
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Now that this card has been solved, should this page be deleted? [[User:UKver2.0|UKver2.0]] 12:48, 28 July 2007 (CST)</div>UKver2.0https://perplexcitywiki.com/w/index.php?title=Puzzle_Cards&diff=20547Puzzle Cards2007-07-28T17:41:48Z<p>UKver2.0: /* Unsolved cards */</p>
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<div>==General==<br />
Puzzle Cards first appeared in the [[Firebox Advert 28.04.05|Firebox advert]] and were soon followed by an appearance in the [[Parcels]] sent out. The cards have different colors, numbers and sets. The colors correspond to the difficulty and the rarity of the cards, ranging from red (easy and common) to silver (difficult and rare).<br />
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According to the "[[:Image:Sente_howto.jpg|Rules Card]]" you have to collect the cards and solve them to win [[Perplex Points]] at [http://www.Perplexcity.com www.perplexcity.com], making complete sets of four to win extra points. The cards may hold clues as to who is behind the [[Theft]], where the Receda cube is, who took it, and why.<br />
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While the idea of using puzzle cards to lead the way to a resolution might seem a bit sadistic to some, it is in fact perfectly in keeping with Perplexian culture. The game ''Clash'', which is extremely popular within the [[PCAG]], is in fact the root of using puzzle cards. <br />
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== Season 1 card details ==<br />
{{Season1}}<br />
Features of the Season 1 puzzle cards are described below.<br />
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Selected cards may be seen in the [[Selected Cards]] article. Please note, this wiki will not be hosting all cards, but rather just those which fall into certain categories. See the Card Catalog at http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com for a comprehensive listing of all cards with much meta data.<br />
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===Large ghosted letters===<br />
:''See main article: [[Puzzle_card_symbols#Playing_Cards_and_Large_Letters]]''<br />
*On cards with prime numbers, large faint letters appear in the corners<br />
*Playing card symbols appear on these cards as well, as a means to organize the letters.<br />
*The letters seem to spell out a message when collected and assembled.<br />
*It seems to say: '''I stole [[the Cube]]. Help me. Combed Thunderclap.'''<br />
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===Strange Symbols===<br />
:''See main article: [[Puzzle_card_symbols#Wave_4_Meta_Information]]''<br />
*Wave 4 of season 1 introduced unusual shapes on some cards.<br />
*No pattern is readily apparent.<br />
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===Strings of numbers===<br />
:''See main article: [[Puzzle_card_symbols#Wave_4_Meta_Information]]''<br />
*Wave 4 of season 1 introduced strings of numbers on some cards.<br />
*No pattern is readily apparent.<br />
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===Unsolved cards===<br />
3 Cards in particular have discussions and information hosted here. They are exceptionally difficult to solve.<br />
*{{Card|238|Riemann}} '''See [[Riemann]]'''<br />
*{{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}} '''See [[The Thirteenth Labour]]'''<br />
*{{Card|255|Billion to One}} '''See [[Billion to One]]'''<br />
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===Misprints and Rarities===<br />
A few cards were part of limited print runs, were special promotions, or had errors or changes in printing. For the details, check out [[Misprints and Rarities]].<br />
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===See Also===<br />
*[[Puzzle Card List]] -- Lists principal card features<br />
*[[Card Designers List]] -- Lists cards by designer<br />
*[[Avast! Pirates!]] -- It would seem certain members of the [[CRT]], especially [[Kurt]], are fond of pirates.<br />
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==Card sellers==<br />
The initial card sellers, according to [[Parcel Letter]] was a bit short. This list has since expanded greatly. Online retailers include:<br />
*[http://www.firebox.com/perplexcity Firebox]<br />
*[http://search.insound.com/search/artist.jsp?artist=INS31358 InSound]<br />
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/82f9/ ThinkGeek]<br />
