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Success stories

2007-02-20T11:24:22Z

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Congratulations to all who won the Vanishing Point Game. If you won, or know someone who won this game, please list yourself or this person here. (Use an alias if you don't want your identity to be known)

'''Grand Prize Winner:''' [[William Temple]] of Sacramento, Calif.

'''1st Prize Winners:''' [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=299845#299845 Codename 47]

'''2nd Prize Winners:''' [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=465&p=588306925&#entry588306925 Howie411], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=480&p=588307694&#entry588307694 cglrcng], Bobson,
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=510&p=588316381&#entry588316381 n0otro],
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=510&p=588316493&#entry588316493 Nightz],
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&view=findpost&p=588329009 dtix],
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=540&p=588334071&#entry588334071 yankee-mike]

'''3rd Prize Winners:''' [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=510&p=588319110&#entry588319110 A friend of mloradites],
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=525&p=588323175&#entry588323175 rieuwa],
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=540&p=588332925&#entry588332925 Dasune],
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=540&p=588333865&#entry588333865 Dickey500],
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'''4th Prize Winners:''' [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=435&p=588305674&#entry588305674 Tetravus], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&pid=588306666&st=450&#entry588306666 OrbitJeff], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&view=findpost&p=588307198 EcPercy], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=465&p=588307219&#entry588307219 mrnygiants], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=480&p=588308295&#entry588308295 amadecasa],
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=480&p=588308942&#entry588308942 wayne9999], [http://draco18s.livejournal.com/1592.html Draco18s], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=495&#entry588311076 kevinbragg], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&view=findpost&p=588314347 Feebarn], [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=300785#300785 setters393], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&view=findpost&p=588315025 akitakoi], [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=525&p=588326892&#entry588326892 RAINMAN]

'''Meta Puzzle Winner:''' [[Audrey Murphy]] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/ AMD homepage], aka [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=197556 autter211 from Neowin]

Separate names by commas.

Mural

2007-01-20T21:50:59Z

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[[Image:Mural.png]]

<spoiler>
Hint: "People and dates with lasting effect."

The initials on the mural corespond to the names of the inventors:

EW =Eli Whitney, cotton gin (1793)

HD = Humphrey Davy, an Englishman, demonstrated a powerful electric lamp to the Royal Society in 1806

JW =James Watt, improved steam engine 1763

BF = Benjamin Franklin, pointed light rod conductor

GLL = George Louis Lesage, used a single wire system to telegraph a message (1774)

LP = Louis Pasteur, french scientist who discovered the process of sterilizing milk (1862)

GS = Glenn T. Seaborg, the nuclear chemist's best-known achievement was the synthesis and isolation of the radioactive element plutonium (1941)

GM = Guglielmo Marconi, radio

AGB = Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone

CM = Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper

TE = Thomas Edison, Phonograph

Think JW could also be hydraulic ram invented by John Whitehurst (thanks to confusio)
</spoiler>

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2007-01-20T15:44:08Z

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__NOTOC__
<center>'''Memories fade...'''</center>
Puzzle Box 3 consists of 12 puzzles, four each of Easy (10 [[points]] each), Medium (20 [[points]] each), and Hard puzzles (50 [[points]] each). It will be opened on Saturday, January 20 2007 at 12:30pm GMT. Footage of the event will be available.
====Easy====
[[Calendar Wheel]] - BRONZE

[[Speakeasy]] - STRAIGHT FLUSH

[[Pirate Treasure]] - SEVENTEEN

[[Laser]]

====Medium====
[[Balance The Books]]

[[Disco Inferno]]

[[Number Grid]]

[[History Lesson]] - MAGELLAN

====Hard====
[[Composers]]

[[Letters From Home]]

[[Mural]]

[[Tomb]]

For the locations of the white boxes in this set of puzzles, see the [[Collection Plate]] (The ''White Box Phenomenon'' page has been merged into the [[Collection Plate]] page)[http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17829]

File:Pie.png

2007-01-16T11:48:16Z

Didideder: GPA of Loki

Notice Pi symbol.

