mcrafipatd

I got tagged...

That's right people. I'm on a manhunt.
To search for the ! that disappeared from Panic at the Disco's name.
Where in the world could it have gone?

This journal will be the place where I will keep all the evidence I can find.
And eventually,
we WILL track down !.

Evidence #1.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8T6KehKh0wg
The Panic at the Disco Honda Civic Tour video. Panic hints that they purposely took away ! themselves...

Evidence #2.
Love, so much love,
Greta
P.S. The "!" was a really good friend, an important companion, a notable injection, and now may the "!" rest in peace. Can't wait to see you guys on the Panic tour.

This was posted on a Myspace bulletin from The Hush Sound. Greta Salpeter claims the ! has died.   ):

Evidence #3.
     Date:  10 Jan 2008 19:48
              Subject:  TRAGEDY
              Body:  I am very sad to be to announce the death of a
              significant other that has been with the band since we
              came up with the name.
             
              The ! that came after the C in "Panic", has had a fatal
              heart-attack due to a broken heart after the C declared
              he wanted to be next to the space before the "at".
             
              Therefore we have had no other choice but to force our band name to change to
              "Panic At The Disco".
             
              Please, do not grieve for us as it brings back painful
              memories.
             
              R.I.P
             
              -The Panic Boys


That was a bulletin posted by a fake Brendon Urie's myspace...
Even if it's fake, that fake may know something... They also declare that ! is dead.
I refuse to accept ! as being dead. We all know that ! is simply hiding, ! is smarter than many of you might think.

Evidence #4.
The following it taken from a Panic at the disco interview...
“At least for me, it got a little bit annoying to try to write that every time you’re typing the name,” guitarist Ryan Ross said. “It was never part of the name to us. … People started writing it, and then it ended up in more and more things like that, so there it was. When we started doing new promo stuff for this album, we just told everyone not to use it anymore."

"We wrote it that way once, when we first started the band, and then … people kept writing it that way, and it was a freakin’ whirlwind,” frontman Brendon Urie added. “We never made a big deal out of pulling it off the name. … I mean, every time I write [our name], I never put an exclamation point in there.”

Shame on Panic for talking about ! like they ! is an inanimate object!  ):

I need more pieces of evidence so if any of you know of ANYTHING related to ! in anyway, just leave a comment here. Or, if you are in danger of being kidnapped by 'the other side', and cannot let anyone know that YOU know the whereabouts of !, send me a message...
Thank you.

Evidence #5.


CAUTION!
That's where the exclamaition point went
BAM!

Found this on Brendon Urie's (probably fake, who knows these days?) facebook...
I don't think ! would find such an obvious place to hide, do you? =/

For those of you who are new to this journal, welcome!
Just a few notes: The parts that say 'EDIT:' means it is something I came to back after I posted, and changed.
The comments below this journal are just as important as the blog its self.  Many people post quotes from PATD that are interesting to read and additional information you might want to know.
For Puzzle Reference, just incase your computer doesn't have flash:
http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/mcrafipatd/default/Panic_at_the_Disco_Web_Mystery--large-msg-11993190383.jpg
EDIT: The link above refers to the old puzzle. There are no new links/special parts to the current puzzle.

Wednesday, December 12th
http://www.panicatthedisco.com is BLANK! Nothing, nada. Just a page of white?! The band sent out a bulletin on myspace titled 'Oh, hello!' and the inner message was 'It's starting...' with only a link to the website.

Hidden in the 'view source':
Oh, hello. Glad you could make it.  Did you have any trouble finding the place? Hope you enjoy.

Thursday, December 13th
Oh look! Today there is some sort of message.  Missing quite a few letters. I'm trying to think of all the possibilities!
And I need your help.
Here is the image:

Post suggestions to this confunding conundrum?

Hidden in the 'view source':
A link to an image of tacos. ...lolol wtf!

Guesses so far:
You don't have to ?? cry?
You don't have to worry 
I will continue adding guesses, so post away!

