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Grout · Veteran Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 105

[SPEC] Answering the GPS question

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:25 am

jbd · Decorated Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 295

Re: [SPEC] Answering the GPS question

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:45 am

Grout · Veteran Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 105

What are some of the strange locations? Honestly I started this thread to be proven wrong. I'm desperately hoping for this thing to turn into an actual GAME.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:50 am

QBKooky · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 281

I know this has probably been pointed out, but I think it might kind of make sense - your spec, that is, Grout.

I mean, when you just think about it, Melissa is saying "AXONS GO HOT" with the countdown and then points to... all of us. The role of an Axon is to carry nerve impulses away from a central place to out where they can take affect (as I understand it). Aren't we the axons of... Melissa? Of the game on a whole?

I mean, I'm not disputing that there could be more behind it all. But at it's simplest, it could be saying "when this countdown goes off, y'all are going to be doing stuff." Rolling Eyes

*shrugs* But it could still be a puzzle! -hopefully- Honestly, they're too smart to JUST give us this.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:50 am

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Grout · Veteran Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 105

by the way... happy birthday kooky... i think.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:52 am

jbd · Decorated Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 295

Fields in the middle of nowhere seem to count as strange.

Also, the obsessive focus on Sedalia, MO which is strange by any theory that has been posited so far. (And the strongest evidence for the 'it's us' theory would be if someone from there was obssesively writing in. Anyone?)

Also, if 'Axons Go Live' is merely *us* going live, well, erm. It's not terribly inspiring, is it? It doesn't exactly match the definition, either, we aren't neural extensions.

Add: Also, 1. It's not like we aren't active already and 2. This is when she's supposed to spread, isn't it? Metastasis?

Anyhow, brain still wide open. My gut still tells me this isn't just plot fluff, though.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:56 am

Nightmare Tony

Dont think there is much plot fluff anyways. I am thinking of the Teddy puzzle once again, what if the coordinates are merely giving us letters, suvch as the first names of each city or town, and THAT is the actual code phrase? Everyone is busting heads over the commonality of each location, when what it appears is that the only commonality is the fact that each place is in a city or town or somewheres. Letters?

Solvang, CA
Idora, OH
Long Beach, CA
Louisville, KY
Yazoo,, MI
Los Gatos, CA
Idlewild, PA
Teaticket, MA
Tobacco, KY
Lodi, CA
Eureka, CA
Idiot Creek, OR
Denver, CO
Early, FL
Altoona, PA

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:12 am

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floorneyne · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 89

okay... getting into the whole axons topic...

here is a definition i found for axons...

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:19 am

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Re: [SPEC] Answering the GPS question

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:21 am

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**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:25 am

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marq · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 47 Location: Charlotte, NC

Perhaps the each pairing has something in common, like a letter in the city name, that would lead to a string of chracters to be decoded or maybe already in a nice, recognizable order.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:12 am

sherpa

Yes, I believe the pairings are important too. Am going to play with 'em later. It seems odd that they would be arranged in pairs for no reason at all and clearly every location doesn't have anything physical in common...

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:23 am

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To those who believe we should be using the names of the landmarks at each of these coordinates to assemble some puzzle:

Grout and I visited 5 of these locations last night, all in Chicago.

One, at least, is the front door of a major landmark (the Sears Tower.) Another is very likely the front door of the Chicago Sun-Times, though our GPS unit was flaky at the time. It could have been an IBM office building.

Another is NEAR a landmark, Wrigley field. This is imporant because of the next two points: the entrance of a Borders and a Sunglasses store, literally across little old Clark St. from one another. The PMs picked these locations with resolution enough to pinpoint spots ACROSS THE STREET. Therefore, the previously mentioned location is NOT referring directly to Wrigley Field. If the PMs wanted to indicate Wrigley, they'd have given us third base.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:11 am

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Re: [SPEC] Answering the GPS question

**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:24 am

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**Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:25 am

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