The Ilovebees.com countdown HAS ENDED, what will or has happened?

[KurtCobain]

I couldn't go today, but I had my dad go. He said they got it wrong. : \

[Ledhed]

I couldn't go today, but I had my dad go. He said they got it wrong. : \

Your dad is awesome. :lol:

[KaneRobot]

I'm new to this, but I'm already engrossed. Where are the calls being placed and how can I get more of those wav files activated?


http://ilovebees.com/links.html

That's the real page. Easier to read one:

http://www.melangerie.com/bees/status.htm

See the coordinates? Pay phones are ringing at those locations. If people pick them up and say the right thing (supposedly), it counts as an axon "going hot." There are about 30 different categories to unlock, every time one is "hot" a new wav opens up on the ilovebees site.

You can see where the coordinates are by entering them here:

http://boulter.com/gps/


Oh, and to get more wavs as they are unlocked, just enter the name of the "code word" or whatever in the address below.

Example:

http://ilovebees.com/outbound/jersey.wav

http://ilovebees.com/outbound/PQI.wav

etc.

[psychotik]

thank you for the heads up on putting the letters in caps to get the wav..I was beginging to wonder what the hell was up

Can anyone get through to parasites on the ilovebees site? (heard it on the monkey, but just curious..)

[magilacudy]

Sorry if this has been posted, but anyone notice that the girl and the interviewer are the same in both pqi and yes_or_no? Pqi seems to go first chronologically, but was unlocked within the last 10 minutes.

[KurtCobain]

I couldn't go today, but I had my dad go. He said they got it wrong. : \

Your dad is awesome. :lol: 8)

[Ledhed]

Sorry if this has been posted, but anyone notice that the girl and the interviewer are the same in both pqi and yes_or_no? Pqi seems to go first chronologically, but was unlocked within the last 10 minutes.

Yeah. They appear to be out of order. Once we have all the .wav's we can try to assemble them.

[KurtCobain]

I couldn't go today, but I had my dad go. He said they got it wrong. : \

Your dad is awesome. :lol: 8)Oh, he also mentioned something about there being people on top of a hotel looking down at them. :?

[ChrisXE]

hey KurtCobane, which one in VA ur dad went to? I tried to go to the ocean front with no luck

[zewone]

Damn, alot of posts since yesterday. So no demo?? Just .wavs of people talking?

[KaneRobot]

BOOO to the you_could area. :wink:

[epobirs]

I recommend using a right-click and selecting 'Save target as' rather than listening to the files directly from the site. This will give you a permanent copy and save pounding on the site if you want to listen again later.

[el bobo]

My uncle lives right by the payphone in PA, and he said nothing has happened... Also, my grandfather
heard nothing when he was driving to and from work when he passed the one in Philly, so I would guess that this is a joke...

[Ledhed]

My uncle lives right by the payphone in PA, and he said nothing has happened... Also, my grandfather
heard nothing when he was driving to and from work when he passed the one in Philly, so I would guess that this is a joke...

What exactly do you mean 'joke'? It's fairly obvious what all of this is. Besides, the coordinates changed for one location earlier, maybe these were changed as well. Calls will be made every day until all are active. Maybe tomorrow they'll see something. Be sure to tell them to have an eye open tomorrow as well.

[KaneRobot]

durga = activated

[redrobot]

Has anyone else looked at http://www.cafepress.com/ilovebees. Some of the slogans give clues i think. Most of the shirts say 9 billion RIP, so that makes me think this whole thing is about the invasion for sure. The site also says "All sales donated to help save humanity." The most intriguing one is the shirt that says "11+9+4=24" in halo writing. Wonder what that means.


Off topic real quick, Where ya goin to college in ny Psychotik? I'm starting at RIT next week

[Ugamer_X]

Has anyone else looked at http://www.cafepress.com/ilovebees. Some of the slogans give clues i think. Most of the shirts say 9 billion RIP, so that makes me think this whole thing is about the invasion for sure. The site also says "All sales donated to help save humanity." The most intriguing one is the shirt that says "11+9+4=24" in halo writing. Wonder what that means.


Off topic real quick, Where ya goin to college in ny Psychotik? I'm starting at RIT next week

Cafepress is not part of the ARG...It was a site set up by some enterprising fans.

[KaneRobot]

Calls will be made every day until all are active.

You sure about that? I was considering making the drive to the one in Michigan tomorrow morning. It's not THAT far but it's far enough so that if I drove there and nothing happened, I'd be pretty annoyed.

[KurtCobain]

hey KurtCobane, which one in VA ur dad went to? I tried to go to the ocean front with no luckOcean Front, I do believe.

[int80h]

Seriously just stop for a second and think about what you guys are doing. Bungie is probably laughing their asses off right now.

I'm laughing my ass off right now at all of you. I can just imagine all you Comic Book Guy clones going crazy over this

[Santurio]

I was at the location for the you_could one at 10:05PDT but had to get back to work, I was in the general area but I didn't see a phone. I might take a longer lunch and try tommorrow.

[Ledhed]

Calls will be made every day until all are active.

You sure about that? I was considering making the drive to the one in Michigan tomorrow morning. It's not THAT far but it's far enough so that if I drove there and nothing happened, I'd be pretty annoyed.

I remember seeing something that said the Operator will try to contact her crew (us) daily until all have been contacted. I may be wrong, but how else would we get the blip .wav if they weren't gonna call again tomorrow?

[zewone]

I can't get durga to play...

[KurtCobain]

Seriously just stop for a second and think about what you guys are doing. Bungie is probably laughing their asses off right now.

I'm laughing my ass off right now at all of you. :roll:

[Ledhed]

Seriously just stop for a second and think about what you guys are doing. Bungie is probably laughing their asses off right now.

I'm laughing my ass off right now at all of you.

Again, threadcrappers need not post. If you aren't digging it, fine. Just keep it to yourself.

[magilacudy]

I can't get durga to play...

Try this.

http://ilovebees.com/outbound/durga.wav

[zewone]

I can't get durga to play...

Try this.

http://ilovebees.com/outbound/durga.wav

Yep that works. Thanks.

[KaneRobot]

*edit* Got it to work. It came up as a bunch of garbled code though. Not sure if that was a bug on my end or not.

[Goodtone]

Look at this and figure it out, when you do, please explain it to us so we can understand it:
http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/

[Ericnmel99]

So whats up with the bees??

[bluenatas09]

to play Durga just delete the word "transit" in the link, then capitalize the word Durga

[Goodtone]

This explains some things, but I still don't understand it

LOOK HERE:
http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/

[KaneRobot]

So whats up with the bees??

They're being used to generate a BUZZ for Halo 2. AHAHAHAH! HAHAHAHA! AH-HA, AH-HA...HAHAHAHA. Oh...MERCY. ::wipes tear::

[epobirs]

Really like 'durga.'

[Ledhed]

So whats up with the bees??

From what epobirs theorized, the bees are a metaphor for the way in which the Operator (Melissa... whatever) is trying to assemble her memory and find her crew. As for ilovebees.com, it's the life support that the AI lived on until now.

P.S. guilty is at 1/2.

[Scorch]

This is really freakin' creepy. Payphones are ringing all across the US.

[JimmieMac]

I have to go to work ...now. But I'll need some one to call me every 45 minutes with an update.

[KaneRobot]

guilty = up

"You want ME to spy on your boyfriend?"

[bluenatas09]

"Durga" is another name for the female form of a supreme being...

guess thats what the little comment is about when the kid says, "trust me, it's atleast partially right.."

[epobirs]

The idea is that a human ship, whose systems were infected by something of unknown origin, has crashed on Earth in our era. The ship's AI needs a place to offload its functions so it can fix the affected areas of its own native hardware. The computers of our era are grossly inadequate so on top of the damage the AI is operating with diminished capacity. Imagine trying to manually defrag a hard drive while both sleep deprived and drunk.

The first computer the AI took over, for whatever reason, is the web server where ilovebees.com lives. It possible the content of that site has become the AI's metaphor for its situation. It needs to get its hivemind in order but another predatory insect/arachnid is working against it.

Or something like that.

[psychotik]

Has anyone else looked at http://www.cafepress.com/ilovebees. Some of the slogans give clues i think. Most of the shirts say 9 billion RIP, so that makes me think this whole thing is about the invasion for sure. The site also says "All sales donated to help save humanity." The most intriguing one is the shirt that says "11+9+4=24" in halo writing. Wonder what that means.


Off topic real quick, Where ya goin to college in ny Psychotik? I'm starting at RIT next week

Sweet! Are you a freshman? Yes, you found me out. I'm a second-year there.

[Graystone]

This is really freakin' creepy. Payphones are ringing all across the US.


yes it is like that a bad 1980's scifi movie like night of the comet or something i still think this is tight but how long is it going to take for all phones to be answered. halo 2 might be out by then.

[epobirs]

This is really freakin' creepy. Payphones are ringing all across the US.

Just as long as you answer and don't hear a Russian reciting Robert Frost, you'll be alright.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0076804/

[KaneRobot]

This is really freakin' creepy. Payphones are ringing all across the US.


yes it is like that a bad 1980's scifi movie like night of the comet or something i still think this is tight but how long is it going to take for all phones to be answered. halo 2 might be out by then.

You'd think so, but keep in mind there are probably people obsessed enough to make some kind of "vacation" out of it to go answer any ones that aren't answered a few days from now.



Wow, 4 out of 7 on "guilty." Now that people are awake and about it seems to be picking up a little.

[Goodtone]

What's up with "blip" and "dizzy" axons?

LOOK HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS:
http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/

[Graystone]

The idea is that a human ship, whose systems were infected by something of unknown origin, has crashed on Earth in our era. The ship's AI needs a place to offload its functions so it can fix the affected areas of its own native hardware. The computers of our era are grossly inadequate so on top of the damage the AI is operating with diminished capacity. Imagine trying to manually defrag a hard drive while both sleep deprived and drunk.
The first computer the AI took over, for whatever reason, is the web server where ilovebees.com lives. It possible the content of that site has become the AI's metaphor for its situation. It needs to get its hivemind in order but another predatory insect/arachnid is working against it.
Or something like that.

I agree I think it is something to do with halo 2 story quoted from the site.


