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2007-01-29T20:22:41Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

* A mysterious ad on the [[IE Blog]] leads to a countdown timer
* The [[Countdown]] page asks for keys.
** Several [[Keys]] have been found by using any of five cipher keys, either posted online or sent to bloggers.
** Several keys were solved by using the contents of a [[Puzzle Box Package]], mailed to various people. The contents include a [[Video-Loki|video]].
** These keys have frequently been accompanied by extravagant gifts (laptops, media center computers, etc.) from Loki, the "Enigma Director", and all come from Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, WA.
* The countdown expires Jan 8th 2007 at 6:30PM PST. A decompile of the Flash app on the main page reveals the location as the fountains in front of the Bellagio. This time and location coincides with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It is expected that this is when the game will officially start.
* Several new [[countdowns]] are behind a particular key, listing various cities and times of additional live events.
* A new [[Video-Ignition|video]] from [[lokivanishes]] is discovered on YouTube, giving a new [[Keys|key]].
* Scattered reports are arriving that the [[Microsoft CES Keynote]] includes more details about [[Prizes|prizes.]]
* [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com Registration available] and [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/prizes.aspx rules and prizes posted]. There's also a [[http://vanishingpointgame.com/faq.htm FAQ]][http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/FAQ] with more hints.
* The rules page lists a secret [[Meta Puzzle]] with an instant-win prize for the first to solve it. The prize is their name inscribed on each of a new AMD processor model to be released soon. Several clues in the puzzles, events, and in the original video could relate to the Meta Puzzle.
* Another [http://www.tweakvista.com/Article39053.aspx clue] from Loki surfaces at the bell desk of The Orleans hotel in Vegas, pointing to the location the event at the Bellagio Fountains.
* All of the events now have GPS coordinates. They are noted here on the [[Countdowns]] page.
* Jan 8th 2007: The [[Las Vegas Event]] has occurred, giving us a [[Video-Las Vegas|Video]] and [[Puzzle Box 1]] has been unlocked. After all the puzzles are solved, Loki gives us a [[Video-loki_time|video: loki_time]] [http://assets.vanishingpointgame.com/loki_time.wmv]. At the end of the video a url is [http://www.tweakvista.com/Article39055.aspx flashed] on the screen pointing to a side contest to get your name printed on AMD Athlon 64 FX processors. Thus begins the [[Meta Puzzle]].
* Jan 13th. 2007: The first of the two multi-city events occurred today, leaving us with [[Puzzle Box 2]], [[SkyType|clues written in the sky]] [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/skyType.htm ], and a new [[Video-magicweb|video (magicweb)]] after solving them all. ''The White Box Phenomenon'' has been connected to the [[Meta Puzzle]] through the [[Collection Plate]] directory.
*Jan 20th. 2007: The second of the two multi-city events occurs today, leaving us with [[Puzzle Box 3]] and [[Projections|clues projected on buildings]].[http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/projections.htm]
*Solving all of the puzzles gives yet [[Video-loki_eras|another video]]. At its end, the words "/more_answers" flashes. Going to [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/more_answers http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/more_answers], one finds a tracker of the puzzles completed.
*Jan 27th 2007: A special VIP party is being held for the last clue. To go you must be 18 or older and be able to get to the Seattle, WA event. The invitation was presented on the website.[[Media:SeattleInvite.jpg]] It gave instructions to RSVP via e-mail to vanish@vanishingpointgame.com with "yes" in the body. A reply email was received.[[Media:SeattleInviteReply.JPG]]
*Jan 27th 2007: Identity of Loki: Finally evidence on who loki really is. Real name is Minae Noji. She is an actress at General Hospital. I guess this means everything she told us has a meaning. Here is a link to her myspace profile. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=54234975
*Jan 27th 2007: The fourth box opens and all puzzles are now available to be solved and all white boxes to be identified.
*After clicking on all the white boxes and returning to the [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/collectionplate 'collectionplate'] page, you are faced with a scrambled image, which when reassembled gives the coat of arms of the Odessa Oblast.
*After solving all the puzzles and returning to the [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/more_answers 'more answers'] page, you are faced with a word search puzzle. When all the words are found, only 6B617261 is left. Screenshots [[Media:cross1.jpg]], [[Media:cross2.jpg]], [[Media:cross3.jpg]], [[Media:cross4.jpg]]
*At the end of the video for solving puzzle box four the link [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/roamingroaming '/roamingroaming'] is given. The page is a clue to some place if you follow the distances from an unknown source. The word "TANLI" is at the bottom of the page, which I assume is "LATIN". Maybe the starting place is ROME?
*The video for solving puzzle box four asks you to visit [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/lokiv '/lokiv']. This provides a video for the final part of the meta puzzle. Four Lokis sit in four directors' chairs and ask you to find their name(s). See [[lokiv]] for further information.
* Jan 29th 2007: New video appeared on Soapbox. It is a release video for Windows Vista that also shows Loki's office at Microsoft headquarters. [http://www.geocities.com/xtwilightx89/ http://www.geocities.com/xtwilightx89]

