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They want to baffle us by giving us something random and seeing how hard we make it and how hard we try to make connections to the only information we already know (Stronghold).

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Frank said on Spotlight they are just random numbers.

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He thinks they are. He isn't quite sure.

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I don't think that with 3 days and 12 hours left until kickoff that any of us think that we are going to confirm any type of game with a number that is virtually meaningless without already knowing the game. Even if you could confirm the game piece with some certainty, the advantage of this knowledge 3 days in advance is essentially worthless unless you are 100% certain. In the depths of our hearts, everyone who is reading this far into this thread knows this. No one takes the rumor mill that seriously before kickoff.

Like someone said before, this thread is a testament to how much the chief delphi community is excited for kickoff, and the season to follow. It is an outlet for the excitement of another great season of FIRST getting underway.

Plus, if you get even some of the hint right, you get some serious bragging rights come saturday.

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This is what our team found out (quoting this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...php?t=140959):
"
Ahh.... do you smell that? Yes, yes! Kickoff is closer than ever and everyone is preparing! Until then, everyone is busy hunting for clues to the game, and just like you, Tiger Team 2679 is on the issue!

Here are our findings:

on the 31.12 First tweeted the following tweet.
The obvious question rising is "What is that number (9328490238209) ??"
Here is our answer:
We noticed there is a sequence of palindromic numbers: 9280829 (9328490238209)
If we'll ignore these numbers, we are left with there numbers: 349230 (9328490238209)
A quick search and we find a Steam URL : http://store.steampowered.com/app/349230/
Interesting, right? We thought so as well. The game is called Stronghold Crusader 2: The Templar and The Duke. Also interesting. Is this a coincidence? Is this related to the manual password? Did North Korea really detonate a hydrogen bomb? To answer all those questions we (team 2679) need you help, wonderful community! We'll be happy to see what you think in the replies below!
Don't forget to like our facebook page!
"

enjoy

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After looking through the screenshots on that Steam page, I noticed that there are red and blue "sides", with red and blue flags and castles. I think that would be too much of a coincidence, though maybe not since they weren't in that order. I guess they were scrambled and other numbers added?

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Actually, they are in the right order: 9328490238209

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Doing a search of 9328490238209 led me to this website: http://world-en.openfoodfacts.org/product/9328490238209. The website gives the nutrition facts for an item with the barcode 9328490238209. The nutrition facts are very incomplete. In fact, there is only one piece of information given: 100 g / 100 mL. What substance weighs one gram per milliliter? Water. I think you guys can connect the dots from here.

Woah I still think it's a coincidence but a very cool one.

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I think it was probably added by a FIRST person, as the number in question is not a valid barcode. Barcodes have an extra digit that serves to verify that the scanner read everything right, and this barcode has the wrong check digit.

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Even if it's real, many food and drink items have a specific gravity close to 1.00. (Everything from apples to very small rocks!) Nothing to see here.

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Are we leaving Easter eggs for each other now? How fun!

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It's usually because they contain a large percentage of water though.

The steam game looks interesting though. Lucky coincidence?

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It is the amazing ability of CD to make connections that seemingly fit the game before kickoff.

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What? How did I not find that when I checked a barcode database a few days ago?