Coded message in Watershed booklet deciphered.

[Katabasis]

OK, so I had the day off work yesterday and sat down and unravelled the cipher in the back of the booklet. It took way longer than it should have because I missed a couple of easy markers, but I found them eventually after heading down several false routes, haha.
Out of interest, has anyone else decoded this yet?
I don't want to spoil the fun and post the translation (unless someone else already has, of course), so I'll give three hints.
(if you like a challenge, read no further!)

1. It's a substitution cipher (OK, not really a hint, that's quite obvious).

2. The letters 'i' and 'p' are represented by the same symbol (for anyone else who has decoded it, this also serves as proof that I'm telling the truth).

3. Read 'The Gold Bug' by Edgar Allen Poe.

Well, have fun! Like I said, it took me a while, but that's because I missed several pieces of information that I should have picked up on. So if you have a couple of spare hours, give it a try; it's much more rewarding figuring it out for yourself than having the answer given to you (though I'm certain there'll be plenty who will do that soon enough).

 

[Tash]

Christ. A Poe mystery?? This is right up my alley. I just haven't had the time to sit down and think about it. I just "hmpf"'d at the code twice (about the same time as my significant other bitched at the tiny script on the insleeve...which I had no difficulty reading, but he did...old fart that he is...).

You have perked my interest, sir. I shall spend time on it in the forthcoming fortnight. If it's published here, please leave spoiler space.

 

[Swifty1]

I think you should post the answer for those of us who don't have the album yet. And especially for those of us who are just lazy.

 

[Tash]

Yeah, but just leave spoiler space for those of us who wanna fret about it manually.

 

[vincent_moon]

Post it, please! I won't get my album till next week :/

 

[Seems like Trav]

"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"

 

[Tash]

Is Ovaltine like Horlicks?

 

[SerenityNow!]

Let's keep this thing untold for a while, so that people who haven't decoded it yet can get a shot. This could be fun...

 

[Taotrac]

Yeah people.

Although I think mike should have gave us a clue on how to decode the code, or maybe he will, i would like to see what it says for myself.

I'm kinda hoping that the code is in really tiny letters so that there's a chance they could be lyrics. (but in that case i guess they woulda been printed on each page for the song).

But whatever it is will probably make this albulm more fun and better, I hope that if someone does post a answer on here, besides the clues already posted, then hopefully a certian moderator will delete it ...

 

[rrjii2000]

It's a secret URL where you can find the lyrics

 

[ThepOpeth]

It's a secret URL where you can find the lyrics

you know this URL ? =O

 

[Lothlorien]

"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"

awww man, is this what opeth has become "a crummy commercial, son of a bitch."

 

[slayenemy]

"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"

priceless

 

[Reelo]

3. Read 'The Gold Bug' by Edgar Allen Poe.

Hah, thank god I have my "Poe : Selected tales" right here at hand...

And you said i and p use the same symbol???

 

[Katabasis]

Yeah, for some reason the symbols for 'i' and 'p' are the same. It's not a huge hint really, but it will help you out if you think you're heading down the wrong track and you're actually not.
There's several other hints I was considering giving, but they all help out a little too much I think, so let's just keep the game going a while longer shall we?

As for the small text, it's cool because it adds even more (painstaking) obscurity, but by hour three when you've lost your marker on the page it gets to you, haha. That said, I copied out ten lines in larger text so I could scribble on the page while trying to figure it out, but transcribing it takes time as well.

It's funny, I spent so much time absorbed in it that I can pretty much read it like script now. When you decode it and get on a roll you can almost read it out loud, hehe.

 

[daliup]

Someone just bloody post it! Use BIG RED LETTERS TO WARN PEOPLE NO TO READ IF THEY DON'T WANT TO and post the damn thing. Thanks.

 

[Reelo]

Don't.

 

[prowlergrig]

please post the message
but coded in a different code so you don't spoil it for people who want to decode the booklet message

 

[Katabasis]

There's still several people who seem to not want it posted, so I think I'll wait a little longer. If you want it posted so much I propose you figure it out and post it yourself. No offense meant, but there's too many people who want information to be immediately at their fingertips; it makes it more worthless that way. The information actually becomes 'knowledge' if you work for it.
Personally, if someone else deciphered it and wouldn't post it, I'd applaud them for not contributing to a culture that doesn't value rare items like this.

 

[Vega Skater]

Nah don't post it yet lol. C'mon this is half the fun of Watershed! Puzzles are fun.