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2007-01-29T20:22:03Z

Xhiddenshadowx: Added new video

* A mysterious ad on the [[IE Blog]] leads to a countdown timer
* The [[Countdown]] page asks for keys.
** Several [[Keys]] have been found by using any of five cipher keys, either posted online or sent to bloggers.
** Several keys were solved by using the contents of a [[Puzzle Box Package]], mailed to various people. The contents include a [[Video-Loki|video]].
** These keys have frequently been accompanied by extravagant gifts (laptops, media center computers, etc.) from Loki, the "Enigma Director", and all come from Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, WA.
* The countdown expires Jan 8th 2007 at 6:30PM PST. A decompile of the Flash app on the main page reveals the location as the fountains in front of the Bellagio. This time and location coincides with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It is expected that this is when the game will officially start.
* Several new [[countdowns]] are behind a particular key, listing various cities and times of additional live events.
* A new [[Video-Ignition|video]] from [[lokivanishes]] is discovered on YouTube, giving a new [[Keys|key]].
* Scattered reports are arriving that the [[Microsoft CES Keynote]] includes more details about [[Prizes|prizes.]]
* [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com Registration available] and [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/prizes.aspx rules and prizes posted]. There's also a [[http://vanishingpointgame.com/faq.htm FAQ]][http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/FAQ] with more hints.
* The rules page lists a secret [[Meta Puzzle]] with an instant-win prize for the first to solve it. The prize is their name inscribed on each of a new AMD processor model to be released soon. Several clues in the puzzles, events, and in the original video could relate to the Meta Puzzle.
* Another [http://www.tweakvista.com/Article39053.aspx clue] from Loki surfaces at the bell desk of The Orleans hotel in Vegas, pointing to the location the event at the Bellagio Fountains.
* All of the events now have GPS coordinates. They are noted here on the [[Countdowns]] page.
* Jan 8th 2007: The [[Las Vegas Event]] has occurred, giving us a [[Video-Las Vegas|Video]] and [[Puzzle Box 1]] has been unlocked. After all the puzzles are solved, Loki gives us a [[Video-loki_time|video: loki_time]] [http://assets.vanishingpointgame.com/loki_time.wmv]. At the end of the video a url is [http://www.tweakvista.com/Article39055.aspx flashed] on the screen pointing to a side contest to get your name printed on AMD Athlon 64 FX processors. Thus begins the [[Meta Puzzle]].
* Jan 29th 2007: New video appeared on Soapbox. It is a release video for Windows Vista that also shows Loki's office at Microsoft headquarters. [http://www.geocities.com/xtwilightx89/ http://www.geocities.com/xtwilightx89]
* Jan 13th. 2007: The first of the two multi-city events occurred today, leaving us with [[Puzzle Box 2]], [[SkyType|clues written in the sky]] [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/skyType.htm ], and a new [[Video-magicweb|video (magicweb)]] after solving them all. ''The White Box Phenomenon'' has been connected to the [[Meta Puzzle]] through the [[Collection Plate]] directory.
*Jan 20th. 2007: The second of the two multi-city events occurs today, leaving us with [[Puzzle Box 3]] and [[Projections|clues projected on buildings]].[http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/projections.htm]
*Solving all of the puzzles gives yet [[Video-loki_eras|another video]]. At its end, the words "/more_answers" flashes. Going to [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/more_answers http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/more_answers], one finds a tracker of the puzzles completed.
*Jan 27th 2007: A special VIP party is being held for the last clue. To go you must be 18 or older and be able to get to the Seattle, WA event. The invitation was presented on the website.[[Media:SeattleInvite.jpg]] It gave instructions to RSVP via e-mail to vanish@vanishingpointgame.com with "yes" in the body. A reply email was received.[[Media:SeattleInviteReply.JPG]]
*Jan 27th 2007: Identity of Loki: Finally evidence on who loki really is. Real name is Minae Noji. She is an actress at General Hospital. I guess this means everything she told us has a meaning. Here is a link to her myspace profile. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=54234975
*Jan 27th 2007: The fourth box opens and all puzzles are now available to be solved and all white boxes to be identified.
*After clicking on all the white boxes and returning to the [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/collectionplate 'collectionplate'] page, you are faced with a scrambled image, which when reassembled gives the coat of arms of the Odessa Oblast.
*After solving all the puzzles and returning to the [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/more_answers 'more answers'] page, you are faced with a word search puzzle. When all the words are found, only 6B617261 is left. Screenshots [[Media:cross1.jpg]], [[Media:cross2.jpg]], [[Media:cross3.jpg]], [[Media:cross4.jpg]]
*At the end of the video for solving puzzle box four the link [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/roamingroaming '/roamingroaming'] is given. The page is a clue to some place if you follow the distances from an unknown source. The word "TANLI" is at the bottom of the page, which I assume is "LATIN". Maybe the starting place is ROME?
*The video for solving puzzle box four asks you to visit [http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/lokiv '/lokiv']. This provides a video for the final part of the meta puzzle. Four Lokis sit in four directors' chairs and ask you to find their name(s). See [[lokiv]] for further information.

