Find your deer's true name! (or: How Pictograms work)

September 2, 2010 - 1:40am — Unplugged

Just crossposting this from AlisonRobin's awesome post about Pictographs because I don't know how many actually bother to read through comments.

While trying to find out the system behind Pictograms some months ago I learned some interesting stuff about them.

http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/pictogram.php?username=Soer
This is my picto. This way most people link their Pictograms.

Now when I went to look at the source code of that page it led me to following page:
http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol.swf?word=LXsv
It shows the pictogram the same way, but the link is different. Instead of going on the .php site which contains the .swf file from the picto, I went directly to the .swf file.

The interesting thing is the ?word=LXsv. It defines the picto.
See what happens if we change a letter of this word:
http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol.swf?word=LXev
?word=LXsv to ?word=LXev
One of the glyphs changes, and now we got ArrowDoe's picto!

Let's take this one step further. I'll be borrowing Verycrazygirl's picto.
http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/pictogram.php?username=Verycrazygirl
Check the source code and we get this:
http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol.swf?word=FXlt
?word=FXlt is the "name" of VCG's picto. Even though it looks similar to Arrow's and my Picto, it only shares one part, the X as second letter.

Through this we can find out that every Pictogram is made of 4 different glyphs.

I also went further and noted that each of those four "spots" can have 1 of 15 different glyphs:
first letter: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
second letter: PQRSTUVWXYZabcd
third letter: efghijklmnopqrs
fourth letter: tuvwxyz01234567

These are not case sensitive, so if you put "e" instead of "E" as first letter you will still get the same result, but if you put a "P" (or "p") there, the pictogram will "move".

There are only small differences when looking at a Gen2 Pictogram.
Let's take my picto Coordinate.
http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/pictogram.php?username=Coordinate
If we take a look at its source code, we'll get following:
http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol2.swf?word=1Jan0
We can see that it's not called "symbol.swf" anymore, but "symbol2.swf".
Also we have ?word=1Jan0, which seems to have a fifth glyph added, but it doesn't. You got an extra "1" at the beginning. ((I don't know exactly what it does because if you change it nothing happens, but removing it makes the picto move))
Changing the word to "1Jan1" will give us this, so the glyphs and their spots work the same way as Gen1 Pictos.

Now go forth and find your deer's true identity!

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September 2, 2010 - 1:47am — Kittyo8

Oh my! *runs off to try

Oh my! *runs off to try it*

Edit: aw, I can't view the source :\

oh well

This is still brilliant

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September 2, 2010 - 1:44am — Moogie4

I am OZpu! This is a

I am OZpu!

This is a fantastic find! Kudos to you and Alison for figuring all this out!

September 2, 2010 - 1:48am — Snowsauria

This is interesting! And if

This is interesting!

And if I've done it right, Illrose's real name is CWlu.
And "Calf"s name is HQf1. : D

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September 2, 2010 - 1:54am — Verdalas

Walter is called "HSs5" He's

Walter is called "HSs5"

He's a bloody snake!

September 2, 2010 - 1:55am — Kittyo8

Ha found it ^-^ Sokonei's

Ha found it ^-^

Sokonei's true name is...1LWq6

Ace's name is...1Iyqw

o.o 5 symbols o.o

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September 2, 2010 - 1:56am — Unplugged

Kittyo8, just in case: You

~~Kittyo8, just in case: You need to right click in the white border around the green bg.~~

Also LMAO @ Walter's real name. 8D

September 2, 2010 - 1:58am — Hubalaboo

Haha, this is a great find!

Plumeria's is GUe2 (lol), Clavier's is BYoy (o_O?), Olive's is LXr0 (meh), Hat Lady's is Jaq0 (Jacko? lD), and my nameless deerie is FXh5 (meh, again).
In other words, Gootwo, Be-yoy, Lexro, Jacko, and Fixhis.
Mine aren't very fun. Oh well.

September 2, 2010 - 2:06am — Trickster

OHGOD, well done on finding

OHGOD, well done on finding this, I'M SO ENTERTAINED. Jester's is 'KQnx'. Which makes me think Kinks and thus, Kinky. Oh lawd ♥

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jinglejingle~ ♥

September 2, 2010 - 2:09am — Verycrazygirl

Holy carp, you figured it

Holy carp, you figured it out! O_O
.... 8D

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September 2, 2010 - 2:29am — Reyy

I'm glad to see someone made

I'm glad to see someone made a post about this finally. <3
It's really interesting stuff.

Gbsw. (:

September 2, 2010 - 2:26am — gone

1IRl5 is Celeste... 1Eap4 is

1IRl5 is Celeste...

1Eap4 is Lumaria. xD

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September 2, 2010 - 2:33am — J!n

This is really cool. Jalx is

This is really cool.
Jalx is mine, I think.

