Grngecko - Torment

[Rocky]

You guys like challenges? Puzzles? Have your Ph.D's in Cypherology? Then look no further!

My friend showed me this website a few weeks back, and now I'm completely hooked on trying to decipher all of the puzzles. Basically what it is, is some guy under the alias "Grngecko" made a series of puzzles, and you can go through to try and solve them. Even though I believe Grngecko has had the Torment project complete for a couple of years now, only two different people have ever gotten to the end.

If you are interested, do a google search of grngecko torment, then follow the rules.

[Unknown Entity]

If you are interested, do a google search of grngecko torment, then follow the rules.

I'm lazy. Link meh please.

Seriously though, sounds like some fun. It's something I'll probably end up doing when my coursework is finished. Sounds like a bit of a challenge, and I'm up for giving it a go. ^^

[Polk]

God dammit Rocky, I have finals this week and now I'm tempted by sexy, creepy puzzles.

That being said, I've finished the first two pages so far, and am sort of stuck on number 3. I have an idea of what I'm supposed to do, but it'll take a while.

EDIT: 3 and 4 are done (4 done with some help from Rocky) and now I'm staring at a bug. Huh.

EDIT2: 5 is done. Actually not that bad.

[Confession]

Rocky man, I hate you. I am hooked on this wacky soul destroying donkey punching puzzle.

I am up to the 19th or 20th one. And It's doing my head in. And Rocky apparently no one has completed this.

No one has completed the one I'm up to. The wretched blocks. I am racking my mind and tried nearly every type of cypher known to man. I have even tried to hack the page lol.

[Josh_R]

Damn you Rocky, and damn my curiousity. I can't get anything done in class now because I was instantly hooked. Oh well my grades will be just fine...

[Confession]

Okay I have spent the last god knows how long trying to figure this out. I have searched all over the internet and noone can beat the blocks. I am starting to think at back at

Spoiler: stonehenge

It was a bit too easy and something is missing.
After looking through various forums of posts by the Grngecko himself, it is obvious the obsession with Lord Of Teh Rings and Edgar Allen Poe. But as of yet all I have come up with is a headache.

I have tried various ROTR cyphers and tried nearly every possible combination of events. People have been trying this for 2 years.

So it makes me think more and more that it's a Herring.

[loaf]

Rocky sent me the link. I thought he was threatening me.

Also I'm an idiot and can't figure out the first one.

I've done a puzzle site like this before, where you had to change the URL names to find the answers, or slow down a sound file to find the answer.

[Dodie16]

Rocky sent me the link. I thought he was threatening me.

Also I'm an idiot and can't figure out the first one.

I'm in the same boat as you, Loaf (except Rocky didn't send me the link).... I don't get it. I typed in all kinds of stuff, and I get redirected to the page where you hear the "We've Only Just Begun" song. It's probably something so easy, that I'm overlooking it...

EDIT!:: I got passed the first puzzle!!! Yay!

EDIT 2:: I got passed the second one. It was easier than the first, imo...

From what little I've seen so far, sort of freaky. The music creeps me out a bit. Oh, and I didn't know you had to scroll down to the bottom of the first page to get to the puzzles, so I was staring at the face for a long time before finally realizing that I had to go down the page and click "Enter"... That's probably not a good sign...

[Midnight Panda]

Rocky sent me the link. I thought he was threatening me.

Also I'm an idiot and can't figure out the first one.

I've done a puzzle site like this before, where you had to change the URL names to find the answers, or slow down a sound file to find the answer.

lol yeah me neither i love this now but im stuck on the first one. but ive only just begun

[Govinda]

I got to some stupid morse code. What the hell. Will to live just went away, Torment asks too much effort.

[Rocky]

I am up to the 19th or 20th one. And It's doing my head in. And Rocky apparently no one has completed this.

Yeah, my bad, I was thinking of another ARG project that Greengecko made, apparently this one has yet to be solved.

I heard that the block one was supposed to be one on the right track though? Apparently Greengecko got on another forum about a week ago and gave a clue about the block puzzle, but it is still massively unsolvable for everyone so far. I found a couple of red herrings though, and one of them happens to be

Spoiler: Mona Lisa shaking her head at you, in an lol like fashion

And yeah, the morse code one is probably one of the harder puzzles, imo. Just ask Polk all about that from last night, heehee.

[Confession]

And yeah, the morse code one is probably one of the harder puzzles, imo. Just ask Polk all about that from last night, heehee.

Bahaha. You think that ones hard? Just wait lol.

It takes time but you can find many converters on the internet.

It's tryign to figure out what cypher it is in is the main problem.

I still have no idea on how to solve this block ones. It's doing my head in, torment indeed. I now know it's not a Herring because I infact got a herring tryign to solve this one lol.

Someone get up to it aswell as we can work together.

EDIT: If anyone needs help, I'll give them a hint.

[Polk]

I got to some stupid morse code. What the hell. Will to live just went away, Torment asks too much effort.

That one's a bitch. I had to ask Rocky for help on that one. Here's a hint, because there's still a good deal left to the puzzle.

SPOILER!!:

Reverse the morse, then translate.

And Rocky, I found that red herring. Torment ****ing mocks you.

