The PRE game fun...

[DaveLegg Developer]

Well the sudoku puzzle was solved like this:

-ignoring all the letter and using the arrows as greater than and lower than, you write in the numbers using pure logic

-using the key at the bottom of the page do this:

go from left to right and from top to bottom (like reading) one big box at a time, and take the number in the code corresponding to the box you're at. Using the numbers found in the previous step you find the right letter.

I hope you get the picture, I'm not very good at explaining things.

Could someone post up an image of the puzzle solved with the numbers in place? I think that might help some people who are a bit confused as to how this was solved to understand it.

[Wyco]

I can read 2 chinese characters from there, 最高, top level

top level quality services [refering to the hotel], something like that at least my friend said so

[Adis]

there was a post in the thread with the numbers not sure where.

--edit--

here, i found it

5 9 2 | 4 8 7 | 6 1 3

8 1 7 | 5 6 3 | 9 2 4

6 4 3 | 9 2 1 | 8 7 5

4 2 8 | 1 5 6 | 7 3 9

1 3 5 | 7 4 9 | 2 8 6

7 6 9 | 2 3 8 | 5 4 1

2 5 6 | 3 7 4 | 1 9 8

3 7 1 | 8 9 5 | 4 6 2

9 8 4 | 6 1 2 | 3 5 7

[Zyphrax]

ok, I found information on the print-out.

The right printout is the Main site of the Japanese Bellagio site

http://japan.bellagio.com/Bellagio-Interna.../pages/main.asp

The left printout is the Property map of the Bellagio:

http://www.bellagio.com/pages/map.asp

There pen drawing indicates something special with that lookout zone over the fountains???

Edited December 24, 2006 by Zyphrax

[DaveLegg Developer]

there was a post in the thread with the numbers not sure where.

--edit--

here, i found it

5 9 2 | 4 8 7 | 6 1 3

8 1 7 | 5 6 3 | 9 2 4

6 4 3 | 9 2 1 | 8 7 5

4 2 8 | 1 5 6 | 7 3 9

1 3 5 | 7 4 9 | 2 8 6

7 6 9 | 2 3 8 | 5 4 1

2 5 6 | 3 7 4 | 1 9 8

3 7 1 | 8 9 5 | 4 6 2

9 8 4 | 6 1 2 | 3 5 7

Updated the first post to help people understand :)

[Adis]

Hey about the fountains image, are you shure that the circled thing is a fountain and not the sidewalk.

http://www.vegas-online.de/images1/bellagi...(1)1024x768.jpg

And also on Google Maps:

http://perljam.net/google-satellite-maps/i...lagio_Fountains

[Zyphrax]

Hey about the fountains image, are you shure that the circled thing is a fountain and not the sidewalk.

http://www.vegas-online.de/images1/bellagi...(1)1024x768.jpg

I think it's sidewalk (was editing my post) :)

[Adis]

So I think that's the location. Look at the Google maps link it seems pretty wide.

[Zyphrax]

I've got the feeling that she is an assistant to some magician, and that the blocknote describes the trick. But that's another longshot. However the performance might indeed be there at the fountain of the Bellagio.

Edit: the (circle-like) sketches on the blocknote might represent the fountains.

[Jack Percival]

Thats Las Vegas and thats definitely the place. But what next and whats there?

[Zyphrax]

ok, who is she talking to in the video?

At 0:22, she says "No I can't come to the office .........". Is that a name?

[Adis]

I have to say this: the red pointy thing that she puts in the box looks like either a poison dart, or a small screwdriver.

Could it perhaps be something like this?

Edited December 24, 2006 by Adis

[novastar]

I want more puzzles

[Zyphrax]

I have to say this: the red pointy thing that she puts in the box looks like either a poison dart, or a small screwdriver.

Could it perhaps be something like this?

Could be, but why combine a few watches with a screwdriver and bring it to the Bellagio

And what's up with book about Herodotus

[Adis]

It looked like she was doing something to them.

And also she put one of them in her pocket.

Do you have any thoughts?

Edited December 24, 2006 by Adis

[Scott390]

When i type in wh0isl0ki and the sudoku type puzzle pops up, to me it is like a image...i dont know how to change the letters to numbers or anything clicking on them and typing on my keyboard doesnt do anything how did you guys make stuff happen

[Aeschylus Maximus]

Isn't that it that's probably where something is going to be hidden or wheres somethings going to happen on Jan 8th but it looks exactly like the image on the video.

And please can some1 explain the sudoku solutions in more detail, theres a bunch of people(including me lol) who don't get how you guys arrived at the solution same with the pricross game.

[Zyphrax]

I'm trying to find connections between:

- Japan(ese)

- Bellagio

- Las Vegas

- Loki

- Herodotus

- Theodosius (II)

- Watch(es)

Hard to find clues in the video...

[Adis]

Don't forget the magician's outfit.

[Ace1and11]

It seems that we are all missing something I'm sure a lot of you out there are 2 steps ahead of everything on this forum. But in the video the girl says something about the vanishingpoint tag... its supposed to give us help. If we find that tag before the timer runs down, we will all be ahead of the game. Neowin was already the first on this whole vanishingpointgame, Us Neowins' should be the first to figure all of this out.

[Zyphrax]

It seems that we are all missing something I'm sure a lot of you out there are 2 steps ahead of everything on this forum. But in the video the girl says something about the vanishingpoint tag... its supposed to give us help. If we find that tag before the timer runs down, we will all be ahead of the game. Neowin was already the first on this whole vanishingpointgame, Us Neowins' should be the first to figure all of this out.

The "vanishingpoint tag"-clue means, to search for "vanishingpoint tag".

If you do that in Google:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vanishingpoint+tag

The first site that pops up is a Flickr website (inzenity)

And now and then, new clues are posted.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzenity/

[Ace1and11]

One more thing I'm farly new on this vanishingpointgame, i just found out about it yesterday. One thing I want to know is whats with the USB flash key with the letter, video, and cipher that the Halo Wars Heaven guy Zen got why is he so special... why did he get a key. Oh and how did the 1-800 number lead into the second cipher, and that puzzle lead into the therd cipher? And so on?

[Aeschylus Maximus]

I tried looking at the sudoku puzzle but couldn't see any #s Could some1 make instructions and give a detailed picture of the original #s and the new number that you guys figured out and how it led you to the answer. for the first sudoku puzzle and the 2nd sudoku puzzle.

[Adis]

What are these two images supposed to show? There must be clues in the paintings.

http://flickr.com/photos/inzenity/331725682/

http://flickr.com/photos/inzenity/331490390/

[Zyphrax]

When i type in wh0isl0ki and the sudoku type puzzle pops up, to me it is like a image...i dont know how to change the letters to numbers or anything clicking on them and typing on my keyboard doesnt do anything how did you guys make stuff happen

That puzzle is SOLVED. Ignore the letters for now. Use the greater than and less than symbols, and solve it like a sudoku. After you are done, use the corresponding letters to the number in the corner.

Both versions work, the second is easier because it spells 'biography'