RE: Steem Monsters Puzzle #2 - Hint for winning the 4 Booster Packs and Bonus Pack draw!

[cknr7]

Haha nice finds man!
I was sure at some point or another someone would have a glance at my collection and found the solution. Hence the PS above ;-)
So basically C-IZC7A62EA8 is the solution and vigenere is the hint.
I agree that classic vigenere cipher applied for letters only but you have to find a way to include numbers.
Only 2 more steps needed to the solution. Come on guys! you can do it!

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[pinkwonder]

There is not very interesting to continue when I already have the correct answer, but I'll try.

1. I suggest, that letters pairs in encoded string are X and Y coordinates in Vigenere's table, so we need to find alphabet. I tried several variants with python script (letters + numbers, number + letters, cases with "-" symbols), but with no results. Symbols in the alphabet may be shuffled, so maybe alphabet string still is hidden in the image =\

2. If answer without all solutions steps is not acceptable, it can be used as a hint - 1 symbols pair corresponds to 1 letter in the answer. Looks like it's incorrect because in Vigenere code symmetric letter pairs (ZU and UZ) must return identical letters, but in answer there are different letters in these positions (C and 6).

[cknr7]

Still interesting for getting the 4 Booster Packs ;-) If no one found out the ways to get there in the next 48 hours, so 12pm UTC next Monday, whoever has been the farthest will get 1 Booster Pack and I will make another puzzle with 3 Booster Packs to win.
For the vigenere I used:

• there are letters and numbers, so you have to adapt the alphabet accordingly (0123456789ABCD... or ABCD...0123456789, or 123456789ABCD... etc);
• and you need a key, which might be only letters, only numbers, or letters + numbers, in order to decode the string.

Helping you more than that would be like giving all the way to the solution ;-)
Still 48 hours to go.
Good luck.