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A Guide to the LOST: Alternate Reality Game


6/1: New DJ Dan Podcast.

Go to http://www.djdan.am and then to the podcast section.  click 6/01 to be taken to letyourcompassguideyou.  Click the 108 position on the compass like before.  You'll notice a difference...  the compass now splits into a pie chart type thing.  When the login box comes up, it now asks if you believe.  type y, of course.

owelles now works.  Click the tel_soul one to be taken to a movie.  DJ Dan's new podcast.

6/1: WWPDP

New clues galore!  Click on Active Projects, then World Wide something or other.  Click Press Release, and then the word miracle.

 

Enter HEAVY WATER as your password.  Supposedly, someone found d20 hidden in the hole3 picture, so thus heavy water.

 

Crazy stuff here.  Persephone says "Free hospitals for the third world?  Wow!  That's nifty...  Ever wonder what the foundation does at these hospitals?"

 

Click, then you go to a list of icons headed with THE CAPE TOWN INQUISITOR.  Use the little dials to scroll around to find the pages with information on it. 

Holy...  The Hanso Foundation is using these hospitals to harvest organs from people.  Remember?  Missing Organs... 

Hmm.  Cape Town Inquisitor now says A HANSO GROUP PUBLICATION.

Random picture of Joop...  A statement from the Hanso Foundation saying they never meant to imply they were involved with the organ harvesting... 

Hey.  Remember hansocareers.com is looking for an organ courier?  hmm...

AAAH!  On the page with Joop, click on the phone.   You'll hear a phone interview with Persephone and the guy who USED to own the Cape Town Inquisitor.  He says the hanso foundation bought his paper to cover up the story of the missing organs.

Persephone, if you can read this, I know who you are!  So sayeth the moving picture video.  You can highlight this... that's how I copied/pasted.

Ok, that's all for the wwpdp.  now for DJ Dan!

 

5/31: Hole 3, New Persephone, Etc.

Persephone's new clue says +1.  Since her last one was 2, we figured we'd check out http://hole3.thehansofoundation.org.  Lo! and behold, it works.  But... we can't see the image.  If you right click on it and click VIEW IMAGE, you get that the URL is actually http://hole3.thehansofoundation.org/t9agen75.gif.  t9agen75 is reminiscent of the file name of Mr. Faceless Doctor, which translated to Alvar Hanso Last Seen 2002.  I need to wait for Ryan/Reol to translate this new one for me, because I'm not sure how he did it.

The Speaker at http://www.insidetheexperience.com says if we can't see the picture, be patient.  It will turn up eventually.  That's ABC's official guide, by the way.

 

UPDATED: Image Confirmed.  www.thelostexperienceclues.blogspot.com has it. 

 

Now get this... zoom WAAAY up on his left eye and you see:

Can you read it?  It says SAVE ME.

 

Creepy...

5/30: The Mathematical Forecasting Initiative

Ok, folks, it's time for a new round of clues.  First off, we have the Mathematical Forecasting Initiative Update.  Click the little circular map icon to be taken to the map. 

Clicking on the little icons reveals info about different countries.  There's a hidden one between China and Mongolia that says (in mirror writing) "She was an employee of the foundation".  The theory is that they're talking about Persephone.

You'll notice some of them have blanks.  Fill in the missing numbers and press ENTER.

(Thanks Patricklacey)

The US 2005 est Per capita GDP: 42,000
Sudanese 2006 est Growth Rate: 2.55   (((After you enter this one, watch closely...  Dr. Candle/Mysterious Dharma Worker who appeared in Peter Thompson's survivorguilt clue appears for a half a second.)))
Italian 2006 death rate est: 10.4

Things go a little weird, and a circle appears in the Indian Ocean.  You're taken to an email from Peter Thompson, and it gives his email address.  Let's flood his inbox, everyone, to see if we get replies.  pthompson@thehansofoundation.org

This is a transcript of the email...

