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Codebusters C

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Welcome back to the 2020 season!

Let's start off with an easy question.

Decode "Kyr'p ptky e zhuppw ueyw qguypkir?" using the Affine cipher with keys a = 17, b = 4.
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pepperonipi wrote: September 6th, 2019, 10:29 pm Welcome back to the 2020 season!

Let's start off with an easy question.

Decode "Kyr'p ptky e zhuppw ueyw qguypkir?" using the Affine cipher with keys a = 17, b = 4.
 Isn't this a pretty easy question? lol yep i just solved it as an aristocrat
Hopefully that hide function worked.


Decrypt WFLLJ, VDWVTQX QD RRZVR ER JIGP OZDPD with key DRILL
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Don't look if you don't want to see the answer

looks like it didn't work, so i'll just type it out: Isn't this a pretty easy question?
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will0416 wrote: September 7th, 2019, 5:35 am
pepperonipi wrote: September 6th, 2019, 10:29 pm Welcome back to the 2020 season!

Let's start off with an easy question.
Decode "Kyr'p ptky e zhuppw ueyw qguypkir?" using the Affine cipher with keys a = 17, b = 4.
 Isn't this a pretty easy question? lol yep i just solved it as an aristocrat
Hopefully that hide function worked.


Decrypt WFLLJ, VDWVTQX QD RRZVR ER JIGP OZDPD with key DRILL
today, smoking is going to save lives Encode CODEBUSTER with
|2 1|
|5 16|
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I haven't done this in a while so it may be wrong, but: SQKBWNDEZM Decode this baconian cipher:
EHEGP PHIEI GUIRO RIGHJ OHJRO UJHRG RHAJG JRRHG HHGAA OPOAR PHONE GEORA UGRHO HGRAG HUJFH HEOHE BEGIF AHIEG?
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Name wrote: September 7th, 2019, 4:06 pm
will0416 wrote: September 7th, 2019, 5:35 am
pepperonipi wrote: September 6th, 2019, 10:29 pm Welcome back to the 2020 season!

Let's start off with an easy question.
Decode "Kyr'p ptky e zhuppw ueyw qguypkir?" using the Affine cipher with keys a = 17, b = 4.
 Isn't this a pretty easy question? lol yep i just solved it as an aristocrat
Hopefully that hide function worked.


Decrypt WFLLJ, VDWVTQX QD RRZVR ER JIGP OZDPD with key DRILL
today, smoking is going to save lives Encode CODEBUSTER with
|2 1|
|5 16|
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[math]
\begin{bmatrix}
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linzhiyan wrote: September 17th, 2019, 8:01 pm I haven't done this in a while so it may be wrong, but: SQKBWNDEZM Decode this baconian cipher:
EHEGP PHIEI GUIRO RIGHJ OHJRO UJHRG RHAJG JRRHG HHGAA OPOAR PHONE GEORA UGRHO HGRAG HUJFH HEOHE BEGIF AHIEG?
WHO IS READY FO[R] SCIOLY?
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smayya337 wrote: October 12th, 2019, 4:40 pm
linzhiyan wrote: September 17th, 2019, 8:01 pm I haven't done this in a while so it may be wrong, but: SQKBWNDEZM Decode this baconian cipher:
EHEGP PHIEI GUIRO RIGHJ OHJRO UJHRG RHAJG JRRHG HHGAA OPOAR PHONE GEORA UGRHO HGRAG HUJFH HEOHE BEGIF AHIEG?
WHO IS READY FO[R] SCIOLY?
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Decipher this Aristocrat encoded with a K1 alphabet.
JXL OYDW PREHQ BEIU JXUD LEH SEHBT OYDW PREHQ REBB JUUFYBO?
(This is my first time making an Aristocrat, so if something seems wrong, let me know!)
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smayya337 wrote: October 16th, 2019, 4:39 pm Decipher this Aristocrat encoded with a K1 alphabet.
JXL OYDW PREHQ BEIU JXUD LEH SEHBT OYDW PREHQ REBB JUUFYBO?
(This is my first time making an Aristocrat, so if something seems wrong, let me know!)
why sing about love when you could sing about bull weevils? ngl that was pretty hard

Here's a slightly easier one
MRKO LDX GJK IDDB GU PDVKURCOI LDX MCFF UKFF KZKJLDOK, MRKO LDX GJK IJKGU KZKJLDOK MCFF UKFF LDX
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