12-22-2006 07:05 AM

Tim Arnold

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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.

12-22-2006 07:47 AM

Graham Donaldson

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

AHHH! IT'S BACK!!!! But what does it mean...

12-22-2006 08:40 AM

Conor Ryan

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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?

12-22-2006 08:51 AM

chris31

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

I thought that bottom right pattern of blue looked wierd. Now just to figure out what the heck the banana means.

12-22-2006 10:42 AM

Winged Wonder

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

tada, with a green filter.

not much different.

12-22-2006 12:06 PM

Jaine Perotti

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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.

12-22-2006 12:29 PM

Elgin Clock

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

I'm a BANANA!!!!!!!!



If there is truely a Banana in the game or somehow related, I'm getting out my spoon!

12-22-2006 12:30 PM

KathieK

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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.

12-22-2006 01:01 PM

BuddyB309

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

DONKY KONG!!! whats in the level when they are swimming?

12-22-2006 01:11 PM

Cody Carey

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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

12-22-2006 01:55 PM

Lil' Lavery

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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).

12-22-2006 04:31 PM

KathieK

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

Sigh. I was really into the banana thing. Oh well, I guess we can all sing, "Yes, we have no bananas..."

12-22-2006 04:48 PM

AdamHeard

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

Out of curiosity, what's it like living with him?

Does he constantly play with your head about the game?

12-22-2006 06:02 PM

dlavery

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

How come nobody ask ME what it is like living with HIM??!?!!

-dave



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12-22-2006 06:41 PM

psyco_klown

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

So what it is like living with HIM?

12-22-2006 07:08 PM

petek

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

Ok, Dave, I'll bite: What is it like living with him? How good is he at trying to get you to slip up?

12-22-2006 07:16 PM

Rohith Surampudi

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

i hear hes been picking up on clues...something about an airplane, screwdriver, and paperweight

12-22-2006 08:28 PM

chris31

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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

12-22-2006 08:59 PM

raymaniac

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

Lots of people have talked about that. Some say it's a game hint. Then again, this time of year everything from dave becomes a game hint.

12-22-2006 09:14 PM

woody

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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.....

12-22-2006 09:34 PM

Ian Curtis

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

Well, he told us NOT TO TRUST HIM a long time ago and to quote an old adage, "Some things never change.."

On an unrelated note, my favorite reply to that message is by Ken Leung. He puts it in the most eloquent terms possible.

12-22-2006 09:59 PM

Jimmy Cao

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

Bananas.... Maybe there's a correlation between this and dave's completely confusing clue with the fish and water...

12-22-2006 10:05 PM

Jeremytice

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

nnnnnooooooo! The Banana returns!

12-22-2006 10:22 PM

Cody Carey

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

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:

1. I lightened the image and increased the contrast -No banana, Hmm...
2. I selectively replaced the lighter hues of blue with a yellow - no banana, What gives?
3. I randomly found a banana on google images and put it into the image.
4. Finally I made the banana semi-transparent, and viola... the finished image

Now, my image is not EXACTLY the same as Sanddrags, bot Without having the same source pictures and tool settings in Photoshop, that is impossible.
This was just to clear up some confusion for those of us who are factoring the banana as part of the image and clue

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12-22-2006 10:27 PM

sanddrag

Re: pic: Return of the Banana?

Alright, ya got me. But you do have to agree, the original image does kinda look like it might have a banana there.

12-22-2006 10:32 PM

Cody Carey

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Yes, VERY clever placement of the banana... You had a LOT of people fooled,