Upload missing data here

[themaddoctor]

Upload missing data to this thread. Items that are needed are:

• 2005 photos/wiring diagrams of the michine
• 2010 photo of the deck of cards
• 2015 photo of the deck of cards, original. We have the photo after two more cards were added.

[Jolyon-S]

I don't have a screenshot, however I do have the state of the deck when I first solved 2015 8B (if you want to re-create the original photo). The 6 of diamonds and the 7 of spades were both missing originally.

[themaddoctor]

Thank you.

Are you saying that the QD, 6H, and 3H were all shown in the original?

[Jolyon-S]

Yes, they were.

[percivalalb]

I have to agree, the 16 missing cards were
Club 2, 8, 10, J, Q
Diamond 6, 8, 9, K
Hearts 2, 5
Spades 6, 7, 9, 10, J

[themaddoctor]

Thanks. I redid the challenge with the new set of knowns and unknowns and it went quickly.

[TheMadPatient]

From 'the-letter-wriggler'

[themaddoctor]

Perhaps you had to reconstruct it. Thank you.

[themaddoctor]

Thank you again. I know you're busy this time of year.

[TheMadPatient]

I did have to join the top and bottom halves together but the only way I could have got them was by copy from given images so I don't know why the non transparency - the full solution deck is not at full trans either but better

[themaddoctor]

I have some pretty good image editing software, if you prefer to upload the pieces and let me do the work.

[TheMadPatient]

Just took a look - the cards you are showing for 2015 are also like the one I have just posted?
Can you not work on those?

Below I've listed what I have.
It's going to take me a little time to collect them together.

I will zip them - where would you want them posted?

Your list of the missing bits.

X 2001 official hints
X 2002 poster

2002 GIFs of the texts (we know they exist)
##I made PDF's of webpages
(all ciphertext ok but plaintext answers for 5, 6, 8, 9, 12 and 14 no good, webpage didn't load properly, back then my internet was via a USB dongle using the 1st Gen mobile network) to finish turning them into PNG's

2003 GIFS of the texts (we know they exist)
##I have the 2 Egyption glyphs (TO EDIT THESE)

2005 GIFs of the ciphertexts and plaintexts (we only have a few)
##Have PDF's of web pages showing only plaintext with images of course.

X 2006 GIFs of the ciphertexts

2007 GIFs of the ciphertexts and plaintexts
(we only have 0A and 0B and plaintexts for 8A and 8B)
##Only got 1B ciphertext

X 2008 parts 1A and 1B from the challenges that appeared in the forum
X 2008 GIFs of the ciphertexts and plaintexts (we only have 8A and 8B plaintexts)

2009 GIFs of the ciphertexts and plaintexts (we only have 8A and 8B)
##Have all these as PNGs ***

2010 GIFs of the ciphertexts and plaintexts (we only have 8A and 8B)
##Have all ciphertext only **** (and PDF's of plaintext as B overlaying A)

2010 part 8B: Jokers.pdf ("Harry's Jokers"), a file of the playing cards
##Have these ***

2010 Harry's Game: all ciphertexts
##Have these ***

2012 Harry's Game (following the 2011 competition): any ciphertexts after 2B
##Have 2012 3B (unsolved by me) ***

[themaddoctor]

Ooo, nice! If you can't upload them here, send me an email.
hippy kitty
at
proton
mail
dot
com

[themaddoctor]

For 2015 what I have are the first release of the deck, plus the next two releases. I had to edit two of those files to make them, from lists of cards from other users. If you have lists of cards for later releases, I can reconstruct the images.

[themaddoctor]

ps. If you send PDFs, I can extract the images easily with a utility I have; no need for you to do that step.

[TheMadPatient]

No other cards info, sorry.

I'll try get back to you asap.

