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Clue #70 - Rachel Blake Italy Post 04

Rachel's got a new post. It is about a boat she found called the Helgus Antonius. Let's keep our eyes out for more though!






Also, we have a few links that let you back into the old Hanso Site posted on our sidebar along with other useful information like Speaker's weekly round-ups and our Research Blog. Check it out!

Thanks to Annebeth for being the first to email us about this.

431 Comments:

Blogger Mrs. Dunbar's Blogger said...

So have we decided if the translation is "Holy Flower" or "weekend antonym" (which is the translation from Swedish)?

And WHY can we now access THF site (albeit with a slightly different address)?

Songbird61

7/06/2006 08:35:00 AM  
Blogger kilgore said...

I don't think it is a lower-case i, just a scratched up letter - look at the ones to the right of it.

7/06/2006 08:42:00 AM  
Blogger Awkward Turtle said...

I don't think that it is a lowercase i. It looks like it is an uppercase I with part of it scratched out

7/06/2006 08:42:00 AM  
Blogger kilgore said...

americanpi, JINX! you owe me a coke. :)

7/06/2006 08:43:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

That is not a lower-case i, just a scratched up letter. Also, those containers are empty or loaded with feathers, because that ship is riding high!

7/06/2006 08:44:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

Also, these photoshops are getting really bad, look at the picture of the ship leaving with the tug at its side, the ropes are still across the letters because TPTB didn't edit them out. Also, looks like they used MS Paint to black out the actual shipping co. on all the container ends.

7/06/2006 08:46:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

lost & confused: I don't think this is his new ship. At least I really hope not.

7/06/2006 08:49:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

lost & confused: I don't see a picture of the side of the ship, which one are you talking about?

7/06/2006 08:51:00 AM  
Blogger Mrs. Dunbar's Blogger said...

http://www.thehansofoundation.org/adkahdskja2897429834ahjkncawuye32782374/hanso_noshutdown.swf

Takes you to THF site ...

Songbird61

7/06/2006 08:54:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

I tried going through the clues in order on the new THF link to the old site but I couldn't get the mouthpiece to work in Hugh McIntyre's profile. I am going to suggest then that NOT all the clues work on this site. Unless someone tells me otherwise.

I had no problems getting it to work on Evils backup site though.

7/06/2006 09:00:00 AM  
Blogger WatermarkStudents said...

I think talk of "Helgus Antonius" anagrams is a rabbit trail. There are soooo many possibilities. The helgus and antonius stuff in wikipedia are better leads.

I wouldn't take the Lake Superior islands off the table yet. Could still be related to the DeGroots (who were apparently just brought up in DJDan's latest podcast).

7/06/2006 09:05:00 AM  
Blogger The Penuels said...

just added the link to the old hanso site in the sidebar of the front page

7/06/2006 09:06:00 AM  
Blogger annebeth said...

Wizard, you said in the last blog that Polar Bear is still needed on the ROT site. You're right.

But I'm saying this because last night or this morning (don't know for sure), I could type anything I want and it all worked... isn't that weird?

7/06/2006 09:06:00 AM  
Blogger annebeth said...

These are all the options if you want to incluse Hanso:

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=Helgus+Antonius&include=Hanso&exclude=&d=&n=&m=&source=adv&a=n&l=n&q=n&language=english&where=

nice site btw, administrator :)

7/06/2006 09:12:00 AM  
Blogger The Penuels said...

yakobus,
you're right...I totally forgot. I'll make good, I promise.
Forgive me for that.
:(

7/06/2006 09:13:00 AM  
Blogger sean said...

it seemed that ship had crates from many different companies. not just hanso.

7/06/2006 09:13:00 AM  
Blogger sean said...

i know. if you look at the first picture, it looks like the crane is taking crates off. not putting them on.

7/06/2006 09:15:00 AM  
Blogger Mrs. Dunbar's Blogger said...

Found the url from someone on another blog ... can't remember who, I've been surfing so many, sorry.

Songbird61

7/06/2006 09:21:00 AM  
Blogger annebeth said...

I'm curious about the background of this scentences of Rachel:

"I've given up way too much of my life for it to end like this. Please don't let it end like this."

To much of her life... isn't that a bit overreacted? I mean, this trip started only some weeks ago, right?