September 2, 2010 - 2:33am — Kei

Oh, the magic of Source Codes

Oh, the magic of Source Codes <3

My nameless deer's (I guess mine?) is: KSn6

I like that the first letter is a 'K'.

Kasinsix sounds pretty spiffy~

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September 2, 2010 - 2:41am — Iaurdagnire

This is so cool! Mine is

This is so cool! Mine is HYnz.
Sounds like Heinz.
Heinz baked beans ._.

Dag is a baked bean.

September 2, 2010 - 2:55am — Ourania

*noms Dag with a bit of Heinz

*noms Dag with a bit of Heinz ketchup*

You can view the page source by going to view at the top by file and edit or hitting ctrl+u :3

Ourania's is 1NQmu (I NOM U. almost >_>)
January's is 1JVh2
Ardak's is 1IXov
Caynn's is 1MTq6
Whynd's is 1MZn6
Enchantra's is 1JXe1
Qual's is 1Dah5

September 2, 2010 - 3:06am — PriyeVodou

Well done. Honestly. This is

Well done. Honestly. This is the kind of cybersleuthing you don't get in most run-of-the-mill online communities.

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September 2, 2010 - 3:16am — AlisonRobin

I have to reiterate that you

I have to reiterate that you are a super awesome person, Unplugged.

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September 2, 2010 - 3:44am — Emerald

Amazing. And look at this

Amazing. And look at this picto, it's name is 2luky, which I read as 'Too Lucky.'
Click here.

That amuses me. xD.

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September 2, 2010 - 7:11am — Siellby

oh this is cool 1st gen

oh this is cool

1st gen pictos
Amary=JToy
(Well I don't know about the J, but I love that it has "Toy" in it! XD )
Melinoe=Adf7
Oisín=IUk1
(ee-ook? Yuke? ee-yuk?)
Hope=DUq1
(Duke 1? X3)
Phoenox=KPk7
(Kapak 7?)
Dardaptos=HSky
(Husky X3
or H-Sky?)
Andras=HQi3
Maera=ETp1

2nd gen pictos
Rhianna=1Tai0
(Taio? Is that similar to Tao? Or is it Tai O? )
Yale=1Oao3

experiments

with Amary's picto, changing the first letter

Isn't that Seele's picto? O.o; (yes, it is)
~~Is that Sithrim's? Or is the bottom part different? I have to check...~~
Changing the first letter seems to change the top part usually. Changing the second letter seems to change the bottom part usually.
changing the third letter seems to change the top/right part?
changing the fourth letter seems to change the bottom/left part?

Oisin, changing the third letter
It's Seth's picto!
last character
I think that's the one belonging to Custard?
almost identical o-o;

Melinoe's, first letter
Ooh, that one's really neat

I wonder if each letter corresponds to certain elements?

September 2, 2010 - 7:33am — eyestrain

You are fascinatingly

You are fascinatingly brilliant, Unplugged.

Mbst

my best?

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September 2, 2010 - 7:53am — Siellby

fff now I can't edit my

fff now I can't edit my post
Rhianna's is 1Iai0
not 1Tai0

September 2, 2010 - 8:26am — Ammy

Talla's name is... ITq1 Poor

Talla's name is... ITq1
Poor girl O_O XD
Ammy's is... FTg2
XD
These are awesome. Great job~!
I can't be bothered for the others. |D

September 2, 2010 - 11:35am — Kiraki

Hehe Kiraki's is 1DZfy?

Hehe Kiraki's is 1DZfy? XD

One does fly?

These are so silly ^^

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September 2, 2010 - 11:36am — Ashdrau

Woah o: Ashdrau is Ecj7 The

Woah o:

Ashdrau is Ecj7
The Grey is Fas2
Solitude is 1HZl5
Nergal is 1DZj2
Ace is 1OSnu

♥!

September 2, 2010 - 12:24pm — Moth

This is super spiffy! My Nai

This is super spiffy! My Nai is BTru. Be True?

September 2, 2010 - 12:54pm — EternalWanderer

!!! ...You're a genius.

!!!

...You're a genius. Seriously this is brilliant, no one would have thought of this 8D...

...But the 2nd gen picto you gave me appears by symbol2.swf like a 1st gen D: Is there any possibility that there's a 1st gen picto really alike to a 2nd and that you have mistaken it? And its name is 1Jah7, once again denying your generations theory D:

September 2, 2010 - 1:02pm — Unplugged

That's pretty much what I

That's pretty much what I said. Gen 1 Pictos appear in symbol.swf, while you can only get Gen 2 Pictos in symbol2.swf, and have the "1" added to its name.

Or are you talking about something else? I'm confused. xD

September 2, 2010 - 1:25pm — Custard

Yorii is Jam3, that is so

Yorii is Jam3, that is so awesome...
http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol.swf?word=Jim3 ...!

