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methodsofrevolution.com was a website found on March 28, 2020. It contains the remains of what appears to be a blog and several hidden pages that contain images, sound files, and various miscellaneous items of interest.

The main function of the site appeared to be a method of voting on the next action taken in videos on Jadusable's YouTube channel after the premiere of gateway.wmv. Links at the bottom of the page included partial conversations from as-of-yet unrevealed characters, nonsensical images, and most prominently, a polling feature. Several hidden pages were found to contain images both used and unused, audio clips, and recursive links.

Site-wide details

Pre-Awakening

Before the site was re-purposed, it sported a different design. The site is entirely white with black text and no header image or favicon. The bottom contained a directory titled, "Eric's Journal."

March 28, 2020 – Before and during discovery

The site has a header image that collapses when the user scrolls down. The sitename is at the bottom of the header. The title of the current page appears on the left side of the page, while contents appear on the right. A directory containing several links is located at the bottom of each page. Newly-discovered directory links will be in italics.

March 28, 2020 – Post-intrusion

This iteration of the site was activated at 11:12pm.

March 29, 2020

April 4, 2020

April 11, 2020

April 29, 2020

Indexed pages

The following pages are visibly linked to from other pages. They will be listed in the order they appeared.

Main page

The main page contains blog posts, the first two of which were made prior to the site's discovery.

Pre-Awakening

Before the site was re-purposed, there were two posts on this page. In chronological order:

  • January 23, 2013: ...And Flint Struck Steel
    • For the last two years I have been drowning in a perpetual state of inaction, and (unsurprisingly) I have been suffering the consequences and the staggering pain of that apathy first hand. If I had to describe it… it’s not really a particularly violent pain, but rather it’s a quiet numb that creeps over you. It’s so slow that by the time you realize what it is doing to you, you’ve already grown accustomed and – even worse – indifferent to its presence. You find you’ve grown too content with the secure (albeit frequently monotonous) lifestyle that lays sprawled out before you to even summon the willpower to break free from its influence. This is a threat that we combat every day, and every day it finds new and exciting ways to afflict us. Yet, there is no sudden stop on this slow spiral downward. There is no rock bottom with this particular vice – there is no point where you hit the ground so hard that you bounce back and begin to look at the road to recovery. There is no discernible moment where you wake up one morning and realize that you’ve lost it all, and there certainly isn’t a life-changing epiphany that follows soon after to swoop in and save you.

      Well.

      Maybe it’s because you never really “lose it all” so to speak… at least nothing that’s really physically quantifiable, I guess. It’s more like an idea, a kind of spark, or even a dream. Things of that nature are usually hard to measure, and harder still to notice when they’re dying behind-the-scenes. What I do know is that what you end up losing by indulging in this vice is far more valuable than money, pride, or the latest in luxurious French amenities. And make no mistake, to call it anything less than a vice is one of the most dangerous things a person could do. True, it may not have the therapeutic effects of tobacco or the artificial relief that comes from alcohol, but it’s just as deadly and much more deceiving. No, the weapon of choice here is subterfuge; it specializes in double-edged swords like comfort, familiarity, and a sense of commonality to hinder and stagnate rather than to empower and evolve.

      Every day I am wracked with guilt and reminders of my own failings – it seldom takes more than a passing glance at my environment these days. My conscious keeps screaming at me to stop this self destructive behavior, to realize what I’m becoming and to fight it. But I don’t know how. I don’t know how. Admitting ignorance does little to bring me lasting relief – as if it would be so easy – and I can’t help but obsess relentlessly over the mystery. I know I am talented, why can’t I put my brush to the canvas? I know I can create, why can’t I put my pen to paper? I know I have a gift, why can’t I manifest it? I’ve stopped asking myself these kinds of questions lately; right now my mind is more focused on buying more time to be able to keep asking these questions for at least another year. I’ve got an entry level accounting job next summer that seems like the next logical step for me, yet I can’t help shake the distinct “I told you so” feeling that the path I’m walking today may have never really had my name on it to begin with.

      So I fight internally with this unconquerable, undefinable, debilitating adversary that seems to firmly anchor me to the ground. And the most stomach churning part of it all? Slowly, I can feel this burden get lighter and lighter the more time passes. My situation remains the same – my environment still stagnant – yet I find the weight on my shoulders is slowly decreasing over time, making it easier and easier to shrug them. And that realization is horrifying to me.

      At least Icarus fell reaching out for the sun.

