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Scyne
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 		[TRAILHEAD] S R C H
Starbucks and Lady Gaga Walk into a bar...
Haven't seen anyone talk about this yet, Mabe because it's competitive to point.

http://frappuccino.com/srch @srch

Lady Gaga has teamed up with Starbucks as a promo for her new upcoming album.

"SRCH is a mysterious digital scavenger hunt filled with conundrums, brainteasers, riddles and puzzles. It's all wrapped in an enigma that's phrased as a secret question written in invisible ink."

Now the first round just ended, but sadly I did not get pass the first clue...

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I know that it had something to do with the Shazam music tagging app as that is what the symbol on her hand is, but I was unable to get the Windows Phone 7 version would not capture any tags. Mabe the iPhone version will fair better?


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Shizzire
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 		Interesting... I'll have to be on it next time.

Here's the way to find the first one:
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Follow @srch on twitter
A twitpic was posted highlighting a "lady gaga" search on the Starbucks home page.
http://twitpic.com/4zplav
Doing so ended up with two results:
http://www.starbucks.com/search?keywords=lady+gaga
The second result has the same picture as in the search game
http://www.starbucks.com/blog/1013
Click that image, and you'll arrive at the end of the trail
http://www.frappuccino.com/srch/round1/ffe711782024


May 23rd is the next clue!
ETA: 10 AM PDT (1PM EDT).

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Hold on to that Shazam idea. The next clue hints that you will need it:
"Be one of the first 200 people to find the SRCH card in this round and it'll be music to your ears"


Methinks an IRC channel should be set up for May 23rd (or close to midnight on the 22nd). We could work together faster, and grab all the winnings together... Anyone able to set that up?

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Little Albatross
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 		I'm in, though I don't know an easy way to set up an IRC channel. Razz I'll just keep checking this thread. Is anyone else playing?

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Little Albatross
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 		Clue revealed:

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yrolg f_ egde I dna uoy lepahc cirtcele revol latem yvaeh (evol ot daor) nroc_nu yawhgih sdik da_ y_am ydoolb _bie_cs ria_ ona_irema saduj rekooh tnemn_evog yaw _iht nrob thgin eht yrram
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Shizzire
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 		srchherbio

Search Her Bio?

ETA:
http://www.ladygaga.com/bio/default.aspx

ETA:
iTunes bio
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lady-gaga/id277293880

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Little Albatross
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 		Oh, for the love. I got to that part and thought the SRC was some sort of code (as in, when you code in HTML you do "img src=".."> for a picture. Duh.

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iamuser1353
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 		go to the starbucks website and search for a starbucks near maddison avenue in new york, click the srch picture

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Little Albatross
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 		Looks like all the iTunes gift cards are gone. How did those clues point to a location near Madison Ave? Here I thought this one might be simple enough for me to follow along with!

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Shizzire
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 		All gone...

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iamuser5666
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 		soo i went and did that before they were gone and couldnt find it

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Shizzire
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iamuser1353 wrote:
go to the starbucks website and search for a starbucks near maddison avenue in new york, click the srch picture


Little Albatross wrote:
Looks like they're all gone. How did those clues point to a location near Madison Ave? Here I thought this one might be simple enough for me to follow along with!


Yeah. I can't even search Madison Ave. It always brings me to the south end of Manhattan. Weird.

ETA: They did a recap of Round One. Hoping they will do a recap of round two soon...

http://www.starbucks.com/blog/1020

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iamuser5666
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 		i found madison ave but still no srch pic i am soo confused!!!

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tankie
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 		i am so confused too... i am not good at these clues by myself, or not quick enough! dang!

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Adm_BlackCat
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 		http://www.starbucks.com/store/9351
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Shizzire
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Adm_BlackCat wrote:
http://www.starbucks.com/store/9351

Thanks BC. But what lead you there?

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