Subject: Population Model
[most text blacked out, except for this]:
crucial that we do not appear to be complicit in your use of our population model to predict the growth of your tribal enemies -- especially if you intend on using our predictions to launch a pre-emptive strike. We must have plausible deniability.
[more blacked out text]
Regards

Peter Thompson
_____________
The Hanso Foundation

Then Persephone writes/says:  The Hanso Foundation- Starting wars so you don't have to.

 

 

Creepy.

5/26: the NEW subLYMONal

Here's my little guide to the new SUBLYMONAL...  not a lot of new information except the new DJ DAN podcast.  The bolded words are the code words you type in when prompted.

Persephone:
A short description on Persephone in Greek Mythology.

108:
DJ Dan's Latest Podcast: He talks to a student who was forced to create an ELECTROMAGNETIC SUPERWEAPON in college capable of creating an electromagnetic pulse (just like the one in the finale) that can knock the moon out of its orbit

spray:
a little button game thing where an ice sculpture of the world LYMON explodes.

bentley:
Fronzworth Bentley music stuff... again, links to his webpages.

tongue:
LYMONICS game. You type a word, and freaky little lemon/lyme people make noises that sound like each letter. Kind of strange.

embed:
downloads a little screensaver... every obsessed lost fan's dream.

listen (or pulse)
Talib Kweli music stuff, links to his myspace and his homepage. red herring, i believe.

whatthe:
says you have to be 18+ to view it... shows a scantily clad woman called the lymonatrix beating a man dressed as a tongue with a variety of objects... don't bother.

scan:
brings you to an ebay auction for LYMON shoes... someone bought 'em though.

chill:
YouTube subLYMONal commercial

defib:
YouTube subLYMONal commercial

belly:
YouTube subLYMONal commercial

gulp:
YouTube subLYMONal commercial


Ok, after looking at everything I'd have to guess this is still in-game... we got DJ Dan's newest podcast, so they're probably trying to throw people off by hiding it on a sprite ad page. most of the stuff is useless (not to mention quite disturbing in the case of the lymonatrix...) but the podcast was worth it.

5/24: HansoCareers AND more corrupt Hanso People

Next to the RSS link on http://thehansofoundation.org, there is a link that says CAREERS.  Click it to be taken to www.hansocareers.com, which is a site powered by monster.com that has fake job opportunities for the Hanso Foundation.  It also gives an email address (info@thehansofoundation.org), which hasn't produced any replies as of yet.

Here's a short description of... the job descriptions.  Thanks arandisdelearean

Under "Personal Assistant", it suggests that the applicant should have a PhD in various subjects, one of which is Lacanian psychology. In Lacan's work, there is a concept of "The Other"... Hrm.

What does an organ courier need to know French, German, Russian, Chinese, and martial arts for?

The Art Therapist/ Psychologist requires "a working knowledge of applied mathematics. Extensive background checks, periodic drug testing and a lifetime non-disclosure agreement". That seems off to me, as well...

The Simian Vet job is said to be "eco- friendly", but what's this about "Current or past membership in organizations such as the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or any advocacy group dealing with environmental or animal-rights issues will disqualify any and all prospective applicants"?

You'll notice that some of the letters are grey.  If you write these down and unscramble them, you get "inmate asylum".  Follow any of the hidden links on the job descriptions (found by pressing TAB until something lights up that you can't see), go to BOARD OF DIRECTORS, and type "inmate asylum" as your password.  You get to see all kinds of crazy things about two Hanso officials who are crooks.  Here's a transcript of what persephone says.

 

5 - 24 - 1986 - Houston

Lawrence Peck was sentenced to 8 years for insider trading. Which he subsidized through a retirement fund for a health care union. And as if stealing money from nurses wasn’t enough. He also got 2 years for perjury and obstruction of justice

Check Vanderfield out: he was sentenced to four years for taking bribes from a Chinese cigarette smuggling syndicate.

But just a couple months later…

Vanderfield wound up serving only 6 months in a federal country club…Maybe Peter Thompson was his attorney?

Peter Thompson was on the case and Peck got off with 18 months in a federal minimum security facility.