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==PerplexCity magazine spreads==<br />
The Telegraph has started publishing monthly spreads featuring a number of perplexian puzzles, and some previews of up-coming cards. The collected assembly can be seen here:<br />
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Image:Telegraph 1.png<br />
Image:Telegraph 2.png<br />
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In June 2006, a new magazine in London - ''Penny'' - started printing puzzling spreads. Only one has been produced so far.<br />
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Image:Penny_1.jpg<br />
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==Card Waves and Seasons==<br />
The Perplex City Puzzle Cards are being released in waves. This is partly for storytelling purposes, and partly for financial reasons. 4 waves of cards were released in Season 1. It is unknown how many seasons there will be. Some rumors have suggested at least 3 seasons, but that is wild speculation on the parts of everyone involved. At this time, it is not known what will happen to everyone's puzzle points and achievements at the end of season 1. In a strictly meta-game sense, Season 1 will end when the Receda Cube is found. Season 2 will involve something else entirely.<br />
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{{CardCat}}</div>UKver2.0https://perplexcitywiki.com/w/index.php?title=Unsolved_mysteries&diff=20546Unsolved mysteries2007-07-28T17:40:05Z<p>UKver2.0: /* Older Mysteries to ponder */</p>
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<div>This page contains a list of all our "known unknowns" - questions that we don't yet have answers to.<br />
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==Current Hot Topics==<br />
''Watch this space''!<br />
*What's V doing at Radio One's Big Weekend? We need to stop him using the neural override and turning 30,000 people into walking puppets.<br />
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==Unsolved Puzzle Cards==<br />
The Four:<br />
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*'''[[Riemann]]''' ({{Card|238|Reimann}})- It's not really meant to be solved.<br />
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*'''[[The Thirteenth Labour]]''' ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}) - Come join the concerted effort to solve this puzzle, download the client and follow progress at the [http://www.13thlabour.tk Assault on 13th Labour] site.<br />
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*'''[[Billion to One]]''' ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}) - A person must be located by just a photo; the card is meant to test the "six degrees of separation" concept by having us send emails around the world. Websites dedicated to the card are [http://www.billion2one.org/ billion2one], [http://haveyouseenhim.info/ haveyouseenhim], and [http://www.findsatoshi.com/ findsatoshi].<br />
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==Older Mysteries to ponder==<br />
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* Who created the [[Djinn]] virus? This was a virus that destroyed or accessed data on people's [[keys]], and was transmitted key-to-key. It was created by someone who accessed insider information at the [[Centrifuge]] labs - a company that manufactures keys.<br />
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* Do the [[Public Unrest|symbols and references to Anarchists]] made by the vandals [[Malcolm and Spencer Kaplan]] mean anything important?<br />
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* Who, and where, is [[Cyrus Quinton]]? He was the operational mastermind of the Cube Theft Team (codename: V) who disappeared once he had murdered [[Monica Grand]]. V's DNA records are not on the city databases, according to police leiutenant [[Helena Frye]], which means he is either from outside the city, or has been able to hack into their records. Kurt can't find the name Cyrus Quinton on any databases either.<br />
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* Who was above [[V]] in the chain of command? We know he has a Bigger Boss, possibly representative of an even bigger Conspiracy. Who are these people?</div>UKver2.0https://perplexcitywiki.com/w/index.php?title=Unsolved_mysteries&diff=20545Unsolved mysteries2007-07-28T17:39:24Z<p>UKver2.0: /* Unsolved Puzzle Cards */</p>
