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Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 9:57pm

Want my gear?

As some of you may know, I stopped playing Runes of Magic at the beginning of this year for my own personal reasons. Too much of my discomfort, my toon on the Grimdal (PvP) server will remain forever dead with a variety of items that no one will ever touch. That very thought has been the source of an untold number of sleepless nights; luckily those nights weren't spent solely crying over my issue, but also reflecting on how I could resolve my problem. At first I thought I would allow Zhios to be slaughtered by the massive amount of players on Grimdal without prevent hijacks. Unfortunately, the only situation that I find more agonizing then gear locked up perpetually on an un-played character, is aiding freeloaders and beggars. Unable to create a solution I continued to spend my nights bawling considerably loud.

This morning my roommate informed me that my all night sob-fests must stop. I spent all day contemplating and I finally decided how I can solve my conundrum. I will award my gear to the players of Grimdal. So I rushed across campus to my computer , pushing whoever was unfortunate enough to stand in the direct path between the dining hall and my car. When I arrived back at my apartment, I wiggled the mouse of my computer waking it up from its nap and commenced searching in my old programming project folder. Towards the bottom of the page I saw it, a text encryption program I wrote last semester.
So here is my challenge to people of Grimdal: I will periodically post an encrypted message below, if you solve it then your will be rewarded with a piece of my gear. While I understand that my gear is nowhere near perfect, it certainly wasn't the worst. I will add more as time goes by, or after one is solved. There is not a limit on how many times you can win, or what manner you use to solve these puzzles. Please post in this thread if you are going to attempt to solve these puzzles, so I know if I should continue to update my post.

Good luck and have fun!

tl;dr Figure out what the message(s) below mean for my gear.
IGN: Zhios
Classes: Warrior / Rogue
Server: Grimdal

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Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 9:58pm

BoE Silver Corona Wings
-71995.0-113135.0-29920.0-107525.0-98175.0-100980.0-148680.0-127260.0-143640.0-40320.0-84420.0-139860.0-143640.0-139860.0-138600.0-29779.0-9824.0-26709.0-32235.0-107910.0-101043.0-112815.0-198365.0-233130.0-206545.0-65440.0-247445.0-226995.0-239265.0-233130.0-88435.0-25377.0
Helm, either stoned or aggregated (resembles locface without the horns)

Tier 9 Bloody Hatchet +6

T4 (fairly certain) Shoulders (Kalin's Chain +6)

T4 Chest (Over Dura Cyclops [Adonis' old one] +6)

T4 Legs (Clops Chain +6)

T4 (I think) Gloves (Kalin's Chain +6)
-71463.0-100737.0-85239.0-92127.0-90405.0-86961.0-99015.0-99876.0-27552.0-92988.0-95571.0-95571.0-92127.0-90405.0-94710.0-88683.0-27552.0-88683.0-92988.0-95571.0-101598.0-86961.0-99015.0

Earring 1 (?+6)

Earring 2 (? +6)

T4 (almost positive) Necklace (Dark Plot +6)

Ring 1 (?+6)

Ring 2 (?+6)

*Currently Equipped Silver Corona Wings +6

Peg leg from TT (If I didn't vendor it)
-58240.0-76440.0-82992.0-70616.0-84448.0-73528.0-24024.0
IGN: Zhios
Classes: Warrior / Rogue
Server: Grimdal

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Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 9:59pm

Hints: (more to be added if needed)
My program uses a symmetric-key algorithm

Quoted from "BlueExile;257567"

No chance you could give me some kind of hint as to the name of the cipher?

Zhios' Cipher? If there is an actual name for the method I used I wouldn't know; I'm a programmer, not a cryptologist.

Quoted from "Rashira34;269044"


Do they each represent one letter of the alphabet?

Each number represents a Unicode character.
IGN: Zhios
Classes: Warrior / Rogue
Server: Grimdal

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Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 3:07pm

that chest piece was the best arguably on the server last june :P Anyhow sorry to see that you are indeed not returning. I'd offer you a spot in our roster if nothing more that to participate in sieges they are pretty entertaining when working properly.

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Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 6:29pm

I think this encryption isn't going to work, we need more directions. Does each sequence (6 number) 1 letter? and we have absolutely no idea how your program works,so it is almost impossible for us to solve with the current given information.

