Secret Santa 2024
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veb's encryption challenges
Thought we should have some encryption challenges! Winners will get a nice prize.

The first encryption puzzle:

VRMHWK LQJRZH VRPHLV FRPLQJ WRWRUL ERVKAA

Get those brains working!
don't unban, he has hard coded userid bypasses everywhere.
Re: veb's encryption challenges
Try a CC
don't unban, he has hard coded userid bypasses everywhere.
Re: veb's encryption challenges
Are any of the words proper nouns?
[22:26] million: someday, we're gonna destroy space-time
[22:26] million: I'd like to be partly responsible
Re: veb's encryption challenges
Hint: Caesar Cipher
don't unban, he has hard coded userid bypasses everywhere.
Re: veb's encryption challenges
Veb ive tried every caesar cipher combination possible.. and tried them all backwards.... thats not all there is to it, is it ?
Re: veb's encryption challenges
Something awesome is coming to toribash (XX) WINNAR!

Shift each letter forward 3 characters, and O -> A J -> M after the shifting, remove the placeholders at the end, and there ya go.
 ____  _____  __  __  _  _  ___  _  _ 
(  _ \(  _  )(  )(  )( \( )/ __)( \/ )
 ) _ < )(_)(  )(__)(  )  (( (__  \  / 
(____/(_____)(______)(_)\_)\___) (__) 
Re: veb's encryption challenges
dude somehow i cannot get that

*edit* Nvm only certain letters were encoded apparently.
Re: veb's encryption challenges
I got it
This is the Emergency Alert System. All normal programming has been discontinued during this emergency.
Re: veb's encryption challenges
I still don't get how you got it to that :P This is what I started with but I couldn't find a clue. I only did the first word in the encryption puzzle just to let you know.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1 vsnixl
2 wtojym
3 xupkzn
4 yvqlao
5 zwrmbp
6 axsncq
7 bytodr
8 czupes
9 davqft
10 ebwrgu

VRMHWK LQJRZH VRPHLV FRPLQJ WRWRUL ERVKAA

-1 uqlgvj
-2 tpkfui
-3 sojeth
-4 rnidsg
-5 qmhcrf
-6 plgbqe
-7 okfapd
-8 njezoc
-9 midynb
-10 lhcxma