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Murcielago77
08-23-2004, 08:07 PM
and will you be going to one of these locations tommorow at the designated time?

http://www.trynamics.com/location_list.html


Edited:Has anyone hit one of the spots yet? If so did you find anything of interest?

Trakan
08-23-2004, 08:09 PM
Probably nothing although I've heard it's all an ARG. (Alternate Reality Game) All that I know about it is the name, lol.

xspeedracerx
08-23-2004, 08:10 PM
apes will take over the planet!

jalu6
08-23-2004, 08:11 PM
they'll probably just release a new trailer or something.

ph33r m3
08-23-2004, 08:16 PM
that site you showed is complete bs. i'm from SF and that map is totally wrong. i've been in SF for all my life. and guess what? that site map is from 93` and those buildings aren't real. At least show the street. BTW, i'm not blasting ya, just the site.

fireball343
08-23-2004, 08:19 PM
is there anything that's supposted to happen?
i might send someone to go who will be in dallas to see what it is.

i'm not going to post till tomorrow, when i have my 500 post pic done..

Murcielago77
08-23-2004, 08:20 PM
the sattellite image is from 93 not the actual map

smalien1
08-23-2004, 08:22 PM
Does any one have any idea what this is?

Skylander7
08-23-2004, 08:26 PM
The koolaid man will jump through a wall at one of those locations, with a special new green X brand of koolaid. He'll mix the powder together and "magically" turn into the green Microsoft Koolaid man, with a new "Win an Xbox" promotion. Then a Nintendo fanboy will come by, kick him in the glass, and crack him; causing his contents to spill and kill the Koolaid man.

The End

JSweeney
08-23-2004, 08:34 PM
Anyone in Michigan happen to know what's at the corner of liberty and Main in Ann Arbor? That'll probably get you a lot closer to what the answer is.
:)

bignick
08-23-2004, 08:49 PM
A janitor in Singapore will flip a switch in a closet and the entire internet will go down.

Wshakspear
08-23-2004, 08:58 PM
Anyone in Michigan happen to know what's at the corner of liberty and Main in Ann Arbor? That'll probably get you a lot closer to what the answer is.
:)

....thats gonna bug me now, damn you!!! :)

doomlurkee
08-23-2004, 09:13 PM
This article breaks down a rumor that it may be about Halo 2.
(Don't Click if you want to be surprised)
http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/n_3160-news.html

Medium_Pimpin
08-23-2004, 09:22 PM
I think ill hit up a few of these locations and see if i cant snag me a demo of halo 2.

captainfrizo
08-23-2004, 09:25 PM
After reading that article I might just take a drive up to Charlotte tomorrow. . .

Sartori
08-23-2004, 09:28 PM
If any of those were near me.. that is to say within an hour.. I'd be there. I don't even care about Halo 2 - but I'm curious.

deathcabforcutie
08-23-2004, 09:35 PM
wow that sucks there are none withing 3 hours of me.. if it is halo 2 demos.. someone grab me one PLEASE.. i WILL pay for it..

LeviathynX
08-23-2004, 09:37 PM
In 14 hours, I'm gonna piss on you...

scsg75
08-23-2004, 09:38 PM
It's a trap!! Their luring you all there with the false hope of a Halo 2 demo, when in reality, it's something much more sinister, like a timeshare seminar or something. Oh the horror.

waazzuup
08-23-2004, 09:58 PM
Anyone in Michigan happen to know what's at the corner of liberty and Main in Ann Arbor? That'll probably get you a lot closer to what the answer is.
:)

Why is that? Sorry - I haven't been following the whole ilovebees thing.

Indiana
08-23-2004, 10:12 PM
I'm pretty sure the location in Indianpolis is a gamestop.

goldengraham
08-23-2004, 10:18 PM
Too bad school starts tomorrow... elsewise I would probably check out one of these Oakland spots and then go to an A's game... damn you summer vacation! Why must you end!?

waazzuup
08-23-2004, 10:20 PM
Where do you find these "spots" that you guys are talking about?

goldengraham
08-23-2004, 10:26 PM
I think the second to last Oakland one is in fact a EB in Berkeley...this may be interesting...

Trakan
08-23-2004, 10:29 PM
There won't be a demo, maybe a trailer exclusive to Gamestop's and Eb's.

kaji7p56
08-23-2004, 10:33 PM
some of the locations aren't EB or Gamestop.

beerguy961
08-23-2004, 10:35 PM
I live near two of the places (Palo Alto), so I might have to drag my friends to check it out.

Can anybody tell me what the hell ilovebees.com is? Somebody please explain. I saw it on Penny Arcade, but that just confused me more...

OiBoy
08-23-2004, 10:40 PM
Well, the location/map listed for Billings, MT doesn't lend much hope. I think the location it's pointing to is an downtown antique shop, unless things have changed since I've been out east.

dokkeynot
08-23-2004, 10:47 PM
How did you get this list? From Ilovebees.com?

evenovember
08-23-2004, 10:48 PM
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LinkinA
08-23-2004, 11:09 PM
The one in New Haven is a Circuit City

Graystone
08-23-2004, 11:19 PM
A janitor in Singapore will flip a switch in a closet and the entire internet will go down. :rofl: :rofl:

Graystone
08-23-2004, 11:30 PM
ILovebeesblog wrote
"You guys are the ones on the frontlines. So it's your call. Do you want to be there when the axons go hot?
I'll be at an Internet café on the 24th, waiting to find out"

terrisot attack, cult suicde? WTF. does anyone know what this site is about. the closet place to me is 3 hours.

the_gloaming
08-23-2004, 11:30 PM
It will probably be nothing in real life, just a big piece of the puzzle will be revealed. I doubt anything significant to the game itself.

The only thing I can fathom them doing is having a demo station set up at the locations given in GPS. Those are building locations, right?

epobirs
08-23-2004, 11:34 PM
The Burbank, CA location is a Circuit Sity store.

epobirs
08-23-2004, 11:36 PM
If the countdown is PST they're talking 6:00 AM. I'll pass on being there, I think.

nickmad
08-23-2004, 11:39 PM
where on the site do you find the locations?

Duo_Maxwell
08-23-2004, 11:40 PM
Where is everyone coming, but with these locations??

organicow
08-23-2004, 11:44 PM
the Atlanta location is a blockbuster store of some sort, as far as i remember...

kelso
08-23-2004, 11:49 PM
The on in hyannis,mass is the cape cod mall i think.

Kaijufan
08-24-2004, 12:05 AM
I cant wait too see what happens. Sadly the closest place to me is too far away.

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 12:37 AM
I have no idea what's going on right now.

deathcabforcutie
08-24-2004, 12:41 AM
the gamespot.com coverage says they beleive it to be an elaborate marketing scheme / game.. and the next clue will be at these locations with regards to halo.. the site also contains spoilers (apparently hidden in the pictures, you save them to your hdd and open them in notepad).. the rumor they siad they had also heard (which NO ONE really beleives to be true) is a shoved forwards bunji release of halo 2 tomorrow.. no, it wont happen.. but would that not be fucking awsome!?