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2007-01-24T19:44:07Z

Xhiddenshadowx: Added VIP party

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2007-01-20T23:26:58Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

<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]] - solved
* [[Speakeasy]] - solved
* [[Pirate Treasure]] - solved
* [[Laser]]

====Medium====
* [[Balance The Books]] - solved
* [[Disco Inferno]]
* [[Number Grid]]
* [[History Lesson]] - solved

====Hard====
* [[Composers]] - solved
* [[Letters From Home]] - solved
* [[Mural]]
* [[Tomb]] - solved

For the locations of the white boxes in this set of puzzles, see the [[Collection Plate]][http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17829]

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2007-01-14T03:34:34Z

Xhiddenshadowx: Added Collection Plate

Collection Plate

2007-01-14T03:22:45Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

At the end of watching the video from solving Puzzle Box 2 you see at the end the words "/collectionplate". After going to http://vanishingpointgame.com/collectionplate it tells you when the time is right I will ask you a question, and also says _ out of 36 found. This refers to the White Boxes found in each puzzle. Since there are 36 boxes. That means there are 9 white boxes in each one puzzle box. After finding all 36 you return to http://vanishingpointgame.com/collectionplate and it will ask you a question that you must answer to win the meta puzzle.

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2007-01-13T21:25:15Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

'''Magic Happens...'''

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.

The puzzles are: 

'''Rabbit Trail''' - PRESTO 
'''Posters''' - WHITE 
'''Mind Readers''' - MATE 
'''X-ray Cards''' - 2:H, 4:D, 6:H, A:S, 5C (use markings on back of cards [top left circle for #, middle left for suit]) 
 
'''Tale of 2 Brothers''' - AMAZE 
'''Gravity Lock''' - SECRECY (7451236) 
'''Domino''' - DRAWING A BLANK (based on LA picture of braille) 
'''Magic Lesson'''- SEWANEE 
 
'''Headliner''' - (signal of hands at the bottom spell out "opposite" in Semaphore) 
'''Seven Card Monte''' 
'''Postcards''' 
'''Cup and Balls'''

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2007-01-13T19:26:59Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

'''Magic Happens...'''

