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June 30, 2006

New password on Retrievers site

OK, sorry for the lag there. Doug and I are both swamped at the moment, so this will be short, and then I'll try to get all caught up over the weekend.

New password on the ROT site, in case you haven't found it yet: (scroll over white text to see it) polar bear

Check the comments below (under "Questionable stuff") to see how it was found (via another e-mail from Wally).

Update: Also a new DJ Dan podcast! Persephone calls in! And Rachel has new blog postings which confirm (if we didn't already recognize the voice on the call) that she is Persephone.

Update again: I have the three images from the richerdeeperbroader site posted here so the Photoshop-less can see them:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

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their is a new DJ Dan Podcast hidden in retrievers of truth.

It says you have to have adobe photoshop to open those darn letters. i cant see what they are. can someone help me?

Re: DJ Dan Podcast

NOW we have confirmation that Rachel Blake = Persephone.

here is a link to the photoshop files that I just layered and fixed the opacity.

this letter is great..but what a really cheesy way to make us put it together..

ftp://209.143.67.34/trash/bloodmoneysorrow.jpg

Wow, that's awesome Matt - thanks a bunch!

I've got something on the bloodmoneysorrow image: map locations.

The list of sites alpha, beta, and delta is interjected with parenthetical numbers. I believe these numbers correspond to map coordinates. The numbers following "alpha" (4888) translate to 48N 88W, roughly the location of the map from Lake Superior.

Beta, (1060) is most likely 10N 60W, which is a location off the coast of the island of Trinidad and Tobago. This is probably the location of the equatorial island that Persephone thought she saw.

Delta, (19120) seems to be 19N 120E, just north of the Philippines. It's just to the east of the Papuyan islands. Again, more islands.

So that begs the question: what is the "original island target" which "THF has not utilized... for some time"? Sounds to me a lot like the final resting place of Flight 815. (Which would bring credence to my theory about the Canada map being significant to the story in that an island with magnetic properties -- like the Lost island -- is found within its margins).

Assuming the above to be true, it leads us to two further questions: 1- what is the SPIDER PROTOCOL and what does it have to do with islands with magnetic properties. And a strictly Lost-but-not-really-TLE-related 2- If THF hasn't been using the site for some time, then who are the Others?!

www.richerbroaderdeeper.com/welcome/your/next/video/ needs/your/experiences/ check/tomorrow brings up a password box for RDB...

This may be coincidence but... I was just playing with the idea that the numbers in brackets on the recently found blood/money etc document maybe map co-ordinates. I put in the first one 48n 88w, and lo and behold it takes us to Lake Superior and reasonably near Edward Island per Mittlewerks map.

I posted this up on my site; it's the tiny text from the upper-left-hand-corner of this picture, flipped and turned upside down:

http://www.project-am.info/blood.jpg

Does anyone have better luck with reading this than me? All I can make out is "public company". . . .

Just spoke to iobiseeing you live on AIM he confirmed that the last word in the string for RDB is "tomorrow". Which when put on the rest of the string "welcome/your/next/video/needs/your/experiences/check/tomorrow" gives us a password box. Now I guess we just have to wait.

Save Joop is gone and it's got a link to Random TShirts Myspace which has a link to http://sitonamonkey.blogspot.com/

and the final count for the petition was 10,800 (108:00) Weird. And if you click on the 108 sit on a monkey comments, it has some link to a insert password here thing, anyone got the password? Here's the link: http://www.box.net/public/m0f2z0astl

Rachel just updated her secret blog, and gave us the password for RDB its rblake.
allveggie
It gives us a new video

Rachel's got a new post up-- and in it she gives out the password to get to the next video on RDB. Use her regular username: rblake and the password of allveggie .

http://www.richerdeeperbroader.com/welcome/your/next/video/needs/your/experiences/check/tomorrow/Week3_Post1.mov

About a quarter of the way through the video, it looks like there is a damaged area. I have tried slowing it down, and I think there maybe something hidden in the "damage". Anyone have any software to investigate it?

In the video rachel says "Goodnight Mrs. Kalabash". I decided to google it, as well as being a song by Ian Thomas, it is what Jimmy Durante says at the end of his shows. Weird.

Rachel updated her secret site again. Looks like she wants us to dig any dirt we can on Enzo Valenzetti.

So does anyone have any theories on what the spider protocol is? Mine? - The Dharma Initiative - the blast door map in Lost looked a bit spider-like - could be a code name for the Dharma Initiative. Or is that reaching a bit? Just a thought.

