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Talk:Backstage

2007-01-30T23:14:32Z

PurplePenny:

I am getting a pattern of:
5 Stars
4 Kilroys
5 Saturns
4 Hearts
5 butterflies
8 circles
2 Crickets
2 Squares

...but can't get past that, are my counts right?????

Thanks to Idudleybc, I recognized that tune in six notes. Take out the crickets and there it is. --[[User:Drizjr|Drizjr]] 00:06, 28 January 2007 (PST)

I didn't play the number of times the symbol appeared. Just play each symbol once (in the order of the fireworks) and the tune is there. [[User:PurplePenny|PurplePenny]] 15:09, 30 January 2007 (PST)

Talk:Backstage

2007-01-30T23:09:31Z

PurplePenny:

I am getting a pattern of:
5 Stars
4 Kilroys
5 Saturns
4 Hearts
5 butterflies
8 circles
2 Crickets
2 Squares

...but can't get past that, are my counts right?????

Thanks to Idudleybc, I recognized that tune in six notes. Take out the crickets and there it is. --[[User:Drizjr|Drizjr]] 00:06, 28 January 2007 (PST)

I didn't play the number of times the symbol appeared. Just play each symbol once (in the order of the fireworks) and the tune is there... and you do play the bug (I assumed, like the first poster above, that the bugs were represented in the fireworks by the strange symbol betwen the rings and the squares). [[User:PurplePenny|PurplePenny]] 15:09, 30 January 2007 (PST)

Talk:Event 4

2007-01-28T16:27:29Z

PurplePenny:

Grrr. So the video is posted, but in most parts the colors are too washed out to tell which clue is being given. Does anybody from the event have better video/pictures?
--[[User:WoogyChuck|WoogyChuck]] 04:18, 28 January 2007 (PST)

Agreed: the only colour I can make out is red. [[User:PurplePenny|PurplePenny]] 08:27, 28 January 2007 (PST)

Talk:Composers

2007-01-27T23:15:22Z

PurplePenny: New page: I don't understand how anyone got to Cage: is it reverse engineering from the answer? Is there any significance to the notes that are wrong in the identified pieces?

I don't understand how anyone got to Cage: is it reverse engineering from the answer?

Is there any significance to the notes that are wrong in the identified pieces?

Talk:Letters From Home

2007-01-23T15:01:44Z

PurplePenny:

I've added the identity of the missing country (April 9th) as a spoiler. The photo isn't clear but the stamps are Penny Blacks. [[User:PurplePenny|PurplePenny]] 06:51, 23 January 2007 (PST)

Talk:Letters From Home

2007-01-23T14:51:25Z

PurplePenny: New page: I've added the identity of the missing country (April 9th) as a spoiler. The stamps were more obvious if you saw the actual event: the photo isn't clear. ~~~~

I've added the identity of the missing country (April 9th) as a spoiler. The stamps were more obvious if you saw the actual event: the photo isn't clear. [[User:PurplePenny|PurplePenny]] 06:51, 23 January 2007 (PST)

Letters From Home

2007-01-23T14:37:54Z

PurplePenny:

[[Image:Letters From Home.png]]

<spoiler>
The clue above the entry box means to look at the name of the hotel: datoname hotel = day to name.

So take the day of the month given in the post marks, and then take the country name on the stamps. Sometimes you'll have to figure out the country.

Apply the number to the name like this:
Nov 7 + United States = United States = S

You get "St Paul's Cathedral".

The hint from the london projection is "Photographer"

Answer: HERBERT MASON . He took the photograph of the 1940 bombing of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
</spoiler>

<spoiler>
Working top to bottom, left to right gives the following:

Nov 7 - United '''S'''tates

Apr 9 - --------'''-''' (could be Afghanis'''t'''an, Saint Ki'''t'''ts-Nevis, United S'''t'''ates)

May 1 - '''P'''oland

Dec 2 - J'''a'''pan

Jan 2 - B'''u'''lgaria

Jul 8 - Switzer'''l'''and

Mar 2 - E'''s'''tonia

Feb 1 - '''C'''hina

Jun 7 - Romani'''a'''

Oct 2 - I'''t'''aly

Aug 1 - '''H'''ong Kong

Sep 4 - Arg'''e'''ntina

Nov 10 - New Zealan'''d'''

Jun 3 - No'''r'''way

Apr 6 - Canad'''a'''

May 7 - Austra'''l'''ia

</spoiler>

<spoiler> April 9th is Great Britain! (They are Penny Blacks.)</spoiler>

''Next book: [[Mural]]''

Talk:History Lesson

2007-01-23T13:12:28Z

PurplePenny: New page: I went for first assembly line for Ford - doesn't matter though: the answer is still the same!! Einstein had a number of firsts to his name but I think that the theory of relativity fits ...

I went for first assembly line for Ford - doesn't matter though: the answer is still the same!!

Einstein had a number of firsts to his name but I think that the theory of relativity fits the answer.

