The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!): Interaction-New

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:36:16 +0000

I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread for us not attending the 4th or 7th to post when we get replies from the e-mails sent to Dana asking for the DVD. I sent my request right after lunch (around 11PST) and have not heard anything yet. If I do, I will let folks know. Please feel free to do the same. :)

(again, thebruce... if you do not get one, and I do, I would be honored to send it to you as I feel you deserve it more than I do... I will send ya mine if that were to happen, I just ask that you let me see it first. :))

[SNAILMAIL] Postcard from Dana

DreamOfTheRood@forums.unfiction.com — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:19:29 +0000

Nice touch. :) Received this yesterday, as have apparently some folks who commented on Dana's Blog.

I now have closure. *sniff!*

[Meetup] Boston Beekeepers - Meet Up on Friday November 19

LouMac@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:35:07 +0000

I guess we should consider this one final axon for us Greater Boston Beekeepers:

42.349763, -071.077880
19:00 EST, Tonight

Crewmembers, do not disappoint me.

More info here .

[EMAIL] Emails to PMs (Elan)

TuxKamen@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:22:57 +0000

I didn't get a chance to ask Elan my question in the IRC chat, so I rabidly jumped on his offer to email him further questions after the end of the chat. This is our correspondence so far.

Lt. Col. JR reporting for duty

JR
to elanlee
More options Nov 7 (22 hours ago)
Lt. Col. JR here. I had an excellent time playing for you guys - you
wouldn't believe the looks I got playing a travel guitar for a pay
phone resting on my knee, and setting up the camera and tripod to take
a decent photo of me in front of that pay phone drew even more stares.
On top of that, words cannot express how glad I am that you
appreciated the song, even though the guitar was a cheap travel one
that hadn't been tuned in several blue moons and desparately needed
new strings, and I goofed a couple of times on the solo. You're too
kind. Now then: What does the future hold for 42 Entertainment? I'm
sure you don't want to name names, but could you tell us (and by us I
of course mean the beekeeping society) if you have any pending clients
at the moment?

Also, if you're feeling especially gracious this evening, how did the
whole live call deal work? Was there a sort of teleprompter thing
going on? I got the whole part about the box in the middle of your
living room, but when you said that making my sandaled feet run to my
car was your decision rather than Kristen's, I became a little curious
as to how you guys managed to influence what she was saying. Did she
have an IM setup along with the rest of you?

And, finally, thank you *so much* for the whole ILB experience. I've
never before seen a community as involved, responsive, and coordinated
as the one that your team managed to inspire. I really had a great
time over the past four or five months doing this, starting with
trying to explain the whole text-in-images thing to my roommate in a
hotel room in California in late July. Little did I know that the
blank stare I got then was only to be repeated throughout the months
to come whenever my friends asked why I went to the Quarry every
Tuesday night. I guess I'll end all that rampancy by saying, again,
thank you. If you think the rest of the team might care (and I don't
doubt your emotional capacities in any form, but realize that you can
only read so many emails before your eyes start bleeding), then please
let them know I had a wonderful time.

Lt. Col. JR of the Apocalypso
Crew member for life (not to mention rabid Douglas Adams and Pink
Floyd fan - you guys have pretty much perfect taste, as far as I'm
concerned)

--
Blessed are the bewildered, for they won't notice the difference.

Check out the site at http://www.electricidiom.com

Elan Lee
to me
4:53pm (28 minutes ago)
Hi JR!

I really wasn't kidding when I said that your playing for us was one of my
favorite memories of the game. You were willing to take a risk and behave
in a way that I'm sure you hadn't planned on when you woke up in the
morning. It was so very much appreciated. You made the game better.

I must admit, I was a bit worried about posting your audio so prominently
without permission. I was keeping my fingers crossed that you'd see it as
appreciation and not anything else.

As far as future projects go, I'm in a bit of a bind. Yes, we have more
clients, and yes we're working on a few projects at the moment. (I'm
actually working quite hard on trying to arrange a vacation, but that
probably isn't what you were poking around for.) The trick is that this
whole range of games only works if it's a surprise. I keep toying around
with the idea of asking the beekeepers to test out a new project before it
goes live, but I think the breaks a kind of trust that exists. It would be
like Dana posting in the forums. There's a wall that we all need to know
exists. Without it, it's so much harder to do something spectacular like go
out and answer a payphone. (anyway, I'd be happy to get your opinion on
this one.)

