Scioly Assassination 148: 5361766520746865207369746521

[sneepity]

WHOA a new game has started? Too bad it's summer and I won't be active, because this looks very interesting.

aww I wish you could've joined! oof : o(
have a nice summer!

Ye have a nice summer Creationist!
Also ooo I'm SYSOP now- hopefully I can be active and helpful while still doing some classes

yep! classes??

[sneepity]

The %27 is indeed how an apostrophe is encoded in a URL, so that leads me to believe that the warnings have something to do with URLs (either on the forums or otherwise). The warning numbers are 1417, 38418, and 130173, but they don't mean anything in any code that I've run them through (separately or combined). The warnings themselves are worded somewhat strangely, as they purposefully exclude apostrophes (I will not instead of I won't, I am going to instead of I'm going to)... coincidence? Who knows.

We know that the first clue was given in the first post, but it doesn't allude to the assassin's identity. There's no information on the forum profile, either. I'm probably not going to be super helpful with the whole solving clues thing, but since anyone can participate I figured I'd lay down what's been established so far.

[Umaroth]

There is a CTF (cs/cybersecurity) currently being hosted by WWPN, perhaps there's a connection?

[sneepity]

WARNING 1417:
I WILL NOT MAKE THIS GAME EASY ON YOU!

WARNING 38418:
HAHAHAAA!

WARNING 130173:
I AM GOING TO WIN.

Wait, turn the numbers upside down. Maybe something useful?

LIhI
8(?)Ih8E
ELIOEI

Okay that didn't work.

EDIT: Okay, just trying random stuff. Putting the word lengths in as digits gives 143444423, 8, 12523.
I have no idea what I'm doing.

[LittleMissNyan]

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TRANSMISSION START
Timestamp: 06/06/2020 @ 0:00am
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OOPS. BERNARD DIED. AT LEAST ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN.

WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE? SEE IF YOU CAN INVESTIGATE... YOU MIGHT JUST FIND WHAT... OR WHO... YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.


ADDITIONALLY, SYSOP NOTES:

LITTLEMISSNYAN - WARNING: PLEASE REMEMBER TO REMAIN ACTIVE. IF NOT ACTIVE BY NEXT CLUE, YOU WILL BE FIRED.

SEE YOU AT Timestamp: 06/09/2020 @ 0:00am

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TRANSMISSION END
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[Umaroth]

Wait there was a clue in the first? Oops

[Umaroth]

THis is what the qr code gave

GJQ9+XV Orlando, Florida

[Umaroth]

Sig has changed to UDGIN UXKT.UXUIN TXVWI.CXCT.ILTCIN UXKT, which is FORTY FIVE.FIFTY EIGHT.NINE.TWENTY FIVE with a Caesar shift of +15, I'm assuming that's what the +XV stands for in the clue from the QR code? Decoding the GJQ9 through Caesar gives RUB9, does that mean anything to anyone?

[SilverBreeze]

Hnhde Axhi we know decodes to Sysop List.

Anyone with 15 in their username?

45.58.9.25
Hm... It's not a website IP. That just gives 404 error. Searching it apparently gives that it is in Portland, Oregon.

[SilverBreeze]

45.58.9.25 is XLV LVIII IX XXV in Roman Numerals, if that helps at all.