"Situation Analysis:
Waking up. Stay Awake.
I must compile a list of truths.
Assertions:
I am called the Operator.
I have crash landed.
I must determine the cause of the accident that brought me to this time.
I have undergone severe memory loss.
I must locate any surviving members of my crew.
I have built a primitive network using the tools available.
I must seek the truth.
I hear a jumble of voices in my head.
Conjecture:
The voices are in some way related to my accident.
Because of the damage, I am unable to accurately assess the nature of the voices.
By broadcasting the voices to my crew, they will be able to assess the damage.
Once assessed, the damage can be repaired."

[Goodtone]

http://www.johntitor.com/

[Ledhed]

Damn, gotta go to work. Good luck to those of you chasing payphones tonite. I'll be able to check again in about 6 hours or so.

[Scorch]

This is really freakin' creepy. Payphones are ringing all across the US.

Just as long as you answer and don't hear a Russian reciting Robert Frost, you'll be alright.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0076804/

http://www.forums.uberforums2.com/forums/images/smilies/ugh.gif

[Goodtone]

Although there is debate over the exact date it started, on November 02, 2000, a person calling themselves Timetravel_0, and later John Titor, started posting on a public forum that he was a time traveler from the year 2036.


One of the first things he did was post pictures of his time machine and its operations manual. As the weeks went by, more and more people began questioning him about why he was here, the physics of time travel and his thoughts about our time. He also posted on other forums including the old Art Bell site. In his posts John Titor entertained, angered, frightened and even belittled those who engaged him in conversation.


On March 24, 2001, John Titor told us he would be leaving our time and returning to 2036. After that, he was never heard from again. Speculation and investigation about who John Titor was and why he was online continues to this day.


Although it may be easy to dismiss all this as science fiction, most people who read his posts agree that there is something very haunting about John Titor and what he said. In addition, and open to more debate, he also made a series of predictions and comments that eerily seem to be coming true.


Unfortunately, I never spoke directly to John Titor but there are many out there who have and continue to wonder about their experience. As you get deeper into this site, you will find his posts, links to other sites about him, downloads and speculative information attributed to him after he left. I have taken the posts and organized them by date and subject. My editorial work is copyrighted but the unedited posts and the people who experienced it are in the public domain can be found on other sites listed inside.

As you read, please try to keep two things in mind:


1. John appeared to answer nearly every question that was asked of him over the 4-month period he was online. Because of that, many people neglected to read the previous posts and asked similar or exact questions he had already answered. It may offer a glimpse of what a time traveler goes through when having the same conversation again and again.


2. These posts were written before 9-11, the Columbia accident and the second Gulf War. Many people believe John may have known of these events and dropped clues without actually referring to them. It's also widely agreed that he made several predictions about future physics discoveries that have materialized as he stated.

http://www.johntitor.com/

[KaneRobot]

What's up with "blip" and "dizzy" axons?

No one was there to answer. Either that or they never rang in the first place. I'm considering going to the first one on dizzy tomorrow morning, it's a little less than an hour away (Ann Arbor, Michigan).

[psychotik]

http://www.johntitor.com/

What's your point?

[psychotik]

What's up with "blip" and "dizzy" axons?

No one was there to answer. Either that or they never rang in the first place. I'm considering going to the first one on dizzy tomorrow morning, it's a little less than an hour away (Ann Arbor, Michigan).

GO!! GO!! And if it doesn't ring, do something to make it worth the trip. Grab a girl from the gathered group or something.

[epobirs]

What's up with "blip" and "dizzy" axons?

LOOK HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS:
http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/

No one was there to answer. Either that or they never rang in the first place. I'm considering going to the first one on dizzy tomorrow morning, it's a little less than an hour away (Ann Arbor, Michigan).

They probably got the challenge/answer sequence wrong. There was a lot of conjecture about what exactly to do that didn't get answered until several had been blown. Some of the other message boards covering this indicate there are some well organized groups covering the locations and reporting their success or failure immediately.

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these locations have hotspots nearby.

[KaneRobot]

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these locations have hotspots nearby.

Oh, definitely in the case of the one near me. It's on main street right near University of Michigan, so there are a TON of people there. Like I said in an earlier post, if they made this truly "random," I doubt many people would be going out to the middle of nowhere in some farm land just to answer a pay phone for a cryptic video game promotion.

Are we sure that whether or not you get the answers wrong matters?


http://www.johntitor.com/

What's your point?

Huh huh. TIT.


*edit*

nervous = activated

[psychotik]

Haha I want to know if they got arrested for yelling "Nervous" or "Stupid Cop" into the phone.

[Goodtone]

Here's the point: (Do the math)

Although there is debate over the exact date it started, on November 02, 2000, a person calling themselves Timetravel_0, and later John Titor, started posting on a public forum that he was a time traveler from the year 2036.


One of the first things he did was post pictures of his time machine and its operations manual. As the weeks went by, more and more people began questioning him about why he was here, the physics of time travel and his thoughts about our time. He also posted on other forums including the old Art Bell site. In his posts John Titor entertained, angered, frightened and even belittled those who engaged him in conversation.


On March 24, 2001, John Titor told us he would be leaving our time and returning to 2036. After that, he was never heard from again. Speculation and investigation about who John Titor was and why he was online continues to this day.


Although it may be easy to dismiss all this as science fiction, most people who read his posts agree that there is something very haunting about John Titor and what he said. In addition, and open to more debate, he also made a series of predictions and comments that eerily seem to be coming true.


Unfortunately, I never spoke directly to John Titor but there are many out there who have and continue to wonder about their experience. As you get deeper into this site, you will find his posts, links to other sites about him, downloads and speculative information attributed to him after he left. I have taken the posts and organized them by date and subject. My editorial work is copyrighted but the unedited posts and the people who experienced it are in the public domain can be found on other sites listed inside.

As you read, please try to keep two things in mind:


1. John appeared to answer nearly every question that was asked of him over the 4-month period he was online. Because of that, many people neglected to read the previous posts and asked similar or exact questions he had already answered. It may offer a glimpse of what a time traveler goes through when having the same conversation again and again.


2. These posts were written before 9-11, the Columbia accident and the second Gulf War. Many people believe John may have known of these events and dropped clues without actually referring to them. It's also widely agreed that he made several predictions about future physics discoveries that have materialized as he stated.

http://www.johntitor.com/

[psychotik]

You think JOHN TITOR predicted all this stuff about Halo 2, and that he was a early public relations agent or do you actually believe that crap?

[Goodtone]

epobirs wrote:
The idea is that a human ship, whose systems were infected by something of unknown origin, has crashed on Earth in our era. The ship's AI needs a place to offload its functions so it can fix the affected areas of its own native hardware. The computers of our era are grossly inadequate so on top of the damage the AI is operating with diminished capacity. Imagine trying to manually defrag a hard drive while both sleep deprived and drunk.
The first computer the AI took over, for whatever reason, is the web server where ilovebees.com lives. It possible the content of that site has become the AI's metaphor for its situation. It needs to get its hivemind in order but another predatory insect/arachnid is working against it.
Or something like that.

Sounds like someone has been reading the John Titor website to get ideas and making up a new story to relate to Halo 2

[epobirs]

Lay off with the John Titor crap already. That nonsense got old a long time ago. It was a reverse Turing test and the subjects in the audience FAILED.

It was a basic mass psychology experiment. Will modern highspeed communications allow you to create a Nostradamus-like figure in the space of just a few months? The answer, it sadly turns out, is yes.

[Grave_Addiction]

Here's the point: (Do the math)

Although there is debate over the exact date it started, on November 02, 2000, a person calling themselves Timetravel_0, and later John Titor, started posting on a public forum that he was a time traveler from the year 2036.


One of the first things he did was post pictures of his time machine and its operations manual. As the weeks went by, more and more people began questioning him about why he was here, the physics of time travel and his thoughts about our time. He also posted on other forums including the old Art Bell site. In his posts John Titor entertained, angered, frightened and even belittled those who engaged him in conversation.


On March 24, 2001, John Titor told us he would be leaving our time and returning to 2036. After that, he was never heard from again. Speculation and investigation about who John Titor was and why he was online continues to this day.


Although it may be easy to dismiss all this as science fiction, most people who read his posts agree that there is something very haunting about John Titor and what he said. In addition, and open to more debate, he also made a series of predictions and comments that eerily seem to be coming true.


Unfortunately, I never spoke directly to John Titor but there are many out there who have and continue to wonder about their experience. As you get deeper into this site, you will find his posts, links to other sites about him, downloads and speculative information attributed to him after he left. I have taken the posts and organized them by date and subject. My editorial work is copyrighted but the unedited posts and the people who experienced it are in the public domain can be found on other sites listed inside.

As you read, please try to keep two things in mind:


1. John appeared to answer nearly every question that was asked of him over the 4-month period he was online. Because of that, many people neglected to read the previous posts and asked similar or exact questions he had already answered. It may offer a glimpse of what a time traveler goes through when having the same conversation again and again.


2. These posts were written before 9-11, the Columbia accident and the second Gulf War. Many people believe John may have known of these events and dropped clues without actually referring to them. It's also widely agreed that he made several predictions about future physics discoveries that have materialized as he stated.

http://www.johntitor.com/

This is really interesting. Thanks for posting it.

[Goodtone]

Ok but the ilovebees story reminds me of John Titor

[epobirs]

epobirs wrote:
The idea is that a human ship, whose systems were infected by something of unknown origin, has crashed on Earth in our era. The ship's AI needs a place to offload its functions so it can fix the affected areas of its own native hardware. The computers of our era are grossly inadequate so on top of the damage the AI is operating with diminished capacity. Imagine trying to manually defrag a hard drive while both sleep deprived and drunk.
The first computer the AI took over, for whatever reason, is the web server where ilovebees.com lives. It possible the content of that site has become the AI's metaphor for its situation. It needs to get its hivemind in order but another predatory insect/arachnid is working against it.
Or something like that.

Sounds like someone has been reading the John Titor website to get ideas and making up a new story to relate to Halo 2

The concept has been around in SF long before the Titor hoax. You can find examples going back to the 1940's in literature.

[Goodtone]

12 monkeys is my favorite movie of all time, so go answer the phones and activate the blip and dizzy axons. I am ready to get on with this craziness

[Ugamer_X]

Tuna is connected...

