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Raiden47
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Minkette.. very good spec IMO.
You should join the chat/irc channel. Go here and get the info (right side) for it.
http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:56 pm
Minkette
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Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 43 Location: London
Prize Speculation I think the main prize is to have a new MS product named after you.
Quote:
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—
(Loki - /file)
Quote:
Remember, countdowns usually end with a launch, and this will be a lift-off like the world has never seen.
(Loki - /manifesto)
Its humdrum I know, but I think this means a product launch.
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:25 am
SuperRob
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Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 69 Location: Seattle, WA
Re: Prize Speculation
Minkette wrote:
I think the main prize is to have a new MS product named after you.
Quote:
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—
(Loki - /file)
Quote:
Remember, countdowns usually end with a launch, and this will be a lift-off like the world has never seen.
(Loki - /manifesto)
Its humdrum I know, but I think this means a product launch.
Sadly, you're probably right. I just think that would be pitiful ... drumming up all this hype for something you'd have to be DEAD to not know is launching at the end of January. Not to mention that they aren't even being cryptic about it, so I'm really hoping there's something more excited attached to the launch than just "Hey, here's Vista Ultimate!"
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:20 pm
SirQuady
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Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576
Hey, it could be worse. It could be an announcement for Microsoft Bob 2!
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:36 pm
Ang3lFir3
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Re: Prize Speculation
Minkette wrote:
I think the main prize is to have a new MS product named after you.
Quote:
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—
(Loki - /file)
Quote:
Remember, countdowns usually end with a launch, and this will be a lift-off like the world has never seen.
(Loki - /manifesto)
Its humdrum I know, but I think this means a product launch.
The launch Loki is most likely refering to is most likely the Vista launch @ CES 07.
I think you might be on the right track. Tho i doubt any of my birth names would make for a good product name. Probably more along the lines of naming a product or facility.
P.S. Posting from a Vista Ultimate RTM machine. (yes more than 1000 people are already using it)
just some thoughts. this should be interesting.
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:18 am
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http://www.spaceadventures.com/programs
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:37 pm
SirQuady
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Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576
An explanation of the previous link (I didn't put it there, i'm just reporting what it is):
It's a website for corporate spaceflights. As in, the whole "Grand Prize is a trip to space!" might not be so out there. (Ok, from the looks of it, it looks more like the "Vomit Comet" than a full out trip to space...but still...)
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:33 pm
Bezu
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Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 18 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/longzheng/350109067/in/photostream/
As you can see, the prizes include a trip into space and being immortalised on a computer chip.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:38 am
SuperRob
Boot
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 69 Location: Seattle, WA
I was right all long. I can still hardly believe it.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:02 pm
motus
Greenhorn
Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 4
on the 27th
motus wrote:
I think it's cool that microsoft is going to send someone in space
EDIT: split off spec about [grand] prize[s] starting with the post above from this thread . yanka.
that's all i'll say.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:14 pm
cglrcng
Boot
Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 32 Location: NW AZ
Contacting Loki There are many ways.... You Tube private message. e-mail addy via MS and more....lokivanishes is registered all over the net lately.
Try this...Then click on the right hand box "Details"....PLAY come to mind?
http://www.chocolatedeities.com/deityl.php?deity=loki
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:48 am
aliendial
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Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 3438 Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.
cglrcng- We appreciate your enthusiasm, but please find the thread where your idea is on topic, and post ONCE. Being organized is one of the things that makes these forums so useful.
We also ask that players use our nifty [search] tool to see whether their information is already posted elsewhere - you will find the news about lokivanishes being registered all over the web was noted and discussed some weeks ago in the pregame.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:41 am
Jenna
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Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 416 Location: Romford
Wikipedia on Rocketplane XP From the sounds of this article it's still under development, with the first flight bookings for mid 2008, so the prize could be a bit, shall we say, delayed?
....This could be interesting.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:23 pm
Lovek
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Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 434
Re: Wikipedia on Rocketplane XP Sorry, I know this is a little bit , but I thought the article might be of interest anyway.
Article on CNN about Vanishing Point.
Quote:
Besides the ride in Rocketplane Ltd. Inc.'s four-seater spacecraft, prizes include computers, Xbox game consoles, Zune digital music players and, of course, copies of Windows Vista.
Marr declined to reveal Loki's true identity, but said a special prize awaits the person who figures it out: his or her name, laser-etched onto a batch of microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
"Especially for that audience, the most technically engaged, having their name in lights like that is a pretty special thing," Marr said. "Even if it is very tiny little lights, underneath the fan."
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:35 pm
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