Skinner murders

[sorab]

I have the human flesh thing and a note about a guy at the umar hills...i just dont get...the note says something like..we have the same name but my first is your last and my middle is...what the hell is he talking about????i cant make any sence out of it any hints,spoilers?

[Faceman]

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When you approach a certain merchant in the town of Imnesvale he will ask you for your name. Answer right and maybe he'll finish the job Hidesman started.
You can easily figure out the answer if you keep the note in mind.

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Faceman: ....You can easily figure out the answer if you keep the note in mind.

I don't know about "easily"--even I had problems working it out until I figured out the funky syntax, and cryptography is sort of a hobby for me.

?gse itde teb bli o irdo Iwne fyuwl eal ora hsmsae

[Nerull]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: quote: Originally posted by Faceman: ....You can easily figure out the answer if you keep the note in mind.

I don't know about "easily"--even I had problems working it out until I figured out the funky syntax, and cryptography is sort of a hobby for me.
[/QUOTE]I was able to answer/solve every riddle in the game easily without an error, except for that one. I ended up having to do the guess/reload cheat, so it is definitely not easy. I imagine if you copied the note down onto paper, found the merchant stated above, and just kept the options up on the screen for an hour while you sat with pen and paper and worked on it, you could probably figure it out. But cryptography is NOT a hobby of mine, and it was a pain.

[Faceman]

Maybe I just guessed right but I honestly thought I had deciphered it.
And cryptography is not really a hobby of mine more a spleen.

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: ?gse itde teb bli o irdo Iwne fyuwl eal ora hsmsae

Decrypted, it reads: "I wonder if you will be able to read this message?"

It's called the Pendulum code, and if you take a good, hard look, you'll see why. It's a lot more fun than your basic substitution cypher (especially those lame "Caesar ciphers"), at least in my opinion.

[Dundee Slaytern]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: quote: Originally posted by SixOfSpades: ?gse itde teb bli o irdo Iwne fyuwl eal ora hsmsae

Decrypted, it reads: "I wonder if you will be able to read this message?"

It's called the Pendulum code, and if you take a good, hard look, you'll see why. It's a lot more fun than your basic substitution cypher (especially those lame "Caesar ciphers"), at least in my opinion. [/QUOTE]Not a veteran in encryption, but I understood how it worked after you gave me the name of the code.

Start in the middle and go right, then left, then right+1, then left+1, etc... ...

[Vedran]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: even I had problems working it out

It is nice to be as modest as you are, Sixxy...

As for pendulum, nice one!
It is easy to get it when you ponder why the question mark is there where it is.