episode Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 NEW LINK! http://vanishingpointgame.com/biography/ edit: I partially solved the Sudoku puzzle, and got the first letters. I got the idea from earlier in this thread, about the arrows being greater than/less than signs. If you completely remove the letters, and only contentrate on the greater than/lesser than, it's possible to recreate the Sudoku puzzle. When you've done that, you use the numbers in the lower right to "map" it to the puzzle. To explain better, this is my sudoku grid after some a few tries: 292 ... .1. .1. ... 92. ... 921 ... .2. 1.. ..9 1.. ..9 2.2 ..9 2.. ..1 2.. ..2 19. ..1 .9. ..2 9.2 .12 2.. Now, take the number in the lower right, which was 142966259 - out of the grid, I got b_og_____, and as I looked at the upper right corner, I realized that "biography" matched and had letters in all the correct sections. Yeah I tried to do it on the first puzzle, but it didnt seem to work. I didn't try the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emale_tart Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 well its much appreciated anyways :D Do we presume this is the background story on Loki then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawx Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Anyone remember eon8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnTimOnY Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 So, have we got everything now? The biography text makes me think its the wrong answer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maygaess Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 is the bio page related to this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_%28mathematical_constant%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emale_tart Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 yes as far as i can see wh0isl0ki -> Biography to some really smart dude 3scap3grav1ty -> stuff about destiny, vista and hints at space ? wan7towinme (or whatever it was) -> Competition and win lots of gadgets/pc's and gaming stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 yes as far as i can see wh0isl0ki -> Biography to some really smart dude 3scap3grav1ty -> stuff about destiny, vista and hints at space ? wan7towinme (or whatever it was) -> Competition and win lots of gadgets/pc's and gaming stuff Who is loki is the biography, yes Escape gravity is the grand prize want to win me is the anti penultimate prize ... which I guess would be third place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
factoid Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 "the plot thickens..." >.< couldnt resist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted December 24, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 24, 2006 "the plot thickens..." >.< couldnt resist! *evil laugh* :shiftyninja: ... but anyway, nice job guys. I never would have gotten that. Now I'm really going to get some sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigg3r Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Humm, i liked the idea of the "ultimate vista" being "view from space". If Paul Allen funded alone the 25 million dollars in the SpaceShipOne project, i think he could ask just one flight for free :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymgve Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Here's the final sudoku solution: 592 487 613 817 563 924 643 921 875 428 156 739 135 749 286 769 238 541 256 374 198 371 895 462 984 612 357 Also, the word in the first puzzle was "rpiiajsuy". Seems to be scrambled somehow. edit: nevermind - http://vanishingpointgame.com/rpiiajsuy/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzenity Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I think Loki is girl . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Cool Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 wheres the pic from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
factoid Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I think Loki is girl . . . snipped umm...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzenity Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 One of the files Microsoft sent me in a puzzle box (the other was the key which I posted to the heavengames blog) - http://flickr.com/photos/inzenity/sets/72157594435060363/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
factoid Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 wanna post the message they sent you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 how you people got the kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzenity Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 <<name>> You are now a decoder. There are only a few like you, but thousands more are looking for you. Find the other decoders before Zero Hour. Go to www.vanishingpointgame.com A spectacular adventure is on the horizon.... can you find it before it disappears? -L P.S. I've hidden something in a puzzle box for you. Find the box, find a way to open it? The header says "From the desk of Loki..." The footer says "ENIGMA DIRECTOR." The whole note looks like it was printed out of an inkjet printer. The box it came in has a return address of LOKI One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 how you people got the kit? I think my involvement with HeavenGames might have something to do with it ... some of the games we cover are games published by Microsoft, so it's entirely possible that they got my contact info from one of their mailing lists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Humm, i liked the idea of the "ultimate vista" being "view from space". If Paul Allen funded alone the 25 million dollars in the SpaceShipOne project, i think he could ask just one flight for free :D I didn't even think of that when I was putting that theory up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
factoid Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 and was there anything on the key? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I wonder if LOKI is an acronym. Give us more info on the picture. What was the original filename? Have you edited it in any way before you uploaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzenity Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Yeah, the key was solved earlier which eventually led to the www.vanishingpointgame.com/antepenultimate/ directory (search for posts starting at around #150 in this thread) What bugs me is that it seemed too simple to solve ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novastar Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 hey loki, I know you're watching.... "DA AS, W KOBH HC PSQCAS O RSQCRSF" (I'll reply within 24 hours) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
factoid Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 yeah I know it was solved, I just wondered if there was anything else. Now I want to know; according to the letter, are we (the masses at neowin) the 'Decoders' or the people that are looking for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzenity Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I think it refers to other people who also received one of the boxes...? :shrug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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