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.

The puzzles are: 

'''Rabbit Trail''' - PRESTO 
'''Mind Readers''' - MATE 
'''Posters''' - WHITE 
'''X-ray Cards''' - 2:H, 4:D, 6:H, A:S, 5C (use markings on back of cards [top left circle for #, middle left for suit]) 
 
'''Tale of 2 Brothers''' 
'''Gravity Lock''' - SECRECY 
'''Domino''' - DRAWING A BLANK (based on LA picture of braille) 
'''Magic Lesson''' 
 
'''Headliner''' 
'''Seven Card Monte''' 
'''Postcards''' 
'''Cup and Balls'''

Microsoft CES Keynote

2007-01-08T10:47:34Z

Xhiddenshadowx: filled in all the [somethings]

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:

[[Image:Keynote1.png]]

[[Image:Keynote2.jpg]]

Countdowns

2007-01-04T18:03:05Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

List of cities and calculated countdowns from cipher key 2: wh3r3t0g0.

Most likely there will be no way to get the other locations until after the Las Vegas, Nevada event.

__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/circumambulation/ the countdown], and the [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown Predictor] (or your own calculations), as mistakes do happen. Unfortunatley. :)

==[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:''' Fountains at Bellagio

'''Who's Going:''' Konamouse, Konashark, GIIRyudo, fubarz, freitasm, TwiztedMatt1007 (tentative)

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Randomeis, Patricia Moore, Dr. Kinder, 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)

<s>I (SirQuady) am not entirely sure about this time/date. There has been some mention of datelines and daylight savings time, so i'm just lost. Could someone from Sydney area please confirm this time?</s> Thanks davebee!

davebee: I am in Sydney Zone. Originally shown here as 8am Saturday, but I checked and added note
here that seemed "someone" had forgotten the date line. Sydney is currently 19 hours AHEAD of PST.

<s>x9: If i can get the location i'll be there (hopefully).</s> x9 Can't go as he'll be in Victoria. I, (The Atomic) am hoping to take his place instead.

'''Exact Location:''' '' Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' davebee (pending details), mrmckeb (pending details),<s> x9 (pending details),</s> The Atomic (pending deatils). ''

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' no one yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas Austin, Texas]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 3:00:00 pm, CST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Incitatus, Boy Blue, EarlyWyrm

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

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

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' ''Nobody yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%2C_Germany Berlin, Germany]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 6:00:00 pm, UTC+1 (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' PatRol

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Ruuku & The Cliff, Jenna, Rob, spysect, Seretar, PuzzledPineapple, MikeyJ (tentative)

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' SirQuady, thebruce (tentative), Dionysus (tenative)

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

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

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

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

Countdowns

2007-01-04T17:57:57Z

Xhiddenshadowx: Withdraw prior assumption

List of cities and calculated countdowns from cipher key 2: wh3r3t0g0.

__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/circumambulation/ the countdown], and the [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown Predictor] (or your own calculations), as mistakes do happen. Unfortunatley. :)

==[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:''' Fountains at Bellagio

'''Who's Going:''' Konamouse, Konashark, GIIRyudo, fubarz, freitasm, TwiztedMatt1007 (tentative)

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Randomeis, Patricia Moore, Dr. Kinder, 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)

<s>I (SirQuady) am not entirely sure about this time/date. There has been some mention of datelines and daylight savings time, so i'm just lost. Could someone from Sydney area please confirm this time?</s> Thanks davebee!

davebee: I am in Sydney Zone. Originally shown here as 8am Saturday, but I checked and added note
here that seemed "someone" had forgotten the date line. Sydney is currently 19 hours AHEAD of PST.

<s>x9: If i can get the location i'll be there (hopefully).</s> x9 Can't go as he'll be in Victoria. I, (The Atomic) am hoping to take his place instead.