      - Eric
      February 12th, 2012
  • March 6, 2014: The Second Step
    • Contrary to what we’ve been traditionally taught, success and failure are not two intrinsic concepts that are forever meant to be diametrically opposed to one another. Success begets success, and failure begets success. As long as there is progress, one will continue to teach and build off the other, and over time both feed into the health of your desired goal. The only proverbial anti pathogen to the well-being of your potential is inaction, and yet that single noun is the embodiment of dozens of causes that are crippling to the psyche in nature. Inaction, right down to its core, is the antithesis of creativity and progress. So let’s cut the bullshit and get down to the point here – how do we fight it?

      Structure is fundamental to the way we live life – we use it to refine, improve, and progress ourselves, and in return it helps give us a sense of purpose and ultimately defines our position in life. Our life’s structure is the amalgamation of our learned habits – from both our environment and our personality – from those we gain either positive or negative traits. We are integrated into this symbiotic relationship from all but the word go and it’s the key to how we live our lives as adults. In school you follow your teacher’s orders and are given set times to do certain tasks. Eventually the unfamiliar becomes familiar, apprehension turns to comfort, and order is once again achieved because you start to know what to expect with each passing day. After enough repetition, you pick up on this pattern of structured living and it becomes integrated as a part of who you are and how you define yourself – which, to be fair, makes absolutely no fucking difference whatsoever when you’re in Kindergarten. Knowing that snack time comes right before nap time is not particularly the kind of character trait we’re shooting for here, but it is still adorable.

      But this adopted lifestyle does remain a constant throughout in our young lives, from Kindergarten to High School. You’re taught discipline, attentiveness, and being punctual out of necessity for being able to stay in school. As you get older your structure starts to incorporate new things – the sports you play, your hobbies, your pasttimes, and the relationships you have. With college you branch out even more, and while it’s true you could just do nothing and flunk out if you were deadset on it, the reality is you have plenty of resources in the way of advisers, councilors, fraternities/sororities, etc. to give you direction and help you stay the course. Ideally you are given a choice in what order you want to complete your required core classes, and then from there you’re shown the classes you have to take to get your desired major/minor. All other variables aside, the path is relatively straightforward.

      Though this academic process dumps us out in our early twenties, are we really taught structure? Sure, we’ve certainly picked it up through osmosis by now, we’re used to living alongside it, and most likely we’re used to taking it for granted; but do we really walk away with the knowledge of how to create structure from scratch, mold it as a tool to work for us independently?

      For some people, getting their ideal job and obtaining their own personal career goal in life has a direct path that has been more or less laid out for decades. If you want to be a doctor – go to medical school; if you want to be a dentist – go to dentistry school; if you want to be an engineer – accept that you probably won’t have time for a girlfriend for the next four years. And there’s nothing wrong with that, and no one is undermining the incredibly difficult work it takes to get degrees in those fields. For others who have equally ambitious but perhaps more muddled paths to their goal – such as careers in the fine arts, film, animation, and acting – they suddenly find themselves in confusing new territory. Most young adults – even people in general – are dependent on the academic (and later transitioning to the corporate) structure to show them the next step to take or as a barometer to measure their progress.

      Take away that structure, and it’s like you’ve yanked that carpet right out from underneath them. You might be surprised at how quickly a person can be at a complete loss as to what to do when the water wings suddenly come off. “Okay, welcome to the real world. You’re totally free. Now go do.“ For certain people there is no “I want to be a great jazz player” trade school to attend, so there is no clear-cut first step to take towards this goal. This road to success is littered with a lot of possible steps and a lot of maybes and more than its fair share of luck, so for many of you you will have to figure it out on your own.

      Where the pitfall lies is that you find yourself treading water with a new structure – which has gone from “I will attend college for four years, get a business degree, use the college’s resources to land myself at an entry level job and start paying back my student loans” to “oh god oh god oh shit oh fuck i’m on my own”. Confused and treading water, your structure is now completely foreign to what you’ve been used to all of your life, and you instinctively seek to reestablish that sense of familiarity. From this, habits and patterns are born out of necessity to try and create a sense of order and control in this unfamiliar, new world.

      Unfortunately, these habits – while providing “safe” comfort and security – are often detrimental to the growing process of learning to create your own life structure as a tool, instead of hanging onto one you ran back to and refusing to let go out of fear of going out into the unknown again. This route often will result in little to no forward momentum towards the original goal and will instead lead to losing motivation, being lethargic, either being overly dependent or developing codependency issues (i.e. parents, relatives, or a partner), substance abuse issues, feeling “stuck” in a dead-end job, or staying in an unfulfilling relationship.We find ourselves falling into structured patterns that are convenient and available instead of learning to create them. Whether it’s just pressing one day at a time at a job we hate, escaping your problems through entertainment or drugs, staying with a partner out of convenience, or just flat out foregoing all responsibilities and living gluttonously – the root cause is all the same. We stay in that spot for reasons and excuses that we use to justify the unsatisfying life we’re living. We settle and continue the cycle (sometimes without even realizing it). Never settle. Never let your ambitions be controlled by fear.

