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The more I looked at the game hint picture, I was seeing what looked like a banana in the lower right corner. So, I adusted the brightness and contrast, until I got a little better, view, but it still wasn't great. So I played with the hue and saturation and after a bunch of tinkering with all sorts of levels, here's what it looks like. In my mind there's no mistaking that's a banana. Perhaps someone else with better skills can enhance it some more, or perhaps see if there's anything in the picture I didn't catch.
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22-12-2006 07:05
Tim Arnold
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I'll be honest: My immediate first thought was "Fake!", but I figured what the heck, I'll try to find it. I played around for a good bit, and this is the best I could come up with. I'm not sure how you got it to stick out so well (it's clearly a banana in your version), but props for finding it assuming its not fake.
Top left for reference, top right is a gradient channel map, bottom left is after some playing around with desaturation and adding back in some color, bottom right is inverted and messed with hue.
22-12-2006 07:47
Graham Donaldson
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AHHH! IT'S BACK!!!! But what does it mean... 
22-12-2006 08:40
Conor Ryan
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Hmm, could this be related to the colors we saw on Einstein?
Another idea: Can someone with the capabilities right now, filter the image with the value of the green light?
22-12-2006 08:51
chris31
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I thought that bottom right pattern of blue looked wierd. Now just to figure out what the heck the banana means.
22-12-2006 10:42
Winged Wonder
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tada, with a green filter.
not much different. 
22-12-2006 12:06
Jaine Perotti
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I call fake. 
Although I didn't play around with it yet in photoshop, I don't think that very banana-like stem is in the original photo. I can see where the body of the banana might come from, but not the stem. Also, I can't see where the highlight along the body of the banana would come from either. To me, it looks like sanddrag superimposed a slightly translucent banana on top of an already (mostly) yellow backround, and matched it up nicely with the existing "banana-like" curves and lines in the photo.
Nice try, though.
22-12-2006 12:29
Elgin Clock
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I'm a BANANA!!!!!!!!
If there is truely a Banana in the game or somehow related, I'm getting out my spoon!
22-12-2006 12:30
KathieK
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Banana appeared here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41024 and here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/25906 also. I think it means there's climbing to retrieve something. Also, in this game hint, if you take the original http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41024 and Photoshop it, image, adjustments, autocolor - an image of a hand appears from the right hand side across the image. (Sorry if this was discussed elsewhere - I may have missed it). Thus the "High Five" game is making sense to me. Climb a ramp or something, High Five something at the top to retrieve your "banana" and move on?
Of course, the banana might mean nothing. It could just mean that Dave needs more potassium in his diet.
22-12-2006 13:01
BuddyB309
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DONKY KONG!!! whats in the level when they are swimming?
22-12-2006 13:11
Cody Carey
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This is definately a shop
EDIT: Actually, I take that back... I was completely and totally wrong
After messing around with alpha channels, I found TWO MORE BANANAS! 
EDIT#2: My bananas are fake. They are purely superimposed Google bananas, and I apologize for any confusion. Edit #1 was only an attempt at sarcasm. Oh well, I'll get better 
22-12-2006 13:55
Lil' Lavery
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Keep in mind, the name of his company is HavABanana, check the copyrights on the end of the game animations (and even some 116 videos). 
22-12-2006 16:31
KathieK
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Originally Posted by Cody C
This is definately a shop
EDIT#2: My bananas are fake. They are purely superimposed Google bananas, and I apologize for any confusion. Edit #1 was only an attempt at sarcasm. |
22-12-2006 16:48
AdamHeard
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Keep in mind, the name of his company is HavABanana, check the copyrights on the end of the game animations (and even some 116 videos).
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Does he constantly play with your head about the game?
22-12-2006 18:02
dlavery
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
Out of curiosity, what's it like living with him?
Does he constantly play with your head about the game? |
-dave
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22-12-2006 19:08
petek
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Originally Posted by dlavery
How come nobody ask ME what it is like living with HIM??!?!!
-dave . |
22-12-2006 19:16
Rohith Surampudi
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Originally Posted by petek
Ok, Dave, I'll bite: What is it like living with him? How good is he at trying to get you to slip up?
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22-12-2006 20:28
chris31
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OffTopic: Anyone know why dave puts that period at the end of his posts? Is there a reason or is it just to make his post long in hopes that people will see and read his post
22-12-2006 20:59
raymaniac
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Originally Posted by chris31
OffTopic: Anyone know why dave puts that period at the end of his posts? Is there a reason or is it just to make his post long in hopes that people will see and read his post
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22-12-2006 21:14
woody
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Its all part of Dave's secret quest for world domination... You see, hes already at phase 2:
Phase 1: Achieve prominence in a large, organized group.
Phase 2: Sadisticly manipulate the minds of youth around the world, thus making them into his minions.
Phase 3: Put secret messages in pictures of diamond plate, the number 5, and bananas that are actually subliminal messages sending forth his brainwashed highschool students into the world to overthrow all forms of society.
Phase 4: In the ensuing chaos, he will gain control with his robot army armed to the teeth with 469-like firepower and all the poof balls in the state of New Hampshire.
Its brilliant, really. And yet, so scary.....
22-12-2006 21:34
Ian Curtis
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Originally Posted by Rohith Surampudi
i hear hes been picking up on clues...something about an airplane, screwdriver, and paperweight
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On an unrelated note, my favorite reply to that message is by Ken Leung. He puts it in the most eloquent terms possible.
22-12-2006 21:59
Jimmy Cao
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Bananas.... Maybe there's a correlation between this and dave's completely confusing clue with the fish and water...
22-12-2006 22:22
Cody Carey
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The banana image is definitely a fake, and this post is for everyone who doesn't think so... I've reproduced the banana image step by step in the following picture, and here is an explanation of the steps:
- I lightened the image and increased the contrast -No banana, Hmm...
- I selectively replaced the lighter hues of blue with a yellow - no banana, What gives?
- I randomly found a banana on google images and put it into the image.
- Finally I made the banana semi-transparent, and viola... the finished image
This was just to clear up some confusion for those of us who are factoring the banana as part of the image and clue
22-12-2006 22:27
sanddrag
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Alright, ya got me. But you do have to agree, the original image does kinda look like it might have a banana there.
22-12-2006 22:32
Cody Carey
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Yes, VERY clever placement of the banana... You had a LOT of people fooled,
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