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Pidgeot · 10/11/2008, 10:25 am

Just got my case file today. I also decoded the barcodes on the time card (yes, they are actual barcodes!). Judging by searches around here and on the web, I must be the first one to actually do this (at least, the first one to share that I did).

Contents follow in spoiler part.

The 1D barcode - located in the middle of the card - is a Code 39 barcode that reads TIMEMARIACHIS.BIZ. This is an actual domain owned by Telltale, and currently contains a countdown to October 15th, and a MIDI file playing as background music. Wonder what will happen then?
The 2D barcode - located at the bottom of the card - is a DataMatrix barcode that reads Propina.

So, do I win anything?

DrRocketGenius · 10/11/2008, 04:29 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pidgeot

Just got my case file today. I also decoded the barcodes on the time card (yes, they are actual barcodes!). Judging by searches around here and on the web, I must be the first one to actually do this (at least, the first one to share that I did).

Contents follow in spoiler part.

The 1D barcode - located in the middle of the card - is a Code 39 barcode that reads TIMEMARIACHIS.BIZ. This is an actual domain owned by Telltale, and currently contains a countdown to October 15th, and a MIDI file playing as background music. Wonder what will happen then?
The 2D barcode - located at the bottom of the card - is a DataMatrix barcode that reads Propina.

So, do I win anything?

Awesome find. Barcode #1 is pretty awesome. I wonder what's going to happen in 3 days.

Zeek · 10/12/2008, 05:02 am

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Originally Posted by NickClick2

I wonder what's going to happen in 3 days.

We will be halfway to Halloween?

Dangerzone · 10/12/2008, 10:41 am

Yeah, and I have also noticed that there are actually several different cards

I got superball, but I have also seen a bosco time card on the net (and I am sure there are others).

P.S. given the time frame if they are planning on starting season 3 in early '09, (they probably have it in development right now) I would assume that some sort of teaser/announcement would be due soon

wisp · 10/12/2008, 01:56 pm

different time cards, eh? sounds interesting. do you know, if the barcodes are different?

jmm · 10/12/2008, 06:27 pm

About The 2D barcode message:
propina is the spanish word for tip

Pidgeot · 10/12/2008, 10:07 pm

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Originally Posted by wisp

different time cards, eh? sounds interesting. do you know, if the barcodes are different?

I suspect they're the same, but if someone can point me in the direction of a scan of one of the other time cards, I can easily check. Mine's the Bosco time card.

Zeek · 10/13/2008, 04:38 am

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Originally Posted by Dangerzone

I got superball, but I have also seen a bosco time card on the net (and I am sure there are others).

I wonder if they made 80's Max's time card. I'd love to go back to around the time I was born so I can fix all the mistakes I made during life.

Rather Dashing · 10/13/2008, 06:53 am

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Originally Posted by Zeek

I wonder if they made 80's Max's time card. I'd love to go back to around the time I was born so I can fix all the mistakes I made during life.

Ew. You'd have to live through the 90s again.

On the other hand, you could do some research and figure out what the lottery numbers were, or make a killing in deadpools.

Rather Dashing · 10/13/2008, 04:26 pm

They already announced that they were going to release Season 3 in early 2009.

...However, a release date announcement would be nice.

**Jake** · 10/13/2008, 04:57 pm

Don't jump ~~the gun~~ to conclusions, here, guys.

Season Three's far enough off that we're not ready for teasers or anything yet.

RevolverBobcat · 11/06/2008, 12:26 am

That explains all the "is/us"-s I hear.

How many different case file time cards are there? Here's mine:

Zeek · 11/06/2008, 03:49 am

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Originally Posted by RevolverBobcat

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How many different case file time cards are there?

I think all the cards from the episode were printed and then suffled in insure random distribution.

Makes me wonder who got the time card for The Beginning of Time... or the Soda Poppers Time Card!

I got Momma Bosco's card.

Tjibbbe · 11/21/2008, 01:54 pm

Guys, I don't know if anyone noticed, but the timemariachis.biz-website changed. You have to input your barcode, or something. I don't have my case file here, so I can't check what happens, can someone try to find out what the deal is?

EDIT: Okay, I found my Time Card and entered the code myself. The following message showed: Pacal Votan (this is the wikipedia entry on Pacal Votan I found:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacal_Votan). After that, I had to enter something, but I couldn't figure out what. I entered Pacal Votan and I got a picture of what appears to be the group of mariachis standing in the mariachi spaceship, but part of the picture is missing. Did I just win a million dollars?

Pidgeot · 11/21/2008, 02:34 pm

I entered the code on my time card (Propina). After copying the code, the decoded text is shown below. You type this into a password field that appears, and hit Enter. You then get a partial image of size 2560x1600, which seems to be part of a wallpaper with the Mariachis.

Note: the barcode entry appears to be broken for all versions on IE, including the current IE8 beta.

I'm guessing the other codes unlock the other parts, so you can eventually create a complete image by working together. This makes sense: I saw someone post a picture of a different time card, and I noticed the bar code was different as well (I didn't decode it then, though).

Here's my partial image. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this is the code from the Bosco time card, 1963.1025.

Quuux · 11/21/2008, 02:39 pm

Oh ok, I'll do it again and see what i can get from the picture - Mine's Pacal Votan too - I have the Stinky's card.

How did you save the picture? I keep getting 0 bytes in firefox (opera doesnt even let me input the card)

Tjibbbe · 11/21/2008, 02:48 pm

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Originally Posted by Pidgeot

Here's my partial image. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this is the code from the Bosco time card, 1963.1025.

Hey, awesome. I used the Max time card, got a different part of the picture and it fits with your part perfectly. I fitted the two together, I'll upload it right now. If other forum users help out, we should get the complete picture!

