Fun Easter Egg [continued] (Destiny)

by Pyromancy , Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 03:51 (3403 days ago)

All credit to Beorn for being the first to decode the original message. Original thread is locked and from last year so I can't post on it
(Maybe a mod can unlock and thread merge?)

Found a cute easter egg in the Buried City on Mars. In the transit station there are a couple signs with scrolling text:

HkhtHukyldHbiylfJvvsplKlylrKyldLaohuQlmmQlyltphoQvzoShyzSlpmTpjrZalclAohkAvkk

I was playing around with the block to see if it might be a puzzle for another B.net code, but when I did a ROT-19 on it some names materialized:

AdamAndrewAubreyCoolieDerekDrewEthanJeffJeremiahJoshLarsLeifMickSteveThadTodd

Coolie (Calahan), Derek (Carroll), and Lars (Bakken) are all names that come to mind, so I'm wondering if these names belong to a specific team at Bungie.

Anyway, had fun figuring that out. :)

I recently re-ran across the Destiny Credits page and thought back to this old egg ^

I decided to cross check the names in the list with the listed credits. Some names were easier than others to determine definitively based upon how unique or common of name they are. I narrowed results by selecting names from departments that were already represented running on the assumption that there was a group effort amongst the same circles of people.

Adam      Williams?         World Artist (13*)
Andrew    Weldon or Baker?  Lighting Artist or PvP Designer (21*)
Aubrey    Pullman           Lighting Artist
Coolie    Calihan           World Artist
Derek     Carroll           PvP Designer
Drew      Smith?            PvP Producer (25*)
Ethan     Scheu             World Artist
Jeff      Horal?            World Artist (11*)
Jeremiah  Pieschl           PvP Test Lead
Josh      Markham?          World Artist (14*)
Lars      Bakken            Design Leads
Leif      Johansen          PvP Designer
Mick      Buckmiller        World Artist Leads
Steve     Cotton?           World Artist Leads (23*)
Thad      Steffen           Lighting Artist
Todd      Juno?             World Artist (7*)

(* significant multiples of common names like Jeff, Josh, and Steve(example))

26 letters in the alphabet - ROT19
26-19 = 7

This still doesn't fully answer the 'why'. Just provides some insight as to which team(s) each name might belong to
Im still operating on some assumptions so this may not be 100% right
Sorry for any typos or errors, all posting is from my mobile device