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I Got Fired Voice Recording

**"I Got Fired" Voice Recording**

This video, released **Dec 13 2020**, has no real puzzle. It is the first time we hear Greg’s voice and he is telling P.W. he got fired and to keep their head down if they know what’s good for them. He mentions he “took the blame” and that he “thought it was the right thing to do”.

On December 13th, discord user @sorcererinslytherin noted that the song heard in the background of the video is Shadows of the Night by Pat Benatar. Pat Benatar may be a favorite of this arg as she comes up more than once.

***Audio Transcription:***

***Hey!***

***Umm... I just wanted to give you a call...***

***Umm... I know you've been calling and texting alot... and I've been ignoring you...***

***Umm... I got fired. I'm sure you put that one together. Uhh they called me in and... asked about everything and I took the blame.***

***Uh... I don't really know why I did. I just thought it was the right thing to do...***

***Umm... Just wanted to tell you that... you know... try to stay out of trouble.***

***Don't bother me... It's just gonna make you look bad...***

***Umm... you know you're getting a second chance so...***

***Don't take it for granted. (audible voice crack at the end)***

***Bye.***

It should be noted that Greg seems audibly upset throughout this phone call. Understandably after losing his job, but also a bit frightened.
Mysterious Envelope

**A Mysterious Envelope Appears on P.W.'s Doorstep...**

On **Feb 4, 2021**, PW informed us that a mysterious envelope with no postage was left at their doorstep. They asked us if they should open it and the poll had an overwhelming “Yes!” as a result. P.W. opened it the next day and gave us a picture that included a letter and a tape. The tape was released on February 8, 2021 as the last episode of the podcast.

**Letter Transcription:**

*P.W.,*

*I’m sorry for the mysterious nature of the package, but I didn’t want this to get back to anyone. This is the last tape. The beginning and the end of it all. I know your curiosity lead you down a rabbit hole and these tapes have only provided some answers. But I need you to put this out there. I was told that I was bringing these tapes back in order for I.S.A.T to study the causality of JumpPoint. I believe they also had ulterior motives which directly included you leaking these tapes. In their mind, even when this information spreads, they can easily counter that by claiming it’s a work of fiction, an art piece, or something that bears no resemblance to the actual JumpPoint Initiative. Why else would the Security Office Bot openly share their stuff? They need to get it out.*

*I’m not sure, because I spent many years at another branch. I worked on other variations of the JumpPoint Initiative before they prepared to send me back with the tapes. After all that time, I had a change of heart about my past. I quit being so angry about things and began to understand why the chips fell where they did. We played such a big role in this study without even knowing it. 687 never applies without hearing the rumors that stem from information leaking. Maybe it’s the tapes or maybe it’s Harry’s trial.*

*We probably won’t work together anymore. I think my mission is complete. I think they may send me back forward, I don’t know if they are capable of it yet. There’s a lot of things  I still don’t know, but I wanted to explain what I could. I hope you can understand. I don’t know what your future holds.*

*-The Participant Who Let It Leak*

*P.S. I’m sorry it was $52.64. You said a few were on you.*

This letter, especially the P.S, lets us know that the sender is indeed Greg. The current theory is that E is future-Greg. Not much more is known at this time. We are asking for more close up images of the cassette case.
Beacon Bonnie

**Beacon Bonnie** is a character in *Digital Nightmare*.

## Mechanic

"*As you use the flashlight, he will begin to fade in more and more! If he fully materializes, he'll kill you! Disabling the flashlight will only put him into a neutral state. Instead, use the global music box or audio lure to sooth him!*"
― Menu description
Transfer Request

**Transfer Request - Email and Interview**

The leaker email is the first mention of Dr. Jordan Raymond. As of **Jan 18, 2021**, administrator Jordan is revealed again in an email to P.W. after they request a transfer away from the office. P.W. comments on feeling “annoyed and paranoid” about what’s happening at the Vancouver branch of I.S.A.T (explained in the “events in detail” section) and wanting to leave. But this email reveals that ISAT picked P.W. specifically to be part of this branch and leaving is going to be a bit harder.

If you look closer, the tiny text arguably says “we cannot afford to lose you”, theorizing that P.W. is more involved with all of it than we (or they) previously thought.

This is further substantiated by Greg tweeting at P.W. on Jan 18 late at night, saying that he doesn’t think they would just “let P.W. leave”, not after everything they’ve leaked.

*Note: we should also keep in mind the specific numbers of L3R27.*

*Transcription:* Good evening, We have received your transfer request. After reviewing your request, I want to apologize. I’m sorry that you feel uneasy and out of place at our branch. I want to resolve this issue. Could we speak this Wednesday in my office (L3R27)? Hopefully we can clear the air. We love having you around and you do a commendable job. *We cannot afford to lose you.* Looking forward to speaking. - Dr. Jordan Raymond, PHD.

As of January 20, 2021 and the conversation between Dr Raymond and P.W., it becomes apparent that P.W. is NOT going to be able to leave ISAT.  Not only that, it has been confirmed that **Dr Raymond and the rest of ISAT KNOW about P.W.’s leaks and that they are doing it**. This for some reason doesn’t garner any real punishment - another indication that P.W. is involved in something far deeper than themself.

