Meta Puzzle Finale--Bring All Clues!

[D-Cipher]

This shall be a new thread where people share clues and thoughts on the Meta Puzzle progress. ENJOY!

[GubGub]

Random :D

[D-Cipher]

Lets put all the clues together here!!! ....working with a handfull of clues is much better! WHO'S GOT THOUGHTS/ IDEAS???

[patrikhub]

hey everyone.... been lurking these boards for a bit...i was thinking, perhaps the white squares from the symbol of the school she attended... just thought i'd throw that out.

[Modo100]

Side note: The postings slow down considerably because of time (duh) so it appears there aren't that many west (US) coasters playing this game. I would think that the CA and WA techies would be all over this. Maybe this promotional isn't gathering as many folks as hoped for.

[tgeairn]

Has anyone tried any of the phone numbers from box 3?

By this, I mean numbers resulting from intermediate clues. Example, in TOMB we get some letters in the boxes

BLE BEB ABYE WORLD

253 232 2293 96753

The first 10 digits of this one are a cell phone (T-Mobile) in Tacoma, WA.

Or to make things interesting, the seven digit #253-2322 belongs to a staffer at MIT, in the Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence Lab. (The GATES center)

Edited January 22, 2007 by tgeairn

[Modo100]

Has anyone tried any of the phone numbers from box 3?

By this, I mean numbers resulting from intermediate clues. Example, in TOMB we get some letters in the boxes

BLE BEB ABYE WORLD

253 232 2293 96753

The first 10 digits of this one are a cell phone (T-Mobile) in Tacoma, WA.

yep...at least the first 10 numbers (253 232 2293) are a private residence.

[Modo100]

meta puzzle:

RIGHT

UP

RIGHT

DOWN

LEFT

next direction will be presumably from solving the next box - making the sixth direction ( or number in a grid)

The final number and/or area code will be from where? The first one to call it wins the meta prize??

[tgeairn]

meta puzzle:

RIGHT

UP

RIGHT

DOWN

LEFT

next direction will be presumably from solving the next box - making the sixth direction ( or number in a grid)

The final number and/or area code will be from where? The first one to call it wins the meta prize??

Unless the REAL directions being given are by the hand she lowers the glasses with... Wouldn't be the first misdirection (remember WAVES)?

[patrikhub]

i might just be a retard for not remembering its use... but did we ever use the too math problems from the video outside the casino...??? 694+42 and 114+224

[Interface7]

RIGHT

UP

RIGHT

DOWN

LEFT

_______

wish we knew beyond what is given to us!

[Interface7]

OK...have you guys noticed that Loki is not wearing her necklace anymore in the 3rd video?? She's moving down chairs from week to week and then on the 3rd video her necklace is gone.

[tgeairn]

OK...have you guys noticed that Loki is not wearing her necklace anymore in the 3rd video?? She's moving down chairs from week to week and then on the 3rd video her necklace is gone.

Can you confirm that she's wearing the necklace in any video other than the 2nd (011107) video? There's a whole folklore about Kitsune hiding their soul or a part of themselves in a pearl that they wear or carry at all times. If you find or capture the pearl then you have power over them and they need to offer you a gift or prize to get their jewel back. So, missing jewelry could be important.

[Eric Veteran]

i might just be a retard for not remembering its use... but did we ever use the too math problems from the video outside the casino...??? 694+42 and 114+224

Yes, they were added together to get the time for the dual clock puzzle... "BEE GELS"

[Tha14thSpade]

Can you confirm that she's wearing the necklace in any video other than the 2nd (011107) video? There's a whole folklore about Kitsune hiding their soul or a part of themselves in a pearl that they wear or carry at all times. If you find or capture the pearl then you have power over them and they need to offer you a gift or prize to get their jewel back. So, missing jewelry could be important.

I think you maybe on to something. Hmmmm...!!!

[gdesignr]

I've been going through my notes, and have some random things that may be useful, but which I haven't been able to make any progress with yet. Maybe these will spark some other ideas:

Rabbit Trail - the rabbit's footprints are in a strange order. It's not brail, but looks like some sort of code.

The answer to the rabbit trail puzzle was "Presto". Typically in magic that is followed by "Change-O". I'm wondering if somewhere we need to change the letter O to something else.

