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1779636 No.1779636 [Reply] [Original]

Hello, /lit/, I want to play a game.

Solve this cipher and you will be rewarded with a huge sum of money and fame. No really you will. Good luck.

>> No.1779644

My grandpa was a codebreaker during WWII. I could give it to him.

How much wealth and fame?

>> No.1779649

>>1779644
Google "Zodiac killer", the crime was never solved and neither was this cipher.

>> No.1780569

Okay, well E is the most common letter used so find the most common character and that is most likely E

>> No.1780574

The circle with a + through refers to him so those are where he talks about himself.

>> No.1780575

He uses letters instead of symbols in certain places implying it was either a rush job or he couldn't think of one. Perhaps the letters are the real code just mixed around in a random order?

>> No.1780578

Also, look for three symbols that appear in a row. They probably are the definite article "the."

>> No.1780585

Some shapes are fully colored and some are not perhaps a letter that is similar in some way to the other

>> No.1780612
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1780612

>mfw when no one realizes this could be the perp trolling the police

>> No.1780628

>>1780612
Assuming the perp was in his killing prime (early 20's) when he committed his first murders he's what? 70 now?

Can YOUR grandpa lrn 2 computar?

>> No.1780633

>>1780569
I'm pretty it uses a "1st X is A, 2nd X is H, 3rd X is..., restart cycle" coding system, based on from what the guys who cracked the other message said. In other words, it's not that simple.

>> No.1780634

>>1780628

Maybe I should have put that in the past tense so you could understand? They got the cipher back when this was relevant.

>> No.1780642
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1780642

I like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest because man is the most dangeroue anamal of all to kill something gives me the most thrilling experience it is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl the best part of it is thae when I die I will be reborn in paradice and thei have killed will become my slaves I will not give you my name because you will try to sloi down or atop my collectiog of slaves for my afterlife ebeorietemethhpiti

Done. Now where's my fame and fortune?