7/06/2006 09:21:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

wertzmeister: I agree, these are the worst photoshops we've been given yet! I have no idea why Rachel thinks this ship is staying in the Mediterranean. Ummmm, container cargo ships can reach the equator on the other side of the world babe. I'm not saying this one is, but why does she look at that ship and say, "was I wrong about the island near the equator? Is this place in the Mediterranean? Somewhere else? Where is Mittelwerk going???"

7/06/2006 09:22:00 AM  
Blogger annebeth said...

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7/06/2006 09:24:00 AM  
Blogger annebeth said...

oxillini:
It would be funny if the ship turns out to be heading to Lake Superior after al ;)

7/06/2006 09:26:00 AM  
Blogger annebeth said...

Oh yeah, that's true :)

7/06/2006 09:29:00 AM  
Blogger Awkward Turtle said...

Christy'

Try to Collect!!

7/06/2006 09:31:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

lostonlost:
I spent the whole duration of act 2 waiting for the hanso woman to finish the intro. I had NEVER seen the link to the main site at all. And I had accessed the site on about 20 different computers. I think it was just a case of it was there the whole time and I should have scrolled down to see it.

I mentioned in the previous comments about another entry in wiki for halgus antonius. here. Just in case someone finds something important.

7/06/2006 09:38:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

Sorry. Spent the whole duration of act 1 (not act 2 as I just posted.

7/06/2006 09:39:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

very disapointing pics. Container ships do ride higher than other vessels, but this one is riding way to high.

Not all containers (they are NOT called crates) have company names on them. Depends on whether or not they are owned by a shipping company or a container company which leases to shipping companies.

The HANSO container is a 40'

Also the vessel does not have its own cranes, which means it has to be going to a port that has suitable containter cranes. I am fairly positive that this vessel is too large to travel the canals to get into the great lakes, I am also not familiar with any shipping lanes in which container vessel travel from the ocean itno the great lakes.

Of course this is a container vessel which means that the vessel could easily got to New York, where the container would be transfered to a train or truck and then sent anywhere in the United States.

7/06/2006 09:48:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

I saw mentioned about the mix-up between the back and side of the boat in the pictures.
I thought I was looking at the side in pic 2 as well. Now I realise that pic 1, 2, 3 and 5 are all of the back. But as someone already noted there seems to be less containers in pic 5. Why. You would expect more if anything if this was the last picture taken.

7/06/2006 09:52:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

the pictures might not be in order. so one pic is where the vessel has not been loaded yet with as many containers.

7/06/2006 09:53:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

noble: Thanks for the info. I also believe this ship (and her containers) is essentially empty. I had commeneted earlier on how the "blacked-out" ends of the containers were edited laughably bad. Long story short, there are loads of container ports this ship could be headed for (with its empty Hanso containers, SCARY) and we're supposed to sit back until at least this afternoon to hear where it's going.

7/06/2006 09:54:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

nannie:

Can you access lostpedia with either of these two links?

link 1

link 2

Or do you get the same error?

7/06/2006 09:55:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

however, that ship is not going to make it with all its containers if it is sailing with those containers in that configuration shown in the last pic. See that big U where no containers are on the back? That screws with the vessel's center of gravity. That ship will be rolling like mad dumping containers on either side if she tries to cross the Atlantic like that - or any major shipping lane for that matter.

7/06/2006 09:58:00 AM  
Blogger Amelia Crater said...

This site does seem to be too weird too be true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Helgus. My apologies to Helgus if this is the legit site for her PhD thesis posting. It (mysteriously?) links to the Russian law firm site that hasn't been updated since 2004 and whose chief attorney is Eric Valdez-Martinez? That name rings a bell from the game, but a search of document came up empty for me. Who knows? Maybe it's linked to the DeGroot Private Academy thomas jefferson snodgrass passed today. Or maybe the Helgus Antonius is sailing to St. Petersberg?

7/06/2006 09:59:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

lost & confused: look at the pic with the tug alongside. the ropes are still in the picture (look at the lines across the name and compare them to the picture above) and the tug was edited in.

Come on, ABC interns, earn those credit hours!

7/06/2006 10:01:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

noble: the containers are poorly loaded because the ship in the original picture (that this was made from) was still at the pier. it was not yet ready to sail.

7/06/2006 10:03:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

Maybe in pic 4 the hanso container is being removed for some reason.