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<div>This page contains a list of all our "known unknowns" - questions that we don't yet have answers to.<br />
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==Current Hot Topics==<br />
''Watch this space''!<br />
*What's V doing at Radio One's Big Weekend? We need to stop him using the neural override and turning 30,000 people into walking puppets.<br />
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==Unsolved Puzzle Cards==<br />
The Four:<br />
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*'''[[Riemann]]''' ({{Card|238|Reimann}})- It's not really meant to be solved.<br />
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*'''[[The Thirteenth Labour]]''' ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}) - Come join the concerted effort to solve this puzzle, download the client and follow progress at the [http://www.13thlabour.tk Assault on 13th Labour] site.<br />
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*'''[[Billion to One]]''' ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}) - A person must be located by just a photo; the card is meant to test the "six degrees of separation" concept by having us send emails around the world. Websites dedicated to the card are [http://www.billion2one.org/ billion2one], [http://haveyouseenhim.info/ haveyouseenhim], and [http://www.findsatoshi.com/ findsatoshi].<br />
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==Older Mysteries to ponder==<br />
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* Who created the [[Djinn]] virus? This was a virus that destroyed or accessed data on people's [[keys]], and was transmitted key-to-key. It was created by someone who accessed insider information at the [[Centrifuge]] labs - a company that manufactures keys. The answer to this question is also the answer to the silver [[Shuffled]] card.<br />
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* Do the [[Public Unrest|symbols and references to Anarchists]] made by the vandals [[Malcolm and Spencer Kaplan]] mean anything important?<br />
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* Who, and where, is [[Cyrus Quinton]]? He was the operational mastermind of the Cube Theft Team (codename: V) who disappeared once he had murdered [[Monica Grand]]. V's DNA records are not on the city databases, according to police leiutenant [[Helena Frye]], which means he is either from outside the city, or has been able to hack into their records. Kurt can't find the name Cyrus Quinton on any databases either.<br />
<br />
* Who was above [[V]] in the chain of command? We know he has a Bigger Boss, possibly representative of an even bigger Conspiracy. Who are these people?</div>UKver2.0https://perplexcitywiki.com/w/index.php?title=Violet_Kiteway&diff=17525Violet Kiteway2007-02-16T03:14:48Z<p>UKver2.0: /* Cube Theft */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox Perplexian<br />
|name=Violet Kiteway<br />
|image=[[Image:Violet-larger.jpg]]<br />
|age=27<br />
|date_of_birth=September 9th<br />
|futures_sign=Dragon<br />
|occupation=Librarian, poker player<br />
|associations=[[Conclave|The Conclave]], [[Perplex City Historical Society|Historical Society]]<br />
|email=violet'''SPLAT'''quirkyacuity.com<br />
|website=http://www.quirkyacuity.com<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==General==<br />
*27 years old.<br />
*Birthday is September 9th ([[Futures#The_Dragon|Dragon]]).<br />
*Accepted into the [[Perplex City Academy|Academy]] but declined to attend.<br />
*Works at the [[Perplex City Academy|Academy]] [[Library]].<br />
*Loves playing poker.<br />
*Member of the [[Perplex City Historical Society]].<br />
*Apparent Member of [[The Archers of Dawn]]<br />
*Infiltrated the [[Reconstructionists]] compound.<br />
*Nominal editor of the Book [[Tales from Earth]], published by [[Seaside Press]].<br />
*Address:<br />
: Apartment 507<br />
: [[Caesar Building]]<br />
: [[Mobius Approach]]<br />
: [[Perplex City]]<br />
<br />
==Cube Theft==<br />
*Stole [[the Cube]], and posted cryptic messages as [[Combed Thunderclap]].<br />
*Her reasoning was this: [[The Third Power]] is a very dangerous group, and if they wanted the cube it was almost certainly for nefarious purposes.<br />
*Therefore, with [[Kurt]]'s help, she snuck into the [[Museum]] by way of the [[Catacombs]], and the moment she touched it, she vanished!<br />