As far as live calls go, we always had five people on each of the calls.
The calls were built out of two conference systems linked together, and said
contraption in my living room. We all maintained a separate IM conversation
to feed lines and information. Here's how the cast worked:

Me: Direction/Game Progression
Sean: story references/literary references
Jim: Bit unlocking/realtime changes to website
Jane: Calling schedule/expert on players
Kristen: Making the players do crazy things they'd be embarrassed to repeat
in public

We all fed ideas to Kristen as the calls unfolded. Also, she did an
unbelievable job of riffing with people and generally making the experience
an incredible one.

Thanks so much, it was a pleasure playing the game with you!
Elan

JR
to Elan
5:39pm (0 minutes ago)
Hiya, Elan!

I completely agree as far as the element of surprise goes. The jars of
honey thing (I'm looking forward to that story whenever Jane gets
around to telling it, by the way) was a brilliant way to start off the
ARG; rumor has it there's another ARG going on that started with a
fabricated Missing Persons ad sent to ARGN, which I think is awesome.
I much prefer in-character announcements to out of character ones (as
in Project Syzygy [I think I spelled that right], whose PMs have put
out ads (ads written in code via a letter substitution cypher scheme,
but ads nonetheless) in magazines promoting said ARG. It might,
however, be interesting to note that I have elected to play Project
Syzygy rather than the ARG with the missing persons ad; interpret that
as you will, because God knows I don't know why I'm doing it.

I'm glad you posted the audio (even without permission), really, as it
made for huge bragging material whenever I showed my friends (mostly
because you so graciously turned the audio feed way down at the part
where I goofed on the solo). The setup for the live calls sounds
pretty awesome, too - if you've got some photos of the seeming
behemoth that was your living room's setup, I'm sure all of the
beekeepers would love to see them.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'd like to take a quick
second to thank you again for talking with a humble beekeeper. I'm
sure it might not seem like much to you, but it's really quite a rush
to see an email in my inbox from a PM. On that note, I'd like to ask
you another question: Now that you've become more than a little
famous, what with the (albeit mostly crappy - god, I love parentheses)
news coverage ILB inspired, do you think that 42 Entertainment will be
expanding in the future? From what I've gathered from the junior PMs'
visits to #beekeepers, it seems like most of them freelance - do you
think you'll be taking on more core 42 members? This isn't just a
roundabout way of asking for a job, mind you, as I'm underage; I'm
just really curious as to the future of the company. I'm really
looking forward to hearing from you guys again (or, rather, playing an
amazing ARG and then finding out it was you guys behind it).

Thanks as always,
JR

PS: I'll be watching my mail for a rabbit hole - wink, wink, nudge,
nudge, you know the rest.

"Moving pictures" for ABC news

krystyn@forums.unfiction.com — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 06:23:10 +0000

ABC world news tonight wants to do a story on the game. Problem: they need moving pictures cuz it's like TV. Any chance that if any of you have any you could start a thread with links to which we could point the producer?

They had called me on Friday looking for this also. I don't have any, but if you do, please post links here.

Go here: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7956
to post your links
(sorry for all the cross postings, catherwood thought this would work better than a sticky in just one area).

Conversation with BalticAmberSmith (Maureen McHugh) in #bk

MrBeefy@forums.unfiction.com — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:40:45 +0000