I was going to have a rant about Rachel but I have done that already today so I will leave it :)

7/06/2006 10:03:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

matt the pale: the answer to your Why? is (in my opinion) because they didn't think they would get caught. Then they realized players (especially yourself) really are watching closely.

7/06/2006 10:05:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

MattthePale: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THOSE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS? Are they trying to drive us crazy!

7/06/2006 10:05:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

matt the pale.

WTF.
Yeah - What is going on here. Another blunder? Even the dates have reverted back. I think we will never find out if it was a blunder. TPTB have a terrible habit of not owning up to their mistakes. I will stop there before I go off on another rant.

7/06/2006 10:07:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

Biting my tongue hard

7/06/2006 10:09:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

I see the ropes in pic 5. Well what is left of them after editing them out. Although shoddy. This I can handle. But some of the other things are just crazy. Going out for 5 to clear my head. LOL.

7/06/2006 10:12:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

Oh to be a fly on the wall in the debriefing for the ARG production team at the conclusion of this game.

7/06/2006 10:12:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Can't wait to hear Rachel's explanation of this screwup!

7/06/2006 10:12:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

oxilli - I am sure that the vessel they used for the last pic was in the process of loading/discharging, but in that pic they added the tug which is between the vessel and the piers (you can see the container cranes on the right) if it was coming in the tug would be on the other side. I am just agreeing that this is a poor job done by the ABC interns.

As a result I am putting little to no stock in these photos. Rachel will have to "spell it out" because this was just too poorly done.

I am sure we will learn that the vessel is one of those owned by that shipping company RB traced in Copenhagen which HANSO is involved with - btw, the copenhagen posts don't appear to be on RB's stop hanso blog anymore - I was trying to go do and check out that article about that shipping company.

7/06/2006 10:14:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

maven: well, there was ANOTHER newspaper article, just outside of the viewing angle of my camera, see...

Oh, and there was ANOTHER ship on the other side of the pier from this Helgus Antonius. Carry on....

7/06/2006 10:15:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

just in case I am checking Lloyd's shipping registry and seeing of such a vessel name really exists.

oh, and MTP, I can't believe they changed it back again. TBTB are just like HANSO, just removing mistakes with no explanation hoping it is forgotten. Never let them forget!

7/06/2006 10:17:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

oxillini: LOL!!! This is getting kinda ridiculous!

7/06/2006 10:17:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Matt: It should be JUNE 1 hack by Persephone, not JULY.

7/06/2006 10:19:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

I agree matt but after the map pictures fiasco (and the obvious cover-up) I am beginning to think that TPTB really are slipping enough so that this could be a genuine mistake. If we ll just leave it then so will Rachel but if we all complain about it enough then maybe - just maybe, Rachel will give some half hearted reason that will probably make no sense.
We will see.

7/06/2006 10:22:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

FYI: I just checked the Lloyd's Register of Ships for 05-06 and there is not such vessel as Helgus Antonius - could have been surpised if there was but just thought I'd check to make sure.

7/06/2006 10:24:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

that is "would have been"

7/06/2006 10:25:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

nice checking though noblelawyer

7/06/2006 10:26:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

maven: how much of this story do you think was written when the game started. do the interns come up with the idea for each new days post at the bar after a long day of poorly editing photos?

7/06/2006 10:28:00 AM  
Blogger wojciechowski said...

matt the pale, nice website you have. you've pointed out pretty much every stupid mistake they've made. However, Gary Troup has done many crime novels, but Valenzetti Equation is his sole NON-FICTION book.

7/06/2006 10:30:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

hey, I'm just excited that finally there is an area in which I have experience and knowledge in.

7/06/2006 10:30:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Well, I've updated the Timeline to reflect the screwup. I did keep Rachel's clippings in with a link now to Matt's edit on Lostpedia re Oddities.
Maybe something will come up as to why this happened that could be ingame. However, when Rachel posts and tries to coverup such an obvious error with some lame excuse, I'll change it AGAIN!

7/06/2006 10:35:00 AM  
Blogger wojciechowski said...

matt the pale --
ah, I see it now. sorry.

7/06/2006 10:37:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

Oh well. I will have to go in twenty mins. I hope that anything else that happens will wait until I get back on. 3 hours or so from now. If something does happen then it will probably be more like 5 hours from now I get back to it due to all the catching up.
Catch you all later at some point though.

7/06/2006 10:42:00 AM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

GOOD MORNING!!! :)

I am on early! WOW!