*Appearing suddenly on Earth, she was supplied with a taxi, hotel accommodations, a coat ... and a shovel.<br />
[[Image:Violet note.jpg|thumb]]<br />
*She left a note at the Cube hiding place, pointing to [http://quirkyacuity.com/sabrelacunaflamingo/ a message].<br />
<br />
==Friends and family==<br />
* Father: [[Sente Kiteway]]<br />
* Younger Sister: [[Scarlett Kiteway]]<br />
* Mother: [[Lily Kiteway]], appears to have passed away quite a long time ago.<br />
* Uncle & Aunt: [[Sanjean Adamek]] & [[Annaliese Adamek]]<br />
*Connected to [[Kurt McAllister]]<br />
*Friends with [[Arman]]<br />
*Friends with Lyssa, possibly [[Lyssa Ling]]<br />
*Former boss: [[Isaac Cymbalisty]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
*The Scarlett Kite, [[Scarlett]]'s bog<br />
*The Path of Least Time, [[Kurt]]'s blog<br />
<br />
*Puzzle Cards<br />
*{{Card|022|Cold Fission}}<br />
*{{Card|027|Bar None}}<br />
*{{Card|143|Pocket Rockets}}<br />
*{{Card|145|The Red Ace}}<br />
<br />
*The Perplex City Sentinel<br />
**article, 05-DEC-05 "[[Seaside Press|Seaside]] Announces Plan to Release [[Tales From Earth|Earth Anthology]]" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/12/seaside_announc.html link])<br />
**article, 13-MAR-06, "[[Tales from Earth|Earth Anthology]] Sells Well Despite Cool Critical Reception" ([http://www.pxcsentinel.com/archives/2006/03/earth_anthology.html link])<br />
**article, 09-FEB-07 "''[[Sentinel]] Exclusive'': [[Iona Rodie|Iona]] Interviews... [[Violet Kiteway]]: "I Stole the Cube"" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2007/02/violet_kiteway.html link])<br />
**article, 13-FEB-07 "''[[Sentinel]] Exclusive'': [[Iona Rodie|Iona]] Interviews... [[Violet Kiteway]]: "I Was Wrong"" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2007/02/sentinel_exclus.html link])<br />
<br />
*[[Perplex City Police Department]] - [[Isaac Cymbalisty]] case file - [http://www.perplexcitypolice.com/pd269volintranet/case_file.php?cid=PXC978C675&section=witness witness statements]<br />
<br />
<br />
==Images==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:violet.jpg|older picture on her blog<br />
Image:088.jpg|Puzzle card #85 or #88, "Sweet Dreams"<br />
Image:027.jpg|Puzzle card #27, "Bar None"<br />
Image:Violet kiteway.jpg|Violet, bright eyed (notice [[the Archers of Dawn]] button)<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
<br />
==Autoresponder==<br />
{{quote}}<br />
Thanks for your email. I would reply to it, honestly, only I can't right now because I'm probably out working in the [[library]].<br />
<br />
Or playing poker.<br /><br />
Or drowning my sorrows after losing big.<br /><br />
Or celebrating after winning big.<br /><br />
Or investigating some part of the city I haven't seen before.<br /><br />
Or taking in a show.<br /><br />
Or working on a puzzle.<br /><br />
Or finally mastering the art of omelette-making.<br /><br />
Or digging up bits of stone in [[Catbite]] and getting overexcited about their significance.<br /><br />
Or windsurfing in the bay.<br /><br />
Or buying shoes.<br /><br />
Or reading a novel.<br /><br />
Or having a picnic in the park.<br /><br />
Or trying to get back that great pair of boots my [[Scarlett Kiteway|sister]] "borrowed" six months ago.<br /><br />
Or finding new words to share.<br /><br />
Or feeding my fish.<br /><br />
Or hiking.<br /><br />
Or giving unfortunate interviews and getting into trouble with my dad.<br /><br />
Or planting trees on public property.<br /><br />
Or confusing the person next to me.<br /><br />
Or making a triangular table.<br /><br />
Or taking a train out to the plains.<br /><br />
Or eating at [[Conundra]].<br /><br />
Or writing autoreply for my email.<br /><br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mobius Strip]]</div>UKver2.0https://perplexcitywiki.com/w/index.php?title=Unsolved_mysteries&diff=17523Unsolved mysteries2007-02-16T02:58:18Z<p>UKver2.0: /* On The Back Burner */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page contains a list of all our "known unknowns" - questions that we don't yet have answers to. There is also an oft-unused page of [[False Puzzles & Speculation]].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Current Hot Topics==<br />
Our Perplex City contacts have been talking about these recently:<br />
<br />
