Cicero - pt1

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 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)18:49:59 UTC No.526821750
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    Cicada 3301 and Project 905 are linked.
    They don't know I'm sending you this but they'll soon catch on.
    Ever wonder what happened to the winners?

    Your friend,
    Cicero

File link - http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/misa_amane_cicero/media/1389646559465_zpse570994a.jpg.html
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In reply to the question "What happened to the winners?":

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)18:54:12 UTC No.526822259
    >>526822078

    The key is in your grip.
    Michaelangelo would've HATED this!

    Cicero

Another reply to a mention of Caesar:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)18:57:20 UTC No.526822636
    >>526822317

    Caesar Cypher, you're getting warmer.
    Pity you don't have the message or the key... right?
    People won, but for some reason they never come forward. I wonder why.

    Cicero

After receiving no responses:

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Cicero

No more direct responses so this is posted. Cicero also replies to a post about the Cicada winners apparently being DDoSed:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:10:42 UTC No.526824306
>>526823248

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20140113T1930&p0=%3A&fg1=000&fg2=000&msg=Tick+tock%2C+tick+tock%2C+Cicero+waits.&csz=1

>>526824118

There's ears in the walls.
We often take special note of the ears our enemies possess, but neglect that our friends possess a pair, as well.

Cicero

No replies, but this time the post is not signed:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:15:23 UTC No.526824897
    >>526824306

    15 minutes and counting.
    Tick tock, boys. I had more faith in you than this. Not a single person has solved it.
    I'd know.

Response to a request for a hint:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:19:56 UTC No.526825427
>>526825313

If I must. Someone mentioned Caesar Cypher's earlier.

>>526823248

Get reading up, you have 10 minutes to find me.

Solved response:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:24:50 UTC No.526826036
    >>526825427
    pleas tell me i am close
    WORLDIRC #CICEROSCHILDREN YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED

A couple of people go to get irc set up. In the meantime 'Cicero' posts:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:25:06 UTC No.526826072

    I must confess I'm terribly disappointed.
    5 minutes.

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:26:07 UTC No.526826216
    >>526826036

    At last, someone cracks it!
    Now you know where to find me, I'm waiting.
    All are welcome.
    Your questions will be answered.

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:28:37 UTC No.526826519

    What's taking you plebians so long?

    >>526826036 has cracked the preliminary.
    Come find me.
    I'm waiting.

In response to a troll post about giving GPS coords:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:31:06 UTC No.526826826
    >>526826564

    GPS co-ordinates?
    Give you my location?
    Unthinkable.

    There's a better reward waiting for you.
    The details are already there. Pity the guy who cracked the case doesn't know how to work a simple IRC client.

    526821750

    Cicero

52682175 turns out to be the key to enter the ciceroschildren IRC room

In response to someone posting claiming they participated in Cicada and this was not them:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:34:51 UTC No.526827294
    >>526826975

    Since when did I suggest this was Cicada 3301? Begone, Charlatan.

    It appears none were able to deduce the simple puzzle that was provided.

    I am dissapointed.

    Perhaps the next batch will fair better.
    If you need me, I'm still waiting.
    The key is in your grip.

    Cicero

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)19:51:29 UTC No.526829381

    Someone has made it to me.
    You're welcome to join us.
    Your questions will be answered.

    Cicero

Anon then posts result from IRC chat, image available above:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)20:55:59 UTC No.526837750
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    UPDATE! i just got off with cicero. This is the next clue!

And the following screenshots of IRC:

http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/misa_amane_cicero/media/1389648241928_zps2fa78d97.png.html
http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/misa_amane_cicero/media/1389648285920_zps1f02ded0.png.html

Next posts:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)22:07:46 UTC No.526848152

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And linking to the above:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)22:09:09 UTC No.526848370
>>526848152
If you've found this, you know how to work a computer at the very least.
Isn't Cicero handsome in the picture? Me and my boss made a few bets, I for one hope to win, over a beauty contest
in which my Cicero entered. My boss doesn't know that I cheated, will the audience?
Sadly, he's not clothed, which is a shame, because his clothes have great value and would surely have shifted
audience favour to him, if not for the fact that, after all these years, they're worth only a hundredth of the original price, rounded to the nearest unit!

vvhhb decodes:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)22:11:35 UTC No.526848730
    >>526848152
    WELL DONE. WAS MY RIDDLE CRYPTIC ENOUGH FOR YOU? I APOLOGISE FOR THE CRUDE OBFUSCATION BUT IF I TRIED TO ENCRYPT MY MESSAGE IN ANY HIGH TECH MANNER, THEY'D BREAK IT IN A HEARTBEAT. PROJECT 905 AND CICADA 3301 ARE LINKED. OVERSIGHT, INSIGHT, HINDSIGHT, SOMETIMES YOU'RE BETTER OFF BLIND. WHAT GOOD IS SIGHT IN THE DARKNESS ANYHOW? THE NEXT KEY WILL BE 7. THE TRUE CICERO WILL REVEAL HIMSELF, AND THEN THE GAMES TRULY BEGIN.
    so let the games begin
    vvhhb

Another unsigned 'Cicero' post:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)22:18:30 UTC No.526849740

    I'm impressed you've come so far so quickly, my children.

