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Posted November 10, 2011
On the last day of the weekend, we have two different contests for you all, giving you a final chance to win big before we resume our regular and humdrum week tomorrow.

For the brainy among you, we have a cryptogram. Decipher the hidden meaning behind the text below, send the full plain text (and an explanation how you deciphered it!) to us with the subject line, "GOG.com 2011 Cryptogram Contest". From all of the correct entries, we'll pull one lucky winner who gets 10 free $5.99 or $9.99 GOG.com games.

AF IG BY YX RC PM QB FC QC PF ZM CB PQ PT QE UP TP QP
UC NM US GT TI TS RC PM QB FC QC FC TV RC ID TS PG YZ TP QP
ST UY JG BL XU HU EK OY ZU EO LO RC TQ PG DL CE ZU BQ IO XY
ZS CE FO HP JT TV IX QB QC UZ NT MQ GP XE ZM XA OP TV

IB DB IL YS FO EY OP NM UA TV DI GR AM VM
FP CD QI CB RH MH ZL FC OU TS TX GI OX PS HT
TR HT ZP ED QC GI CB RC PM QP RH QE CB EY QB PF RD XQ
PQ TQ XQ QP OF ZS HC RI ZH FO DE BZ IB RG BE GT

If you're feeling artsy instead, we have an alternative for you. It's coming up on the holiday season, and we'd like you to put on your advertiser hats. Make us an outdoor ad that you think would be an awesome GOG.com holiday advertisement. Whether you want to make a billboard by the side of the road, a clever bench, a bus stop ad, or even silkscreen an entire bus with an awesome GOG.com advertisement, let's see what you think this year's GOG.com holidays should be about. Email your best GOG.com advertisement to [url=mailto:contest@gog.com?subject=GOG.com 2011 Advertisement]contest@gog.com[/url] with the subject line "GOG.com 2011 Advertisement" to enter. We will select some of our favorites from the entries and each winner will get 5 free $5.99 or $9.99 games from our catalog.

Since both of these contests represent something a little harder than the previous ones, we'll give you until 6.59 EST on Tuesday (15.11.11) to come up with your entry. We'll announce all of our contest winners on Wednesday, so keep tuned.

Put on those thinking caps, and let's see what you've got!
Posted November 14, 2011
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TheEnigmaticT: I believe I promised a hint today, but in order to Playfair, I'll be posting one here, one on Twitter, and one on Facebook.
Assuming TheEnig is talking about three separate hints and since not all of us use F***book and Tw*tter, could someone post all three hints here (or confirm that they are one and the same hint). Thanks.
Post edited November 14, 2011 by mrkgnao
Posted November 14, 2011
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TheEnigmaticT: I believe I promised a hint today, but in order to Playfair, I'll be posting one here, one on Twitter, and one on Facebook.
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mrkgnao: Assuming TheEnig is talking about three separate hints and since not all of us use F***book and Tw*tter, could someone post all three hints here. Thanks.
It will be a little while before I post them. But you don't need to actually use the service to be able to see our public posts. Just go to www.facebook.com/gogcom or www.twitter.com/gogcom and you can see what we post without being a member of the services.
Posted November 14, 2011
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mrkgnao: Assuming TheEnig is talking about three separate hints and since not all of us use F***book and Tw*tter, could someone post all three hints here. Thanks.
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TheEnigmaticT: It will be a little while before I post them. But you don't need to actually use the service to be able to see our public posts. Just go to www.facebook.com/gogcom or www.twitter.com/gogcom and you can see what we post without being a member of the services.
thanks
Post edited November 14, 2011 by mrkgnao
Posted November 14, 2011
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TheEnigmaticT: I believe I promised a hint today, but in order to Playfair, I'll be posting one here, one on Twitter, and one on Facebook.
I love you!
Posted November 14, 2011
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TheEnigmaticT: I believe I promised a hint today, but in order to Playfair, I'll be posting one here, one on Twitter, and one on Facebook.
Finally!
I was pulling my hair...
Now I hope the next hints are pointing towards the key used...
Posted November 14, 2011
It seems that at least 2 guys (from canada and italy) had allready solved this.
I believe it is unfair to them to post hints.
Posted November 14, 2011
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mobutu: It seems that at least 2 guys (from canada and italy) had allready solved this.
I believe it is unfair to them to post hints.
This.
Or, if MrT posts hints - those 2 should get rewards promised to the winner independenly from other competitors.
Posted November 14, 2011
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mobutu: It seems that at least 2 guys (from canada and italy) had allready solved this.
I believe it is unfair to them to post hints.
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tburger: This.
Or, if MrT posts hints - those 2 should get rewards promised to the winner independenly from other competitors.
I'm giving the folks who's already answered this a special prize of their own, yeah. ;)
Posted November 14, 2011
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mrkgnao: Assuming TheEnig is talking about three separate hints and since not all of us use F***book and Tw*tter, could someone post all three hints here. Thanks.
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TheEnigmaticT: It will be a little while before I post them. But you don't need to actually use the service to be able to see our public posts. Just go to www.facebook.com/gogcom or www.twitter.com/gogcom and you can see what we post without being a member of the services.
Ok, I think I've got the three hints... Thank you! Now back to the batcave to crank the batcomputer...
Post edited November 14, 2011 by dquadros
Posted November 14, 2011
Twitter hint:
"Contest Day 5 and you need a clue? It looks like this jumbled up poem must do: http://pastebin.com/YpYbFL8f"

Facebook hint:
The decrypting contest continues, I say
But keep your "eyes" sharp for they've replaced the J.
Posted November 14, 2011
Listing the three clues here (for easy reference):

1) [from GOG]
I believe I promised a hint today, but in order to Playfair, I'll be posting one here, one on Twitter, and one on Facebook.

2) [from F***book]
The decrypting contest continues, I say
But keep your "eyes" sharp for they've replaced the J.

3) [from Tw*tter]
For poems enciphered symmetrically
Is what you get when you decipher 'em
TG OG DO TC OM
What can that mean, what do you see?
Your knowledge of GOG's product is key
Contest day five, and you need a clue
So we have provided one just for you!
BZ IB RG BE GT
Post edited November 14, 2011 by mrkgnao
Posted November 14, 2011
What. The. Hell.

#2 can't be right. If it's a Playfair cipher, then both I and J have to be in the key matrix because they appear in the cipher - it's W that's missing from the ciphertext.
Posted November 14, 2011
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Ryusui: #2 can't be right. If it's a Playfair cipher, then both I and J have to be in the key matrix because they appear in the cipher - it's W that's missing from the ciphertext.
What if they didn't replace J with I? Could this be the intentional typo that has been mentioned earlier?
Posted November 14, 2011
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Ryusui: What. The. Hell.

#2 can't be right. If it's a Playfair cipher, then both I and J have to be in the key matrix because they appear in the cipher - it's W that's missing from the ciphertext.
Lbh zvtug guvax gung, ohg gurer'f nabgure cbffvovyvgl.

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Posted November 14, 2011
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Ryusui: What. The. Hell.

#2 can't be right. If it's a Playfair cipher, then both I and J have to be in the key matrix because they appear in the cipher - it's W that's missing from the ciphertext.
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TheEnigmaticT: Lbh zvtug guvax gung, ohg gurer'f nabgure cbffvovyvgl.

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