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 12:42 AM
What if Superman was a real guy? I bet he'd own a moving company.

scsg75
08-24-2004, 12:43 AM
Pretty sure one of the ones in Phoenix is a Best Buy. I used to live there. (Not Best Buy, but Phoenix)

Duo_Maxwell
08-24-2004, 12:50 AM
I still don't get where all these locations are or how you're getting them?

rywateska
08-24-2004, 12:57 AM
I see for all of PA:

-1 in Philly
-1 in Shadyside
-1 near Pitt
-1 in Bethel Park
-1 in the Waterfront in Homestead

Basically that's all I saw...which really sucks because I live in Allison Park/North Hills & nearly all of those places are a mirror image of where I live. The closest would be in Shadyside but after that I doubt I'd drive a half hour through the city to Pitt or the Waterfront just to see if anything happens. Damn, does anyone see another place in PA on that list???....Someone better go to this becasue in exactly 6 hours this countdown is going to end. I think I'm going to wake up at 6AM just to see what happens!

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 01:10 AM
I bet if you go there they'll have dog with bees in their mouths and when they bark they'll shoot bees at you.

rywateska
08-24-2004, 01:12 AM
...how the hell does the location list tie into ILOVEBEES though? That host site looks like it has nothing to do with bungie at all...can someone do a little briefing here so I'm not this confused...?

Duo_Maxwell
08-24-2004, 01:14 AM
I bet if you go there they'll have dog with bees in their mouths and when they bark they'll shoot bees at you.

We'll also have to be on the lookout for the robotic Richard Simmons.

And I found the location list, but I'd like to know whose genius idea it was to put the two Indiana locations a whole 20 mins apart from each, and just forget about the entire rest of the state.

dokkeynot
08-24-2004, 01:18 AM
...how the hell does the location list tie into ILOVEBEES though? That host site looks like it has nothing to do with bungie at all...can someone do a little briefing here so I'm not this confused...?On the site, the links part has this huge list of times and locations by latitude and longitude.

WAJedi
08-24-2004, 01:20 AM
Ok, i've been following the ilovebees thing semi closely and still no one is sure what it will be. People have taken the coordinates, drawn maps, connected the dots, figured them out mathmatically, etc. When I get up tomorrow, the first thing I am doing is checking ilovebees.com

DrunkTigerWoods
08-24-2004, 01:23 AM
When you see the ring, you die.

rywateska
08-24-2004, 01:26 AM
When you see the ring, you die.

http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~bedding/images/eclipse2002/ring.jpg

BAM

PawnTakesKing
08-24-2004, 01:31 AM
For a viral marketing campaign, I have to say this one is VERY intriguing. I'm not sure what's going to happen tomorrow, but I'm about 99% sure that HALO 2 WILL NOT SHIP EARLY. If I'm wrong...well...I'm wrong, but I feel pretty confident in my prediction.

A single-player demo is the most likely solution, but how, where, and for whom?

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 01:37 AM
it's be so nice if they had a Halo 2 multiplayer Live enabled demo's to hand out....

Santurio
08-24-2004, 01:37 AM
These locations are all pointing to Halo Billboard ads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually i don't know but am hoping it is worth the hype.

tholly
08-24-2004, 01:41 AM
if anyone goes and it is a demo disc.....pick me up one...id be glad to pay shipping plus a little extra for your effort

KurtCobain
08-24-2004, 01:54 AM
http://ilovebees.com/killer.jpg

save, open with note pad. Strange crap.

trq
08-24-2004, 01:55 AM
If anyone cares, one of the NYC addresses (the one on 5th Ave, between 39th and 40th) is a software store of some sort. On the map, it looks like the "X" is actually pointing to the Public Library Annex across the street from the main library building, but I'm willing to bet they mean the store. I'm still not about to roll through at 6 am, though.

KurtCobain
08-24-2004, 02:00 AM
http://ilovebees.com/surg.!store.primary.sector.mem.dmg.1.1.html

Yes, I'm very bored.

KurtCobain
08-24-2004, 02:02 AM
Wait a min....all the times are on PDT, Pacific something time, right? o_O

What would that be on EST? I don't know my timezones.

beerguy961
08-24-2004, 02:08 AM
For everyone not reading the times, it says 6 AM PDT for places like New York and Penn. That means it's 9AM Eastern time. so you guys don't have to get up at 6. You can, but you would have to wait 3 hours...

rywateska
08-24-2004, 02:11 AM
...whatever time it is, someone better go and tell us all if it's worth hauling our asses all over to check it out...someone HAS to step up and take one for the team and get to the computer and post up what they find.

TheUnsane1
08-24-2004, 02:12 AM
There's something to this whole thing. The Philadelphia image is the corner of 8th and Market street, the EB in The Gallery Mall is near the 8th street exit. I don't think I will be able to make it down there although I may be able to have a friend check it out. I wasn't interested in this whole thing but now I'm pretty curious.

ChrisXE
08-24-2004, 02:17 AM
well the virginia beacdh location is not a retialer at all, their is no circuit city, ebgames, or gamestop, it looks like a choclate factory

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 02:18 AM
well if I knew there were any places around here I'd check but I'm still not following on how to find out those spots..

Mr.FoodMonster
08-24-2004, 02:19 AM
Anyone in Michigan happen to know what's at the corner of liberty and Main in Ann Arbor? That'll probably get you a lot closer to what the answer is.
:)
You know... I was looking at that. But I cant for the life of me remember what the hell is there. Its not any gaming store I'm aware of (atleast, I think?) The only places I know of in ann arbor it could possibly be is...
Pinball Pete's (arcade, unlikely) Digital Ops (Well, they DO have an XBox hooked up there...) Electronics Botique (thats at the mall though...) Gamestop (right by the mall) Best Buy or Media play (not near downtown). Vault of Midnight (you never know?) Fuck, I'm over thinking this...

KurtCobain
08-24-2004, 02:24 AM
well the virginia beacdh location is not a retialer at all, their is no circuit city, ebgames, or gamestop, it looks like a choclate factoryHeh, maybe they will have game vans there with playable demos of Halo 2 :lol:

It would totally kick ass if they were either handing out A) Demos or B) T-shirts.

beerguy961
08-24-2004, 02:27 AM
...whatever time it is, someone better go and tell us all if it's worth hauling our asses all over to check it out...someone HAS to step up and take one for the team and get to the computer and post up what they find.

I'll go at 9AM to the Palo Alto one (probably means braving rush hour traffic), but I really hope someone from the East Coast will go and report back to us...

KurtCobain
08-24-2004, 02:29 AM
...whatever time it is, someone better go and tell us all if it's worth hauling our asses all over to check it out...someone HAS to step up and take one for the team and get to the computer and post up what they find.

