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[Riane]

[deletia]

yikes. that was harsh.

Anyhow, could anyone provide a high-res scan of the tickets from the ad? I managed a travel agency in another life, and I remember a couple things about reading the coded information on airline tickets. I did notice, for instance, that the tickets in the ad have the designator "OPATB2" in their margin. It's international code for "Off-Premises Automated
Ticket/Boarding Passes (Version 2)." That would be very odd for a ticket issued in the States, but I'm not sure about JAL tickets issued in Japan. I'm trying to figure it out, but the IATA (International Air Transport Assn.) documents are worse than lawyerese.

Right, so long and short of it: it'd be nifty if we could get a good scan of those tickets posted or linked to. thanks.

[CloverfieldClues.com]

[deletia]

Thanks, Dennis. I saw that at your site earlier today, but I'd incorrectly assumed it was the scan, not the original, that didn't have much detail.

The OPATB2 designator doesn't seem to be a very promising lead. I think it may simply mean that the tickets pictured can be used as both tickets and boarding passes, which I guess is either new or not available in the States.

I know. I should run my own blog with sleuthing skills like that, right? Oh well. Back to the drawing board.

Edited: And thanks for the avatars!

[CloverfieldClues.com]

Christian at CloverfieldClues.com has determined that the Japanese newspaper is Japanese Daily Sun, a free paper from Hawaii.

[sickrubik]

[decypher44]

Can someone who received their shirt confirm if it was very tight as they warn on the site? I want to order, but don't know what size to get.

[human]

The newspapers are almost certainly real newspapers. The 'cloverfield clues' info also contributes to that notion. As such, I'm having a hard time seeing how they could have manipulated or used text in the newspaper to continue the game.

...Unless, of course, there's an ad in there somewhere that they specifically placed themselves as part of the game. I suppose that's barely possible. But why are they using a Hawaiian newspaper? Either they thought it would be 'japanese enough' to just pass off as something conceivably linked to the Slusho brand, while not expecting us to scrutinize it in detail, or it's a clue that's so far eluded us.

[deletia]

I agree- the why-Hawaii question is a good one.

Why do you think a clue in the ad space is "barely possible," though? Ads are paid content. Ads have been taken out in other ARGs. Why not this one?

[Riane]