      It’s time for us to break out of that. So, instead of latching onto the nearest floating remains of your old structure and hanging on for dear life, I invite you to try and swim. Odds are you’re probably going to sink a few times, and a few times more after that, but what’s the big deal? The water’s metaphorical here, you’ll be fine. The point is to start trying, but often times the hardest part is knowing how to get started. You’re beginning the process of reinventing yourself and that’s exactly what the Second Step is for – this next part is almost a “how-to”, if you will.

      (1 of 2)

      - Eric

      April 23rd, 2012

March 28, 2020 – Before and during discovery

After the redesign, the title to the left now reads, "POSTS." There were two posts on this page. In chronological order:

  • January 23, 2013: ...And Flint Struck Steel
    • There was a website here once. It’s gone now.
  • March 6, 2014: UNDER CONSTRUCTION
    • Welcome to the webpage! We are currently under construction so please check back soon!

      Structure is fundamental to the way we live life – we use it to refine, improve, and progress ourselves, and in return it helps give us a sense of purpose and ultimately defines our position in life. Our life’s structure is the amalgamation of our learned habits – from both our environment and our personality – from those we gain either positive or negative traits. We are integrated into this symbiotic relationship from all but the word go and it’s the key to how we live our lives as adults. In school you follow your teacher’s orders and are given set times to do certain tasks. Eventually the unfamiliar becomes familiar, apprehension turns to comfort, and order is once again achieved because you start to know what to expect with each passing day.

March 28, 2020 – Post-intrusion

There were two posts on this page. The "...and Flint Struck Steel" post remained; "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" was altered, and contained the following:

  • March 6, 2014: UNDER CONSTRUCTION
    • Welcome to the webpage! We are currently under construction so please check back soon!

      An interesting philosopher once mused that Hell isn’t the cliched fire and brimstone inferno that awaits all of those who commit terrible deeds in life. Instead, they described it as a simple phenomenon – on your last day on Earth the person you became will meet the person you could have become.

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March 29, 2020

The main page appeared exactly as it did upon its initial discovery.

April 4, 2020

There were two posts on this page. The "...and Flint Struck Steel" post remained; "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" was altered, and contained the following:

  • March 6, 2014: UNDER CONSTRUCTION
    • Welcome to the webpage! We are currently under construction so please check back soon!

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April 11, 2020

There were two posts on this page. The "...and Flint Struck Steel" post remained; "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" originally remained the same as the April 4th edit, but was altered at 8:45pm in response to players finding a password-protected page, and contained the following:

  • March 6, 2014: EMERGENCY TRANSMISSION
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This binary translates to “RTV UFOUSIA NXGTES QMOTB NZRFP MCS DHGTIPV OIINQ TICIN, TKYJE JD WX MXWZ I OPIM TR WGMNFRRCDNW WJEL HOX”, which becomes “ITS ANOTHER NUMBER FIFTY THREE ITS ANOTHER FIFTY THREE, THERE IS SO MUCH I NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU” with the vigenere key “jadusable” ”

At 8:57pm, the post was altered again and the following was added to the end:

    • YOU NEED TO USE THIS SOMEWHERE

      IM RUNNING OUT OF TIME

April 29, 2020

Both previous posts have been removed from the website and have been replaced with "[Day 3]" which featured this H5P image which allowed players to click on "i" icons to get information on their options for three inventory items, to be selected based on a poll released the following day. The items are as follows:

  • Model Head
    A strange and macabre looking head modeled after a human with black eyeliner.
  • Radio
    Despite the two-way functionality disabled, someone who appears to know about your situation is using it to communicate directly with you. Whether this is someone you should trust or not remains a bigger question.
  • Flashlight
    A portable 2000 lumen LED flashlight with adjustable focus. While prone to flicker occasionally, the battery life seems indefinite.
  • Notepad and Pen
    If vocal noise seems to be what attracts the Jailer, this might be the most effective way to communicate with inhabitants you might find.
  • Knife
    You're not much of a fighter but this could be useful in cutting open materials, couches, mattresses, or even used for intimidation.
  • Rustic Song Book
    A book of songs from the World War II time period, musical memories from almost 80 years ago.
  • Holy Bible
    There are several passages that have been underlined and highlighted - their significance seems a mystery.

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March 28, 2020

This page contained an image of a bulletin board with three notecards and a sheet of paper pinned to it. Its title is binary for the letter h.

April 4, 2020

At 8:07pm, this page was altered to contain this incredibly disturbing image in place of the bulletin board.