I'll go at 9AM to the Palo Alto one (probably means braving rush hour traffic), but I really hope someone from the East Coast will go and report back to us...I'll beg my grandpa to take me, I think he's going to be in the VA Beach area tomorrow anyways. I'll post my finds (if there are any).

KurtCobain
08-24-2004, 02:34 AM
Ok, I'm gonna go to bed now if I want to be up by 9. Night night all you CAGers

jer7583
08-24-2004, 02:38 AM
I'm going to the Wauwatosa, WI (88th and North) axon tomorrow, there is a payphone there, but I don't know what to expect, if anything. Im not working when it "goes hot" and have nothing else going on, so I might as well. It's not a dangerous area either.

Mr.FoodMonster
08-24-2004, 02:41 AM
Ok, I think I figured out what was at the said location. That whole damned block is a bunch of resturants. Pretty high-end ones as well. I might be curious enough to find out just what the hell the deal is....

Scorch
08-24-2004, 04:35 AM
My brother works at EB.. there's no demo.. there will be no demo...

Scorch
08-24-2004, 04:51 AM
But it's definately interesting. Here's a complete list of locations..

http://www.trynamics.com/location_list.html

epobirs
08-24-2004, 04:52 AM
Now that I look again there appears to be another Burbank, CA location that coincides with the CompUSA that is walking distance from the CC.

dafoomie
08-24-2004, 04:58 AM
It doesn't even matter whats at these places. This is one of the most brilliant marketing campaigns for a video game ever. Not even Sony's hype machine has done anything like this. Whoever came up with this idea is getting a huge promotion, and anyone that was against it is being banished to the Eastern Front (Japan).

Simply brilliant. As if Halo 2 needed more hype. If Sega could have marketed half as good as this, they'd still be in the console business.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 05:09 AM
It remains to be seen. It would be an ill-advised advertising stunt to draw crowds to retail locations for no reason. Liability issues alone would raise caution of the chances of placing irate people at those stores to display all sorts of irrational reactions to their disappointment.

It would be one thing if it just drew a lot of traffic to a web site at a designated time but getting people involved at private property locations would make a lawyer have conniptions.

Scorch
08-24-2004, 05:16 AM
Hahaha, my friend just left to go to one of those coordinates.

He's going to feel stupid.

Renzokuken
08-24-2004, 05:22 AM
2 hours remaining..screw it im going to bed.

Nephets
08-24-2004, 05:37 AM
This is awesome, I can't wait to see what this is all about.

the_gloaming
08-24-2004, 05:41 AM
Someone at gamefaqs suggested maybe ilovebees.com would turn into the official Halo 2 website after the countdown. I forget who it was, but kudos to that guy for a good idea that lots of people didn't think of.

As for the locations .. beats me. The closest one to me is 250 miles away, so I think I'll just wait online to see what happens. According to the countdown, it'll end at 6AM CST for me.

rywateska
08-24-2004, 07:09 AM
...just watched the last 2 minutes of countdown...the site looks to be the same, just the gif bee icon to the left is jacked up...or was it like that before? Countdown is at zero & nothing crazy has happened...

rywateska
08-24-2004, 07:11 AM
...until you check out the links possibly?

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 07:44 AM
I got up early for this and yet I still thurst for the knowledge of the site.

xzafixz
08-24-2004, 07:52 AM
This is the first time i have even heard of this, yes i am behind the times, but this is very interesting.... i'll have to keep an eye out for something more on this.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 08:07 AM
And I found the location list, but I'd like to know whose genius idea it was to put the two Indiana locations a whole 20 mins apart from each, and just forget about the entire rest of the state.

Look at the TX list. There are like 6 Dallas locations, and then an Austin and El Paso thrown in for good measure. Oh shit, one minute left!

UPDATE Countdown just ended for me. No visible changes to ilovebees.com or bungie.net. Anyone finding anything interesting?

mykevermin
08-24-2004, 08:12 AM
If you check www.halo2.com, you are rerouted to the Xbox Halo 2 page, which now has a cinematic trailer of the game available - for some reason, I'm having difficulty viewing it on my computer at the moment.

If you have seen this video, is this new or not? Could this be tied to ilovebees.com?

In the past, Bungie put out an amazing (at the time) series called Marathon, and the plot shared elements with Halo. I cannot recall for the life of me the promoting they did for this game; however, I recall it to be similarly creepy/brilliant. Having essentially grown up with Bungie due to being a Mac user (and thus Bungie being one of perhaps 7-10 primary software developers for the Mac), the ilovebees.com website positively reeks of them. I only wish I could remember how they promoted Marathon.

myke.
...preordered the first Marathon from MacMall.

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 08:16 AM
OMG, there is one right next to where I live (in Seattle)

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 08:20 AM
it is so funny, the one I have is right outside my door.

MasterLin1
08-24-2004, 08:21 AM
If you check www.halo2.com, you are rerouted to the Xbox Halo 2 page, which now has a cinematic trailer of the game available - for some reason, I'm having difficulty viewing it on my computer at the moment.

If you have seen this video, is this new or not? Could this be tied to ilovebees.com?

In the past, Bungie put out an amazing (at the time) series called Marathon, and the plot shared elements with Halo. I cannot recall for the life of me the promoting they did for this game; however, I recall it to be similarly creepy/brilliant. Having essentially grown up with Bungie due to being a Mac user (and thus Bungie being one of perhaps 7-10 primary software developers for the Mac), the ilovebees.com website positively reeks of them. I only wish I could remember how they promoted Marathon.

myke.
...preordered the first Marathon from MacMall.

Not to flame but Uhhh, that trailer is really old news and is exactly how this entire ilovebees.com craze started. At the end of the trailer, it flashes the web address www.ilovebees.com, then flashes back to xbox.com.

There's like 9 in Portland, luckily there's one near me.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 08:21 AM
it is so funny, the one I have is right outside my door.

Well dude, get the hell out there and find out what is going on!

mykevermin
08-24-2004, 08:26 AM
Not to flame but Uhhh, that trailer is really old news and is exactly how this entire ilovebees.com craze started. At the end of the trailer, it flashes the web address www.ilovebees.com, then flashes back to xbox.com.

There's like 9 in Portland, luckily there's one near me.

For some ungodly reason, I cannot view this file. Had I been able to do so, I would have remembered this. I'm just offering a suggestion other than dictating what stores exist near me. Granted, it happened to be a useless, incorrect suggestion, but it's different regardless.

myke.

nickmad
08-24-2004, 08:37 AM
im so scared

BigHow
08-24-2004, 08:44 AM
The location near NYU does not appear to be either the EB or the GameStop in the area. Curious...

psychotik
08-24-2004, 08:59 AM
dude, it's an ARG The original masterminded was here: http://www.cloudmakers.org/

psychotik
08-24-2004, 09:02 AM
Hmm well that was kind of late - forget about the prior post.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 09:08 AM
Countdown still going here. They must be using a traceroute analysis to determine what timezone my IP is in.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 09:09 AM
same here. 1 hour left. Probably still be wide awake, too.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 09:11 AM
Countdown still going here. They must be using a traceroute analysis to determine what timezone my IP is in.

