Okay, I think we have some who haven't done this before with us and it never hurts to go over it again. What you'll do is to take your character name and encode it, then submit the cipher-text as a rpely to this message. You may use whatever method you wish, but be warned that screwing up your own cipher tends to amount to a death sentence. We usually advise players to use Sharky's Vigenere Cipher.
To use that, you put in your name in the 'input' box, enter a key in the 'key' box, and hit the encode button. Text will appear in the Output box, copy and paste that into a reply post here. You are strongly advised to use a key that is easy to remember, I often NB mine to the mod for easy recovery and in case I have to run off and a substitute player is needed. Pick something coherent, Vigenere is very hard to crack and no one is likely to bother, so "I like Phantom of the Opera" is a better key then '7986543' or something. Non-coherent keys make a ciphered code questionable to others as valid, because you could theoretically take random output text and find a key that transfered it to say whatever you wanted. Remember that a key is whatever you want it to be, but with Vigenere it is actually best to use a key longer than your encoded phrase, a famous quote or a string of song lyrics for instance.
Last note, you don't want to encode "John Smith", you should encode as "xxxjohnxxxsmithxxx" or similar because with limited characters in the play an encode of "John Smith" will come out as "IhtuKlidu" and isn't too hard to guess letter count against known characters.
Codes
Isaac: ieqqqacqcxiythbdhwsoypjfr
Taiga: qktoobexsexaqjwzuilf
Fanatic-Templar: 9782253009504-ENTRY56
Artsapat: MpgsmTiljsiJp;rfhkrqMriTithettdxUzuvrpqswgitcelt
Haven't submitted code yet:
beetnemesis
Bergioyn
ranagrande
Stephen
?
To use that, you put in your name in the 'input' box, enter a key in the 'key' box, and hit the encode button. Text will appear in the Output box, copy and paste that into a reply post here. You are strongly advised to use a key that is easy to remember, I often NB mine to the mod for easy recovery and in case I have to run off and a substitute player is needed. Pick something coherent, Vigenere is very hard to crack and no one is likely to bother, so "I like Phantom of the Opera" is a better key then '7986543' or something. Non-coherent keys make a ciphered code questionable to others as valid, because you could theoretically take random output text and find a key that transfered it to say whatever you wanted. Remember that a key is whatever you want it to be, but with Vigenere it is actually best to use a key longer than your encoded phrase, a famous quote or a string of song lyrics for instance.
Last note, you don't want to encode "John Smith", you should encode as "xxxjohnxxxsmithxxx" or similar because with limited characters in the play an encode of "John Smith" will come out as "IhtuKlidu" and isn't too hard to guess letter count against known characters.
Codes
Isaac: ieqqqacqcxiythbdhwsoypjfr
Taiga: qktoobexsexaqjwzuilf
Fanatic-Templar: 9782253009504-ENTRY56
Artsapat: MpgsmTiljsiJp;rfhkrqMriTithettdxUzuvrpqswgitcelt
Haven't submitted code yet:
beetnemesis
Bergioyn
ranagrande
Stephen
?
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
This message last edited by Isaac on 28/01/2013 at 10:29:09 PM
Day one -Paper Faces on Parade
- 13/01/2013 11:04:43 AM
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Usual first question
- 13/01/2013 11:12:22 PM
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Not really...
- 14/01/2013 08:15:09 AM
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So, wait. Whoever is wearing Red Death is the Phantom? And he's here?
- 14/01/2013 05:16:59 PM
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what I wear is not in my characters description
- 14/01/2013 08:06:51 PM
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Present! Er. So, to clarify, what's our theme? And who's in the Red Death mask? *NM*
- 14/01/2013 02:42:59 AM
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I think our theme is The Phantom of the Opera. *NM*
- 14/01/2013 02:46:41 AM
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Yeah, I googled my character after posting. Hm... I keep thinking of Terry Pratchett
- 14/01/2013 05:12:08 PM
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Hah! I was thinking Pratchet too
- 15/01/2013 09:46:02 AM
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Presumably Erik, the Phantom, he dressed up as the Red Death, it's from Edgar Allen Poe *NM*
- 14/01/2013 03:22:53 AM
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We could do one of those question grab-bags
- 16/01/2013 05:12:50 PM
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No objections here *NM*
- 17/01/2013 03:32:36 PM
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Excuse me, caveat
- 17/01/2013 03:33:44 PM
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Yes, that would be a semi-concealed name-claim. Much too early for that *NM*
- 17/01/2013 09:26:37 PM
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Actually
- 20/01/2013 07:19:46 PM
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I don't really like name-coding.
- 20/01/2013 08:31:23 PM
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I kind of dislike it as well, to be honest.
- 21/01/2013 05:07:30 AM
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Question Suggestions (and Discussion)
- 18/01/2013 03:03:31 AM
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My three questions
- 21/01/2013 07:52:28 AM
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I find it very hard to make up more questions without directly asking name-claims :S *NM*
- 23/01/2013 08:04:43 AM
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Does anyone else feel more lost than usual? *NM*
- 22/01/2013 12:33:40 PM
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yes! Usual is not the correct the term for it is my 2nd game, But I feel quite lost... *NM*
- 22/01/2013 05:31:00 PM
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Yeah, well I'm feeling extremely lost in this setting compared to the usual. *NM*
- 22/01/2013 06:44:04 PM
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I have no clue either.
- 24/01/2013 09:48:21 PM
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I'm more worried about what not to ask about
- 24/01/2013 11:22:43 PM
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- 24/01/2013 11:22:43 PM
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If this is the general feeling,
- 25/01/2013 11:58:00 AM
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Fine, at this point I'll do most anything to get this game moving again. *NM*
- 25/01/2013 04:14:47 PM
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All Right, Coded Names (Table)
- 25/01/2013 10:54:00 PM
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Sounds fine with me
- 28/01/2013 05:22:48 PM
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Re: Sounds fine with me
- 28/01/2013 10:31:03 PM
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If we don't decode Today,
- 29/01/2013 11:13:09 AM
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Yeah, I was doing this as an inactivity-reaction.
- 30/01/2013 12:42:58 AM
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In that case, let me do something rash:
- 02/02/2013 03:40:52 PM
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Re: All Right, Coded Names (Table)
- 04/02/2013 10:30:59 AM
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I've sent reminder NBs to them *NM*
- 04/02/2013 10:22:20 PM
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the wednesday deadline has passed, what now? *NM*
- 07/02/2013 05:26:46 PM
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I'm really sorry guys, I've been rather busy IRL, I'll do the name thing tomorrow I'm off to bed no. *NM*
- 06/02/2013 10:05:45 PM
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We seem to have two stalled out games here *NM*
- 10/02/2013 01:14:31 PM
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I just checked my sent notes and two of them still haven't looked at their messages
- 10/02/2013 03:13:10 PM
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