The PRE game fun...

[TalonSilverclaw]

right now I'm sifting though all the actionscript of the flash page, there should be SOMETHING of use in there.

[yanger]

Ok so I watched the vid at the end the got the page http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/on_the_run that flashed across the sceen really fast.

The last two lines on the page are boggling me:

"When the time is right, I?ll ask you a question. For now, follow this trail to get the word it leads to." (Sounds like a riddle, think it has to do with the odpathi> of "on_the_run")

And then "Contact Me." at the bottom of the page.

So i send an email to [email protected] and get back:

[indenfrom [email protected] <[email protected]> 9:01 pm (1 hour ago)

reply-to [email protected]

to <removed>@gmail.com

date Jan 9, 2007 9:01 PM

subject RE:

Life is a mix of work and play. You've found play...

~Li>[/indent]

Then I sent an email to [email protected] and got back:

[indenfrom Loki . (Confidential) <[email protected]> 10:20 pm (30 minutes ago)

to <removed>@gmail.com>

date Jan 9, 2007 10:20 PM

subject Out of Office:

mailed-by smtp.microsoft.com

Hmmm. Not quite what I had in mind. Try harder - then listen closely.

~Li>[/indent]

I think the intent is either a sound file to find or a phone number to call, but I am stumped (and a bit foggy eyed at this poin:wacko:o: ) and must go get rest. I thought I'd at least throw this out there....

-K

[email protected] - i shot an email that way, no reply ... i wonder if v has something to do with this... and why would it be confidential...

[GMKrullen]

I found these images, much like everyone else and touched them up just a tad.

[binny1070]

so i happen to pause the newest video at the this wierd point don't know if it will help but i took a screen shot of it

maybee it is nothing but it looks as though it was suppose to look like this if you watch she tips her head and pulls down her glassesshe looks like a cat

[The_Devil_Inside]

I think it's just the image overlay deceiving you. Since they quick faded into the new shot.

[Aeschylus Maximus]

Is that a cat in the background of the vid?

[danedmo]

I found these images, much like everyone else and touched them up just a tad.

I am thinking that you use these pictures in conjunction with the hidden pictures in the other 36 puzzles that we don't have access to yet, and that they may lead to the answer of some even tougher riddle

[binny1070]

like i said just thought i would share with all of you. never know what be a clue or not

[Aeschylus Maximus]

I saw that unfiction started an email referral thread ... maybe we should start one too; this will allow all of neowin to get those 200 extra points. Because if 1 person signs up then another and so on and so forth so my email is 007ate007(AT)gmail.com if any1 is signing up and wants to refer please do.

[TalonSilverclaw]

I saw that unfiction started an email referral thread ... maybe we should start one too; this will allow all of neowin to get those 200 extra points. Because if 1 person signs up then another and so on and so forth so my email is 007ate007(AT)gmail.com if any1 is signing up and wants to refer please do.

the refferals are garbage to try to get, because for signing up that persom gets 20 points, you get 10...that actually LOWERS you odds of winning this thing hehe :p

[Aeschylus Maximus]

i guess you are right, but each person will get 20 more while you get 200? im sleepy might not be making any sense

[Apogee]

I found these images, much like everyone else and touched them up just a tad.

Thank you nice work!

EDIT: We need to get all of them in line art to really be able to piece them together.

[da13ro]

I am trying to organise a live web feed of this Sundays Sydney event, not sure that it will be as good as the last one but if i can get the connection organised I will give everyone on neowin the details to watch, that way we can be the first community the have the info :p If anyone is Sydney is coming please PM me, and if anyone in Sydney has a wireless internet connection definetly PM me. I have one server I can use for the feed, if anyone else has one they want to donate for the day, PM me.

Also express your interest, should i bother with this, is it worth while etc...

Cheers.

[bik111]

I am trying to organise a live web feed of this Sundays Sydney event, not sure that it will be as good as the last one but if i can get the connection organised I will give everyone on neowin the details to watch, that way we can be the first community the have the info :p If anyone is Sydney is coming please PM me, and if anyone in Sydney has a wireless internet connection definetly PM me. I have one server I can use for the feed, if anyone else has one they want to donate for the day, PM me.