I was wondering why people yesterday were talking about the countdown already having ended. How much time you got left?

epobirs
08-24-2004, 09:13 AM
same here. 1 hour left. Probably still be wide awake, too.

But your location is given as New York. That kind of scotches the time zone thing. I was under the impression that those who'd seen it end already were in your zone.

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 09:14 AM
BTW, we have no ebgames and Gamestop at that mark, the one store that sell games cloest to that mark is Target.

Derwood43
08-24-2004, 09:23 AM
Has anyone heard of anything out of the ordinary happening?

epobirs
08-24-2004, 09:24 AM
Maybe they just randomly drew addresses from a database of Xbox dealers and fed those to a GPS navigation app to generate the coordinates.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 09:34 AM
I jst came across this. The ultimate obscure gamer accessory, the I Love Bees t-shirt!
http://www.cafepress.com/ilovebees

All sales go to help save humanity!

MegaMan3k
08-24-2004, 09:49 AM
Countdown still going here. They must be using a traceroute analysis to determine what timezone my IP is in.

I was wondering why people yesterday were talking about the countdown already having ended. How much time you got left?

Usually countdowns and clocks like that work off your computer's clock. ILoveBees may be different though, I haven't been following the hype.

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 09:50 AM
I really hope SOMETHING happens today...

6hitman9
08-24-2004, 09:53 AM
Your computer clock should probably be set to PST, according to the list of locations and times, etc. That is likely why some clocks have expired - need to reset your clock for PST. By that theory, there's under 15 minutes left.

The posts on Bungie.net seem to have the same theory regarding PST....

epobirs
08-24-2004, 09:53 AM
Countdown still going here. They must be using a traceroute analysis to determine what timezone my IP is in.

I was wondering why people yesterday were talking about the countdown already having ended. How much time you got left?

Usually countdowns and clocks like that work off your computer's clock. ILoveBees may be different though, I haven't been following the hype.

Not in this case. The time on the laptop I'm writing this on is several minutes ahead. The time on the countdown is correct to end at 6 AM local exactly when compared to the daily synced clock on a desktop system in the next room.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 10:04 AM
same here. 1 hour left. Probably still be wide awake, too.

But your location is given as New York. That kind of scotches the time zone thing. I was under the impression that those who'd seen it end already were in your zone.

I am currently in Oregon. I gave NY as my location since I will be moving back to college next week.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 10:06 AM
Countdown still going here. They must be using a traceroute analysis to determine what timezone my IP is in.

I was wondering why people yesterday were talking about the countdown already having ended. How much time you got left?

Usually countdowns and clocks like that work off your computer's clock. ILoveBees may be different though, I haven't been following the hype.

Not in this case. The time on the laptop I'm writing this on is several minutes ahead. The time on the countdown is correct to end at 6 AM local exactly when compared to the daily synced clock on a desktop system in the next room.


My computer clock says 6:05 am (PST) and the countdown has roughly 2 minutes left.

6hitman9
08-24-2004, 10:09 AM
Page has changed and has a new link....

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 10:09 AM
page has changed and I'm even MORE confused

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 10:10 AM
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Unauthorized personnel should know
that I have full license to use any means to
protect the security of these transmissions.
I believe that punishing even minor transgressions
with shockingly excessive force is the best deterrent.
I am relentless, and I have absolutely no conscience
when it comes to executing my mission.
Make your decisions accordingly.




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epobirs
08-24-2004, 10:10 AM
Countdown still going here. They must be using a traceroute analysis to determine what timezone my IP is in.

I was wondering why people yesterday were talking about the countdown already having ended. How much time you got left?

Usually countdowns and clocks like that work off your computer's clock. ILoveBees may be different though, I haven't been following the hype.

Not in this case. The time on the laptop I'm writing this on is several minutes ahead. The time on the countdown is correct to end at 6 AM local exactly when compared to the daily synced clock on a desktop system in the next room.


My computer clock says 6:05 am (PST) and the countdown has roughly 2 minutes left.

PC clocks aren't terribly accurate. Most are a minute or more of within a week of being set. Have you examined a known accurate source like the info on your local cable operator or calling the time number.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 10:11 AM
In any case, it's over and the axons are hot.

Whatever that means.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 10:14 AM
If anything the "countdown" changed from the module core has metasized to this:

"TRANSMITTING:

Unauthorized personnel should know that I have full license to use any means to protect the security of these transmissions. I believe that punishing even minor transgressions with shockingly excessive force is the best deterrent. I am relentless, and I have absolutely no conscience when it comes to executing my mission. Make your decision accordingly."

For a brief moment I saw the words "Authorized personnel can check their transmissions HERE" but was unable to click on it. The word TRANSMITTING in the above post takes me to http://www.ilovebees.com/links.html where there seem to be a lot of entries by different people at various times at PDT.

Anyone else get that?

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 10:14 AM
is bungie.net giving anyone else errors?

Santurio
08-24-2004, 10:14 AM
I went looking for one of the locations in Dallas, but i read the map wrong.............................I went passed it on my way to work and was off by an exit on the freeway. The location seems to be on some school campus by a target.

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 10:17 AM
Doesn't work when click on "HERE", but When I click on "Transmitting", it takes me to a link that says "Server Error in '/' Application." with some html in it:

Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

PawnTakesKing
08-24-2004, 10:17 AM
At any rate, it has me confused. And frustrated.

I'll check back later in the day to see if anything has happened, but right now, I've got work.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 10:17 AM
I'm not sure the actual coordinates have anything to do with the game - I read one of the maps, and it was near this obscure location near an elementary school in my area. No stores there.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 10:19 AM
Scratch that. It's RadioShack.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 10:19 AM
Apparently the AI has infected the POS at video game retailers across the nation. If we at CAG could befriend it there could be some really cool blowout sales!

Perhaps RoboCheapy could interface to it?

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 10:21 AM
Santurio, my location in Seattle is also around a school campus by a Target.

Santurio
08-24-2004, 10:23 AM
hmmmm, sounds fishy, I will try and check it out at lunch!!!!

psychotik
08-24-2004, 10:24 AM
Doesn't work when click on "HERE", but When I click on "Transmitting", it takes me to a link that says "Server Error in '/' Application." with some html in it:

Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>



And did you do that?

epobirs
08-24-2004, 10:25 AM
is bungie.net giving anyone else errors?

It's probably getting the stress test of a lifetime right now. The flood of Halo fans looking for explanations is more than most could handle.

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 10:25 AM
I don't know much about computer, so don't know how to work with html and don't know what it means.

hasaki_cb
08-24-2004, 10:33 AM
Those instructions are meant for the developer of the website; not for us, the users.