I have found a little bit more information on the history of the "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash thing" here.

Also, did anyone else find it odd that in the video, the picture of Hugh didn't include his face? The video got all "static"-y and his head dissapeared out the top of the frame. Could this have something to do with the multiple faces (read: actors) who have been Hugh since the game began? Is it some sort of a clue? Or just a coincidence.

New post Italy2 and possible new password on Rachels stop hanso site.

rblake
organharvest

rachel's new recording
http://au.i1.yimg.com/au.yimg.com/i/tv/lost/gallery/mischief/no_yesmen.mp3

peter sounds a lot like djdan

also new gary troup site
http://www.valenzettiequation.com/

Another update from Italy. Can't find the tape of 'nurse Sophia' yet on Channel 4 site (HOORAY A UK SITE!!) but am looking. From her comments, one thing struck me - this business about Mittelwerk's blood and Hanso disappearing and also having something wrong with his blood.... Wouldn't it fit nicely if Mittelwerk and Alvar Hanso were one and the same??

That's all folks, hope you're all cool xx

new rachel italy recording can be found

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/T/thisisaknife/index_ungeo.jsp

then to the link for Lost

then to a hidden link below the clickbar for the show on the left

June 29, 2006

Questionable stuff

OK, lots going on, and some of it looks non-legit.

First there's this business with the dueling Rachel Blake blogs. There's a blog up at http://rachelblake0.blogspot.com/ that says Rachel had her laptop stolen by the Hanso Foundation, so she abandoned her old blog and started this new one. It is giving out info and linking over to supposedly hidden videos on at least one in-game site. It looks faaaaaake to me. Way fake.

Adding to the fakeness feeling is that Rachel is still updating at her old site, which currently has a post with the "hieroglyphs" mentioned in her conversation with Zander, which she says Zander sent her (and of course they are the same as the ones in the "Simon" game).

Then there's www.hansoadoptions.org. It does have some stuff on it that looks like it's supposed to be clue-ish, but it doesn't really lead anywhere, and I can't see anything that makes it look real to me.

The key here is HOW were these sites found. If there's no direct path from a proven in-game site or source, then I'm not believing it. These two sites (Rachel's "new" blog and the adoptions site) just popped up as URLs, no one mentioning how they were found. There's got to be a path, and if there isn't, assume fakery.

Now, on to real stuff: Can someone please help me out with the ROT clues? I am bogged down and haven't been keeping up with the daily posts over there. What's the general sense of what they're trying to give us? Is it making sense and leading somewhere?

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As i understand it on ROT.
1. Fiber said the next word was going to be today from a Dr. friend in a PS, Postscript maybe? 2.Friday "the Drake" presumably Mandrake will give a word.
3. Saturday would be the final word to make the sentence to enter into the address field after the / on RDB. sentence:
Words I have so far are Welcome, Your, next, video.

Just to follow up on the fakery...I'm starting to get kinda confused, and I'm getting a little worried about the future of this game. People are referencing a new "character" named Mandrake Wig...(reference to the ROT site obviously.) He's got both a Flickr and a Myspace account. There are some pictures, and some blogs, that may or may not give some clues. In fact, the folks over at the ROT threat specifically lead us to "the Drake" for our next clue...which leads to a clue, etc. So far, people have put together a couple of pretty verifiable word-clues: "Welcome" and "Your". But the two most recent..."Next" and "Video", are derived from Mandrake's MySpace account. I'm just a little iffy about his site. It just seems fake. Aside from the fact that it would be insanely simple to set up accounts like these (they're pretty open) just to try and throw people off, the page itself has quite a few typos, not to mention some relatively inappropriate language on one of his blogs.

I'm probably missing something, and maybe it is legit -- this game is gettin' crazy huge and hard to keep track of everything -- but along with what Ellen was talking about, I think the bottom line is this: As this game continues to expand in both scope and popularity, there will be those who will continue to pop up with fake sites, clues, etc...and it's likely that as time goes on it's going to be harder to spot the "obvious" fakes.

Those of us who are trying to play the game in earnest are going to have to realize that this is, unfortunately, part of the game now too -- seperating the fakes from the phonies.

Anyway, here's a link to Mandrake's Myspace...you guys think it may be fake too?

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=84830367

(Sorry for the long post.)

ROT being updated? Porter password no longer works.