**Transcript:**

**\*pen clicks/rustling\***

**We don’t want to see you go, so I’m going to level and be honest with you.**

**\*printer sounds\***

**We know you’ve been putting information out to the public. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re recording this conversation right now, seeing as you’ve done the same in the past. That… That isn’t the point.**

**The POINT, is that here at I.S.A.T, we deal with hypotheticals, not absolutes. We operate on calculations and informed precisions. It’s a fancy way of saying that we believe that it is in our best interest to keep you on staff. Even if that comes at the cost of you leaking information.**

**Emmanuel hasn’t been around to intimidate you, just simply to observe you. That’s all. Sorry for any misunderstanding.**

**\*more rustling\***

This is also the first time “E”, or Emmanuel, has been named.
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Twitter Account Takeover

**Twitter Account Takeover**

On Feb 17, 2021, Michelle Ormond tweeted from the JumpPoint twitter account informing us PW has been terminated due to internal investigations about the leak. ISAT asked PW for access to the twitter account and PW complied. Ormond says the account is being kept for archival purposes and  they have no other comments at this time.

We felt we needed to come together and think of one thing as a group to say to Ormond. **Sorcerer** and **Violetfyre** came up with this:

*“Congrats on finally closing off the leak, although we're not clear as to why you chose to do so now. We were unaware it was so serious and PW was our friend, it is unfortunate to see them go. They have been informing us of things that happened and it seemed you knew and chose to let it happen for a while now. Is there any particular reason why now you decide to let them go?”*

Nudous tweeted it to Ormond but received no (official) response.

***META:*** *We were confirmed after this message that the creator was taking a well-deserved break and needed some time away. We are respecting his hiatus and have been given some small puzzles to mull over while he collects himself and plans phase 2 of the ARG.*
"We'd Like to Offer You a Promotion"

**"We'd Like to Offer You a Promotion" Voice Recording**

On **December 15th**, P.W posted a video with the same format as the last “I got fired” video from Greg - another Twitter audio video. P.W. films this for their own safety.

In the video, Dr Michelle Ormond talks to P.W about a new opening that was subsequently created following the recent security breach. After explaining the situation, she offers a promotion to P.W that operates between the branch that P.W is currently working at, as well as the satellite location. Not much else is known apart from this, especially why P.W. was chosen specifically for this promotion. See P.W.’s character study for theories.

***Audio transcription:***

**[RANDOM OFFICE NOISES]**

**Hello, sorry to keep you waiting.**

**I'll get straight to it.**

**I'm sure you're well aware of our recent security breach, as a result from our investigation we eliminated several employees that we deemed security threats that creates several open positions and we look to promote from within.**

**We'd like to offer you a promotion that operates between this branch and our satellite location.**
Gems

**Gems** are one of the currencies in Merge Clash. They're not used during a match up, but can be used to purchase various bonuses and rewards in the shop.

## Obtaining

Gems can be obtained a number of ways:

* Arena reward road
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## Spending

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About Emmanuel

**Who is "E" / Emmanuel?**

Emmanuel, or “E”, is our most enigmatic character. We know almost nothing about him. He was assigned, arguably by I.S.A.T and Doctor Raymond, to travel with P.W. back and forth to the Vancouver office to gather files and help with the data work that P.W. was given.

P.W. assumed that ‘E’ was a plant sent to spy on them and it was this paranoia that led P.W. to ask for a transfer from this position after only a few weeks of work. Doctor Raymond assured P.W. that E was not a spy, but that's not entirely convincing.

The interesting point about “E” was that he has been confirmed to keep track of P.W.’s twitter feed and knows about the experiment with Harry the Rabbit, which was a video P.W. watched of a rabbit being sent back in time. This was confirmed with a note left on P.W.’s desk saying “HARRY IS ALIVE.”

We were assured as of **Feb 2, 2021** that E is not Jackson, as the popular theory held. We know that E has been transferred here from another branch (not unlike PW) but don’t know much else about him. As of **Feb 15, 2021:** we think future Greg MAY be E. This is not confirmed, but Future Greg (the author of the letter) had a lot of information that E may have. Plus, PW thought the voice was familiar and they both like Pat Benatar…

As of **April 26, 2021**, we can be almost positive that E = Greg from the future, however, this is STILL NOT CONFIRMED, just heavily implied from the PDF where Greg and Emmanuel held the same job at different points in history. However, we do know that Emmanuel has been sneaking us (players, leakers, etc…) information on the website. See more in the Trial 436 section.
About Security Bot

**Who Is Security Bot?**

In the early hours of December 22nd, the official Instagram Page updated with a brand new video. This video revealed a new character to the community. This character, the Security Office Bot (SOB), mentions that they are a “bot” in charge of archiving the videos P.W. posts on the Twitter page, confirming I.S.A.T is aware of P.W.’s postings (confirmed again when Dr Raymond admitted flat out to PW that they know).

The general conclusion is that the community will have the ability to delete posts related to the JumpPoint program, should we desire to turn P.W. in. So far we have not done so.