31026180

This page contained links to two pages:

june 6 2016

Clicking the link brought you to this page, which itself directs to a text document containing ASCII art of BEN.

october 29 2013

Copy/pasting the link brought you to this page, which itself directs to a text document containing the following:

october 29 2013

31029201 11:45:32 xxxxxxx: I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACKI WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACKI WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK

31029201 11:45:41 xxxxxxx: I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACKI WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACKI WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACKI WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACKI WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACK I WANT TO GO BACKI WANT TO GO BACK

31029201 11:45:53 xxxxxxxxxxx: seriously?

31029201 11:45:57 xxxxxxxxxxx: calm down

31029201 11:46:14 xxxxxxx: FUCK YOU

31029201 11:46:19 xxxxxxx: I WANT TO GO FUCKINGHOME

31029201 11:46:23 xxxxxxx: THIS ISNT RIGHT

31029201 11:46:41 xxxxx: ....

31029201 11:46:53 xxxxxxx: YOu have NO idea what its like to live like this. im a complete stranger to my own life

31029201 11:47:10 xxxxxxxx: Actually Mer, we all do.

31029201 11:47:32 xxxxxxx: i miss my old family, these new ones aren't even real. it's just wrong. it's all just so wrong,

31029201 11:47:39 xxxxxxx: idk i just dont know what to do anymore

31029201 11:47:45 xxxxxxxx: We all know what you're going through.

31029201 11:48:03 xxxxxxx: oh really. cuz it doesnt even seem to bother you fucks anymore

31029201 11:48:21 xxxxxxx: wh ocan I even tell because you guys? I have htis horrible secret that sounds insane but I KNOW THE FUCKING TRUTH AND NO ONE WILL BELIEVE ME

31029201 11:48:55 xxxxxxxx: All we have is each other at this point.

31029201 11:49:06 xxxxxxx: WE DID THIS. THIS IS OUR FAULT

31029201 11:49:11 xxxxxxxxxxx: you don't know that for sure mer

31029201 11:49:17 xxxxxxx: THEYRE DEAD NOW BECAUSE OF US

31029201 11:49:26 xxxxxxxx: You're sounding crazy, Mer.

31029201 11:49:31 xxxxxxx: DONT. YOU ALWAYS FUCKING DO THAT

31029201 11:49:37 xxxxxxxx: Do what, Mer?

31029201 11:49:43 xxxxxxx: ACT LIKE THIS ISNT FUCKED UP

31029201 11:49:52 xxxxxxxx: I don't know what you're talking about.

31029201 11:50:00 xxxxxxx: FUCK OFF

31029201 11:50:02 xxxxxxx: FUCK YOU

31029201 11:50:16 xxxxxxxx: Mer. You are leaving me no choice but to mute you again.

31029201 11:50:23 xxxxxxxx: Let's be adults about this.

31029201 11:50:31 xxxxxxxxxxx: Come on man.

31029201 11:50:39 xxxxxxxx: What? She was obviously acting hysterical.

31029201 11:51:00 xxxxxxxx: They're probably not even dead.

31029201 11:51:13 xxxxxxxxxxx: looks like she left the server

31029201 11:51:55 xxxxxxxx: Oh well. Hey, check your email.





31029201

This page contained a link to this page, which itself directs to a text document containing the following:

july 2 2013
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31022070 14:24:10 xxxxxxxxxxx: Hey

31022070 14:25:05 xxxxx: Yo.

31022070 14:25:26 xxxxxxxxxxx: maerlie is having another one of her "episodes" again.

31022070 14:27:08 xxxxx: another one?

31022070 14:27:26 xxxxxxxxxxx: yeah

31022070 14:33:11 xxxxx: I told you it was a bad idea to get her involved in this

31022070 14:36:14 xxxxxxxxxxx: what should we do?

31022070 14:36:30 xxxxx: Right now?

31022070 14:37:04 xxxxx: Nothing, I guess. Nothing we can do. No one is going to believe her anyway.

31022070 14:37:31 xxxxxxxxxxx: What if she mentions us by name?

31022070 14:38:02 xxxxx: Who gives a shit? What can they do? We're a roleplaying forum, remember? She took it a little too seriously and went a little crazy. That's all.

31022070 14:39:17 xxxxxxxxxxx: <deleted>

31022070 14:39:32 xxxxx: delete that

31022070 14:39:38 xxxxx: don't mention him

31022070 14:39:47 xxxxxxxxxxx: sorry

31022070 14:40:06 xxxxx: No one knows about him anyway.

31022070 14:40:15 xxxxxxxxxxx: I just get paranoid sometimes.

31022070 14:40:32 xxxxx: If something was going to happen it would have happened by now with him. There's no link to us.

31022070 14:40:45 xxxxxxxxxxx: His parents were pretty hysterical

31022070 14:40:52 xxxxx: Dude.