* [[Helena Frye]] - really as straight as all that? Helena Frye claims the [[Gillit Road]] fiasco was a legitimate secret [[Police]] operation gone wrong, no thanks to [[Kurt]]. But why did Kurt overhear the passing lackeys ask "why is Frye getting the police involved?" Was she a double-triple-something agent? And even if she is, as we assume, legit, we don't know anything about her obviously extensive counter-3P investigations. Or why she lied about the items found at the [[Five of Cups]] to [http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/08/police_close_ho.html The Sentinel]. Or additionally, if she's truly "left the force" or has gone undercover, and why she's currently in [[Gladstone]].<br />
<br />
* Who's crooked at the Academy? We know that Cyrus Quinton called the Academy and had a heated discussion with someone from the [[Department of Cryptology]] on the day following the theft. ([[Alejo]]: "Even our best production guy, Cyrus, was a little off that day - I remember he was having this big argument, said he was talking to Helix about his contract, but when I redialed from the studio console a little later to talk to Helix, I got some office at the Academy.") Also, Kurt's friend [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2005/09/the_breakin.html speculated] (with an unknown level of actual information) that it would take at least two people to thoroughly circumvent the Academy's security systems, but said it was a "danger to say more." We know that one is probably an Adjunct Senior Fellow from the [[Leaked_E-mails#Super_Sneaky.21|leaked emails]]. V also refers to someone "more senior", who probably resides at the Academy, and therefore is probably a Senior Fellow.<br />
<br />
* Where are the parts being stolen from the Academy going, and what else might the criminals need? One part was tracked to near [[The Brotherhood of the Six]] temple, where [[Anna Heath]] died. And what is the "Special Project 487" that was used to request the parts in the first place?<br />
<br />
==Unsolved Puzzle Cards==<br />
''See: [[Puzzle Cards]] for more on these.''<br />
<br />
*'''[[Riemann]]''' ({{Card|238|Reimann}})- It's not really meant to be solved.<br />
<br />
*'''[[Shuffled]]''' ({{Card|243|Shuffled}}) - Once the method is discovered, it'll be easy...<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Thirteenth Labour]]''' ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}) - Come join the concerted effort to solve this puzzle, download the client from [http://www.e-wire.net.au/~eb_oakla/pxc/13labour_1_3_1.zip here], and follow progress at the [http://www.13thlabour.tk Assault on 13th Labour] site.<br />
<br />
*'''[[Billion to One]]''' ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}) - A person must be located by just a photo; the card is meant to test the "six degrees of separation" concept by having us send emails around the world. A website dedicated to the card is [http://www.billion2one.org/ here].<br />
<br />
* Many of the [[Cards]] have [[Playing card symbols]], and their various respective [[Talk:Playing card symbols|Letters]]. There are also strange [[Playing card symbols#Wave 4 Meta Information|shapes and number strings]]. The full message and meaning is still unknown, although it appears the card metapuzzle will lead us to the location of the cube.<br />
<br />
==On The Back Burner==<br />
No news from Perplex City lately:<br />
<br />
* What is at [[Viendenbourg]]? What did the Castille family do there? We know it's some kind of military installation, and that they're trying to put together something that used to be there, according to [[Claire Castille]]'s story to [http://www.thescarlettkite.com/archives/2006/03/index.html Scarlett]. The sound of drilling emanates from a long, low-slung industrial building. It's very heavily protected by a neurodisruptive field built by Claire that renders intruders confused and ultimately unconscious. It was implied that [[Sente]] knows about its existence, but the employee might have assumed this from [[Scarlett]]'s presence at the facility. Does it have something to do with content in the previously mentioned [[Anthony Granier|Granier Diary]]?<br />
<br />
* Who created the [[Djinn]] virus? This was a virus that destroyed or accessed data on people's [[keys]], and was transmitted key-to-key. It was created by someone who accessed insider information at the [[Centrifuge]] labs - a company that manufactures keys. The answer to this question is also the answer to the silver [[Shuffled]] card.<br />
