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R Evolution1
Boot
Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 34
[Puzzle/Info] April 19th Summary The following picture has been presented and gamem8ker needs a solution. As of yet we do not know what the answer is, and have not achieved a concrete lead.
Things that have been pointed out thus far:
-->The photoshopped link near the moniter (www.kristenrutherford.com ) has been deemed a deviation from the correct answer, because it is too obvious.
-->The scrambled words have been kinda analyzed and nothing conclusive has been found otherthan "gamefind", and someone came up with the website: www.gamefiind.co.uk
--> There are a lot of refrences to the Chicago Area and specifically the White Sox
--> As for May 12th on the calander, they did not have a game.
--> There is an "Obey Giant" sticker on the moniter which leads to: www.obeygiant.com , and no leads have been found from this.
--> It has been noted that a lot of things have been photoshopped: the black block on the calander, the area behind the flowers, the note on the bottle, and the word scramble.
--> The reflection in the moniter appears to be the guy that took the picture and maybe some office furniture
--> The "Casper" ghost is really BooBerry and the "transformer" is really VOLTRON
These are the MAIN points that have been discussed so far, sorry if I missed any.
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:43 am
Svengoolie
Decorated
Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 289 Location: Chicago
Just about Obey Giant, this was a name for Andre the Giant's sticker campaign back in the 80s.
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/sports/andre-the-giant/
Scroll down to the bottom there and see an old version of the picture, but obviously the same thing. This could relate to the Legends of Wrestling games. These were made by Acclaim, who also made All Star Baseball 2003.
This is the best lead I've found.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:57 am
Salvo0194
Boot
Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 24
Kinda sounds like the answer should be an upcoming game for xbox 2??
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:01 am
Tymais
Greenhorn
Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 6
I've thrown the word search into a Boggle/Tangleword solver. I limited the size of each word to a minimum of 4 letters. It's gone over the board and generated a list of words it found. Here is the address to the solution.
Boggle solutions
Here is a list of the words alphabetically.
abas abase abases abed able abler ables abloom ably aboil
abri abris abye acta adonis aedes aegis aerily aero afeard
agar agars agas alae alamo alamode alamodes alate alba albas
albedo albite albs alder alders aldol alef alefs alembic ales
alfa alfas alga algas alible alit alley allot alme almud
almuds aloe aloin aloins amber ambers ambit amble ambler amblers
amebic amole amus amuse amused amuser amuses amyl apetaly apical
arable arbs area areae areal areas ares arfs arse arses
asea asses assign assigned assigner assume assumer assure assurer baaed
baal bade bads baff baffed baffle baffled baffler baffs balcony
bald balder balds bale baled baler balers bales bals balsa
barb barbs bard barde bardes bare bared barf barfed barfs
basal base based baser bases basify basin basined basing basion
bass basses bassi bate bead beam beamlike beamy beat beds
beef beefs beer beers bees belaud belauds bell bels belt
bema bemock bemuse bemused bemuses beringed berm bermudas beta beylik
beyond beyonds bile bilk bill biller billers billet bind bindable
binder binderies binders bindle bindles binds binocle bins biome birr
birrs birse birses bite blab blabs blade blades blae blam
blame blamer blamers blare blared blase blat blate blear bled
bless blip blite bloc block blocker bloke blond blonde blonder
blondes blonds blood bloodless bloods bloom bloomy boil bolo boyla
brae braes braless bras brasier brass brassed brasserie brasses brassie
brassier brassiere brassing bred brede bredes brin brindle brindles brins
briny brio briony bris brumal brumby brume byte cacti calycle
capably cape capita capital cite city clad clade clades clads
clerk clerkly clod clods clon clons clot cloy coal coaler
coca coco coda codable code coder coders codes codesign codesigned
cods coelom coelomate coelome coif coil coiler coilers coin coins
coir coirs coital coke cola cold colder colds cole colead
coleader coleaders coleads coleus coleuses collet colon coloni colons colony
color colt coly coma comae comal comate comatic come comet
cometic coni conifer conifers cons cony cooer cook cooker cool
cooler coolers cooly coon coons coot core cork cote cyma
cymae cyme cymol dakoit dakoity dale dame dare dared dares
deaf deafer deal dealer dealers deals dear deer deers dees
defer defers defuse defuses deign delf delfs dels dere design
designed designer desire desired dock docker dole dolor domal dome