Ok, thanks to matt, I was able to get up to speed on those news articles..

My spin on it is, the one that P gave us in the hack was NOT final copy. Maybe the pics in there are more or less, place holders.

The new version was the final print, as if she bought a newspaper and then compared them.

There are only picture differences and one place where the word "retraction" on the newer image is set to center alignment and is now in highlighted with black.

I worked at a newspaper for a short time and got to see how production works.

In a computer program, the publisher would create the file, send it to the editor for finale OK, then she would send back and he would send it to the printer.

I think the copies on the hanso site are pre-editor. Rough dafts so to speak.

7/06/2006 10:43:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

OMG. So it is noiq. Thanks for the post. Spot on.

And hello Lena. Also forgot to say hello to Maven and Matt. Always good to see you lot.

7/06/2006 10:47:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

Oh and good morning belly. Don't worry. You never missed much.

7/06/2006 10:47:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

Fantastic Noiq!!!!

7/06/2006 10:48:00 AM  
Blogger sean said...

i think the newspaper mistakes are a red herring. it probably wont lead us anywhere. we can put it on the ARG blooper reel and move on.

7/06/2006 10:48:00 AM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

hey maven, belly, matt, and wizard!!!

Hope I made sence on that last comment LOL, its early for me. :)

7/06/2006 10:49:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

great find noiq! now i'm even more confused. they edited the pic, but missed so much! why?

7/06/2006 10:50:00 AM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

sorry!! Hello to noiq, noblelawyer and sean

:)

7/06/2006 10:51:00 AM  
Blogger wizardry_eas said...

you made sense Lena but there was also the date differences.
You are probably right but it is still a mistake that shouldn't have happened. From what I can gather anyway. And did you know Lena that the pic has been changed back to the original?

7/06/2006 10:51:00 AM  
Blogger sean said...

i guess another intern is getting fired. they seem to be dropping like flies, dont they?

7/06/2006 10:53:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

oxillini - probably just due to really really bad photoshop work by the interns as you said.

7/06/2006 10:54:00 AM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

not to deter the ARG experience, but those photos of the dock were taken at the Long Beach Loading Docks....

7/06/2006 10:54:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

man, abc can't find good interns to save their life!

7/06/2006 10:55:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

has anyone found the stock photos used for the loading dock pics? id be interested to see how much those were edited.

7/06/2006 10:57:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

if they can't even get a simple photo of a basic container vessel right, I guess we can assume we won't be seeing a pic. of the "special" Hanso ship, or can expect to be disapointed by it.

I mean I understand we are supposed to suspend some of our disbelief for the game but we are also supposed to use all of our resources to solve the clues. Right?

7/06/2006 10:58:00 AM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

What is the date on the hack one...I cant make it out?

Also, why not matt, those edits could have been on purpose. Just refering to the meds name; maybe first one was incorrect OR maybe first one was RIGHT and they are hiding that fact.

Date thing...I dont know yet.

IT IS just a theory...NOT graved in stone gees matt LOL :P

7/06/2006 10:58:00 AM  
Blogger sean said...

id love to stay, but i have to go for a while.
looking forward to the podcast.

7/06/2006 10:59:00 AM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

wizardry...well, IF...RB=P either for real OR fake: she would HAVE to cover her butt there and fix the mistake she made by giving us a DIFFERENT copy then Persephone did. LOL

Maybe LOL

Or maybe that was done to point it out? Who knows...just trying to think of it as relavent....might mean nothing.

7/06/2006 11:01:00 AM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

I have GOT to get some work done. Will check back later.

7/06/2006 11:05:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Hi, Lena, Wizardry, Belly, Matt, and everyone.

Lena: You should check out Matt's site re the 2 versions of the clippings. There were many differences: dates, photos, text. Now the original March 26/29, 2006 one is back on Rachel's blog instead of the one she had yesterday dated Nov. 9/12, 2001. I'm awaiting her lame explanation.

7/06/2006 11:06:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

omg! found mittelwerk's ship!

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~allanj/1ship2.jpg

7/06/2006 11:08:00 AM  
Blogger intersys said...

Looks like all the ship pics are here -

http://www.mattonimages.co.uk/search.php?next=1&sok=container%20ships

7/06/2006 11:10:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Come on gang, let's go demand answers on Rachel's blog! Thanks, Matt.