Wow. No sooner than I posted the ROT being updated. I get a newsletter from DR. Bole. He talks about remebering the name "wand prowess" and the p.s.reads. "Consuming a diet high in fiber can be beneficial to the BLOOD"

Doh! Wand prowess, anagram, New Password. Silly me! Sorry about bitty posts, posting as it happens.

Ok got the new password. Bole talks about bears, up north sea bear....white in colour.....etc

Sorry, found more. I was messing with all the words we have so far on RDB, nothing happens except with BLOOD this takes you to a page stating "page 1" link. It shows a file blood.psd. Which i think refers to photoshop, which I dont have. Somebody open it please.

Another email from Dr Bole.
He talks about being in a hotel and meeting Mandrake Wig, or Manny to his friends. Mandrake says "Let me give you a tip, a single word that will enrich
your life, as it has mine." Dr Bole then says he anagrams the name to "waking dream" And the word he received from Manny that day was "YOU"

Ellen: I think that's the original e-mail that we got when we first found the ROT site...

There haven't been any posts here on the RoT site's password being changed so I'm just gonna lay everything I've done out and sorry if I'm rehashing old news...

I got the new RoT news letter and the yellow lab's name "Wand prowess" is an anagram for "new password" (signalled by the lab telling the Dr to remember his name "not as it is but as it can be." )

The PS clue from Rachel (should I question the legitimacy of this source??) leads me to believe that the password is in the post script.
(PS: Consuming a diet high in fiber can be beneficial to the BLOOD.)

I tried "blood" but don't know if this is a reference to fiber optics? or what.

I am also stumped on how "Maslow's Hierarchy" of needs ties in (after a great deal of study in psy) except that the highest level is self actualisation (all about you)and keeping "your" eye on the prize seem to have the same thrust.

Basically I should have my detective's badge stripped and booted out but hope this helps someone else crack it.

Gee what a gasbag!

I'm out 'till monday. (sneaky work poster!)

Oh, and the poem...

does the first line "In the Pacific I'm in the ocean bare," mean an island??

and

"when I'm up north I'm the sea bear." is that a reference to a polar bear??

maybe I've been watching too may reruns of LOST!

OH WOOOHOOOO!

the RoT password is "polar bear"

Gimmy my badge back!!

Just letting you know, Dick Cheever's blog has been found. I saw it in the sourcecode of www.broadbandstories.com around 8:00, then went to the Speaker's website and found that people were already discussing it. http://dickcheever.blogspot.com

Has anyone received the email from ROT. I dont have a lot of time to make anything of it but I know its got to lead to the next clue. Lots of info in it.

I can't get into ROT with the old password, "porter." I received the new newsletter from Dr. Wally Bole (which contains a P.S. - note to those following the ROT clues). I have figured out that "wand prowess" unscrambles to form "new password"... but what the heck is the new password?? Help!

I found the password. I don't want to spoil it, so let me tell you that the password is two words and those two words refer to a white animal that has also been seen on LOST.

I went to the mandrake myspace website..it's surely a fake..I base this on a very bogus picture of wally bole' on the mandrake myspace site...someone just photoshopped bole's head on a body and placed it on top of the verizon store picture....I looked up "verizon store" on google images and found the same background picture that the faker used for the pic of wally' if you look in the back left of this pic the same person is standing there in the wally pic and on the one without wally bole' on google images .....here is the link I found using google images...
http://chris.pirillo.com/_photos/pic01310216.jpg

and if that still doesn't make you a believer just go to google and type in "verizon store" and you will get the same pic without wally bole' as the first image...quite pathetic...

-Matt-

type in blood, money, sorrow, after the / and each will give you three pieces of the letter ..... I did not find this clue I got it on thelostexperienceclues.com

ROT site: porter doesn't work anymore!!!! What is happaning?

mandrake wig is an anagram for waking dream.... possible clue?

I find it hard to believe that a MySpace account would be in-game. I doubt that ABC/Disney would be giving free ad time to Fox/News Corp. We've seen how commercial this game has been so far, and that would be a rather anti-commercial move.

that adoption thinsg a sponsored link, probably how it popped up everywhere

DJ Dan has been updated. Eyes on the man is now Mittlewerk!

The blog for Mandrake Wig is in-game. They've given two words to the secret clue from ROT, and his photo page has given the second part of the ROT letter and a third word for the ROT secret clue. Have some faith once in a while...

