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Burnstyle, it was saintly of you to agree to show him around St Augustine, if only to make sure that... you know... this guy isn't having some sort of psychotic break all alone in a foreign country
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Drunk Nerds posted:Okay, so now we have a saga. The JoshCornell account poster on Q4T who declared he had found every casque, asked to sleep on people's couches, then cursed constantly at anyone... has flown to Orlando from (I think) Canada. They are planning to dig Houston tomorrow. I should mention that another poster constantly showed him overheads of where he was going to dig, saying "IT'S A PARKING LOT, NOW!" over and over, to a resounding chorus of "nuh-uh" from JC Can you link me up? Don't have much time to track down JC's dumb trail over there. e: nevermind, what a dumb kid. Herv fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Feb 15, 2018 |
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Feb 15, 2018 21:49
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Drunk Nerds posted:Burnstyle, it was saintly of you to agree to show him around St Augustine, if only to make sure that... you know... this guy isn't having some sort of psychotic break all alone in a foreign country I thought about that. I have a group coming along.
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Nevermind. He just sent me a message on q4t. He isn't coming to st aug. He thinks it's in Tallahassee lol *edit- he just said in a thread that he is coming to st aug next... We will see. burnstyle fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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Feb 16, 2018 03:23
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Film the encounter and put the link up on Youtube.
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Feb 16, 2018 17:24
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There is growing evidence that he hasn't left his basement and is just making up a wild adventure . No one believes him, anymore, yet he continues The next step is claiming to have found a casque and then refusing to show a pic
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Feb 16, 2018 22:17
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Welp I was wrong. JC did come to america. Burnstyle met him in FL, posted a cool pic, argued with him about his solves, and generally did an amazing job of S. Hospitality.
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Feb 19, 2018 02:55
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Got a link? I don’t follow this stuff anywhere else but it sounds like there’s some entertaining stuff happening.
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Snowy posted:Got a link? I don’t follow this stuff anywhere else but it sounds like there’s some entertaining stuff happening. http://quest4treasure.co.uk/phpbb3/viewforum.php?f=32&sid=6e374a963247f6715da1beba8f99165f Start by clicking any thread that's in ALL CAPS!!!!
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That Josh Cornell kid is wonderful...a true wealth of knowledge unto himself. Anyone Houston people here? What do you make of this: the lines made by the brick layout need to be followed to the point hinted at by the partial identifier for Atropos which justifies in a strong way that we draw a line off the 4-equal sided length diamond in its face. It seems this point also extends directly to intersect with the jewel-vertical axis on the camels mouth. 
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Urban Smurf posted:That Josh Cornell kid is wonderful...a true wealth of knowledge unto himself. 
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Feb 22, 2018 16:43
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[quote="Urban Smurf" post="481540036"] That Josh Cornell kid is wonderful...a true wealth of knowledge unto himself. Anyone Houston people here? What do you make of this: the lines made by the brick layout need to be followed to the point hinted at by the partial identifier for Atropos which justifies in a strong way that we draw a line off the 4-equal sided length diamond in its face. It seems this point also extends directly to intersect with the jewel-vertical axis on the camels mouth. Is Urban Smurf quoting someone or is this his theory?
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Waltzing Along posted:This makes no sense at all. The idea is pretty clear, though I've drawn some sloppy yellow lines to highlight those long straight lines in the painting, which do converge over to the left side. The question is whether anyone can see the partial match hiding in that rectangular selection with the dune and pillar that looks just like the sculpture on Miller Hill. The face has a diamond shape. You can see the tip of the theater through its center. The letters WOOD are on the sculptures plaque. Since the poem verse says "in the middle of four alike", that may be indicating the diamond with 4 equal side lengths. The verse says "through the wood", which supports looking through WOODward's sculpture. The verse also says "no lion fears", so I think that's a tricky way to sight the apex of the theater's roof through the diamond to help pinpoint a spot on the ground. That pinpointing looks like a straight vertical line when standing a ways down on the hill, so I wonder if the painting is using the camels mouth to represrnt the mouth of the Atropos Key sculpture. The bigger question is whether it can be demonstrated that this idea works to find a casque.
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Feb 22, 2018 18:44
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Never stop never stopping Urban Smurf 
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Someone's nonprofit put an original copy of the secret on ebay. That was about 24 hours ago. 5 days left
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Abebooks.com has a used copy up for $4527.95 USD. Another for $1500.00.
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Urban Smurf posted:Abebooks.com has a used copy up for $4527.95 USD. Another for $1500.00. Anyone move any dirt yet
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Feb 23, 2018 03:36
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At this point finding a copy of The Secret in a thrift store would be greater treasure than finding one of the casks.
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just checking
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Wobbulated posted:Anyone move any dirt yet gently caress you! I broke my wrist digging!! 
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wa27 posted:At this point finding a copy of The Secret in a thrift store would be greater treasure than finding one of the casks. Whoa
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Have any of you read the actual story part of The Secret, the part that Preiss hired people to write? I've been wondering if it was any good or hilariously bad or anything like that. I remember reading that the treasure clues are all in the paintings and poems so I figure a lot of people just ignored the story part.