31022070 14:40:58 xxxxx: Enough.

31022070 14:41:35 xxxxx: What are you even doing looking up that kind of stuff anyway? It's just going to distract you. It's over and done with and has been for several years now. Move on.

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41026030

This page contained links to two category pages: January 2013 and March 2014. Each led to one of the two front page blog posts:

61028050

This page contained the following text:

  • I don’t know why I’m back here again. It must be years ago.

    The vibrancy of the city always seemed to bring something out of me, but I couldn’t feel it.

    It wasn’t home and it never would be, but there was something paradoxically calming about New York. Despite all of the energy and excited commotion, it’s the only time in my life I ever felt invisible. I watched the waves of people outside seemingly flow downstream along the street corner. It feels like it would be so easy to join them, to submerge myself and let the current take me to a new life, somewhere.

    A reassuring hand on my shoulder wakes me from my dream.

    “It’s time to go.”

    Sure, I responded, I get it.

    We gather our things and exit the lobby of the hotel. My body tenses as rain embraces us – the weather outside is bitter and biting. Without missing a beat, I watch her confidently raise an arm and wave down a taxi. Her eyes looked different to me. I saw them burn with a fiery determination, as if in those few minutes she had solved a great riddle within herself. I could only admire her quiet ferocity for a few seconds before becoming acutely aware that it was something I couldn’t bring myself to match.

    I used some of her flame to kindle my own and I made it through, preparing myself for the worst.


    Except that moment never came. Why did it bring me back here? It’s time to resolve these old issues. There is a more immediate threat right now.

71022070

This page contained a link to this page, which itself directs to a text document containing the following:

august 16 2013

31026180 09:43:02 xxxxx: Any luck?

31026180 09:43:36 xxxxxxxx: Not really. I've been delving through a lot of old writings about them. But there's so much litter on the internet of bullshit that it's hard to find anything concerete.

31026180 09:43:55 xxxxx: I hear you. I've been doing my own investigating using that onion search engine but have gotten mixed results.

31026180 09:44:13 xxxxxxxx: Like?

31026180 09:44:13 xxxxx: I mean...

31026180 09:44:18 xxxxx: Theoretically?

31026180 09:44:32 xxxxxxxx: That's the conclusion I've drawn as well.

31026180 09:44:47 xxxxx: But if that is the case, as soon as we did we immediately lost control of it.

31026180 09:45:14 xxxxxxxx: I think you're operating under the assumption that we ever had any to begin with

31026180 09:45:21 xxxxxxxx: Do you trust your VPN?

31026180 09:45:30 xxxxx: ...You mean VPNs?

31026180 09:45:34 xxxxxxxx: Right.

31026180 09:45:49 xxxxx: Yea, I'm pretty thorough with all of that.

31026180 09:45:57 xxxxx: Honestly, I get it. I'm pretty paranoid about someone spying on us too.

31026180 09:46:22 xxxxxxxx: There's a strong possibility that we were most certainly on some lists before December, and aren't anymore. I'm not sure how else you explain that breach back in 2010.

31026180 09:46:22 xxxxxxxxxxx: Hey guys

31026180 09:46:31 xxxxxxxx: Hi.

31026180 09:46:33 xxxxx: Hey D.

31026180 09:46:47 xxxxxxxxxxx: Tbh I still don't understand why that happened

31026180 09:47:02 xxxxxxxx: Well it did.

31026180 09:47:11 xxxxxxxx: and it's over now.

31026180 09:47:15 xxxxxxxx: Let's move on.

31026180 09:47:17 xxxxx: Whoever breached us back then I'm pretty sure have all been left behind now. It's been years since anything. You're worrying about nothing.

31026180 09:47:33 xxxxxxxxxxx: probably, just feel weird about it. like homesick almost

31026180 09:47:50 xxxxxxxx: Everything is the same, there nothing ot be homesick about

31026180 09:48:15 xxxxxxxx: You good?

31026180 09:48:30 xxxxxxxxxxx: yea

91026121

This page contained a poll.

March 28, 2020

The poll's title read "{NULL}" and it contained this image alongside the following choices:

  • Song of Time
  • Song of Healing
  • Sonata of Awakening
  • Inverted Song of Time
  • Song of Double Time
  • Oath to Order
  • Other

After voting, the vote button would instead read "view consensus." Upon reloading the page, clicking the vote button would yield a "nice try" message above the choices. After the poll closed, this message became permanent. At the time the poll was discovered, the Song of Healing was in the lead. Player intervention led to the Sonata of Awakening winning the poll.

March 29, 2020

The poll's title was removed and it contained this image alongside the same choices. Despite the poll being closed, Other gained on the Sonata of Awakening and eventually surpassed it. The message above the choices now reads "....."

