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rms
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I might like Golf VS Zombies so I took it. Thanks. :)


rms <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:32 this Friday (GMT):

I might like Golf VS Zombies so I took it. Thanks. :)

rms <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

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rms

zombie ant ?
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:20:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:32 this Friday (GMT):

I might like Golf VS Zombies so I took it. Thanks. :)

zombie ant ?

It's confirmed; ant has caught a bad case of OphioCordyceps
Unilateralis. If you need to find him, look under a leaf with
mandibles clamped around a major vein and fungal fruiting bodies
bursting out of his brain.

Possibly playing computer golf. I dunno. The situation is complicated.




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On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:27:15 -0700, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:27:15 -0700, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

If it looks like alphanumeric gibberish,* it is probably ROT13
encoded. Forte Agent 8 translates it natively (highlight encoded text,
press SHIFT-CTRL-3) but you can also go to websites like
https://www.rot13.app/ to perform the same process.

This will usually result in the name of the game, and a serial number
/ key.

In most cases (with rms's give-aways, anyway) he's getting the games
from PrimeGaming, although the games themselves are on GOG. If the
game is something you are interested in, go to
http://www.gog.com/redeem, paste in the de-coded key. The game will
then be added to your GOG account, which can be downloaded either
using their Galaxy client (bleh) or directly from the website using
the offline installers.

And you ALWAYS need another game. The Number demands it! ;-)





----
* alternately, that gibberish might just my latest post. Applying
ROT13 won't get you a free game, but it might result in a post that
makes a bit more sense. No promises, though. ;-)



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On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the
entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:20:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:32 this Friday (GMT):

I might like Golf VS Zombies so I took it. Thanks. :)

zombie ant ?

It's confirmed; ant has caught a bad case of OphioCordyceps
Unilateralis. If you need to find him, look under a leaf with
mandibles clamped around a major vein and fungal fruiting bodies
bursting out of his brain.

Possibly playing computer golf. I dunno. The situation is complicated.

Braiiiiiiiiiiiins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the
entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.

Or manually copy and paste it into https://cryptii.com/pipes/rot13-decoder to decode like I did. ;) Oh great, now everyone will know to do this in here. :P
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 01:28:11 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the
entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.

Or manually copy and paste it into https://cryptii.com/pipes/rot13-decoder to decode like I did. ;) Oh great, now everyone will know to do this in here. :P

*--

Thanks guys! I will give it a go sometime, but I am always too late!
Mountain time, USA : -)
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:30:30 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the
entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.

*---

What a hoot! That worked great in Agent! What does ROT13 stand for?
Are there other types of encryption?

Thanks!

-pw
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:11:34 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:27:15 -0700, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

If it looks like alphanumeric gibberish,* it is probably ROT13
encoded. Forte Agent 8 translates it natively (highlight encoded text,
press SHIFT-CTRL-3) but you can also go to websites like >https://www.rot13.app/ to perform the same process.

This will usually result in the name of the game, and a serial number
/ key.

In most cases (with rms's give-aways, anyway) he's getting the games
from PrimeGaming, although the games themselves are on GOG. If the
game is something you are interested in, go to
http://www.gog.com/redeem, paste in the de-coded key. The game will
then be added to your GOG account, which can be downloaded either
using their Galaxy client (bleh) or directly from the website using
the offline installers.

And you ALWAYS need another game. The Number demands it! ;-)

----
* alternately, that gibberish might just my latest post. Applying
ROT13 won't get you a free game, but it might result in a post that
makes a bit more sense. No promises, though. ;-)

Thanks Spalls! Cool!!!
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PW <noneused@noneused.net> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:30:30 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the >>entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.

*---

What a hoot! That worked great in Agent! What does ROT13 stand for?

Rotate 13.

Basically this one goes back to Roman Empire times;

ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

You simply replace the letter with the one from the other 13 letters, so
DAN becomes QNA.

Are there other types of encryption?

Many.

Xocyll
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 21:01:22 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

What a hoot! That worked great in Agent! What does ROT13 stand for?
Are there other types of encryption?

Thanks!

