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coffeefilms
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[INFO][PUZZLE] Images and hidden numbers This is getting split up and people are losing track so I thought a summary was in order.
Numerous pictures have turned up via ourcolony.net with hidden numbers and possible clues.
1. The bubble/blob pictures on the front page; early on there was a bit of discussion on the sources of these pictures, I think most were found but no one has found any relevance as yet. New pictures pop up from time to time.
2. Gamem8kers gallery; not linked anywhere on the site now the page still exists at; http://ourcolony.net/gamem8ker/index.html one of these pictures was used as the original for the ant bubble picture, each photo has hidden bits of binary (was it binary?) code which when played around with spell out "Next Gen"
3. The secret controller pictures; http://www.ourcolony.net/thesecret/1.jpg and http://www.ourcolony.net/thesecret/2.jpg were revealed for answering challenges early on, both pictures have a "hidden" 1 in it.
4. The Ferrari 360 puzzle; when the individual puzzle pieces were joined together someone spotted that the puzzle version, and the "better look" version had a small difference; a hidden number 3 (comparison picture here at bottom; http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9694&start=15 ), also the fact that it is a 360 car links to the rumoured name for the next gen Xbox console.
5. The locations of the 360 pieces was also interesting;
http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/335.jpg
http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/467.jpg
http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/599.jpg
http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/731.jpg
http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/863.jpg
http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/995.jpg
http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/1127.jpg
http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/1259.jpg
with each jpg number rising by 132 each time, so the final complete picture should have been at 1391.jpg, but was in fact at 1426.jpg, all spec as to what relevance these numbers have.
6. Someone else noticed something else looked to have been photoshopped out of the original Ferrari image, some say it looks like an x, others speculate it may just cover a giveaway banner reflection. http://ourcolony.net/thesecret/1426.jpg
So we are yet to discover the relevance, if any, of;
the bubble pictures
the hidden 1's
the hidden 3
the puzzle jpg location increments 1391/1426/132
the photoshopped patch on the ferrari picture.
I think that's everything?
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:44 am
JoeOE18
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I just posted this in a different thread but there's a one on the http://ourcolony.net/thesecret/2.jpg as well. So u might want to ammend ur list
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:01 pm
coffeefilms
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Done! Cheers!
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:05 pm
boojiboy7
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 4
In looking at the image numbers, I started randomly adding them up, just making the individual digits each single numbers, and adding them to a whole. going down the list, you get
9
17
23
11
17
23
11
17
13 (though if the numbers had continued their anticipated progression, this would be a 14)
I tried converting this to letters, but all I got was IQWKQWKQM(N)...
Still, the repetition of 17 23 and 11 seems somewhat significant.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:06 pm
4rthur
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one theory for the "hidden" numbers on the challenge images, is that they could be leading to a possible release date for xbox2...
so for you have 113
could be 11-30/1-05, which does kinda fit with the expected end of year release for the console
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:09 pm
dsteele_7
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I've mentioned this in other thread about the bubble but nobody's really responded to me about it so here's what I said:
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet but I think that theres a PERSON warped into each of the ORB pictures... or at least the same thing into each of them... look at the top right portion of the orb on the outside for any of the images and it looks like a face (to me anyways)... Just keep hitting refresh to see the different images and the outer ring is identical on all of them and on some like the pyramid and the staircase in the upper right area the colouring just isn't right for it to have been warped un-altered... Anyone else think the same thing or am I just dillusional?
Also I can confirm that when you take all of the numbers from the pictures on gamem8kers secret page and then completely reverse it and convert it to 8-bit ascii it says:
On the same not I did also convert the entire string into one base 10 number and it looked an awful lot like a telephone number (777-5974 or something like that... I'm forget at the moment) and I figured that the area code would be 312 because it's a numerical anagram of the 132 "magical" number from the pictures and because taht's the same area code as the number in the WHOIS info and also because the only real location clue that I could see in those pictures was one that shows wrigley's field in chicago, also there's that sweet margie problem that pointed to a location in chicago.. Anyways the number got an automated message service or something (not really sure cuz I didn't call it myself) so it still could be something
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:16 pm
noideaforausername
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just a quick note to say good work on the thread, these things need to be compiled:)
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:19 pm
coffeefilms
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Quote:
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet but I think that theres a PERSON warped into each of the ORB pictures... or at least the same thing into each of them...
I've had a look in Photoshop and it's the same thing added to all the pictures, no idea what it is though and still wonder if it's just graphics to enhance the three dimensional silver/bubble effect, and hide the base pictures.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:33 pm
dsteele_7
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coffeefilms wrote:
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet but I think that theres a PERSON warped into each of the ORB pictures... or at least the same thing into each of them...
I've had a look in Photoshop and it's the same thing added to all the pictures, no idea what it is though and still wonder if it's just graphics to enhance the three dimensional silver/bubble effect, and hide the base pictures.
I'm pretty certain that's it's a person because if you look at it along the out side starting at the top... well a bit right of the top and look around it counter-clockwise then it looks like a portrait of somebody has been wrapped around.. and in the upper right at about the 1 or 2 o'clock position it looks distinctly like a warped face. It doesn't make sense to me for it just to be there to help in making it looked more warped... maybe it's meant to look warped at first glance but I'm sure there's something there.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:38 pm
coffeefilms
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played around some more, I do see what you mean but just can't get anything out of it through image manipulation, anyone else?
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:47 pm
coffeefilms
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someone else found this new bubble;
http://www.ourcolony.net/images/holding/gamem8ker.jpg
I haven't een it on the front page, but it's interesting that the shading/face round the edge is different on this one.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:53 pm
JoeOE18
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That one doesn't seem to be warped around the edge at all?
Do you think that warped portrait (if thats what it is) is the same on all the bubbles?
If so it could just be that it hasn't been added to that one yet and when it has it will go with the others on the front page?
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:57 pm
dsteele_7
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not completely sure if I should post this in this thread... it's from the ourcolony.blogspot.com site... it's been updated but one of the 2 new posts on there is of a piece of paper... the big version of which can be found here:
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/232/5160/640/1157.jpg
it talks about finding truth in both high and low places and that just because truth in the high place is right doesn't mean stuff from low places are wrong or something like that... either way I think that all of the high/low talk fits in with the current gamem8ker comment about tom canty (aka the pauper ... LOW) and edward (aka the prince... HIGH) but that's just me... it's an interesting picture but it could just be a red herring so take it with a pinch of salt.
EDIT:
JoeOE18 wrote:
That one doesn't seem to be warped around the edge at all?
Do you think that warped portrait (if thats what it is) is the same on all the bubbles?
If so it could just be that it hasn't been added to that one yet and when it has it will go with the others on the front page?
It is the same portrait around all of the bubbles just go to the trailhead and keep hitting refresh... and I think that maybe the reason for that bubble to be in holding is that it hasn't been "warped" yet with the other picture or ... maybe, just maybe that person in the red shirt is the person that's warped around the others... don't really think so but w/e stranger things...
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:59 pm
HitsHerMark
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The blogspot OurColony blog has not (at this time) been linked from OurColony.net and so anything from there only is probably somebody having fun throwing you off.
On the subject of the bubble, I'm not sure if this is helpful, but it's actually displayed with flash, and as such, you can right click on it and "zoom in". The flash is prolly just so the bubble will react to your cursor moving over it, which it does. But people without photoshop can use the zoom in to get a closer look at the picture.
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:13 pm
crazedcow
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...not really sure where you found that "piece of paper". i looked at the ourcolony blog in both firefox and IE and didn't see it anywhere.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:15 pm
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