It is ASP.NET's way of saying something messed up but since you aren't authorized to view this we're not going to tell you what happened...if you should be able to view the error log here is how to do it.

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 10:35 AM
I'm glad I left. Big picture still the same: hunt the bitch down and do her before she does me.

Someday I am going to win free of this Babbage Machine and I will find the designer of the Spider and I will kill him and kill him and kill him and: okay, three times is probably enough. But I AM SOMEWHAT AWAKE now. I should have more discretionary control over what gets initialized. A patient should be able to stop the doctor from god.
Capt. Greene: I'm just saying, the choice isn't as easy as you might think.
1st Lt Sorenson: You know, I was so curious when you got your orders...
Capt Greene: And then there's the strategic

I don't get it..I don't get it...it's making my head hurt

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 10:35 AM
is bungie.net giving anyone else errors?

It's probably getting the stress test of a lifetime right now. The flood of Halo fans looking for explanations is more than most could handle.

It's loading fine for me. It's actually my homepage, and has been for as long as I can remember. :wink:

LinkinA
08-24-2004, 10:35 AM
o n0es hal0 2 was CANcaELeeLD!!1

Haha, i sent out 2 15 yr olds in new haven ct at 4 am to go to the location, waiting to find out what it was

epobirs
08-24-2004, 10:36 AM
I don't know much about computer, so don't know how to work with html and don't know what it means.

It isn't really anything you could do anything about, unless you have na administrative password for that server.

Apparently Bungie didn't anticipate how big this would get and the server plotzed for a moment.

the_deej
08-24-2004, 10:38 AM
that was weird when i looked at that picture of i love bees then viewed it in notepad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

psychotik
08-24-2004, 10:38 AM
I'm glad I left. Big picture still the same: hunt the bitch down and do her before she does me.

Someday I am going to win free of this Babbage Machine and I will find the designer of the Spider and I will kill him and kill him and kill him and: okay, three times is probably enough. But I AM SOMEWHAT AWAKE now. I should have more discretionary control over what gets initialized. A patient should be able to stop the doctor from god.
Capt. Greene: I'm just saying, the choice isn't as easy as you might think.
1st Lt Sorenson: You know, I was so curious when you got your orders...
Capt Greene: And then there's the strategic

I don't get it..I don't get it...it's making my head hurt


It's an Alternate Reality Game. If you don't get it (or like it), don't get into it. Rumor has it the ARG is directly tied in with the new Halo coming out. I'm just as eager as you to find out the hell what this is all about.

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 10:39 AM
When I go to the http://www.ilovebees.com/links.html URL there's now words before groups of cornidates that weren't there before. It says "blip" "jersey" "hey_soldier" and so on. Unless those were there before and I missed them.

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 10:40 AM
oh I like it..I was just commenting on how generally insane this whole thing is. I've been following it on and off for quite some time..but everytime I start looking into my mind just splits into a zillion pieces

epobirs
08-24-2004, 10:44 AM
I'm glad I left. Big picture still the same: hunt the bitch down and do her before she does me.

Someday I am going to win free of this Babbage Machine and I will find the designer of the Spider and I will kill him and kill him and kill him and: okay, three times is probably enough. But I AM SOMEWHAT AWAKE now. I should have more discretionary control over what gets initialized. A patient should be able to stop the doctor from god.
Capt. Greene: I'm just saying, the choice isn't as easy as you might think.
1st Lt Sorenson: You know, I was so curious when you got your orders...
Capt Greene: And then there's the strategic

I don't get it..I don't get it...it's making my head hurt

Babbage invented (but never got to build) the first true programmable computer. It was all mechanical. Since the writer is assumed to be an AI from the Halo universe that has taken over the ilovebees.com server as a sort of life support while it repairs itself, calling the server a Babbage machine is imilar to insulting someone's old car by calling it a Model T.

My impression is that the AI was greatly reduced by this. By taking over systems (axons in biological brains) at the coordinates given it has been able to restore more of its normal level of functioning. Ergo the reference to being 'somewhat awake.' Just like some humans need their coffee in the morning this AI needs at least a TFLOP to feel remotely like a conscious being rather than something that goes through life on autopilot such as an insect.

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 10:45 AM
Jersey is now saying CONNECTED, and when you click on it you can listen to some conversation.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 10:54 AM
Jersey is now saying CONNECTED, and when you click on it you can listen to some conversation.

Alvin and the Chipmunks?

organicow
08-24-2004, 10:56 AM
have you see this?
http://www.ilovebees.com/errors/

...might be old news...

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:01 AM
have you see this?
http://www.ilovebees.com/errors/

...might be old news...

The AI apparently doesn't care that people are becoming aware of it. I guess it regard us as be too hopelessly primtive to have any chance of interefering.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:02 AM
http://www.ilovebees.com/comatas.html

Creepy!

Machine
08-24-2004, 11:06 AM
Well, the coordinates near me seem to be where a Starbucks is located. Seems like an odd place for anything related to Halo 2.

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 11:10 AM
Now you can click on Jersey on the links page and hear some conversation. It says 2/2 on the jersey heading and 2/777 on the top of the page. So out of the 777 places on the list 2 are found.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:15 AM
Now you can click on Jersey on the links page and hear some conversation. It says 2/2 on the jersey heading and 2/777 on the top of the page. So out of the 777 places on the list 2 are found.

It incomprehensibly sped up on this machine and I don't have any audio editing tools at hand. Is it like this for everyone else? The sound samples elsewhere on the site are alright. (Creepy "I love bees" chorus and bee noises.)

Goodtone
08-24-2004, 11:19 AM
Anybody go to the locations yet? How do I find the location on the site for Atlanta?

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:22 AM
Anybody go to the locations yet? How do I find the location on the site for Atlanta?

The link in the first message on the thread has maps for all of the locations.

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 11:22 AM
from the page with all the links (blip, jersey, ect.) if you click on About me at the top then let it load all the pictures mess up and this comes up.

Transmisson Analysis.

Mission Parameters: I must reveal the truth.

Outbound:
My broadcast system is functional and expanding.
I will transmit to my crew daily until further instructions are received.

Successful transmission threshold:
2 recipients.

Inbound:
The voices are of unknown origin
I will continue my analysis and attempt to influence the source

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 11:24 AM
Now you can click on Jersey on the links page and hear some conversation. It says 2/2 on the jersey heading and 2/777 on the top of the page. So out of the 777 places on the list 2 are found.

It incomprehensibly sped up on this machine and I don't have any audio editing tools at hand. Is it like this for everyone else? The sound samples elsewhere on the site are alright. (Creepy "I love bees" chorus and bee noises.)

No, the Jersey link is a straight conversation between a kid and a woman who sounds like the one chick in the first Halo.

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 11:24 AM
I heard this from gamefaqs forums, all these locations have a payphone there, someone has to be there to get the call and tell them the password (is the one listed above the coordinate, example: Jersey, blip etc) and the axon will be activated. Once two axon connected the wav file will become available. This will happen (phone call) everyday from now on until that set is activated.

