Puzzle Box 4

[wjaspers]

I think that is the same pattern I see in the other pictures too.

I think you are thinking of the Stratosphere hotel in LV

ah ... that's the ticket. thank you.

[w_raider]

The watermark image is in at least five of them... guitar, coat, tennis racket, sword, and hose (they are just rotated 90deg or 180 deg).

I can see it on the Crowbar and the candy too

[ford prefect]

some anagrams of Bulletin Board's "A death chase am I":

Each shade aim at 13124?

Sheath Academia 13124?

THE ACADEMIA HAS 13124?

linkage: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/ for more

Edited January 28, 2007 by ford prefect

[wbell]

Kind of disappointing to solve Backstage just by guessing songs based upon the poster.

After solving the other puzzles, it will be "fun" to deconstruct a "better" path to that solution.

I don't think it was a guess. If you play the notes that correspond to the shapes, it plays "Begin The Beguine."

Star = C

Smile = D

Saturn = E

Heart = G

Butterfly = E

Circle = D

Square = E

[SnotRocket]

Axonometry: A Matter of Perspective Like linear perspective, axonometry helps depict 3D space on the 2D picture plane. ... Axonometry is part of a coherent pictorial language and a valuable ...

Citation: Jan Krikke, "Axonometry: A Matter of Perspective," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 7-11, Jul/Aug, 2000.

Also: "Unlike linear perspective, axonometry has no vanishing point"

[purplepoohbear24]

what about the colors?? PINK & Yellow/Gold?

[w_raider]

what about the colors?? PINK & Yellow/Gold?

This is what I saw for that clue in the video 6:54 to 7:24

11 pictures and 11 fireworks sequences

R=Red, Y=Yellow, W=White, P=Pink, G=Green

RRR YY

YY YYY

RR WW

WW YYY

RRR WW

RR GGG

YYY GG

YY YY

RR WWW

YYY PP

GG WWW

[SnotRocket]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axonometric_projection

[kpxo]

has anyone tried taking out just one color on roomwithaview? or just one number at a time to see if it spells out anything.

[Dogga]

The "topographic map" idea for Room With A View is something I considered a few hours ago. If someone could indeed use the numbers to indicate height, and then look at it from a "ground level" view (if you consider the current 2D view as aerial), something might show up...

Just to clarify, the Bulletin Board clue starts at around 4:00. I thought the Room For A View clue was given during the speech at the beginning of the video ("pattern-seeking... is the axis around which this age of the world will spin"). At 6:57, it's not clear which puzzle the clue belongs to -- the standard def "official" video has horrible color, and the unofficial hi def one was way too zoomed in to be useful -- it almost looks like a solid white arch, which would mean it belongs to Music Charts. It could *also* be totally yellow, which means it could belong to Lost Luggage. (Again, the videos aren't clear enough.)

These are the start times I have so far:

Room With A View (YPY) - 0:24 (intro)

Cliff Climb (RGR) - 2:52

Drive-In (YRY) - 3:24

Search and Rescue (GGG) - 3:31

Bulletin Board (GPG) - 4:00

Memorial Plaque (BYB) - 4:15

Safe (RRR) - 5:47

Backstage (GYG) - 6:19

Captain's Log (YBY) - 7:53

Chess Column (BBB) - 8:35 (only 8 flares)

Unmatched puzzles:

Lost Luggage (YYY) - ??

Music Charts (WWW) - ??

Unmatched start times:

?? - 5:28

?? - 6:57

[malcolmst]

This is what I saw for that clue in the video 6:54 to 7:24

11 pictures and 11 fireworks sequences

R=Red, Y=Yellow, W=White, P=Pink, G=Green

RRR YY

YY YYY

RR WW

WW YYY

RRR WW

RR GGG

YYY GG

YY YY

RR WWW

YYY PP

GG WWW

Looks good to me, except you're missing one:

RRR YY

YY YYY

RR WW

WW YYY

RRR WW

RR GGG

YYY GG

RR GGG <-- (missing)

YY YY

RR WWW

YYY PP

GG WWW

[TRON101276]

Interesting tidbit,

http://www.centerforlakewashingtonstudies....ver/1905_br.htm

The Black River in Seattle disappeared in 1916 in about 3 days time. I wander if there is any connection.

[malcolmst]

I wonder what they'll do if no one gets these last ones.. but Team Neowin will get them before long I'm sure :p

[kpxo]

i wish i had legos. it would be a good idea to stack them according to what number is on the roomforaview grid.

ex: 1 block on the 1's, 2 blocks on the 2's. etc.

i noticed there are only four blocks with 11 on them, and they're all in a row.

[w_raider]

Looks good to me, except you're missing one:

RRR YY

YY YYY

RR WW

WW YYY

RRR WW

RR GGG

YYY GG

RR GGG <-- (missing)

YY YY

RR WWW

YYY PP

GG WWW

Thanks, missed that one.

