314 - 536 - 638 - 533 - 422 - 106 - 433 - 434 - 515 - 630 - 124 - 315

Ok then....

1.) Was I right is assuming that basic arithmetic played a part in the decryption?

2.) Was I right about Mrs. Albert?

But the starting position was spot-on?

So is Batboy going to come and advise? Cause I think everyone has pretty much given up on trying to find a solution.

Is the order of numbers within each group significant? -- for example, would the message in the thread title be the same if it started with "341" or "134" instead of "314"?

nope, it wouldn't.

Well, that's a relief.

"What you need is a fatty-boom-batty blunt, and I guarantee you'll be seeing a sailboat, an ocean, and maybe even some of those big-titted mermaids doing some of that lesbian shit. Look at me, look at me, you sloppy bitch! "

[action=NAHTMMM]tries a few more patterns, or rather a few patterns yet again, and finally shrugs it off.[/action]


OK, two more questions:

Are we supposed to start over at the first key (presumed to be "Q") for each letter, or just keep going around the keyboard?

And does M connect directly to K, or not? That silly corner is causing me a lot of extra work with some of these patterns

It's a good thing I have no idea where Batboy lives. I think I'd resort to the Jack Bauer method of deciphering the code.

Okay... Batboy is MIA.

O teh NOES!!11111111!!!!1

Pending the return of the nocturnal avenger, I'm gonna try to flush his captors out into the open by revealing the first few words of the message decrypted.

Tomorrow.

Unsticky this thread IMHO.

Not until it's solved!

Not til it's solved?

You people haven't figured it out yet?


Jesus.

I'm more and more convinced that the latter is the case. Otherwise the apparent lack of A's seems inexplicable.


(edit)

Oh, and . . .

I'd expect that just the first couple of letters should do nicely, provided you specified WHICH message you're referring to of course . . .

Then throw it out. Nothing appears at regular intervals in code that isn't put there to draw your attention away from finding a genuine crib.

INPC:
"314 - 536 - 638 - 533 - 422 - 106 - 433 - 434 - 515 - 630 - 124 - 315"

STP 1: DIGITAL EXPANSION, POS INTEGER SIMPLE CALC ALPHANUMERIC TRANSPOSITION CIPHER

1-A
2-B
3-C
4-D
5-E
6-F
7-G
8-H
9-I
10-J
11-K
12-L
13-M
14-N
15-O
16-P
17-Q
18-R
19-S
20-T
21-U
22-V
23-W
24-X
25-Y
26-Z

F-H-K-E-D-G-D-E-I-C-C-G (where D1 - D2 + D3 = D/C AN TRNSPOS /
MK CRIBS = "533" - "422" - "x" - "433" - "434" - "360" - "124" - "315")

CRIBS BY MATCH:

C = 360/124
D = 422/433
E = 533/434
G = x/315

RES NP

STP 2: T9 ALPHANUMBERIC COMPARISON

Free Batboy Rep

Maybe he's just toying with you all and there's no solution?

No, you dumb Irish parasite.

I can't believe you people haven't figured it out.

It's difficult to work out a sensible circuit that will allow one to stand on a letter when given an 11 to work with.

314 - 536 - 638 - 533 - 422 - 106 - 433 - 434 - 515 - 630 - 124 - 315
EIA-SEB-BEH-SEE-AZZ-IOB-AEE-AEA-SIS-BEO-IZA-EIG
LOL

314
536
638
533
422
106
433
434
515
630
124
315=
5000=
Sooo...
O_o

Ooo, if you add each number on a calculator and then turn the display upside down, it tells you the location of King Solomon's lost gold mines. Nifty.

What is the point of this game?

To make you so insane that you are willing to sacrifice your soul to batboy.

But that's the point of every game. No, this one must be special. Maybe this is how Batboy gives bartenders his drink orders...

Batboy's e-peen is growing immeasurably due to this thread.

314 - 536 - 638 - 533 - 422 - 106 - 433 - 434 - 917- 515 - 630 - 124 - 315

Free Batboy Rep

Yes, we got that. We still don't get how you get from Q to A to F in 8 moves. Or I don't, anyway.

Well, if I publish the entire key the game ends and we crown Batboy as the new brain king.

...Hmmm. Wait a moment.


Assuming (as usual) that the numbers add up the way we expect them to . . .

314 - 536 - 638 - 533 - 422 - 106 - 433 - 434 - 917- 515 - 630 - 124 - 315
--> 8 - 14 - 17 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 10 - 11 - 17 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 9
--> F - R - E - E - B - A - T - B - O - Y - R - E - P


602 – 841 – 316 – 3328 – 825 – 106 – 113 – 824 – 012 – 322 – 105 – 617 – 324 – 314
--> 8 - 13 - 10 - 16 - 15 - 7 - 5 - 14 - 3 - 7 - 6 - 14 - 9 - 8
--> F - -1 - -8 - -3 - +7 - +7 - -2 - +1 - -13 - -18 - -13 - -11 - -12
...Nuts.


Is the second letter in that second message E or not?
For that matter, is the first letter F?