Complete Lost Experience Clue Guide

This guide is a compilation of all the Lost Experience clues discovered so far. The most recent clues can be found on top, the earliest clues at the bottom. I am updating this based on confirmed member posts on our message board (which I urge you to join if you haven't yet) and other sites offering information regarding the Experience, notably www.thelostexperience.com and www.lostpedia.com. So I don't take up too much space, I can't include the detailed transcripts, images, and copies of documents that can be found on our message board (http://lostexperience.proboards101.com/index.cgi), found at the top of the United States Clues section of the Found a Clue? thread. (I also need to touch up a bit on my HTML skills).

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UPDATE: 5/22/06 Let Your Compass Guide You Website

http://www.letyourcompassguideyou.com

to get onto the site. move your cursor around the south-east part of the page until it lands of 108 degrees. then click.

1st Clue: Latin words

On the top of the page

Permissum vestri complector rector vos
Permissum- to allow, permit, let
vestri- your, yours
complector-to embrace, surroun, encompass,
rector- guider, leader, director, ruler, master
vos- you (plural, ie you all)

let your encompass guider you.

2nd Clue: The  Food Numbers

on the bottom of the circle, there are some numbers and letters that are the same string of characters found on all Dharma Initiative food.

3rd Clue: The File System

click 108 on the compass, then enter "Y" when it asks if you're one of the good ones.  You'll be taken to a list of Hanso File Systems.  The only ones that work are hmcintyr and pthompso .  Go to MAIL in each one to be taken to a bunch of different things.

5/22/06-- Persephone Website Clues

Clues put together by Patricklacy

http://persephone.thehansofoundation.org

1st Clue: 1st set of numbers

106 98 111 32 117 98 115 32 114 115 110 102 32 102 118 32 102 118 101 71 32 49 32 108 110 90 32 116 117 98 46 83 69 71 32 103 110 32 111 118 32 116 98 73
When these numbers are translated into ASCII characters, had a ROT13 shift applied to them, and a number cipher on the decoded numerical characters, you came up with the message: Log in at THF.org (short for the Hanso Foundation) May 8 This is safe for now

ROT 13 shift key
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
n o p q r s t u vwxy z a b c d e f g h i j k l m

NUMBER CIPHER
0123456789
9876543210

2nd Clue: 2nd set of numbers

72 65 83 32 87 73 78 32 72 79 83 84 32 80 67 32 73 78 32 78 73 76 32 85 82 71 69 46 32 56 44 32 110 111 116 32 49 32 97 110 100 32 54 46
These translate to HAS WIN HOST PC IN NIL URGE. 8, not 1 and 6. Many anagrams have been deciphered from the text (no ROT13 or number ciphers this time), but its purpose seemed to be reinforcing that the day to log in was May 8 (it was misinterpreted to be May 1 or May 6).

3rd Clue: New code

The new code translates to "Standby"

4th Clue: Different Numbers

This set didn't use the Ascii way of translating.

Persephone released another code that does not work on ASCII, like the others so far. maybelost decoded it into a seemingly random sequence of letters, and webmaster found an anagram: a mouse does not rely on just one hole, which was found in latin on the blast door map from "lockdown"

5th Clue: one number

Persephone posted the number 2 up on her site. In her previous post, she said that a mouse does not just rely on ONE hole. Therefore: http://hole2.thehansofoundation.org. It has an image of a man, can't see his face.

5/22: New Persephone Numbers AND picture

Persephone now says 2.  We figure, since she was talking about holes, we'd try http://hole2.thehansofoundation.org .  And it works!  You get this...

 

 

Dr. Candle?  We think so...  The top of his head/ hair looks like it says I M DR+.  Whatever that means.  We'll keep you updated!

UPDATE (5/22): Things Discovered at the Hanso Foundation website so far.

These clues were compiled by patricklacey on the proboards website.

 

First Clue: Newsletter

The first clue on the website was the Hanso Newsletter. While signing up, Persephone (a hacker) interupts and asks if you can understand her. When you answer, she asks for a password, which is "Breaking Strain".