    Be on the lookout.

    Stage 2 has begun.

    I will be returning to the thread.
    Await further information.

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)22:22:09 UTC No.526850339
    >>526849740

    My children, I gift you a very special token...

    595481

    This will, in my next message, allow you to verify my identity and be assured that it is truly me who speaks to you.

    Cicero

Cicero makes us wait for the next clue:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)22:47:30 UTC No.526854415
    New clue incoming within next 10 minutes.

    Cicero.

In response to a post asking whether things will be signed Cicero or 595481:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)22:52:20 UTC No.526855168
    >>526854670

    You'll figure it out.
    Hope you guys like apples.

    Cicero

And the next clue:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)23:12:41 UTC No.526858202
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    Here is your next clue.
    Further information will be provided when the date passes.
    Good luck.

    Your friend,
    Cicero

File link: http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/misa_amane_cicero/media/1389654761133_zpsb3740684.png.html

And a further clue:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)23:16:09 UTC No.526858731
    >>526858202
    The password will be there 20/01/2014 onward.
    Better hope the weather's good, they won't be protected. Be quick.
    HRHIZP

Anon adjusted picture to reveal an apple and the matrix

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Picture of adjust:

http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/misa_amane_cicero/media/1389655125312_zpsc490f1c9.jpg.html

The matrix is done specifically, Cicero answers this several times:

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)23:29:27 UTC No.526860710
    the code is not a credit card number, Cicero told us #Ciceroschildren
    vvhhb

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)23:44:03 UTC No.526862807
    >>526862616

    If I give you a clue, it can be solved.

    Cicero

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)23:46:16 UTC No.526863140
    >>526862952

    The image is the clue.
    It can be solved as is.
    If I wanted to give you a simple string of numbers, I would have done so.

In response to posting about an address "2707 Apple Little Rd, Gibsonville, NC 27249":

 Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)23:50:19 UTC No.526863751
    >>526863287

    You're on the right track, but you're not there yet.

And another address:

Anonymous 01/13/14(Mon)23:55:15 UTC No.526864492
    >>526863976

    Like I said, if I wanted it to be read as a simple string of numbers, or simple GPS co-ordinates, I'd have arranged them in a row.

    There's a reason they're arranged in this shape.

In reply to this message:

 Anonymous 01/14/14(Tue)00:01:32 UTC No.526865397
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    Good so far, /b/, though a high level of intelligence is required we are not interested in human calculators, we need people capable of quickly assessing complex situations they will never fully understand and finding the most reasonable course of action. People who can innovate, identify new avenues for advancement, people who can "wing it" when necessary, a good temperament and leadership skills are also necessary, you must show character when placed in awkward social situations and influence others into aiding you or not interfering as much as reasonably possible. How will you confront this?

    7664

With the following image attached: http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/misa_amane_cicero/media/1389657692030_zpscea25497.png.html

After this post Cicero replied:

Anonymous 01/14/14(Tue)00:02:52 UTC No.526865586
    >>526865397

    Shit, they've found me.
    Going underground. Will return tomorrow when the heat is off.

    Cicero

EBFHBAF posts screenshot of IRC chat and asks for a hint. Screenshot:

http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/misa_amane_cicero/media/1389658501226_zps74e07390.png.html

Reply, unsigned:

 Anonymous 01/14/14(Tue)00:19:24 UTC No.526868168
    >>526867473
    5047981973837055

Anon posts update on matrix:

Anonymous 01/14/14(Tue)00:18:37 UTC No.526868052
    >>526866442
    only 6 & 2 do not appear in the matrix btw so basically :

    6 - 0
    2 - 0
    4 - 1
    1 - 1
    0 - 2
    5 - 3
    7 - 3
    3 - 2
    9 - 2
    8 - 2

Cicero replies, unsigned:

Anonymous 01/14/14(Tue)00:21:14 UTC No.526868489
    >>526868052
    You are so close.

    87-e5