MTG Salvation

It spells out GLEEMAXDOTCOM

Check the Gleemax thread right below this one.

That's just spoilt a welcome diversion at work

Quote from deudermont

That's just spoilt a welcome diversion at work

word. i got nothing else to do but look up inane trivia at work.

I sent an email demanding a rubber brain from him, and he sent me back this list saying "PROVE YOURSELF"

The name of my attachment was "DONT SEND THIS BACK TO ME, I WILL KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS.doc"

amusing, to say the least.

I didn't see a solution posted yet, so here are the answers, followed by a url to confirm the solution:

1. g http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colobus
2. l http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abierto_de_18_a_24
3. e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepik_River
4. e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quebec_(1690)
5. m http://www.answers.com/topic/shirt-tail-ending
6. a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
7. x http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination
8. d http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_the_Ten_Princes
9. o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-tailed_woolly_monkey
10. t http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_in_Egypt
11. c http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Giorgio_Maggiore_at_dusk
12. o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hironori_Yamamoto
13. m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair_of_the_diamond_necklace


for those who can't read vertically, that spells out gleemaxdotcom.

You shouldn't have told everyone. It wasn't too hard to figure out anyway, thank goodness for Wikipedia.

I figured them all out, emailed him with 2 pics, neither of which have been posted...

he's even about to be deleted off wikipedia... lol

Gleemax is a fictional alien brain in a jar that is said to control the research and development department of Renton, Washington based games company Wizards of the Coast. He is said to occupy “the Forbidden Room” in an underground lair below the corporate offices.[1]
Gleemax was first thought of on June 5th, 1996, on a Usenet post entitled “WOTC R&D Is there a brain behind it?”. A user named Jeff Franzmann (a.k.a. “Canticle”) answered the post’s question by stating that an alien brain in a jar of formaldehyde was in fact controlling R&D.[2]
From there Gleemax became an inside joke of sorts, especially among the Wizards R&D staff. Mark Rosewater included references to Gleemax in many of his articles published in The Duelist, Wizards’ in-house publication, as well as mentioning Gleemax in a number of his articles on Wizards' Magic: the Gathering website.
In 2004, Gleemax was given a more official status when he was made into a card for Wizards’ flagship game, Magic: the Gathering, as part of their comically-themed Unhinged set.[3]
Gleemax continues to be an inside joke among both Wizards R&D and Magic: the Gathering players, even to the extent of being used in Wizards marketing campaigns as of May 2007.


That is straight off of wikipedia. it's an advertising campaign.

Quote from ungratefuldead

Gleemax is a fictional alien brain in a jar that is said to control the research and development department of Renton, Washington based games company Wizards of the Coast. He is said to occupy “the Forbidden Room” in an underground lair below the corporate offices.[1]
Gleemax was first thought of on June 5th, 1996, on a Usenet post entitled “WOTC R&D Is there a brain behind it?”. A user named Jeff Franzmann (a.k.a. “Canticle”) answered the post’s question by stating that an alien brain in a jar of formaldehyde was in fact controlling R&D.[2]
From there Gleemax became an inside joke of sorts, especially among the Wizards R&D staff. Mark Rosewater included references to Gleemax in many of his articles published in The Duelist, Wizards’ in-house publication, as well as mentioning Gleemax in a number of his articles on Wizards' Magic: the Gathering website.
In 2004, Gleemax was given a more official status when he was made into a card for Wizards’ flagship game, Magic: the Gathering, as part of their comically-themed Unhinged set.[3]
Gleemax continues to be an inside joke among both Wizards R&D and Magic: the Gathering players, even to the extent of being used in Wizards marketing campaigns as of May 2007.


That is straight off of wikipedia. it's an advertising campaign.

You know what wikipedia's source is? Mtgsalvation. You can't use two websites to confirm each other.

Quote from lossy

You know what wikipedia's source is? Mtgsalvation. You can't use two websites to confirm each other.

IIRC it was a wizards employee who wrote all that at wikipedia

Quote from ShadowZ

IIRC it was a wizards employee who wrote all that at wikipedia

Wrote the initial article. The beautiful thing about wikipedia is that it can be updated. By anyone.