Did anyone see the new video on the Dick Cheever blog?

http://www.youtube.com/user/thecheever

June 28, 2006

FABulous prizes

Remember back when Brandon was the 1,000 commenter? Well, we've decided on the prize! Brandon, congratulations on your official Lost/Dharma Initiative T-shirt (pictured at right), courtesy of us. We just need your preferred size and a place to send this bad boy. You can post a comment (we promise not to publish it for the world to see) or send an e-mail to me at ehenderson [at] dallasnews [dot] com.

Thanks for posting! Maybe we'll do another giveaway for comment #2,000.

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Ok, so Rachel is still in Iceland, but she has a new blog and post! She had to change her blog because someone at THF stole her laptop. Here is the new blog: http://rachelblake0.blogspot.com/

It also directs us to the ROT site for her latest video. Apparently, through Mandrake Wig's myspace site, (myspace.com/mandrakewig), we get the next two clues from ROT which are: next video. I have been talking to several people at Inside the Experience, and we seem to think that their clues read: Welcome. Your next video...
I think ROT will lead us to Rachel's next video which, judging by her blog entry, will be unbelievable! Keep up the hunting!

there is talk that this rachelblake0.blogspot site is a fake. can anyone confirm this?

I haven't seen anything anywhere else about Rachel changing to a new blog. Where did that come from?

Im beginning to think this new site is a fake because the old site has been updated.

Hey guys! Just to add a New site found www.hansoadoptions.org.

I didn't figure out if is a in-game site or not! But it have a easter egg inside. Just look in the credits. A date is missing and is a link!

Please take a look!

interesting point raised over on one of the other boards that sturck me as a good one

"Isn’t the TV show stuck in late 2004/early 2005? So, what is happening on the island should be old news to the experience, right?"

The ROT site and RB's hidden blog have both been updated. Looks from the ROT site that we may be seeing some weekend action on TLE. And it loks like there will be a password change on the ROT site later today possibly, so it may pay to sign up for the newsletter. They say that the newsletter will provide the new password to the site.

ROT updated, expect new words, Today, Friday and the biggie on Saturday.

Just for fun.

ROT poster DSLerator's name anagramed = Lost darer.

I i would like to receve the dharma t-shirt,is possible?

Thanks a lot
Luca

Rachel is in Iceland


Rachel talks to her purse
Looks like Rachel has landed in Iceland, according to her latest blog post, and she's got a new video hidden on the Gary Troup site. (Links, other, but it looks like those aren't working anymore, so watch here on YouTube.)

She also quotes some supposed commenters talking about Benoffski, the guy who died in the Vik Institute fire, and links over to a letter (that's in Polish) that says Benoffski was supposed to be at a math conference in Australia at the time of his death.

Comments

The more I listen to Gary Troup, the more I think he sounds like DJ Dan. Just little things, like his phrasing, and how he puts his sentances together. As well as he sounds like him. Yes I'm probably crazy.

That's the first picture of Rachel that you guys didn't catch her looking like she's got an IQ above 20.

Ellen: That's because I did it and not Doug. He's better at catching the faces than I am... :-)

June 27, 2006

Rachel and Retrievers

So Rachel has a new post on her blog today about how she's received new info from GidgetGirl (who chewed her out earlier for posting those photos of Hugh M. and his chippy). The main link is to this:
http://vikarticle.blogspot.com
GidgetGirl says Mittelwerk has gone to Iceland to deal with this.

Rachel also talks about some confusion about the islands. She doesn't think the Canada thing is right b/c she's sure she saw something about the equator on Mittelwerk's maps. Huh.

Also, there's a new clue on the Retrievers site -- on the thread "Our AIM is true." Maybe you are supposed to go on AIM and look for someone with the screen name "GOOD REASON." ? I'm anti-AIM, so someone help me out here.

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Check out what i found on the Aim site where the login is!

(sorry but Joop is an Ape right??)

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/spanish-parliament-supports-rights-for/20060627105509990011?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Ellen: I think Joop is an orangutan. But it's a cool article.

Hey, I know the general consensus is that Rachel isn't Hugh's original 'bit on the side' but think about the way she and GidgetGirl have argued about the moral issues of the photos.
Both are far too defensive and Rachel has the tone of one who has been jilted -she says he "can't seem to keep his own fly in the locked and upright position" and GidgetGirl points out her overemotional attitude towards him:

"GidgetGirl: For someone claiming not to take the moral high ground, you're certainly carrying around an awful lot of venom for this guy. You got something against men, Rachel?

Me: Only his type."

