Ends Oct 2, 2012 08:10 a.m. GMT+4. Requires $0.99 contribution. The game shall remain secret.

You can start by going here.

No hints. Everything you need to know is somewhere in the puzzle itself. Good luck.


Solution:
Puzzle name refers to the practice of backmasking. Or, more specifically, to the accusations made against bands like Judas Priest, whose songs allegedly contained "satanic messages" recorded backwards.

1) Reverse the track. You can do it with Audacity - free, open source program, the link to which I helpfully hid the source code. Open file -> Effects -> Reverse. Now you can listen to the message.
2) If you ever played any military shooter, you should know what the words in the message mean. It's the NATO phonetic alphabet. Message goes "Yankee Tango Romeo Hotel November Lima Echo", so that's YTRHNLE, a string of letters. Question is - what do you do with it?
3) Check the file's ID3 tags. There's a number 64 in the comments, suggesting you should use base64 to decode the string. But to decode it without the bits of gibberish, you need to know the correct capitalisation.
4) You've probably noticed, that there are two voices reading out the letters. It's actually one voice, but with altered pitch. Raised Chipmunkesque pitch = upper case letter, lowered slowish pitch = lower case.
5) So, the correct capitalisation is YTRhNlE, decode it and you get a4a6Q, which is a giveaway code.

Oh, and why is there a sound of rain in the background? Well, you need something in the background, otherwise it sounds ridiculous. And I just happen to like rain.

1 decade ago*

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Evil. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeevil I say. Burn him at the steak now before he take control of us all

1 decade ago
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Never burn a steak! Medium Rare at the most.

1 decade ago
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Medium rare ftw.

1 decade ago
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ew... well done

undercooked = 1 way ticket to stomach problems

1 decade ago
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We said "medium rare", not "undercooked". I don't know how much (or little) you know about cooking or if you know how to properly cook a steak medium rare, or even if you know what temperature the core of the meat must be to be safe, but let's assume you don't know any of those things.

A properly cooked medium rare steak is safe to eat. It was one of my favourite things to eat throughout my childhood, and I have not once gotten sick from it. Only from badly cooked (or frozen too late, or thawed and re-frozen perhaps) chicken or shrimp. Not once from bad steak. Never got worms from it, either.

1 decade ago
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I made stir fry tonight because I mangled the steak trying to get rid of the fat.
True Story.

1 decade ago
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Lol. Take your time, slice slowly, always use a sharp knife, and try and follow the contours of the fat, don't worry too much about being peeerfect. ;)

Cooking with ░▒ﮒϞιゥøы▒░ ;D

1 decade ago
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The contours of fat were everywhere. I ended up with 2 cups worth of fat out of around 5 cups of meat.

1 decade ago
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Yeah... I get nothing with the letters...

1 decade ago
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no rus

no way

1 decade ago
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as i do not come from English-speaking country, and do not know the right accent, I have problems :-( I know 50% words

1 decade ago
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pure english

1 decade ago
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Now now, where next...

1 decade ago
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I'm baffled by that one entry already :s

Also, pretty sure I'm missing something :c

1 decade ago
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I understand the message but can't go any further...

1 decade ago
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same

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1 decade ago
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Nah, we don't. :P

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1 decade ago
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AH TOFF OF COURSE ;_;

1 decade ago
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Looking at the letters for about hour now still not a clue what to do .... truly satanic puzzle :)

1 decade ago
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Really liked this one. Thanks

1 decade ago
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got some words, but what now...

1 decade ago
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Now you have to sacrifice your first born child

1 decade ago
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wait, i need help getting a child first

1 decade ago
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I'm afraid you won't make it in time to enter this puzzle...

1 decade ago
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Shameless bump.

1 decade ago
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What should I do with the letters?!

1 decade ago
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1 day left.

1 decade ago
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Hah, I don't remember if I solved this or not. I think I did, but didn't enter.

But I lost my notes and don't feel like figuring it out again!

1 decade ago
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Well, you did left a comment on the giveaway. :) If want the link, add me on Steam.

1 decade ago
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Aight. I'm gonna give one hint, which isn't exactly a hint. It's pretty much a common knowledge amongst regular puzzle solvers, but if you're new to this thing - study this topic.

1 decade ago
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I do believe if this refers to a situation like some of the puzzles further down in the thread with all the random re-translations between different encodings.... I'm just going to cut my losses on this one.

1 decade ago
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Bump for solution now that it's closed. It's been driving me batty!

1 decade ago
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Posted the solution.

1 decade ago
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I didn't have time to do your puzzle, but it gave me a really good idea for something I might do in a future puzzle, so thanks :P.

1 decade ago
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I totally had everything dead right except I was working with opposite capitalization!

1 decade ago
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I doubt that I would have solved the capitalazing part even though I was getting close. Too fixated in another approach made me lose sight of different possibilities. Thanks for puzzle.

1 decade ago
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I would not have gotten that mainly because of the base64 thing.

1 decade ago
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Good thing I didn't try this one, though I generally like puzzles.

It's an interesting idea, though ;)

1 decade ago
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I actually would have known what to do, but I was too lazy to solve it. :D

1 decade ago
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Didn't crack it but nice puzzle Fet!

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1 decade ago
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I got everything, even the capitalisation...except the decoding part...

So close...but still satisfying. Great puzzle.

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Closed 1 decade ago by Fet.