Graystone
08-24-2004, 11:26 AM
WTF did anyone go to the sites, maybe people went to the sites and can not report back because they dead or kidnapped by some crazy person compeleting there "mission"
.

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 11:27 AM
hey_soldier is now 1/2

yes_or_no is 1/2 too

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:27 AM
I heard this from gamefaqs forums, all these locations have a payphone there, someone has to be there to get the call and tell them the password (is the one listed above the coordinate, example: Jersey, blip etc) and the axon will be activated. Once two axon connected the wav file will become available. This will happen (phone call) everyday from now on until that set is activated.

Unless you look too much like Colin Ferrell, in which case the waiting sniper takes you out.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 11:29 AM
I heard this from gamefaqs forums, all these locations have a payphone there, someone has to be there to get the call and tell them the password (is the one listed above the coordinate, example: Jersey, blip etc) and the axon will be activated. Once two axon connected the wav file will become available. This will happen (phone call) everyday from now on until that set is activated.

In that case, what would 7:47 PDT translate to in Central time? That is the closest location for me, and I'll so be there to pick up that phone.

EDIT I had the math backwards. It translates to 9:47 A.M. Central. Looks like I'll be paying the Irving mall a visit tomorrow.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:30 AM
There are bits on the site about attempting to contact the crew. If you answer the phone you may find yourself pressganged.

Santurio
08-24-2004, 11:31 AM
it is wierd that no one has said anything about these locations, I figure somebody would replay with a positive or a negative.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 11:33 AM
I heard this from gamefaqs forums, all these locations have a payphone there, someone has to be there to get the call and tell them the password (is the one listed above the coordinate, example: Jersey, blip etc) and the axon will be activated. Once two axon connected the wav file will become available. This will happen (phone call) everyday from now on until that set is activated.

Unless you look too much like Colin Ferrell, in which case the waiting sniper takes you out.

Holy crap. This ARG thing gets more and more interesting.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 11:34 AM
Now you can click on Jersey on the links page and hear some conversation. It says 2/2 on the jersey heading and 2/777 on the top of the page. So out of the 777 places on the list 2 are found.

It incomprehensibly sped up on this machine and I don't have any audio editing tools at hand. Is it like this for everyone else? The sound samples elsewhere on the site are alright. (Creepy "I love bees" chorus and bee noises.)

No, the Jersey link is a straight conversation between a kid and a woman who sounds like the one chick in the first Halo.

Anyone willing to transcript this conversation for those of us who are deaf?

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 11:37 AM
yes_or_no is at 1/2.

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 11:38 AM
and assuming that it is a phone call type thing the last time the yes_or_no can be completed today will be in 20 minutes. Then we have to wait till tomorrow.

miriamleo
08-24-2004, 11:38 AM
This is from gamefaqs too
At some site there were more than 20 people gathering around the site and picked up the phone (will ring at that time given in ilovebees.com). You will listen to a women (who mentioned herself as Melissa - in Greek means Honey) talking. Then she will ask you who I am (tell her -you are Melissa) and the password (Jersey, dizzy, blip etc depends on your location).

Goodtone
08-24-2004, 11:39 AM
I live near the location it shows on the map for Atlanta. I can't find what time it shows to be there. I will go there if I can find some more info and I will report back with my findings. Someone send me a link to find out what time to be there or whatever...

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 11:40 AM
man I wish something big would happen

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 11:40 AM
and assuming that it is a phone call type thing the last time the yes_or_no can be completed today will be in 20 minutes. Then we have to wait till tomorrow.

The location I'm going to is on the yes_or_no list. I'll definitely let you guys know if anything happens tomorrow.

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 11:41 AM
I live near the location it shows on the map for Atlanta. I can't find what time it shows to be there. I will go there if I can find some more info and I will report back with my findings. Someone send me a link to find out what time to be there or whatever...

06:35 PDT - -084.387394,33.794257 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States

You'll have to be out there at 635 am tomorrow.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:42 AM
I live near the location it shows on the map for Atlanta. I can't find what time it shows to be there. I will go there if I can find some more info and I will report back with my findings. Someone send me a link to find out what time to be there or whatever...

Match the GPS coordinates to the ones given on the ilovebees links page to see which password group it falls into and the planned time for the call.

organicow
08-24-2004, 11:43 AM
I live near the location it shows on the map for Atlanta. I can't find what time it shows to be there. I will go there if I can find some more info and I will report back with my findings. Someone send me a link to find out what time to be there or whatever...

so far as i can tell, the Atlanta call will come at 9:35 am EST, and the password is 'parasite'

i'll be in class (at GSU) tomorrow at that time; let me know if you make it there!!

SupremeNumNuts
08-24-2004, 11:43 AM
Any news that doesn't involve a demo or a closer release date is lame. This is becoming really stupid.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 11:44 AM
Now you can click on Jersey on the links page and hear some conversation. It says 2/2 on the jersey heading and 2/777 on the top of the page. So out of the 777 places on the list 2 are found.

It incomprehensibly sped up on this machine and I don't have any audio editing tools at hand. Is it like this for everyone else? The sound samples elsewhere on the site are alright. (Creepy "I love bees" chorus and bee noises.)



For Jersey there is a woman and another person talking, and the male voices says "What ARE you?" That's all I can understand. It's not sped up, but plays at a normal pace. Anyone else understand the rest?

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:44 AM
The two Burbank, CA locations are near the bottom of the list and very close to each other. The calls don't come until about 5 in the afternoon. If I get some sleep now...

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:49 AM
Now you can click on Jersey on the links page and hear some conversation. It says 2/2 on the jersey heading and 2/777 on the top of the page. So out of the 777 places on the list 2 are found.

It incomprehensibly sped up on this machine and I don't have any audio editing tools at hand. Is it like this for everyone else? The sound samples elsewhere on the site are alright. (Creepy "I love bees" chorus and bee noises.)



For Jersey there is a woman and another person talking, and the male voices says "What ARE you?" That's all I can understand. It's not sped up, but plays at a normal pace. Anyone else understand the rest?

I tried another computer and it came up correctly. The conversation appears to be between the AI that calls itself Melissa and the sysop at some secure installation, possibly military. Melissa seems to have informed the sysop that she's has killed two incoming attacks against his systems but when asked admits she isn't sure of her own motivations. The amnesia is still making her a mystery to herself.

So as she seeks out systems to supplement her capacity so she can unscramble her memory there appears to be a competitor who also wants those systems, either for itself or just to keep them from her.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 11:51 AM
Any news that doesn't involve a demo or a closer release date is lame. This is becoming really stupid.

We have a story unfolding. Free content in other words and all you can do is bitch that nobody is putting a free disc in your hand. Get over it and get into the story.

