Friday, January 11, 2019

cipher - The strange SMS (Part 2)


Thanks to all of you, I know now what my friend was telling me (see part one).
We continued talking via Skype. After some nice messages about the utility of iron in our society, we decided to meet in 15 minutes. I arrived early, as usual.
I waited 20 minutes, then I received a strange SMS (he recharged his Nokia) :


(255) (153) (153) (255) (231) (129) (129) (153) (255)

When I asked him what was going on, he didn't answer me.


Question


What did he send me?
Why is he late?

Where were we planning to meet?


Hints


Hint 1 :



Tags can help you.



Hint 2 :



Context is like size... it matters.




Hint 3 :



Stop looking for another hint! Do you think this is a game?




Answer




What did he send me?



Well, as found by Aioros,




Translating the numbers into binary returns what appears to be a "creeper" from the game Minecraft:



11111111
10011001
10011001
11111111
11100111
10000001
10000001
10011001

11111111

Next,



Why is he late?



Well, given the situation, he was probably



Blasted to smithereens.




And finally,



Where were we planning to meet?



Again, given the situation,



The discussion about the utility of iron could be hinting at the Iron Golems in the game that can protect villages. Because of this, I would guess that you and your friend are villagers, and you were planning to meet at the village.



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