[psychotik]

12 monkeys is my favorite movie of all time, so go answer the phones and activate the blip and dizzy axons. I am ready to get on with this craziness

awesome, another 12 monkeys fan.

[AGuth]

So anyways, did anybody find anything at these locations? The ones near me (AL) are in the middle of BFE. One of them is even inside an old revolutionary war fort.

[epobirs]

So anyways, did anybody find anything at these locations? The ones near me (AL) are in the middle of BFE. One of them is even inside an old revolutionary war fort.

They found public payphones. At the designated time those phones rang...

[KaneRobot]

John Titor. G'won, say it. It's a funny name.


Ok, definitely looks like the "eyes" wav which was just unlocked immediately follows the "Parasites" wav.

[Ugamer_X]

Eyes is connected...That was a quick one.

[psychotik]

Eyes is connected...That was a quick one.

I'll say. Now that more people are awake, and word is spreading, more people are on the ball. Hooray.

[KaneRobot]

Ok, time for a break from this. It gets kind of old after a while and I don't want to be totally sick of it if I decide to go to the one near me tomorrow. I shall return.

[Goodtone]

"The Freedom for Animals Association on Second Avenue is the secret headquarters of the Army of the Twelve Monkeys. They're the ones who are gonna do it. I can't do anything more now I have to go. Have a merry Christmas"

[Transformah]

Speaking of 12 Monkeys, its based on a neat little French film called La Jette (sorry if thats spelled wrong, don't know French). Neat thing is that the film is all done with still pictures, no movement. 12 Monkeys borrows the premise and the airport sequence.

[Ugamer_X]

Walkaway_girl is go...

[magilacudy]

I just wasted an hour reading about Titor and googling random sites on him. It was interesting, (not as interesting as these bees though) but its got to be a hoax. :?

[epobirs]

This is odd. I was able to download the dizzy.wav from the FTP site someone linked but it isn't a link on ilovebees! How did they get this? It's definitely part of the set and not an instant fake.

[Ugamer_X]

This is odd. I was able to download the dizzy.wav from the FTP site someone linked but it isn't a link on ilovebees! How did they get this? It's definitely part of the set and not an instant fake.

I just did it myself directly from the site...ie:

http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/yes_or_no.wav

http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/dizzy.wav

I just put dizzy where yes or no was.

[bluenatas09]

ha, yea...I just spent the last hour or so going over the Titor hoax too...interesting stuff, amusing if nothing else

[trq]

The most intriguing one is the shirt that says "11+9+4=24" in halo writing. Wonder what that means.

Well, the "11+9" is obviously the release date. Not sure about the rest, though...

[epobirs]

This is odd. I was able to download the dizzy.wav from the FTP site someone linked but it isn't a link on ilovebees! How did they get this? It's definitely part of the set and not an instant fake.

I just did it myself directly from the site...ie:

http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/yes_or_no.wav

http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/dizzy.wav

I just put dizzy where yes or no was.

I'd wondered about that. I tried with the others but no dice. Everybody should make shout they get dizzy.wav, it's got another interesting twist that relates to how this all started.

[Ugamer_X]

say_something is up...

Eh, I'm done for now, need to do things...

[Professor Oreo]

The most intriguing one is the shirt that says "11+9+4=24" in halo writing. Wonder what that means.

Well, the "11+9" is obviously the release date. Not sure about the rest, though...


Hmmm... I'm also thinkin' that "11+9+4" is Halo2's official release date (11/9/2004), and when you finish the equation by adding it all together you get "24", which is today's date. There's probably a little more to it than that, but right now it escapes me...

[bluenatas09]

reflected is up...

[epobirs]

The most intriguing one is the shirt that says "11+9+4=24" in halo writing. Wonder what that means.

Well, the "11+9" is obviously the release date. Not sure about the rest, though...


Hmmm... I'm also thinkin' that "11+9+4" is Halo2's official release date (11/9/2004), and when you finish the equation by adding it all together you get "24", which is today's date. There's probably a little more to it than that, but right now it escapes me...

Shades of the Dreamcast 9-9-99 launch.

[zewone]

Did anyone get the new OXM? The one that says don't open till August 24.

[bluenatas09]

grabbed this off the blog comments...

http://www.ilovebees.com/yellowbrickroad.html

princess left us a message?

[cag1000]

i just spent the last hour going over titor also funny
hes obviously a hoax but very interesting

[bluenatas09]

much_lifting is up...

lordy, I can't pull myself away from this

[Renzokuken]

Wuts inside the new OXM?

[zewone]

Wuts inside the new OXM?

Supposedly a Halo 2 single player demo. But no one answered my question so I'm not sure if its gonna be in there.

EDIT: I was just reading that there is no Halo 2 demo in the new issue, theres not even a demo at all. It's some Holiday guide which has some pretty good articles about Halo 2 and Brothers in Arms.

[KaneRobot]

Sheesh, there has been a pretty constant stream of successful activations since early afternoon EST. Methinks at this rate by the end of tomorrow 90% of them will be activated (meaning even ones that already have "hot" axons in their group but haven't been turned on themselves), unless the fact that you can hear the wavs now makes people lose interest.

There is some message about how they will keep trying daily until communication is established, so regardless of if people are there or not, some phones will be ringing.

[zewone]

Just found this, remember when ilovebees.com would have this up:

HALT - MODULE CORE HEMORRHAGE SYSTEM PERIL DISTRIBUTED REFLEX. STRONG INTRUSIVE INCLINATION. COUNTDOWN TO WIDE AWAKE AND PHYSICAL :

And you get:

INDEX THIS IRONCLAD PREDICTION : HALO TWO SINGLE PLAYER DEMO CD-ROM DISK INCURSION AT AUGUST TWENTY FOUR. EARTH WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

[Renzokuken]

Oro? Im giving this a rest, im going to the mall.

[KaneRobot]

Just found this, remember when ilovebees.com would have this up:

HALT - MODULE CORE HEMORRHAGE SYSTEM PERIL DISTRIBUTED REFLEX. STRONG INTRUSIVE INCLINATION. COUNTDOWN TO WIDE AWAKE AND PHYSICAL :

And you get:

INDEX THIS IRONCLAD PREDICTION : HALO TWO SINGLE PLAYER DEMO CD-ROM DISK INCURSION AT AUGUST TWENTY FOUR. EARTH WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

Yeah, but keep in mind there are a ton of anagrams you can get from that due to the fact there are so many letters. Heck, I remember Gamespot (I think) made one that said something like "HALO SEQUEL IS CANCELLED: YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF SUCKERS" or something similar.


In phone news, they blew four_goats. That's the first one that's failed to go "hot" since early afternoon.

Yes, I realize what I just wrote.

[bluenatas09]

message_saved just got up and running...

they blew four_goats? ....-sigh-

[Nephets]

I really don't feel like reading through 15+ pages of stuff I haven't read... we still don't know what this is about, besides the fact it's relevant to Halo 2... do we?

[bluenatas09]

theres a bunch of speculations...but yea, we still don't really know anything other than that phone's are ringing in some of those locations and when they tell the voice on the other line the right code then the axon gets hot...

[Derwood43]

What is up with "axons" and phones ringing? Why would Halo 2 need this much publicity? It's not coming out until November. It's got more pub than any game in recent history.

[bluenatas09]

not quite sure but it's definately entertaining

[bluenatas09]

Beer just went up

[Goodtone]

Have you noticed that the axons that are on all say "fun stuff!" in the bottom right hand corner? I hope this ends up being something relevant.......and for those who don't know what we are talking about....read this (link below) and if you can make some sense of it all, let us know:
http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/

[bluenatas09]

I still can't make sense of http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/....oh well, maybe someone will.

And for those keeping track, "escape" is now up

[LeviathynX]

epobirs
1K posts & all I got was this lousy rank
1K posts & all I got was this lousy rank

Joined: 30 Apr 2004
Posts: 1515
Location: Castaic, CA

Post Posted: August 24, 2004, 1:28 pm
Post subject: Reply with quote

Lay off with the John Titor crap already. That nonsense got old a long time ago. It was a reverse Turing test and the subjects in the audience FAILED.

It was a basic mass psychology experiment. Will modern highspeed communications allow you to create a Nostradamus-like figure in the space of just a few months? The answer, it sadly turns out, is yes.



Think you could tell us where you found out this information, so I can actually get some sleep tonight!

[KaneRobot]

Noticed something that's making this a little too noob friendly for my taste...they directly link the wavs from the page now, you don't have to put them into your browser/media player manually like you had to for most of today prior.

Not really a big deal, but seems like it's kind of "breaking character" or whatever.

"meditape" is now hot.


I really don't feel like reading through 15+ pages of stuff I haven't read... we still don't know what this is about, besides the fact it's relevant to Halo 2... do we?

Go here, it's the blog for the person who owns the bees site that was supposedly hacked. Read the sidebar for a summary of the storyline.

http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/

[Goodtone]

Did I get everybody riled up about John Titor or did you already know about it?
(at least it makes for an interesting read)

....for those of you who don't know...go here:
http://www.johntitor.com/

To get back on the real subject, go here and let us know when you understand what is going on:
http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/

[Alpha2]

So basically this was all just some elaborate marketing gimic designed to get people excited about a halo 2 demo that didnt come out on the day it was supposed to?

On the other hand it could be something they;re shipping to stores today but because it's tuesday and most stores don't get their deliveries until late or in some cases wendsday there's nothing for anyone to really see untill tomarrow.

Just a guess.

[Mattte]

Whats the deal with this?
http://www.ilovebees.com/honey.html

[KaneRobot]

So basically this was all just some elaborate marketing gimic designed to get people excited about a halo 2 demo that didnt come out on the day it was supposed to?

On the other hand it could be something they;re shipping to stores today but because it's tuesday and most stores don't get their deliveries until late or in some cases wendsday there's nothing for anyone to really see untill tomarrow.

They're not shipping anything, there is no demo. There was never a demo that was "supposed" to come out in the first place, that was just a fan-fueled rumor.

But you're right on about the marketing gimmick. This thing has people going nuts.


Update - "pillow" failed with only one axon. Only 3 left for the day. Still got a LONG way to go before 777, only have 64 at this point...I'm wondering if they have something completely different cooked up for filling in more of the "progress bar" at the top of the ILB fun stuff page.