Rachel clearly worked for the Hanso Foundation at some point and is almost certainly Persephone, but GidgetGirl also claims to be in a good position to get info. My theory is that Rachel IS Hugh's original affair and through him discovered the Foundation's shady dealings, and GidgetGirl is either his wife, or another one of his affairs, also getting info through him.

Hey,
Anyone been to pic 108 of http://sitonamonkey.blogspot.com/??? Lots of cool stuff, but questionable as to whether it's in game or not.

Ellen: This seems to be an offshoot of savejoop.com, which was mentioned on Jimmy Kimmel during the Hugh M. interview, so MIGHT be in-game. But I don't think this letter sheds any new light on anything, so... not sure.

I was browsing the other boards last night as well as checking out other Lost related websites and found that SaveJoop.com has been shut down.

Digging through the boards, I found that another blog http://sitonamonkey.blogspot.com/ had some interesting hidden items on it. It's being run by those who were running SaveJoop.com. Scroll down to picture 108 then check out the comments on it. You'll find links to a few more sites that require passwords and the comment that Hanso forced them to shutdown the site via a cease and desist letter signed by Peter Thompson.

According to them, they are definitely "in-game" and will be uploading more clues etc. in different places on the net as wel.

And Rachel has updated her rachelblake.com travel blog to reflect that she's now in Inceland-Rejeyvik to be exact.

Rachel has updated both her sites. They both refer to Iceland now.

Is this site new?
http://www.hansoadoptions.org

Ellen: I haven't seen it before, but it looks fan-ish to me.

why anti-aim, are you a YIM user... j/w

Ellen: It's all Microsoft, all the time. :-)

Gary Troup video - 7 of 9

Allison wrote in to point out a new Gary Troup video found, apparently on MySpace. The video's on YouTube now.

Thanks, Allison!

June 26, 2006

ROT update - clues to get clues

I want to talk some more about this new thread on the ROT site. It basically says they're going to start leaving us daily clues that we have to find and piece together to get a REAL clue. Right?

It says the clues are "right in front of your face" at the Verizon site (richerdeeperbroader.com). Then it mentions "The first word in the first song in Cabaret." The first song in that musical seems to be "Wilkommen," and the first word of that song is, uh... "Wilkommen." (That's "welcome" in German for the language-impaired.)

Which is perhaps a reference to the "welcome" screen of the Verizon site, which does say "Welcome to the world of Verizon Broadband." But I don't see anything in the source code or hidden on the page anywhere. Anyone?

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well I must say that site gets tiring after a while. But the only thing I saw was that under "music" there is a billboard that is faded, and since my vision is 20/400 I cant make much out. I think there is a phone # to call. This could also be absolutely nothing. I hop not. Happy hunting!

For you:

I thought it would be nice to give you a rundown on everything about the Vik Institute Fire Article that has popped up.
I shall aptly begin at the beginning.


I came upon a post from GidgetGirl on the Rachel Blake blog that went like this:

Rachel, I have two pieces of information to share. I realize now, having watched yesterday's video, that you're literally putting your life on the line for this. And though you know I'm not a huge fan of your methods, I respect what you're trying to do. (Though, I still wish I knew why.)

I know you're a skeptic, but I assure you, I'm in a position to share things that nobody else knows about The Hanso Foundation.

Your "friend," Thomas Werner Mittelwerk, has flown to Iceland. He's cleaning up a mess involving one of the mental health institutes sponsored by the Hanso Mental Health Appeal.

I intercepted this article - http://vikarticle.blogspot.com/ - as it came over the AP Wire the day of your last post. Read it, and I'm certain you'll be convinced.

http://vikarticle.blogspot.com/ takes you to http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2325/3026/1600/newspaper.jpg

A clipping from a newspaper that clearly reveals the recent fire mentioned in the Rachel video was in fact at the Vik Institute.

Now, digging done on the names mentioned.

Janos Backh - "Backh" loosely relates to a form of Algebraic mathematics while being rather Indian. "Janos" is also confirmed to be a very Korean name.

Orhan Hikmet Ran - Nazim "Hikmet Ran" was a famous Turkish poet.

On Wikipedia we find that Nazim Hikmet Ran was a Turkish poet influenced by the Soviets. -Orhan- script(or Orkhan) is linked to from there, and that is the earliest known Turkish language. It is also called "runiform" by some and is concidered one of the first written languages.

Put those two wikipedia articles together and you get "Orhan Hikmet Ran".

Vikrem Sahani - The name is best linked to simply being Indian. And there is a famous poet connection.


