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Need Help

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:07 pm
by KingPrime
i do a club where you get a few ciphers a week, and you try and selove them and then submit them on a website, it has been running for a few years now, and i'm stuck on one, anyone help? if you solve it, please pm, 11pm server time tonight, please.
riintT,yIh ti knIa hv e ywa aotbtai ht atrpe .ea hvW eos astmu athteH o keio soirknw gleon.aI aI mfw o ngarobth tiu ser aewp obbalr ye adadyna y.Iw fea hshh r edhitim,en -ewmhigt s i llbt elgriha tfe w iac ktaenh mu otio eth fageT. hmyewloud h vne oap ysmatarea ndn oeoasnrt astyoi vvolen,db utt oeat tgh me w iend aweyatco o vnn cehimittha oy vhaeus mhetiognhne e de.o Yush vte oac nnvico eoeok
Hhtto yuah vde eaicheerdpa hdide neassgm enh teid a ftor fyo bom khhic wedcbries shqe utnaucm rtca.f I kehbiele ev uyo sahet i,vt ait thi cseuseryn eclyrt edapdnttha oy ear uht lonyeo ei wtn hhke et,ytnhe oy oshuudlbse a ef oFrm.t e rewh ee edsnmo ywa efonteur lasgin iih asamt rtea,hm roe not alt ahet.f O rocr seiu tu tsypuoact o sndaerbielrkis, b ts a uoy ysa,ud i ngnotoi ngih soat nno tnio.pB nXXXXeXX
so far got: Trinity, I think I have a way of baiting the trap. We have to

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:35 pm
by KingPrime
no one?

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:54 pm
by MeDeFe
what sort of cypher are we talking about? Do they simply replace the letters and punctuation with other characters or do they scramble it or both or something entirely different?

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:00 pm
by KingPrime
not sure, could be like an anagram, not a Caesar shift thou.
Letter frequencies
e : 79
t : 63
a : 58
o : 52
h : 47
i : 46
n : 40
s : 30
r : 26
y : 24
u : 21
d : 20
m : 17
w : 15
c : 14
l : 14
b : 13
v : 12
f : 11
g : 11
k : 9
p : 7
x : 6
q : 1
z : 0
j : 0
this is what i got so far: Trinity, I think I have a way of baiting the trap. We have to

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:27 pm
by KingPrime
bump

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:29 pm
by hecter
Learn some patience man...

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:32 pm
by Minister Masket
This looks like your average codex to me. Just type everything there backwards, re-arrange a few letters and bingo!

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:18 pm
by KingPrime
any idea what the answer is then, i now have 40 minutes before i lose points.

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:29 pm
by KingPrime
30 minutes, you need to be quick now.

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:43 pm
by KingPrime
20 minutes

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:45 pm
by The Weird One
No clue, help if I could

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:48 pm
by Minister Masket
You Fool! I said what you needed to do!

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:51 pm
by KingPrime
Trinity, I think I have a way of baiting the trap. We have to assume that hooke is working alone.
that is what i have got so far, if you are so smart, you do it for me.

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:54 pm
by Minister Masket
Don't back-sass me!
You ask for help, you get help, YOU do the rest, kapeech?

Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:14 pm
by The Weird One
MM, he's taking you too seriously. . .you do realize that, don't you


Posted:
Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:16 pm
by Tyr
what did it end up being

Posted:
Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:21 pm
by KingPrime
thought i would just update this thread here aswell, just in case people read stuff here more than the clubhouse.
this is what i have, some may still be wrong, anyone feel like helping me finish? bits in brackets still need to be done.
Trinity, I think I have a way to bait the trap. We have to assume that Hooke is working alone. If I am wrong about this we are probably dead anyway. If he has hired hit-men, we might still be alright if we can take him out of the game. They would have no
(p ysmatarea ndn oeoasnrt astyoi vvolen,d)
you have something he needs. You have to convince Hooke that you have deciphered a hidden message in the
(daftor fyo bom khhic wedcbriesshqe utnaucm rtcak)
. If he believes you have it, that you are the only one with the key, then you should be safe. From there we need some way of
(nteur lasgin iih asamt rtea,hm roe not alt ahet.f O rocr seiu tu tsypuoact o sndaerbielrkis,)
but as you say, doing nothing is not an option. Ben XXXXXX

Posted:
Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:57 pm
by Minister Masket
The Weird One wrote:MM, he's taking you too seriously. . .you do realize that, don't you

It's possibly...not.

Posted:
Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:12 pm
by KingPrime
thought i would just update this thread here aswell, just in case people read stuff here more than the clubhouse.
this is what i have, some may still be wrong, anyone feel like helping me finish? bits in brackets still need to be done.
Trinity, I think I have a way to bait the trap. We have to assume that Hooke is working alone. If I am wrong about this we are probably dead anyway. If he has hired hit-men, we might still be alright if we can take him out of the game. They would have no
(p ysmatarea ndn oeoasnrt astyoi vvolen,d)
you have something he needs. You have to convince Hooke that you have deciphered a hidden message in the
(daftor fyo bom khhic wedcbriesshqe utnaucm rtcak)
. If he believes you have it, that you are the only one with the key, then you should be safe. From there we need some way of
(nteur lasgin iih asamt rtea,hm roe not alt ahet.f O rocr seiu tu tsypuoact o sndaerbielrkis,)
but as you say, doing nothing is not an option. Ben XXXXXX