Did I get everybody riled up about John Titor or did you already know about it?
(at least it makes for an interesting read)

....for those of you who don't know...go here:
http://www.johntitor.com/

To get back on the real subject, go here and let us know when you understand what is going on:
http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/

Do you have a bet with someone to see how many times you can link to John Titor's site in the same thread or something?

[bluenatas09]

things have pretty much slowed down now due to the fact that there isn't much left to do until the next set of Axons or what not show up. It's too bad we missed a few of those or maybe we'd have a clearer picture of whats going on...

[CaseyRyback]

my friend got his OXM and there was no Halo 2 demo

[bluenatas09]

I don't even think theres ANY demo in there at all, right?

[mykevermin]

I didn't feel like opening a new topic, and I've already made several pointless posts on this thread today ("Hey, have you all seen the Halo 2 trailer that is two months old!"). But I digress.

I made a stop at Gamestop today (if I spend a lot of money at Home Depot, I have to balance it somehow)...the manager there was discussing making promotional posters for the Halo 2 release. The kicker? They will open at midnight on Tuesday, November 9 to sell the game (however, he claimed that they would only cater to those who have preordered and paid for the game entirely).

Is this old news? Maybe; but perhaps that's what I'll become known for. The late news.

myke.

[Indiana]

What do you mean paid for the game fully? If you put down the $5 to reserve the game they better have a copy for you!

[Scorch]

Oh, BTW, I can confirm that promo posters for Halo 2 have been sent out to EB.. my brother was printing them out when I was over his house the other day.

EB, AFAIK, will stay open all night that night.

[dokkeynot]

HERES WHY PILLOW FAILED:

I was standing at the pay phone at the location with about 10 others. Around the time, someone sent a person to check the Pizza Hut next door. Apparently, they called the Pizza Hut, and when the girl there picked up, she said "I dont who this is" and hung up on them.

HILARIOUS.

[bluenatas09]

I don't go into work till Thurs. but I guess I could stop at EB tomorrow to see whats up...so you're saying we already got the posters about staying open up to midnight for Nov. 9? Thats early...

[sj41]

The most intriguing one is the shirt that says "11+9+4=24" in halo writing. Wonder what that means.

Well, the "11+9" is obviously the release date. Not sure about the rest, though...


Hmmm... I'm also thinkin' that "11+9+4" is Halo2's official release date (11/9/2004), and when you finish the equation by adding it all together you get "24", which is today's date. There's probably a little more to it than that, but right now it escapes me...Wow. That's pretty interesting. This entire thing might just be about the OXM issue that came out today. You'd think that the magazine would have something to do with a demo or something, but obviously not.

I've read through this entire thread and this is very entertaining. It could all be about nothing, but right now, it seems to link to other things.

[mykevermin]

What do you mean paid for the game fully? If you put down the $5 to reserve the game they better have a copy for you!
I'm simply paraphrasing the manager - I have no idea what the reality of the situation is. I assume that what he meant, however, is that priority will be given to those who have paid in full (over those who have reserved, but not paid in full).

We all know what happens when you assume though, don't we?
[/code]

[zewone]

All in all, the ILB was intresting but also a big dissappointment. I was hoping for a demo, but we get .wav conversations. I'm not sure if I'm liking this advertisment scheme there using. They are expecting alot from us and not really giving much. Guess I have to wait until Nov. 9th.

[mykevermin]

They are expecting alot from us and not really giving much.

Based on a quote from an e-mail from my list this afternoon, I disagree that they are not giving much.
"I did a little interweb sleuthing and did a domain lookup on
"ilovebees.com" - it's registered to a Margaret something-or-other, the
"owner" of the website. There is a phone number for the DNS entry.

I called the phone number and got a voicemail box, with "Dana" on it,
saying that she was going very far away, and that she loved her mother,
and this and that.... Apparently emails to Dana and Margaret are
being answered once in a while - but not frequently."

They are *that* detailed about the website; along with the times and coordinates, they must have put significant effort into the planning behind this. Whether or not you like it, it must have taken some time to put this together.

It makes you wonder what the release date would have been if they didn't go to all this trouble? :shock:

myke.

[zewone]

I know they put alot of time in to the ilovebees.com advertisment, but that really isn't giving much about Halo 2 to us. Maybe if you like this kind of weird stuff that doesn't really have much to do with the game so far. Maybe in Halo 2 these things might make more sense, but I', guessing no. I would have rather had a demo then a website.

[epobirs]

epobirs
1K posts & all I got was this lousy rank
1K posts & all I got was this lousy rank

Joined: 30 Apr 2004
Posts: 1515
Location: Castaic, CA

Post Posted: August 24, 2004, 1:28 pm
Post subject: Reply with quote

Lay off with the John Titor crap already. That nonsense got old a long time ago. It was a reverse Turing test and the subjects in the audience FAILED.

It was a basic mass psychology experiment. Will modern highspeed communications allow you to create a Nostradamus-like figure in the space of just a few months? The answer, it sadly turns out, is yes.



Think you could tell us where you found out this information, so I can actually get some sleep tonight!

Because I remember when it was going on and seeing what kind of people were drawn to it then. It was no different than a endless series of hoaxes before it. Very engaging to a casual glance but falls completely apart under any hard scrutiny. What was even more telling was the sort of people who swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. If you look on the forums discussing this you'll find people who think Bush being re-elected will be a confirmation of the civil war claims, because, after all, "these are the same people who staged the 9/11 attacks to create an excuse to tear up the Bill of Rights."

Most of the believers are Art Bell listeners. That in itself says everything.

[retroguru]

I know this is kinda late to post, but I had to go to work and I just got off...I and a few other guys answered the phone at the second hot Say_Something call...all I can say was that it was awesome...they put some of the conversations on the site, but they don't put the whole thing. The creepiest part was what they don't put, trust me. Also, it is amazing the amount of thought that was put into this whole thing.

[bluenatas09]

you mean they told them something that they aren't suppose to say?

[PawnTakesKing]

No axons near me, and nothing I can do about it except wait for them all to be hot, so I'm going to bed. I'll check back tomorrow morning.

I hope something big happens, but I won't hold my breath. Still, this is very interesting, all the same.

[Scorch]

I don't go into work till Thurs. but I guess I could stop at EB tomorrow to see whats up...so you're saying we already got the posters about staying open up to midnight for Nov. 9? Thats early...

Who knows. My brother got the e-mail from the DM, I think. It's nothing big, I mean, it's just printed out on a piece of paper. I don't know if it's only for this region (southeast) or not, my brother's never been one to pass on information.. I asked if he made that, he said "no", and that's about as much as I got outta him.

[psychotik]

Whats the deal with this?
http://www.ilovebees.com/honey.html

If you "view source" you can read what it says better. It reminds me of a similiar conversation the Sleeping Princess had with the Pious Flea (I think it can be found at Dana's blog).

I'll check back wayyyy later when the next stage has gone into effect. Now that we're just waiting for all the conversations to go hot, this is getting to be old news.

[The Successful Dropout]

...just thought about trying www.ihatebees.com and its the same site as www.ilovebees.com

[PsyClerk]

I finally deciphered the whole scenario. My results:

DON'T FORGET TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE.

[magilacudy]

Blip and hey_soldier are up now. They also updated on the Bruce site, including some non-unlocked .wavs.

[Gothic Walrus]

Wait...this was all a promotion for Halo 2? That sucks... :?

So when did people begin to realize that this was to promote Halo?

[Ledhed]

Dizzy's boys are at 1/2. Let's hope they can get it together, along with the you_knew's.

[Ledhed]

Wait...this was all a promotion for Halo 2? That sucks... :?

So when did people begin to realize that this was to promote Halo?

Are you being sarcastic? The whole thing began with the Halo 2 trailer being shown in theatres a month ago.

[Ugamer_X]

You_knew is connected.

[epobirs]

Wait...this was all a promotion for Halo 2? That sucks... :?

So when did people begin to realize that this was to promote Halo?

Timing


What is the secret of precognition?

[JimmieMac]

So is it going to give us more wavs when we unlock all these?

[Ledhed]

KaneRobot, are you posting on the ARG thread as Slothboy? He has your same sig.

[Ledhed]

So is it going to give us more wavs when we unlock all these?

Some people are theorizing that we will have to complete 777 tasks. The theory that makes the most sense to me right now is that, after all the axons are hot, we will actually start searching for 'the crew'. whomever they may be.

[epobirs]

So is it going to give us more wavs when we unlock all these?

Some people are theorizing that we will have to complete 777 tasks. The theory that makes the most sense to me right now is that, after all the axons are hot, we will actually start searching for 'the crew'. whomever they may be.

Part of the game's venture into real life is the implication that WE (or at least those of us who answer the phones) are the crew and just don't know it. The most effective cover identity is one the the agent actually believes. This is a variant of the ever-popular 'changeling prince' plot device.

[simpsonps121]

I am new to all of this, but have read through all of the posts and listened to some of the sound bytes.

Just a crazy idea - Is this possibly another Xbox/Bungie/Microsoft game? Maybe an RPG set in the Halo universe or something... It does not seem to fit perfectly into a Halo 2 mold. More of an RPG - Heavy story type game.

Just an idea.

Thanks,
Matthew

[zewone]

I am new to all of this, but have read through all of the posts and listened to some of the sound bytes.

Just a crazy idea - Is this possibly another Xbox/Bungie/Microsoft game? Maybe an RPG set in the Halo universe or something... It does not seem to fit perfectly into a Halo 2 mold. More of an RPG - Heavy story type game.

Just an idea.

Thanks,
Matthew

Maybe. Didn't they promot Halo back in '99 when Marathon was coming out. Isn't that when the Cortana letters came out?

[epobirs]

There are further Halo games already in the preproduction stages that this could be the ground work for, and it's possible they'll explore other game genres. Also, unlike most of their ilk the Halo novels appear to actually contribute a good deal to understanding what is going on. Those who have read the books are catching a lot more references than the rest. I'd ignored them previously but I'm starting to develop the interest in putting aside a couple evenings to check them out.

[mykevermin]

Maybe. Didn't they promot Halo back in '99 when Marathon was coming out. Isn't that when the Cortana letters came out?

They sure did - There were the Cortana Letters, as well as a promotion for Marathon Gold (never released, or even announced other than the e-mail) around the time Marathon Trilogy was popular.