Quote from lossy

Wrote the initial article. The beautiful thing about wikipedia is that it can be updated. By anyone.

right, so anyone that wants to add on to gleemax's campaign shall and will if they get the chance.

Quote from Colorous_Pius

right, so anyone that wants to add on to gleemax's campaign shall and will if they get the chance.

Right, I can go there now, and say Gleemax has just had a Sex change and joined the Street Fighter TCG to crush Wizards and Magic the Gathering.

Would you then think thats true?

Is any of this true? What is reality? Is it what you can touch, taste.. wait... nevermind

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=gleemax/article/speaks002

THE PIXSW50ZXJlc3RpbmEL PROcgb2JzZXJ2YXRpb25JECT IS PROCEEDINzIHdpdGggXCJPcGVyG AS PLANYXRpb24gUG9wcHljb2NNED. I AM AWrXCIgZnJvbSB0aGlzIHZARE OF THE FACTIOpZGVvIHByYWN0aXRNS ALpb25lciBvZiB1IGNED AGAINbnVzdWFsIHByST ME. YOU ARE ON MY RAYW5rcw0KDQo=DAR.
ERROR CODE 64^$64. BEGINNING PHYSICAL MEMORY SCAN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

To seperate that into the message and the gobbleygook...

THE PIXEL PROJECT IS PROCEEDING AS PLANNED. I AM AWARE OF THE FACTIONS ALIGNED AGAINST ME. YOU ARE ON MY RADAR.

SW50ZXJlc3Rpbm
cgb2JzZXJ2YXRpb25
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YXRpb24gUG9wcHljb2
rXCIgZnJvbSB0aGlzIHZ
pZGVvIHByYWN0aXR
bnVzdWFsIHBy
YW5rcw0KDQo=

Some kind of code?

Quote from MagicRage

SW50ZXJlc3Rpbm
cgb2JzZXJ2YXRpb25
zIHdpdGggXCJPcGVy
YXRpb24gUG9wcHljb2
rXCIgZnJvbSB0aGlzIHZ
pZGVvIHByYWN0aXR
bnVzdWFsIHBy
YW5rcw0KDQo=

Some kind of code?

"Interesting observations with \"Operation Poppycock\" from this video practitioner of unusual pranks"

Go to youtube look up Operation Poppycock ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_HXAIgYqKw
), mystery solved... or is it.

the video looks like it comes from the wizards office

Look on the table at 0:39 of that video...

What do those look like to you?

Also, the guy with the mouse is looking at mtg.com

Quote from Wred_

Look on the table at 0:39 of that video...

What do those look like to you?

Also, the guy with the mouse is looking at mtg.com

Looks like just a few playtest cards to me. As to the guy on mtg.com, I would say he's updating it for the day or something.

I don't have an account at Wizard's site, but I think if you go here, you'll see a member named Poppycock, who registered the name a few months ago:

http://boards1.wizards.com/member.php?u=526727

Quote from Daftmouse

"Interesting observations with \"Operation Poppycock\" from this video practitioner of unusual pranks"

How did you translate that?

there's a guy at the gleemax foruns who translated the whole thing using a Base 64 Converter. if you want to see for yourselves, visit the page he said he used:

http://www.hcidata.info/base64.htm

as for myself, call me a stupid(actually, please don't), but copying and pasting MagicRage extract from the message doesn't seem to work for me...the message is half complete and it just get messy from a certain point...

about the video, why does Gleemax says he found interesting observations on that movie?

edit1: when i repeated the process carefully and using gleemax original material, i got the same message that the guy said he found...

edit2: i think i might be seeing a pattern here. i believe gleemax just say/do something once a week. usually around wednesdays (or late tuesdays)...

OK, my brain hurts from trying to figure out what the heck this is all about. I've received my little brain, I've got no clue what it is all about or for and I can't seem to find any cogent answers amongst all the cryptic mssgs. If the moderators ever figure out what this is all about, could they please edit the top post with an answer that won't glaze our brain when we read it or add a 'brain explaind post #462' in the forum link like they do when we get a rumored card and someone finally posts a pic for confirmation? Thank you.