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Is it possible to find the cube yet?
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doublecross
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 		Is it possible to find the cube yet?
We've been solving the cards, following the story with its various puzzles etc., but have we been taking our eye off the main prize?

Is it yet possible to find the cube, or will there be a 'launch' of this main event some time in the future?

Is finding the cube part of 'season 1'? (What are they going to lose in season 2, those careless perplexians?)

If we can already find it, do we have anything at all to go on?
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 		No
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 		Shovels.
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 		There would be no point in Wave 4 without the cube - both in game and out of game. Out of game, they probably want to continue to sell the cards and grow the customer base right in to wave 4 (harder to do without the jackpot). In game, we can certainly look at the clues that we may think we have, but I'd say we are quite far from having any idea whatsoever as to where it is.
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poozle
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 		Yes.

It is technically possible to find the cube now.

<TINAG>
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There is a news article where someone says they witnessed it being buried.
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But we don't have enough clues to find it so it would be suprising if anyone did find it now.

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 		[lots of TIAG spec]

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Well, the game has been designed so that you don't need all (or perhaps even any) of the cards to find the Cube, if I understand correctly. So, this presumably means that the ongoing narrative is what will lead us - directly or indirectly - to the Cube, perhaps using the clues and meta-puzzles on the cards as a tool (and also the map, one guesses) or a reference. However, it is extremely unlikely, in my opinion, that any of the blogs or related sites will do anything so obvious as relay precise information to us as to where to find it, so it will at some point become clear how to find it using such information as we possess, or what information we will need to point the way. I suspect that it will initially be fiendishly difficult to puzzle out, although further revelations will gradually make life a little easier, especially if us Cube Hunters are taking forever to work it out.

At this stage, there isn't enough information (or it hasn't yet been made clear that we do have the information but have yet to interpret it correctly) to even take a guess at the location of the Cube. We still have no idea how it was transported to Earth, or when, or by whom, or from where. We have no idea who received it on Earth, if anyone. We don't even really have a concrete idea of what the Cube is, beyond a vague physical description (white-ish or metallic, about 10cm^3).

As for possible location... well, if it has been hidden by being buried in the literal sense, it would have been hidden somewhere where the chance of it being discovered by accident is minimised. That probably means private land, and the more remote the better. However, it would also have to be easily recovered if necessary, so the location must have a landmark or other distinguishing features that would enable anyone in on the secret of its location to be able to find it. It would also probably be under constant surveillance by the thieves or whoever it is that have hidden it, in case it was accidentally stumbled upon, or if the knowledge of its location is leaked, so it can be moved to another safe place. This is presuming that it has been buried as a whole piece; for all we know, it could somehow have been disassembled and its constituent pieces scattered, perhaps even being hidden in plain sight as we're all looking for the thing being entire...


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mac_monkey
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 		Funny you say that...
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Sounds bonkers, but I actually had a dream a while back where all of the parts of the cube were found by a group of cubehunters, they had to construct the cube (which was horrendously difficult-in order to claim the bounty


Just also of spec,butit'd make a nice puzzle
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 		This may be a good time to point people who may have missed it originally being posted to the Unfiction interview with Adrian Hon that gets into some of the details of the cards, the plot, and the cube.
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 		Thanks for the reminder - that was what I was (from memory) basing most of my spec upthread on. Smile

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Personally I reckon there will be a fiendish puzzle or piece of encryption that will lead to a GPS location... and then a rush to see who can turn up there first with a shovel.

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mac_monkey
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 		Let me see, to add more spec into the mix...

Given that it's a global puzzle mystery...for global people.

AND..travelling to places that may not contain the cube or where someone has found it first is expensive.

Whats the chances being that it's on the tinterweb?

I'd say 60% with the other 40% being somewhere in UK/USA
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mac_monkey wrote:
Let me see, to add more spec into the mix...

Given that it's a global puzzle mystery...for global people.

AND..travelling to places that may not contain the cube or where someone has found it first is expensive.

Whats the chances being that it's on the tinterweb?

I'd say 60% with the other 40% being somewhere in UK/USA


Much as I like the thought of not being limited by location, hasn't it been clearly stated that the cube is a physical object?

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Then again, maybe it'll be on Ebay and we have to buy it. GASP.

Edit: Wait, no, I just made this semi-feasible in my mind. Special Ebay auction, right? And somehow, rather than using dollars, the auction is set up to use PPC points. So the cards /would/ be useful. And an alliance of smaller people could win over others and split the prize, perhaps. Oooooeeer.


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 		Like the idea but i dont think it would be an auction..more like a buyit now. Plus the points wont be necessary to find it.
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poozle
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 		We've been told a lot the cards aren't required to find the cube so the points idea is not going to happen at all.

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poozle wrote:
We've been told a lot the cards aren't required to find the cube so the points idea is not going to happen at all.


Oh, I know - I'd just made the suggestion thoughtlessly, then realised there was a way that could actually work (beyond the whole 'cards don't matter' thing) and felt all clever. Wink Sorry for the miscommunication. ^^

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