<br />
* Do the [[Public Unrest|symbols and references to Anarchists]] made by the vandals [[Malcolm and Spencer Kaplan]] mean anything important?<br />
<br />
* Who, and where, is [[Cyrus Quinton]]? We think Cyrus Quinton was the operational mastermind of the Cube Theft Team (codename: V) who disappeared once he had murdered [[Monica Grand]]. V's DNA records are not on the city databases, according to police leiutenant [[Helena Frye]], which means he is either from outside the city, or has been able to hack into their records. Kurt can't find the name Cyrus Quinton on any databases either.<br />
<br />
* Who was [[Miranda]] working for? She talks about being a "lesser evil" -- does that imply there is an existing group which represents a greater one?<br />
<br />
* When Monica died, she told Sylvia that the original theft team "never held it" - meaning [[The Receda Cube]]. [[Claire]] told [[Scarlett]] "We never got our hands on the target. ... Someone else was there. I don't know who and I don't know why. But to do what they did, they must have been a better programmer than me. That's not a large group." There was most definitely someone else there. However, [[Miranda]] didn't seem to know about them, and in [[3PGroupwareManager|V's talking with the operatives on Earth]], he sounds confident and upbeat. So does someone else have it or not?<br />
<br />
* Who was above [[V]] in the chain of command? We know he has a Bigger Boss, possibly representative of an even bigger Conspiracy. Who are these people?<br />
<br />
* [[Inari Ekeba]] is a Professor Of Natural Sciences and wanted to do Cube Research, but [[Sente Kiteway]] wouldn't let her. The [[Leaked_E-mails#Senior_Fellows_Meet_with_Sente|meeting]] flared up and she rashly threatened to steal the Cube. Significant, or a red herring?<br />
<br />
* Now that The Cube has been found on Earth, how are we meant to get it back to Perplex City?<br />
<br />
==Loose Threads==<br />
Some unresolved questions are unlikely to tie back into the plot, but remain hanging nonetheless:<br />
<br />
* There are numerous [[The_San_Francisco_Connection:_Unsolved_Questions|unsolved questions]] from the online component to [[The San Francisco Connection]].<br />
<br />
* The [[London_PCAG_event#The_London_Eye_and_Morse_Code|London Morse Code Message]] - WTF? We have snippets that are possibly decoded, but no concrete solve for the full message. We were possibly meant to go to the Tate Gallery at some point, but clearly haven't. Chalk another one up to the 3P, y'all!<br />
<br />
* On the [[Receda Trail]], what was the missing link? Players traveled to a 9/11 memorial obelisk at Jones Beach, New York, but found no clues. Players then located the next step by checking for registered domains containing the word "receda". But what was the missing link between the two?<br />
<br />
* Some while ago, a special offer was sent out from Firebox, which contained the [[Firebox 100 Letters]]. Many have speculated this is a global sudoku. While it is not directly tied to the rest of the story, the question remains, what is the correct solution?<br />
<br />
* The [[Backdoor]] to the Crypto department is still somewhat mysterious in operation and scope, but since it is no longer accessible there's no way to figure it out further. There were two open questions: first, there was some method of crashing the system Caine found which pulled up a file we never saw. Secondly, when starting the commands with a single END, it was possible to extract single letters and punctuation -- were there more, and did they anagram together to form a password or the like?</div>UKver2.0https://perplexcitywiki.com/w/index.php?title=Unsolved_mysteries&diff=17522Unsolved mysteries2007-02-16T02:54:07Z<p>UKver2.0: /* Current Hot Topics */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page contains a list of all our "known unknowns" - questions that we don't yet have answers to. There is also an oft-unused page of [[False Puzzles & Speculation]].<br />
<br />
<br />
==Current Hot Topics==<br />
Our Perplex City contacts have been talking about these recently:<br />
<br />
