Scioly Assassination 137: Checkmate

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now sig is "castling on the 5th move"
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NGASWRTBG

^those are the capitalized letters in order... maybe they mean something?
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lindsmaurer wrote:NGASWRTBG

^those are the capitalized letters in order... maybe they mean something?
i tried a google search and nothing came up
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jaggie34 wrote:
lindsmaurer wrote:NGASWRTBG

^those are the capitalized letters in order... maybe they mean something?
i tried a google search and nothing came up
Plugged it into an unscrambler, got nothing; it may be a cipher of some sort.
(also how the helium carbon potassium did everyone become officers late night-early morning?!)
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“Rookie” mistake and castling involves the rook
Which could be targeting lindsmaurer because of the rook?
I’ll try to see what the letters mean
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could bacon refer to the baconian cipher?
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Assassinator wrote:
Without further ado, I present your first clue:
iN a GAme of chesS
We must fiRsT
BeGin
Assuming this is a bacon cipher it says LADAFU if that means anything.
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My apologies. It appears I made a mistake with the capitalization on some of the letters. If you consider it relevant, check again to find the corrected version.
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Assassinator wrote:iN a GAme of chesS
We muSt fIRsT
BeGin
MADCOW, assuming they're using a 24-letter alphabet. Noice.
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jimmy-bond wrote:
Assassinator wrote:iN a GAme of chesS
We muSt fIRsT
BeGin
MADCOW, assuming they're using a 24-letter alphabet. Noice.
Then I protect MadCow2357 for the reasons stated above
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