Older, bright Asian men, perhaps mathematicians or writers. Perhaps simply scholars.

I believe the emphasis is on them being rather intelligent, as hinted at by being around the renowned mathematician Vigi Benoffski.

Now, why would they kill that man but only severely hurt the others and draw attention to their Vik Institute -and- alarm Mittlewerk and everyone in Hanso enough to high tail it to Iceland?

It sounds like it was not a Hanso plan and probably not an accident of some sort.

Maybe patients fighting back fire with fire. For it to worry them so much, it really must be quite a development.

That is all for now. Trying to keep everyone up to date.
I hope it has been helpful.

Well, Ellen, I think that it's only the first of a string of words that will form an entire clue. Caberet is a musical- and if you look into teh Verizon website at richerdeeperbroader.com, you'll see that they are advertising a new music service starting in July. So.... it may lead to new clues, but it will also allow for more advertising of Verizon, in my opinion. And I'm not sure if that's something I'm going to be exceptionally happy with.

On another note, Rachel Blake has another blog note posted with reference to http://vikarticle.blogspot.com/. Seems like Gidgetgirl is willing to help out--maybe Gidgetgirl is Persephone?

Who knows?

The number on the billboard on "RDB" appears to be 718 477 1400. I googled it and came up with Economic Development Corp, 900 South State Ave, Suite 402 Staten Island NY.
Also if you use it to see if Verizon is available in your area. It confirms yes, and its a business number.

i've been enjoying all the retconning that goes on. first they cover up the early video release mistake, now the thing with the maps. perhaps they didnt expect us to find the canada location so soon, so now we get this "wow canada, gee you found it but there is another map of an island near the equator, but i am not doubting you guys"

Has anyone else noticed that on sublymonal/_hidden in the 48 folder, the date on the untitled 2 has changed to today, 27/6. As far as I can see it reads the same, does someone have a copy to double check.

Gary Troup's new video is up on myspace.com! It's the 7th of 9. Apparently, some people are already working on getting the video on youtube. I'll let you know when I hear something!

Here is the link on youtube to the gary troup interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdTkNWzl6Qk

Two more to go!

The ROT site has been updated again. I think that the clue may be GOOD REASON.. but I'm still checking it out. I may be wrong though so....

in the pursue dreams page of richerdeeperbroader - it links to http://www.realizeambition.com/ - another verizon site - this site features a video- which contains a shot of a pizza house in which, if you pause the video two numbers can clearly be seen - now it might just be me - but they look as thought they might have been added on- the focus on them is slightly sharper than the rest of the picture - anyway- here they are.. 849 - 5588 and 849 - 0716
what area are these for? i have no idea - get back to me - and try ringing them

Rachel video buried in Jeep site

Rachel's new blog entry leads us to the Jeep site (via letyourcompassguideyou.com in the user folders, look in the "trash" folder). Many wrote it with this update, but Allison was first. Thanks, Allison! Go look for it, or if you want to just know how to get to the video right away, read Allison's comment after the jump.

ALSO, some folks are pointing out that if you click 216 on the compass points instead of 108, you get an admin login box asking for a password that leads you to another video. Not sure why people started clicking 216, and I tried clicking 252 and got the box, too, so it may just be any other place on the compass. Anyway, here's the way to log in, courtesy of Corey: (scroll over to read white no-spoiler text)

"the username is WTK (William T. Kilpatrick, who had a conversation with Rachel), and the password is "themouthpiece", which was found on the "Around the Clock" image. This will take you to a "MyDocs" folder that contains a link to this WTK video."

And ALSO, Brandon points out that there's a new thread on the ROT site. The game's hopping today!

Allison says:
Go to letyourcompassguideyou.com. Click on the /trash directory. Click on the "illumination" folder. It takes you to a jeep compass site. On that sidebar, click interior (as in view interior). Then, in the main big window on the page, click "in back". Then, find the little orange and yellow circle that says "removable flashlight" (as in illumination!). Go to "view demo", and you will get RB's latest video! It's a little crazy, per usual for RB!

Comments

Hello, you have great site!

DJ Dan podcast - 6/26

Beverly writes in to alert us to the new DJ Dan podcast today. It's linked from his site to the Monster.com site. Nothing too exciting, just telling us to support Rachel.

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I was just listening to Persephones page, I never heard the numbers, but to me, at the moment it sounds like it is saying "help help" and something that sounds like "burning or murders or bernie". I dont have the technology to try and clean it up so I am not at all sure.

