Treasure Hunt

[RMGadelha]

It's just a matter of time
You can have the world at your feet
By tomorrow
Just sign on this line

That would be cool, wouldn't it? 

[jonny108]

"@FreddyJacobi

Are you ready to continue? I know I am! Tell your friends to be ready!"

[fadetoblackdude7]

More like ready to be done 😂

[gzarruk]

More like ready to be done 😂

Yep

[Freddy Jacobi]

Exciting times as we're on the final home stretch of the game now Hope you all have had fun, and sorry for the delay.

[RMGadelha]

Exciting times as we're on the final home stretch of the game now Hope you all have had fun, and sorry for the delay.

It's ok







GIVE US FINAL PUZZLE NAWR!

[jonny108]

Exciting times as we're on the final home stretch of the game now Hope you all have had fun, and sorry for the delay.

I'm nowhere near clever enough to understand half of it but I've enjoyed the hunt. Thanks for doing this Freddy!

[Freddy Jacobi]

GIVE US FINAL PUZZLE NAWR!

Already done that! Go solve it!

[jonny108]

Freddy's Twitter: A final, easy one: If you go for 3 hours at 30 miles per hour, how many miles do you go?

Another tweet: Time to revisit the past...

So the answers to all of the questions are (I think):
Q1: 5
Q2: 85
Q3: 3
Q4: 10
Q5: 2
Q6: 5 hours 20 minutes or 320 minutes
Q7: 90

[Bertielee]

Exciting times as we're on the final home stretch of the game now Hope you all have had fun, and sorry for the delay.

No problem there, Freddy. It was an exciting trip. Kuddos to you for putting all this in place.

B.Lee

[RMGadelha]

I wonder if the final tweet is related to where we need to input everything.

[jonny108]

Well done to the GDOC/Discord guys for solving it! Liking this!

https://37311319.com/final.php?share=true

[gzarruk]

I might need a change of pants...

[RMGadelha]

I love how the last maths/physics questions were related to the actual album name xD. And oh em gee, those riffs!

[Renzo]

I might need a change of pants...

Indeed dude, that snippet was f***ing awesome!!! 

[gmillerdrake]

I might need a change of pants...

Indeed dude, that snippet was f***ing awesome!!! 

link?? plz

[Renzo]

I might need a change of pants...

Indeed dude, that snippet was f***ing awesome!!! 

link?? plz

https://37311319.com/final.php?share=true

[V_R11]

Holyyyy f*ck that was awesome

Is it February yet?

[jonny108]

November 2, 2018

For Immediate Release

Dream Theater's upcoming release, "Distance Over Time", comes out in February, 2019. To announce the details of the band's most recent offering, Dream Theater has enlisted the help of fans to spread the word about the release and even to break the news of the record release date, cover artwork, and to share the first taste of never before heard music. With this album, a return to the band's roots, Dream Theater hoped to create a fan engagement experience unlike any previously undertaken.



To lead into the initial release of material, an Alternate Reality Game was launched. This game encompassed a "treasure hunt" whereby fans were able to search for clues hidden in various photos, video, social media posts, and more. Cooperation to host the Alternate Reality Game focused on various fan communities. The band's fan club, forum members and Reddit each brought in technical expertise to create puzzles for the participants. Each and every week, a new puzzle would be released, often in the form of a candid photo or video from the studio where Dream Theater recorded their latest album. This would contain a piece of the puzzle - a clue to be used in the process of solving that week's mystery. The puzzles were usually based on some encryption scheme or hiding information in the files, such as hiding a zipped file with text in an image file, or hiding text within the spectrogram of an audio file. One puzzle had the fans decoding Morse Code on a light diode of recording equipment, while another had the fans decoding a touch tone number from a phone call. Fans had to solve a sonogram, sudoku puzzle, reverse engineer an encryption scheme to find a key that would decrypt a specific text. They had to solve crosswords and trivia games. Fans were eager to participate, and often worked together to collectively solve the puzzles within hours of their release.

Ultimately, there would be one person - one fan who would be the first to solve the final clue. As their prize, this fan would be the first person to possess previously unreleased Dream Theater content. The very first person outside the band to have possession of any new music, new artwork, new album title. It would be the fans who would solve the puzzle, complete the game and break the news of the release, disseminating this brand new Dream Theater news to the world from their personal online presence.

It is the hope of Dream Theater to have created a fun and engaging fan experience. A unique manner to amp up the excitement for the new release, and to involve the band's fanbase in a new and interesting way. On behalf of Dream Theater - congratulations to the winner, and thank you to everyone who participated.

Freddy Jacobi was: James LaBrie, Jordan Rudess, John Petrucci, John Myung, Mike Mangini, Maddi Schieferstein, James T. Meslin, Jake Solomon, Kim Arthur Sakariassen, Victoria Montenegro Martinez, Jessica Lausen, Sean Arnold, Freddy Palmer, Roie Avin, mods of r/dreamtheater, dreamtheaterforums.org and Dream Theater World



Snippet here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKi3aQyWqHM

[Bertielee]

There you are: I'm crying like a baby!

B.Lee

[gzarruk]

That tour announcement makes me think they'll play SFAM entirely?

[RMGadelha]

The final riff is already heavier than a lot of stuff on DT 12

[Bertielee]

THIS is FANTASTIC :

"Freddy Jacobi was: James LaBrie, Jordan Rudess, John Petrucci, John Myung, Mike Mangini, Maddi Schieferstein, James T. Meslin, Jake Solomon, Kim Arthur Sakariassen, Victoria Montenegro Martinez, Jessica Lausen, Sean Arnold, Freddy Palmer, Roie Avin, mods of r/dreamtheater, dreamtheaterforums.org and Dream Theater World".

[Renzo]

I wonder what the rest of the prize is..

[gmillerdrake]

 I Freaking love that album cover.

[mikeyd23]

Wow, clip sounds good.

So... SFAM on the tour?

[mikeyd23]

I Freaking love that album cover.

Ditto that's pretty cool!

Crap, just realizing no Pittsburgh date.... Might have to travel for this tour.

[Renzo]

And now we wait for the tracklist and the dates of the European Tour 

[gzarruk]

And now we wait for the tracklist and the dates of the European Tour 

And the first single

[rab7]

Can anyone explain how the last few puzzles led back to the SFAM puzzle page?

[Renzo]

And now we wait for the tracklist and the dates of the European Tour 

And the first single

And the actual release date. 

[gmillerdrake]

Crap, just realizing no Pittsburgh date.... Might have to travel for this tour.

Not surprised there's no St. Louis stop....but they usually hit Kansas City which isn't on the list. So it looks like I'll be in Chicago on Friday March 29th.

[Bertielee]

I Freaking love that album cover.

Me too! It's fantastic!

[RMGadelha]

And now we wait for the tracklist and the dates of the European Tour 

I suppose the tracklist is coming with the big official announcement, maybe. That should be pretty soon I suppose.

[Indiscipline]

"Alas, poor Arhys"