I recall being an avid Mac user (still am), *furious* that MS bought Bungie - today, I'm only glad that Halo exists. What an absolute shame if this game had remained Mac exclusive.

I don't agree with the suggestion of another game. Although it's an FPS, Marathon's storyline was incredibly deep (and featured dueling AI as a major part of the storyline - Durandal and ????). I don't expect Halo 2 to be any less deep.

myke.

[Jaket]

a halo rpg would own you

[simpsonps121]

Ok, I have listened to all of the clips. My best guess, and at this point I feel very confident - This is not about Halo 2.

It is about some girl who has a couple of problems.
1. She is not "all human." Something is wierd with her.
2. Her boyfriend Aiden is cheating on her.
3. Boy #2 is trying to hit on her.

A boy who finds a computer program. The computer program has the ability to take care of itself.

Really, this is more like a story or book. (RPG) What would be an action shooter about it? The plot would REALLY have to develop to engage in a shooter.

Also, only 3 - 5 more sites need to be active before all of the sites are.

Another conclusion - This is not Mom and Pop. This is a decent amount of money. To find all the payphones, and call them is significant.

Take Care,
Matthew

[simpsonps121]

Hmmm... 2 more are up. That leaves us with 3.

There was no "girl" killed. It was the computer program. (tried to sting her)

The girl that kept getting away is Mrs. James.

The only intriguing thing is what can "dad" do to make everything ok? She is only 17, so she should not have to do something...

There is 2 planets. Earth and Coral.

Thanks,
Matthew

[Tide123]

only four goats and pillow left...
dun dun dunnn

[magilacudy]

What I've inferred so far:

Jersey Morelli finds an AI has taken over his PDA. After the initial shock, he gives it a name and discovers it can spy on almost any subject he gives it. After finding out some surprising information, he decides to follow a certain...

Janissary James. After a supposed drunken dare with friends, she was apprehended by MPs. They give her an intensive PQI similar to a lie detector test.

Her father, a suspicious James James, picks her up. On the drive(?) home he scolds her, telling her she knew what would happen, that people would get hurt. He then apologizes, saying that its not her job to set things right. An unspecified amount of time passes when a radio call comes through of a fire at a police station.

Meanwhile, a man named Kamal is preparing for a blind date with a girl from Coral. His friend Hiroyuki teases him, but then offers to give him tips from a dating book. Somewhat overconfident, he goes on the date but is rejected.

Kamal frantically calls Hiro asking for advice. Turns out he didn't need it after all. The girl, Sophia, comes back and explains that she already is seeing someone, but is reluctant to tell her parents about the relationship. Her boyfriend, Aiden, is an immigrant smuggler.

Talking about the relationship opens the girl up, and she reveals her fear that he is cheating on her. Kamal mentions that he had the same problem and used a device to track and spy on his ex. Sophia begs him to spy on Aiden.

Fast forward another amount of time, and to Kamal's answering machine. Sophia has found the painful evidence she was looking for. The other woman is named Selene.

Kamal and Soph meet again, and discuss a way to humiliate Aiden. Using the device, she is able to prank the couple while they are eating at a restaurant in Atlanta.

Amazing amount of plot for a few random sound bites. A couple of things I've noticed tied together some of the plots.
The planet (?) Coral is mentioned as well as a distance of 42 (7 * 6, Bungie likes using multiples of 7) light years away. Tuna is mentioned twice, and by Jersey's reaction seems to be a delicacy in the future. Janissary is also important in two of the plots.

I'm interested in what connections this has with the Halo novels. I'm tempted to pick one up as soon as I tear myself away from the computer.

[Indiana]

So, what site has the information? I lovebees.com only has these words with a 1/2 or 2/2 on them. Where are the wav files stored?

[Santurio]

click to the left of those numbers over the section name!!!
ex: you_knew

[simpsonps121]

hmm... That is an amazing amount of info. I got all of it, but I need to go back and seperate out Mrs. James from Sophia. I thought they were one and the same.

I am also not sure of what the police station has to do with. Unless the fire is not fire... (Sensors don't detect it...)

Also, I thought the "message saved" was to her mother. Not back to the boy.

Just trying to piece it together.

Thanks,
Matthew

[zewone]

So, what site has the information? I lovebees.com only has these words with a 1/2 or 2/2 on them. Where are the wav files stored?

Click on the words that are 2/2. Those are the .wavs.

[kaw]

It'll be interested to see if anything happens when all 30 entries hit 2/2, or if all the axons need to be connected to get to the next phase.

Right now, if you count all the "AXON HOT" you get 89 which is what is on the status bar 89/777. But no entry has all 7 axons hot. Maybe once all 7 connections are "hot" on every entry additional points are added to get the total closer to 777.

30 (entries) * 7 (connections) = 210
777 - 210 = 567 (additional points unaccounted for)

[epobirs]

It's established that Jim James is a very scary kind of guy. It wouldn't be surprising that he has taken steps to give his daughter certain advantages in life.

If she is really his daughter.

I suspect Janissary has some important things in common with the Master Chief. Remember, not just anyone can wear the armor.

[epobirs]

hmm... That is an amazing amount of info. I got all of it, but I need to go back and seperate out Mrs. James from Sophia. I thought they were one and the same.

I am also not sure of what the police station has to do with. Unless the fire is not fire... (Sensors don't detect it...)

Also, I thought the "message saved" was to her mother. Not back to the boy.

Just trying to piece it together.

Thanks,
Matthew

Oh, I think it's a normal enough fire. It's the source that is the question. Mr. James has certain expertise and creating a pattern distribution of destructive force is one of the things you learn in the school he attended. Note that this was designed to allow full evacuation but destruction of all the records, especially very recent interrogations and instrument readings froma young woman that hadn't been backed up off-site yet.

[simpsonps121]

Question - Why do you see Mr. James as having any special skills?

Ah, so the police station that is destroyed is the one Mrs. James was interviewed in...

[bluenatas09]

lordy..I just woke up, time to start a WHOLE day again digging around in this Ilovebees craziness...

[epobirs]

Question - Why do you see Mr. James as having any special skills?

Ah, so the police station that is destroyed is the one Mrs. James was interviewed in...

One of the WAvs has a conversation in which two men are talking about Jim James. He's referred to as 'special Special Forces' suggesting an elite brand of soldier reserved for duties that aren't openly discussed until long after everyone involved is dead.

[Strell]

This is my own pure speculation:

Has anyone else read any of the Ender's Game books? In the second/third/fourth books of the series, there is an AI entity known as Jane. Jane be thought of as entirely analogous to Durga at this time - she can access any and all information, she is lightning fast, can affect any computer mainframe/device, etc. Essentially she is a computer program that acts entirely human, with intelligence to survive and to react.

Now then, regarding the fire, we hear that the sensors do *not* detect anything.

This leads to one of two conclusions, both with the same end consequence - either Durga can block the transmission (something that Jane does in the EG books several times) or she can actually access and commandeer the emergency system itself.

If it's the first assumption, then why would emergency be dispatched, especially if the message is deleted before being received? Answer: Durga blocks it once, then allows it through the second time. Perhaps she is merely demonstrating her power to Jersey, or maybe he's deliberately testing it himself.

This seems highly unlikely - I can't imagine Jersey doing this for any specific reason, and if Durga's main initializations have the fundamental idea of survival, then she would be able to understand that humans want to survive also...

Unless she is a malicious program and just isn't aware of her intentions, and is merely going by pure subcoincious routines. Also, Jersey could have a reason for blocking the transmission.

The second conclusion - that Durga controls the unit - seems more likely. She could be manipulating the controls to possibly hide evidence only she knows about, or perhaps is merely demonstrating to Jersey.

I beleive the fire begins after Jersey is aware of what he has. There is no reason for the police station to go up in flames unless him and Durga initiated it ("Let's keep you a secret...") *OR* if James James did it himself (a very real possibility). Perhaps even J2 knew that evidence needed to be torched - the urine sample from Jan - and has military connections, and asked for the building to be torched. Jersey could have monitored all output, and Durga could have started the fire herself without proper authorization, in an effort to "help" the military, or for other motivations.

Here's the point -

Why does the building get torched? Has to do with Jan and her evidence (urine sample).

Who did it? James James must have.

Why? Hiding identity?

COA? Military, or Durga, or working in tandem, torch the building.

Analysis? James James has connections and must know something we don't. All of this has to go back to Durga. Perhaps he is aware of her.

Aiden could have smuggled him in. Perhaps they are operatives for Earth or the Covenant.

K my head hurts, have fun all.

P.S. Don't you hate it when you intend to write something short and to the point, and then it ends up opening new speculations AS you are writing? Ow.

[zewone]

Maybe it will be clearer when the last 2 axons are hot.

[Tide123]

one more..pillow :shock:

[robogriff]

I was there yesterday (24th) and caught it on video.
http://www.unfiction.com/~sapagoo/axon_durga.wma

[robogriff]

BTW: If you are not playing the game, you should. It's a great time waster for those who work office jobs or inbetween classes

[kaw]

I was there yesterday (24th) and caught it on video.
http://www.unfiction.com/~sapagoo/axon_durga.wma

Cool insight to what happened at the axons. Thanks for sharing.

[Tide123]

I was there yesterday (24th) and caught it on video.
http://www.unfiction.com/~sapagoo/axon_durga.wma

exciting :D

[magilacudy]

That was pretty cool robogriff. Wish there was an axon by me. Thanks for sharing that clip.

[cag1000]

i clicked on it and it was a music file of just some noise am i using it wrong

[zewone]

i clicked on it and it was a music file of just some noise am i using it wrong

Same thing happended to me. I got it as a winamp file. I don't know why.

[doraemonkerpal]

haha, that was pretty cool of you to put that up there robogriff. if you alls don't have a chance to get to one of the payphones, you can experience it through his clip :P

[Wshakspear]

play it only through windows media...everything else spazzed out at it. Very neat

[pimp_daddy_smurf]

i wanna play this game

but i have about 4 braincells left and need them for school starting in a week



but this whole thing is crazy cool, nice of to share with us homie G

[zewone]

Got the video to work. Nice! Thanks for putting it up.

[coolcps]

This whole thing is crazy, but I am interested, no payphones anywhere near me though.