'''Exact Location:''' '' Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' davebee (pending details), mrmckeb (pending details),<s> x9 (pending details),</s> The Atomic (pending deatils). ''

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' no one yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas Austin, Texas]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 3:00:00 pm, CST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Incitatus, Boy Blue, EarlyWyrm

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

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

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' ''Nobody yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%2C_Germany Berlin, Germany]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 6:00:00 pm, UTC+1 (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' PatRol

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Ruuku & The Cliff, Jenna, Rob, spysect, Seretar, PuzzledPineapple, MikeyJ (tentative)

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' SirQuady, thebruce (tentative), Dionysus (tenative)

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

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

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

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

Countdowns

2007-01-04T17:54:04Z

Xhiddenshadowx: /* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas Austin, Texas] */

List of cities and calculated countdowns from cipher key 2: wh3r3t0g0.

__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/circumambulation/ the countdown], and the [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown Predictor] (or your own calculations), as mistakes do happen. Unfortunatley. :)

==[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:''' Fountains at Bellagio

'''Who's Going:''' Konamouse, Konashark, GIIRyudo, fubarz, freitasm, TwiztedMatt1007 (tentative)

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Randomeis, Patricia Moore, Dr. Kinder, 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)

<s>I (SirQuady) am not entirely sure about this time/date. There has been some mention of datelines and daylight savings time, so i'm just lost. Could someone from Sydney area please confirm this time?</s> Thanks davebee!

davebee: I am in Sydney Zone. Originally shown here as 8am Saturday, but I checked and added note
here that seemed "someone" had forgotten the date line. Sydney is currently 19 hours AHEAD of PST.

<s>x9: If i can get the location i'll be there (hopefully).</s> x9 Can't go as he'll be in Victoria. I, (The Atomic) am hoping to take his place instead.

'''Exact Location:''' '' Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' davebee (pending details), mrmckeb (pending details),<s> x9 (pending details),</s> The Atomic (pending deatils). ''

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' no one yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas Austin, Texas]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 3:00:00 pm, CST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Possible to be [http://www.nowplayingaustin.com/index.php?app=eventDetail&id=65715 Trickster Play]''

'''Who's Going:''' Incitatus, Boy Blue, EarlyWyrm

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

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

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' ''Nobody yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%2C_Germany Berlin, Germany]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 6:00:00 pm, UTC+1 (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' PatRol

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Ruuku & The Cliff, Jenna, Rob, spysect, Seretar, PuzzledPineapple, MikeyJ (tentative)

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' SirQuady, thebruce (tentative), Dionysus (tenative)

==[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:''' ''Unknown''

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

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

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

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

Lokivanishes

2007-01-04T16:25:06Z

Xhiddenshadowx: Added new section and new site

'''lokivanishes''' is the username that posted the first key at Neowin forums. At about the same time the accounts named lokivanihses were created on December 20th (before any of the posts, so before anyone could pretend to be this person), accounts with the same name were created at various other places, too:

== Forums ==
* [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=191442 neowin.net] (with one [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=75&p=588161174&#entry588161174 post])
* [http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2989 DigitalMediaThoughts.com]
* [http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/board/member.php?u=22645 HardwareGeeks.com]
* [http://forum.osnn.net/member.php?u=86965 osnn.net]
* [http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showuser=106273 PlanetAMD64.com]
* [http://www.techsupportforum.com/members/129862.html techsupportforum.com]
* [http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/User/UserProfile.aspx?UserName=lokivanishes WindowsMovieMakers.net] (Loki registered at 6:09 PM unknown time zone)
* [http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showuser=118985 msfn.org] Microsoft Software Forum Network (Have to be registered to view profile)
* [http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=19055 TabletPCBuzz.com] (Have to be registered to view profile)

== Media ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lokivanishes youtube.com] (confirmed to be definitly [[Video-Ignition|in-game]])
* [http://soapbox.msn.com/?user=7260987322592078450 Soapbox on MSN] Soapbox MSN (Also has Video-Ignition)
* [http://flickr.com/photos/36095545@N00/ flickr.com]

==Misc==
*[http://lokivanishes.com/ lokivanishes.com] (Possible in game?)

