(Aug 16, 2014 09:32 AM)TheDubWubCub Wrote: haha you should recheck the hints... but here is the hint for Code #2 in a different perspective:
- Not your simple substitution cipher (implies it being a modified substitution cipher, or in other words a poly-alphabetic substitution... cough possibly a variation of the Vigenère cipher *cough*)
- One way to decode this: (may be solved another way that I'm unaware of)
1. Analyze all examples. (look for patterns)
2. Focus on the relationships between the characters. (I explain this below)
3. Map your results for each of them. (Keep track of what equals what)
coincidentally "G" = "G" (I said that because I didn't want you to think it's a simple substitution cipher, there are other cases where G with another letter makes G equal something else.)
"O" = "I"
"D" = "S"
"L" = "G"
"U" = "U"
"C" = "D"
"K" = "M"
"GO" = "IP"
"OD" = "CH"
"LU" = "DQ"
"CK" = "XD"
"GOOD" = "IICQ"
"LUCK" = "DCXV"
"GOOD LUCK" = "IICB DCXR"
Do this with the rest of the examples and you may find out what other letters/letter combinations equal, leading you to be able to decipher the code. 👍
See, I know that.
I figured that out at the very start. You can do a calculation, it's the first letter + letter as a modifier. "GO" = "I" and will ALWAYS equal "I"
I figured "OG" would always = "P".
We look at "GO" = "I" in "GOOD". "OO" = "I" as well. Why does "GO" and "OO" = "I" ? I have no idea. I literally can't figure it out.
The reason I came across this is because "LUCK" = "DCXV". "GOOD" = "IICQ". "GOOD LUCK" = "IICB DCXR". The only thing that changed is the letter after "D" on "GOOD". However, that doesn't make sense because "LUCK" should equal "LUCK" because both of them just end. However, not quite because I believe it loops back to the front.
So, it's really "LUCKL" and "GOOD LUCKG".
However, I couldn't figure out the corrolation between the letters. Idk, maybe I'm overthinking it and it's another sort of pattern that I'm not catching.
I tried using the 2x letters as a map to find the single letter (exactly x,y), but literally can't figure it out. Hopefully, someone else can eventually figure it out. I think I'm barking up the right tree just because the pattern works in every aspect.
I'm not a cryptologist, so I really have no idea if that's actually an encryption method.