On Jan 20, 2021, this Instagram posted a video leading to a Brooklyn street. We identified the address to be 143 Smith St, Brooklyn. The video insinuates that there is a dead drop there, but we can’t be certain as we don’t have anyone who is able to go check it out.

The bot was decomissioned as of April 2021, however, it is archived on the website here.
Milk and Honey Teaser

**Milk and Honey Teaser**

Posted on **January 8th**, the Security Office Bot posted a teaser to the Milk and Honey podcast on Instagram. It had a small snippet of audio from the podcast, summarized here. An automated voice identifies Hudson Hayes as the speaker.

The Milk and Honey podcast is the first of the tapes P.W. found during their visits to the Vancouver office and is a parallel and complementary timeline to the current one we are involved with.
Leaker Email

**Leaker Email:**

This picture was sent by the official Twitter page on the **5th of December**. It showcases an email sent by Doctor Raymond to the staff of the International Space and Time research lab. He explains concerns about a security leak. From the wording of the email, most can agree that the administrator’s trust on their employees has fallen, if not broken.

There is emphasis on two words in the email: **great** and **high**. The community conclusion was that this was to target G.H., which would be Greg Hemmings. This was later followed by him being fired but we cannot be sure if the conclusion is relevant.

The other prominent part of the note is the line at the end, originally hidden in white-on-white text, that reads **You Cannot Change What Is Bound To Happen** (emphasis: mine). This line is ominous and is also called back to in the podcast episode “Nosedive”, where it is echoed by Jackson/William Wells. Is there some sort of connection?

*Transcript*:

***Subject: Security Breach***

*Hello, I’m asking that each of you read this email with **great** care. The research here at I.S.A.T is done with pride and care. A big element of the success here relies on the integrity of the employees. We value each and every single person’s contributions here. We place a ~~high~~ level of trust in our employees and recently that trust has been compromised. It appears that some tampered case files related to JumpPoint have made their way online.These files were copied here and distributed outside of the building. Now, I am in the unfortunate position of writing this email. We will be conducting an internal investigation  to find out who is responsible. With everyone's cooperation, this should go by quickly and smooth. You cannot change what is bound to happen.*

- Dr Jordan Raymond, PhD. Associate Administrator International Space and Time Research Lab
Nosedive Teaser

**Nosedive Teaser**

Again, the Instagram releases a teaser for the podcast, this time teasing Nosedive. The description mentions that it was ‘taken’ on 1/29/2021 and obviously just didn’t post. Oops!

There is nothing of huge importance in this video except for another picture of bush - all hail bush. Except this time, it had a photo of a camera potentially hidden in its leaves? If you have a better interpretation of what this is, please let the discord know. If it is a camera, we are not sure if this is insinuating we are being watched in some way - either PW or the discord as a whole. It may be a threat/insinuation against us directly (in-game, of course) as PW is not the intended audience for these images. Or a threat against one of the podcast characters? In any case, we need to make sure we are aware of being “watched”.

@Celese in the discord mentioned portions of the audio at the end of the video may be reversed and @Sonderlurch in the discord did the heavy lifting, but nothing huge came out. The significant phrase in this was “everyone wants to be a hero”.
About Tape Characters

**Who Are the "Tape" Characters: Emily Gardner, Hudson Hayes, and Jackson Flores (William Wells)?**

Emily, Hudson, and Jackson are our “podcast crew”. Full transcripts of the podcast can be found in the Google Drive. Until the events of the podcast, Emily Gardner and Hudson Hayes were happily married. There was obviously some rocky patches in their marriage - emotional outbursts, some manipulation, etc. Toxic signs all over the place.

Emily is introduced to Jackson through a survey done in their area. She falls head over heels for him with no real understanding as to why. This leads to the eventual degradation and divorce between her and Hudson and Emily moves in with Jackson.

This is fine - albeit it also a bit rocky from both relationships. (Everyone in this podcast are **not** prime examples of excellent people or healthy relationships.) Until the day Emily finds a folder in Jackson’s things that reveal a JumpPoint folder that has confidential photos and information about a study he’s under.

It is revealed that **Jackson Flores is actually William Wells** (the answer to the “Stand By, Who is Mister Wells” puzzle - see here for more info), Emily’s old boyfriend from her twenties who never got over her breakup. He became involved in the JumpPoint program (see the ISAT section) and went back in time to 2025 to try to get a “second chance” with Emily.

She dumps him on the spot and he disappears. The podcast explains Emily and Hudson talking about their situation to Dr Ormond and Dr Raymond at I.S.A.T as they are actively looking for Jackson/William.

Not much is known other than this about these characters. They are shady and each focused on their own well-being above all else. More will be added here as it becomes apparent.
Milk and Honey

**Milk and Honey Episode Synopsis**

Full Episode

Full Transcription

This was the introductory episode of the podcast. We’re first introduced by a robotic voice: “*Project JumpPoint initiated. Tape A, side one. Milk and Honey.”.*

We then start following a date between two of our main characters, Emily and Hudson. Their relationship started off sweet and cute. Hudson even asked Emily’s father, Hank, for permission to marry his daughter. Hank questions Hudson a little bit but ultimately gives Hudson his blessing.