Lokivanishes

2007-01-04T16:08:36Z

Xhiddenshadowx: Added lokis msfn.org profile

Lokivanishes

2007-01-04T16:01:53Z

Xhiddenshadowx: /* Forums */

'''lokivanishes''' is the username that posted the first key at Neowin forums. At about the same time the accounts named lokivanihses were created on December 20th (before any of the posts, so before anyone could pretend to be this person), accounts with the same name were created at various other places, too:

== Forums ==
* [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=191442 neowin.net] (with one [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=75&p=588161174&#entry588161174 post])
* [http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2989 DigitalMediaThoughts.com]
* [http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/board/member.php?u=22645 HardwareGeeks.com]
* [http://forum.osnn.net/member.php?u=86965 osnn.net]
* [http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showuser=106273 PlanetAMD64.com]
* [http://www.techsupportforum.com/members/129862.html techsupportforum.com]
* [http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/User/UserProfile.aspx?UserName=lokivanishes WindowsMovieMakers.net] (Loki registered at 6:09 PM unknown time zone)
* [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:w8fTAVPmmZ8J:www.msfn.org/comments.php%3Fcategory%3D%26id%3D19040+lokivanishes&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10 msfn.org] Microsoft Software Forum Network (cache of welcome notice)
* [http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=19055 TabletPCBuzz.com] (Have to be registered to view profile)

== Media ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lokivanishes youtube.com] (confirmed to be definitly [[Video-Ignition|in-game]])
* [http://soapbox.msn.com/?user=7260987322592078450 Soapbox on MSN] Soapbox MSN (Also has Video-Ignition)
* [http://flickr.com/photos/36095545@N00/ flickr.com]

Video-Ignition

2007-01-04T02:54:08Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

==Video File==
On YouTube, [[lokivanishes]] posted a second video. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WZtJfU83sw ref])

This video is available in multiple formats:
* From the original source at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WZtJfU83sw
* As a mirror of the original *.flv file, 2.8MB http://vanishingpointwiki.com/media/Ignition.flv
* As a transcode to H.264 format for portable devices (e.g iPod), 3.3MB, http://vanishingpointwiki.com/media/Ignition.mp4

<flv movie="Ignition.flv" width="320" height="240"/>

==Transcript==
* Music in the background (This song was created just for the video)
* The word "formula" appears 4 times, there's a bit of a delay, then it appears a fifth time
* NiTi [[:wikipedia:Shape memory alloy|shape memory alloy]] wire in disarray on a slab of concrete (in the forest? near a house?)
* Loki applies a blowtorch to it
* Wire shapes to vanishingpointgame.com
* Reapplies blowtorch
* Wire reverts to plain straight shapes

Lokivanishes

2007-01-04T00:50:44Z

Xhiddenshadowx: Added new fourm

lokivanishes is the username that posted the first key at Neowin forums. At about the same time the lokivanihses account was created on December 20th (before any of the posts, so before anyone could pretend to be this person), accounts with the same name were created at various other places, too:

'''Forums''' 
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=191442 neowin.net]
With one [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=75&p=588161174&#entry588161174 post.] 
[http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2989 DigitalMediaThoughts.com] [http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/board/member.php?u=22645 HardwareGeeks.com] 
[http://forum.osnn.net/member.php?u=86965 osnn.net] 
[http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showuser=106273 PlanetAMD64.com] 
[http://www.techsupportforum.com/members/129862.html techsupportforum.com] 
[http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/User/UserProfile.aspx?UserName=lokivanishes WindowsMovieMakers.net] 

[http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:w8fTAVPmmZ8J:www.msfn.org/comments.php%3Fcategory%3D%26id%3D19040+lokivanishes&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10 msfn.org] Microsoft Software Forum Network (cache of welcome notice) 
[http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=19055 TabletPCBuzz.com] (Have to be registered to view profile) 