PS. I don't know if this helps at all, but the original file name, when I saved the image, was 'ohidontknow1'. 
EDIT: Highlighting the page reveals a clock in the top left corner, that points to 9.  Hmm, Nine In the Afternoon, anyone? [In case you didn't know, that's a new PATD song that has solely been played at concerts, not released officially]

Saturday, December 15th

I think the fill-it-in message is pretty much solved. If you scroll down, you can fit new letters in.  The message is 'You don't have to worry'. Thanks to ryreenkisses for that information!

Monday, December 17th
IT'S NOT OVER.
Oh how I wonder where PATD is going where this is.
The title of the website is now 'YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY...' which I am assuming will be the album name.

 EDIT:“[’You don’t have to worry’] is a lyric in the first track of our new record,” explained drummer Spencer Smith. “We chose it to open the record, [because] it was written for that purpose.”

There is now a random jigsaw puzzle on the website...
'thisisjustajigsawpuzzle' is the file name.  Hmmm....guesses anyone?

Hidden in the view source: Oh, back so soon? It's really nice to see you again

Wednesday, December 19th
'01:01:08'.
Wtf. Someone have ANY idea what that's supposed to mean?!
-yaarulyparuly thinks it might be when the new single comes out! I'm going with that idea for now. 
Now, if you wave the mouse over the upper-left-hand corner of the puzzle, some sort of audio plays.  It sounds like.. Brendon? Any suggestions as to what he's singing? 'Whoaa I'm invincible' is all I can get out of it so far. [EDIT: He's actually singing 'Oooh, how it's been so long'!]
Also, the view source has an extra message added to it. And the file name is now 'isthisjustajigsawpuzzle'. [thanks, vampirexfreak!]
'Oh, back so soon?
It's really nice to see you again
Care for an hors d'oeuvre?'

Wednesday, December 26th
Sorry I haven't updated in a while, folks! I was away on vacation and unable to get internet access...
Thank you ryreenkisses for helpful links and info. Now we know that "You Don't Have To Worry" is a lyric from the first track in the new album!
Some updates on the website include...
-If you hover over the last piece in second puzzle it sounds like Brendon singing 'We're so sorry we've been gone"!
-The view source now says 'HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!'. Panic! is awesome eh?
Okay everyone, suggestions suggestions suggestions! I personally think that each clip, when the puzzle is finished, will help to complete a whole song. Possibly the first song off the album. What do you think?

Tuesday, January 1st
Sooo even though I'm updating on the 2nd, all of the following happened yesterday. Thank you to ALL the commenters below me who help me keep updated, and tell me about things I might have missed! I will now go through the updates in order from least important to most important:
-The puzzle piece with the date '01:01:08' is now gone.
-The hidden message in the view source has been changed to 'WE'RE SO STARVING', the title of PATD's NEW SONG! It's what we've all been waiting for!
-If you click on the second puzzle piece in the third row of the puzzle, it leads to a link to PATD's Myspace blog. Here's the link:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=6534560 
The song is at the bottom of their music player. The song is basically a message to the fans [as vampirexfreak pointed out]. Thanks to http://funeralromance.blogspot.com/ for the following lyrics:

Oooh, how it's been so long
We're so sorry we've been gone
We were busy writing songs for
You

Oooh, how it's been so long
We're so sorry we've been gone
We were busy writing songs for…

You don't have to worry ‘cause
We're the still the same
(we're still the same)
Band

You don't have to worry
You don't have to worry
You don't

You don't have to worry
You don't have to worry
You don't

Oooh, how it's been so long
We're so sorry we've been gone
We were busy writing songs for
You

Monday, January 7th
Oh no.
Back to basics. =]
Panic at the disco has gone back to doing the word puzzle thing they did on the first day of this conundrum!
Currently in the view source: 'Nice to see you again'.
HOWEVER. I have been informed that earlier today, The image, instead of containing the four letters 'PETD', had 'PATD' in the same slots before.  This might have just been a joke on Panic!'s part... What do you think?

PETD... What could fill in the blanks?? Come on people, guessing is your thing! And so is updating. Thank you again to ALL the people who gave me updates on the website.
-Up, eat? Is the best I can do. Sad, I know. Help me guess, haha.
Oh and, the image's name is 'youdonthavetoworry3'.