Has anyone tried mapping the dirving directions for each point to see if it draws anything?

Magic Lesson - The answer Sewanee (TN) seems very strange. What does that have to do with anything? Is that location important?

In general some of the answers to the puzzles seem strange and unrelated to the overall theme for that box. Are these answers being forced to fit an overall meta code?

Is there a question or answer in the puzzle names or puzzle answers? I've laid them all out but don't see anything yet. Maybe there is an anagram using the first letter of each puzzle name, or of each answer...

Also some puzzles had hidden white squares. Is there any significance to which puzzles?

[Tha14thSpade]

In the thrid video, she only pulls down her glasses once. Does this mean shes pointing to the necklace that she has missing? And maybe the rabit trail is to be used to re-trace her steps, and find the missing necklace, which will win you the prize?

I dunno... just throwing thoughts at people who might be a little further ahead. I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna win the game, but I'd like to assist anyone who does.

Peace:

14thSpade

[criffin1]

lokis out of office, emails are no longer being responded to, any ideas? i was wondering if the auto-response changed but now im not getting any response...!

on a side note, everyone is talking about her neclace, anyone remember the unchanged line in the poem was?

[Tha14thSpade]

I've been going through my notes, and have some random things that may be useful, but which I haven't been able to make any progress with yet. Maybe these will spark some other ideas:

Rabbit Trail - the rabbit's footprints are in a strange order. It's not brail, but looks like some sort of code.

The answer to the rabbit trail puzzle was "Presto". Typically in magic that is followed by "Change-O". I'm wondering if somewhere we need to change the letter O to something else.

Has anyone tried mapping the dirving directions for each point to see if it draws anything?

Magic Lesson - The answer Sewanee (TN) seems very strange. What does that have to do with anything? Is that location important?

In general some of the answers to the puzzles seem strange and unrelated to the overall theme for that box. Are these answers being forced to fit an overall meta code?

Is there a question or answer in the puzzle names or puzzle answers? I've laid them all out but don't see anything yet. Maybe there is an anagram using the first letter of each puzzle name, or of each answer...

Also some puzzles had hidden white squares. Is there any significance to which puzzles?

Yea, I got something thats pretty interesting.

When looking at the rabbit trail... on the 6th sign... it points to a place called Presto? Coincidence... I think not!

[troist]

its not a coincidence... point 6 was the answer...

and to criffin1, for some reason the auto-response is only once per email address, so if you've got it once then it won't send you one again to that address, you have to use a different addy.

[Tha14thSpade]

its not a coincidence... point 6 was the answer...

and to criffin1, for some reason the auto-response is only once per email address, so if you've got it once then it won't send you one again to that address, you have to use a different addy.

This game has me doing circles now. Nice.

[tgeairn]

its not a coincidence... point 6 was the answer...

and to criffin1, for some reason the auto-response is only once per email address, so if you've got it once then it won't send you one again to that address, you have to use a different addy.

The auto-answer was an out-of-office message. Those only get sent once, otherwise you could have an OOO storm (I set my OOO message, you set yours, and then send an email to me. Mine replies to you, which autoanswers me, which autoanswers you, etc.etc.etc.)

On the subject of necklaces and missing pearls, see http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2006/06/01/10...ond+Campus.aspx

Also http://www.microsoft.com/library/media/103...tatic_pearl.jpg

[criffin1]

This article is pretty interesting was hopeing to get something out of it but a good read at least.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6150036.html

[tgeairn]

This article is pretty interesting was hopeing to get something out of it but a good read at least.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6150036.html

Found this part interesting:

"This is a puzzle challenge embedded in the planet," Lee said. "There are clues written in water, and clues etched in the skies above cities. To me a very exciting part of this is that this is the first game ever to use the actual Earth as a resource for delivering content."

I think we already knew this, but he twice mentions the Earth in connection with clues.

[tgeairn]

Any thoughts on why the "T" in "Time" is capitalized in the notes for box 3?

"The study of lost eras is my favorite kind of mystery story, starring humanity as the victim, Time as the killer, and history the evidence left at the scene of the crime..."

Why capitalize Time in this situation?