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RedHatty

Well, I didn't get to even do the last puzzle until after 2 pm CDT so I am sure I am not one of the 10K, but it still gave me the contest entry form, then after going back to the google homepage, it has a reminder to register - I clicked the link & sent the info again & it said I was already registered.

So I guess it's wait until the 15th - 18th to see what happens

**Posted:** Wed May 10, 2006 6:03 pm

cipher_zero · Boot Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 17

Hmmmm that is very strange!! Well I guess then we have to wait and watch

**Posted:** Wed May 10, 2006 6:29 pm

lyonesse · Boot Joined: 05 Oct 2004 Posts: 12

I am not good at waiting... Sad

**Posted:** Wed May 10, 2006 7:22 pm

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I'm no lawyer, but I don't think they can legally announce any winners until tomorrow at 1pm EDT. This is a snippet from the Rules:

**Posted:** Wed May 10, 2006 7:50 pm

Kactus · Guest

maybe thats true cause im canadian and got the registration screen so that means if mine counted its really like 9999 instead of 10 which would be unfair

P.S some one please sell there crytex on ebay!

**Posted:** Wed May 10, 2006 8:16 pm

Varin

Well now it's letting me register too. It never did let me enter in my google ID to verify my entry though. Confused

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 12:49 am

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**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 1:11 am

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jkljkljkl · Kilroy Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1

screenshots to 19 and 21

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 9:13 am

firefox · Unfettered Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 333

arghh!.. too bad i found out about this 3 hours ago

the last sudoku 19 was my undoing, i guess i really really suck at sudoku.
was 40mins and counting before i just ran out of time

no aussie prizes for me Sad

hope someone from uf wins something ^_^

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 11:17 am

Hyperion

I just did my last puzzle this morning and it still asked me to register. If I get a cryptex, I'll actually go see the movie.

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 12:04 pm

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Bohh · Guest

I'm getting a new message on my google homepage. It says:

"Thank you for participating in The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google. We hope you had fun.

If you enjoyed the Quest, then you won't want to miss The Da Vinci Code movie, in theaters on May 19. "

Anyone else getting that or something different? I finished yesterday shortly after the opening and it asked me for my gmail name and my address and stuff.

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 2:59 pm

Max Steele · Unfettered Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 456

(CUT - Stupid details that didn't mean anything)

EDIT:

And now I'm a big fool. I just realized the "Puzzle Completion Form" is the Observation puzzle with the three answers you had to give.

The "Contest Entry Form" is the form we all filled out.

So now, we all got timestamped when we entered it, and that will determine who the 10,000 people are.

I had to go into a meeting at 10am pacific time, and didn't get out until 11:30am, so I'm quite sure 10,000 people filled out that contest form in the hour and a half I was unavailable. Sad

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 3:22 pm

Jiroe

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 3:50 pm

stonefry · Boot Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 34

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it changed at the same time that the contest ended also. No confirmation yet for me either.

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 4:57 pm

aliendial

Max, the Puzzle Completion Form was the single page that asked for your Google ID that appeared AFTER you answered the last puzzle correctly. The timestamp on THAT page is what decides the order of winners.

When you entered that info the page sent you on to the next page that collected more details. The timestamp on the second page will only be used if they need a tiebreaker for the google ID entries.

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 7:33 pm

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