Second Clue: Joop

Send Joop a message in Joop's Corner and you will be thrust into a maze where you connect the dots. Once that is finished, you will find two letters.

Third Clue: Press Relese

The Hanso Foundation put out a press release stating that Persephone has been delt with. But she was still found on the website with a new web address: persephone.thehansofoundation.org (there are no w's for a reason. you don't need them)

Fourth Clue: Date

In the Executive Bio's section, under Alvar Hanso's name, there was a picture of him with a date underlined benieth his picture. Click on it and Persephone breaks in again. She said that he hadn't been seen since 2002, even though the picture was dated 2003. Then there was some morse code translated into S-A-F-E-R.

Fifth Clue: Newspaper Ads

Many major newspapers released an ad saying that Gary Troup's Bad Twin is lying about the Hanso Foundation.

Sixth Clue: Thomas Werner Mittelwerk's bio page

When clicking on Thomas's bio page, a text field appears when the page opens. You need a code, which is found every 15 minutes past the hour. When that time arrives, the hanso clock switches to OB:EY. Click on it. It will take you to www.subLYMONal.com that has 6 TV's on it. Click the first TV 4 times, the second 8, etc., until all the TV's have been clicked on. It then takes you to the page the has the words "Heir Apparent". Enter this into the box on Thomas's page and you will get some info from Persephone.

Seventh Clue: News Release

Shows the ad for Bad Twin.

Eigth Clue: New website

In the website's source code, the website  www.djdan.am is shown. This is a site for DJ Dan, who is supposedly Lost producer Javier Grillo-Marxhuach wearing sunglasses. There is a short podcast explaining that Alvar has been chryogenically frozen. The next podcast is supposed to be on May 26.

Ninth Clue: Hugh McIntyre's Bio

His picture has been replaced by a "?" and a text box has shown up. You will need to find the code to enter. Go to the Electromagnetic Research page and you notice that the date has changed to October 62, 9291. find the (x,y) coordinate at the top of the page and use the new date to help you find the point. Move your cursor around until it lands on 629, 291. Click on that spot and you will be taken to www.letyourcompassguideyou.com . Click in the SE part of the compass until you click on 108. This contains the mailboxes for Peter Thompson and Hugh McIntyre. On a jeep poster in Hugh's site, you see the words "the mouth piece" are shown. These are the words that you enter into the text box on Hugh's bio. (no spaces between the words)   

Tenth Clue: Peter Thompson's Bio

His bio has now changed. You see the words SURVIVORGUILT flash across his picture. Enter this into the invisible text box below his picture. Click enter and three tabs show up on the screen. click each of them to get different information on court cases and research ideas.

Eleventh Clue: World Wellness and Development

In the World Wellness and Development section of the site, on the world map there is a hidden icon near Bermuda. It has some nonsense characters and a series of numbers. When translated with a letter substitution (A=1, B=2...Z=26), they read: Missing Organs.

In the Press Release on the Wellness section, the word "miracle" appears to be clickable, but has nothing at it so far.

12th Clue: Joop's Corner

In the Joop's Corner section, right next to Joops hand (where he is hanging on the left side of the page) is a text entry field, with no known purpose so far.

 

5/18: THE MOUTH PIECE found in Jeep Commercial (A Fan Guide Exclusive)

Lookee here, ladies and gentlemen.  We have found "THE MOUTHPIECE" to be a code at thehansofoundation.org in multiple places, including the jeep paper advertisement and encoded in the binary in a Peter Thompson email.  Well, now theLOSTexperience: A Fan Guide has found it in another place! This is the end of a jeep commercial linked by http://www.letyourcompassguideyou.com to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pna5kuVZDXE.  This picture appears at the end.

 

If you look closely, you can see the words say ECHO ME UTEP HIT.  This rearranges to spell THE MOUTHPIECE.  (Thanks, Ryan!)

