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KGBrAm

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hey, I noticed a little something..

In the page that contains the sound file, if you look at the source the pin number is there.

<!-- PIN=5813 -->

It's not on the FILE page source.

Could anyone try the number again? I'm a poor Canadian and can't call :(

(I could use skype, but I'm lazy haha)

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Zyphrax

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Vanishingpointgame.com

Start by reading the first post of this thread and watch the video below...

Important links

The video

The biography

The file riddle

The flickr website

Video clues/findings

1. The map (left of Bellagio picture) is the map of the Bellagio fountains, one of the sidewalks has been marked with a pen

2. Japanese text in the video (below the Bellagio picture) is the Main welcome text of the Japanese Bellagio site

3. She puts 1 watch in her pocket and 4 watches in a box, with a small red dart/screwdriver/...

4. She talks about "if they need help, they can look for the vanishingpoint tag".

When you search on Google for "vanishingpoint tag" you get to the Flickr site above.

5. 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)

New codes/pages/urls

1. Rot+13 on

00000000000000000000

01011000000111111110

11000000000000000000 reveals imm0rtaliz3m3, which lead to a mp3 file

2. When you look at the waveform of the mp3 file, you can read: FILE

The directory /file/ shows another riddle

Biography clues/findings

1. The formula and biography hint towards Leonhard Euler (not sure yet)

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

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Bei337

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hey, I noticed a little something..

In the page that contains the sound file, if you look at the source the pin number is there.

<!-- PIN=5813 -->

It's not on the FILE page source.

Could anyone try the number again? I'm a poor Canadian and can't call :(

(I could use skype, but I'm lazy haha)

Tried it, nothing.

Btw. when calling that number and dial 0 after the voice, you will hear an announcement "announcement, no one is available to take your call, good bye."

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DaveLegg Developer

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Isnt the word 'their' a bit weird?

"I will make that person famous in a way the world has not seen before. Their name will be repeated" (plural)

But later on

"Let?s be more preciseThat nameb> will" (singular)

Their = singular 3rd person posessiv:s:s

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Zyphrax

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what about: "Your chance to be that person will start when the countdown hits zero".. maybe we need to decrypt the swf file of the countdown and see which url it opens when reaches zero?

Decompiling the swf gets nowhere. You will find obfuscated actionscript, which submits your key to precodehandler.ashx.

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DaveLegg Developer

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what about: "Your chance to be that person will start when the countdown hits zero".. maybe we need to decrypt the swf file of the countdown and see which url it opens when reaches zero?

Theres nothing like that in the source, and any company that knows what they're doing wouldn't put it in there. They'll have something running on the server side that changes the page for when it's loaded after the timer has expired.

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DaveLegg Developer

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I wonder why when i change my time, the counter changes.. shouldn't it be server-sided clock?

There is a function on the server which it can call to get the time until the date using a web service, but it appears as if it's not using that at the moment.

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