7/06/2006 11:12:00 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I remember awhile back we were discussing the Flower of Life. Are we still sure its not in game? It just weird that it's all based on geometry. I don't know, I am just throwing it out there. http://www.floweroflife.org/

7/06/2006 11:15:00 AM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

oxillini said...

omg! found mittelwerk's ship!

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~allanj/1ship2.jpg

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! TOO FUNNY!

7/06/2006 11:15:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

ishe: Thanks for that. Boy, TPTB are sure cutting corners on the game. You would think they could have sent some intern to the L.A. ports and taken some photos instead of using stock images. (On second thought, there might have been some security issues with people taking photos of cargo ships!) However, they are getting pretty chintzy on their production values. I'm still having fun, though!

7/06/2006 11:18:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Oxillini: Too good! Love your sense of humor! Needed that today!

7/06/2006 11:19:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

cne100: This has been discussed. We believe the paint is scratched out on the I. Thanks for noticing, though.

7/06/2006 11:28:00 AM  
Blogger kilgore said...

I just looked it up and a caller to a DJ Dan show made a reference to Flower Life Enterprises (a life extension company) - which lends more validity to the translations everyone was working on. I had forgotten all about that, but I wonder if we can look for a new "company" to be in-game soon.

7/06/2006 11:29:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Has everyone gone over to Rachel's Blog and demanded her explanation as to the newspaper clippings? Go NOW!

7/06/2006 11:36:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

thanks guys, trying to keep it light.

7/06/2006 11:41:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

As a side note: Emmy nominations out today. I counted 5 for LOST.
Best Director: Jack Bender (for finale)
Best Guest Actor: Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond
Single Camera Sound Mixing
Special Visual Effects
Writing: Cuse and Lindelof for "23rd Psalm"

Hope I didn't miss any. No nomination for Best Drama or other acting categories!

7/06/2006 11:52:00 AM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

i hope desmond wins hes awesome!

7/06/2006 11:56:00 AM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

That map thing is old

7/06/2006 11:57:00 AM  
Blogger intersys said...

The Flower of Life is a geometric pattern inscribed on many of the world's great pyramids and temples, dating back over 6000 years. Ancient civilizations are believed to have meditated on the shape of the Flower of Life for the purpose of manifesting sacred desires. The evolution of the universe is symbolized by the Flower of Life. On the 1st day there was a sphere representing the "Word". Each successive day the sphere rotated upon itself, forming a six petaled flower, giving mathematical reference to Creation. From its three dimensional shape all other sacred patterns may be found, including the Tree of Life, da Vinci's Pentacle and Plato's 5 Platonic Solids. A power symbol, when used for meditation, helps unlock deep memories by activating energy coding in the mind.

7/06/2006 11:58:00 AM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

Good Afternoon All!! Just got caught up...wierd stuff going on...

I think I found The Ship

7/06/2006 11:58:00 AM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Hopefully we might have a new video today but i have sum douts

7/06/2006 12:01:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

Thrasher: Hi, love your FIND! LOL. Oxilinni found the ship also: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~allanj/1ship2.jpg.

Have you demanded answers from Rachel yet?

7/06/2006 12:02:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

yeah all u have to do is go to the clues page and on the side it says OLD HANSO SITE click on that and u have in stant access.

7/06/2006 12:03:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

Sorry to ride your coat tails on that Oxillini

7/06/2006 12:05:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

this wold be alot easier if it was a chat room then i wouldnt have to refresh every 5 seconds

7/06/2006 12:08:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Does any one rmember a thing on the hanso site way back when there was a thing were this creepy looking nurse figure apeared in a doorway in a place that looked like a hospital???? That could relate to the nurse that R was talkin to.

7/06/2006 12:12:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

watching a container vessel much like the curent one inquestions sailing under the Crescent City Connection Bridge from my office window.

7/06/2006 12:13:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

thrasher: no problemo. just killing time until TPTB explain this away and tells us kiddies where to look.

7/06/2006 12:16:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

noblelawyer weres cresent city and were do u work im going to look u up on google earth

7/06/2006 12:17:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

cam: it's also the big easy (since we don't have any arg clues to work on right now, maybe we can amuse ourselves)

7/06/2006 12:19:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Yeah thats it chopssaw that still scares me!!! :O :)

7/06/2006 12:25:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

New Orleans aka the crescent city. the crescent city bridge crosses the mississippi river and connects the east and west bank. I work in the CBD I face the river, and the back of my building faces the superdome

7/06/2006 12:26:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Rachel may have some problems traveling when all of Italy is going crazy over the World Cup! ITALIA! ITALIA! Go Boffone!