Hudson came home to Emily putting up Halloween decorations. Emily is enthusiastic but Hudson seems to be less than excited, almost testy. Emily brings up having a family one day and if Hudson has thought about names. Hudson gets testy again, but they end up deciding on the games Austin and Ophelia.

Emily’s voiceover fades in explaining how she and Hudson were just kids, they hadn’t experienced life yet. They rarely fought and she figured you could learn everything you need to know about someone with time. She admits that she knows now that isn’t true. You learn the most about someone when they’re down, how were they supposed to know what they were in for when they’d only been floating?

Hudson’s voiceover fades in to explain when you live together for an extended period of time, you can’t hide anything anymore. He realized how different he and Emily were; she was a free spirit, and he was more calculated.

Emily’s voiceover fades in again explaining how Hudson is a jealous type and couldn’t hide his emotions anymore. He was jealous of things that were out of his control, including Emily. He simply wasn’t happy without control. She admitted it’s hard to admire the good when the bad weighs so much more. When she felt bad during his outbursts, he would try to sweet talk her (You’re my little flower princess.). Emily questioned the timing of their marriage, but never if she married the right person. She hated that Hudson never trusted her.

Hudson’s voiceover fades in once more to say everything changed when the Enigma entered their lives. Jackson.

The same robotic voice from the beginning is heard again: *”Side one completed. To continue, flip over to side two.”*
Introductory Email

**Introductory Email**

When first looking into the leaked data from the JumpPoint Initiative, you will stumble across enterjumppoint.net, a vague email that does not give much information about the company or what it does. For a full analysis of I.S.A.T, see here.

If players entered their email, they received the below:

*Thank you for your interest in applying to JumpPoint. My name is Dr Michelle Ormond and I’m the head administrator on the project. Now, I’m sure you have plenty of questions about what exactly the JumpPoint Iniatitive is. While I wish I could tell you everything about our exciting work behind the scenes here at ISAT, that would ruin  the integrity of the study. I can give a few words about my thoughts on the project in general. The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. JumpPoint gives us an opportunity to explore a place that is both familiar and altogether different in our minds. This could be the opportunity of a lifetime for the select few chosen. While we appreciate your interest in joining JumpPoint, we’ve had to devise a system of filtering out which applicants we shall interview. This is due to the huge influx of applicants. On our website EnterJumpPoint.net you’ll find a screen that is password locked. Behind this wall is the next stage of the application process. As for the password, it is already in the email. Best of luck. -Dr. Michelle Ormond, PhD.*

**Puzzle:** We were left with the need to figure out the password to the “Employees Only” section of the website.

Solution: @Hoopy\_Frood42 solved the email puzzle by identifying that halfway through, there is a quote from HP Lovecraft’s *Call of Cthulhu.* Having identified this, the password was guessed to be ‘Cthulhu’.  Quote here: “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.”
Saver

The **Saver Tower** is a reasonably bad card, and it's unclear how much more damage you get per hammer saved up. While in some high tier Coop decks it's possible to reach 20-30k hammers, the Saver Tower is still unrecommended due to having no extra abilities that can help with thick hordes of enemies in the late waves.

## Saver

### Effects

Deals extra damage the more hammers you have
Harvest

### Effects

Support tower that doesn't attack but Generates hammers over time. The amount of hammers produced increases with each perk upgrade

### Arena

4

The **Harvest Tower** grants hammers based on it's perk level and star count. It grants 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 hammers based on perk level, and takes ~10, ~5, ~2.5, and ~1.25 seconds to grant hammers based on star count.
6.8 Update

## New Years Wish Event

A new special celebration event begins!

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You can now preview the effect Merging and purchasing upgrades with Hammers has on a Tower, as well as see how much stronger a Tower gets as you level it up!

## Balance Changes

### Ninja

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### Random Sprout

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## Bug Fixes and Improvements

* Change Trophy Road Rewards after 3000 Trophies to give random Towers.
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Hold

### Effects

Targets the front and has a chance to Paralyze its target. Targets can only be paralyzed once

### Arena

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The **Hold Tower** is a non-trap version of the Halt, but unlike the Halt can only be used once per Enemy.

The Hold Tower is most effective in Coop to nearly double the amount of time you have to kill a boss when the Hold Perk is maxed.
Molotov

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### Arena

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The **Molotov Tower** is a slow attacking, high damage tower. Because of how quickly the Moltov loses power (especially at higher star counts), it's almost always required to have a Flame tower in the roster to use the Molotov effectively. For the same reason as above, Molotov is highly unrecommended in Draft mode.

Because of its splash damage, the Molotov isn't considered to have too terrible Dead Shots, making it an ideal tower if you have 2 extra spaces in your loadout.
Full Rewind Video

**"Full Rewind"**

On **December 20th**, P.W posted a video, saying they “didn’t make sense of it”. The original video is in reverse, but it was easy to reverse it again to let us see the original contents of the video.