[themaddoctor]

thanks in advance

[TheMadPatient]

Hi, I'm having problems trying to send a large zip to you so I'll deposit files here bit by bit...
Let me know if the following are received OK.
#READ ME.txt
1 Previous competitions 1.pdf
2 Previous competitions 2.pdf
Poster X (newspapers cards car).pdf

[themaddoctor]

Those 4 files downloaded without problem. Thanks.
Keep 'em coming

[TheMadPatient]

For 2002-03 The Turning Machine (NCC 1)

Cipher Challenge Message No. 1.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 2 Answer.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 2.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 3 Answer #(missing full PS at end).pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 3.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 4 Answer.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 4.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 5 Answer #.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 5.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 6 Answer #.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 6.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 7 Answer.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 7.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 8 Answer #.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 8.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 9 Answer #.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 9.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 10 Answer.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 10.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 11 Story Info.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 12 Answer #.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 12.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 13 answer.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 13.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 14 Answer #.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 14.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 15 Answer.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 15.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 16 Answer.pdf
Cipher Challenge Message No. 16.pdf

Images from the PDF's

































ttREAD ME.txt

ttAnswer 15 (My Query on the book code)

ttAnswer 15 (My Query on the book code).txt
ttAnswer 15 (The Turning Machine 2002)1 original.TXT
ttAnswer 15 (The Turning Machine 2002)2 final.TXT

[TheMadPatient]

2003-04 Agatha Highfield's Journal (NCC 2)
ttREAD ME.txt
#1 National CIpher Challenge 2003 Information.pdf
01 The Journal (1-1-1911).pdf
02 The Journal (3-7-1911).pdf
03 The Journal (-8-1911) (incomplete text).pdf
04 The Journal (-1-1912) (incomplete text).pdf
06 The Journal (-2-1912).pdf
07 The Journal (-4-1912).pdf
08 The Journal (10-4-1912) (incomplete text).pdf

The Images

[TheMadPatient]

2005-06 Mission R7 (NCC 4)
PDF's 2005 Plaintext only
00 Welcome Page University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
0 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
1 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
2 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
3 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
4 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
5 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
6 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
7 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf
8 University of Southampton Cipher Challenge 2005.pdf

Items used in 8B



The Hints Given.txt

[TheMadPatient]

2006-07 Nelson vs French Navy (NCC 5)

Solution7text.pdf

[TheMadPatient]

2007-08 The Quantum Code (NCC 6)
Some Images


Challenge0text copy of web page.pdf

[TheMadPatient]

2009-10 The Byron Enigma (NCC 8)
All Texts Images in PNG

[TheMadPatient]

2010-10 Harry's Game (SPECIAL)
Challenge 0 Introduction.pdf
Cipher - 1a.pdf
Cipher - 1b.pdf
Cipher - 2a.pdf
Cipher - 2b.pdf
Cipher - 3a.pdf
Cipher - 3b.pdf
Cipher - 4a.pdf
Cipher - 4b.pdf
Cipher - 5a.pdf
Cipher - 5b.pdf
Cipher - 6a.pdf
Cipher - 6b.pdf
Cipher - 7a.pdf
Cipher - 7b.pdf
Cipher - 8a.pdf
Cipher - 8b.pdf

Plaintext - 1a.pdf
Plaintext - 1b.pdf
Plaintext - 2a.pdf
Plaintext - 2b.pdf
Plaintext - 3a.pdf
Plaintext - 3b.pdf
Plaintext - 4a.pdf
Plaintext - 4b.pdf
Plaintext - 5a.pdf
Plaintext - 5b.pdf
Plaintext - 6a.pdf
Plaintext - 6b.pdf
Plaintext - 7a.pdf
Plaintext - 7b.pdf
Plaintext - 8a.pdf
Plaintext - 8b.pdf

##ttAll The KEYS (except 5B, 7A, 7B, 8B).txt

#SOME HELP on 5ab 6ab 7ab & 8ab.txt

##ttMy Answers & workings
ttAnswer 1a.TXT
ttAnswer 1b.TXT
ttAnswer 2a.TXT
ttAnswer 2b Part 1.TXT
ttAnswer 2b Part 2.TXT
ttAnswer 3a.TXT
ttAnswer 3b.TXT
ttAnswer 4a.TXT
ttAnswer 4b.TXT
ttAnswer 5a.TXT
ttAnswer 5b part 1.TXT
ttAnswer 5b part 2 to do.txt
ttAnswer 6a.TXT
ttAnswer 6b part 1.TXT
ttAnswer 6b part 2.TXT
ttAnswer 6b Workings & info.txt
ttAnswer 7a to do.txt
ttAnswer 7b to do.txt
ttAnswer 8a Part 1 Workings & info.txt
ttAnswer 8a part 2.txt
ttAnswer 8b Part 1.TXT
ttAnswer 8b Part 2 to do.txt

[themaddoctor]

It's going to take me a while to sort through everything, so if I don't thank you often enough, Thank You. Keep them coming, and I will sort and process and post as I have the time to do so.