RB's page is updated with a new video! I am still working on the video, but she points us to letyourcompassguideyou.com. There is a folder in the /trash directory called illumination. It takes you to the Jeep site... maybe there is something there? Help is appreciated!

I found the video! Go to letyourcompassguideyou.com. Click on the /trash directory. Click on the "illumination" folder. It takes you to a jeep compass site. On that sidebar, click interior (as in view interior). Then, in the main big window on the page, click "in back". Then, find the little orange and yellow circle that says "removable flashlight" (as in illumination!). Go to "view demo", and you will get RB's latest video! It's a little crazy, per usual for RB!

Rachel has just posted again on her blog. The link takes you to the let your compass guide you page. Instead of 108 you can click near 216, it gives you to the admin folder with a request for the password. Still investigating. Will post more as I find it.

Hey all, new Rachel video!!!

Check her blog: http://stophanso.rachelblake.com/index2.html

New video linked from Rachel's site.

The compass is the clue. Go to the Trash bin where her last vid was and there's a link to a Jeep Compass site. Use the Folder name as your clue "Illumination" and search the car for a flashlight. Click on the demo and you'll see the new video.

Rachel got lucky as heck.

On the Jeep website, click the hotspot for "Outstanding Interior" Then, look for "Removeable Flashlight" on the next page. In the picture down below, click "View Demo".

Final video link:
http://www.jeep.com/en/compass/interior.html?feature=ultrafloor

These videos are getting to be too much for me! Run, Rachel, Run!

BTW, the clue for the flashlight was found in the /trash folder in the Jeep site...the word "illumination" appears, so people reasoned the flashlight was a good guess.

I saw the latest rachel video. Here's how to get ther from another site:

"Rachel blake has made her newest post on her blog for her newest video. The link leads us to http://www.letyourcompassguideyou.com/ .

In the TRASH folder, there are 2 new things, a familiar image and a link to the Jeep Compass page at Jeep.com.

At the Jeep page, click on Interior on the sidebar on the left, which will take you to the interior. Click on "In Back" and then locate and click on "Removable Flashlight. Click on "View Demo" in the animated image and you will be taken to Rachel's newest post!

Plus, on the main page at Letyourcompassguideyou.com, if we click at about 216°, you will be prompted with the log on screen for the Admin folder. Through deduction it was determined that the username is WTK (William T. Kilpatrick, who had a conversation with Rachel), and the password is "themouthpiece", which was found on the "Around the Clock" image. This will take you to a "MyDocs" folder that contains a link to this WTK video."

New ROT update thread too. (Those guys are hilarious.)

Interesting that they seem to be directly addressing us "players" in this one.

June 24, 2006

Island of mystery

Couple of (seemingly matching) suppositions posted about the identity of Mittelwerk's island. I quote:


Alison: I think the small island in Mittelwerks photo is Edward Island in Lake Superior, Canada.

Brandon: The island from the video appears to have been discovered through Google Earth. The island is apparently in Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada, near Thunder Bay. I don't know if the island has a name. Link

And justis points out that it would be unlikely that this island is the Lost island, that they'd reveal that crucial bit of show info in a game very few of the show's viewers are playing. I tend to agree, but we'll see, I guess.

Any solid confirmation on this stuff? Any further ideas?

Also, glad we're all in agreement that Mittelwerk's hair/wig is fugly. Not just a fake-looking ponytail, folks. It's a fake-looking mullet-y ponytail.

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Did a little bit of research on some of those islands. Nothing too terribly exciting about Edward Island: the only potentially significant event I could dredge up from it's history is that the steamer "A. Neff" wrecked there in 1886, and someone somewhere postulated that Mittlewerk is looking for a shipwreck. The other islands, Simpson and St. Ignace, have two big patches of pink on the satellite photo. These were caused by huge forest fires in 1998. Could Hanso be responsible for those?

Here's what I found interesting, though -- apparently, there is an island on the map, located at 48°24', 88°34', called "Magnet Island." This account tells of a man whose sailing in Lake Superior whose charts had the island labeled "Magnetic Disturbance/Anomalie magnetique."

An island with strange magnetic properties?

Sound familiar to anyone?

Also, something odd:

Putting a subdomain before rachel's stophanso blog (such as http://anything.stophanso.rachelblake.com/) doesn't redirect you to the stophanso blog. It plays the flash movie about the closing of the Hanso Foundation website.

