I think this challenge is good, but has a very very vague hint, which resulted in a huge number of dislikes.
If you give an encoded text, and use such an unusual way of encoding it, you should at least give a clear hint to how one can decode it.
So, I’ll do that. Here’s a proper hint:
August still lives in the 80s and is left handed, and typed the flag for someone who lives today. Go back in time, and retrace his typing!