Puzzle Box 4

[confusio]

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IGDELI, Hakkari

Just submitted: Lorelei Odessa Kara Igdeli

OK lets asume that the answer are personal names. Also from the last video and other clues

lets take that they were born in Japan, then how Odessa fits as a Japanese name ?

Does Odessa have any meaning in Japanese ?

Just in case it helps -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_names

Edited January 29, 2007 by confusio

[zzzots]

I think the answer lies in all of here as the one who has already submitted it.

[SWAMMIE]

Yeah it doesnt sound like we are going to get an immediate answer to the question. Sounds to me like they are going to wait this one out until Tuesday or so.. then send out the winning email to the first person that keeps the right answer on his/her account..

Lots of people will probably claim to have typed in the right answer, but that they changed it to something else...

[+Ryster Subscriber²]

I think the answer lies in all of here as the one who has already submitted it.

Huh? :blink:

[VP Nut]

After entering the answer to the what is my name question...it says check ur email...

has anyone recieved anything???

What did the email say?

[Tech Star]

This is not cool....I can't find one more box and I have looked at all of them...:(

[sgsg]

Anyone news about the folks who vanished from seattle yesterday? Have they been recovered?

[malcolmst]

Anyone news about the folks who vanished from seattle yesterday? Have they been recovered?

Maybe if any of them had a GPS, that would give the "mystery spot" :p

I have a feeling that we're missing something relating to the "I" name... very nice work everyone though! That room with a view puzzle was AMAZING! :D

[lagunite]

reduced is

1582.89 east

304.48 south

check out my map from live.com maps with the distances.

What is 1582.89 miles east and 304.48 miles south of rome?

IGDELI, Hakkari

Just submitted: Lorelei Odessa Kara Igdeli

That short cut does not work on a globe.

[sgsg]

anyone tried using santa cruz, ca mystery sport as starting point?

Maybe if any of them had a GPS, that would give the "mystery spot" :p

I hope they release them soon, I am sure they have to go to work tomorrow :-)

[malcolmst]

Two things:

1. Are we sure the directions are right (up, down, left, right)?

2. Nothing too significant, but I noticed the names seem to be in order. First we got on_the_run (lorelei), then collectionplate (odessa), then more_answers (kara), then roamingroaming (i???). At first I was thinking that kara would be wrong, since they already gave us kitsune, but because they seem to be in order, kara is probably right.

[confusio]

Two things:

1. Are we sure the directions are right (up, down, left, right)?

2. Nothing too significant, but I noticed the names seem to be in order. First we got on_the_run (lorelei), then collectionplate (odessa), then more_answers (kara), then roamingroaming (i???). At first I was thinking that kara would be wrong, since they already gave us kitsune, but because they seem to be in order, kara is probably right.

You can asume that Kitsune is the family or last name.

[lagunite]

anyone tried using santa cruz, ca mystery sport as starting point?

I hope they release them soon, I am sure they have to go to work tomorrow :-)

I believe it puts you somewhere down by the mouth of the Mississippi (New Orleans). Although I haven't got a good map measuring tool.

[malcolmst]

You can asume that Kitsune is the family or last name.

Oooooh, right :p didn't think of that. So I guess L. Kitsune was referring to just one of the four (Lorelei). Sorry, guess I'm a bit slow here :p

[mauriziocorso77]

so generally we are getting that LOKI's real name is:

Lorelei Odessa Kara Inari? or

Lorelei Odessa Kitsune Inari? or

Lorelei Odessa Kara Igdeli? or

Lorelei Odessa Kitsune Igdeli?

[malcolmst]

Has anyone found a program/site that lets you accurately measure horizontal/vertical distances? I was using google earth and it seems to not take into account the curvature of the earth (and it's hard to keep the line straight). Probably have Mappoint around here somewhere... if I can find the CD :p

Edit: I'd try Live Maps, but it usually crashes internet explorer.. lol

[malcolmst]

Just had another random thought... In the rabbit's trail puzzle, the solution was not at the end of the trail, but rather at one of the other points (halfway through or something). It could be the same for this one. Although there is an extra limitation that she can only direct us one of four directions... hmm :s

[factoid]

Has anyone found a program/site that lets you accurately measure horizontal/vertical distances? I was using google earth and it seems to not take into account the curvature of the earth (and it's hard to keep the line straight). Probably have Mappoint around here somewhere... if I can find the CD

google earth seems to, or at least the line that the ruler draws follows the curvature of the earth...

[whitejames]

If Tanli, China is the mystery spot, then the directions lead to Inari, Japan.

[malcolmst]

If Tanli, China is the mystery spot, then the directions lead to Inari, Japan.

The problem is, they don't seem to (unless our interpretation of her glasses is wrong).

Tanli:

http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/chin...4025/tanli.html

Latitude: 29.8 N

Longitude: 117.45 E

Inari:

http://www.fallingrain.com/world/JA/6/Inari.html

Latitude: 35.8833 N

Longitude: 136.3500 E

For this to be possible, it would have to be telling us to go NE (up, right) instead of SE (down, right).

Edit: Added N & E to coordinates

[factoid]

If Tanli, China is the mystery spot, then the directions lead to Inari, Japan.

you sure about that? I got some random island in the south pacific... cant remember its local name

[montbaldy]

I went off on a tangent. I used loki and changed it to Loci which is a focal point. Looking up the definition loci is the plural of locus, which is the place where dna is on a gene.

"A genetic locus is truly a miniscule existence - a position of a single gene amongst the thousands - yet its an essential contribution. We are all like that... each of us play a small role and yet without any one of us - the information is simply not complete.

Above all, the locus is a place and this - the V-locus - is my place..."

Kind of sounds like the video.

So i put in the four amino acids which make up DNA. Kind of off, but that's what I thought of.

[tunie]

And from here http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3915.html they talk about Kitsune Udo, interesting...

[hozie1]

Just curious...you probably already know this, but have you made sure that you are properly logged in? Sometimes during the earlier boxes, I had to re-login after clicking on the open box.

Yes, unfortunately I am logged in properly.

[astro_boy]

Everyone seems to agree that Odessa is the "O" in L.O.K.I. However, I have to wonder why they gave us the coat of arms of "Odessa Oblast" (ie. the province) rather than just "Odessa" which has a less elaborate coat of arms (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa).

According to Wikipedia, Odessa Oblast is known by the single word Odeshchyna. Could that be the O name we're looking for?