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Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
Mine's a different set of letters. It might be just to identify you.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:01 pm
plugs
Unfettered
Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 430 Location: Behind you.
According to mine I have 8 left, not 7. I can't for the life of me seem to see which one that is though. I think I've been staring too long.
( I can't count )
ETA: Yeah, if you add it as a facebook app, it lists anonymous webplayers by that string of numbers/letters.
_________________Playing: Not much.
Lurking: Many, many things.
Working on: Something supersecret and awesome.
CONTACT: cloudycalmSPLAT gmail.com
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:04 pm
Last edited by plugs on Tue May 20, 2008 7:09 pm; edited 1 time in total
Agent Lex
Entrenched
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1188 Location: No longer London, still in England
I've just updated the google spreadsheet with #21, so it has all of the co-ords we've found so far.
Out of curiosity, does the facebook app say how many whoever's in first has? For reference, my ID number is:
Quote:
CUJVPZSURK >> 42 / 49
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:07 pm
plugs
Unfettered
Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 430 Location: Behind you.
Here's the top 5:
Quote:
1. me!
Score: 42 / 49
2. #ID: CUJVPZSURK
Webzone Score: 42 / 49
3. #ID: OUDNJMKXJV
Webzone Score: 42 / 49
4. #ID: MDHLNAZMLY
Webzone Score: 42 / 49
5. #ID: GBUWSNRPWS
Webzone Score: 41 / 49
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Lurking: Many, many things.
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CONTACT: cloudycalmSPLAT gmail.com
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:11 pm
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
I'm #4 in that list.
ETA:
#10 looks like an island that can't be more than 100 yards across. And I'm guessing it's either a very well trafficked area or not a satellite shot; all through the Caribbean the resolution is nowhere near that quality for such a small island.
#31 looks like a boat refueling platform or something similar. Also can't be more than 30-40 feet across, but considering the quality of the image I'm guessing that is from Google Earth or the like.
_________________"Omne ignotum pro magnifico"
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:18 pm
danteIL
Unfictologist
Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1990
On #22, the blue on the map looks like canals, and I'm guessing we see one of them in the sat image there in that row of bushes along the bottom of the picture. The farm road is probably the upper road that comes in from the right and dead-ends.
I don't know how any of this helps. Is it going to require scouring google maps like it took to find that lake??
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:45 pm
uhhhhman
Boot
Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 39
I would be #3. I've been trying to research as much as i can from work, which isn't very much haha
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:58 pm
Karensa
Decorated
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 152 Location: At The Computer
Interesting concept here ... and probably too late for me to do much with, but as a general question, what was the point or instruction for this game? Had I stumbled over it some other way I wouldn't have any idea what to do with it. I gather entering coords but what are the numbers under the pictures for? Basically, how ya play this deal? How did you guys figure out what you're even supposed to be doing at all? (Aside from the obvious entry of coords)...
I didn't want to read thru the forum so as not to get answers - just get an idea of what the hell I'm supposed to do and see if I can ;-p
Thanks
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It's two fat German guy's making shit up as they go along. I'm pissed I wasted my time with this!
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:33 am
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
We actually don't know the purpose; we don't know if it's a time waster or a trailhead at this point.
If you don't want to read the spoilers, here's the gist: each image with a respective clue leads to a specific latitude/longitude coordinate. Be it a snapshot image on Google maps, a building, an event location, etc... Everything boils down to a specific point on the Earth.
We've found 42 of them, and to be honest some of those so far were somewhat of an amazing find. I think the seven that remain are the most difficult of the lot because we don't have much to go on.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:41 am
kornable
Greenhorn
Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 6
#42 i've been trolling through everything that happened in 1933 looking for people who look like that guy.
all i've been able to find is that the natzi's really started everything back in 1933
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:35 am
fAr stAr
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Karachi, Pakistan
# 31 the binary numbers in the hint corresponds to the following decimals:
101011 = 43
000001 = 1
110001 = 49
000111 = 7
So 43.1, 49.7 comes out to be somewhere in the Caspian Sea...if the binary to decimal conversation assumption is correct, we need to find something in the Caspian Sea...
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:55 am
SuperSlug
Veteran
Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 74
Agent Lex wrote:
On #18 - Joshua 20:7 (in New International version) is
Quote:
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
#18
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
#18
Nahalal
Jezreel Valley, Lower Galilee, Israel
32.69 Lat
35.20 Long
(hmm, the other coordinates worked for me, try these instead)
now we only have 6 to go
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:54 am
Last edited by SuperSlug on Wed May 21, 2008 8:24 am; edited 1 time in total
fAr stAr
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Karachi, Pakistan
#46 the reverse order of the code is:
HTROWELTTUHSTHGIR = RIGHTSHUTTLEWORTH
WREISUBROCABAYACA = ACAYABACORBUSIERW
Now the first one can be divided into 3 words,
RIGHT
SHUTTLE
WORTH
and the first word for the second code can be
ACAYA
which i think is a chain of hotels or something related...other words r yet to make any sense for me...may be they r in some other language
*EDIT* coordinates of #18 r not working for me
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 8:01 am
SuperSlug
Veteran
Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 74
Ummm, fAr stAr, from Monday...
danteIL wrote:
Also, I find it interesting that #24 is a house by Ken Shuttleworth, given that the clue for #46 is:
Code:
HTROWELTTUHSTHGIR
WREISUBROCABAYACA
KMx15
and if you read the first two lines backwards you get:
ACAYABA
CORBUSIER
WRIGHT
SHUTTLEWORTH
who were/are all architects.
Acayaba architect of pic #2
Corbusier of #40
Wright of #14
Shuttleworth of #24
The thread is only 8 pages long at this point, shouldn't be too hard to catch up...
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 8:14 am
danteIL
Unfictologist
Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1990
Re: #46 EDIT: to take out redundant trout information
Thus, "KMx15" might the relevant clue for the island picture.
Quote:
*EDIT* coordinates of #18 r not working for me
I got these coordinates to work for #18:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
latitude: 32.690099
longitude: 35.196548
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 8:17 am
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