The video starts off with a magenta and yellow background, the familiar jump point logo fades in, as the ring around the logo flashes morse code quickly. After the morse-coded message is transmitted, both the logo and the ring around it begin to turn into static and flash around the top and bottom of the screen. During this static, a woman, who’s voice shares a resemblance to the voice of Michelle Ormond, can be faintly saying: “are you ready to be history?”. Sometime after this, the music that could be heard in the background cuts off as a robotic voice says: “property of International Space and Time Research Lab”.

**Puzzle:** The ring flashes morse code quickly around the start of the video (see ring in image above). When slowed, the morse can be decoded to: **APRIL 24TH 2020**. No connections have been made to this date yet (as of 1/29/2021).

**Update:** As of Feb 8, 2021, we can be almost positive the morse was supposed to be April 24th, 202**9**. Instead of 2020. This is Jackson Flores’ launch date when he went back in time.
Podcast Episodes

**Podcast Info & Analysis**:

**Milk & Honey**: Introductory Episode. We are introduced to Emily and Hudson and their marriage (pros and cons).

**Off the Grid**: Jackson is introduced and Emily and Hudson's marriage falls apart in the face of Emily and Jackson's burgeoning relationship and Hudson's controlling jealousy. *Trigger Warning for toxic relationships and emotional abuse.*

**The Shallow End**: Emily and Jackson live their lives together and discuss their connection. Hudson sees Emily at a coffeeshop and demands more information from her. Jackson starts being shifty.

**The Nosedive**: Emily finds out Jackson is her jilted ex-lover, William Wells, who time traveled to try to get her back. Disgusted, she kicks him out. Hudson and Emily see each other again quite a long time later but there is no connection anymore. Both discuss with Michelle Ormond about the fact that William Wells has gone missing.

**The Beginning and End of it All**: We find out how William (Bill) got sent out of his timeline to try to rekindle things with Emily. We learn Bill is Applicant 687. We learn Bill had issues from his past but Ormond still allows him to go, starting the cycle.

Listen to full episodes on Spotify.
I.S.A.T. Official Statement Letter

**I.S.A.T.'s Official Statement Letter**

On May 20th, 2021 we were given an official statement from ISAT regarding the “leaked” files, the podcast, as well as P.W.

This statement could also be found on the website by searching “statement” in the search bar.

**Statement Transcript:**

**Contact: Lisa Roberts**

**Email: [[1]]**

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

**May 20th, 2021**

**I.S.A.T OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING DATA LEAKS**

We live in a wild world where misconceptions are commonplace. Recently we, at I.S.A.T have found ourselves in the midst of a great misunderstanding.

Several data “leaks” have been brought to our attention. We are speaking about specific “leaks” that came in the form of audio tapes that were uploaded to the internet as a podcast.

These tapes should be regarded as fiction, complete fabrications created by several people who believe that there is something much greater going on at I.S.A.T. Their beliefs are not founded in fact. If you enjoy fiction, then these recordings will provide great entertainment to you and nothing more.

These rumors caught like fire when a former employee decided to stoke the flames. As a result, we have since ceased communication. We only have time to focus on our actual research. We have no further comment at this time.

###

The statement leaves a lot to unpack, mainly the hidden links. The first one, *wild world*, links to the song Wild World by Cat Stevens. The 2nd one, the first *leaks*, links to a recipe on how to make linguine. The 3rd one, the second *leaks*, links to a pre-register screen for the JumpPoint soundtrack.  The last one, the *###*, links to a wikipedia page for the album “Milk and Honey” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It’s the last album they did, but also the name of the first podcast episode.

We also now have access to what appears to be Lisa Robert’s personal email address.

We sent an email to Lisa Robert’s email:

“Hi Lisa!

Thank you so much for releasing the official I.S.A.T statement, it helped clear a lot of things up. However, we were a little curious about the links hidden in the statement. Were those purposeful? We noticed you linked a great recipe to linguine so we thought it may have something directly to do with you.

We’re really looking forward to getting to know you better!

Best, [my name].”

We got an automated response back:

“Hello,

I appreciate you taking the time to contact me. I’m currently working through an influx of emails and will get back to you as soon as possible. I appreciate your time and patience.

-Lisa Roberts

Public Relations

International Space and Time Research Lab”

These videos and the PDF are still currently being combed through and investigated.
Corrupted-Patience Video

**Corrupted-Patience Video**

This was the first of the corrupted files P.W. stole from Greg (see above in P.W. and Greg analysis) following P.W.’s drinking night with Greg. The video was subsequently uploaded to the official Twitter account. On the official Instagram page, the video was also uploaded around the same time as in Twitter, this time with a singular comment by JumpPoint that read: “Corrupted-Patience”.

The video begins with the logo of JumpPoint along with a “no signal” color code that many TV’s used back then. In the background, static can be heard. Soon after, some **strange symbols** flash on screen, along with them is a piece of text reading “NO QUERTA”. As this is happening, the JumpPoint logo, along with the “no signal” screen, flash repeatedly and sporadically.

The strange symbols (seen right) were decoded using a substitution method connecting each symbol with a corresponding letter of the alphabet. @MiffyBruna proposed the solution “**Stand by, Who is Mister Wells**”. On 1/29/2021 we were given confirmation that this was the legitimate answer - or as close to a confirmation as we could hope for - as character Jackson Flores was shown to once be named William Wells (see “Tape Characters” section). Currently, he is one of our main antagonists.