* [[Helena Frye]] - really as straight as all that? Helena Frye claims the [[Gillit Road]] fiasco was a legitimate secret [[Police]] operation gone wrong, no thanks to [[Kurt]]. But why did Kurt overhear the passing lackeys ask "why is Frye getting the police involved?" Was she a double-triple-something agent? And even if she is, as we assume, legit, we don't know anything about her obviously extensive counter-3P investigations. Or why she lied about the items found at the [[Five of Cups]] to [http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/08/police_close_ho.html The Sentinel]. Or additionally, if she's truly "left the force" or has gone undercover, and why she's currently in [[Gladstone]].<br />
<br />
* Who's crooked at the Academy? We know that Cyrus Quinton called the Academy and had a heated discussion with someone from the [[Department of Cryptology]] on the day following the theft. ([[Alejo]]: "Even our best production guy, Cyrus, was a little off that day - I remember he was having this big argument, said he was talking to Helix about his contract, but when I redialed from the studio console a little later to talk to Helix, I got some office at the Academy.") Also, Kurt's friend [http://thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2005/09/the_breakin.html speculated] (with an unknown level of actual information) that it would take at least two people to thoroughly circumvent the Academy's security systems, but said it was a "danger to say more." We know that one is probably an Adjunct Senior Fellow from the [[Leaked_E-mails#Super_Sneaky.21|leaked emails]]. V also refers to someone "more senior", who probably resides at the Academy, and therefore is probably a Senior Fellow.<br />
<br />
* Where are the parts being stolen from the Academy going, and what else might the criminals need? One part was tracked to near [[The Brotherhood of the Six]] temple, where [[Anna Heath]] died. And what is the "Special Project 487" that was used to request the parts in the first place?<br />
<br />
==Unsolved Puzzle Cards==<br />
''See: [[Puzzle Cards]] for more on these.''<br />
<br />
*'''[[Riemann]]''' ({{Card|238|Reimann}})- It's not really meant to be solved.<br />
<br />
*'''[[Shuffled]]''' ({{Card|243|Shuffled}}) - Once the method is discovered, it'll be easy...<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Thirteenth Labour]]''' ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}) - Come join the concerted effort to solve this puzzle, download the client from [http://www.e-wire.net.au/~eb_oakla/pxc/13labour_1_3_1.zip here], and follow progress at the [http://www.13thlabour.tk Assault on 13th Labour] site.<br />
<br />
*'''[[Billion to One]]''' ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}) - A person must be located by just a photo; the card is meant to test the "six degrees of separation" concept by having us send emails around the world. A website dedicated to the card is [http://www.billion2one.org/ here].<br />
<br />
* Many of the [[Cards]] have [[Playing card symbols]], and their various respective [[Talk:Playing card symbols|Letters]]. There are also strange [[Playing card symbols#Wave 4 Meta Information|shapes and number strings]]. The full message and meaning is still unknown, although it appears the card metapuzzle will lead us to the location of the cube.<br />
<br />
==On The Back Burner==<br />
No news from Perplex City lately:<br />
<br />
* We have evidence that confirms there was a second team of thieves who successfully stole the Cube, rather than [[V]], [[K]], [[Q]] and [[C]]. But who were these people and what is [[V]]'s [[3PGroupwareManager|connection]] to them?<br />
<br />
* What is at [[Viendenbourg]]? What did the Castille family do there? We know it's some kind of military installation, and that they're trying to put together something that used to be there, according to [[Claire Castille]]'s story to [http://www.thescarlettkite.com/archives/2006/03/index.html Scarlett]. The sound of drilling emanates from a long, low-slung industrial building. It's very heavily protected by a neurodisruptive field built by Claire that renders intruders confused and ultimately unconscious. It was implied that [[Sente]] knows about its existence, but the employee might have assumed this from [[Scarlett]]'s presence at the facility. Does it have something to do with content in the previously mentioned [[Anthony Granier|Granier Diary]]?<br />
<br />
* Who created the [[Djinn]] virus? This was a virus that destroyed or accessed data on people's [[keys]], and was transmitted key-to-key. It was created by someone who accessed insider information at the [[Centrifuge]] labs - a company that manufactures keys. The answer to this question is also the answer to the silver [[Shuffled]] card.<br />