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...so, the book contains a story about the original fair-folk which was presumably written by BP, then the images/verses, and then a series of entries on modern fair-folk by National Lampoon types. The idea that parts of the book are irrelevant starts with a comment from Egbert: "B.Preiss was a very good poker player, and was not giving out any hints about any of the other locations. However, he did confirm my theory that the countries of origin of the faeries do connect with the sites. He also said that the pages following the verses (which make up the bulk of the book) have NO connection with the puzzles, and contain no additional clues." The first part can be found here, the last part isn't available online AFAIK. The first part def contains clues (eg a reference to the Fountain of Youth), none have been demonstrated in the last part so far.
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tacodaemon posted:Have any of you read the actual story part of The Secret, the part that Preiss hired people to write? I've been wondering if it was any good or hilariously bad or anything like that. I remember reading that the treasure clues are all in the paintings and poems so I figure a lot of people just ignored the story part. It's horrible. Just descriptions of underwhelming mythical creatures with humor that is heavily pun-based.
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I was definitely 100% going to read that portion of the book but it snowed really hard and also my friends wanted to go camping and also you guys are too obsessed with this thing I've posted more about than 99% of you and also I broke my wrist so maybe I'll read it next spring, we'll see. suck my cock Xie you fuckboi, you don't even deserve to be called a fuckman
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JoshCornell was banned for the second time. He is now putting on a clinic on how to sock puppet horribly: - Creates a new account and posts, "I've been lurking here a long time and shame on all of these bullies." When, in fact, you can't lurk without creating an account. - Calls out literally the most mild-mannered, encouraging new person on the forums for being a bully - Pulls out an older sock puppet account, then proceeds to argue "You know I can't be JoshCornell because..." Mental illness is a bitch
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great big cardboard tube posted:I was definitely 100% going to read that portion of the book but it snowed really hard and also my friends wanted to go camping and also you guys are too obsessed with this thing I've posted more about than 99% of you and also I broke my wrist so maybe I'll read it next spring, we'll see. Since the travel channel special, a bunch of Xies have invaded the boards. Posts "surefire" solutions, refuses to share yet usually asks for help contacting a park official, gets super butthurt if anyone doubts them or says "hey, don't brag about finding something you haven't found yet." Something about these puzzles really lends itself towards these mental-word-salad people. narcissistic losers, and people who have obviously never had a discussion on the Internet before.
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New Person: I have definitely solved it. Thanks to everyone for helping me! Not going to share my solve, so no one steals it. [does lengthy speech thanking everyone.] Me: Why did you make a new account to post this? New Person: I forgot my password
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... I have to remark that the first part of the Houston podcast was very good. Interesting how a solve (and what appears to be like the correct solve) can be so spot on, yet be just right next to where the "sure-fire" wiki solve is located (which now seems like it may be incorrect). Looking forward to more podcasts. Listening to the older veterans talk about their decades of experience with the hunt makes one remember just how important it is to retain and maintain historical ties. The history of the Houston, Chicago, and Cleveland puzzles have been remarkably interesting.
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The two-part "first we interview a reasonably smart guy who did an amazing job digging but still came up short, THEN we are going to interview the maintenance people and parks officials who interacted with this guy," is promising
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I think wilhouse's history, story, and communication with BP are important to the hunt. Even if his solve (which I believe is true) shuts down Houston. Wilhouse genuinely wants to help people find this thing. He honestly hopes his solve isn't correct, so that someone can recover Houston. We are having to treat these two podcasts with kid gloves, because wilhouse was hosed over by Renner. (My words not his... wilhouse has been rather polite about the situation) since then he has avoided talking about the secret publically. He has become more active recently... due in no small part to the warm reception he has gotten from this latest episode. I'm sure he appreciates it. I certainly do. burnstyle fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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You ain't gonna find poo poo bros.
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Was that a xie(sh) pun the at the beginning? If so i chuckled
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burnstyle posted:I think wilhouse's history, story, and communication with BP are important to the hunt. Even if his solve (which I believe is true) shuts down Houston. It's super hard for people like me, who came into the hunt in the 2010s, to make our own determination, because most of the photos he posted are gone. I went back right after listening and read both the image and verse threads, but it was hard to determine if I should agree with Wilhouse that he probably found the solve or if I should agree with Wilhouse that the solve may likely be somewhere else. Did anything get posted to the podcast site that would help? Maybe I should start regularly visiting there.
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Drunk Nerds posted:It's super hard for people like me, who came into the hunt in the 2010s, to make our own determination, because most of the photos he posted are gone. I went back right after listening and read both the image and verse threads, but it was hard to determine if I should agree with Wilhouse that he probably found the solve or if I should agree with Wilhouse that the solve may likely be somewhere else. There were 18 or so pictures on the podcasts facebook page. If you want I can try and put an archive together for you.
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cheeeeesecake posted:Was that a xie(sh) pun the at the beginning? If so i chuckled The xie situation irritated the poo poo out of me. Yeah it was a dig.
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burnstyle posted:Yeah it was a dig. Somebody dug something?!?
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What if Byron Preiss buried beer?
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