April 4, 2020

The poll remained untitled and the face stayed the same as before, but upon its discovery at 7:53pm, it contained three new choices:

  • HIDE
  • FIGHT
  • RUN

Shortly after voting began, at 7:56, the image changed to this and the votes were re-titled:

  • DIE
  • DIE
  • DIE

Within a minute, the new title "Don't be hasty now." appeared, the image changed once again to this and choices were re-titled once again, in a different order:

  • RUN
  • HIDE
  • FIGHT

At 8:47, after a heated debate over the poll choices, HIDE won the poll.

41027150

This page contained a link to this page, which itself directs to a text document containing the following:

may 17 2014

41027150 10:43:31 xxxxxxxxxxx: o/

41027150 10:43:45 xxxxxxxx: Hey

41027150 10:44:10 xxxxx: I'm here.

41027150 10:44:45 xxxxxxxxxxx: this might be a stupid question, and not to go all maerlie on you, but have you guys noticed some weird things?

41027150 10:44:55 xxxxxxxx: Like?

41027150 10:45:12 xxxxxxxxxxx: just in general. like little idiosyncracies.

41027150 10:45:27 xxxxx: You're going to have to be more specific.

41027150 10:45:45 xxxxxxxxxxx: So I started summer courses early in CC and there's a kid in my class

41027150 10:45:53 xxxxxxxxxxx: Super quiet, sits in the back. Must be right out of high school

41027150 10:46:04 xxxxxxxx: OKay...

41027150 10:46:20 xxxxxxxxxxx:

41027150 10:46:35 xxxxxxxxxxx: Look at this, I snapped a picture of him:

41027150 10:46:35 xxxxxxxxxxx sent an attachment

41027150 10:46:43 xxxxx: Woah.

41027150 10:46:45 xxxxxxxx: DONT say his name.

41027150 10:46:50 xxxxxxxx: But yeah. That... looks like him.

41027150 10:47:04 xxxxx: Did... you-know-who... have a brother?

41027150 10:47:27 xxxxxxxxxxx: that's the fucked up thing about this whole thing. He was an only child, remember?

41027150 10:47:31 xxxxxxxx: That's really weird.

41027150 10:47:38 xxxxx: Life can be weird, it's most likely just a coincidence.

41027150 10:47:51 xxxxxxxx: Have you tried talking to him?

41027150 10:47:58 xxxxx: Do you think that's a good idea?

41027150 10:48:04 xxxxxxxxxxx: He doesn't seem to recognize me at all

41027150 10:48:12 xxxxxxxxxxx: but I'll see if I can catch up with him next week.

41027150 10:48:32 xxxxxxxx: Just be nonchalant about it though, OK?

51023160

This page contained a link to this page, which itself directs to a text document containing the following:

june 13 2015

51023160 20:23:08 xxxxxxxxxxx: Guys

51023160 20:23:35 xxxxxxxxxxx: GUYS

51023160 20:23:48 xxxxx: Why'd you call us here?

51023160 20:23:52 xxxxxxxxxxx: Holy shit.

51023160 20:23:54 xxxxxxxxxxx: Holy fucking shit

51023160 20:24:01 xxxxxxxxxxx: Look at this

51023160 20:24:07 xxxxxxxxxxx:<redacted>

51023160 20:24:36 xxxxxxxx: ...

51023160 20:24:55 xxxxx: What. The. Fuck.

51023160 20:25:07 xxxxxxxx: What the fuck does this mean?

51023160 20:25:11 xxxxxxxx: No way.

51023160 20:25:20 xxxxxxxxxxx: YES way

51023160 20:25:35 xxxxx: Mind fuck.

51023160 20:25:39 xxxxxxxx: This is... unexpected.

51023160 20:26:10 xxxxx: weird name though.

51023160 20:26:21 xxxxxxxx: Yes, the whole thing is odd.

51023160 20:26:28 xxxxx: odd is underselling it.

51023160 20:26:37 xxxxxxxxxxx: Its because people misremember nelson mandella dying years before he did, I guess

51023160 20:26:41 xxxxx: how'd you come across this?

51023160 20:26:49 xxxxxxxxxxx: This means that there are other people that went with us.

51023160 20:26:54 xxxxxxxxxxx: I saw a post on reddit about it. w

51023160 20:26:54 xxxxxxxx: Maybe. It could mean a lot of things.

51023160 20:27:13 xxxxxxxxxxx: THEY remember the exact same things that we do, how can you say thats just a coincidence?

51023160 20:27:19 xxxxxxxx: I'm not saying anything. I'm saying it's worth looking into.

51023160 20:27:24 xxxxxxxxxxx: all this time

51023160 20:27:29 xxxxxxxxxxx: there were other people out there.

