Chrono.gg ARG
| Chrono.gg | |
|---|---|
| The Chrono.gg ARG involved a bunch of coin-related puzzles spread across various sites. | |
| Type | [[List_of_Investigations#Unofficial|Unofficial]] |
| Creator | Chrono.gg |
| Discovered | 2017-03-05 |
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The Chrono.gg ARG was an ARG that took place on popular game deal site Chrono.gg.
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thisisnotaclue
On March 5, the front page of Chrono.gg was updated with a message hidden inside the promo art for Omnibus: thisisnotaclue.com. Visiting that site shows...
Progress so far:
First clue. From email sent out to newsletter subscribers: 
Hidden URL on Omnibus at http://www.chrono.gg
Leads to http://www.thisisnotaclue.com/ We compiled all the sequences at https://1drv.ms/x/s!An0WCjkAtK3KgYkRZsDl2nyHUBNKdQ
Then we converted the hex values of all the assembled color swathes and obtained the cryptic message " CRITICAL WARNING: COINS ARE UNEXPECTEDLY MISSING. SUSPECT IDENTIFIED. SUSPECT ID: GRENDEL23. REQUESTING INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE. END TRANSMISSION. "
This leads us to this chrono.gg forum user ( https://community.chrono.gg/users/Grendel23/activity )
We looked at Grendel23's only post for clues, as well as analyzed the avatar image ( source image: 
)
As far as the avatar being a tangram, @ManicVolcanic#7413 solved it. Here is the solution: 
@ManicVolcanic#7413 noticed that the first letters of all the sentences spelled out an imgur link ( 
) so now we are given the next clue!
By putting the previously solved tangram in line with the letter grid, we are given 
This leads us to http://www.thisisnotaclue.com/conspiracy (GO TO / CONSPIRACY from the tangram lines) which redirects to http://thecoinconspiracy.com/
The riddle is a Tower of Hanoi type puzzle, and it asks us to input a minimum number of moves. @Randomiser#0769 did 2^14 to get the answer: 16384
The site then gives us this image 
Putting the above image through a bmp converter removes the alpha channel, allowing us to see the blocked portion of the image 
The font is wingdings, and it says " /corr " We believe the cut off letter to be a U, which is a diagonal square in wingdings How to help: Figure out what to do with the image!