7/06/2006 12:27:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

idaho: i would think they would head for the suez canal.

7/06/2006 12:32:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

noblelawyer CBD wat theres like 20 things that say CBD like CBD dental,CBD rental car........????

7/06/2006 12:33:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Now im going off track but im bored so until something new turns up.

7/06/2006 12:35:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

i think the creepy nurse is the nurse that R was talkin to in the audio recording.

7/06/2006 12:37:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

I don't know about the logical path being through the Panama Canal, but the draft of the canal ranges from 40-80 feet. More than enough draft for a vessel of that size fully loaded so, that should not be a problem.

AS far as shipping lanes, it would depend on where on the equator the equitorial island was. Also the island would need an appropriate container crane since the vessel pictured does not have any. That to me means it is not the lost island (unless the Lost island contains a container port which we have not been shown on the show).

Also the Panama Canal is fairly higly guarded and any suspicious vessel with suspicious manifests are checked so if one was carrying secret cargo that one did not want anyone to know about, it would be best to avoid any canals. i.e. the Panama or Suez.

7/06/2006 12:37:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

CDB in new orleans is the Central Business district. zip code 70163

7/06/2006 12:39:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

well since i have google earth im goin to check out were rachel is were is she in Italy again???????????

7/06/2006 12:39:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

thanks biotronx.

7/06/2006 12:42:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

o.k. so I predict that Rachel finds out that the Helgus Antonius belongs to the Allied Copenhagen Marine Merchants. And somehow finds the ports manifests or bills of lading and sees where the vessel is going.

My question. HOW THE HELL did Rachel get into the port? I have not been to any ports in Italy, but I have been to ports throughout the gulf coast, England, the Netherlands, and Denmark. One does not have the ability to simply stroll in to take walks.

7/06/2006 12:50:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

AH HA...... Hanso's plan is to brainwash us into being mindless cheeleaders from "Sissy Frenchfry" OK the game is over thanks to everyone for playing.

7/06/2006 12:59:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

Everyone rent Sissy Frenchfry and look for clues!

7/06/2006 01:00:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

i bet blockbuster starts stocking up on copies of sissy frenchfry now.

7/06/2006 01:01:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

I hear that they have a "Valenzetti Equation" mathmatic's class at that high school.

7/06/2006 01:03:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

Sorry about that. It was just too easy.

7/06/2006 01:04:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

ORGANS!

7/06/2006 01:08:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

rblake
allveggie

or something like that. it unlockes Jamie's er, i mean...Rachel's Italy post 01 video.

7/06/2006 01:10:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

i still say that ship (and it's containers) is empty!

7/06/2006 01:25:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

I dont know if any1 posted this be fore but those hyroglifics (Exuse my spelling) the same ones in the hatch spell "DIE"

7/06/2006 01:26:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

Someone would have to pay alot of $$$ to buy out a whole ship of empty containers though. It's like the trucking industry, they only make money if they are shipping something. So why pay that much money for a ruse?

7/06/2006 01:29:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

Shakey: I don't know about that website. I think it been discussed that it's OOG. However, that Dharma logo is so creepy. It's definitely two fetuses in the center there.

7/06/2006 01:29:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

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7/06/2006 01:29:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

andrew: because they used the wrong stock photos that's why. (look how high the ship is riding. in one photo you can see a stain from where the loaded waterline should be.) Rachel will next tell us that ship is so loaded down it can't possibly get to THE island.

7/06/2006 01:32:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

i dont think we were supposed to notice how high the ship was riding. not everyone is that observent. i think there iss omething on that ship.

7/06/2006 01:35:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

i was doing some zooming on the pic with the guys standing around on the boat. One looks like the guy that was hit by the iron. The other looks like a Korean Scientist. The so called Dr. Marvin Candle!!?? Also there are three other men standing behind them. IF ANY ONE HAS PHOTO SHOP TRIE TO CLEAR UP UP THE IMAGE. If any1 can do this please post it some how. It would be much apreaciated! :) Namaste

7/06/2006 01:36:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

Sorry my bad OX. I was thinking that you were saying that the ship that was "supposed" to be leaving port was an empty ship. I agree with you on the fact that they screwed up and used some bad stock photo's "if the ship was supposed to represent a ship leaving port"

7/06/2006 01:38:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

It looks like the ship isint even in the water! It looks like its just floating just above the water.