(Pi=3,141 592 653 589 793 238 462 643 383 279 502 884 197 169 399 375 105 820 974 944 592 307 816 406 286 208 998 628 034 825 342 117 067)

It may have links with the GPA mean : 3.1516 of Loki.

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2007-01-14T19:59:22Z

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<center>'''Magic Happens...'''</center>

Puzzle Box 2 consists of 12 puzzles, four each of Easy (10 [[points]] each), Medium (20 [[points]] each), and Hard puzzles (50 [[points]] each). It will be opened on Saturday, January 13 2007 at 9:00am Pacific time. Footage of the event will be available.

====Easy====
* [[Rabbit Trail]] - Solved
* [[Posters]] - Solved
* [[Mind Readers]] - Solved
* [[X-ray Cards]] - Solved

====Medium====
* [[Tale of 2 Brothers]] - Solved
* [[Gravity Lock]] - Solved
* [[Domino]] - Solved
* [[Magic Lesson]] - Solved

====Hard====
* [[Headliner]] - Solved
* [[Seven Card Monte]] - Solved
* [[Postcards]] - Solved
* [[Cup and Balls]] - Solved (Images Needed)

For the locations of the white boxes in this set of puzzles, see the [[Collection Plate]]

Magic Lesson

2007-01-14T19:57:45Z

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[[Image:Magic_lesson_1.PNG]]
[[Image:Magic_lesson_2.PNG]]
[[Image:Magic_lesson_3.PNG]]
[[Image:Magic_lesson_4.PNG]]
[[Image:Magic_lesson_5.PNG]]

<spoiler>The answer is: SEWANEE

VirtuconDG: Watch the video. The first time he reveals the "poker" hands each is 4 of a kind with one "random" discard card. The values of the discards are 3, 7, 3, 8, 3.

The Miami skywriting was ZIP. If you look up the zip code 37383 it is Sewanee, TN.

</spoiler>

File:Magic lesson 5.PNG

2007-01-14T19:57:18Z

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Box 2 : Magic lesson pic5

File:Magic lesson 4.PNG

2007-01-14T19:56:43Z

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Box 2 : Magic lesson pic4

File:Magic lesson 3.PNG

2007-01-14T19:56:14Z

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Box 2 : Magic lesson pic3

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2007-01-14T19:55:38Z

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Box 2 : Magic lesson pic2

File:Magic lesson 1.PNG

2007-01-14T19:55:12Z

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Box 2 : Magic lesson pic1

Template:Puzzle Box 2

2007-01-14T17:12:50Z

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<center>'''Magic Happens...'''</center>

Puzzle Box 2 consists of 12 puzzles, four each of Easy (10 [[points]] each), Medium (20 [[points]] each), and Hard puzzles (50 [[points]] each). It will be opened on Saturday, January 13 2007 at 9:00am Pacific time. Footage of the event will be available.

====Easy====
* [[Rabbit Trail]] - Solved
* [[Posters]] - Solved
* [[Mind Readers]] - Solved
* [[X-ray Cards]] - Solved

====Medium====
* [[Tale of 2 Brothers]] - Solved
* [[Gravity Lock]] - Solved
* [[Domino]] - Solved
* [[Magic Lesson]] - Solved (Images Needed)

====Hard====
* [[Headliner]] - Solved
* [[Seven Card Monte]] - Solved
* [[Postcards]] - Solved
* [[Cup and Balls]] - Solved (Images Needed)

For the locations of the white boxes in this set of puzzles, see the [[Collection_Plate]]

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2007-01-14T17:08:48Z

Didideder: /* Medium */

<center>'''Magic Happens...'''</center>

Puzzle Box 2 consists of 12 puzzles, four each of Easy (10 points each), Medium (20 points each), and Hard puzzles (50 points each). It will be opened on Saturday, January 13 2007 at 9:00am Pacific time. Footage of the event will be available.