September 2, 2010 - 1:27pm — EternalWanderer

...oh wait glaarh I was

...oh wait glaarh I was reading the information up there upside down xD sorry there I thought Gen1 were the ones with the 1 before the name.

EDIT:...LOL on that picto, Custard

September 2, 2010 - 1:37pm — Unplugged

Haha alright. I tend to

Haha alright.

I tend to confuse lots of stuff too.

Another fun thing to do is converting your Gen2 pictos back into Gen1 pictos and see what they would have looked like!
Gen2: http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol2.swf?word=1Jan0
Gen1: http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol.swf?word=Jan0
Aww, sure would have looked awesome. I love Gen1s.

September 2, 2010 - 2:32pm — Custard

Gen2:

Gen2: http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol2.swf?word=1Idj2
Gen1: http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol.swf?word=Idj2
I love them too. That's such a shame... I'm going to check all my gen2 picto's.

September 2, 2010 - 2:51pm — Flyra

Oh my this is awesome! You're

Oh my this is awesome! You're so good at figuring out such stuff, Unplugged!

Flyra's real name is Jcp1. Jacepie? |D
Mariella's is Otp4. Otpa? ó_ò
Frida's is (1)CXsw. Cexsew? Don't read that one wrong. ò_ó

Frida's picto converted:

Gen 2
Gen 1

That's so cool. 8D

...but another converted Gen 2 picto of mine looks like this as a Gen 1 one.
wtf ó_ò

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September 2, 2010 - 2:53pm — Custard

^ You didn't delete the 2 in

^ You didn't delete the 2 in the link, but if you do it's actually this :>
~~sex cue lol~~

September 2, 2010 - 3:06pm — Seed

Seed's is OUr6 Krym's is

Seed's is OUr6
Krym's is FZe5
Hycinth's could be an actual name: IZnu
Witch's is Aajt

...This is interesting.

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September 2, 2010 - 3:35pm — Flyra

Cust - Oh right, I coulda'

Cust - Oh right, I coulda' sworn I done it. Thank you for helping me out of my stupidity, ehee! ;]
~~I SAID DON'T |D~~

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September 9, 2010 - 11:28pm — arrowdoe

gigglesnort This is

*gigglesnort*
This is awesome!

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September 10, 2010 - 2:31pm — Rainflower

My OOC is IQe3, my currently

My OOC is IQe3, my currently Deerless account is EWk5(Ewikfive? Might have to make a deer named something like that xD), and Vangelo is Ebf3.

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September 18, 2010 - 6:27pm — Innisen

Mine is BXst. As a gen2 picto

Mine is BXst. As a gen2 picto it transforms from this
http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol.swf?word=BXst
into this: http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/symbol2.swf?word=1BXst

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September 18, 2010 - 6:36pm — Sithrim

Mine is Gdoy : P

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September 18, 2010 - 7:22pm — Serenai

OSkx! That's really cool!

OSkx!

That's really cool! xD

Oss kicks.

Well. > >'

What's funny is I'm eating kix right now.

-Gigglegigglegigglegigglegigglegigglegigglegigglegigglegiggle.-

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September 18, 2010 - 8:40pm — WonderfullySarcastic

Rain, I read EWk5 as Ewok5

Rain, I read EWk5 as Ewok5 c:

My oldest picto is Jar6...
Reytew's = CXf6
Juuvon's = Jbky
Isaita's = 1IXh1

My only fun name is the picto I won't be using anymore :c
lol Jar-deer

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October 1, 2010 - 8:54am — Aivilo

Cool! I noticed these codes

Cool! I noticed these codes popping up in my status bar when I loaded certain pages, but I couldn't figure out how to catch them. Clever~
Rire's picto is "OWly." Sounds like Three

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October 7, 2010 - 8:24am — Teffy

Teffy's picto is IUk0.

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October 8, 2010 - 12:25am — IoRez

Yorres is DTo1. Neat.

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October 8, 2010 - 3:40am — Her

Her - Jap4 LOL that's

Her - Jap4
LOL that's uncanny. God know I love Japan, so having 'Jap' next to 4 (which is my favorite number added with itself, 2 + 2) is WEIRD. OnO ♥

Code - 1Hdsu
lolIhavenoidea but <3
His 2nd gen picto is just... "eh". :x

Aiden - IRp1
"I role-play one." Also uncanny, considering she only has "one hand", in a sense. I supposed I'd get that feeling role-playing her. THESE ARE AWESOME FINDS~

Sort - 1HUj2
J is my favorite letter, 2 my favorite number. *-* <3 I don't find meaning in this one but it looks neat xD idk. Same with Code's.
His picto was 2nd gen, so I looked at what it would be as the 1st gen. It's still sexy.

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