Descent of the Durtle into eGoooott - NOW AT B8!

[dasding]

So i looked at the RGB values of the image and other stuff. Things i noticed:
the B5 image uses equal RGB values for most of the image (perfect gray in a way) except for some areas where the RGB values differ a tinsy bit. Which feels weird and deliberate imho. Perfect gray values are likely the result of saving the image in a grayscale format. The other images on the site are in Palette or LA mode due to them being transparency only or grayscale. So this seems to indicate that something else added these color deviations.
also the slight tint might be a hint to look at the color values.

Here’s the B5 image with the non perfect areas highlighted:

I know this is a lot more technical, but we already saw tech trickery in work at previous stages (Hex, Shift-JIS, Crypto, HTML comments), so not totally unimaginable.

[zyhlaari]

Reminds me a bit of a map, but anything kinda non-uniform reminds me of maps haha. Bit o’ coastline, couple of islands.

[Liuyuan]

I've noticed exactly the same thing in a post this morning! It's probably because he's actually a watermelon now!

@Liuyuan

I’ve noticed there’s bit of green near his foot after zooming and enhancing for a bit. I can now safely say it’s not a durtle, it’s a watermelon!

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EDIT: Jokes aside, someone who’s familiar with steganography should probably take a look at the original image. It’s a little durtly.

Here’s the hi-res bit-wise version if anyone else wants to take a crack at it. Is it a map? Is it just ramen stains? We’ll never know.

EDIT: It’s the world map if you stand upside-down, look into the mirror, then do a backflip, then another 360, then hop 3 times on one leg, and pretend greenland is absolutely tiny and U.S. is absolutely massive.

EDIT 4: Last modified date/created date might be irrelevant as all the pages on the other floor got updated at the same time.

EDIT 2: So I was thinking about we know what the counter counts to… but what does it count from? When did the counter start? I made a calculation error in the post earlier, the durt-ichi image was actually created on Saturday night 10:27 PM EST. Which is epoch 1550536514, the counter counts to epoch 1554145200 (Apr01). It’ll take it 3771132 seconds, and

half of mercury's orbital period to ge there. Sailor Mercury confirmed?

EDIT 3: B5 page was last modified on 1550497864824, which was Sunday morning.

[ctmf]

Looks like a raised left hand, asking a question. wrist at the bottom, thumb on the left, looking at the palm.

Maybe we’re meant to go mad, then be experimental subjects. Rorshach test.

[Weirdmind]

@Liuyuan

It’s the world map if you stand upside-down, look into the mirror, then do a backflip, then another 360, then hop 3 times on one leg, and pretend greenland is absolutely tiny and U.S. is absolutely massive.

Don’t forget to slide to the left, slide to the right, criss-cross, and then everybody clap their hands.

I’m getting some The Wicker Man vibes from it. Buzz!

[ShaunOfTheLive]

[Belthazar]

@Weirdmind

I’m getting some The Wicker Man vibes from it. Buzz!

@Liuyuan

pretend greenland is absolutely tiny

Greenland is absolutely tiny. It’s only the Mercator projection that makes it look so big.

[manekikat]

holy shit i go to class and an hour later i come back to all this

hecking congrats for gettng the password guys!!! This has truly been a wild ride. that now ends with… waiting…

[Airdramon]

So the current game plan is just wait for the date? Or are we going to try and forcibly burst our way in?

[manekikat]

maybe if we set ourselves on fire we;ll end up like Koichi and turn into durtles? maybe the only way to get to durtle heaven is to become a durtle?

in the story its said that many different kinds of animals seek durtle heaven but its never said you have to become a durtle to get there??

[atonement]

@atonement

[Borx]

@koichi-descended you return Papa @koichi to us at once!

I’m not done competing with @Kumirei for Koichi likes.

[rfindley]

Well… the auto-reviews are working nicely. I’ll be back to Level 60 in no time. Err, well, end of June.

[Ethan]

That is just pointing to the same URL but specifying parameters, in this case specifying no parameters.

Since the URL string is different, the browser doesn’t use the same session cookie and you need to re-enter the password.

[Saruko]

@ctmf

So on the one hand, Koichi indicated earlier that he “would consider” something about EtoEto something something as if it wasn’t the plan. Also he has indicated before he doesn’t like to project dates, so that would mean whatever it is is already done, just waiting for launch day. Anyone got a EtoEto beta testing account seeing anything suspicous? Unusual frantic actiivty (as if scrambling to make the deadline) or unusual NO activity (as if it’s done)?

Yes, he said would consider it if the timing is right.
But, “NO activity” is the usual from what I’ve heard…
Isn’t @Belthazar a tester? We should ask him.

@koichi-descended

chill-axe

uh, why is there an extra “e” on the end there? I feel like I should be afraid . . . especially now that I remember the kanji I learned a few minutes ago https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/絞

[zyhlaari]

I also have Eto Eto access - although I haven’t logged in in a long long time. It looks pretty dead? Not really sure what I’m looking for though

[Belthazar]

@Saruko

But, “NO activity” is the usual from what I’ve heard…
Isn’t @Belthazar a tester? We should ask him.

Aye, I checked earlier. It’s the usual no activity. No changes since December 2017.

Or, at least, no posted changes.

@Saruko

uh, why is there an extra “e” on the end there?

Clearly resurrected Koichi has turned to British English.

@Airdramon

So the current game plan is just wait for the date? Or are we going to try and forcibly burst our way in?

That’s what I want to know. Is it a wait time, or a time limit?

[Airdramon]

@Belthazar

That’s what I want to know. Is it a wait time, or a time limit?

Maybe there are two outcomes? Like a game? Good Ending and Bad Ending?

[Saruko]

@Belthazar

Aye, I checked earlier.

That post was four days ago; I wondered if you had looked again after we broke into B5? Not that I would know what to look for - just any activity at all?

[Belthazar]

There is nothing new under the sun.

Unless I should be looking somewhere besides the “site updates” list?