dons dooly door drab drabble drabs draff draffs drag dread
dree dreed drees dual duality duel duelli duello duma dumb
dumber dure durr durrs eared earl earls ease eased easel
easels eases easing edge edger edgers edges edgier edginess effs
egis elder elders elds elite eloin eloins else emus enisle
enisled epact epic epical eras erase erased eraser erases erasing
erasion erasure errs erses eses etic etoile etyma etymon etymons
eyer eyers false falser falsie falsify fard fardel fardels fare
fared farfel farfels farl farle farls feal fear feared fease
feased feases feasing federal federals feeble feebler feed feeder feeders
fees feign fell fella felloe felt femur femurs feral fere
feres ferrum fess feud feudal feudality feuds feus fibre fibs
find findable finder finders finds finless fino fins fire firelit
firer firers firs flab flabs flare flared flea fleas fled
fledge fledges fledgier frae frass frasses fremd fribble fribbled fribbler
fuds fuel fumble fumbler fumblers fume fumer fumers furs fuse
fused fusee fusees fuses fuss fusses gads gale galiot gall
gallet galley gallic galliot galloot galoot gamb gambe gambit gamble
gambler gamblers game gamer gamers gamey gars gases gaud gauds
gaum gaur gaurs gauss gausses gear geared gied gien gies
girl girls glad glads glib gneiss ileum ileus ileuses ilka
iller indol indole indoor ions ired ires iroko isba isbas
isle isled isles issei item kaas kale kame kilo koel
kola kolo kore kroon krooni kroons label labels labs lactam
lade lader laders lades ladle ladler ladlers ladles lads lall
lamb lamber lambers lamby lame lamer lard larder larders lase
lased laser lases lasing lass lasses lassie late lati laud
lauds laurel lead leader leaders leadless leads lear leas lease
leases ledge ledger ledgers ledges ledgier lemur lemurs less leud
leuds libel liber libers like likeable liker lilt lily lire
lite load loader loaders loads lobate loca local loci lock
locker loco lode lodes loin loins loll loller lollers look
looker loom loon loons loony loot lore loreal loyal maar
maars madras madrases madre madres mads mako male malic mall
malleoli mallet malleus malt malty mate matey maud mauds mayo
meal mealy meat meaty melic mell melt merino meta metal
metical mock mocker modal mode model models modes mods moire
mola mold moldable molder moldered moldering molders molds mole monde
mondes mons mony mool moola moor mudra mudras muds mure
murr murre murrey murrs muse mused muser muses muss musses
near neared ness nibble nibbled nibbler nibs nock nodal node
nodes nods noir noirs nolo noma nome nook oblate ocker
octal odes oiler oilers oily older olds olea olefin olefins
oleo oleum olio olla oodles oolite oread oreads pact palate
paly pate patio paty payload payloads peal peat peaty petal
petiole pica pical piccolo picot pilau pilaus pile pileum pileus
pill piolet pita pity plat plate platy play playlike rabble
rabbled rads raff raffle raffled raffs raga rale rales rase
rased raser rases rasing rassle rassled rasure read reader readers
reads real reales reals rear reared reassign reassume reassure rebill
rebloom rede redear redes redesign redo redock redon redons reds
reed reef reefs rees refed refel refels refer refers refind
refinds refs refuel refuse refused refuses reign rein reis relabel
relabels relic relict relit reload reloader reloaders reloads relock relook
remuda remudas renig resale reseal reseals reseda resee reseed resees
resign resigned resin resined resume resumer resumers reuse reused reuses
ribald ribalds ribs rife rifer rind rinds ring ringed rins
rise risen road roadblock roadless roads rock role rood roods
room roomy ruer ruers rumble rumbler rumblers ruse ruses sabe
sabes sabin sabins sabir sabirs sable sabre sabs safe safer
safes saga sale sales sals salsify sard saree sarees sasin
seal sealed sealer seals sear seared seas seder seeable seed
seeder seeders seer seers sees segni seldom seldomly sels sengi
sera seraglio sere sered serein serin serine sering sibb sibbs
sign signed signer sine sing singe singed singer sire sired
siren sirs slab slabs sled sledge sledges sleds snib snook
snooker snool snye sris suds sudsed sudser sudses suer suers
sure surer surf surfed surfer surfers surfs surfy surrey suss
tabla tala tame tapa tape tapioca teal team tell teloi
tepa tepal tical tilak tile tiler tilers till tiller tillers
toil toile toiler toilers toit tole toll took tool tooler
toolers tyer tyers umbel umber umbers urbs useable used user
uses yell yerba yerbas yeti yins yirr yirrs yock yodel
yodels yodle yodler yodlers yodles yods yoke yokel yolk yond
yonder yoni yonis
G'night
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:10 am
Salvo0194
Boot
Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 24
Yea... so basically we need to know what we're looking for
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:18 am
Tymais
Greenhorn
Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 6
Salvo0194 wrote:
Yea... so basically we need to know what we're looking for
You got it.
