From what I gathered,some of them being random GOG keys whas a complete coincidence

Kind of many coincidences

And if you try to redeem a code, GoG promptly finds you a related game. It shows "Apologies, this code no longer appears to work" once you try to continue, but my understanding was that this is because the codes were already redeemed, no?

 

Yep. GOG accepts random letters. I just closed my eyes and pressed randomly on my keyboard and got Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as a result.

 

askldj~

 

GOG redeeming is probably not related.

Yeah.  That feels likely.  Embedding random GOG codes all over the internet is an esoteric way of dropping hints, especially when none of them seem to have any bearing on the game you're trying to hype.

 

Edit: Yeah, generated a bunch of random 6-digit codes over here, and almost all of them redeemed to some expired offer without worrying about forward/backward nonsense.

 

Nah, you can type whatever random code like the ones we have, and you'd still get the same message. The GoG theory is a dud.

But that's just speculation, right? No one from Obsidian has confirmed anything about these codes, to my knowledge.

 

Correct.  There's been no confirmation about anything.  We haven't even had an acknowledgement that we found these codes.  We discuss this subject pretty openly on Obsidian's own discord server, and the devs and admins who hang out there are extraordinarily quiet when the subject comes up.  So, not that we really expected it to be the case, but this isn't just a rogue employee secretly offloading old game keys.  It's a coordinated effort we haven't entirely figured out.

 

But without a little more to go on, it is really difficult to tell if our random collection of strings are pieces to an unknown puzzle, or if we just type them in to the console and a thing happens after the game is released.

 

The truth is out there.

#ObsidianIlluminati2018

For some reason when I saw this, I started thinking if the codes are some sort of "Upside Down" keyboard stroke... what is BtF6nW upside down on the keyboard?:

https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/966801001737945088

Mu9...and then it dies.

Haha, sorry should've clarified. But what about the position of B on the keyboard, then flip your keyboard upside down, remembering the position of B (B = N, t = U etc).

I could spell out Nuk6xp. And then some guesswork but... Nuka? Fallout?

6 = A? XP = Expansion?

EDIT: I have european/swedish keyboard, so if it is something like this then mine wouldn't show the right one because of åäö.

Edited February 23, 20187 yr by Osvir

It's a coordinated effort we haven't entirely figured out.

You make it sound like we've made progress

Standby for glory.  You'll know it when you see it.

 

25Pwqv

US version of PC Gamer?

US version of PC Gamer?

Something far more awesome.

 

 

Edited February 23, 20187 yr by Ethics Gradient

They brought trolling to the next level with that one

Code on book with message on back - 25Pwqv

 

"What ?emotes? are you talking about Manifest" Not sure if this is what it says, my eyes are failing me.

Edited February 23, 20187 yr by draego

Code on book with message on back - 25Pwqv

 

"What ?emotes? are you talking about Manifest" Not sure if this is what it says, my eyes are failing me.

"What codes are you talking about Manifest"

"What codes are you talking about Manifest"

 

During the the most recent partnered twitch stream, community member Manifest asked Josh about the codes.

 

As it turns out, his question wasn't entirely ignored.

 

Code on book with message on back - 25Pwqv

 

"What ?emotes? are you talking about Manifest" Not sure if this is what it says, my eyes are failing me.

"What codes are you talking about Manifest"

Yep

EDIT: Wrong thread

Edited February 23, 20187 yr by Wormerine

That's the first dev confirmation. Nice.

 

I wonder if the meaning is a code in itself.

Why do I feel like the sock puppet thing is significant?

Is someone keeping track of all the codes? A recap would be good.

Then end of update 45 made me remember the existence of the The Playfair cipher.

I don't believe it's a reference to the twitch stream ... it's an exact quote from somewhere else

Is someone keeping track of all the codes? A recap would be good.

 

I've been trying to keep the first post up to date.  Way back on page one.

 

Back when we thought we were just imagining things.  

Maybe is just me and I'm reading too much into it but when Josh turns he seem to intentionally put the mug perpendicular to the camera to make it readable...

Edited February 23, 20187 yr by Daled

Is someone keeping track of all the codes? A recap would be good.

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