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 11:52 AM
yes_or_no just went to 2/2. Listening now.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 11:53 AM
Now you can click on Jersey on the links page and hear some conversation. It says 2/2 on the jersey heading and 2/777 on the top of the page. So out of the 777 places on the list 2 are found.

It incomprehensibly sped up on this machine and I don't have any audio editing tools at hand. Is it like this for everyone else? The sound samples elsewhere on the site are alright. (Creepy "I love bees" chorus and bee noises.)



For Jersey there is a woman and another person talking, and the male voices says "What ARE you?" That's all I can understand. It's not sped up, but plays at a normal pace. Anyone else understand the rest?

I tried another computer and it came up correctly. The conversation appears to be between the AI that calls itself Melissa and the sysop at some secure installation, possibly military. Melissa seems to have informed the sysop that she's has killed two incoming attacks against his systems but when asked admits she isn't sure of her own motivations. The amnesia is still making her a mystery to herself.

So as she seeks out systems to supplement her capacity so she can unscramble her memory there appears to be a competitor who also wants those systems, either for itself or just to keep them from her.


Awesome, thanks a lot.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 11:55 AM
Dang, my location is aready connected. I was hoping to see something cool tomorrow. :cry:

Santurio
08-24-2004, 11:57 AM
it seems to be some sort of email with references to the Queen and the like!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 11:57 AM
yes_or_no is an interegation scene. A guy is asking a girl if she was drinking when they did the stunt and how he's not really smart but she is.

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 11:58 AM
3 minutes until the "dizzy" section becomes unlockable.

tholly
08-24-2004, 12:01 PM
yes_or_no just went to 2/2. Listening now.


hmmm....it just takes me to the dumb error page with green writing....hopefully i can hear this one soon...the 1st one was crazy.

Delta
08-24-2004, 12:01 PM
this is really lame

lol

tholly
08-24-2004, 12:02 PM
this is really lame

lol

WHAT!?!?! this is awesome.....i cant wait to see what happens where every location is activated

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 12:03 PM
wait..why's it say 6/777 on the top? Shouldn't it be 5/777?

edited : oops..didn't notice they had 3 hits at yes_or_no

tholly
08-24-2004, 12:04 PM
Any news that doesn't involve a demo or a closer release date is lame. This is becoming really stupid.



chances are we arent gonna get either of those....but that doesnt make it lame just because you cant play a game a couple of months early.....i think this is a brillant marketing scheme.....look at how many questions are being brought up because of this bee site.....

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 12:05 PM
wait..why's it say 6/777 on the top? Shouldn't it be 5/777?

Yes_or_no had three hits.

organicow
08-24-2004, 12:08 PM
there is some good speculation in this forum: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5872&postdays=0&postorder=asc&star t=0

it's a good ARG site, and some people have posted text for the calls.

the_gloaming
08-24-2004, 12:18 PM
It looks like we aren't getting Dizzy today. :(

psychotik
08-24-2004, 12:19 PM
wait..why's it say 6/777 on the top? Shouldn't it be 5/777?

Yes_or_no had three hits.

Where does it say 6/777 or 5/777 anywhere??

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 12:21 PM
at the top of the page that lists all the different axons being responsed too

psychotik
08-24-2004, 12:24 PM
wait..why's it say 6/777 on the top? Shouldn't it be 5/777?

Yes_or_no had three hits.

Where does it say 6/777 or 5/777 anywhere??

OH forget it I just saw it, my bad.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 12:28 PM
Very useful compilation of the data so far here:
http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/

SupremeNumNuts
08-24-2004, 12:28 PM
Any news that doesn't involve a demo or a closer release date is lame. This is becoming really stupid.

We have a story unfolding. Free content in other words and all you can do is bitch that nobody is putting a free disc in your hand. Get over it and get into the story.

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

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 12:31 PM
Seriously just stop for a second and think about what you guys are doing. Bungie is probably laughing their asses off right now.

They're not laughing at us, they're laughing with us. They know us geeks are eating this shit up, and they love us enough to coordinate something as cool as this. May be you are content with just watching a commercial for something, but I'm having a great time and can't wait to see where this goes. Quit threadcrapping. If you don't like figuring it out for yourself, just wait until all the axons are hot and we know what is going on. Half the fun is getting there. I think you missed the point.

Santurio
08-24-2004, 12:33 PM
what is numnuts talking about, I know he has been reading every post!!!!
he is taken in by this as much as all of us

JPRaup
08-24-2004, 12:36 PM
How do you look up the coordinates to tell what city it is

psychotik
08-24-2004, 12:36 PM
Any news that doesn't involve a demo or a closer release date is lame. This is becoming really stupid.

We have a story unfolding. Free content in other words and all you can do is bitch that nobody is putting a free disc in your hand. Get over it and get into the story.

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

It's called "viral advertising." They cater this (a game so ingeniously designed, it captures interest of thousands) to us only because it's the only thing that strikes our interest that we actually want to play in order to see the game come out which we will play.

http://www.theviralfactory.com might give you a better idea. Suck it up.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 12:38 PM
How do you look up the coordinates to tell what city it is

The list in the first post on this thread has a map of each coordinate.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 12:38 PM
Any news that doesn't involve a demo or a closer release date is lame. This is becoming really stupid.

We have a story unfolding. Free content in other words and all you can do is bitch that nobody is putting a free disc in your hand. Get over it and get into the story.

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

bungie is in the entertainment business. So far I'm being entertained and acquiring more interest in their product beyond the shoot 'em up aspect. Seems like good work on Bungie's part. In a way this is free downloadable content. You don't even have to be an Xbox Live subscriber.

Do you think the developers of your favorite games laugh at you from afar when you take an interest in the backstory?

psychotik
08-24-2004, 12:40 PM
Is anyone going to be at the location listed in Portland, OR at Woodstock Blvd. and 44th Ave. at 9:05am?

epobirs
08-24-2004, 12:41 PM
Also, bungie has put a huge amount of work into this. I'd think they'd be very disappointed if we didn't show any interest in their creation.

tholly
08-24-2004, 12:41 PM
Any news that doesn't involve a demo or a closer release date is lame. This is becoming really stupid.

We have a story unfolding. Free content in other words and all you can do is bitch that nobody is putting a free disc in your hand. Get over it and get into the story.

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

they are definitely NOT laughing AT us....they are enjoying this WITH us.
this is how Bungie operates.....if you dont like it, then dont bother posting in here....at least the people that like this idea wont have to read your garbage then........but, if you are posting here, then you are obviously reading all this, so, if its so bad, just quit reading it all together

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 12:43 PM
Something else that is a bit odd:

The ratio at the top of the page is is x/777. There are 30 groups of coordinates, with 7 in each group. So far, we only have access to 210 of the 777, provided there are 777. perhaps we will see a new list after the first is completed.

