Dynas Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 (edited) 2012 Summer ARG Summary* From Steam Forums An updated summary of our current knowledge on the ARG 6/19/12, random items were added to the game; not mentioned in update files. Level 1 Banana Peel Where did the banana go? Sit down for this next part, because WE HAVE NO IDEA. Admit it, that's kind of mysterious." Level 1 Plank This barn door plank doesn't look mysterious at all, until you view it at an atomic level. Hey, there's a horse there next to all those atoms. They're taking turns riding the horse. Man, how did a horse get there? Pretty darn mysterious. Level 1 Secret Diary Unlike other games we could mention, owning this won't trigger a sound file narrating secret diary entries. Why? Because we RESPECT THE PRIVACY of our characters. What are they hiding? Truly we live in MYSTERIOUS TIMES. Level 1 Capacitor How did it get damaged? Who damaged it? What is a capacitor? Better get your tickets ready, because the mystery train is leaving the station. Or did it already leave? Another mystery! Goldfish: http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...762030853d.png http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...5ffcd3eb24.png Pocket lint http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...669f32cb84.png http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...85d17b2013.png Cheese Wheel http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...585c7c318b.png http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...1db3e8ec3f.png Banana Peel http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...a418b0a92f.png http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...2c98881d57.png Barn Door Plank http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...b5ecc9dd91.png http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...12309132a7.png Secret Diary http://http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...7dc9d75c31.png http://http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...c5176259be.png Damaged Capacitor http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...4fcb3a4c65.png http://media.steampowered.com//apps/...74f12bbc53.png Numbers/letters on the capacitor represented 6/22 (June 22nd) and V1500 representing V = 5, 1500 divided by 5 = 300 = 300th TF2 Update. 6/20/12, Medic/Spy set equipped (Nine Pipe Problem + Private Eye) reveals partial coding on random item icons in backpack. Added MD5 hash records to mystery solving time attribute. http://steamcommunity.com/id/Marshaz...736?tab=public http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/El...The_Impossible The set is based on the fictional sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The name is a reference to the detective's famous phrase: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Sherlock Holmes unfinished item quote: "... the ... .hi.h ..." "... yea. in, .e.r out ..." "... may ... .n ..."Thi.k o. ..." "... deed. of he.l.sh .rue. .y ... noic : .y ... non. .he w.se.." "... such .lace., .a.d …" Sherlock Holmes finished item quote: "Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser." 6/21/12 the same day, an update occurred allowing craft of 2 Banana Peels to receive an error message. Banana error #1 Banana error #2 Banana error #3 Banana error #4 Banana error #5 Banana error #6 Banana error #7 Banana error #8 Minutes later, these codes were being surveyed on Ned_Ballad's official thread and used to decode the HEX and QR images into portions of text. Direct Exerpt: Submit banana codes here http://xpaw.ru/tf2-magic/ Central Steam group http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tf2summerarg First Image Combining 7 and 8 QR codes http://tf2.com/cajtaypvdbyl.jpg The errors spit out a unique code, this code seems to be connected to a png that we have to decode. The png seems to form a QR code. Quote: <+Lagg> Guys, there is a 100% reliable way you can see how many PNGs there are 14:20 <+Lagg> Assuming you collect all the codes, search for 0x89 0x50 0x4E 0x47 0x0D 0x0A 0x1A 0x0A 14:21 <+Lagg> For every one of those that appear, there is one PNG image in the stream. Error numbers vary, and the code is different always, but the error code stops at 8. Error number changes every time. The Official Steam group for the ARG then posted various other QR codes. QR Site: http://xkeeper.net/private/portal/tf2.php http://tf2.com/cajtaypvdbyl.jpg http://tf2.com/tn125a5ym6sn.jpg http://tf2.com/9rpragt86n3p.jpg http://tf2.com/h5r1bxdt9sg1.jpg http://tf2.com/w8cs1ednpphy.jpg http://tf2.com/42jv1wiiacu6.jpg http://tf2.com/cajtaypvdbyl.jpg List of speculated possiblities with these .pngs: http://puu.sh/CIYu (Credit to Rammite) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7723097/compiled.png http://i.imgur.com/J7KaP.jpg (Credit to Shradow) Complete Image: http://i.imgur.com/GdMVg.png 6/21/12 at almost midnight, the TF2 Blog updated with a Steam Workshop tutorial. This gave information on how to create and model a TF2 item. http://tf2.com/post.php?id=8045 This post gives a sneak peak at the new weapon, the Scorch Shot. Speculation tells us it's for the Meet The Pyro update coming soon. Spoiler:http://s11.postimage.org/z2z8wfovn/Scorch_Shot_1.jpg http://s15.postimage.org/fcy2zvb6j/Scorch_Shot_2.jpg http://s13.postimage.org/alqwjebt3/Scorch_Shot_3.jpg http://s16.postimage.org/9f5eh6ux1/Scorch_Shot_4.jpg http://s16.postimage.org/jf0ax366d/Scorch_Shot_5.jpg http://s18.postimage.org/xjbu3icvd/Scorch_Shot_6.jpg http://s7.postimage.org/5db9sghdn/Scorch_Shot_7.jpg http://s7.postimage.org/6tmsalkaj/Scorch_Shot_8.jpg http://s14.postimage.org/h4oamolip/Scorch_Shot_9.jpg http://s7.postimage.org/ec5xj8bnf/Scorch_Shot_10.jpg http://s14.postimage.org/uo54sdzht/Scorch_Shot_11.jpg http://s17.postimage.org/papn6hobj/Scorch_Shot_12.jpg http://s14.postimage.org/rl4ep0kj5/Scorch_Shot_13.jpg http://s15.postimage.org/ndcdocs4b/Scorch_Shot_14.jpg http://s14.postimage.org/dfyln7bht/Scorch_Shot_15.jpg http://s8.postimage.org/e7g80iv79/Scorch_Shot_16.jpg http://s18.postimage.org/khzc5538p/Scorch_Shot_17.jpg http://s17.postimage.org/5vevddv1b/Scorch_Shot_18.jpg http://s13.postimage.org/5m2n2xkxz/Scorch_Shot_19.jpg Posted at the bottom there's a YouTube video. At 7:08 in the video, tabs of numerous song titles/artists are visible. This includes a song by Goldfish and Gorillaz, relating to the goldfish from the ARG, the Pyro mask being in one of the song's music videos and the lyrics talking about heat in portions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9vMY...layer_embedded Speculation brings us back to Poopy Joe, a character mentioned in the War! Update years ago. The mystery continues. http://teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/poopyjoe.htm TL; DR June 21 Update made the Banana peel's craftable. You craft 2 together and you get an error with a hex code. The hex codes make a .png file. That image is a QR code. QR code goes to a secret part of tf2.com's website with a partial image of a transcript. Full transcript is a senate hearing about monkeynauts. Full Transcript: http://i47.tinypic.com/ounqdf.jpg Edited June 22, 2012 by Dynas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalshot Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 And so we wait for the Meet The Pyro Update... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixfire36 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Maybe the pyro has been a chimpanzee all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Mars Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 So, what the fuck is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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