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[FRINGE] New Game? Fringe (Trailhead + pre-game)
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watchfringe
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Joined: 20 Jul 2008
Posts: 7
sometallusjinks wrote:
watchfringe wrote:
Is it just me or is http://www.imaginetheimpossibilites.com/ down at the moment?


Yes, it's down for me, too.


Embarassed

I cant get to the video anymore? it goes direct to the case file.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:55 pm
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Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 4751
Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth

 		You know, there was this recently launched ARG that did a similar thing with attachments, increasing the number of attachments exponentially with each recipient.

Not that I know anything about *THAT*... Rolling Eyes



And why is everyone bolding my name all of a sudden? What'd I do?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:55 pm
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sundown
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Joined: 23 Jul 2008
Posts: 10
Location: Arvada, CO

 		X100
The email that I received repeats the message 100 times...

Also, I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but the coordinates on the site are for these locations:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
43.374491, -92.115121
Cresco, Iowa between N Elm St. and 2nd St E on 3rd Ave. W
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43.374491,+-92.115121&ie=UTF8&ll=43.374688,-92.115126&spn=0.007362,0.013111&z=16&iwloc=addr

43.404375, -94.833592
Estherville, Iowa between N 8th St. and N 9th St. on 3rd Ave. N
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43.404375,+-94.833592&ie=UTF8&ll=43.40458,-94.833598&spn=0.007358,0.013111&z=16&iwloc=addr

42.069544, -94.866361
Carroll, Iowa between W 10th St. and W 9th St. on N Adams
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=42.069544,+-94.866361&ie=UTF8&ll=42.069748,-94.866364&spn=0.007518,0.013111&z=16&iwloc=addr

42.164144, -92.026077
Vinton, Iowa between B Avenue and A Avenue on W 8th St.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=42.164144,+-92.026077&ie=UTF8&ll=42.164358,-92.026076&spn=0.007507,0.013111&z=16&iwloc=addr

I wish I were in Iowa to check these out. Of anyone else is and has nothing better to do on a Saturday night, please let me know what you find!


Updated: Now with Google Map link goodness.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:01 pm
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Xtatic
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 		No of times
My e mail (via Gmail) has it repeated 215 times.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:02 pm
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watchfringe
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Joined: 20 Jul 2008
Posts: 7
Nighthawk wrote:
You know, there was this recently launched ARG that did a similar thing with attachments, increasing the number of attachments exponentially with each recipient.

Not that I know anything about *THAT*... Rolling Eyes



And why is everyone bolding my name all of a sudden? What'd I do?


I registered a second email yesterday and the message repeats 580 times! so i think you might be on to something.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:05 pm
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sometallusjinks
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Joined: 22 Jul 2008
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 		Here is an image of all the coordinates:




PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:13 pm
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 		Re: X100
sundown wrote:
The email that I received repeats the message 100 times...

Also, I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but the coordinates on the site are for these locations:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
43.374491, -92.115121
Cresco, Iowa between N Elm St. and 2nd St E on 3rd Ave. W

43.404375, -94.833592
Estherville, Iowa between N 8th St. and N 9th St. on 3rd Ave. N

42.069544, -94.866361
Carroll, Iowa between W 10th St. and W 9th St. on N Adams St.

42.164144, -92.026077
Vinton, Iowa between B Avenue and A Avenue on W 8th St.

I wish I were in Iowa to check these out. Of anyone else is and has nothing better to do on a Saturday night, please let me know what you find!


Looks like that is the first clue. Is it safe to say the ARG has begun?

Anyone on these forums live in Iowa?

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:15 pm
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sundown
Boot

Joined: 23 Jul 2008
Posts: 10
Location: Arvada, CO

 		Video Analysis
I did an analysis of the video "CASE 0091: EVIDENCE_0002 1200 250708" that accessed by clicking on the ram horn (or whatever that is). I converted the FLV file to a MOV file end exported all the frames in QuickTime.