[RamesesII]

I found a place that offers quite a substantially amount of help but it only leads up to the ninth one I think yes yes I know I am a cheater.

[Victoria]

....I can't get past the second page. ...I really suck at these things.

(Unless I got a herring...but I doubt it.)

[RamesesII]

My bad my source has also been halted at the blocks and offers some sites to help but hasn't solved it himself.

[RagnaToad]

Damn this is intriguing. I must admit I looked up the answer for stage two.

I found the third one, now I'm at stage 4 and I'm seeing some brick wall with a grey stone in the middle.

And can anyone explain to me how they got the solution for stage two?

[Dodie16]

And can anyone explain to me how they got the solution for stage two?

Spoiler: Try highlighting the page. ;] The answer should become pretty obvious after that.

[Bleachfangirl]

e_e I can't even get past the first page. I'm just staring at the guy's picture, and typing whatever comes into my head because I don't see any hints or anything! What IS this?

[Polk]

I found the third one, now I'm at stage 4 and I'm seeing some brick wall with a grey stone in the middle.

Spoiler: Ctrl+A. Then refer to my response to Govinda so you don't spend an hour doing the puzzle wrong for an hour like I did.

e_e I can't even get past the first page. I'm just staring at the guy's picture, and typing whatever comes into my head because I don't see any hints or anything! What IS this?

Spoiler: Look at the definition. What word stands out most to you?

Bahaha. You think that ones hard? Just wait lol.

It takes time but you can find many converters on the internet.

It's tryign to figure out what cypher it is in is the main problem.

My main problem with that one was the big leaps in logic you had to take to get to the answer.

Spoiler: I figured out after a little while that the morse code translation was backwards, but how are we supposed to figure out that we have to reverse the morse, THEN translate it? Figuring out the relevance of the coordinates and coming to the eventual conclusion was just ****ing magical, too. Maybe you're better at that sort of stuff than I am, though.

[Insufficient Mage]

Okay, so. Fourth puzzle.

Spoiler: I've translated the Morse code, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do next. Do the coordinates have to do with anything? Does the picture of the wall have to do anything? Some hints would be so appreciated at this point.

[RamesesII]

Okay I'm going to have a go at this block one I have some links for people from my source if anyone needs them just ask, first I mi9ght group the letters into ones that are upright and group them in groups depending on which way their orientation is.

[RagnaToad]

@Polk:

OMFG!

I misinterpret what you said. I replaced every "-" by a "." and vice versa. Then I translated it. Then I spent at least an hour on the mess I got. I compared the most common letters in the text with the most common letters in the English language. I made pieces of paper with the most common double letters to compare them. Damn. Until I started thinking you meant something else. So I finally realised what you were saying and I did that.

Can't believe I wasted so much time doing something totally useless.

Anyway, now I've got these coordinates to figure out.

[Che]

Yeah I went to the first page and saw that face and I closed it immediately. Totally too freaked out to go back.

[Bleachfangirl]

I finally got past the first two puzzles. I also realized today during chem class that the reason none of my answers were being accepted was because I kept using the "enter" key instead of clicking on the "submit" button. Turns out that I had gotten the answer for the first puzzle last night after all. >.>

And yeah, I told my chem teacher about this site, just because she's one of those funny ones who would find this interesting, and half a dozen of my classmates came up to her computer with us to fiddle our way through the puzzles. That's how I got to the third page. XD Funny thing was that we wasted half an hour on that site instead of having a lesson. It was great!

EDIT: And I can't read morse code, so I stuck the stuff into a translator, and I don't understand. >.>

[Polk]

Okay, so. Fourth puzzle.

Spoiler: I've translated the Morse code, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do next. Do the coordinates have to do with anything? Does the picture of the wall have to do anything? Some hints would be so appreciated at this point.

Haha. Everyone is having problems with this, and rightfully so.

Spoiler: First of all, the morse code should be backwards. Ragnatoad mentioned having trouble with this in his last post, and it should be noted again. Take the morse the site gives you, type it out backwards, then put it in the translator. As long as you've done it right, you should get a coherent message. It will also give you coordinates. These are coordinates on a map, latitude and longitude. Remember also that seconds are found by taking the decimals of minutes and multiplying by 60. Then find the coordinates on a map. The coordinates should lead you to a city in the United States. The building that it points you to has something special about it. I recommend researching the town it leads you to. The picture doesn't necessarily help out, but you'll understand why it's there when you figure it out.

And I'm temporarily taking a break from torment, at least until finals are over.

[Govinda]

Once you get past the morse code (leaps of logic much) there's a creepy bug and a bunch of numbers. What the hell. This thing is trying my patience.

[Rocky]

Once you get past the morse code (leaps of logic much) there's a creepy bug and a bunch of numbers. What the hell. This thing is trying my patience.

Think: American Literature.

[Victoria]

Here's a question. Where do you get those morse code translators?
I'm stuck on number 3.

[Rocky]

Here's a question. Where do you get those morse code translators?
I'm stuck on number 3.

I just googled "morse code translations", then copy+pasted it on. You still have to change it up a bit from there though, read Polk's post if you are still stuck on it.