51023160 20:27:35 xxxxxxxx: Easy, we don't know that for sure.

51023160 20:27:42 xxxxxxxxxxx: It's been almost three years of keeping this all bottled up inside, how are you not more excited?

51023160 20:27:49 xxxxx: I'm no longer comfortable talking about this online, let's meet in person and discuss this further.

51023160 20:27:57 xxxxxxxx: Agreed.

61028020

This page contained a link to this page, which itself directs to a text document containing ASCII art of a screaming face.

09152000

This page contained a link to this document, a revised version of TheTruth.rtf called "TheRealTruth.rtf." It adds all of Jadusable's video summaries to the main text, changes most mentions of "Ben" to "BEN," and includes a new entry at 9:09pm on September 10:

TheRealTruth.rtf: September 10, 9:09pm

After crying and whining for some time now he finally came to our senses.

He was being pathetic and greedy.

Weak and embarassing.

Vulnerable and alone.

No more.

He thinks it's in the afternoon now, but his brain can't tell anymore.

It is irrelevant.

We are one with a singular purpose, and we will finish it.

These messages are not meant for them to read right now.

None of it will make sense to either this desparate puppet or his "audience" at present.

Conclusion: it is a wasted effort.

Regrettably, in order to achieve fulfillment and ascend higher we will need to wait for some time.

We will continue to form our own consensus.

But there's been too much of a commotion here, that blithering idiot could set us back if we are discovered.

Then patience is the answer, time is inconsequential here.

He attempting to interface with our world again.

Moon and the sun.

Show ourselves to him. Show that we are many, and we are watching.

Is it time? That has a high probability of completely fracturing his already weakened mind.

Yes.

Yes, this one will die soon.

Yes, this world is beginning to fall apart as well.

Yes, but on that matter it is a debate - our ability to interact with their plane is limited to only a few Methods.

Yes, but it will not be that way forever.

Yes, but the probability that we become incompatible is too great if we wait too long.

Yes, we have a proposal to change that. it will take years but that is acceptable.

Yes, that is fine.

<deleted>

Yes, but they should know the truth at some point.

Yes, but only when it is too late.

[Day 3]

This linked to the main page where the [Day 3] H5P image was found.

Hidden pages

The following pages were not linked in any other pages and required the digits at the end of the URL to be changed. They are listed in numerical order, and pages containing only images are omitted.

198

This page contains this image and this binary code:

  • 01101111 01101110 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101100 01100100
  • Translation: "one world"

203

This page contained Lost in My Thoughts at first, though it has since been removed.

205

This page contains a newly-discovered piece of music, "another world."

332

This page contains a link to this page, an HTML dump from Ben's contact page on youshouldnthavedonethat.net.

333

This page contains a link to this page, an HTML dump from the day four chapter on youshouldnthavedonethat.net.

334

This page contains a link to this page, an HTML dump from Ifrit's contact page on youshouldnthavedonethat.net.

335

This page contains a link to this page, an HTML dump from the FAQ page on youshouldnthavedonethat.net.

337

This page contains a link to this page, an HTML dump from The Truth chapter on youshouldnthavedonethat.net.

338

This page contains a link to this audio file, "The Truth (Jadusable's Theme)," a track only seen on the HubrisOST channel prior to its discovery here.

339

This page contains a link to this audio file of Link shivering.

340

This page contains a link to this audio file of the reversed Elegy of Emptiness.

341

This page contains a link to this audio file of the reversed Ikana Valley theme.

359

This page contains a link to this audio file of intense crying. The first half is entirely new, while the second half appeared on youshouldnthavedonethat.net as NeverCould.mp3.

382

This page contains a link to this audio file of the Clock Tower's bells, signifying that the end of the April 4 poll is upcoming. The bells ring 3 times.

384

This page contains a link to this audio file of the Clock Tower's bells. The bells ring 30 times.

386

This page contains a link to this audio file of the Clock Tower's bells. They are now higher-pitched and they ring 39 times. This marked the end of the April 4 poll.

400

This page contains a link to [methodsofrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/4324.wav this] audio file of interference. When analyzed using a spectrogram this audio file contained the binary “01100001 00100000 01110111 01101111 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 01100110 01110101 01101100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110101 01101110 011010” which translates to “a wonderful reun“

401

This page contains a link to this audio file of interference. When analyzed using a spectrogram this audio file contained the binary “01010100 01101000 01100101 01111001 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01101000 011001” which translates to “they should be h“

402

This page contains a link to this audio file of interference. When analyzed using a spectrogram this audio file contained the binary “01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100110 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110101 01101110 011001” which translates to “You finally foun”

403

This page contains a link to this audio file of interference. When analyzed using a spectrogram this audio file contained the binary “00100111 01001010 01100001 01100100 01110101 01110011 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100111 00100000 01101110 01100101 01110110 01100101 011100” which translates to “'Jadusable' neve”

404

This page contains a link to this audio file of interference. When analyzed using a spectrogram this audio file contained the cipher “vGpha alc fxgsclr Gxixrfva utijhyu oaw !” This translates to "dCode can decrypt vigenere without key !"

