On the Optimization of Ramboozled Again
I would have preferred a pseudo-needy if he did not depart so quickly.
Decrypt the displayed text and buttons using the table provided here. <#>
represents that the next letter is # forwards in the alphabet from the previous decrypted letter, wrapping around.
Take the A1Z26 counterparts of each pair of letters assigned to each button and add them together. If the 2nd letter decrypted in the pair is <#>
, obtain the result of 2X + # instead, where X is the A1Z26 of the first letter of the pair. Modulo the sum by 26 for each button to obtain the values of each button.
Decryption Table
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
a | <25> | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
b | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q |
c | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
d | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
e | J | K | L | M | <13> | N | O | P | Q |
f | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
g | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
h | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R |
i | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | <1> |
Using the decrypted text from the display, consider the number of letters forwards in the alphabet, from each consecutive pair of letters, including the last and first letters decrypted as a pair. Use the word bank provided to determine which one contains the exact sequence of values. Numbers that are bolded denote that an offset can take <#>
as its encryption.