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Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 7:46pm

also, are we supposed to leave the answer in a quick post on here once we solve it?

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Thursday, April 15th 2010, 1:47am

I'd be interested in the BH the most. Do we solve that same riddle for all pieces of equipment?
IGN: Koravel
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Thursday, April 15th 2010, 5:25pm

-71995.0-113135.0-29920.0-107525.0-98175.0-100980.0-148680.0-127260.0-143640.0-40320.0-84420.0-139860.0-143640.0-139860.0-138600.0-29779.0-9824.0-26709.0-32235.0-107910.0-101043.0-112815.0-198365.0-233130.0-206545.0-65440.0-247445.0-226995.0-239265.0-233130.0-88435.0-25377.0

So thats the code huh. Interesting. I'll try figuring that random string of numbers somehow :P

Cariseface here btw ;)

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Friday, April 16th 2010, 12:32am

If you figure it out just post in here. I will check back in this thread every week.
IGN: Zhios
Classes: Warrior / Rogue
Server: Grimdal

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Friday, April 16th 2010, 12:59am

So, you have a series of large integers, and the cipher is symmetric.

No chance you could give me some kind of hint as to the name of the cipher?

They aren't prime, they aren't consistent in length...
Aerimorla --- 58/47 S/W --- 16.2k hp --- 46% crit --- 9.2k patk ---
Theducky2 --- 56/55 P/M --- 17.1k hp --- 11k mp --- 15k gheal ---

--- Apocalypse --- Grimdal ---

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Saturday, April 17th 2010, 6:53am

I have another question.

Is it practically possible to solve this without use of a computer? I.e. some sort of decryption program?
IGN: Koravel
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Saturday, April 17th 2010, 4:40pm

You guys just don't know.. All of his codes are/are going to be "Zhios is beast, and loves Giggles the most!" I managed to figure this out by uhh, dividing each number by 3.42, and then multiply that result by 1.2. You then take the cubed root of that number, to get the number that corresponds to a letter of the alphabet! I'll take my gear now, Zhios! :D lol
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Saturday, April 17th 2010, 6:29pm

If you got +6 wings I want them you mad haxxor :P still got that fury chest?

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Sunday, April 18th 2010, 7:29am

Quoted from "AnorexicWhale;257958"

You guys just don't know.. All of his codes are/are going to be "Zhios is beast, and loves Giggles the most!" I managed to figure this out by uhh, dividing each number by 3.42, and then multiply that result by 1.2. You then take the cubed root of that number, to get the number that corresponds to a letter of the alphabet! I'll take my gear now, Zhios! :D lol



you are my hero.....end of story


have a good day
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Monday, April 19th 2010, 4:02am

Why thank you fellow Grimdalian! Are you by chance Water? I just happened to notice the state you live in ;)

I hope you have a good day too! I suppose you could also be Dalk, but something tells me you're Water lol.
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Tuesday, April 20th 2010, 1:46am

Gotta love good ol Minnesota...-20 winter 100+in the summer haha.

Nope, I am not either one of them lol
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Tuesday, April 20th 2010, 7:39am

Quoted from "polydectes;258757"

Gotta love good ol Minnesota...-20 winter 100+in the summer haha.

Nope, I am not either one of them lol


Duuuuuuude I lived in MN for 10 months while I went to school. I moved because of the centipedes. O.o
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Tuesday, April 20th 2010, 2:40pm

lmao, I haven't seen one yet!!! I dont think there are any over by me but im not sure. All i know is that this place is rockin and pretty darn safe place to raise my mini me, so i like it. What did you go to school for??
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Wednesday, April 21st 2010, 12:10am

Quoted from "polydectes;258757"

Gotta love good ol Minnesota...-20 winter 100+in the summer haha.

Nope, I am not either one of them lol


I'm afraid I have no clue who you are then :( And yes, I loveee Minnesota lol.

Quoted from "Temptress4d;258884"

Duuuuuuude I lived in MN for 10 months while I went to school. I moved because of the centipedes. O.o


Panssyyy! Man up! :D lol
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Thursday, April 22nd 2010, 2:57am

I'm going to take an educated guess here. I'm not really sure on this, but here goes.

The last cypher on there, the one for the peg leg from TT. Is the answer Grimdal?
IGN: Koravel
Class: Warrior 6x/Rogue 5x/Knight 4x
Server: Grimdal

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