7/06/2006 01:41:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

sean: i have no doubt there is something on that ship in terms of the ARG, just find it strange that TPTB do not yet realize how closely their clues are analyzed.

7/06/2006 01:41:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

Can anyone make out what's on the two top rows of containers on the 1st and 2nd pics of the ship? There's a lot of symbols, etc. Can't make it out to the naked eye!

7/06/2006 01:45:00 PM  
Blogger Fenris said...

Anyone else got a feeling this is going to be one of those ones where we sit around all night trying to figure stuff out until Gidgetgirl pops up on Rachels blog and says "I think he's gone to such and such a place" and we all start wondering what we just wasted the last 4 hours doing.

Ah well.

7/06/2006 01:47:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

i guess if i was one of tptb, which om not, id also be shocked at how close each clue is scrutinized.

7/06/2006 01:49:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

yeah i agree fenris. I think we might be coming close to the end of this game and it will be so sad to see it go. :( Maybe thell have The Lost Experience 2

7/06/2006 01:51:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

This may have been mentioned, I can't remember, but the helgus_3 pic and the helgus_5 pic are two different ships. Notice the generator type motor things on the back of helgus_3 versus the total disappearance of the generators on helgus_5. Not to mention the cut and paste of the ships name with the ropes that weren't taken out as previously mentioned.

7/06/2006 01:56:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

They may not be the same sides of the ship. Plus why wouldnt R tell us thee were two ships???

7/06/2006 01:57:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

andrew: not sure those are generators, but if they are, they could be for temporary power and removed before departure.

7/06/2006 02:03:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

Yea they could be anything. Generator just came to mind first.

7/06/2006 02:07:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

Everyone is still hungover from the 4th. "AHHH they'll never notice this crap"

7/06/2006 02:10:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

They would be foolish to think since it is a holiday week that everyone is off enjoying the outside world...did I enjoy the weekend and party? Sure, but I also kept up with the game. To think TPTB would allow morons to run the game while they are off on holiday is absurd!!! I would be very disappointed!!!

7/06/2006 02:10:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

johnnyy wat is that were did u get it

7/06/2006 02:11:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

johnnyy wat is that!!!!!

7/06/2006 02:13:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

oh i never saw that before

7/06/2006 02:15:00 PM  
Blogger Scoutpost said...

Trying to catch up on comments. It is a bummer that the game has come to such a standstill this week. Could we be missing something? (Although with this group, it would seem highly unlikely.) Does anyone know the dates of the ComicCon in San Diego? I can't remember if it's this month or next.

7/06/2006 02:18:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Scout Post ComicCon is this month. Exclusive coverage on G4.

7/06/2006 02:23:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

It can't be dirty already, Crossfade!

7/06/2006 02:35:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Every1 look at my profile now or die!!! please :)

7/06/2006 02:35:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Yeah cant wait for The Con

7/06/2006 02:39:00 PM  
Blogger AmbientBlu said...

biotronx ... didn't the original casting call for Rachel's part indicate that she would be needed for public appearances??? Maybe she'll show up ...

7/06/2006 02:47:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

Belly: I so wish I could go, actually I could, but I do not have enough funds or time to make it. It looks like a ton of fun!

Cam794 - I checked out your profile, and???? What am I supposed to look for? I hidden log in box???? LOL

7/06/2006 02:48:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

you mean the michael bay transformers movie?

7/06/2006 02:52:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

LOL thrasher LOL actually yes the password is "Rachel Blakes Mom is Hot"

7/06/2006 02:54:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

rhere comes the rain again

7/06/2006 02:59:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

falling on my head like a memory

7/06/2006 03:02:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

Biotronx - Please take photos and send them to me!!!

Cam - what is the ID? LOL

7/06/2006 03:03:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

I think TPTB are punishing us for being too good by not giving us more clues. Or they are thinking "Oh Sh!t" we need to be more careful and spend more time on these things.

7/06/2006 03:07:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

noble: hopefully, it's the latter. the new in-house memo says "no more stock photos!"

7/06/2006 03:09:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

and if they do use stock photos, at least do enough work to them so we dont notice.

7/06/2006 03:12:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

Great!! Thanks Biotronx!!!

