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[[Image:Axon.jpg|thumb|250px|Players wait at an axon.]] | [[Image:Axon.jpg|thumb|250px|Players wait at an axon.]] | ||
On August 10 | On August 10 2004 a new white-text-in-black-box message appeared on [http://www.ilovebees.com/links.html], containing the enigmatic and inscrutable phrase "AXONS GO HOT" above the same countdown to August 24 that appeared on the site's main page. Beneath the black box, a two-column portrayed table containing 220 pairs of numbers that were eventually found out to be factual GPS coordinates to a given, known place. | ||
GPS coordinates for actual pay phones spread across the United States of America. The out-of-game (OOG) site [http://www.payphone-directory.org payphone-directory.org] gave players a list of public phones, many of which included the address. By using another OOG site the, [http://www.geocode.com/modules.php?name=TestDrive_Eagle geocode test site] returned GPS coordinates that appear to coincide exactly with the coordinates that Melissa has been posting. | GPS coordinates for actual pay phones spread across the United States of America. The out-of-game (OOG) site [http://www.payphone-directory.org payphone-directory.org] gave players a list of public phones, many of which included the address. By using another OOG site the, [http://www.geocode.com/modules.php?name=TestDrive_Eagle geocode test site] returned GPS coordinates that appear to coincide exactly with the coordinates that Melissa has been posting. | ||