Alneyan wrote:
Something multiplayer-based will happen in TCB. Erik said so himself at least twice. So, it has to be something more sinister.
Got it! We're in the Eighth, so take every eighth letter of the original post, ignoring spaces and punctuation, and you get: NWUOAWTSTUEOMEIINREKOCA. That doesn't mean much, but remember we're dealing with a two-person communication, so split this into the odd and even letters: NUATTEMINEOA and WOWSUOEIRKC. Now the meaning is clear:
First, NUATTE MINE OA.
www.nuatte.com is a chocolatier, so the plot of TCB will involve Beethro expanding his restaurant menu into desserts, and thus going into a "
nuatte mine"
--i.e., a chocolate mine. (Clearly in the Eighth, chocolate is mined from the earth.) "
OA"
, in this case, is the abbreviation for "
on account"
, and this is why Erik was posting; of course Matt knew that the chocolate mine was part of the plot, but Erik wanted him to know that he'd solved the problem of whether Beethro was carrying greckles with him, and if so why no one had mugged him, by saying that he'd be buying things on account.
Second, WOWS UO EIRK C. WOWS is easy enough; UO is "
Ultima Online"
. Erik is letting Matt know that he sent a copy of DROD 3.0 over to the Ultima Online people, and they were impressed. But why "
EIRK C"
? EIRK is a misspelling of ERIK, and 'C' is another way to misspell "
Erik"
--i.e., "
Eric"
--so Erik was letting Matt know who he'd sent it to: the guy at UO who always misspells his name with a C.
Chocolate mines, and game play that impresses the Ultima Online people. I have to say I'm looking forward to this more than ever!
Disclaimer: I'm Welsh, left-handed, and stupid. 
