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It has to have some significance as the drawings are on the boxes that are features in the game. Why would RL go to the effort of replicating this if it was not important?Originally Posted by Skag
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Very true. I'm stumped as to what they mean then.Originally Posted by FatShady
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Just adding to my prior post about the riddle being a book???Originally Posted by FatShadyThis is a BIG clue I think.Originally Posted by ANBApretty awesome sum-up in my books!
I think that the riddle is actually point us to a particular book. I am just throwing it out there, but I am thinking that the end goal of this is to find a particular book that deals with all of the concepts we are discussing. I think all the books that were in the boxes is also a big give away. Now I could be wrong, but I am going to start to focus on books as the end result of this and see where that takes me...
Agree, disagree?
I have learnt that ANBA does not say things for no reason or waste words.
This is from the mystery box thread:
Originally Posted by ANBA
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Isnt "In my books" just an expression here? Meaning: to my opinion?
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As with everything in this thread, you may be entirely right. 'In my book' is a common expression so I may simply be reading into this too much, but I was also looking at this in the context of the packages that were recently received. Apart from the street view image and the USB stick, there were 4 books that were included. I dont think that there are any particular clues 'inside' the books (the magic ones at least) because that would place too much pressure on the ony person that owns them... I see those as clues that (as Fliptaco I think pointed out, or perhaps Blue) that these books are about magicians and that they never give out their secrets. I think that is ANBA's way of messing with us again?Originally Posted by kobe745
The leonardo book is a different story, however I think we have already found the wing contraption and the 1452 reference so not sure there is anything else of value??
I think the fact that the boxes contained so many books is a clue in itself???
I guess that is just what I am focussing on.
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that makes sence. As to my question on how to read the dots under the Fibonacci sequence, Anba responded with a picture of the book 'Zero' by Charles Seife.
The Da Vinci book was introduced because Anba mentioned a link between the Da Vinci notebooks and the golden record in the voyager. When i stated its impossible to go true all of Da Vinci notebooks (over 5000 encripted pages) he showed us the picture of that book. I am sure there is more to that book other then the wing we had already found. Bluemage went to pick it up at the library but found nothing significant.
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Ok, seems I was wrong about the magic books also.
I finally watched the JJ abrahams interview thing and it showed the box with the question mark on it. This was posted earlier so not claiming to find it, but I updated the Junkyard wiki page.
Here is the video:
http://www.ted.com/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box.html
Here is a screen grab from it showing the box
'Tannen's Magic Mystery Box'
Wouldn't it be funny if (can't remember who) that post about Back to the future was actually right.. Tannen was the surname of Biff and his family....
http://trialshdsecrets.wikia.com/wiki/Junkyard
Funnily enough, it also seems like this box is a mystery in real life also???
A quote from a site i was just reading:
OH, and in case anyone else is wondering, or wants to help me with my nagging curiosity as to what is IN that box… i’ve googled and ebayed with no success to find one of those boxes and what’s inside… but i did track down Tannen’s Magic Shop which has a really cute logo and has been around since 1925. So, let me know if you find out what’s inside! (And i understand the whole point is not knowing… but… yea, well, i couldn’t have survived as many years as he has with that box,… but i suppose its the lifelong suspense that keeps it fun… )
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2008/...ystery-box.php
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from tannens magic store online:
Tannen's Magic Mystery Box
Here is your chance to get at least $50.00 worth of magic at half price. That's right, $50.00 of good solid magic for only $25.00
All of these are NEW effects, complete with instructions. Some are overstocked items, other are never released samples.
http://www.tannens.com/shop//cart.ph..._detail&p=6798
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OK, it has been a long day.. but now I think we are getting somewhere...
The Tannen's magic box led me to investigate a April 2009 (perfect timing for an August game release) copy of Wired magazine. This magazine was guest edited by JJ abrahams, the dude above who owns the mystery box.
In this edition of the magazine, there is a hidden puzzle that leads the readers to a hidden website... here is a sample of this NY times write up:
he spent the next several days following the hidden clues he believed he’d found, using Morse code, alternative computer keyboard layouts and even electrician’s wiring codes to solve the covert brainteasers. Finally he was directed to a hidden Web site, from which he sent an e-mail message to a secret account. A short while later he learned that he was the first Wired reader to solve an extensive hidden puzzle embedded throughout the magazine.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/ar...on/21wire.html
Tell me that does not sound EXACTLY like what we are doing here..... I bet ANBA read this magazine in the months leading up to the release and thought it was a good idea to make people loose sleep... Now im not sure it is a website or an e-mail address or whatever, but this seems too similar to what we are doing t be unrelated.
Also check out the front cover of that magazine:
And for those interested.. here is the answers to the Wired magazine articles...
**Spoilers**
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/05/0514_metapuzzle/
All I can say is that if we have to do anything half as difficult as this, we are in trouble!!!!!
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Thats amazing Fatshady. Whithin the Wire magazine there was a key as how to link the several solved puzzles together. Thats the one thing we are missing: what do we do with the information we allready have? Im sure this key is to be found somewhere....