Wednesday, January 9th
I'm going to start checking the website every half an hour now. More updates, more and more and more! Thank you to ryreenkisses for the information, and to Brendon Urie for the screenie [facebook XDD]
 
is what the hidden message ended up like. Who would have guessed that?! Pretty odd...
Now let's take a look at the numbers. The obvious answer would be it is a date, March 25th 2008. BUT, the real question is, what is it for? The album release date? And do you think 'pretty odd' could be a potential song?  EDIT: This is at the top of their myspace page... It's the album name! What do you think of it?


Today's source code message:
'Nice to see you again
Sorry for being late
Traffic was really bad
Hope you weren't waiting too long'

Song lyrics. Most likely. What do you think? Because 'nice to see you again' has been in almost every previous source code...

Thursday, January 10th

...All I can say is, SWEET =D  PATD will be headlining the tour.
No uber cool source code message today, though. Oh and, the title of the page has been changed to 'Panic At The Disco'. THERE'S NO '!' anymore! Do you think it should come back? Cause I do!

Thursday, January 17th
Yay, an update! After a week of waiting, this is what PATD has changed...
-Page title changed to: 'PRETTY.ODD.' [which we know will be their new album's title]
-Hidden view source is now 'Hope you weren't about to leave'.
-New pictures, one is similiar to the previous honda civic tour one. The second one is another puzzle image, and its file name is 'heylookanotherpuzzle'. Gee thanks, Panic. xD

Alright so today there isn't MUCH to discuss today; other than the fact that '!' is gone from their name. What do you think, guys?

Friday, January 18th
Look at all the prettiness! Yay, go Panic!
Puzzle's filename: 'canyoufindtheotherpieces'  And the banner's is just 'banner'.
If you click on the banner, it leads to PATD's newest myspace blog.
The view source is now:
'Hope you werent about to leave
Because you might miss all the fun'

Today's questions for you guys are:
What do you think the image will end up being? I'm guessing it will be their new album cover.




Saturday, January 19th
Oh look! If you click on the coloured puzzle piece, another one appears!
And the 'view source' now says,
"Hope you weren't about to leave
Because you might miss all the fun
You might want to look around a bit first"
[Thanks, liteblu004!]

Sunday, January 20th
A third piece is revealed when you click the first, then second piece on the puzzle!
This is in the view source:
'Hope you weren't about to leave
Because you might miss all the fun
You might want to look around a bit first
Who knows what you could find'
Hmm.. lyrics? Or just Panic being creative?

Sunday, January 20th [Part 2]
xxcurseofcurves has noticed that there are now 4 pieces!
Two updates in one day, wow! I'm going to have to start checking every few minutes...
This is the current hidden view source message:
'Hope you weren't about to leave
Because you might miss all the fun
You might want to look around a bit first
Who knows what you could find
You should stay at least one more day'

This is what the puzzle currently looks like:

I'm still thinking it will end up as the album cover. The letter on the puzzle piece located 3 rows down, 4 columns right, looks like it could be the last 'D' in PRETTY. ODD.  What do you think? It could also be another concert announcement, possibly.. leave me your thoughts!

Tuesday, January 22nd
It's finished! [Or is it....] Keep click on the pieces till you get this:


And the view source now reads 'Oh, hello'. Back to the start... does this imply yet another mystery?! What do you guys think? Thank you to all the lovely commenters who remind me to check the website ;D

Wednesday, January 23rd
The view source has been updated! liteblu004 has noticed as well.
'Oh, hello
Do you have time for one last challenge'
Ooh! Yes we do!!

Some addictional notes:
The link over the puzzle leads to the Honda Civic tour website [civictour.honda.com]
The link under the puzzle leads to Panic's pre-sale tickets for their tour [http://www.seetickets.com/panic/event.asp?showname=PANIC&e|promoter=359&filler1=see&filler3=id1panic&orderby=date]
Three of the shows are already sold out! Get 'em while you can ;D

Thursday, January 24th
Wow... big update! Let's start with the small details:
-View source hasn't changed at all
-Top image has changed
-Puzzle is gone, however the album cover image is there. It is called 'prettyodd'
-The website currently looks like this:  [Remember to click to magnify image]