Not sure if this is any help to anyone, but I figured I'd post it anyway...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Frame 60 contains text 1185-B(?)
Frame 66 contains similar but unreadable
Frames 76 and 77 might have numbers just above ring of sheep...
Frames 86-91 has circles with lines between them
Frame 92 Top most circle disappears
Frame 97 Writing from frames 76 and 77 become a little more readable
Frames 101-103 show second circle of sheep
Frame 104 Second circle disappears
Frame 110 Writing disappears
Frames 106-127 Polygons appear to build
Frame 128 Writing in upper left corner unreadable
Frame 137 Writing in lower left corner unreadable
Frame 138 Vertical writing in middle left unreadable
Frame 142 Writing disappears
Frames 146-151 Static
Frame 157 Triangle and light in center appear
Frame 174 "Sheep Iowa"
Frames 182-183 Destructed City
Frames 184-211 Background changes to desert, possible vehicles
Frames 212 - 213 Red background
Frames 214-219 Orange and yellow background
Frame 220 Background changes back to desert
Frame 239 Triangle, polygons and some equations (unreadable)
Frames 246-247 More readable but still can't make it all out
Frame 259 - SUV visible in desert.
Frame 260-261 Background becomes a blur of something...
Frames 262-301 Man handling photograph of sheep circle
Frame 298 Vertical line appears on right with unreadable writing
Frame 302 Old man appears (rancher)
Frame 312 Writing in lower left. Can't read.
Frame 319 Clearest pic of old man
Frame 337-363 Burn spots appear on right
Frame 357 more writing in upper right. Can't read
Frame 364 - Rams horn(?) is new background
Frame 366 - Numbers visible on horn
Frame 368 - Writing in upper right. Can't read.
Frame 409-463 Blob, back background, weirdness
Frame 464-465 Destructed town?
Frame 466-477 static
Frame 478-523 Sheep
Frame 524-527 Blacknes
Frames 528-541 sheep
Frames 542-543 blur
Frames 544-545 Swirling something...
Frames 546-579 sheep
Frames 580-585 blackness
Frames 586-603 more sheep
Frame 599 Triangle with equaion (looks same as earlier)
Frames 604-605 blackness
Frames 606-609 blur
Frames 610-673 no clue what I'm looking at here... Dying sheep maybe???
Frame 621 equation more readable

Side note : Not sure that the black smokey forms are that appear throughout the video.


PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:20 pm
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watchfringe wrote:
sometallusjinks wrote:
watchfringe wrote:
Is it just me or is http://www.imaginetheimpossibilites.com/ down at the moment?


Yes, it's down for me, too.


Embarassed

I cant get to the video anymore? it goes direct to the case file.


Delete your cookies

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sundown
Boot

Joined: 23 Jul 2008
Posts: 10
Location: Arvada, CO

 		Fibonacci Sequence
One last thing for now...

After looking at this site:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FibonacciNumber.html

I think it's safe to say that all of the equations that show up as overlays when you mouse over the images have to do with the Fibonacci Sequence. I knew that the braille links at the bottom were, but it took me a while to figure out that the overlays were as well.

My apologies if everyone else had already figured that one out.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:23 pm
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stratagos
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Joined: 09 Jul 2008
Posts: 339
Location: Philadelphia suburbs

 		I only had 41 repetitions.

When you look at 7th and Island on Google maps on the street view, the only thing interesting is a self storage place - nothing "refreshing"

Most of the "seventh island" stuff I pull up on google has to do with Pokemon. Yeah... no, not going there

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:31 pm
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deletia
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Joined: 31 Jul 2007
Posts: 304
Location: Pittsburgh, PA

 		So right now there's a lot of unexplained material out there (the number on the ram's horn, the videos, the coordinates in Iowa), but the one thing actually called a clue is the email message.

There doesn't yet seem to be any rhyme or reason to the number of iterations (mine was 82), so that leaves us with text itself--which is odd.

Here are some things that seem anomalous. Maybe there's a clue in here somewhere....

- The e-mail, which was supposed to contain the clue, reveals that the actual clue is at Seventh and Island--which makes me wonder if "Seventh and Island" means something other than the intersection nearby the convention.

- The clue is "refreshing."

- "If you're not the intended recipient, do not...play or disclose or use the contents..."? [probably just atmospheric, but still odd]

- It's also weird that Fox is accepting "no liability for any changes made to this email sending from www.exploretheimpossibilities.com." a) what does that mean? How could someone have changed the e-mail after it was sent? b) The wording's just odd, too. "sending from"?

I've got nothing.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:38 pm
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stratagos
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Joined: 09 Jul 2008
Posts: 339
Location: Philadelphia suburbs
stratagos wrote:
I only had 41 repetitions.

When you look at 7th and Island on Google maps on the street view, the only thing interesting is a self storage place - nothing "refreshing"

Most of the "seventh island" stuff I pull up on google has to do with Pokemon. Yeah... no, not going there


The scan of the 'leaf' from Comic Con had 7th and Island on it. Is there anything legible in that area?

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:42 pm
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Colori
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Joined: 11 Jul 2007
Posts: 132
deletia wrote:


- The clue is "refreshing."



Oh god, not slusho. Rolling Eyes

My first thought at the iowa thing was that it would be a golden rectangle, but, if it were so, they'd have made the coordinates make a perfect rectangle- which they don't. So...I dunno.

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miamore
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Joined: 23 Jul 2008
Posts: 3
Location: So. Florida

 		Don't know if it means anything, but Estherville, Iowa was the site of one of the largest mesosiderite meterorite landings. It fell on May 10th, 1879.

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