I looked at the video again and I do see that (at 4:00) it looks like the same clue pattern of GGGRRRGGG, but to me the one at 7:00 seems to fit better (and I agree that the quality is questionable), I still don't have a clue what it means...

[kpxo]

the missing numbers end up being in groups of

6

8

7

6

5

6

6

7

7

[hozie1]

Has anyone noticed or think it is significant that in Bulletin Board the numbers 13124 are on a continuous color scale. For example, the bottom of the first number (1) has a color gradient into the top of the second number (3) and it continues this way till the end. Basically, the numbers "flow" into each other as if they are on a color scale.

[Dogga]

Looks good to me, except you're missing one:

RRR YY

YY YYY

RR WW

WW YYY

RRR WW

RR GGG

YYY GG

RR GGG <-- (missing)

YY YY

RR WWW

YYY PP

GG WWW

If you watch the HD version, the colors are much clearer, but somethings are still sometimes impossible to tell apart (whites vs. yellows, some blues vs. purples). Here's what it shows...

(for the unclear parts, I've noted the colors each could be/most likely is)

(Left - Right)

PPP/RRR - YY/WW

RR - BB

BB - YYY/WWW

RRR - BB

RR - GGG

WWW/YYY - GG

RR - GGG

WW/YY - WW/YY

RR - BBB

YYY/WWW - PP

GG - BBB

(6 W/Y flares forming arch)

[Orbitjeff]

I'm tired... Still not getting the clues. I did remind myself that these are about people that disappeared... Maybe that + the puzzle + the clues will start making more sense. Maybe.

[hozie1]

it doesnt work, but i thought 13124 looked like a prism. so i took letters 13124 from "prism" and got "piprs" ...which is alot like piper; as in "Paying the Piper" (another phrase for death).

[robert_s]

Has anyone noticed or think it is significant that in Bulletin Board the numbers 13124 are on a continuous color scale. For example, the bottom of the first number (1) has a color gradient into the top of the second number (3) and it continues this way till the end. Basically, the numbers "flow" into each other as if they are on a color scale.

Some more things to note:

- The words/numbers DEATH, CHASE and 13124 and 42427 (sequence from the video) are all made up of 5 letters/digits.

- You can "transform" DEATH to CHASE with -1/+3/0/-1/-3

So the result might be a 5-letter word to which 13124 is the key. Maybe it needs to be "transformed" using the digits gained from the video, where red fireworks could mean subtract this digit and green could mean add this digit. Didn't work out for me, though...

[rdoherty]

This was posted hours ago.. but,

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=vista+beta+13124

[Dogga]

Some more things to note:

- The words/numbers DEATH, CHASE and 13124 and 42427 (sequence from the video) are all made up of 5 letters/digits.

- You can "transform" DEATH to CHASE with -1/+3/0/-1/-3

So the result might be a 5-letter word to which 13124 is the key. Maybe it needs to be "transformed" using the digits gained from the video, where red fireworks could mean subtract this digit and green could mean add this digit. Didn't work out for me, though...

Possible permutations of VISTA using 13124:

ufrrw

ufrre

ufrvw

ufrve

uftrw

uftre

uftvw

uftve

ulrrw

ulrre

ulrvw

ulrve

ultrw

ultre

ultvw

ultve

wfrrw

wfrre

wfrvw

wfrve

wftrw

wftre

wftvw

wftve

wlrrw

wlrre

wlrvw

wlrve

wltrw

wltre

wltvw

wltve

A few of them look similar to "ultra"... other than that, nothing

[wjaspers]

Some more things to note:

- The words/numbers DEATH, CHASE and 13124 and 42427 (sequence from the video) are all made up of 5 letters/digits.

- You can "transform" DEATH to CHASE with -1/+3/0/-1/-3

So the result might be a 5-letter word to which 13124 is the key. Maybe it needs to be "transformed" using the digits gained from the video, where red fireworks could mean subtract this digit and green could mean add this digit. Didn't work out for me, though...

this is an excellent theory, however, the pictures with numbers over 26 wouldn't make much sense.

[w_raider]

If you watch the HD version, the colors are much clearer, but somethings are still sometimes impossible to tell apart (whites vs. yellows, some blues vs. purples). Here's what it shows...

(for the unclear parts, I've noted the colors each could be/most likely is)

(Left - Right)

PPP/RRR - YY/WW

RR - BB

BB - YYY/WWW

RRR - BB

RR - GGG

WWW/YYY - GG

RR - GGG

WW/YY - WW/YY

RR - BBB

YYY/WWW - PP

GG - BBB

(6 W/Y flares forming arch)

This is from the video sequence starting at 6:54