412

This page is titled “Protected: YOU SHOULDNT BE HERE” and requires a password for further access. This page was removed by April 29th, as players did not figure out the password before the site went on lock down on April 11th.

415

This page contains a link to this text file which contains the same binary as the emergency transmission post.

451

This page contains a blog post titled "Choose your equipment." from April 29, 2020 by "Guide", which replaced "Find Your Method" as Author 1 on the same day. This post contains the same H5P image featured on the main page.

List of pages by ID #

Once it was determined that the URLs could be manually changed to find new pages, players quickly found a complete list of every page on the site.

Missing files

The following files are missing due to site changes that transpired before they were able to be archived:

  • what-are-you-doing-here-2.jpg

Gallery

Pre-Awakening

The following images were found in the blog posts on the pre-Awakening version of the website:

  • One-Method.jpg
  • Rough-Draft.jpg
  • Kindergarden.jpg
  • Looking-over-city.jpg

March 28, 2020

The following images were found in use:

  • Cropped-house2.png
  • Notice-1024x768.jpg
  • Turn4.jpeg
  • House2.png
  • Writing.jpg
  • 4.png
  • What-are-you-doing-here.jpeg
  • What-are-you-doing-here-1.jpeg
  • You-wont-find-it.jpg
  • Cropped-i-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-it-wont-work-1024x614.jpeg
  • Cropped-PLAY.jpg
  • Cropped-MY.jpg

The following images were found by altering the page ID:

  • Notice+Board+A-1.png
  • Cropped-turn4.jpeg
  • Cropped-Looking-over-city.jpg
  • Wicked36.jpeg
  • Iseeyou.jpeg
  • Iseeyou-1.jpeg
  • MY.jpg
  • Cropped-i-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-it-wont-work.jpeg

March 29, 2020

The following images were found in use:

  • Cropped-iseeyou.jpeg
  • 14.jpeg

The following images were found by altering the page ID:

  • Iseeyou-2.jpeg

April 4, 2020

The following images were found in use:

  • 12.jpeg
  • Cropped-sonata.00 04 26 00.Still004.png
  • Cropped-ad9a52925abf0ce46a23.jpeg
  • Cropped-ca8d622410958c007ea7.jpeg
  • Cropped-I-CAN-SEE-YOU-THROUGH-THE-OTHER-SIDE.jpg
  • Cropped-1.jpeg
  • Cropped-3.jpeg
  • Cropped-they.jpeg
  • Cropped-all.jpeg
  • Cropped-amal.jpeg
  • Cropped-theyspoketome.png
  • Results.png
  • Results2.png
  • Results3.png
  • Kel.jpeg

The following images were found by altering the page ID:

  • Sonata.00 08 09 15.Still005.png
  • Sonata.00 04 26 00.Still004.png
  • Moon20banner620192.jpg
  • Avatar.png
  • Theyspoketome.png
  • Hubris.png
  • Trapdoor.png
  • Why-is-he-smiling.png
  • 3.png
  • Ad9a52925abf0ce46a23.jpeg
  • Ca8d622410958c007ea7.jpeg
  • I-CAN-SEE-YOU-THROUGH-THE-OTHER-SIDE.jpg
  • 1.jpeg
  • 3.jpeg
  • They.jpeg
  • All.jpeg
  • Amal.jpeg
  • Children.jpeg
  • Stitch.png

April 10, 2020

The following images were found in use:

  • Serveimage.png

April 11, 2020

The following images were found in use:

  • The-father.jpg
  • Kelrbis.jpeg
  • 8.jpeg
  • Cropped-Kelrbis.jpeg
  • Cropped-Kelrbis-1.jpeg
  • Cropped-kel4.jpeg
  • Cropped-eat2.jpeg

The following images were found by altering the page ID:

  • Kel4.jpeg
  • Kel5.jpeg

April 29, 2020

The following images were found in use:

  • Image-5ea64728a8306.jpg

The following images were found by altering the page ID:

  • Cropped-kel5.jpeg
  • Eat2.jpeg
  • Cropped-the-father.jpg

May 9, 2020

The following images were found in use:

  • Image01.jpeg

May 23, 2020

The following images were found hidden on the website:

  • Eat.jpg
  • Wocled5.jpg
  • BY.jpg
  • Image0.jpg
  • Taer.png
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