Time Mariachis

[Harald B]

The Sam time card has code Palenque, and gives us more of the depicted time card!

[Tjibbbe]

I took the liberty to add your parts to those we already found. I'm fairly certain that time card in the picture leads to another secret code!



We now have:

Max card - Pacal Votan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacal_Votan
Stinky's card - The same as the Max card?
Sam card - Palenque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palenque
Bosco card - Propina (meaning 'Tip')

Is all this just random Mexican lore, or are we actually getting hints of stuff that's going to happen in the third season?

EDIT: Pidgeot, I'll send you the PNG-file in a minute.

[Zeek]

Originally Posted by Tjibbbe

Max card - Pacal Votan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacal_Votan
Stinky's card - The same as the Max card?
Sam card - Palenque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palenque
Bosco card - Propina (meaning 'Tip')

So unless someone else has a Momma Bosco or Superball card, you guys are pretty much almost done.

Oh wait, I have a Momma Bosco card!!

Too bad it doesn't work on my end. IE 7 and all that jazz.

[Harald B]

We also need a Soda Poppers card. The Max card is indeed the Stinky's Diner card, if the game is any indication.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I've got the Superball card, but when I visit the site on the latest version of Firefox, the white password input box comes up after I've inputted only a couple of black squares. When I write something in this box and hit enter, it just loads a blank frame. Huh?

[Mouldcube]

Originally Posted by Guybrush Threepwood

When I write something in this box and hit enter, it just loads a blank frame.

Yeah, I use a different browser, but i typed the wrong code when i tried once, and it came up with a blank frame too.
When i highlighted it, it said ERROR: ¡¡Que ha introducido la contrase��quivocada!!

[Pidgeot]

@Zeek, Guybrush: If you have a scanner or digital camera, feel free to send a picture of the 2D barcode to me. I'll be happy to do the work for you - just make sure all the dots are clearly visible and everything.

[Mouldcube]

oh, forgot to ask, does anyone know why none of the images people have posted come up when I click the links?

[Pidgeot]

You can click on "Show Adv Links" on the page you get to. That gives you a direct link to the full-sized image.

I'm not entirely sure why Imageshack is doing this; they used to just scale it down client-side.

[Harald B]

With me it's because of my ad blocker. When I turn that off, I get a scaled-down preview.

[Tjibbbe]

A friend of mine (who doesn't follow all this online stuff) has the Soda Poppers card - I'll input the code in a moment. That leaves Superball and Momma Bosco!

EDIT: Done. This is with the Soda Poppers card added.



This got the code: NaveSombrero, which means something like 'Sombrero Ship', most likely the T.H.E.M.-Ufo

I think I see dead Bosco over there!

[Mouldcube]

great!
can someone work out the code for the card in the picture?
i can probably work out the dot combination from here.

[Tjibbbe]

Yeah, I tried guessing the missing bits, but there are a lot of possible combinations...

Oh, and keep in mind that you probably have to turn the card in the picture upside down.

[Mouldcube]

ah, still, it probably won't take long if i really try, pity i'm quite lazy, and there's no point if you don't know the code.

[Tjibbbe]

You don't have to work out the code for yourself, you just input the square pattern and the website gives you the code, which you have to copy, which gives you part of the picture (or, in the case of the extra timecard in the picture, who-knows-what).

[Mouldcube]

it never gave me the code for the others, odd, where does it appear?

Edit: oops, i should have said "other" not "others", and i used a picture of a card in another thread.

[Tjibbbe]

Maybe you didn't scroll down far enough, it appears in those big squares underneath the squares where you have to copy your pattern.

[Pidgeot]

You do indeed need to turn the card upside down.

Some of the dots are given, since the left-most column and the lowest row are always filled in completely, while the top row and the right-most column are always alternating.

I can't do an accurate count right now, but it looks like we're missing around 60-70 dots. Each dot has 2 options, so that's at least 2^60=1,152,921,504,606,846,976=~1.15 quintillion combinations, making a brute force check impossible. If we get another part of the code, we might narrow that figure down by quite a bit.

One possibility for the ersult of the code in the picture is that it unlocks the full image. In that case, it will also be likely to require all the codes.

[Mouldcube]

54 dots, it helps if you copy it into paint or something then add grey squares where you know there ISN'T a dot.

and it's never appeared in the squares with me.

EDIT: actually, another part of the code might reveal the card completely.

EDIT (again): i'm 90% sure the line of dots in the middle extends to the bottom, it just seems right that way.

EDIT (how many times am i going to edit it?): correction, 49 dots, had a couple in the wrong place.

[Lena_P]

Hi, you guys were looking for a Superball timecard, right? I have one, and when I inputed the barcode I got the password Cebra-Burro and this pic afterwards, but I don't know any good hosting sites where I can post it. Any suggestions?