I too got the final clue without knowing the real answer to the two event clues but I have a problem with them both. (Spoilers added because the discussion gives away the method of reaching the answers) <spoiler>Aryabhata is believed to be the first person to describe a heliocentric solar system: he was born in Ashmak (which fits the place name in both unfilled lines) but he lived and studied in Kusumapura, also called Pataliputra (now Patna), in India. None of those fit either of the vacant lines. I did wonder whether they had used Hindustan for India .... but that doesn't fit unless an old spelling (Hindoostan) is used. If that were the case then the other unfilled line would be the one that refrered to the arches. The 'R' in the country name means that it has to be Iraq or Iran but the earliest arches are from the Indus Valley (Pakistan) and Mesopotamia (Iraq) was later.</spoiler>
Oh well: it's all academic anyway since it is possible to get the final clue without these two answers. I shall just be interested to see what the official answers to those two lines are.[[User:PurplePenny|PurplePenny]] 05:12, 23 January 2007 (PST)

Speakeasy

2007-01-22T23:15:45Z

PurplePenny:

[[Image:Speakeasy 1.png]]

[[Image:Speakeasy 2.png]]

[[Image:Speakeasy 3.png]]

<spoiler>
Use the left-side pattern in the London event to spell out the letters on the napkin.
The central pattern spells "steel wheel". The outer pattern spells out "A Golf Bag, Slot Machine, Three Wise Men." These four terms are slang for poker hands. Three Wise men is 3 kings, Slot Machine is 3 sevens, golf bag is a club flush and steel wheel is a straight flush. The winning hand and thus the answer is '''straight flush'''.

[[Image:Speakeasy solved.png]]
</spoiler>

<spoiler>You can get this one without bothering with the puzzle. Just answer the question.</spoiler>

''Next book: [[Pirate Treasure]]''

Talk:Calendar Wheel

2007-01-22T23:12:11Z

PurplePenny: New page: I found it easier to work from the inside out!

I found it easier to work from the inside out!

Talk:Disco Inferno

2007-01-22T23:09:44Z

PurplePenny:

Could this have something to do with JAMES BROWN?

For anyone who is sure that they have the answer but is being told that is is wrong here is a clue/pointer:

<spoiler>It was also released with other B tracks. You have to find the exact release shown in the Toronto clue.</spoiler>

Talk:Disco Inferno

2007-01-22T16:42:39Z

PurplePenny:

Talk:Watch Springs

2007-01-19T23:28:28Z

PurplePenny:

typing in the word "five" does nothing for me... --[[User:Cooldude7273|Cooldude7273]] 04:33, 9 January 2007 (PST)
:Nevermind, got it! --[[User:Cooldude7273|Cooldude7273]] 03:52, 11 January 2007 (PST)

I have watched the section about the watch springs over and over and she simply does not wave 5 times. It's only 4 times she waves...Strange indeed! [[User:Viridian Fae|Viridian Fae]] 02:03, 17 January 2007 (PST)

The 5th wave is when she waves good bye.

I too only counted four. When four failed I just tried all the numbers starting from one! I then went back to the video and rewatched that bit and I think that she "commands" five different types of waves.[[User:PurplePenny|PurplePenny]] 15:28, 19 January 2007 (PST)

Countdowns

2007-01-19T16:53:51Z

PurplePenny: /* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London, England] */

__NOTOC__
Please note that the times were calculated using local times. If you are planning on going to one of these events, please double check the date & time using [http://vanishingpointgame.com/ the main Vanishing Point site], and the [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown Predictor] (or your own calculations), as mistakes do happen. Unfortunately. :)

The complete list of coordinates is available as a Google Earth KML file: http://vanishingpointwiki.com/media/Vanishing_Point_Locations.kml

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada]==
'''Date & Time:''' Monday, 8 January 2007, 6:30:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/?q=36%206%2046.55N%2C%20115%2010%2023.77W 36 6'46.55" N, 115 10'23.77"] W: Fountains at Bellagio

[[Image:Las_Vegas.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' Konamouse, Konashark, GIIRyudo, fubarz, freitasm, TwiztedMatt1007, Josh Phillips GF3, davebee, zepheria & neruda1968

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles Los Angeles, California]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 9:00:00 am, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=34+4%2726.11%22+N,+118+21%2718.98%22+W&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1&iwloc=addr 34 4'26.11" N, 118 21'18.98" W] ''Pan Pacific Regional Park 7600 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036''

[[Image:Los_Angeles.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' Randomeis, Ms. Gwyn, fubarz, [[User:Shadow|Shadow]]

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney Sydney, Australia]==
'''Date & Time:''' Sunday, 14 January 2007, 8:00:00 am, AEDT (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=33+47+26.99S,+151+17+14.29E&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-33.789135,151.287092&spn=0.006358,0.013497&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr 33 47'26.99" S, 151 17'14.29" E] ''North Steyne Park, at the end of Pine Street, Manly''

[[Image:Sydney.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' '' x9 (pending details),</s> The Atomic (Confirmed), Ragnarok (Confirmed), Malky (Confirmed), Da13ro (Confirmed)''

'''Who's Filming:''' The Atomic''

'''Notes:''' Da13ro is attempting to produce a live web-cast of this event. We won't know if this is possible untill about 15 minutes before the event. If it does go ahead, I will put a link to the feed on here, so make sure you check back just before the event.