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5/14: Javier Grillo-Marxuach Creates Wikipedia Entry

Check this out!  Javi created a wikipedia entry for the Valenzetti Equation, which was later deleted because it's not true.  However, LostPedia saved it. 

 

http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Valenzetti

That's got the original text from the valenzetti entry on wikipedia.  As any true LostFan knows, Gary Troup once wrote a book called The Valenzetti Equation, which is now out-of-print.  Also, Valenzetti was mentioned on Locke's Blast Door Map.

The First Week In Review

Because we're behind in posting clues, I'm just going to direct you here.  I'll try to post things from week two now.  I'd just like to say this is NOT MY WORK or the work of anyone involved with theLOSTexperience: A Fan's Guide.  It's done by the kind folks over at http://thelostexperienceclues.blogspot.com.  Thanks, guys!

 

http://www.watermarkcommunity2.org/files/student_weekone.pdf

Enjoy.

5/4: Gary Troup Videos Released

Some interviews with Gary Troup, author of Bad Twin, have turned up on the internet.  Gary Troup was on board Oceanic Flight 815 when it crashed. 

http://www.thelostexperience.com/lost_experience_video/

 

(Thanks, guys, for compiling them all together!)

5/3: The First TV Ad

On May 3rd in the United States, a television advertisement aired during the episode "Two For The Road".  It gave a phone number to call.  1877HANSORG.  Here's a rough transcript of what they said on the phone message.  It's not exact, but it's pretty close.

 

Call 1-877-HANSORG

then press

1. General Information
Rap Music
{DUTCH SPEAKING, can make out something about Geronimo Jackson}
Welcome to the verizon voice messaging system. The Hanso Foundation is located at 544 __?__ BK 1604 Copenhagen __?__ and online at _static__
Hello? Don't believe their lies! This is Persephone. A string __?___ breaking strain. That's the password. Breaking strain. Use it on the website.  They're coming!  Gotta go.

Call ends.

2. Alvar Hanso
{MORE DUTCH... can hear "Geronimo Jackson's Magna Carta"}
Then a voice breaks in. It says "If you submit your resume at monster.com you're twice as likely to land the job of your choice.
Then... welcome to the Verizon voice messaging system for Alvar Hanso... (cuts away to worried woman's voice.)

"Where is Alvar Hanso?" "What have (either you or we, can't make it out) done with him? Who is in charge-" static, kickback to beginning of phone loop.

3. Dr. Thomas Werner Mittelwerk
{Dutch again. You can hear "Geronimo Jackson's latest album, Magna Carta}
Voicemail...

"I will be unreachable for three weeks."

Cuts to music, of part of a Sprite jingle.

Dr. Thomas again. "If you're calling from the Paik Heavy Industry, or the Widmore Corporation, I will be updating the confidential project line. Please refer to your project manuals for hotline access instructions. Thank you and Namaste."

4. Hugh McIntyre
{More Dutch}
Goes to voicemail.

"I will be returning in 2 weeks. If you're calling regarding the Inquiry into the Korean Offshore Project, hang up and call our legal department. For information about Joop, the world's oldest living orangutan, see our website, thehansofoundation.org. Thank you, and namaste."
_Static_
<Mechanical voice>: MESSAGE ONE.
"Hugh! Thomas. I received the changes. Great work! I think we can go ahead and rename the accelerated remote viewing training facility. We need to try and put up public face about theis. Call me."
<Mechanical voice>: MESSAGE TWO.
"Hugh this is Darla. I need to talk to you about (Salanko?). This just isn't right." ((((She has an Australian accent))))

5. Peter Thompson. (Sorry this one is just a real paraphrasing)
Hello you've reached the Verizon voice messaging system for Peter Thompson. If you're calling about the inquiry into the Korean offshore project, we must respectfully decline to comment--- (SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE)

"Give me the phone, Irene. Give me the phone! Anyone threatening myself, my colleagues, or anyone from the Widmore Corporation or Paik Heavy Industry, that's a criminal act and we will track you down and prosecute you. That's a promise. Namaste."

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