====Easy====
* [[Rabbit Trail]] - Solved
* [[Posters]] - Solved
* [[Mind Readers]] - Solved
* [[X-ray Cards]] - Solved

====Medium====
* [[Tale of 2 Brothers]] - Solved
* [[Gravity Lock]] - Solved
* [[Domino]] - Solved
* [[Magic Lesson]] - Solved (Images Needed)

====Hard====
* [[Headliner]] - Solved
* [[Seven Card Monte]] - Solved
* [[Postcards]] - Solved
* [[Cup and Balls]] - Solved (Images Needed)

For the locations of the white boxes in this set of puzzles, see the [[Collection_Plate]]

Tale of 2 Brothers

2007-01-14T17:07:28Z

Didideder:

[[Image:Tale_of_2_brothers_1.PNG]]
[[Image:Tale_of_2_brothers_2.PNG]]
[[Image:Tale_of_2_brothers_3.PNG]]

<spoiler>The answer is: AMAZE</spoiler>

File:Tale of 2 brothers 3.PNG

2007-01-14T17:06:04Z

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Box 2 : tale of 2 brothers pic3

File:Tale of 2 brothers 2.PNG

2007-01-14T17:04:35Z

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Box 2 : tale of 2 brothers pic2

File:Tale of 2 brothers 1.PNG

2007-01-14T17:00:09Z

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Box 2 : tale of 2 brothers pic1

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2007-01-14T01:35:51Z

Didideder: /* Hard */

<center>'''Magic Happens...'''</center>

Puzzle Box 2 consists of 12 puzzles, four each of Easy (10 points each), Medium (20 points each), and Hard puzzles (50 points each). It will be opened on Saturday, January 13 2007 at 9:00am Pacific time. Footage of the event will be available.

====Easy====
* [[Rabbit Trail]] - Solved
* [[Posters]] - Solved
* [[Mind Readers]] - Solved
* [[X-ray Cards]] - Solved

====Medium====
* [[Tale of 2 Brothers]] - Solved
* [[Gravity Lock]] - Solved
* [[Domino]] - Solved
* [[Magic Lesson]] - Solved

====Hard====
* [[Headliner]] - Solved
* [[Seven Card Monte]] - Solved
* [[Postcards]] - Solved
* [[Cup and Balls]] - Solved

Cup and Balls

2007-01-14T01:34:20Z

Didideder:

The substitution cipher on the page translates into:

THIS TRICKSTER SHARES HIS NAME WITH THAT OF A SILVER BANDED HOLY RELIC.

That yields the answer "Blackstone", who was both a magician and is a holy relic of the Islamic faith. However, it is unknown how this clue relates as the final clue from the Phoenix event has yet to be found.

<spoiler>Stage</spoiler>

Cup and Balls

2007-01-14T01:11:00Z

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User talk:Rdoherty

2007-01-13T22:00:44Z

Didideder:

do you find the domino's solution. I've, i think, because, i've the same as it is written here, but, it doesn't work. Did it work for you?

C²

User talk:Doublecross

2007-01-13T21:53:26Z

Didideder:

Hey, you're a really good vanishing point searcher. Can you just explain me some little thing, because i'm french... ;-)

why sewanee? how do you find this?

Thanks

C²

Talk:Puzzle Box 2

2007-01-13T21:17:18Z

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I tried "Gravity Lock - 7415236", but it doesn't work for me... it still says "try again"

Domino : I see the braille code, but drawing a blank doesn't work.... maybe something else will quickly arrive

Puzzle Box 2

2007-01-13T20:36:14Z

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{{Template:Puzzle Box 2}}

'''Headliner''' - (when you read in the opposite side the name, you will read I need you (INIDU), i can be helpfull, maybe)

Template talk:Puzzle Box 2

2007-01-13T20:30:38Z

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Hard : HEADLINER

When you start to read in the opposite side the nam, you will read : INIDU -> I need you