[TheMadPatient]

2010-11 The Koh-i-Noor Twins (NCC 9)
ttREAD ME.txt

2010 Web PDF's
Challenge 0 Introduction.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 1.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 2.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 3.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 4.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 4-5 news.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 5.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 6.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 7.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 8 info.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 8.pdf
National Cipher Challenge 8B winners.pdf

2010 Images

2010 Text PDF's
challenge 1 a-b sol.pdf
challenge 1 a-b.pdf
challenge 2 a-b sol.pdf
challenge 2 a-b.pdf
challenge 3 a-b sol.pdf
challenge 3 a-b.pdf
challenge 4 a-b sol.pdf
challenge 4 a-b.pdf
challenge 5 a-b sol.pdf
challenge 5 a-b.pdf
challenge 6 a-b sol.pdf
challenge 6 a-b.pdf
challenge 7 a-b sol.pdf
challenge 7 a-b.pdf
challenge 8 a-b sol.pdf
challenge 8 a-b.pdf
Joker Cards Images.pdf

[TheMadPatient]

2012 Interim Challenge - Harry's Game
ttREAD ME Note.txt
Harry's Game - All Text 2012.txt
Harry's Game - Intro and Ciphertext 2012.txt
Harry's Game - Intro and Plaintext 2012.txt
ttAnswer 1A 2012.txt
ttAnswer 2A 2012.TXT
ttAnswer 2B 2012.TXT
ttAnswer 3B 2012 yet to solve.txt

[TheMadPatient]

2016-17 Fighting Gravity (NCC 15)
#The Tips 8a-b FORUM Posts 2016.txt
#The Tips for all Challenges 2016.txt

[TheMadPatient]

And the last post...
2019-20 Countdown to Catastrophe (NCC 18)
00 Countdown - Cipher Challenge.pdf
0A-1 System test challenge - National Cipher Challenge 2019.pdf
0A-2 System test challenge - National Cipher Challenge 2019.pdf
0B-1 System test challenge - National Cipher Challenge 2019.pdf
0B-2 System test challenge - National Cipher Challenge 2019.pdf
All Collective Text (pending).txt
All the CIPHERTEXT (NCC18 - 2019) (pending).txt
All the KEYS (NCC18 - 2019) (pending).txt
All the PLAINTEXT (NCC18 - 2019) (pending).txt

[TheMadPatient]

I'll be looking for you on the leader board tomorrow, you are very good!
I show up as 'That-Thrill-When-The-Readable-Text-Appears!'
So far I haven't bothered to get my answers in too quick but I'll try tomorrow.

[themaddoctor]

The trick is automation.

p.s. I recognize the Daily Cal

[themaddoctor]

Thanks. Looking forward to the competition.

[themaddoctor]

p.p.s., for 2002 15 I read your solution. I missed the need for 7 extra characters because I cracked it without the "book", as a homophonic substitution. It took a long time. I am updating solution.txt for that challenge with your input. Thanks.

[themaddoctor]

p.p.p.s. I am doing Harry's Game from 2010, and am up to 3B. You didn't find the keyword, but it is DISSOLVING (repeated letters dropped). Thought you might still be curious.

[TheMadPatient]

You were up early! DISOLVNG eh, thanks I've updated, always curious and interested.

My email on my phone is showing the following from you but it's not showing here.
Question: Where do the two blog entries and the encrypted postcard fit into the 2016? 0A and 0B or what?
Are you sure you mean 2016? I see non such there.

[themaddoctor]

The message about the postcard was my error. I had it in the wrong folder as I was sorting. Disregard.

[TheMadPatient]

Have you done 6B? I'm stuck for now. I did 6A in two minuets flat.

[themaddoctor]

moving this thread, for convenience, to "Discussion"

[TheMadPatient]

Is this Discussion now?

[themaddoctor]

new Issue called "Discussion"

[TheMadPatient]

Do I click on New Issue at the top or what?

[themaddoctor]

I have created a new issue called "Discussion". Try reloading the Issues page.