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(05-26-2015, 01:51 PM)Zer0Naut Wrote: [ -> ]yes, that makes sense. especially with the dC and two 4s part, didn't notice : /

It's okay~ The stuff's there for very (very) little time. The assumption is acceptable; it appears quickly and I didn't pick it up.
(05-26-2015, 01:12 PM)(拉赫兰) Romulator Wrote: [ -> ]
(05-26-2015, 12:50 PM)Sampyli Wrote: [ -> ]
Spoiler below!

1:21 J left side of the screen, vertically middle-ish

What about the sign behind Golaski at 1:50? Another Chinese symbol?


Spoiler below!
4chan claims it means "loss".
Chinese symbol.

it's probably a joke. "loss" is a /v/ meme of absurd abstractions of a particular webcomic page. one of the most common examples is a faux chinese/japanese symbol.
apparently 017.snd was changed or we never realized it was different.

/v/ found it leads to:
[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/v1_84c48k_8[/video]
(05-26-2015, 10:44 AM)Atwa Wrote: [ -> ]I'll be a bit disappointed if all we get from this ARG are clips from the movie that will be out on the 1st.

I think it's unlikely that the film will be out on the 1st of June. The release date stated on IMDb is probably a tentative placeholder because:
  1. Pick-up shots were still being filmed on the 12th of May (see here: http://www.twitch.tv/starrmazer/b/658569430);
  2. In the same video, when questioned about the release date, Don Thacker (the director) was evasive in his answer, stating that it will be released "this year, by the end of the year". Maybe he was just being secretive about it, but why be secretive if there's a release date on IMDb?

Just my two cents.
Someone really should make a wiki or something about the ARG like last time. Too hard for people to keep track of things if they are buried somewhere here in the forum thread. Maybe the SOMA Info Portal is an option?
(05-26-2015, 02:41 AM)hkkomiltinn Wrote: [ -> ]
(05-26-2015, 01:02 AM)MegaScience Wrote: [ -> ]Is anyone keeping a summary of the process? I don't mean to cheat, but decoding phases and such are nowhere near my strong suit. I've been figuring it out on my own, but I highly doubt I could figure out how to do those parts on my own - or find whatever page goes over how to do it. x_x

you could try using the search thread function.
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In my experience, forum searches are only reliable for finding entire topics. Locating specific posts never seemed to work; It either only shows one post from a topic instead of every relevant post, or the bigger issue of "what keywords would get me the right information?" since this isn't as advanced searching as Google.
(05-26-2015, 10:44 AM)Atwa Wrote: [ -> ]I'll be a bit disappointed if all we get from this ARG are clips from the movie that will be out on the 1st.

Well, some people managed to get Steam keys so I guess that some kind of worthy reward, no?


I honestly would not expect any serious game-related stuff until after E3.
can anyone tell what the robot 'harry's last name is supposed to be? and can we find all the flashed letters to get the next password? i'd guess it's 'hxxxxx' (robot harrys name) or 'agulaski', to advance further.
Harry Halperin.

(Adam Golaski/Rebecca Golaski are the "gulascki")
Did you notice that the file with the ".txt" extension, into <wau>, now has a different title? It has been renamed "a_g.txt".
Spoiler below!
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