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[GENERAL] Original Puzzletrail Thread
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konamouse
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When prompted for the key for his solve, Dean provided this:

Quote:
use this grid with rot +13
Code:
00000000000000000000
01011000000111111110
11000000000000000000

Edit to add: Later in the night, he claims on neowin that he just did a rot+13 on the entire cipher and saw the key that way - that he never got any package from Loki/MS
Edit to add: Here is the text output.


I've been using MS Media Player to change settings on it. Playing around with the graphic equalizer I can definitely hear a ringtone (what *you* hear after dialing someone and their phone is ringing) for two rings near the end.

SPEC: sounds of someone dialing a number and then the ringing. But there are not enough numbers dialed unless this is an overlap (because I'm still hearing dialing sound when I hear the ringing sound). Anyway to check if this is two files overlayed on top of eachother? Split the into right and left and listen separately?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:20 pm
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Ehsan
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It kinda reads as "FILE" if you look at the waveform sideways:



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KGBrAm
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Ehsan nailed it

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://vanishingpointgame.com/FILE/

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konamouse
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header

Quote:
Here's a riddle for you:

At the end of our journey together, I will be discovered—and I will disappear.

One person will find me at my vanishing point. I will make that person famous in a way the world has not seen before. Their name will be repeated as many times as there are stars in—

No. Let's be more precise. That name will be repeated as many times as there are grains of sand on a beach. That's my promise.

Your chance to be that person will start when the countdown hits zero.

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Re: Vanishing Point! new ARG?
4orty2wo

WJm0139 wrote:
Just to clear up the whole 42 Entertainment thing, the only thing that led me to believe that was wireshark/ethereal showed the swf communicating with stagessl.42entertainment.com

Also this.
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Quote:
At the end of our journey together, I will be discovered—and I will disappear.


The Cheshire Cat? Laughing

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konamouse
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FYI - neowin has access to a high res version of the video and posted this screen cap with noted person standing to the right, along with what looks like an extension cord.
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Camera Crew? Or something more sinsiter! (He's coming to eat the woman's lunch (due to the freaky silver tray in the center of the screencap).

Could be a new character. Well, we'll find out.

So, do we have anyone going to CES yet? 'cause i'd hate to have us miss out on this.
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Kona just told me that she will be going
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As requested by konamouse, a recording of the phone call with the correct pin.
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In the text on http://vanishingpointgame.com/FILE/ the my is italicized.
So I tried http://www.myvanishingpoint.com/
It's a parked Go Daddy (same as the other) site. There's nothing on it yet.
It may not turn out to be in-game, but it's something to keep an eye on.

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http://whois.domaintools.com/myvanishingpoint.com

Whois Record

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Registrant:
42 Entertainment
5900 Hollis St., Suite G
Emeryville, California 94608
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: MYVANISHINGPOINT.COM
Created on: 10-Oct-06
Expires on: 10-Oct-07
Last Updated on:

<edit>

Domain servers in listed order:
PARK21.SECURESERVER.NET
PARK22.SECURESERVER.NET


... 42 entertainment

[edit - just to remove a person's name & direct contact info, those interested can look at the Whois site directly - kona]
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konamouse
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Just to note. Vanishingpointgame.com was created on Oct 25th. Registration information is anonymous.

SPEC: perhaps the one drizjr found was their original website name and then they changed their minds and created a "game" universe....maybe they didn't know if the target audience would understand ARG vs puzzles & prizes. We'll probably never know. But since their registration information is available on the Oct 10th site, safe to say they won't use it during this game......perhaps......
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mind if I join in? I've never really participated that much in an ARG before, and this one seems... interesting...
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yadaman wrote:
mind if I join in? I've never really participated that much in an ARG before, and this one seems... interesting...

You don't really need to ask permission... Very Happy Everyone is allowed to lurk, post, chat, and whatever else. (We do ask that if someone is going to post more than a couple of times, it makes it easier for everyone to register an account than constantly posting as a guest.) Anyway--glad to have you aboard! We could be in for a crazy ride when Monday rolls around.
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