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konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
When prompted for the key for his solve, Dean provided this:
Quote:
use this grid with rot +13
Code:
00000000000000000000
01011000000111111110
11000000000000000000
Edit to add: Later in the night, he claims on neowin that he just did a rot+13 on the entire cipher and saw the key that way - that he never got any package from Loki/MS
Edit to add: Here is the text output.
I've been using MS Media Player to change settings on it. Playing around with the graphic equalizer I can definitely hear a ringtone (what *you* hear after dialing someone and their phone is ringing) for two rings near the end.
SPEC: sounds of someone dialing a number and then the ringing. But there are not enough numbers dialed unless this is an overlap (because I'm still hearing dialing sound when I hear the ringing sound). Anyway to check if this is two files overlayed on top of eachother? Split the into right and left and listen separately?
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Post by inzenity on neowin, Rot 0-26 w/ & w/o key shifts
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:20 pm
Last edited by konamouse on Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:40 am; edited 2 times in total
Ehsan
Entrenched
Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992
It kinda reads as "FILE" if you look at the waveform sideways:
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:43 pm
KGBrAm
Veteran
Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 100 Location: Montreal, Canada
Ehsan nailed it
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://vanishingpointgame.com/FILE/
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:46 pm
konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
Quote:
Here's a riddle for you:
At the end of our journey together, I will be discoveredand I will disappear.
One person will find me at my vanishing point. I will make that person famous in a way the world has not seen before. Their name will be repeated as many times as there are stars in
No. Let's be more precise. That name will be repeated as many times as there are grains of sand on a beach. That's my promise.
Your chance to be that person will start when the countdown hits zero.
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:48 pm
Shad0
I Have No Life
Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Posts: 2180 Location: Southern California, USA
Re: Vanishing Point! new ARG? 4orty2wo
WJm0139 wrote:
Just to clear up the whole 42 Entertainment thing, the only thing that led me to believe that was wireshark/ethereal showed the swf communicating with stagessl.42entertainment.com
Also this .
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:08 pm
Boy Blue
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Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Posts: 21
Quote:
At the end of our journey together, I will be discoveredand I will disappear.
The Cheshire Cat?
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:50 pm
konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
FYI - neowin has access to a high res version of the video and posted this screen cap with noted person standing to the right, along with what looks like an extension cord.
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:53 pm
SirQuady
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Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576
Camera Crew? Or something more sinsiter! (He's coming to eat the woman's lunch (due to the freaky silver tray in the center of the screencap).
Could be a new character. Well, we'll find out.
So, do we have anyone going to CES yet? 'cause i'd hate to have us miss out on this.
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:45 pm
RedHatty
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Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1428 Location: x”JyVJvk
Kona just told me that she will be going
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:53 pm
rowan
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Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966
As requested by konamouse, a recording of the phone call with the correct pin.
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:12 pm
drizjr
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Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700
In the text on http://vanishingpointgame.com/FILE/ the my is italicized.
So I tried http://www.myvanishingpoint.com/
It's a parked Go Daddy (same as the other) site. There's nothing on it yet.
It may not turn out to be in-game, but it's something to keep an eye on.
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:07 am
apcfreak
Veteran
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA
http://whois.domaintools.com/myvanishingpoint.com
Whois Record
Quote:
Registrant:
42 Entertainment
5900 Hollis St., Suite G
Emeryville, California 94608
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: MYVANISHINGPOINT.COM
Created on: 10-Oct-06
Expires on: 10-Oct-07
Last Updated on:
<edit>
Domain servers in listed order:
PARK21.SECURESERVER.NET
PARK22.SECURESERVER.NET
... 42 entertainment
[edit - just to remove a person's name & direct contact info, those interested can look at the Whois site directly - kona]
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:28 am
konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
Just to note. Vanishingpointgame.com was created on Oct 25th. Registration information is anonymous.
SPEC: perhaps the one drizjr found was their original website name and then they changed their minds and created a "game" universe....maybe they didn't know if the target audience would understand ARG vs puzzles & prizes. We'll probably never know. But since their registration information is available on the Oct 10th site, safe to say they won't use it during this game......perhaps......
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:33 am
yadaman
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 46 Location: in front of an LCD, droning away on the computer
mind if I join in? I've never really participated that much in an ARG before, and this one seems... interesting...
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:40 pm
BrianEnigma
Entrenched
Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 1199 Location: Pacific Northwest
yadaman wrote:
mind if I join in? I've never really participated that much in an ARG before, and this one seems... interesting...
You don't really need to ask permission... Everyone is allowed to lurk, post, chat, and whatever else. (We do ask that if someone is going to post more than a couple of times, it makes it easier for everyone to register an account than constantly posting as a guest.) Anyway--glad to have you aboard! We could be in for a crazy ride when Monday rolls around.
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:34 pm
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