Also shown in the Corrupted-Patience video was the **APPLICATION FOR APPLICANT 687**, which is proving to be an **important piece of information.** See transcript below:

**I.S.A.T APPLICATION**

**A687**

**NAME: █████████**

**AGE: ██**

**HEIGHT: ??**

**WEIGHT: ??**

**Standard Information**

**(Give as much detail as your comfortable with)**

**HOW DID YOU  HEAR ABOUT JUMPPOINT: I initially found out about JumpPoint through the news. It didn't peak my interest then, but after I heard some rumors ████████████████████████████████████**

**WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST STRENGTH: I'm determined**

**WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS: I'm determined**

**HOW DO YOU OVERCOME CHALLENGES: █████████████████████████ when your back is against the wall, you have to use what you have, even if it's just the wall.**

It has been confirmed that Applicant 687 is Jackson Flores/William Wells, especially since there is a direct reference made to an application by Ormond in the episode of the podcast: “The Nosedive”. However, the number "687" is never explicitly stated.
SOB's Introduction Video

**SOB's Introduction Video**

On **December 22nd**, SOB (see character study) posted a video on Instagram “introducing” itself. This video immediately starts off with a robotic voice speaking (transcription can be found below) as a kaleidoscope-like formation slowly grows in the background. Midway through its speech, a song starts playing in reverse, the song is yet another seemingly-original track made for JumpPoint.

Fans compared what we think is a visual representation of the SOB to the JARVIS program from the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They are quite similar.

***Audio transcription:***

**Hi.**

**I am the Security Office Bot for the International Space and Time research lab.**

**You can call me SOB for short.**

**You may have noticed that I have collected several posts related to JumpPoint that have made their way online.**

**W-w-w-we do not want our information leaked.**

**After a recent security breach we would like to crack down on this.**

**If you see posts related to JumpPoint you are encouraged to contact SOB or I.S.A.T security.**

**Thank you.**

As a community, we assume we were given the opportunity to turn P.W. in at this point but decided not to.
Coins

**Coins** are used in-game to upgrade your towers in the roster loadout, or buy new towers in the shop.

It's recommended to always sit above **40,000** coins in case the a Legendary Tower appears in the Store.

## Farming Coins

The most consistent way to farm coins is by using all your daily Coop games.

You can also join new PvP battles then forfeit, letting you watch an ad to farm 120 coins each time.

Buying coins with Gems is considered one of the best uses of gems as well.
PlushBabies

**PlushBabies** is a character in *Digital Nightmare*.

## Mechanic

"*If you hear their muffled laughter head over to the prize counter camera and find the one that spawned. If you don't hover your mouse over the them in time they'll kill you! They'll glow a little, but give a short time to find them in return*"
― Menu description
DanTDM

**DanTDM** is a character in *Digital Nightmare*.

## Mechanic

"*He will request a sandwhich with certain types of bread, meat, and vegetable items. Collect all 3 items on the cameras to satisfy him. If you even dare choose something he dislikes, you will Die. If you take too long, You Will Die.*"
― Menu description
Dragon

The **Dragon** is one of the original Merge Clash bosses. At low arenas it's considered a fairly easy boss, but in double boss round arenas it can wreck your board if it comes second.

## Dragon

### Effects

Shoots your highest star tower 3x during the wave. Heals 3x for a total of twice its HP.

## Strategies

The most generic strategy for beating the Dragon boss is to not merge anything at all. This way, you lose the least number of hammers each time the dragon shoots your highest star count tower.

When the Dragon targets your tower, you actually still have time to merge that tower away. This is another effective way to potentially reduce the damage dealt by the Dragon to your economy.

In higher arenas where you're forced to do at least some merges before the first boss appears, avoid merging anything to 3 stars or above, unless you're absolutely sure you can kill the Dragon before its next shot. If the Dragon shoots a 3-star tower, it will cost you 4 builds. Don't let that happen.
Coop

Coop mode is a team play mode that grants tickets towards a Coop chest. Across all seasons, the coop leaderboard record is **73** waves.

## Bosses

The bosses in coop follow a unique pattern:

Bosses
 10
 15
 20

## Strategies

### Leaderboard Strategies

When going for the coop leaderboard, Halt is an amazing tower. With some luck on your side, Halt traps can make you get 5-10 waves further than you would with almost any other tower.

Only one of the coop players needs the Halt Tower for this strategy to work.
Jack-o-Bonnie

**Jack-o-Bonnie** is a character in *Digital Nightmare*.

## Mechanic

"*The longer the temperature is above 85 degrees, the more he'll fade in outside of your left door. He can enter at any moment the left door is open and he's opaque enough. Get the temperature below 85 degrees again to make him fade away.*"
― Menu description
Sprout

The **Sprout** tower is an extremely powerful tower, essentially required in every high arena roster for its ability to get high star counts on the battlefield quickly.

It is possible to get the Sprout to trigger between the Mage Boss attacks, but it requires a maxed Sprout Perk and a Speed tower beside it.