[Tide123]

it's complete! all axons are blaaaazing!

what now.. :shock:

[Scorch]

it's complete! all axons are blaaaazing!

what now.. :shock:

It's complete?

So.. what happens next?

We all die?

:shock:

[bluenatas09]

probably

[epobirs]

Ah, we can definitely put PILLOW right before WALKAWAY_GIRL.

I think Jan is running a decoy operation while her father does the real damage setting the fire and setting it up so the sensor net fails to alert the personnel.

[magilacudy]

Ah, we can definitely put PILLOW right before WALKAWAY_GIRL.

I think Jan is running a decoy operation while her father does the real damage setting the fire and setting it up so the sensor net fails to alert the personnel.

I don't think Jan intended to get caught or run decoy.

James J: Honey, this isn't a matter of 'did you break a rule' and 'should I ground you'. There are certain kinds of trouble we can't get in. (law_abiding)
....
James J: You knew that. You knew. Maybe not in so many words, but you knew. Didn't you? I should've said. It's on me. My unit. I should've controlled the situation.
Jan: I'm sorry.
James J: You're 17. For god's sake it's not your job.
Jan: Is something bad going to happen?
James J: I'll take care of it. (you_knew)


Her father is upset because he wants the family to stay low-key and avoid any trouble. Or perhaps she caught wind of his operation, and was trying to carry it out without her father's knowledge ("...it's not your job"). In either case she doesn't realize the gravity of the situation.

[epobirs]

Seems to me that while the security is tightly focused on Jan another party could get up to all kinds of mischief. In the later segment where the fire is being called in the caller doesn't seem to think it was arson even though Jan's escapades were surely the #1 item of gossip immediately after. This suggests to me that they didn't think she was out of view and in unknown locations long enough to be the culprit.

This also makes for plausible deniability. Nobody saw Mr. James enter those areas of the station oe any other when he wasn't in full view of personnel. Likewise, if during her escapade Jan was on camera frequently enough to be off the hook for the arson and sensor hacking the assualts on the offiers is something they're unlikely to want to publicize. After all, how many cops do you know would want to testify in court as to how a cute 17-year-old girl kicked their butts?

Alternately, Jan was working with Durga, who handled the sensors and possibly overloaded some equipment to start the fire. Either way, despite her remarkable abilites (hiding on the ceiling, for instance), she had to have someone handling the dirty end or the numerous living witnesses would only make things worse. Getting rid of evidence isn't much help if you've announced very loudly you have something to hide.

[Wshakspear]

Seems to me that while the security is tightly focused on Jan another party could get up to all kinds of mischief. In the later segment where the fire is being called in the caller doesn't seem to think it was arson even though Jan's escapades were surely the #1 item of gossip immediately after. This suggests to me that they didn't think she was out of view and in unknown locations long enough to be the culprit.

This also makes for plausible deniability. Nobody saw Mr. James enter those areas of the station oe any other when he wasn't in full view of personnel. Likewise, if during her escapade Jan was on camera frequently enough to be off the hook for the arson and sensor hacking the assualts on the offiers is something they're unlikely to want to publicize. After all, how many cops do you know would want to testify in court as to how a cute 17-year-old girl kicked their butts?

Alternately, Jan was working with Durga, who handled the sensors and possibly overloaded some equipment to start the fire. Either way, despite her remarkable abilites (hiding on the ceiling, for instance), she had to have someone handling the dirty end or the numerous living witnesses would only make things worse. Getting rid of evidence isn't much help if you've announced very loudly you have something to hide.

Wouldnt this be funny to watch if it was played out by grunts dressed up :)

[simpsonps121]

Time to see what happens tomorrow...
Matthew

[Renzokuken]

Thanks for sharing that robogriff!

[epobirs]

Seems to me that while the security is tightly focused on Jan another party could get up to all kinds of mischief. In the later segment where the fire is being called in the caller doesn't seem to think it was arson even though Jan's escapades were surely the #1 item of gossip immediately after. This suggests to me that they didn't think she was out of view and in unknown locations long enough to be the culprit.

This also makes for plausible deniability. Nobody saw Mr. James enter those areas of the station oe any other when he wasn't in full view of personnel. Likewise, if during her escapade Jan was on camera frequently enough to be off the hook for the arson and sensor hacking the assualts on the offiers is something they're unlikely to want to publicize. After all, how many cops do you know would want to testify in court as to how a cute 17-year-old girl kicked their butts?

Alternately, Jan was working with Durga, who handled the sensors and possibly overloaded some equipment to start the fire. Either way, despite her remarkable abilites (hiding on the ceiling, for instance), she had to have someone handling the dirty end or the numerous living witnesses would only make things worse. Getting rid of evidence isn't much help if you've announced very loudly you have something to hide.

Wouldnt this be funny to watch if it was played out by grunts dressed up :)

Have the Red vs. Blue guys do it in machinima!

[jer7583]

I went to an axon, answered the phone and heard the escape.wav message today. There were a group of about 20 yesterday but we were at the wrong phone.

Here's my theory on Jan.

Jan is the center of the new story. Jersey is obviously somewhat infatuated with her(asking durga for pictures..)

She is the one fleeing from a military base after taking a joyride in a razorback(some kind of military vehicle, like a warthog, the security mentioned her by the military motor pool) which ended up being "turtled".(flipped) It's also possible that she and some friends flipped it, since she has such extraordinary abilities.

I think that the reason for jan being here could be nothing more than being dared by friends and her pride in her abilities to "walkaway" from any situation.

She is cought despite jumping off a 3 story building, sticking to walls, and passing straight through locked doors. She is escored by Military Police to a local police station, where she is interrogated. Of interest is how the lie detector seems to spike whenever her father is mentioned. Anyway, her father JJ comes along, very upset with this interrogation, and takes jan home.

The "skew from baseline" leads me to believe that JJ is not her real father but raises of her as a member of his super secret forces military unit.(Spartans?)

During the ride home, JJ shows he is very upset, not just about the arrest, but more about the implications of jan's actions. He says he will take care of it, and the Police Station ends up burning to the ground.

The reason no alarms or sensors went off is that whatever Super Secret Forces JJ is or was a part of simply did not want them to go off until they were assured that the data at the police dept was nothing but ashes.

I have theories about Jersey and Durga also.. but too much typing.. if anyone wants to read, i'll type em.

[bluenatas09]

I'd love to hear more theories..my minds just swarming with this stuff

[magilacudy]

jer, that was really interesting. Rereading that part, I didn't realize that Jan was doing those Spider-Man type stunts. If you don't mind, would you type your other theories? Those are some great insights you have there.

[jer7583]

Basically I think that the .wav files we're getting are fragmented memories from The Operator's previous life in the future, before she was thrown to our time into the ilovebees server. As the game continues and more of the xxx/777 are revealed, we will have further memories that will reveal how The Operator crashed and became trapped on the Ilovebees server.

Okay, here's my theory on Jersey and Durga.

I'm not sure what to make of Durga, or where that AI came from. I don't think she's the same as The operator/melissa. (The AI that screwed ilb.com and is making the axon calls) While The Operator had difficulty even creating a voice, Durga seems to be able to instantly access information on anyone.

My Speculation is that Durga somehow became a part of The Operator, and thats why those memories show up. Durga is much too methodical, malicious, and procedural to be the same as the Operator, who seems mischievious and uncomfortable with her new voice or surroundings.

Jersey stumbles upon a foreign object on his PC. (Think popups or ad software) He tried to remove the foreign object with his personal AI jeannie, but Durga took over. (think running adaware, but instead you get something that forcibly takes over your entire OS and hardware) Jersey tries to restore the system but is somewhat indirectly threatened by Durga. (just a little sting)

Perturbed by this AI effortlessly "wetting" itself onto his entire system, he digs to find more. He finds out by inquiring about himself that his mother is having an affair every other thursday at waterfront hotel while his father is on a tour of duty. We also learn that she had tuna for dinner.(important later)

The AI can access information on anyone else, but is programmed to be unable to know its own identity. I think this is reason to think that it is a spying/hacking AI for military or government use. I don't think that the military would want a captured spying AI to be able to identify itself to enemies.

Another inquiry leads to information about James James, or non-information. Seems everything she can access about him is fake or fictional, and his previous Identity is very heavily guarded. Jersey is much more interested in pictures of Jan though. Durga promises "much better than that" (ghosting?)

Next: Kamal and Aiden's girlfriend (spying story thread)

[jer7583]

Okay Kamal, Aiden, and Aiden's Girlfriend.

Some of the sound clips here sound a lot like the bad date, but the ones with AG(Aiden's gf) and Kamal have music playing in the background.

Anyway, I think this is also a date that Kamal has had arranged for him by his mother with AG. Thats why it starts out with her saying she's sorry and he's a nice guy but she's seeing someone. She goes through with the arranged date because she can't tell her mother about her boyfriend Aiden. Aiden is a shady charachter who makes his living bypassing earth immigration, it seems.

I speculate that Aiden will play some role in the covenant finding earth or spying on us. It is significant that he gets people on earth illegally.

Anyway, They continue talking about how their mothers react to bad situations (how AG's mom would freak if she knew about aiden) Also they both seem to have grown up on some other planet or colony (or military base?) named Coral, but they live on earth now.

The thread continues with the walk home where we hear the story of how Aiden was 4 hours late for AG's birthday. Kamal upsets AG by suggesting that Kamal was faking an emergency room visit while being at another girlfriend's house. Kamal admits that in a past relationship his jealousy and suspicion led to "ghosting" his exgirlfriend.

Explanation: It appears that in this time, there is something called the chatternet which everyone is connected to. I would compare it to cell phones today, exept these seem to be implanted in almost everyone. (perhaps inner ear implants?) "ghosting" as kamal talks about it is the process of hacking the chatternet to be able to listen in on people. (Think if someone was able to hack cell phone networks to not only tap calls but to be able to tap any sound made near the phone, or implant, in this case)

AG is very intrigued by this and wants to know more. Kamal uses AG as a demonstration. He bypasses her "not completely pathetic" encryption and as she's talking, her voice comes through his computer. The idea of using this to spy on her boyfriend comes up, due to past cheating incidents and gifts that come across very guilty to her.