7/06/2006 03:15:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

The new in-house letter also says:

"triple check all work and do not be sloppy!" Or you are fired!!!!

7/06/2006 03:16:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

Biotronx - LMAO!!!!

The interns are cursing us!!

7/06/2006 03:23:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Im back I know your all just thrilled

7/06/2006 03:29:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Soooooooo i bet no new info till tomorrow

7/06/2006 03:31:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

maybe they should just hire us as a group. i'd do it for some abc and lost swag.

7/06/2006 03:33:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Yeah see im not up on the times she usually posts i was on a buisness trip for three weeks away from a computer and wasnt here wen this Rachel thing first started.

7/06/2006 03:36:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

i like that the idea that this arg is run by interns has caught on. it's like lost's writers presented the arg idea to abc execs. the execs said, "meh, what's it gonna cost us?" "well, we could use unpaid interns working for college credit. get an actress who hasn't done much. plus, we could sell sponsorship of almost everything. we could probably break even on the deal."

7/06/2006 03:37:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

I would work for them, need a sweet paycheck, ok, not that sweet, how about 10 grand higher than what I make now? Are you reading this TPTB?

7/06/2006 03:42:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

http://www.arctalent.com/clients.asp?nav=2&subnav=1&memberid=21


ARC page for Rach...er...Person....er.....Jamie

7/06/2006 03:43:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Wats TPTB?

7/06/2006 03:48:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

The Powers That Be = the creators of the game

It still is fun and the are doing a great job!

Now, where is the next thing to hunt down...too much lag here!!!

7/06/2006 03:49:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

O

7/06/2006 03:50:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

WE want a video!!!! We want a video!! We want a video!!!!!!! ;0;0;0;0;0;0;0

7/06/2006 03:52:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

My guess is that Rache...or er...Persone....er....Jami.....the lady that is running around the world right now will tell us that the Jamie Silberhartz
person is her "Evil Twin" that was created by the Hanso Foundation. They need to do something to entertain us quickly or we could dig up some more dirt on them.

7/06/2006 03:53:00 PM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

Hey everyone....

I renamed my blog for DJDan and desided its gonna be about what EVERYONE thinks.

The UNofficial DJDan research

ANYONE who would like to be a poster here...email me! :)

Sharing the load on this one...its just getting too good for just my own opinions!

7/06/2006 03:55:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

I will give them credit though. I had to dig up the page b/c the original had been taken off the main site according to the source. I think they have been reading this stuff and are trying to do some damage control.

7/06/2006 03:55:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Whos this jamie person

7/06/2006 03:55:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

The actress from Sissy French Fry who we think to be Rachel/ Persephone

7/06/2006 03:59:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

well i think RB has had enough posts in Italy i think shes going to go to Africa. Even though it says "European Vacation"

7/06/2006 04:01:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Whos Mr. Kef??

7/06/2006 04:02:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

Cam....."Hey look kids Big Ben, Parliment."

7/06/2006 04:03:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

whys mine highlited

7/06/2006 04:06:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

WAT???

7/06/2006 04:06:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

andrew wat u mean??

7/06/2006 04:07:00 PM  
Blogger Andrew said...

European Vacation

Chevy Chase

Nevermind, I am leaving to go to Lowes and work on the house a bit.

7/06/2006 04:08:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

I already have 36 veiws on my profile and i just stared today

7/06/2006 04:10:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Is any still on here??

7/06/2006 04:11:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Every 1 go 2 http://beloblog.com/archives/2006/06/rachel_blake.html and look at RB's pic LLLOOOOOLLLLL

7/06/2006 04:16:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

heloooooooo?????

7/06/2006 04:17:00 PM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

LOL cam794...thats normal...people on here like to get to know each other! :)

7/06/2006 04:17:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

It wasnt a threat wat was i goin to do reach through the computer and strangle them

7/06/2006 04:18:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

so anyone think gidget girls is gonna tell rachel where to go before 5pm CDT?

7/06/2006 04:19:00 PM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

I must have been 52 cam794

7/06/2006 04:20:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

well here its 5:17 pm

7/06/2006 04:21:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

my guess some were bee tween 5 and 7 pm

7/06/2006 04:23:00 PM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

hello belly! Hows it goin being kinda in charge of things? Hope well tweety!

7/06/2006 04:23:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

yes it does

7/06/2006 04:25:00 PM  

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