'''Media''' 
[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lokivanishes youtube.com] 
[http://flickr.com/photos/36095545@N00/ flickr.com]

Lokivanishes

2007-01-03T22:24:32Z

Xhiddenshadowx: Added when lokivanishes accounts created

lokivanishes is the username that posted the first key at Neowin forums. At about the same time the lokivanihses account was created on December 20th (before any of the posts, so before anyone could pretend to be this person), accounts with the same name were created at various other places, too:

'''Forums''' 
[http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=191442 neowin.net]
With one [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=75&p=588161174&#entry588161174 post.] 
[http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2989 DigitalMediaThoughts.com] [http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/board/member.php?u=22645 HardwareGeeks.com] 
[http://forum.osnn.net/member.php?u=86965 osnn.net] 
[http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showuser=106273 PlanetAMD64.com] 
[http://www.techsupportforum.com/members/129862.html techsupportforum.com] 
[http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/User/UserProfile.aspx?UserName=lokivanishes WindowsMovieMakers.net] 

[http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:w8fTAVPmmZ8J:www.msfn.org/comments.php%3Fcategory%3D%26id%3D19040+lokivanishes&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10 msfn.org] Microsoft Software Forum Network (cache of welcome notice) 

'''Media''' 
[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lokivanishes youtube.com] 
[http://flickr.com/photos/36095545@N00/ flickr.com]

Template:Resources

2007-01-03T16:42:31Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

'''Sites'''
* [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=150 Neowin Forums]
* [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17768 Unfiction]

'''Chat'''
* IRC on [irc://irc.chat-solutions.org/#vanishing #vanishing at irc.chat-solutions.org] - Connect with one of the following:
** your favorite IRC program like [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] (Windows) or [http://xchataqua.sourceforge.net/ X-Chat Aqua] (OS X)
** The [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/16/ ChatZilla] Firefox extension
** [http://www.argn.com/chat.php ARGN's browser-based IRC client]

'''Publicity'''
* [http://www.argn.com/archive/000511the_vanishing_point.php ARGNet Article]
* Threads on Digg
** http://digg.com/gadgets/Solve_Microsoft_s_Vanishing_Point_mystery
** http://digg.com/software/Vanishing_Point_The_Game
** http://digg.com/tech_news/VanishingPointGame_com
* [[Blogroll]] of sites that received keys
* [http://technorati.com/tag/vanishingpoint Technorati search for tag vanishingpoint]

'''Tools'''
* [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown predictor]

'''Places lokivanishes is Registerd'''
* [http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/Forum http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/Forum]

Lokivanishes

2007-01-03T16:33:49Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

'''List of websites lokivanishes signed up on'''

www.msfn.org (http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:w8fTAVPmmZ8J:www.msfn.org/comments.php%3Fcategory%3D%26id%3D19040+lokivanishes&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10) 
www.digitalmediathoughts.com (http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2989) 
www.forum.osnn.net (http://forum.osnn.net/member.php?u=86965) 
www.flickr.com (http://flickr.com/photos/36095545@N00/) 
www.youtube.com (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lokivanishes) 
www.neowin.net (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=191442) 
www.windowsmoviemakers.net (http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/User/UserProfile.aspx?UserName=lokivanishes) 
www.planetamd64.com (http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showuser=106273) 
www.techsupportforum.com (http://www.techsupportforum.com/members/129862.html)

Lokivanishes

2007-01-03T16:33:23Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

'''List of websites lokivanishes signed up on'''

www.msfn.org (http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:w8fTAVPmmZ8J:www.msfn.org/comments.php%3Fcategory%3D%26id%3D19040+lokivanishes&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10) 
www.digitalmediathoughts.com (http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2989) 
www.forum.osnn.net (http://forum.osnn.net/member.php?u=86965) 
www.flickr.com (http://flickr.com/photos/36095545@N00/) 
www.youtube.com (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lokivanishes) 
www.neowin.net (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=191442) 
www.windowsmoviemakers.net (http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/User/UserProfile.aspx?UserName=lokivanishes 
www.planetamd64.com (http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showuser=106273)
www.techsupportforum.com (http://www.techsupportforum.com/members/129862.html)