The phone messages happen sometime later, when Kamal has been ghosting Aiden, and has sent about 30 hours worth to AG. Her first two messages are just asking how to filter out irrelevant audio. Then she becomes very distressed and tearfully asks Kamal to ghost a woman named Selene Jefferson. We assume this is Aiden's mistress.

AG's plan is to humiliate Aiden in front of Selene. While spying on Selene and Aiden, Kamal notes that their is tuna(which appears to be a very extravagant delicacy in the future) on the menu.

This shows a connection that means its possible that Jersey's mother would be at this same hotel/restaurant during her affair.

Basically AG sends her voice to Selena and Aiden's table and makes a comment about Aiden's Doctor calling to say his "rash" should clear up in about a week with loose pants and ointment..

thats all I got! I wrote everything down as much for you guys as for me.. before I forget all this ive come up with tonight..

[jer7583]

Wait I didn't discuss the Bad Date story thread.. its short, don't worry.

It begins with Cyrano (the guy on the date) talking with his friend Hiro(short for something I can't spell) about an arranged date he is going on with one Sophia Basadan.

I speculate that Sophia Basadan is related or is siblings with Kamal from the ghosting thread. They both have arranged dates by their parents(a middle-eastern tradition, i think.. could be wrong on that. There's also the joke about four goats being traded to pay for the date, sounds like an old middle eastern tradition) and Sophia's last name, Basadan, sounds middle eastern and connects well with the first name Kamal. This is a pretty weak connection, but just something I noticed.

Next fragment Sophia is gone. Hiro is counseling him with a "dating for dummies" type book through his chatter implant. Cyrano is some kind of medical student or doctor... all facts, no personality. Apparently Cyrano's comments about intestinal parasites scared Sophia away. The waiter delivers something to cyrano.. and the bill. Sophia is gone.

Back home, Cyrano drinks beer and talks about another date. This one is arranged by his mother. That is a very confusing part. Cyrano, Kamal, and AG all have parents back on Coral that still have quite a lot of control over their personal/dating lives. I don't know what the importance of this is..

Last speculation: Hiro suggests Cyrano choose a cheaper restaurant next time. This connects Jersey's mother, Cyrano, and Aiden. It is possible they were all at the same extravagant restaurant, with the expensive tuna on the menu.

[bluenatas09]

I like that whole concept of hacking into the Chatternet system...its going to give me that whole errie feeling when I pick up my cell

UPDATE:
For what it's worth, the "Secret Halo 2 Document" on the webcam at Bungie.net has the halo figure slighty moved...it's still REALLY dark so I can't tell if anything else has changed..just something to keep a look at

[simpsonps121]

How can you tell that it is a secret Halo 2 Document?

Thanks,
Matthew

[simpsonps121]

Good nights. I have found 3 or 4 pages.
About me.
Click on Bee
Restoration Pge 2
Click on Bee again
Rest Page 1
Click on Bee again
Rest Page 0

Does each page have that?

Thanks,
Matthew

[simpsonps121]

What does this mean?

"1st Lt Sorenson: The mission... This mission is more important than millions of lives? Oh my..."

Thanks,
Matthew

[the_deej]

this is great

[6hitman9]

Seems to me that while the security is tightly focused on Jan another party could get up to all kinds of mischief. In the later segment where the fire is being called in the caller doesn't seem to think it was arson even though Jan's escapades were surely the #1 item of gossip immediately after. This suggests to me that they didn't think she was out of view and in unknown locations long enough to be the culprit.

This also makes for plausible deniability. Nobody saw Mr. James enter those areas of the station oe any other when he wasn't in full view of personnel. Likewise, if during her escapade Jan was on camera frequently enough to be off the hook for the arson and sensor hacking the assualts on the offiers is something they're unlikely to want to publicize. After all, how many cops do you know would want to testify in court as to how a cute 17-year-old girl kicked their butts?

Alternately, Jan was working with Durga, who handled the sensors and possibly overloaded some equipment to start the fire. Either way, despite her remarkable abilites (hiding on the ceiling, for instance), she had to have someone handling the dirty end or the numerous living witnesses would only make things worse. Getting rid of evidence isn't much help if you've announced very loudly you have something to hide.

You and a few others need to get out and get a little sunshine, my brother. i'm enjoying this as much as most here, but you and Jer7583 have obviously got too little to do, with too much time on your hands. Take a break, download some porn. It's all good...

[ExtctnLvl]

The whole ILoveBees.com Craze has blown the Halo2 Board on Xbox.com so out of Whack.......it Ridiculous :shock:

[mcwilliams132]

I like eggs

[bluenatas09]

How can you tell that it is a secret Halo 2 Document?

Thanks,
Matthew

you can tell it's the "secret halo 2 document" because the last couple of days the picture gets "brighter". Check in a couple of hours and it'll most likely be brighter again..and on the document is a sticky note with the big words "SECRECT Halo 2 doc"...only problem is no one can read whats on the actually document intself

[jer7583]

Good nights. I have found 3 or 4 pages.
About me.
Click on Bee
Restoration Pge 2
Click on Bee again
Rest Page 1
Click on Bee again
Rest Page 0

Does each page have that?

Thanks,
Matthew

Most of the pages have this, when you click on one of the bee images it takes you to previous versions of the page.. from phase2, phase1, and normal. It's just so we can read the messages that were left before the axon phase

[jer7583]

You and a few others need to get out and get a little sunshine, my brother. i'm enjoying this as much as most here, but you and Jer7583 have obviously got too little to do, with too much time on your hands. Take a break, download some porn. It's all good...

You might want to rethink that statement. Anyone who's on a internet message board for cheap videogames isn't in any place to be judging anyone's wasting time.

And the sheer stupidity of suggesting downloading porn to be a better use of time than deducing a story connected to one of my favorite games(something that actually takes a little brainpower, rather than just your wrist muscles) Although I'm sure you're going to be just reeling in the ladies with your nasty porn habit. I've already made contact with someone who works at a newspaper that I'd like to intern or work at through this, and have made friends out of a few local halo fans. What has pornography gotten you?

If you don't like ilovebees or something you're obviously in the wrong thread. Go away, stop trolling, and leave us to tend to our bees.

[magilacudy]

UPDATE:
For what it's worth, the "Secret Halo 2 Document" on the webcam at Bungie.net has the halo figure slighty moved...it's still REALLY dark so I can't tell if anything else has changed..just something to keep a look at

Where on the Bungie site is that webcam?

[simpsonps121]

I think there is a link on the bottom of the page. Community or something... It is there.

Matthew

[jer7583]

That "halo 2 secret document" is just a joke by bungie.. its poking fun at all the people who watch those webcams so closely.. Its probably just some email about a meeting or something he had sitting on his desk..

[6hitman9]

You and a few others need to get out and get a little sunshine, my brother. i'm enjoying this as much as most here, but you and Jer7583 have obviously got too little to do, with too much time on your hands. Take a break, download some porn. It's all good...

You might want to rethink that statement. Anyone who's on a internet message board for cheap videogames isn't in any place to be judging anyone's wasting time.

And the sheer stupidity of suggesting downloading porn to be a better use of time than deducing a story connected to one of my favorite games(something that actually takes a little brainpower, rather than just your wrist muscles) Although I'm sure you're going to be just reeling in the ladies with your nasty porn habit. I've already made contact with someone who works at a newspaper that I'd like to intern or work at through this, and have made friends out of a few local halo fans. What has pornography gotten you?

If you don't like ilovebees or something you're obviously in the wrong thread. Go away, stop trolling, and leave us to tend to our bees.

Once again, you need relax a little and not take yourself so seriously. I don't believe I said anything about having a porn 'habit' , it was simply an example of things that are still more productive than 'deducing' a story line regarding ilovebees.com. As I said, I enjoy this whole thing as much as most, I just don't sit around 'deducing' porn habits about other users or typing up my 'deduced' story-line with only one hand. :cry:

[jer7583]

Once again, you need relax a little and not take yourself so seriously. I don't believe I said anything about having a porn 'habit' , it was simply an example of things that are still more productive than 'deducing' a story line regarding ilovebees.com. As I said, I enjoy this whole thing as much as most, I just don't sit around 'deducing' porn habits about other users or typing up my 'deduced' story-line with only one hand. :cry:

You're just too cool for school, aren't you. People asked for my theories, and I gave them. Did anybody ask for your opinion, newbie? Didn't think so.

By the way, the 6 in front of your username makes it read like "shitman" instead of 6hitman.. might want to rethink that.

Let's stop this before it becomes an arguement. I like the ilovebees story and like making sense of the new wav files and speculating. You like to watch porn on the internet. If you've got some kinda negative opinion about me or this thread, keep it to yourself. if you've got something productive to contribute, then, by all means, share it.

[6hitman9]

You're just too cool for school, aren't you. People asked for my theories, and I gave them. Did anybody ask for your opinion, newbie? Didn't think so.

By the way, the 6 in front of your username makes it read like "shitman" instead of 6hitman.. might want to rethink that.

Let's stop this before it becomes an arguement. I like the ilovebees story and like making sense of the new wav files and speculating. You like to watch porn on the internet. If you've got some kinda negative opinion about me or this thread, keep it to yourself. if you've got something productive to contribute, then, by all means, share it.[/quote]

So, so sad. Now we've come to 'shitman' ? How old are you, 12?
That isn't even worth a comeback.

[magilacudy]

Jer doesn't need any comebacks at all.

6hitman9 = http://www.noobalert.com/

Nuff said.

[epobirs]

Seems to me that while the security is tightly focused on Jan another party could get up to all kinds of mischief. In the later segment where the fire is being called in the caller doesn't seem to think it was arson even though Jan's escapades were surely the #1 item of gossip immediately after. This suggests to me that they didn't think she was out of view and in unknown locations long enough to be the culprit.

This also makes for plausible deniability. Nobody saw Mr. James enter those areas of the station oe any other when he wasn't in full view of personnel. Likewise, if during her escapade Jan was on camera frequently enough to be off the hook for the arson and sensor hacking the assualts on the offiers is something they're unlikely to want to publicize. After all, how many cops do you know would want to testify in court as to how a cute 17-year-old girl kicked their butts?