-pw

It stands for ROTate by 13 places or something very similar to that.
So the letter A becomes an N for instance.
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On 11/22/2025 5:28 PM, Ant wrote:

Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the
entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.

Or manually copy and paste it into https://cryptii.com/pipes/rot13-decoder to decode like I did. ;) Oh great, now everyone will know to do this in here. :P

Or just https://rot13.com/
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On 11/23/2025 7:06 AM, Mike S. wrote:

On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 21:01:22 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

What a hoot! That worked great in Agent! What does ROT13 stand for?
Are there other types of encryption?

Thanks!

-pw

It stands for ROTate by 13 places or something very similar to that.
So the letter A becomes an N for instance.

ROT 26 is twice as good. ;)
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 01:26:50 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:20:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:32 this Friday (GMT):

I might like Golf VS Zombies so I took it. Thanks. :)

zombie ant ?

Possibly playing computer golf. I dunno. The situation is complicated.

Braiiiiiiiiiiiins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, you're gonna go hungry here ;-)

Can you eat free video games? Those we have in plentitude ;-)

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On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 07:45:10 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

PW <noneused@noneused.net> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:30:30 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure!

-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the >>>entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.

*---

What a hoot! That worked great in Agent! What does ROT13 stand for?

Rotate 13.

Basically this one goes back to Roman Empire times;

ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

You simply replace the letter with the one from the other 13 letters, so
DAN becomes QNA.

*--

I remember that now! I even saw it in a real old TV show. Maybe even
Dragnet or Perry Mason. Can't remember. But it saved the world! :-)

-pw
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 01:26:50 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:20:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:32 this Friday (GMT):

I might like Golf VS Zombies so I took it. Thanks. :)

zombie ant ?

Possibly playing computer golf. I dunno. The situation is complicated.

Braiiiiiiiiiiiins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, you're gonna go hungry here ;-)

Can you eat free video games? Those we have in plentitude ;-)

Yes, but need resources!
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 11/22/2025 5:28 PM, Ant wrote:

Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure! >>>
-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the
entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.

Or manually copy and paste it into https://cryptii.com/pipes/rot13-decoder to decode like I did. ;) Oh great, now everyone will know to do this in here. :P

Or just https://rot13.com/

Ooh, even better. Thanks.
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At Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:02:38 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 11/22/2025 5:28 PM, Ant wrote:

Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:26:25 -0700, PW <noneused@noneused.net> wrote:

Tbys IF Mbzovrf QVQQI-QUVTZ-GN5AI

rms

*--

I don't know how these things work. Don't need another game for sure! >>>
-pw

He applied ROT13 to it. Since you are using Agent, just highlight the
entire message, then right click on it and choose 'Apply ROT13'. You
will then see the game and key revealed.

Or manually copy and paste it into https://cryptii.com/pipes/rot13-decoder to decode like I did. ;) Oh great, now everyone will know to do this in here. :P

Or just https://rot13.com/

Ooh, even better. Thanks.

Also, one of the "bsdgames" filters for Linux is rot13:

$ apt-file search /usr/games/rot13
bsdgames: /usr/games/rot13

$ echo Uryyb, jbeyq! | rot13
Hello, world!
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:35 this Friday (GMT):

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:20:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:32 this Friday (GMT):

I might like Golf VS Zombies so I took it. Thanks. :)

zombie ant ?

It's confirmed; ant has caught a bad case of OphioCordyceps
Unilateralis. If you need to find him, look under a leaf with
mandibles clamped around a major vein and fungal fruiting bodies
bursting out of his brain.

Possibly playing computer golf. I dunno. The situation is complicated.

at least its not real golf...
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 21:59 this Monday (GMT):

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 01:26:50 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:20:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 00:32 this Friday (GMT):

I might like Golf VS Zombies so I took it. Thanks. :)

zombie ant ?

Possibly playing computer golf. I dunno. The situation is complicated.

Braiiiiiiiiiiiins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, you're gonna go hungry here ;-)

Can you eat free video games? Those we have in plentitude ;-)

Yes, but need resources!

play civilization then
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