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:::Of course, we don't know if it's the release date or not, but after seeing that number 3 times, it has to have a meaning. Even if the game isn't released on May 24th, we should investigate, and I'd like to know if it's by any chance Sam Houser's birthday.--[[User:Loadingue|Loadingue]] ([[User talk:Loadingue|talk]]) 22:12, 3 November 2011 (GMT) | :::Of course, we don't know if it's the release date or not, but after seeing that number 3 times, it has to have a meaning. Even if the game isn't released on May 24th, we should investigate, and I'd like to know if it's by any chance Sam Houser's birthday.--[[User:Loadingue|Loadingue]] ([[User talk:Loadingue|talk]]) 22:12, 3 November 2011 (GMT) | ||
::::No past GTA trailers ever have placed hidden messages, so why start now? Humans naturally seek patterns and interpret them, even if some of the pattern have no significance. The way I see this, you always need to doubt yourself first until there is evidence to support what you think. If you accept an answer before looking at solid evidence (not scant evidence like blurry photos and vaguely phrased words), you will be more likely to be deceived. So far it's just a number (2405) and it's on a curb. First I question myself, do people put numbers on curbs? The answer is [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/18/local/me-22914 yes]. For me I would stop right there, because R* never placed messages within the game that need to be deciphered before. They had always been clearly obvious. And a lot of stuff in their games are based on real life. But I look at the forums and so many people say it's a date. Okay, so I look into that. Since this is Los Santos, an American city, the date should be in MM/DD format, not DD/MM. Even the release date of the trailer was in MM/DD/YY format. But ignoring that (which is not what you should be doing when analyzing something), what's the significance of the number if it was a date? Release date? Birthdate? Why would that be on the curb, I question? So I look at two possibilities: it has no significance (simple house number on curb) or it is significant (date). I choose the easiest and simplest explanation, | ::::No past GTA trailers ever have placed hidden messages, so why start now? Humans naturally seek patterns and interpret them, even if some of the pattern have no significance. The way I see this, you always need to doubt yourself first until there is evidence to support what you think. If you accept an answer before looking at solid evidence (not scant evidence like blurry photos and vaguely phrased words), you will be more likely to be deceived. So far it's just a number (2405) and it's on a curb. First I question myself, do people put numbers on curbs? The answer is [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/18/local/me-22914 yes]. For me I would stop right there, because R* never placed messages within the game that need to be deciphered before. They had always been clearly obvious. And a lot of stuff in their games are based on real life. But I look at the forums and so many people say it's a date. Okay, so I look into that. Since this is Los Santos, an American city, the date should be in MM/DD format, not DD/MM. Even the release date of the trailer was in MM/DD/YY format. But ignoring that (which is not what you should be doing when analyzing something), what's the significance of the number if it was a date? Release date? Birthdate? Why would that be on the curb, I question? If it's not a date and has some other significant meaning, why would that also be on a curb? So I look at two possibilities: it has no significance (simple house number on curb) or it is significant (be it a date or some meaning within the game). The way R* makes their games and trailers, I choose the easiest and simplest explanation, the number has no significance. If you think otherwise, so be it, but since there is no evidence to back that up, it would be speculation and not encyclopedic. Usually the simplest explanation is the correct and most complete one. If this was any other game like Assassin's Creed, then the possibility of a random number in a trailer having a significance would make sense, but this is not a puzzle game, it's Grand Theft Auto.--'''[[User:Spaceeinstein|spaceeinstein]]''' 22:47, 3 November 2011 (GMT) | ||