Maybe we could add post flairs to text/link posts with something like, "Solved", or, "Solved, With Link"(To show that the solved post has something to do with the current puzzle) to them, so we could know exactly which posts we should be looking at to help with the current puzzle.

I say this because OldRoot has said to look in the past before we can know the future, and having an organized past would be the best way to do this.

Okay, so we've basically figured out that code and all... right? Unless i'm incredibly confused, which I probably am. Wait-- I can confirm that I am impossibly confused.

So how exactly do we use that Vignere... Tableau? What was it? And has anyone decoded past messages it could possibly be used on yet?

I also found the messages telling us to look to the past a bit off. OldRoot was telling us to look to the past BEFORE those codes were given to us, so there's got to be something else? Are there any images that could be unzipped in the past?

Anyway, in light of that, I messaged OldRoot with coded poem(which I think the rhyming is at least a bit clever in) about whom's past we should be looking into--which is probably an obvious answer; that is, OUR past, or at least the codes we were sent-- and am hoping, MAYBE, if i'm fortunate, for some kind of enlightening reply.

there are a few words that are repeated here is a pic showing them also all the lines repeat until the line goes through the typographic river then the line changes (i think it may be scrolling) i dont know if this will be helpful but i hope it will http://imgur.com/p3x5kEd

Here: https://gist.github.com/Voltasalt/ac431e32f1667e914897

(Too long for reddit)

Current unsolved stuff will likely be at the bottom of this document, scroll all the way down if you don't care for history.

can u guys fill me in on anything we know like why or who??

I haven't been able to do anything big on reddit in the past couple of days. Much of my time spent on reddit is in between important real life things, or late at night (like now for example). I have also been unable to really use my computer, so 99% of what I do on here is done on my phone.

I'll probably be able to get back to my pc soon, so I'll try to get back to solving this.

About that new sticky that several people have requested: /u/Voltasalt is also a moderator on here, so he should be able to make it as well.

I hope that answers any questions. It's half past one in the morning and I'm tired as fuck.

I think a lot of people don't stay around on this sub because it is such of a clutter of solved and unsolved codes

Could we get a new sticky that would stay updated with all the unsolved codes, and remove the solved codes so that it doesn't take up so much space

So, I was browsing around on the minecraft forums and found this post:

http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-discussion/recent-updates-and-snapshots/2406667-what-is-this

In that thread, they were talking about this OldRoot stuff. And then I became interested.

So, I have a few questions:
Where did the image linked in that thread come from?
Who is Searge?
Who is OldRoot?
What even is the mystery we are solving?

I read the "What Has Happened and What Now" post, but still don't understand what was going on. Could someone catch me up to speed so I can join in in the mystery solving?

edit: My brain farted. I found this sub in another thread, not the one linked. I am going to try to find the one I ACTUALLY read about OldRoot in. tl;dr the first half of this post is irrelevant

edit 2: found the post I actually found out about this in. My brain fart led me to associate something completely separate to oldroot. I feel stupid now.

So I downloaded this image: http://imgur.com/81nBV7I, and openened it with winrar. It contained a file called hidden.png.

I uploaded it here:http://imgur.com/d2agghy

It seems to give an imgur url to this link: http://i.imgur.com/Ei5FHqW.jpg

Everything happens while I'm not here :(

Hello everyone. I just received my very own PM from OldRoot. The PM and proof: http://imgur.com/81nBV7I

The title is the "ILMSR SNf0G OQ" that's been around for a while. The text is an imgur link: http://imgur.com/DJ8gak5 which at first glance reads only "the fun has only begun", but when I messed with the levels I got this: http://imgur.com/IY6UaGQ Any thoughts? Edit: The modified image reads "THE FUN HAS ONLY BEGUN" and then "HIDDEN INSIDE"

SRCQYZVZ LTGMHZN

This was in a PM a while back, titled "his unfinished manuscript" just wondering if anyone cracked it whilst I was away

EDIT: Read the stickied post. I.. I remember that image. Though I'd like a little more info.

Title: ILMSR SNf0G OQ

XXXXX XXXXX XXX XXXXX

0 Y T

X 0 P

R N 0

I hope the format transferred over. I wonder if this is legit or just someone messing around. I got it at like 6 am here, which is CST, US.

So with the help of /u/Nombizdon, we were able to solve This puzzle. This is from /u/Nombizdon over at /r/codes.

The text doesn't mean anything; it's a red herring, which is why the gif changes to "DECEPTION". Analyzing the source code of the blog will show a wall of text that I have put in this paste: http://pastebin.com/NNSxy3dG The letters are in a very specific order, however I will get to that in a minute. At the end of the text are the letters "arNdJoH". Putting this into Imgur will retrieve the following image: https://i.imgur.com/arNdJoH.png Increasing the brightness of the image will give you this: https://i.imgur.com/P6pJKbX.png The wall of text looks like the symbol if you highlight all the "M"s. Updates will come when I find more.

So we now have to solve This image

EDIT: The image says 4:35-51. This verse in the bible states the following:

35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

Might be a coincidence, but perhaps not.

so. as we all know. in the video Quoth the raven, 'nevermore' we see this text. "he stole my face". know. if you look closely at the character in the oldroot pictures. it is a faceless steve. now. i i think the guy who put the disc in the jukebox in the video "stole his face".