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami Miami, Florida]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 4:00:00 pm, EST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=25+46%2734.08%22+N,+80+7%2751.14%22+W&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1&iwloc=addr 25 46'34.08" N, 80 7'51.14" W] ''Lummus Park and Public Beach''

[[Image:Miami.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' Wojcik, Lupine

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas Austin, Texas]==
<blockquote>'''Cancelled. Pressumably due to severe weather.''' see http://vanishingpointgame.com/</blockquote>

'''Date & Time:'''<strike> Saturday, 13 January 2007, 3:00:00 pm, CST (Local Time)</strike>

'''Exact Location:''' <strike>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=30+15+19.01N,+97+48+24.29W&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=30.25473,-97.806312&spn=0.006608,0.013497&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr 30 15'19.01" N, 97 48'24.29" W] ''Barton Square Mall''</strike>

[[Image:Austin.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' <strike>Incitatus, Boy Blue, EarlyWyrm, Zorplex, Marius(will try to be there), Douglas H, cadaver(dead set on going), Addlepated</strike>

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%2C_Arizona Phoenix, Arizona]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 4:00:00 pm, MST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=33+27+43.33N,+112+4+15.73W&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=33.462093,-112.071077&spn=0.002099,0.006491&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr 33 27'43.33" N, 112 4'15.73" W] ''Margaret T. Hance Park - East end''

[[Image:Phoenix.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' MisterAnderson, curtis18, Lowa84

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Singapore]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 8:30:00 pm, SST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1%C2%B0+17%27+17.26%22+N+103%C2%B0+51%27+6.64%22+E&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=1.288714,103.85155&spn=0.007583,0.013561&t=h&om=1 1° 17' 17.26" N 103° 51' 6.64" E] Near the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles at the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall''

[[Image:Singapore.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' ''Wyle''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%2C_Germany Berlin, Germany]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm (19:00), UTC+1 (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=52+30+58.47N,+13+22+37.38E&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=52.516652,13.377475&spn=0.004655,0.013497&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr 52 30'58.47" N, 13 22'37.38" E] ''Right in front of the Brandenburg Gate (West side)''

[[Image:Berlin.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' PatRol, isniem, Dennis[MSBlog.org], derMicha

'''Who's Filming:''' Dennis[MSBlog.org]

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London, England]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, GMT (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=51+30+29.21N,+0+7+41.27W&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=51.508275,-0.127759&spn=0.004761,0.013497&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr 51 30'29.21" N, 0 7'41.27" W] ''Trafalgar Square''

[[Image:London.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' Ruuku Pr0voked RATCATD0G & The Cliff (All Pending Tickets), Jenna, Rob, spysect, Seretar, PuzzledPineapple, MikeyJ (tentative), Minkette, Harakan (probably), Darren Straight (probably), doublecross, PurplePenny (hopefully)

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto Toronto, Canada]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, EST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/?q=43+38+48.65+N+79+22+36.15+W&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=43.646836,-79.376698&spn=0.00146,0.005348&t=h&om=1 43 38'48.65" N, 79 22'36.15" W] ''Between the Hummingbird Centre and the Hockey Hall of Fame''

[[Image:Toronto.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' SirQuady, rdoherty, Lkyng, mysteryjones, thebruce (tentative), Dionysus (tenative), SkiZZeR ReZZikS (tentative), Scott (tentative), Lindendragon (tentative)

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California San Francisco, California]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=37+48%2711.29%22+N,+122+26%2749.62%22+W&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1&iwloc=addr 37 48'11.29" N, 122 26'49.62" W] ''Palace of Fine Arts Lagoon''

[[Image:San_Francisco.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' BBQedPizza, Josh Phillips (windowsconnected.com), Noava22

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle Seattle, Washington]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 27 January 2007, 6:00:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=47+38%2743.13%22+N,+122+20%2710.88%22+W&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1&iwloc=addr 47 38'43.13" N, 122 20'10.88" W] ''Gas Works Park''

[[Image:Seattle.png|thumb|center|300px|Click for larger image]]

'''Who's Going:''' Panzerlied, SuperRob, Accipitridae, Bethling, Zazzo, Doogie

'''Who's Filming:''' [http://www.gearlive.com GearLive.com]

'''Notes:''' The coordinates are smack-dab in the center of the circle at the park, just to the left of the "gasworks". Also, the [[FAQ]] states that the Seattle event may be 21-and-over. The band "Concorde" will be playing a concert at this event, and while they are a new band, it was their music playing during Loki's Ignition video (see [[Video-Ignition]]).

Talk:Rabbit Trail

2007-01-19T16:06:00Z

PurplePenny: Firefox problem

White box in mantle

== Firefox problem ==

The rabbit trail didn't work in Firefox, I had to use IE. Should I add a note under the picture?