Happy Lost Day! Win a copy of Bad Twin!
Note: The competition is now CLOSED.
Well the day has finally arrived, its September 22nd, the day Oceanic Flight 815 crashed onto the Island and the day the world brought us Lost. Its been four years now, and for Lostpedia it also marks our third year anniversary. Yes, on September 22nd 2005, Lostpedia launched, and since then we have grown to become one of the world's great wikis, of course building and expanding to include a thriving Forum, a charming chatroom, and an often when I'm at the helm bombastic blog.
Thought it might be nice to do what we did last year and reflect on how far we've come, check out comparisons between the Jack article (one of the first on Lostpedia) before and after:
September 22nd 2005
September 22nd, 2006
September 22nd, 2007
September 22nd, 2008
To celebrate the day though, I've decided to run a second Lostpedia competition, after the success of the first one where I gave away a copy of Lost: Via Domus (the winner has since received his goods, and is probably playing it as I type!). This time we have up for grabs a copy of "Bad Twin" by Gary Troup, who coincidentally died on September 22nd after the crash. As with the last contest, winning entries go into a hat and the one I pick out of said hat gets the prize, which I will send anywhere in the world for you (speed of delivery depends just how far I have to send it!). Again, legal mumbo jumbo about how I can't be held responsible should it get lost, yada yada, all rights reserved and all that, I keep your email details/personal info safe, blah de blah - you agree you won't sue me for some unforeseen reason, etc etc.
How do you enter? Well, all you need to do is listen to the audio below (aptly 1:08 in length as a matter of fact), and figure out what the message is. Its actually the answer to a question - if you can figure it out, tap it to nickb123ATlostpediaDOTcom along with your public username and what country you're from. Please also explain how you got the answer in the response, pot luck correct replies won't be counted. The last contest I did, I got LOTS of responses, so please do not be offended if I don't reply to any/all of them to notify you that you're wrong and should try again. I will offer some help and hints when needed, either by email or in the blog comments section. You have until Monday 29th to send entries. Good luck!!!
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*A big thanks to Congested for helping me record, upload and embed this audio. I've switched to eSnips though after I exceeded bandwidth for Congested's site. If you have audio problems, try a direct link to the audio here. If there's still a problem, contact me and I will email you the mp3 file.
16 comments:
I guess, this is the audio file. I can't open it. Firefox need another plug in, but it doesn't know which one, lol
All I can say is try another browser then mate, sorry. Its an mp3 file which I thought would work best for everyone.
Already had one correct response already, good stuff.
hmmm.. another one of your smart clues.. i've been working on it for 30 minutes and found nothing useful..
btw.. is the answer Lost-related or just a word??
Lost-related
works great now. Thx!
Is this Morse Code? All I could come up with were H, S, T, I and the number 5. That's not right, is it?
No it is not morse code at all. It does sound similar though.
It might help to write down the sequence on paper or whatever. Hopefully, that might clarify the dashes at least.
It's not morse code? Aw dangit. you know, everyone in the world ever would assume that's morse code.
Okay I'm probably way off here, but do the dots correspond with LOST episodes? For example, - .... ... - would be Season 4, Episode 3, "The Economist"?
No but that's a very cool idea lol - probably better than mine!
Thanks, guess I'll just have to keep trying then!
can we get a hint on what kind of code it is?
Thanks
Actually there already is one in the original post. Look for odd choice of wording when I explain how you enter...
I think I figured out what the hint is, but if it is what I think, it doesn't help me get any further since I came this far myself already.
any last moment hints for those who still haven't figured out the solution?
Erm... was developed in the United States during the nineteenth century, and is popular nowadays in many parts of the world.
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