grim-tales
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Would Aksys really be as clever and devious as that? We're talking Uchikoshi levels of trickery here.
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Funyarinpa
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... Can we view this as (1/2)16?
That would show us that 1/216 means "8", not that I have the remotest of ideas about what that means.
Edit:
Thinking maybe it meant 1/2 to the power of 16, I found that it might also signify 1/65536.
Convert to alphabet:
feecf
That would show us that 1/216 means "8", not that I have the remotest of ideas about what that means.
Edit:
Thinking maybe it meant 1/2 to the power of 16, I found that it might also signify 1/65536.
Convert to alphabet:
feecf
The more I hear this different theories, the more I think they're all true just because I could totally see it being picked because it can be used for all those reasons. Yeah, definitely something you can imagine them doing.
Funyarinpa
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One can also view it as saying "'116' or 216".
Not that I have any idea what that means either.
Not that I have any idea what that means either.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
BTW, I just noticed that the image file name is now "retina.jpg"
No idea how long its been like that. It used to be just "4infinity.jpg"
http://aksysgames.com/4infinityco/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/retina.jpg
Interestingly, the old image file is still on the server. Does this mean that 0202 is especially relevant in some way?
http://aksysgames.com/4infinityco/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4infinity.jpg
No idea how long its been like that. It used to be just "4infinity.jpg"
http://aksysgames.com/4infinityco/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/retina.jpg
Interestingly, the old image file is still on the server. Does this mean that 0202 is especially relevant in some way?
http://aksysgames.com/4infinityco/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4infinity.jpg
Funyarinpa
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BTW, I just noticed that the image file name is now "retina.jpg"
No idea how long its been like that. It used to be just "4infinity.jpg"
http://aksysgames.com/4infinityco/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/retina.jpg
Interestingly, the old image file is still on the server. Does this mean that 0202 is especially relevant in some way?
http://aksysgames.com/4infinityco/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4infinity.jpg
Nice find!
Just checked and images A and B are still the same.
"Retina" makes me think of the third eye... (A major concept in Ever17)
Interestingly, the old image file is still on the server. Does this mean that 0202 is especially relevant in some way?
http://aksysgames.com/4infinityco/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4infinity.jpg
They did make changes to the site when the word firefighter was added. At that time, the counter was at 0202. That's probably the reason why the old image is still up but hasn't been updated since (like the new versions of pictures A&B). Renaming the picture "retina" and using a higher res image indicates that they saw our criticism and tried to fix the layout of the site.
edit: The image you found also confirms that the words and the counter are now one large image instead of three separate ones.
grim-tales
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Hmmm. Could rentina be a reference to (VLR spoiler)
Sigma's mechnichal eye
KnightBuster
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So, remember that research journal that you find in the lab? Well...
Anyone have info on precisely what it said? I won't remember the details of the game like that off the top of my head for the life of me.
Anyone have info on precisely what it said? I won't remember the details of the game like that off the top of my head for the life of me.
This is the text from page 216
edit: like I mentioned before, 1/216 is (1/6)^3 or (1/6)x(1/6)x(1/6) and ³√216 = 6
edit2: just to clarify, those are ways of breaking up the number from the teaser site, not exactly what is written in the text from page 216. You often end up with 6, 1/6 and 3 as recurring numbers when doing so.
Hours Left
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Y'all, it's happening.This is the text from page 216
edit: like I mentioned before, 1/216 is (1/6)^3 or (1/6)x(1/6)x(1/6) and ³√216 = 6
Lol dude, you are a few posts too late XD. But i don't think that's the right approach anyway...the description from page 216 in the journal is sooooo on point. This is further proof that ze3 is on the way.
Makes me wonder if the other words on the website are deeper than we think.
Tricky I Shadow
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This is the text from page 216
edit: like I mentioned before, 1/216 is (1/6)^3 or (1/6)x(1/6)x(1/6) and ³√216 = 6
LAWD!
I watched the first 3 episodes of Punchline for "research purposes" (made a post about it few pages back) and while there are certain recurring ideas, nothing really stuck out.
Also, 1/216 = 1/(6*6*6) = (6*6*6)^-1 is a really cool idea, but if you interpret the "-1" as an instruction to "flip" the numbers upside down, they are still mirror-inverted 9s. You would have to mirror the numbers as well.
