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Manta
Boot
Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 35
[UPDATE] May 11 It seems Nisha found the next SD Card. Well, lets get to work
http://iannet.lastresortretrieval.com/ian/5b23ffg.zip
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:29 am
rose
...and then Magic happens
Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117
password Adding for completeness:
Ian cracked the password to this zip file using the software from the first SD card.
Quote:
ENCRYPTED sd card 3
d21cr11UhJw45Zd6bB8qp711nyw
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:11 am
nhansard
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 159
Nisha gets bitch-slapped by the new guy with Audi security. Looks like she's going to Houston.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:35 pm
GateKeeper
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 156
nhansard wrote:
Nisha gets bitch-slapped by the new guy with Audi security. Looks like she's going to Houston.
Well, he says there's been reports of the missing A3 down there. That's probably where Ian is. I guess this means they'll need our help retrieving the next SD card, unless it happens to be in Houston.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:02 pm
nhansard
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 159
New IRC Chat between Nisha and Ian. Looks like it includes an easteregg video. But my computer is lame right now and i can't view it...
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:45 am
Manta
Boot
Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 35
Ok, this is way to big to go unsaid
First, in SD card 1 there are 2 movies, each of a bowl of flowers.
Then, in SD card 2, all of the street names (in Gunter's Hometown pictures) are names of flowers. Goldenrod, Myrtle, etc.
and now, in easteregg03.mov, as Ian is running away at the very end, we just so happen to see the "flowers" sign, (see attached file).
I dunno, it could be a bunch of coencidences, or maybe something more...
EDIT: I look at the movie again, and it seems that he is on "flowers" street.
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As Ian runs away from the Thugs, we clearly see a "flowers" sign.
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_________________When you have tasted flight,
you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward.
For there you have been, and there you long to return.
-Leonardo DaVinci on Flight of Birds
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:17 am
Cookster
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Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 99 Location: Fresh out of the oven
Two new phone calls for Nisha, here and here. Unfortunately I'm at work and can't listen to them out loud but it sounds like one's from Ian and the other's from Virgil
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 3:27 am
chippy
Entrenched
Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 789 Location: Leeds, UK
about the flowers - maybe this refers to the artwork in Florence that may be the target?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 6:35 am
rowan
Unfictologist
Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966
I was hoping for another easteregg - but oh my poor baby!
The binary in the url 0110111101110111 traslates to "ow" - and I can totally see why.
And *shudder* what is with that convo between Virgil and Nisha. "We both need to get some R&R"??? Don't do it Nisha!
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:44 am
rose
...and then Magic happens
Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117
flowers I have spent some time thinking about the flowers. Here are my few ideas:
1. There is an International Iris Show in Florence this month. The Iris is in the coat of arms of the City of Florence. Just to note, none of the flowers we have seen so far are Irises.
2. There is a Festival of the Flowers in either May or June. I find two different dates for it. I am quoting the following without attribution as I find the same language on every site that talks about this. But maybe it fits in with the theft plan somehow?
Quote:
Midsummer in Florence sees a veritable carpet of flowers covering the main square, the Piazza della Signoria. The blooms stretch down to the neighbouring Uffizi galleries. Perfectly arranged and meticulously tended, they provide a riot of colour and are a great source of civic pride
Just for completeness, there is a museum associated with this church. The Museum has the original Gates of Paradise and an unfinished Pieta by Michelangelo. If Gunter was going to try to move something heavy, which seems unlikely, more likely he was going to set up a fake construction site to cover the theft from the Uffizi, he might have looked at these? They are so massively heavy though I don't see how they could be a target.
3. The Duomo or The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flower. The Duomo is the highest building and one of the most famous symbols of Florence.
Quote:
The cathedral was inaugurated by Pope Eugenius IV, in Florence for the Council held to ratify the reunion of the Western and Eastern Churches. The pope donated a golden rose to the new church, and this is why the cathedral was named Santa Maria del Fiore (St. Mary of the Flower).
4. Given Virgil's interest in Van Gogh and the fact the Virgil's unfinished game in his gameography is a flower. I wonder if we are missing something there? Van Gogh's Sunflowers are extraordinarily famous.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:22 am
SMG3er
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Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 134
Re: [UPDATE] May 11
And just as an aside, each card has had a ktgXX.txt file in the My Utilities folder. The 1st card had ktg01, the 2nd ktg02, and this 3rd card from DC has a ktg03 file. However, the Coachella card should have been the 3rd card... so, could there be some deeper conspiracy at work here? Is someone getting to the cards before Nisha and putting data on them that will "continue the diversion?"
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:30 pm
nhansard
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 159
Re: [UPDATE] May 11
SMG3er wrote:
And just as an aside, each card has had a ktgXX.txt file in the My Utilities folder. The 1st card had ktg01, the 2nd ktg02, and this 3rd card from DC has a ktg03 file. However, the Coachella card should have been the 3rd card... so, could there be some deeper conspiracy at work here? Is someone getting to the cards before Nisha and putting data on them that will "continue the diversion?"
My thought is that (from the OOG point of view) there was no SD card in Coachella. You guys weren't going to get the card. I think that you guys will be called back into action for an event in SF at some point in the future.
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:16 am
SuperJerms
Unfettered
Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 537 Location: indiana
Maybe Myke was originally going to die at the festival, but the astute action of the retrievers caused a slight modification to the plot? By the way, it seems likely that something newsworthy to those not following the ARG will be happening in front of all the game developers at E3 (to continue the ARG buzz following Elan Lee's address at the GDC awards), doesn't it?
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:03 am
mkiller
Kilroy
Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Location: los gatos, ca
whats the code i cant seem to download it,
maybe J2vH7pD5qV1 ect.?
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:04 am
mkiller
Kilroy
Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Location: los gatos, ca
im extremly good at breaking codes though
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:05 am
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