Vanishing Point Wiki - User contributions [en]

Success stories

2007-02-12T02:26:04Z

Jason:

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:''' ''Winner to be announced at the RocketPlane facilities on Feb. 12th. from [http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/119-vanishing-point/ Bleeding Edge vidcast]''

'''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

'''3rd Prize Winners:'''

'''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]

'''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.

Success stories

2007-02-08T05:15:03Z

Jason: Disqualified - age

Success stories

2007-02-07T18:09:25Z

Jason: I won

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:''' ''Winner to be announced at the RocketPlane facilities on Feb. 12th. from [http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/119-vanishing-point/ Bleeding Edge vidcast]''

'''1st Prize Winners:''' 15-year-old Jason He won ([http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=533857&st=255 Neowin forum announcement]) ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonhe/382366435/ Photo of letter]), but it is disputed whether or not Marden-Kane (the sweepstakes administrator) will accept an affidavit of eligibility signed by his father. If not, the prize will be given to someone else.

'''2nd Prize Winners:'''

'''3rd Prize Winners:'''

'''4th Prize Winners:'''

'''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]

Seperate names by commas.

Microsoft CES Keynote

2007-01-08T13:07:37Z

Jason: Added screenshot

Initial post: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=1740&gopid=588203909&#entry588203909
<blockquote>"My job is to find the smartest people on the planet. My employers are rewarding them with outstanding prizes, including a trip into space to see the ultimate vista, and being immortalized in a computer chip around the world."</blockquote>

More info: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=292483#292483
<blockquote>"An audience of general spectators and key players arrive at the Bellagio Hotel on Monday night around 6pm and wait alongside the street in anticipation of something significant to take place. The general public will not be aware that something unusual is about to take place but the community will have deciphered the countdown and the precise time and showing location for this spectacular event. The famous Bellagio Fountains (Lake Bellagio), are renouned as the visual icon of Las Vegas are about to reveal the global challenge and deliver the first set of visual clues in a way no-one has seen before. Of course, there is still one big suprise they won't see coming. Countdown hits zero at exactly 6:30pm. I look left to right, scanning the audience.

Lights and music turn off (fountains stay on). Two more water curtains rise on the left and right side of the original curtains. As these curtains rise, they fill with multiple clocks and the sound of the original clock multiplies by hundreds revealing... (view full production notes)."</blockquote>
^^ Transcribed from screen caps by x9
Note that the folder shown in both these screenshots is called 'Windows Vista Game'.
This almost certainly ties the VanishingPointGame to the Windows Vista launch.

This information was discovered, apparently, in a live video stream. Several screen captures exist:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/longzheng/350109125/

[[Image:Keynote1.png]]

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