Again, things like this you have to wonder if it's intentional or if it's just an error on the part of the game authors.

Also, has anyone else noticed/mentioned the white noise that builds louder and louder under said flash movie?

DJ Dan's new podcast is up- talking about RB and others stuff.

Baylor, the "noise" is just a clue to keep your pointer still. If you move, the noise stops and if you hold still for 108 seconds you get the clue to the Test Video.

June 23, 2006

New Rachel video (something stupid?)


Fig. 43: Things

Brandon writes in (sooo close to being the 1000th commenter) to point out a new Rachel blog post that refers to a new video. Check it out!


Update: Video found! If you want to keep looking to find it yourself, here's a hint: Try this page and note what's on number 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 AND, most importantly, 43. If you want to just go right to the video, click the extended entry on this post (or see the detailed comment below from one1082).

Side note: We have our 1,000th comment! Yay, Brandon -- you did it! Details coming soon on what your prize is...


Fig. 44: More Things


Go to sublymonal.com and use the string "truth safe Reckon Copenhagen Alvar sumo" in the entry box. It gives you a new box. Type in "better tomorrow." Choose folder 48 and click untitled1

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so close that....THIS is the comment??? =)

can anyone find the video

Video Found... copied from Rachels Blog comments:
fom insidetheexperience website....

VIDEO FOUND
The video has been found through a great joint effort in the unfiction.com chat room:
Following Rachel's link to 43things.com, we quickly found a user named RBlake, who had 43 goals:
http://www.43things.com/person/RBlake
It was noticed that goals 4 8 15 16 23 and 42 all contain just one word:
truth safe reckon copenhagen alvar sumo
Also, goal 43 is "Have a refreshing beverage"
This led us to sublymonal.com, where we entered "truth safe reckon copenhagen alvar sumo"
This silenced sublymonal and opened up a second login box
DanteIL noticed that at the end of her blog conversation with Mel0drama, Rachel said: "Me: Cool. Gotta go. I've got 43 things to do to stop their "better tomorrow""
Entering "better tomorrow" takes us to
http://www.sublymonal.com/_hidden/
Look in folder 48 for the video

Hooray! I'm number 1,000! Totally excited for the fabulous prize!

By the way...I think that's a great video...but I'm starting to get a little worried about the ultimate fate of our heroine...she's starting to take too many chances!

Wow, Mittelwerk has the worst weave ever. :P Seriously that tail is bad.

So, the island is "the" island , right?

I think the small island in Mittelwerks photo is Edward Island in Lake Superior, Canada.
I was trying to get a link on windows live map, but it doesnt seem to work, sorry folks.
Alison

Hey all,
The island from the video appears to have been discovered through Google Earth. The island is apparently in Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada, near Thunder Bay. I don't know if the island has a name. Link:
http://www.watermarkcommunity2.org/files/student_island.jpg

And I agree with Larry. I think the Hanso Foundation's next major project should be getting Mittelwerk to the nearest Copenhagen-area Supercuts as soon as possible.

Ok I'd like a second opinion here on a questionable link.
1. On broadbandstories, top line, first on left, there is a video about "Trekshare.com" I have watched this video a few times and I think Rachel is featured in it. There is a woman in a red dress standing in a kitchen.
2. Also on the trekshare site is a blog by someone called beliving thats odd. I may just be clutching at straws, another opinion is respectfully requested.

hmmm... considering that the location of the LOST island is one of the biggest mysteries of the show, i really doubt that they will reveal its location in TLE. the LOST viewers who don't play the ARG would miss out on a huge plot point, i think.

what about the limp??
has he always had that?
maybe another incident?

Hey guys did anyone type in the code at sublymonal wrong. I spelled reckon as rekon and messages appeared with codes, but I dont know what to do with them.

June 22, 2006

I've got a theory

(Buffy fans will now be singing that song...)

So, I'm thinking, if Rachel really is Persephone, and this game really is going to be in three "acts," it could get interesting. Because first she was talking to us via the Hanso site, but they shut that down, so she had to get a step closer to us with the videos and direct-to-us blogging. So if they shut THAT down at some point, maybe act 3 will be phone calls and more "live" interaction?

That would be cool. Am I crazy?

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as long as she doesnt jump the shark on jimmy kimmel

I'm actually surprised they haven't done this yet. I put DJ Dan on my MSN figuring he would eventually try and IM people.

At some point there has to be something more. Either IMs, emails or phone calls. Most of the good ARGs tend to do that.