[13:51] *** BalticAmberSmith (~mcqSekrit@2e60f4af.36df8733.clvdoh.adelphia.net) has joined channel #beekeepers
[13:51] the flood control code in the bots should kick in at one point :P
[13:51] Maybe the PM's want to go on my beekeepers dating show :-p
[13:51] Not me, I'm married.
[13:52] You're a PM?
[13:52] Junior PM
[13:52] On the credits.
[13:52] Woah! :)
[13:52] junior PM?
[13:53] Maureen McHugh
[13:53] A spy!
[13:53] Wow, nice to meet ya :)
[13:53] Nice to be able to speak :)
[13:53] *** Signoff: Cortana (Ping timeout: 181 seconds)
[13:53] I bet. I bet you've been aching to say something all this time
[13:53] Indeed.
[13:53] Well, it doesn't actually say Junior PM on the credits.
[13:53] *** Crispy` (~CrispyG4@fbb8a3c.38050f2d.mia.bellsouth.net) has joined channel #beekeepers
[13:53] It says Managing Editor, writer and puzzles.
[13:54] Managing Editor sounds a lot better than Junior PM anyways :)
[13:54] yeah
[13:54] Writer and Puzzles, eh?
[13:54] Not much on puzzles.
[13:54] So you're the demon responsible for turning us all into pawns? :P
[13:54] * Anaerin chuckles
[13:54] Beat me to it, ONI|CdrGabriel
[13:54] hehe
[13:54] I'm really lousy at puzzles. NO! NOT THE PAWN!
[13:54] I hated that puzzle.
[13:54] So did we :)
[13:54] BalticAmberSmith: So did we.
[13:54] Glad to see we weren't alone, then.
[13:55] I did the puzzle that had calculus in it.
[13:55] *** Signoff: NovaBandit (Ping timeout: 181 seconds)
[13:55] It was the only bad puzzle though, which is amazing
[13:55] 1 out of what, 50?
[13:55] And the puzzle with Whistler's Mother.
[13:55] you're too kind, strifey
[13:55] So, the question I'll bet everyone's dying to ask is...
[13:55] No, I'm honest. I have experience with the puzzle writing, and I know how difficult it is.
[13:56] .. did you really have anyone on the inside, in here? Keeping a close eye on us?
[13:56] sometimes.
[13:56] Yup. You've got to work puzzles both ways.
[13:56] sometimes I was here.
[13:56] sometimes other people.
[13:56] *** Cortana (~Cortana@8d7465b.3155232f.ncee.org) has joined channel #beekeepers
[13:56] :\
[13:56] WB, Cortana.
[13:56] I'm surprised we didn't drive you insane :)
[13:56] Bet that was hilarity in and of itself.
[13:56] no, you guys were great, actually.
[13:56] Cortana: BalticAmberSmith's just come out of the closet. She's one of the PM's
[13:57] hah
[13:57] cool :)
[13:57] Huh?
[13:57] * Anaerin chuckles
[13:57] we were mostly here when the waves were being released. And if something was screwed up, we reacted.
[13:57] She didn't want to go on my dating show though :( Imagine how many bachelors we would've had.
[13:57] For real?
[13:57] That's Junior PM.
[13:57] Ooh, lookit all these people waking up.
[13:57] *** Cortana is now known as Guest5952085
[13:57] bah
[13:57] I really must set my nickserv reply quicker
[13:57] BalticAmberSmith: Where is 4orty2wo based from?
[13:57] BalticAmberSmith: We noticed. Pretty quick on the ball there.
[13:57] We hereby give you a promotion to full PM
[13:57] What city?
[13:57] Just the merest mention of PM has awakened the slumbering dragon masses, Anaerin.
[13:57] I don't think I can claim to be a PM.
[13:58] which part of the game did you work on?
[13:58] Writing and some puzzles Tana
[13:58] BalticAmberSmith: It took you less than five minutes to spot "a_plan" yesterday.
[13:58] *** Guest5952085 is now known as tbridge
[13:58] *** tbridge is now known as Cortana
[13:58] I'm in Ohio, crispy. And FortyTwo is sort of a distributed company, some people in California and some in Seattle.
[13:59] Ok, just testing you. :)
[13:59] Looking to hire a few more? ;)
[13:59] I wrote a lot of the wavs.
[13:59] BalticAmberSmith: Sounds like a fun company to work for.
[13:59] I'm hoping they'll hire me again, Cortana.
[13:59] :)
[13:59] *** Signoff: SilentAvenger (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
[13:59] How'd you end up with 4orty2wo?
[13:59] BalticAmberSmith: Is Yuri hot or what?
[13:59] :D
[13:59] I wrote most of what Hiro said, a lot of Kamal, almost all of Rani except for 12.
[13:59] * ONI|CdrGabriel whistles.
[13:59] * Frobbe gives BalticAmberSmith a diploma with "First PM to reveal its presence on Irc"
[14:00] I wrote very little of Jan, except for Cavetti's and pumpkin ice cream.