Maybe someone wants to go through the letters and find all those words, then see what sections didn't get use and come up with something out of that. To me that seems like grasping at straws.
There are 81 letters incase anyone was wondering. However not all the letters of the alphabet are used in this puzzle.
Game and Gamer show up along with colony. Game find or game finder seem to be the most obvious of the words. It may be useful to look for words we know are associated with the game in this list.
If I had to guess at a direction, we are looking for a game that deals with the items/objects/themes on the desk.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:30 am
Tymais
Greenhorn
Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 6
Oh and before I slip off to bed, the etoys sticker looks to be photoshoped on. The right side of it seems blury. I'm guessing it's not even a sticker.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:39 am
Sully
Kilroy
Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 2
the calandar in the pic is for 2004, not 2003. the white sox had a game scheduled for 5/12 vs. the baltimore orioles, but it was rained out and played in a double header the next day.
as for boggle solutions, i started with "colony" in the upper right. from there, you can make a bunch of funny sentences all in order, such as "my colony is lasering federal bases" or "telco capital by colony". i also found a bunch of random phrases that seemed hardly coincidental, such as "rss feed" beneath the e in game. but in the end i couldn't take them anywhere. i'm guessing this is not a fruitful avenue to search.
on a whim, i went down the capital path, because there are a bunch of letters near by that seem to allude to "capital by my colony". the capital of illinois is springfield, and they have a baseball team called the springfield capitals. again, not much fruit to be had.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:50 am
Sim1
Guest
springfield = simpsons = baseball team is in itlaian atomi di springfield
so atoms of springfield.. maybe....
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:02 am
inio
Decorated
Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 163 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
photoshop notes I am 100% certain the following areas have been altered:
1. the alphabet soup and the wall above and below it. There used to be something white (see poorly extracted flowers) there.
2. the url "fortune", and the white paper to it's left. The color on the paper is perfectly flat - it was painted on.
3. The bottom of the calendar
Beyond that, however, I can't find anything that appears to be altered. The levels and chroma noise match up on everything else that looked at all like it might be fake (including the monitor's eToys sticker and orage flag).
The image appears to be at capture resolution, as I don't see any secondary jpeg artifacts like I did with the previous puzzle.
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:46 am
Parkaboy
Boot
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 19
Re: photoshop notes
inio wrote:
I am 100% certain the following areas have been altered:
1. the alphabet soup and the wall above and below it. There used to be something white (see poorly extracted flowers) there.
2. the url "fortune", and the white paper to it's left. The color on the paper is perfectly flat - it was painted on.
3. The bottom of the calendar
Beyond that, however, I can't find anything that appears to be altered. The levels and chroma noise match up on everything else that looked at all like it might be fake (including the monitor's eToys sticker and orage flag).
The image appears to be at capture resolution, as I don't see any secondary jpeg artifacts like I did with the previous puzzle.
Well, can anything like this be de-Photoshopped? gotten back to the pick before it was altered, "reveal" the "truth" as it were? I don't know jack about Photoshop, someone tell me if it's possible to remove the altered areas and see what lies underneath.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:58 am
Exulus
Boot
Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 66 Location: England
I dont think its possible, once a jpeg has been saved then thats all it is. Its like trying to extract the ingredients out of a cake.
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:20 am
Sep7imus
Veteran
Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 149
Ar eyou guys telling me that Yay! is not behind this? I kind of figured that they (you) must have submitted it since 1. there's the kristen Rutherford reference, 2. it's well put together and complictated and 3. Yay! is now int he lead.
So, I have no idea how to solve it, but good one, guys!
_________________"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."
-Sherlock Holmes
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:29 am
chippy
Entrenched
Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 789 Location: Leeds, UK
its yay without the exclamation marks
seriously though im still unable to log in....otherwise i would sack the lot of you
(more jokes)
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:49 am
Cranford
Greenhorn
Joined: 26 Oct 2004 Posts: 8
Ok, I decided to check into the Obey Giant sticker and if you go to www.obeygiant.com there is a message that says:
Quote:
The OBEY sticker campaign can be explained as an experiment in Phenomenology. Heidegger describes Phenomenology as "the process of letting things manifest themselves." Phenomenology attempts to enable people to see clearly something that is right before their eyes but obscured; things that are so taken for granted that they are muted by abstract observation.
So...maybe the answer is right there and we're looking too deep, i dunno.[/quote]
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:02 am
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