## Strategies

### Roster Combos

* Sprout + Clone + Helper
* Sprout + Ninja
* Sprout + Nova (High Nova star/Low Nova count method)

### Gameplay

The sheer number of hammers saved with each Sprout trigger means getting as many Sprouts on the field is an ideal strategy. If you don't have Clone, towers such as Bonus or Harvest are great boosts too.

Towers Gained on Sprout Trigger
 2
 3
 ..
 6
 7

Since the Sprout can easily mess up towers that perform best with specific amounts on the board, it's important to play late-game with extra hammers on the side for quick board readjustments.

## Trivia

* A max star Sprout will generate a random tower at max stars
Chiyo Matsuno

**Chiyo Matsuno** (*松野千代 , Matsuno Chiyo*) is the founding member and the Fourth Division Captain (肆番隊 隊長, *Yonban-tai Taichō*) of the Tokyo Manji Gang. In the alternative timeline, Chiyo is the First Division Captain (壱番隊 隊長, *Ichiban-tai Taichō*) of the Second Generation Tokyo Manji Gang. She is the older sister of Chifuyu and the younger sister of Chimon.

## Etymology

* The name **Chiyo** means "thousand" (千) (**chi**) and "generation" 代 (**yo**).

* Chiyo's surname **Matsuno** means "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (**matsu**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**).

## Trivia

* Chiyo's favorite food is any kind of spicy foods.
* Her image color is pink.
* The person she respects or admires is Shinichiro Sano.
* The person she dislikes or fear is no one.
* Chiyo's relationship chart:
	+ Chifuyu: Younger brother
	+ Chimon: Older brother
	+ Baji: Love interest
	+ Inupi: Husband (future)

* She shares the same birthday with Rindou Haitani.
* She likes cats a lot.
	+ The main reason for her to visit Chifuyu's house daily is to play with Peke J.
* Her dream is to become an astronaut with Hakkai.
	+ Since Hakkai wanted to visit the moon when he grew up, Chiyo promised him that they would visit it together some time. In the future when Hakkai become a model, Chiyo got disappointed but she was glad that he became successful.
* Her heroic story (or failure story): On her way to Baji's apartment, she saw a cat stuck on a tree so she decided to help her. After Chiyo climb up the tree, the cat ran away, she weren't really stuck, just vibing alone. After the cat ran away, Chiyo got stuck on the tree. She called for Baji and came to help her.
* Her favorite spot is the tree that's under Baji's apartment where she had a chat with Baji until dawn.
* A daily activity of a certain day (from morning till bedtime):
	+ Goes to school just to kill time after being woken up by Chimon at 9:00am. After making sure that Chifuyu skipped class, she would escape from school after the lunch service. When arriving at Chifuyu's apartment, she meets her step mother then they talk until sunset. When Chifuyu arrives home, they would play together with Peke J. Chiyo's phone kept ringing until dawn, when Chifuyu answered her phone, "WHY AREN'T YOU ANSWERING MY CALLS HUH??? IT'S ALREADY GETTING LATE GET BACK HOME WHEREVR YOU ARE!!!!! I HEARD THAT YOU ESCAPED FROM SCHOOL TODAY TOO, I'LL SCOLD YOU WHEN YOU ARE BACK!!" screamed Chimon on his ears. Chifuyu hang up and told Chiyo. Both Chiyo and Chifuyu went to Chimon's house. Since Chifuyu was with her, Chimon behaved as a different person. Chiyo brought Chifuyu with her because she knew that Chimon wants for Chifuyu to think him as a good and kind brother. Chimon told Chiyo to wait him at her room and after Chifuyu left, Chimon came to Chiyo's room with a pan and slipper. Chiyo went back to her bed with bunches of plasters on her face.
Lightning Chest

The **Lightning Chest** is a shop purchasable chest with a **0.85% Legendary card** chance. It also gives a decent number of coins that's dependent on the player's Arena.

## Promo Codes

There are currently two promo codes running that can give free Platinum Chests, released for the Promo code update:

* discord54
* reddit54
Chance

### Effects

Attacks the Front and deals random damage between 1-120. Max damage increases as you level up

### Arena

3

The **Chance Tower** is one of the more useful beginner towers, but is still recommended to be swapped out of your Roster as you acquire alternatives for general DPS.

While the Chance tower is decent for DPS, it suffers quite heavily from Dead Shots.
Bonbon

**Bonbon** is a character in *Digital Nightmare*.

## Mechanic

"*She will constantly try to get inside the office through her door of choice. Shine and hold your light on him to make him go back. Once she's stunned you or you've pushed him back far enough, she'll redecide which hall he's attacking from.*"
― Menu description
Poison

### Effects

Targets each enemy once and poisons them dealing damage over time. Damage from poison increases with each merge

### Arena

1

The **Poison tower** is a fantastic early arena enemy horde thinner. A 2-star Poison tower can almost single-handedly carry you to the first boss wave, giving ample time for late start combos.

Upgrading the Poison tower's perk is especially worth it, as the double poison damage done to enemies makes Poison a worthwhile tower even in middle arenas.