Also express your interest, should i bother with this, is it worth while etc...

Cheers.

its definitely worth it

[malky]

Eh, is it me, or is VanishingPointGame.com offline?

I had the same reply to one email awhile back

also a "getting warmer" rply

its definitely worth it

count me in

[bigtwist]

im in Brisbane, so can't make it down there for that day, so im all for it

[TalonSilverclaw]

I've been working on the homepage and all linking files, looking for ANYTHING that might give a url or email but NOTHING is comming up at all so far

[SuperRob]

OK, so I've been thinking about Loki's last message, the one you get when you e-mail her at Microsoft.

"Hmmm, not what I had in mind. Try harder -- then listen."

I just had a brainstorm. Try harder. What do you do when you can't get a hold of someone by e-mail, but you need to contact them? You CALL them. OK, so where do we call? Rather than calling random numbers ... we know where she works already. I called Microsoft. When the IVR (Interactive Voice Response) asked me to say the name of the person I wanted to speak to, I said ...

Loki.

The system didn't understand. So I said it again. And again. Then my wife walks in. "Why on earth do you keep saying that?"

Still, I think this is the right track. OK, so the IVR doesn't recognize "Loki". So I figure, we either need her extension number, or we need to find her real name.

Thoughts?

Edit: Oh, and I thought of using either 31415 and 31416 as her Extension number, too, but to no avail. I wonder what would happen if I call in the morning, speak to an operator, and say ...

"I know this sounds crazy, but if I were to ask you to connect me to ... Loki ... could you do that?"

Edited January 10, 2007 by SuperRob

[yanger]

Eh, what was that 4 digit pin from the beginning? most corporates use 3, 4 or 5 pin numbers as extensions....

OK, so I've been thinking about Loki's last message, the one you get when you e-mail her at Microsoft.

"Hmmm, not what I had in mind. Try harder -- then listen."

I just had a brainstorm. Try harder. What do you do when you can't get a hold of someone by e-mail, but you need to contact them? You CALL them. OK, so where do we call? Rather than calling random numbers ... we know where she works already. I called Microsoft. When the IVR (Interactive Voice Response) asked me to say the name of the person I wanted to speak to, I said ...

Loki.

The system didn't understand. So I said it again. And again. Then my wife walks in. "Why on earth do you keep saying that?"

Still, I think this is the right track. OK, so the IVR doesn't recognize "Loki". So I figure, we either need her extension number, or we need to find her real name.

Thoughts?

Edit: Oh, and I thought of using either 31415 and 31416 as her Extension number, too, but to no avail. I wonder what would happen if I call in the morning, speak to an operator, and say ...

"I know this sounds crazy, but if I were to ask you to connect me to ... Loki ... could you do that?"

[dsteele_7]

Eh, what was that 4 digit pin from the beginning? most corporates use 3, 4 or 5 pin numbers as extensions....

IIRC it was 5813... at least that was the one in the source

[The_Devil_Inside]

35813 was the 5 digit pin

[Panacik]

hmm any ideas where they got the number from?

It might be important so here is what the message says:

Male Voice: venus

Female Voice: 4, 2, 1, 7

BEEP

Male Voice: vru

Female Voice: 8, 2

BEEP

Male Voice: quart

Female Voice: 4, 2

The numbers are wrong! (taken from lost)

so i happen to pause the newest video at the this wierd point don't know if it will help but i took a screen shot of it

maybee it is nothing but it looks as though it was suppose to look like this if you watch she tips her head and pulls down her glassesshe looks like a cat

I noticed that, but a biut of a zoom returns nothing at all.

[Storm]

that phone idea sounds good to me! Shame im in the UK!

[TalonSilverclaw]

calling microsoft doesn't work

[Panacik]

http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/vanishingpoint.htm

Hmmm, could this be connected?