Lokivanishes

2007-01-03T16:28:33Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

'''List of websites lokivanishes signed up on'''

www.msfn.org (http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:w8fTAVPmmZ8J:www.msfn.org/comments.php%3Fcategory%3D%26id%3D19040+lokivanishes&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10) 
www.digitalmediathoughts.com (http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2989) 
www.forum.osnn.net (http://forum.osnn.net/member.php?u=86965) 
www.flickr.com (http://flickr.com/photos/36095545@N00/) 
www.youtube.com (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lokivanishes) 
www.neowin.net (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=191442) 
www.windowsmoviemakers.net (http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/User/UserProfile.aspx?UserName=lokivanishes 
www.planetamd64.com (http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showuser=106273)

Template:Resources

2007-01-03T16:07:51Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

'''Sites'''
* [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=150 Neowin Forums]
* [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17768 Unfiction]

'''Chat'''
* IRC on [irc://irc.chat-solutions.org/#vanishing #vanishing at irc.chat-solutions.org] - Connect with one of the following:
** your favorite IRC program like [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] (Windows) or [http://xchataqua.sourceforge.net/ X-Chat Aqua] (OS X)
** The [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/16/ ChatZilla] Firefox extension
** [http://www.argn.com/chat.php ARGN's browser-based IRC client]

'''Publicity'''
* [http://www.argn.com/archive/000511the_vanishing_point.php ARGNet Article]
* Threads on Digg
** http://digg.com/gadgets/Solve_Microsoft_s_Vanishing_Point_mystery
** http://digg.com/software/Vanishing_Point_The_Game
** http://digg.com/tech_news/VanishingPointGame_com
* [[Blogroll]] of sites that received keys
* [http://technorati.com/tag/vanishingpoint Technorati search for tag vanishingpoint]

'''Tools'''
* [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown predictor]

'''Places Loki is Registerd'''
* [http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/Forum http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/Forum]

Template:Resources

2007-01-03T16:06:38Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

'''Sites'''
* [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=150 Neowin Forums]
* [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17768 Unfiction]

'''Chat'''
* IRC on [irc://irc.chat-solutions.org/#vanishing #vanishing at irc.chat-solutions.org] - Connect with one of the following:
** your favorite IRC program like [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] (Windows) or [http://xchataqua.sourceforge.net/ X-Chat Aqua] (OS X)
** The [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/16/ ChatZilla] Firefox extension
** [http://www.argn.com/chat.php ARGN's browser-based IRC client]

'''Publicity'''
* [http://www.argn.com/archive/000511the_vanishing_point.php ARGNet Article]
* Threads on Digg
** http://digg.com/gadgets/Solve_Microsoft_s_Vanishing_Point_mystery
** http://digg.com/software/Vanishing_Point_The_Game
** http://digg.com/tech_news/VanishingPointGame_com
* [[Blogroll]] of sites that received keys
* [http://technorati.com/tag/vanishingpoint Technorati search for tag vanishingpoint]

'''Tools'''
* [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown predictor]

'''Places Loki is Registerd'''
* [http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/Forum]

Lokivanishes

2007-01-03T16:04:45Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

Lokivanishes

2007-01-03T16:04:08Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

Email

2006-12-31T14:16:06Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

E-mail address loki@microsoft.com is a legit e-mail address. Waiting for response...

Sending e-mails to vanishingpointgame.com comes back with error.

Email

2006-12-31T14:11:53Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

E-mail address loki@microsoft.com is a legit e-mail address. Waiting for response...

Email

2006-12-31T14:11:01Z

Xhiddenshadowx:

I have been looking at the forums and it seems that no one has tried sending e-mails out. I tried sending one to loki at vanishingpointgame.com but it came back with MAILER DAEMON, then I tried loki at microsoft.com and I got nothing back. That must mean that the e-mail address is legit. E-mail has been sent, waiting for response.