There you go:

Pidgeot · 11/21/2008, 02:56 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quuux

Oh ok, I'll do it again and see what i can get from the picture - Mine's Pacal Votan too - I have the Stinky's card.

How did you save the picture? I keep getting 0 bytes in firefox (opera doesnt even let me input the card)

I ran into the same issue (I booted up a virtual PC image with Firefox to enter the code), and although it's a little extra work, it's fairly straight-forward (assuming Windows - I don't really use Linux or Mac OS, but I imagine the process is more or less the same).

When you see the image, right-click it. Choose Copy image (this puts it on your clipboard), open an image editor (such as the free Paint.NET), paste the image, and finally save it as a PNG.

EDIT: Tjibbbe (and others who find more parts!), could I get you to send me the original PNG you merged from, or just upload it to Imageshack seperately and post a link? I'll try to put everything together as a non-lossy image once all regions have been uncovered. PM me for my e-mail address if you want to.

Tjibbbe · 11/21/2008, 02:59 pm

Something to look out for when we have the complete picture: notice, in the upper-left part of the picture, there's another time card. Maybe there is another secret for when we input that code?

Quuux · 11/21/2008, 03:10 pm

Rather than copy & paste I just went through my cache and found the picture there heh but since you already have that one, i wont upload it

10/12/2008, 10:41 am	#4
Dangerzone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,048	Yeah, and I have also noticed that there are actually several different cards I got superball, but I have also seen a bosco time card on the net (and I am sure there are others). P.S. given the time frame if they are planning on starting season 3 in early '09, (they probably have it in development right now) I would assume that some sort of teaser/announcement would be due soon __________________ iI'll bet you planned on reading this to gain an obscure revelation about something arbitrary... but no, there is never anything interesting in the fine print... other than big words Last edited by Dangerzone; 10/12/2008 at 10:46 am.

10/12/2008, 01:56 pm	#5
wisp annoying...and ignored Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: somewhere, Germany Posts: 1,142	different time cards, eh? sounds interesting. do you know, if the barcodes are different? __________________ Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!

11/06/2008, 12:26 am	#12
RevolverBobcat I'm a coffee achiever,Sam Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 50	That explains all the "is/us"-s I hear. How many different case file time cards are there? Here's mine: Last edited by RevolverBobcat; 11/06/2008 at 12:51 am.

11/21/2008, 01:54 pm	#14
Tjibbbe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 564	Guys, I don't know if anyone noticed, but the timemariachis.biz-website changed. You have to input your barcode, or something. I don't have my case file here, so I can't check what happens, can someone try to find out what the deal is? EDIT: Okay, I found my Time Card and entered the code myself. The following message showed: Pacal Votan (this is the wikipedia entry on Pacal Votan I found:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacal_Votan). After that, I had to enter something, but I couldn't figure out what. I entered Pacal Votan and I got a picture of what appears to be the group of mariachis standing in the mariachi spaceship, but part of the picture is missing. Did I just win a million dollars? Last edited by Tjibbbe; 11/21/2008 at 02:38 pm.

11/21/2008, 02:39 pm	#16
Quuux Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 329	Oh ok, I'll do it again and see what i can get from the picture - Mine's Pacal Votan too - I have the Stinky's card. How did you save the picture? I keep getting 0 bytes in firefox (opera doesnt even let me input the card) Last edited by Quuux; 11/21/2008 at 02:50 pm.

10/11/2008, 10:25 am	#1
Pidgeot Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 25	Time Mariachis Just got my case file today. I also decoded the barcodes on the time card (yes, they are actual barcodes!). Judging by searches around here and on the web, I must be the first one to actually do this (at least, the first one to share that I did). Contents follow in spoiler part. The 1D barcode - located in the middle of the card - is a Code 39 barcode that reads TIMEMARIACHIS.BIZ. This is an actual domain owned by Telltale, and currently contains a countdown to October 15th, and a MIDI file playing as background music. Wonder what will happen then? The 2D barcode - located at the bottom of the card - is a DataMatrix barcode that reads Propina. So, do I win anything?

10/12/2008, 06:27 pm	#6
jmm Fremen Fedaykin Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arrakis (also known as Dune) Posts: 1,177	About The 2D barcode message: propina is the spanish word for tip

10/13/2008, 04:26 pm	#10
Rather Dashing Throw Baby Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,883	They already announced that they were going to release Season 3 in early 2009. ...However, a release date announcement would be nice.

10/13/2008, 04:57 pm	#11
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,873	Don't jump ~~the gun~~ to conclusions, here, guys. Season Three's far enough off that we're not ready for teasers or anything yet.

11/21/2008, 02:34 pm	#15
Pidgeot Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 25	I entered the code on my time card (Propina). After copying the code, the decoded text is shown below. You type this into a password field that appears, and hit Enter. You then get a partial image of size 2560x1600, which seems to be part of a wallpaper with the Mariachis. Note: the barcode entry appears to be broken for all versions on IE, including the current IE8 beta. I'm guessing the other codes unlock the other parts, so you can eventually create a complete image by working together. This makes sense: I saw someone post a picture of a different time card, and I noticed the bar code was different as well (I didn't decode it then, though). Here's my partial image. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this is the code from the Bosco time card, 1963.1025.

11/21/2008, 02:59 pm	#19
Tjibbbe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 564	Something to look out for when we have the complete picture: notice, in the upper-left part of the picture, there's another time card. Maybe there is another secret for when we input that code?

11/21/2008, 03:10 pm	#20
Quuux Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 329	Rather than copy & paste I just went through my cache and found the picture there heh but since you already have that one, i wont upload it

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