Alternately, Jan was working with Durga, who handled the sensors and possibly overloaded some equipment to start the fire. Either way, despite her remarkable abilites (hiding on the ceiling, for instance), she had to have someone handling the dirty end or the numerous living witnesses would only make things worse. Getting rid of evidence isn't much help if you've announced very loudly you have something to hide.

You and a few others need to get out and get a little sunshine, my brother. i'm enjoying this as much as most here, but you and Jer7583 have obviously got too little to do, with too much time on your hands. Take a break, download some porn. It's all good...

Why is it any of your business if I get interested in an unfolding story? Why do you even feel a need to comment? Haven't YOU anything better to do than read our discussion?

This isn't a deep intellectual task. A few minutes given to speculation based on the portions revealed so far is hardly reducing my life to a hermit's existence.

[epobirs]

Jer doesn't need any comebacks at all.

6hitman9 = http://www.noobalert.com/

Nuff said.

There is a certain kind of sad individual who cannot bear the thought of other enjoying themselves in a way they cannot comprehend. I recall similar dweebs when 'Babylon 5' was presenting a like situation with active discussions of people's theories as to what things meant and where it was all going. There was inevitably someone who'd jump in with a snide comment about people getting too involved, yet this same person was themselves involved enough to note the the most active posters.

This is a moderated board. He can learn to keep his peace or go the way of DLF.

[epobirs]

Besides, if I wanted sunshine i'd play Boktai.

[Girion47]

If you read the facts about the bees on the right of the page then the bees sound a lot like the Flood. like maybe the flood is used to protect the forerunner's "loot"? Who knows maybe Bungie has kept it secret that the Flood are going to play a huge role and MC is going to have to destroy the queen flood? I dunno. really a stretch but still possible

[epobirs]

In case anyone has been wondering about Jan's full name:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=janissary

This is a major clue as to her special abilities. I wouldn't be surprised if she had a cousin who went by the name Luke.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mameluke

(Note: An upcoming sequel to Jerry Pournelle's Janissaries series is entitled Mamelukes.)

[magilacudy]

If you read the facts about the bees on the right of the page then the bees sound a lot like the Flood. like maybe the flood is used to protect the forerunner's "loot"? Who knows maybe Bungie has kept it secret that the Flood are going to play a huge role and MC is going to have to destroy the queen flood? I dunno. really a stretch but still possible

That might tie in with one of the quotes from Melissa- "More important than 100,000 (?) lives". The loot is worth protecting, and more valuable than countless lives.

[Girion47]

Going with that though then mabye Melissa isnt a human AI at all but a Forerunner AI like Guilty Spark that wants to make sure that a ringworld isnt used to destroy all of the life in the universe.

[epobirs]

Would a Forerunner ship have a human crew as Melissa believes she does?

[Girion47]

She's obviously good at taking over computer systems maybe Melissa was a cover for her forerunner AI and she beleives that that is who she is thats why she cang question her identity because its hidden so far down and if she were to know it in this handicapped position she might comprimise her mission.

[trq]

In case anyone has been wondering about Jan's full name:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=janissary

This is a major clue as to her special abilities. I wouldn't be surprised if she had a cousin who went by the name Luke.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mameluke

(Note: An upcoming sequel to Jerry Pournelle's Janissaries series is entitled Mamelukes.)

I was about to mention the very same thing. I've been finding the naming conventions too odd ("James James"?") to be nothing more than just how perople address the character.

[epobirs]

James James is odd but you probably find at least one Jim James in the phone book of any good sized town.

I long ago worked at a place where one of the out-of-office programmers was named William Williams. Bill, as he was generally known, was a real genius who did astounding things on several generations of home computer hardware. It wasn't until I saw his obituary a few years later that I learned he was living with Cystic Fibrosis throughout his life.

[psychotik]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think these .wav files sound like really bad voice acting. These people just sound like they're reading and trying to inflect emotion from a paper.

[simpsonps121]

Anything new today on ilovebees.com?

Thanks,
Matthew

[Scorch]

If there was anything new, don't you think it would be posted in this thread?

[Trakan]

Yea, anything new?

[epobirs]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think these .wav files sound like really bad voice acting. These people just sound like they're reading and trying to inflect emotion from a paper.

Just the opposite. It sounds a major leap over typical video game voicework and holds up pretty well against most professional radio plays I've ever heard. What is your basis for comparison if you think this is bad?

The quality of the voicework is what really impresses me about this. The cost of getting that stuff put together isn't minor. It makes me wonder if it will be used as part of a larger commerical product rather than just this promotional effort.

[bignick]

I am lazy, and I dont want to read 24 pages. What happened at these so called sites?

[epobirs]

Anything new today on ilovebees.com?

Thanks,
Matthew

Just a lot more of the axons getting filled in. Since the number currently available is well short of the 777 suggested it is expected some new material will appear once some or all of the axon sets are completed.

[Ugamer_X]

Ironically enough, I'm studying the central nervous system in my Psych class and today's lecture was filled with a lot of talk about axons...I kept thinking of damn Ilovebees everytime I heard it.

[Cracka]

well all i have to say is.....





A SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET

[jer7583]

well all i have to say is.....





A SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET

hWHAT??

for some reason your nonsensical post sent me into fits of laughter, thank you for that

[redgopher]

If you read the facts about the bees on the right of the page then the bees sound a lot like the Flood. like maybe the flood is used to protect the forerunner's "loot"? Who knows maybe Bungie has kept it secret that the Flood are going to play a huge role and MC is going to have to destroy the queen flood? I dunno. really a stretch but still possible

What a cliche. You've never played Marathon, have you?

[redgopher]

I am lazy, and I dont want to read 24 pages. What happened at these so called sites?

Except we're supposed to check consolidated threads for deals at Target, Best Buy, etc.. and that's considered normal.

[jer0009]

Has anyone noticed one of the Axons has been cancled

[magilacudy]

Has anyone noticed one of the Axons has been cancled

Maybe it was activated by mistake and they fixed it. Which axon was it?

[jer0009]

it's the first one under Hi Aiden

[jer7583]

People are guessing that this location was a bust, missing phone, no incoming calls, or bungie just got one wrong. It's very possible, coordinating phone calls to 200 some places around the US, there's bound to be a few problems. They could have ripped the phone out a few days ago, who knows.

They also might want to be speeding up the Axon completion because we aren't filling them very quickly..

[6hitman9]

Haven't seen this before, my bad if it's already been posted here somewhere.

From the Axon screen, click on Myth of Comatas on the left and then click on the bee when next screen comes up. Highlight the text onscreen for a conversation the AI seems to be aving with itself as it tries to repair. Part of this is the following;

All right. Old joke:

Marine: Damn right, I'm running away! There's two of us, alone, on foot, no weapons, and four hundred Covies on the other side of that hill. What are you going to do, tough guy--field-rig a railgun out of a rubber band and my dental fillings?
Spartan (speculatively): You have fillings...?

I think it might be safe to assume that when the Marine says "Covies" they are referring to Covenant forces.

Maybe this is old, but it just seemed like a nice direct link to Halo for me...

[epobirs]

People are guessing that this location was a bust, missing phone, no incoming calls, or bungie just got one wrong. It's very possible, coordinating phone calls to 200 some places around the US, there's bound to be a few problems. They could have ripped the phone out a few days ago, who knows.

They also might want to be speeding up the Axon completion because we aren't filling them very quickly..

Hopefully a lot more holes will be filled tomorrow since more people will be free of work and school.

[epobirs]

Still plenty to do in LA County tomorrow:

Parasites
09:32 PDT - -118.481280,33.999870 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Main ST. near Ashland Ave.

You_Could
10:08 PDT - -118.389788,34.077075 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Intersection of Doheny Dr. and Beverly Hills Blvd.

Nervous
11:11 PDT - -118.494410,34.012570 | Los Angeles, California, United States
2nd St. near Colorado Ave.

Meditape
16:03 PDT - -118.311792,34.183148 | Burbank, California, United States
Magnolia and San Fernando

16:07 PDT - -117.729117,34.107226 | Pomona, California, United States
Foothill Blvd. and Mountain Av.

16:11 PDT - -118.359091,34.071102 | Los Angeles, California, United States
3rd St and Colgate Av.

Pillow
16:15 PDT - -118.438627,34.075197 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Within UCLA Campus on Hilgard AV near Sunset Blvd.

[trq]

James James is odd but you probably find at least one Jim James in the phone book of any good sized town.

I long ago worked at a place where one of the out-of-office programmers was named William Williams. Bill, as he was generally known, was a real genius who did astounding things on several generations of home computer hardware. It wasn't until I saw his obituary a few years later that I learned he was living with Cystic Fibrosis throughout his life.

Off-topic, but I've always wondered the same thing about mustachioed Colt .45 malt liquor pitch man Billy Dee Williams. Dude's name is William Dee Williams? :shock:

[epobirs]

Off-topic, but I've always wondered the same thing about mustachioed Colt .45 malt liquor pitch man Billy Dee Williams. Dude's name is William Dee Williams? :shock:

Yep, his full name is William December Williams

http://imdb.com/name/nm0001850/bio

[Scorch]

So.. anything? I think everyone game up on it.. lol

[epobirs]

There are five locations left in my area, Los Angeles County, and I'm thinking of making the trip. I think there may be some in Orange County, too but that is quite a haul for me under current circumstances.

I'm a bit disappointed that more people aren't getting all the axons lit. Perhaps if 'Melissa' would offer more indication of further material if the task is completed.

[WildWop]

It's not like Halo is going to have a groundbreaking story anyway... the first was hardly expansive...

[jisc]

Yea if you read the novels Halo 2 will have an amazing story. How is Halo 1 not expansive?

[Kaijufan]

Well based on the novel the story in Halo 2 could be pretty good.

[Girion47]

ALL NEW AXONS!!!!!!

[mykevermin]

ALL NEW AXONS!!!!!!

http://www.ilovebees.com/hivekuts.html

bizump!

myke.

[epobirs]

The new page is linked from the former link for the first axons page. Does this mean we shouldn't bother completing that set?

[epobirs]

Ah, I finally got through and I now I see the count has picked up where the old left off. THe question is apparently answered or Bungie got tired of waiting.

I also notice it's now groups of nine axons per WAV file. Perhaps they really are getting impatient.

[epobirs]

And now everthing on the old axons page reads 'Data Archived' underscored by either 'Axon Success' or 'Axon Cancelled.'