<br />
* Do the [[Public Unrest|symbols and references to Anarchists]] made by the vandals [[Malcolm and Spencer Kaplan]] mean anything important?<br />
<br />
* Who, and where, is [[Cyrus Quinton]]? We think Cyrus Quinton was the operational mastermind of the Cube Theft Team (codename: V) who disappeared once he had murdered [[Monica Grand]]. V's DNA records are not on the city databases, according to police leiutenant [[Helena Frye]], which means he is either from outside the city, or has been able to hack into their records. Kurt can't find the name Cyrus Quinton on any databases either.<br />
<br />
* Who was [[Miranda]] working for? She talks about being a "lesser evil" -- does that imply there is an existing group which represents a greater one?<br />
<br />
* When Monica died, she told Sylvia that the original theft team "never held it" - meaning [[The Receda Cube]]. [[Claire]] told [[Scarlett]] "We never got our hands on the target. ... Someone else was there. I don't know who and I don't know why. But to do what they did, they must have been a better programmer than me. That's not a large group." There was most definitely someone else there. However, [[Miranda]] didn't seem to know about them, and in [[3PGroupwareManager|V's talking with the operatives on Earth]], he sounds confident and upbeat. So does someone else have it or not?<br />
<br />
* Who was above [[V]] in the chain of command? We know he has a Bigger Boss, possibly representative of an even bigger Conspiracy. Who are these people?<br />
<br />
* What happened on the night of [[Leaked_E-mails#Sneaky.21|7th Jan, 2004]]? One of the conspirators nearly gave the game away to a female somebody. They said a "challenge" line, and the person they were talking to (by chance) completed the "third element", at which point the conspirator started blabbing. They quickly realised their mistake and said that "I barely gave anything away before realising the error. She didn't appear suspicious." Does anyone remember anything?<br />
<br />
* What was up with Violet's [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10900 disappearing blog post] of 30th May 2005?<br />
<br />
* [[Inari Ekeba]] is a Professor Of Natural Sciences and wanted to do Cube Research, but [[Sente Kiteway]] wouldn't let her. The [[Leaked_E-mails#Senior_Fellows_Meet_with_Sente|meeting]] flared up and she rashly threatened to steal the Cube. Significant, or a red herring?<br />
<br />
* The big question: If the cube is on Earth, how did it get here and how are we meant to get it back to Perplex City?<br />
<br />
* Oh, and, '''''Where is the bloody cube??'''''<br />
<br />
==Loose Threads==<br />
Some unresolved questions are unlikely to tie back into the plot, but remain hanging nonetheless:<br />
<br />
* There are numerous [[The_San_Francisco_Connection:_Unsolved_Questions|unsolved questions]] from the online component to [[The San Francisco Connection]].<br />
<br />
* The [[London_PCAG_event#The_London_Eye_and_Morse_Code|London Morse Code Message]] - WTF? We have snippets that are possibly decoded, but no concrete solve for the full message. We were possibly meant to go to the Tate Gallery at some point, but clearly haven't. Chalk another one up to the 3P, y'all!<br />
<br />
* On the [[Receda Trail]], what was the missing link? Players traveled to a 9/11 memorial obelisk at Jones Beach, New York, but found no clues. Players then located the next step by checking for registered domains containing the word "receda". But what was the missing link between the two?<br />
<br />
* Some while ago, a special offer was sent out from Firebox, which contained the [[Firebox 100 Letters]]. Many have speculated this is a global sudoku. While it is not directly tied to the rest of the story, the question remains, what is the correct solution?<br />
<br />
* The [[Backdoor]] to the Crypto department is still somewhat mysterious in operation and scope, but since it is no longer accessible there's no way to figure it out further. There were two open questions: first, there was some method of crashing the system Caine found which pulled up a file we never saw. Secondly, when starting the commands with a single END, it was possible to extract single letters and punctuation -- were there more, and did they anagram together to form a password or the like?</div>UKver2.0