[14:00] BalticAmberSmith: We always knew someone was in here. :D
[14:00] BalticAmberSmith: In my books, that makes you a pretty major part.
[14:00] * ONI|CdrGabriel hands BalticAmberSmith a glass of wine of her choice and settles back down on the chair beside the fire.
[14:00] *** SilentAvenger (SomeOne@2142b218.33f0f94f.20db5883.1ccf6d0X) has joined channel #beekeepers
[14:00] Everything was re-written a lot though, so it's hard to say who really wrote what.
[14:00] A major part indeed.
[14:00] BalticAmberSmith: Where were you guys when I went screaming at you to put some damn axons in Miami?
[14:00] :D
[14:00] You're the reason we love our characters so much.:)
[14:00] Or should I say.. "your" characters?
[14:01] Well, I live in Ohio, so I put them in Kent and Cleveland and scouted Rochester NY...but I was nowhere near Miama, Crispy. Sorry :)
[14:01] BalticAmberSmith: Oh. :(
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[14:01] No, Sean Stewart is the reason you love the characters so much. He's a genius.
[14:01] how did you guys choose the phones?
[14:02] We scouted as many as we could, and then used payphone directories. I think. I didn't do that much with phones.
[14:02] I know they had a list of universities at the beginning where they wanted to place phones...
[14:02] Well thank whoever put one 3 feet outside my office building. That was both creepy and cool :) Though I'd guess its a coincidence
[14:02] According to the credits, there were Axon scouts, did they actually scout virtually all of the locations?
[14:02] strifey: Or they were stalking you.
[14:02] There are no coincidences, strifey. :)
[14:02] See? Told you.
[14:02] (Okay, I'm kidding.)
[14:03] Awww.
[14:03] Haha
[14:03] BalticAmberSmith: Way to make us (more) paranoid.
[14:03] My Theory's better.
[14:03] Yeah, there were Axon scouts.
[14:03] heh, can we just tell you how crazy Union Station made us? :D
[14:03] BalticAmberSmith: So did you send Brain Ninjas to stalk us?
[14:03] or at least, the DC folks ;)
[14:03] OH.
[14:03] I've been meaning to ask the PMs.
[14:03] Finding payphones is tedious and frustrating. I checked eleven in Rochester to find one that acceptedincoming calls.
[14:03] I invented Brain Ninjas! (I wrote that line!)
[14:04] BalticAmberSmith: Did YOU guys do the Spartan Power Coke Machine thing?
[14:04] I wrote first drafts of a lot of Jersey and Durga.
[14:04] BalticAmberSmith: Cool!
[14:04] BalticAmberSmith: Nice. That was the original idea for our Halo 2 clan.
[14:04] I don't think so Crispy. I wish we had. :)
[14:04] i thought the brain ninjas were one of the best parts haha
[14:04] But we went with SPDRNinjas.
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[14:04] hi
[14:04] *** HK is now known as HedgeKnight
[14:04] BalticAmberSmith: Cortana showed us pics.
[14:04] So how many writers were actually working on it, and how were you structured?
[14:04] That was crazy.
[14:04] Wow, so the Spartan Power thing was totally random?
[14:04] Structure? Surely you jest.
[14:05] There were four writers. Me, Alex Irvine, Wil McCarthy and Sean Stewart.
[14:05] * ONI|CdrGabriel laughs.
[14:05] Touche.
[14:05] Once this gets too crazy, i'll +m if necessary. Please try to not flood her too badly with questions so she doesnt feel overwhelmed in the meantime :)
[14:05] Were there spots when you wanted to smack us around?
[14:05] were you all contracting with 42? do they have a fulltime "arg" staff?
[14:05] BalticAmberSmith: I think you should call them and tell them to get in chat. I wanna see what their nicks were.
[14:05] (search opera, not arg)
[14:05] Alex, Wil and I wrote the first drafts of all the wavs, Sean wrote almost all the website text (although I wrote most of the SP's communications when she was using pieces of your emails.)
[14:05] *** nawoR (wwwrun@1a9e3c85.31478372.brune.org) has joined channel #beekeepers
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[14:06] And thanks BalticAmberSmith for being so nice, and actually "coming out" and talking to us
[14:06] Hiya, nawoR
[14:06] nawoR: PM in chat. :D
[14:06] yeah, thanks so much for doing this :)
[14:06] hello
[14:06] question I've wanted to ask: What was the thing we did/said that made you laugh the most? cry the most? sit back and go 'wow, they're good'?