Uh... Well... Might want to watch a few more. They only really start throwing plot twists at the wall in the past few weeks (its on episode 6 now)
EDIT:
The big one is
time loop stuff
CrimsonFist
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Reminiscent meaning (don't read before watching Punchline to episode 6)
very similar to the setup for Zero Escape 3: MC goes back in time to posses a younger version of himself in order to avert a world ending disaster orchestrated by an evil organisation on New Years Eve.
Despite the increasing parallels, I don't think that the two are connected, although I did come up with a really dumb theory that Punchline is actually a video game (in universe).
Despite the increasing parallels, I don't think that the two are connected, although I did come up with a really dumb theory that Punchline is actually a video game (in universe).
That actually seems like a pretty strong connection.
Not connected directly. I was more suggesting the idea that Uchikoshi might write in some vague hint and clue to ZE3 stuff because that sounds exactly like something that would end up happening, and the parallels make it feel like its more likely for that to happen
Funyarinpa
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I will check out Punchline's sixth episode today, the fifth one was quite good.
Playing Zero's advocate here, but if 216 was a popularly mystical number, that might just be a nifty detail inserted into VLR that happens to coincide with this.
That said, maybe we should look for the first word or letter or sentence or line of page 216.
Playing Zero's advocate here, but if 216 was a popularly mystical number, that might just be a nifty detail inserted into VLR that happens to coincide with this.
That said, maybe we should look for the first word or letter or sentence or line of page 216.
Hours Left
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That's a pretty big coincidence if so. Especially considering what's on that page in VLR.
*ZE Series Spoilers*
Uchikoshi has already said that ZE3 would take place at the Mars Mission Test Site, and that's where Radical-6 came from. This page is about Radical-6. I feel like it has to be intentional.
Crash Station
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Yeah, Punchline is 100% an Uchikoshi work after episode 6. Every Zero Escape fan should watch it maybe.
grim-tales
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grim-tales
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I'm actually eager to check out Punchline now But what if it has ZE3 hints in it?
But what if it has ZE3 hints in it?CrimsonFist
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Not really. Just the same sort of speculation as always.
Hours Left
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grim-tales
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Yeah, this is one hint that really says "ZE3" to me, OK its possibly tenuous, but the clues are all there.
Funyarinpa
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I think we should focus on the "/1" part now.
Assuming that 216 points to that page from VLR, what does 1/ mean? One word? Paragraph? Sentence?
Assuming that 216 points to that page from VLR, what does 1/ mean? One word? Paragraph? Sentence?
Yeah, that's been bugging me as well. I think the number 216 is a reference to radical6 and only indirectly a reference to that page 216 on which radical6 is mentioned.
There's lots of ways you could interpret 1/216. For example, if 216 stands for radical6, 1/216 could be the inverse of radical6. So maybe 1/216 means "cure" or "Axelavir". Or it means "reversing radical6", maybe even "reversing the events descibed on page 216". Or it could mean something completely different and 216 is just another freak coincidence.
Crash Station
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I'm actually eager to check out Punchline now
Wouldn't put it past Uchikoshi. It'll be a meta twist where it's actually a far off thousand year sequel to 999, where the main character has to travel back and help the ZE3 crew.
KnightBuster
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Anime ends on a sequel hook to ZE3. I can't decide whether that would be insanely great or horrifying.
grim-tales
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I cant see that happening since Uchikoshi said ZE3 was a trilogy.
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Well fuck...
Hope so too.
Otherwise, at least one Gaffer from this thread will be at AX, so maybe we can convince him/her to be our "reporter on the ground". Or someone might Periscope the reveal.
grim-tales
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Its changed now! For the UK its Saturday morning though
0103
For the UK its Saturday morning though0103
grim-tales
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Have some of the words got bigger for some reason or is it just me?
I havent done anything with the zoom on my screen.
I havent done anything with the zoom on my screen.
grim-tales
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OK, thanks
I wonder if soon we could see if the words make up a phrase or something?
I wonder if soon we could see if the words make up a phrase or something?
I wouldn't get my hopes up, we never found a way to connect all of the old words from old A&B. The number this week makes an anagram less likely and I can't think of a good way of connecting the words as they are. Maybe each word really has meaning on its own? I can't wait for that "Ahhhh!" moment when we look back in 7 weeks and get what the words were all about
That could work, good idea. It will be interesting to see if they add another number next week or if they will go back to words. But either way, solving an anagram without having all the words is almost impossible and for all we know, the solution could be in Latin (like "Elapsem semel occasionem..." in VLR)
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