The poison tower is notably useless for coop mode, due to the shorter enemy path.
Wolf

The **Wolf** is a unique attacking tower that allows for ravaging against the opponent, destroying their board or rushing them out of the game entirely at the beginning.

## Strategies

### PvP

Holding onto the Wolf and then unleasing it all at once as a Boss approaches is a great way to catch your opponent off-guard. Since they will have over-invested into towers and Perks, they're almost guaranteed to be screwed.

While Wolf + Wildcard (+ Clone) (+ Present) may seem like a great rushing strategy, in practice it doesn't work that well.

### Coop

The Wolf tower can help with some unique Coop metas, but its important to coordinate with your teammate over something like Discord to avoid ruining their merge setups with things like Nuke or Stacker.

## Mechanics

The Wolf attack takes a moment to occur, making it a dodgeable attack (similar to the Dragon boss). However, the timing is significantly more difficult.
Dead Shots

In Merge Clash, a **Dead Shot** is when a tower fires a bullet at an enemy that is already dead, effectively wasting the shot. Reducing the number of Dead Shots is key to winning in earlier Arenas, and required in later ones.

Optimizing against Dead Shots is an alternative to maximizing DPS.

## Anti Dead Shot Towers

Some towers are inherently anti Dead Shot. This means they either shoot quickly (making Dead Shots less of an issue), or have another property that makes the Dead Shots less of an issue.

### Rapid Fire Towers

* Air Tower
* Hurricane
* Tornado

Note: While Rapid Fire Towers reduce the impact of dead shots, they're still not as effective as the other types.

### Non-Front Target Towers

* Slayer
* Ninja
* Reaper
* Missile
* Misfire

### Special Towers

* Nuke
* Grim

## Tower Placement

You want your highest star count towers near the edge of the board where their shots have to travel the least distance before hitting the target. If you're doing well in the round, that usually means having high star count towers in the bottom left, and if you're losing top right.
Mage

The **Mage** Boss is a relatively non-destructive boss but can mess up location specific or count specific tower builds.

## Mage

### Effects

Rerolls all the towers on your board to another tower of the same star level up to 4 times

## Strategies

While the Mage can be extra destructive to some builds, it's also extremely beneficial to some towers, including:

* Bonus
* Present
* Stacker (+ Helper)
* Wolf
* Nuke

As well as using Wildcard with any of these towers. Leaving the Mage alive as long as possible can help you get the most out of these Towers, as each transform effect gives you another board set to trigger.
5.5 Update

## **All About Your Style!**

This update we've added a bunch of new **Emotes** for you to find in the **Daily Emotes** section of the **Shop**. Collect them all to let your opponents know how you really feel!

We've also added even more ways to show off your style by adding unlockable avatars - with many more to come in the future!

Swap out Emotes and choose your Avatar by clicking your name on the **Battle** page

## **Balance Changes**

### Nova

* Area of effect damage radius reduced slightly.

### Claymore

* Base Damage increased
* Increased in-game upgrade damage
* Damage radius increased
* Claymore Towers now have a 15% chance to spawn as Super Claymore Towers. If a Claymore Tower is next to a Nuke tower, it will become a Super Claymore Tower! Super Claymore's spawn special Claymores that deal % damage in a large radius!

### Barbed

* Damage Increased
* Duration Increased

### Delayed

* Fully charged Delayed Towers no longer lose their charge when Swapped, Demoted (Queen Boss), or Upgraded (Helper Tower).
* Base Damage Increased

### Quicksand

* Quicksand traps now amplify incoming damage for the duration of the slow effect
Grim

### Effects

Gives an instant kill chance to four neighboring units. The chance increases with each merge rank

### Arena

3

The **Grim tower** is an extremely powerful enemy thinner. Combined with the right towers, Grim can power you up to the point of any boss waves.

## Strategies

### Loadout Combos

Grim stacks with Splash Damage towers, which can rinse waves of enemies.

#### Splash Combos:

* Grim + Nova
* Grim + Flame + Molotov

#### Non-Splash Combos

* Grim + Spark -- Thins the front-line of creeps
* Grim + Missile/Misfire -- Thins the backlog of creeps
* Grim + Ninja -- Combo of thinning backlog of creeps + having high DPS for boss

#### Other Combos:

* Grim + Nuke -- Combo for rinsing both enemies and bosses

### Gameplay Strategies

Because Grim is best used with splash towers or high fire rate/low DPS towers, it's important to upgrade your tower perk levels continuously to beat boss waves. Optimal Grim loadouts (i.e. Grim/Nova/Missile/Present/Beam) should have at least level 2 Missile/Nova/Beam by the first boss wave, and 4 by the second if you're going to beat the bosses.

Amateur users pair the Grim with high attack speed towers such as Tornado or Hurricane, but Grim is actually best paired with towers that shoot at random targets. The reason is Tornado/Hurricane will all be shooting and killing the front creep regardless, making Grim's ability redundant.

For best usage out of Grim, stick to splash towers, and don't use it in decks with towers like Critical, Slayer either. Lots of support towers like Present and Sprout are also helpful, but you still need some damage dealing towers for bosses.