$50.00 server feature Cipher competition!

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  1. Naereniv11

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    Does it have to do with the fact that he died of cholera which it caused by tainted food, and the riddle talks about untainted food being cooked?
    idk, i have no idea.
     
    #21 Naereniv11, Dec 18, 2015
  2. 8MasterBlaster8

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    OP is updated with a hint.
     
    #22 8MasterBlaster8, Dec 18, 2015
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    was I talkin to yah?
     
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    Does it have to do with refugees?
    (If I win, I'd like the coupon rather than features)
     
    #24 SuburbSomeone, Dec 18, 2015
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    The celebration of Christmas?
     
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  6. 8MasterBlaster8

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    Updated with a new hint.
     
    #26 8MasterBlaster8, Dec 18, 2015
  7. 8MasterBlaster8

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    New hint added.

    Ill give this a little longer, then I will post a very obvious hint.

    *Edit. Tomorrow afternoon I will post the obvious hint.
     
    #27 8MasterBlaster8, Dec 19, 2015
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  8. legotom001

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    As I don't plan on guessing, I'll use my guess as a question.

    What time zone?
     
    #28 legotom001, Dec 19, 2015
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    Mountain time, a little after 12pm
     
    #29 8MasterBlaster8, Dec 19, 2015
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    Okay, thank you for the reply.
     
    #30 legotom001, Dec 19, 2015
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    Free Features
     
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  12. 3point

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    This is how I think it is

    Key: James K. Polk?

    Wilr npdl bkk kybd pkpy kby cbwihcj dbyl
    wipc p jylpw lmhoel dlpe, bk nbvyxl cb bcl
    tbvem nbbf wphcwlm kbbmx wbchjiw. Wilr vcmlyxwpcm
    by mbcw, tl ipul lulyr wihcj pxxhjclm.

    James K. Polk - 11th president of the United States

    Mapping - Variation of Caesar Cipher
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP | QRSTUVWXYZ
    PONMLKJIHGFEDCBA | ZYXWVUTSRQ
    --------------- 11 steps backwards

    Text Key

    Wilr npdl bkk kybd pkpy kby cbwihcj dbyl
    They came off from afar for nothing more

    wipc p jylpw lmhoel dlpe, bk nbvyxl cb bcl
    than a great edible meal, of course no one

    tbvem nbbf wphcwlm kbbmx wbchjiw. Wilr vcmlyxwpcm
    would cook tainted foods tonight. They understand

    by mbcw, tl ipul lulyr wihcj pxxhjclm.
    or dont, we have every thing assigned.

    Arrange plaintext + key to one string and throw out punctuation except '?'.

    PLAINTEXT
    theycameofffromafarfornothingmorethanagreatediblemealofcoursenoonewouldcooktaintedfoodstonighttheyunderstandordontwehaveeverythingassigned

    KEY
    jameskpolk?

    Repeat key and place strings alongside each other, Find the characters corresponding to the key's '?' to the plaintext

    theycameofffromafarfornothingmorethanagreatediblemealofcoursenoonewou
    jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jam

    ldcooktaintedfoodstonighttheyunderstandordontwehaveeverythingassigned
    eskpolk?jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jameskpolk?jamesk

    Answer: freefeatures

    Did I get it lol
     
    #32 3point, Dec 19, 2015
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    What I don't understand is - I have the same answer to the caesar cipher, but to me it looks like ten steps, no matter what I do. Those ten produce the correct text you said though. I am confused. ._.

    Also, if this is really correct, I feel so nubby... I had exactly the same ideas, only that I added the "." for the repetition. ._.
     
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    I'm not entirely sure about the 10/11 step difference - try both and one of them works, so that's fine.

    Also it took me a couple hours to find the second part out since I tried a lot of other approaches too, even methods like including punctuation, etc. So yeah it took me a lot of tries too :p
     
    #34 3point, Dec 19, 2015
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    I reached 600 lines inside my .txt file where I tested everything... .-.
     
    #35 314, Dec 19, 2015
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    nvm
     
    #36 bobman3355, Dec 19, 2015
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    Erm... read one post above :p
     
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    rip lol sorry
     
    #38 bobman3355, Dec 19, 2015
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    You got it, pm me what you would like for a feature.The punctuation's were to throw everyone off just a little bit had they got this far.

    Congratulations.
     
    #39 8MasterBlaster8, Dec 19, 2015
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    Mods please lock as this competition is now over.
     
    #40 8MasterBlaster8, Dec 19, 2015
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