The first link in the text leads to the Nokia Music website [http://www.nokiausa.com/A4430157]
And the second leads to a CONTEST! WHERE YOU CAN BE IN THE NEW PATD MUSIC VIDEO! And you can even win two Nokia N95 phones!
[http://www.panicatthedisco.com/nokiacontest/]
But you have to be eighteen. -sighs-
So. Are you guys excited to see the other bands Panic's touring with? I love all three of them [Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, & Phantom Planet]

Saturday, January 27th
Something has changed.
But I can't tell you what.
You have to find it yourself, because it's a secret...
Now, it's every man for himself...
-PATD is an evil band, bwaha-

Monday, January 28th
The mystery/big challenge thing is over!!!  And I lost...Oh well.. =(
Okay..where do I start... Basically...
If you went [you can still go now] to the view source of the website, you would get a link. If you followed that link, you'd have to find another hidden link in an image, and THAT would lead you to a weird directory full of images and text files and notes and pictures. And more directories. There were sooo many links, each one of them would give you clues as to where to go next, and the basic point of the mystery was to find fifteen images, and then email them to a specific email address so you could win a prize. PATD only picked the first THREE people, however, so if you want to do the mystery go ahead, but the winners have already been chosen. This is why the last two lines in the image on http://panicatthedisco.com/thefinalchallenge/ are crossed out.
The mystery also included solving cryptic codes, watching a video for a long time in order to get a link, and shifting through random notes and such to get the ACTUALLY important stuff.
So if you got far in the mystery, tell me how many images you got! I only got about 4 or 5 before I got frustrated and realized the mystery had already been won. o_O
Here are all of the pieces, courtesy to patdonline.com:


Oh and, this is something interesting I found on the website:

IMPORTANT DATES:
==================

01.28.08
02.10.08
03.25.08

The first date is today, probably for the Nine in the Afternoon single, and the last one is when the new album Pretty.Odd. will be coming out.
I'm GUESSING that the second date [February 10th, 2008] will be the video release date. What do you guys think the second date is for?

I got tagged by stewieismyhomeboy!

Iiii should be doing my homework, but I don’t feel like it, so I will do this tag instead.

"Summer Fades To Fall" - Faber Drive
I haven’t actually heard this song before. It happens to be playing on my computer right now. I like it so far =D

"Shake" - Ying Yang Twins
Yes, I know. Kill me now. But it’s addicting, okay? o_O

"Under the Gun" - Waking Ashland
This song is one of the best, in my opinion, from Waking Ashland, along with Rumors.  I miss this band so much, they broke up a few months ago and I think they need to get back together riiight now!

"Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid
I kept this on from stewieismyhomeboy’s list haha!  My parents told me I loved this song a LOT when I was young, and I sang it so often, that they thought I was destined to be a singer and so put me in various musical lessons.

"Ready Set Go" - The Summer Set
Woottt this band will probably be famous soon. Catchy music, good lyrics.

"A Protest in Lines Too Thin to Read" - Evaline
This song’s lyrics are very… interesting.  I’m sure they’ve saved lives. =]

"Kiss Me, I’m Contagious” - From First To Last
POST-HARDCORE FTW.

"Hero/Heroine" - Boys Like Girls
This was the first song I ever liked from this band, and it started my obsession with them! As soon as I heard it, I knew the band would be famous one day. And they pretty much are now!

"Piece of Me" - Britney Spears
I’ve been soooooo obsessed with this song lately.  I don’t know why.

"Prostitution Is the World’s Greatest Profession (And I, Dear Madam, Am A Professional" - Cobra Starship
I think this is one of the best songs on Viva La Cobra! The beginning is MCR-ish, which is awesome, and the chorus is amazingly catchy.

"Middle of Summer" - Panic! at the Disco
This song annoys me. Go back to being Panic!, panic.  D=

"Take Me Anywhere" - Tegan and Sara
Woo Tegan and Sara<3<3 They’re just incredible.

"Self-Conclusion” - The Spill Canvas
Hands down best lyrics to a song EVER. =]

"Fer Sure” - The Medic Droid
TAKE OFF YOUR STILETTOS AND EFF ME IN THE BACKSEAT!

"Crank Dat” – Soulja Boy
Two words: Guilty Pleasure.

Yay! Hope you had fun…

I tag: vampirexfreak