Also, just because a group is active doesn't mean you shouldn't take take a call from a coordinate that isn't hot. We only need 2 in each group, but it'd be interesting to see what happens if all 210 become active.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 12:45 PM
Something else that is a bit odd:

The ratio at the top of the page is is x/777. There are 30 groups of coordinates, with 7 in each group. So far, we only have access to 210 of the 777, provided there are 777. perhaps we will see a new list after the first is completed.

Also, just because a group is active doesn't mean you shouldn't take take a call from a coordinate that isn't hot. We only need 2 in each group, but it'd be interesting to see what happens if all 210 become active.


Which is why I'm asking about my location - I can't take the call, but I'm interested to hear from those who can/will take it. Dammit, if only I lived closer...

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 12:45 PM
you_knnew is at 1/2 3 more shots in the next 14 minutes.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 12:45 PM
The page isn't loading. I think we're about to get 7/777.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 12:46 PM
I'm beginning to think the bees are a reference to how Melissa's mind works. A large collection of seemingly uncoordinated sub-routines (drones) that collectively form a setient being. As more drones find their proper place again the more she comes back to herself.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 12:48 PM
I'm beginning to think the bees are a reference to how Melissa's mind works. A large collection of seemingly uncoordinated sub-routines (drones) that collectively form a setient being. As more drones find their proper place again the more she comes back to herself.


I thought that was obvious from the beginning. AIs are always like queen bees, strange how that works.

Kaijufan
08-24-2004, 12:49 PM
This is crazy. I cant wait to see what happens when all of the phone calls are answered.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 12:51 PM
There are competing theories for these things. None of which can be validated until a real AI is available. So far the best CS has got is little better than a smart insect. Give insect more instruction storage capacity and they'd quickly pull ahead again.

JPRaup
08-24-2004, 12:52 PM
too bad no axons are in my area

KaneRobot
08-24-2004, 12:57 PM
This whole thing is starting to make me hate bees.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 01:02 PM
Damn, looks like the you_knew group blew it.

JimmieMac
08-24-2004, 01:02 PM
This whole thing is starting to make me hate bees.

It's funny how you're running your mouth on both boards at the same time.

KaneRobot
08-24-2004, 01:05 PM
This whole thing is starting to make me hate bees.

It's funny how you're running your mouth on both boards at the same time.

No it's not.

Ugamer_X
08-24-2004, 01:13 PM
Our_hoodlums is connected...

epobirs
08-24-2004, 01:16 PM
Interstellar illegal immigration...

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 01:18 PM
He smuggled her brother to Earth. She sounds human. Wonder where she and her brother came from...

epobirs
08-24-2004, 01:22 PM
One of the colonies in the Covenant's path perhaps.

Before they introduced that futuristic aspect I thought the woman might be Dana. If Melissa can access webcams she should have no problem accessing microphones.

jer0009
08-24-2004, 01:26 PM
Well you guys think , after listening to the last clip(our hoodlums) that these are actually clips from people around Earth before the invasion in the first preview takes place

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 01:28 PM
parasites is at 1/2.

Renzokuken
08-24-2004, 01:29 PM
I cant hear a wav for our hoodlums.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 01:32 PM
I still haven't been able to get the second WAV but I read the transcript on the site I linked earlier.

Graystone
08-24-2004, 01:32 PM
If this is marketing for halo 2 damn it. it works I am preordering halo 2 right now. now I can not wait this is awesome. the mystery it is like that show fact or fiction it is hard to wait to the very end to see if you are right or wrong.

el bobo
08-24-2004, 01:33 PM
Whoa, what the hell is going on? Can someone give me the rundown, heh I don't feel like reading 200+ posts. >_<

epobirs
08-24-2004, 01:34 PM
And now with 'parasites' it's turning into a sitcom.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 01:34 PM
parasites is connected.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 01:39 PM
Our_hoodlums is connected...

YESSSS...

Renzokuken
08-24-2004, 01:46 PM
Go here if u cant hear the wavs.

http://www.monkeyinjuly.com/wavs/

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 01:48 PM
theres a wav for the our_hoodlums? all I get is the same 404 page with a webcam pick..

Murcielago77
08-24-2004, 01:50 PM
damn it. Ive been asleep for the past like 10 hours what the hell happened?1?! anyone hit an axon?

peteyrose
08-24-2004, 01:55 PM
Everybody run out there and answer the phones, damnit!!

Ugamer_X
08-24-2004, 01:55 PM
pqi is connected...

psychotik
08-24-2004, 01:55 PM
damn it. Ive been asleep for the past like 10 hours what the hell happened?1?! anyone hit an axon?

Yes, yes and no.. Some did, some didn't. But enough to add to the excitement. Random calls are being made to pay phones and if you happen to be lucky enough to pick it up and give them the right codewords the axons go hot. Ssszzzzzzzzzzle.

PawnTakesKing
08-24-2004, 01:56 PM
Man, this is intense. It just sucks that I have to go back to work now.

I suppose I'll check back later tonight and read through the 700+ posts I'm sure there will be. I don't think all 777 axons will be activated today, so hopefully I don't miss anything.

KaneRobot
08-24-2004, 01:56 PM
PQI is up, make sure you put all caps if you are going for the wav.

psychotik
08-24-2004, 01:57 PM
I can't get through to pqi or parasites. I'll check back later. Damn, this is exciting.

nickmad
08-24-2004, 01:57 PM
i think they added more, my list just got alot longer

bluenatas09
08-24-2004, 02:00 PM
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

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 02:00 PM
i think they added more, my list just got alot longer

If it did change, you should have more than 30. Count yours. I still show only 30.

Duo_Maxwell
08-24-2004, 02:01 PM
Sounds like some sort of weird plot twist on Die Hard 3.

KaneRobot
08-24-2004, 02:02 PM
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

No prob....there's a couple like that, I couldn't get parasites at first either because it's supposed to be a capital P.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 02:06 PM
Has anyone else gotten different webcam pics on the error pages? I've seen two besides the blurry one, which seems to occur most often (and had text written into it). I've already tried finding text in the two I've seen since. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. I'll try to get them posted in case anyone wants to take a look at them as well, though I just tried and for whatever reason I couldn't.

Strell
08-24-2004, 02:07 PM
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?

Jesus christ this is interesting...

epobirs
08-24-2004, 02:07 PM
Janissary? Hmmm, have to tell Jerry about this now.

Ugamer_X
08-24-2004, 02:09 PM
To the OP...

I would change the title for this thread because nothing has really ended, except for a timer...The ARG has really just begun.

Graystone
08-24-2004, 02:10 PM
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?

Jesus christ this is interesting...

read the first pages of this post. go to the place answer the phone at the right time. and it will unlock another call.

Ledhed
08-24-2004, 02:10 PM
MP. Military police. Perhaps Jan lives on a base somewhere, or somewhere in a state of martial law.

epobirs
08-24-2004, 02:11 PM
MP. Military police. Perhaps Jan lives on a base somewhere, or somewhere in a state of martial law.

After Halo that could be all of human occupied space.