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I found a forum where someone claimed to have a gpa of 3.1415... don't know if this is related, but it might be worth a shot.

TonyG Fri Dec 15 (2006) 06:48PM

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I'm very proud of my GPA. Not because it's good but because it's 3.145. Come on, someone must know that number!

it's on http://www.epizenter.net/e107_plugins/foru...c.php?62794.105

i enterd this and it disepird to 窶冱窶蚤窶・br />窶冱窶冱

owi know how to get this soloved make a program that automaticly types in word from dictionary and submits them

i play runescape and thers hacks that make cursor clik automaticly and theres programs that type automaticlt to so i gess if you put bouth together you get something

is this web the best web out ther to solove the clue any other webs do this?

ha? :blink:

I found a forum where someone claimed to have a gpa of 3.1415... don't know if this is related, but it might be worth a shot.

TonyG Fri Dec 15 (2006) 06:48PM

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I'm very proud of my GPA. Not because it's good but because it's 3.145. Come on, someone must know that number!

it's on http://www.epizenter.net/e107_plugins/foru...c.php?62794.105

It's Pi (π) - 3.1415... how do you think it's related? I am interested to hear more...

It's Pi - 3.1415... how do you think it's related? I am interested to hear more...

http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/biography/ says

"I learned the trick of sliding by: did just well enough to get into an exclusive college and then kept my head down, graduating with a GPA of exactly 3.1415. That?s harder to do than you might think."

It might be a bit far-fetched... but there might be some connection, especially since it was posted quite recently on dec. 15

I found a forum where someone claimed to have a gpa of 3.1415... don't know if this is related, but it might be worth a shot.

TonyG Fri Dec 15 (2006) 06:48PM

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Joined: Tue Mar 28 (2006) 03:22PM

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I'm very proud of my GPA. Not because it's good but because it's 3.145. Come on, someone must know that number!

it's on http://www.epizenter.net/e107_plugins/foru...c.php?62794.105

I saw that too, but he does not seem to be too much important person and it should be 3,1415 not 3,145 [as the reply goes for it in the next post]

I saw that too, but he does not seem to be too much important person and it should be 3,1415 not 3,145 [as the reply goes for it in the next post]

Sorry, I misread that as 3.1415...

Just thought I should mention that post. I'll keep looking.

No, your right malcolmst. I missed that completely... I need to pay a lot more attention to this game. I am so not going to win anything :p

So we have these possible themes:

- Mathematics,

- Space,

- Fraud (see 'Las Vegas' references and 'Loki' reference),

- Stage Performance/Show (White Gloves and Stick-thingy),

- Microsoft (Sofware, Giant Corporation, Game Consoles, Lots of Money),

- Fame (possible product launch by the winner at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas),

Anyone see any others that I may have missed?

LOL@The Vanishing Point Wiki. Kinda reminds me of YTMND's investigation into Eon 8. Now that was hilarious.

EDIT: I just checked the Vanishing Point site and 3 red dots have appeared that I haven't seen before. And I've seen it in both Safari and Firefox.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/985/picture1sc4.png

picture1sc4.png

Edited by osirisX

i enterd this and it disepird to 窶冱窶蚤窶・br />窶冱窶冱

owi know how to get this soloved make a program that automaticly types in word from dictionary and submits them

i play runescape and thers hacks that make cursor clik automaticly and theres programs that type automaticlt to so i gess if you put bouth together you get something

is this web the best web out ther to solove the clue any other webs do this?

ha? :blink:

Lol. He's suggesting to bruteforce it and then babbles about runescape for a bit I think, then asks if there are better forums trying to solve this.

EDIT: ^I dont get those red dots on my page.. Are they in the flash file or in the html?

LOL@The Vanishing Point Wiki. Kinda reminds me of YTMND's investigation into Eon 8. Now that was hilarious.

EDIT: I just checked the Vanishing Point site and 3 red dots have appeared that I haven't seen before. Add I've seen it in both Safari and Firefox.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/985/picture1sc4.png

picture1sc4.png

I dont see any red points. Are you sure your monitor doesnt have hotpixels? :D

I dont see any red points. Are you sure your monitor doesnt have hotpixels? :D

I don't think that would be it, since there's definately a red mark on the screenshot image. I don't see it on the site either though... it's probably related to the browser

Well, I think it's more OS related now. Because I got it on Safari and FF on OS X. But it disappears in Windows. And nah, not hot pixels. Thought of that before I posted it =P

It's funny because it happens on a Mac! I keep telling people - all operating systems are equal... in flaws and features - they just have different ones.

Microsoft must have designed the site to show angry red dots at users of crapintosh computers :p

I've been watching this topic for the past few days, it really is quite amazing. I've tried solving some of the puzzles, but they are so hard.

Anyway, I think maybe we found one of the answers out of order. The recent audio file revealed a site that had a riddle on it. I didn't see much talk about the riddle and I wasn't sure if it had been solved already. The site says this:

Here?s a riddle for you:

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

my answer to the riddle is some sort of climax, something that requires a journey to get to, happens, and then is gone.

I tried climax and any other word related to that but they didn't work. I finally put it into a thesaurus and came up with a list of synonyms.

acme, apex, apogee, ascendancy, capsheaf, capstone, climacteric, crest, crowning point, extremity, head, height, high spot, highlight, intensification, limit, maximum, meridian, orgasm, pay-off, peak, pinnacle, pitch, summit, tiptop, top, turning point, utmost, zenith

the one that sticks out, zenith, was the answer to the 3scap3grav1ty puzzle. any coincidence?

*edit*

another thing that just caught my eye is the text in the Zenith page. I'm not sure if this was discussed already, I have read all of the pages of this thread but it is easy to forget. The page reads:

The vanishing point is the boundary between Something and Everything; between What Is and What Can Be. Fewer than a thousand people have ever been there to see the ultimate vista. The grand prize winner will be one of them.

The race for that destiny will begin when the countdown hits zero.

The words Something and Everything are capitalized, emphasizing those two words. The next part has What Is and What Can Be capitalized, again emphasizing the words. If the destiny is the vanishing point, and "The vanishing point is the boundary between Something and Everything", what is the vanishing point? it sounds like another riddle

Edited by Fonze

Today, I wont have much time to puzzle. Family + christmas, etc. etc.

Cool to see the Wiki, although it's a bit empty.

I think the theory about the ZEN forum is a bit farefetched...

Here is the list again, I threw in some updates:

Vanishingpointgame.com

Important links

The video

The file page (unsolved)

The biography page (unsolved)

The flickr website

Video clues/findings

[00:19] She is packing white gloves, a suit and a high hat (magician costume?)

[00:32] There is a guy at the right side (probably a cameraman slipup)

[00:35] On the left is the map of the Bellagio.

The center sidewalk in front of the fountains has been marked with pen

[00:36] On the right is the Main welcome text of the Japanese Bellagio website

[00:43] She puts 1 watch in her pocket and 4 watches and a small red dart in a box

[00:59] The drawings look like watches and describe the Laplace Transform technique,

which is related to Euler (rotated pic)

[01:12] The colored items are chocolates of the hotel she's staying in

[01:17] The black book that she is reading on the bed is:

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Vol 2 by Edward Gibbon (read online)

Biography clues/findings

1. The biography might be of Leonhard Euler

2. The formule looks like the Generalized continued fraction

Other clues/findings

1. Changing your system time progresses the counter, but nothing happens when it reaches 00:00:00.

2. The website counts down to 8th of January 2007 6.30pm

3. Every 15-letter word yields no results on the website

4. Flash decompiler and network monitor revealed /now.asmx and /precodehandler.ashx

Good luck!

After a little more poking around OS X seems to do something funny with the hidden things in the flash and throws up those red dots. The one by itself sits at the end of the Incorrect key text and the 2 down the bottom are sitting at the end of the back button. Oh well, coould have been something =P

[00:19] She is packing white gloves, a suit and a high hat (magician costume?)

[00:32] There is a guy at the right side (probably a cameraman slipup)

[00:35] On the left is the map of the Bellagio.

The center sidewalk in front of the fountains has been marked with pen

I am 99% sure that she (or the winner) will wear that costume when they (her, the winner or both of them) launch 'the product' at the Bellagio, by the fountains.

...and wouldn't they edit out the man if it was a mistake? It must be there on purpose. Notice that you can't make him out AT ALL! And it's not like we don't know that someones filming it... ;)

Edited by mrmckeb
...and wouldn't they edit out the man if it was a mistake? It must be there on purpose. Notice that you can't make him out AT ALL! And it's not like we don't know that someones filming it...

Also (well for me anyway) the camera seems to jump off her to catch the vase and him. After he is on the screen for a second it snaps back. Anyone else notice that or think anything of it.

Also (well for me anyway) the camera seems to jump off her to catch the vase and him. After he is on the screen for a second it snaps back. Anyone else notice that or think anything of it.

Does anyone have the ORIGINAL video - I know there is a high res quicktime version of it, but I presume that's a conversion (Microsoft using quicktime over it's equal - if not better - wmv format?). I would love to go through that in a good video application (like Sony Vegas) to see whats happening in all the shots...

Inzenity has the original WMV from the USB stick. He converted it to Quicktime.

The Quicktime video is pretty good, Im not sure if the WMV will unveil more...

(I asked him to post the file listing and meta data, but I can't see any clues in that)

What would be the purpose of the guy in the corner... He is wearing shorts and black socks... And what about the noticable orange rope/extension cord?

Inzenity has the original WMV from the USB stick. He converted it to Quicktime.

The Quicktime video is pretty good, Im not sure if the WMV will unveil more...

(I asked him to post the file listing and meta data, but I can't see any clues in that)

My computer doesn't like quicktime files... I think it's loves Microsoft too much. I'll just use the youtube video.

What would be the purpose of the guy in the corner... He is wearing shorts and black socks... And what about the noticable orange rope/extension cord?

There appears to be nothing of interest on the tray, so they must be trying to point out the guy. I would say that they are trying to tell us something about who we are looking for - but I can't see it yet!

Wow... this has really taken on a life of its own! Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread and the continued effort to solve this challenge!

I'm continuing to read every single post and updating the initial post with the codes and details we find.

Thanks to our long-standing members, and our new ones, for making Neowin the ultimate community effort in this game.

Why are most links on the wiki pointing to unfiction?

http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/Keys

But Ausasuke noted and i just checked: the countdown ends at 6:28 pm which is 18:28

If you take the date 2007. 1. 8. and put the time between the year and the month you get

2007182818

that strongly resembles e which is 2.7182818

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