[14:06] *wavs*
[14:06] *** Rhiannon (andrea@371cd19e.2f9b2a4a.neebu.net) has joined channel #beekeepers
[14:06] this was an incredible thing you guys did. We're so glad we could ride herd :)
[14:06] (and thanks for such a wonderful and immersive game)
[14:06] Then I would edit Wil and Alex's for continuity and stuff, and pass it on to Sean, then he would re-write it and then he and Elan would go over it line by line at 2:00 in the morning.
[14:06] oh, i wanna thank em too, even though i want here that much
[14:06] I wanna know how close you guys were to slapping the hell out of us when Prepositions went on its second week.
[14:06] Now that's dedication.
[14:07] Yeah, being a part of the game has been one of the most incredible experiences, even if I could only mainly watch.
[14:07] And then I would log on and see someone remarking that the PMs were having an easy morning. :)
[14:07] BalticAmberSmith: LOL!
[14:07] haha
[14:07] BalticAmberSmith: Hahaha.
[14:07] BalticAmberSmith: Do you know some of the nicks that the PMs used?
[14:07] Ouch, well, in our defence, we couldn't have known. ^_^
[14:07] brb
[14:07] so you were editing all through the game or was it mostly done before the onset?
[14:07] The most frustrating? THat's hard. But when you guys starting posting about good and evil, I could have cried. You guys got so much subtley and nuance, were so thoughtful.
[14:08] BalticAmberSmith: How far in advance were the wavs produced, and how much influence did we have over what happened?
[14:08] Awww...
[14:08] Ahh, the discussion that Phaedra commandeered in Unfiction?
[14:08] And I'm a writer and people don't usually use my lines as sig files, but damn, every time I see "Science!" on a sif file...
[14:08] That moved a lot of people.
[14:08] BalticAmberSmith: That's a classic line. Mad Props for that.
[14:08] HedgeKnight, we were about three weeks ahead of release. Maybe two.
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[14:09] BalticAmberSmith: Well, always know that when SPDR Ninjas kicks everyone else's ass in Halo 2, you were the one who helped come up with the name.
[14:09] Crispy, other PMs have to tell you their nicknames...
[14:09] (wakes up)
[14:09] BalticAmberSmith: Awww, ok.
[14:09] o.O a puppet master
[14:09] http://www.ilovebees.com/index.html
[14:09] Oops.
[14:09] elvarien: Well spotted.
[14:09] He's quick, that elvarien.
[14:09] x.X
[14:09] Got to be that morning sickness.
[14:09] what I just checked my mirc to see what was erm .. currently happening
[14:09] .. err.
[14:09] elvarien: This is.
[14:10] * ONI|CdrGabriel didnt quite mean it like that.
[14:10] and its 3:00 here ---> netherlands ^^
[14:10] It's 0300 here ---> New Zealand. :P
[14:10] :)
[14:10] Anaerin, you had a lot of influence. Even more over the operator/sp storyline
[14:10] elvarien: No it's not. It's 2:10pm here, and I'm in the UK.
[14:10] Looks like staying late was worth it.
[14:10] 3:09 pm here
[14:10] What. Wait.
[14:10] What line was the "Science!" one again?
[14:10] * ONI|CdrGabriel looks at the index again.
[14:10] Elvarien, you're one of the Netherlands contingent? Mad props to you guys! We wanted so badly to get you a payphone...
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[14:11] hiro had a "science!" line
[14:11] but yes ... ilb .... seriousely it kept me up for nights deep into the little hours of the next morning
[14:11] Cool.
[14:11] daaamn
[14:11] is someone logging this?
[14:11] 16:09 here.
[14:11] (always am)
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[14:11] Oh god, I hope not. :D
[14:11] johnny, ya, so long as Rowan stays in the channel
[14:11] * Frobbe badly wished for one in Denmark
[14:11] heh if there would have been a payphone here .. me and my crew would have defenitely lit the axon :P
[14:11] BalticAmberSmith, any reason why they never caled my axon?
[14:11] * strifey protects Rowan from netsplits
[14:11] Hello my sexy biznatches
[14:11] theres more dutch beekeepers :) .. well I know a few
[14:11] Dewey: Not today. PM in chat.
[14:12] Frobbe, we wanted one in Denmark, in Australia, in England...SilentAvenger, we wanted them all to ring, so I'll be damed if I know why yours didn't.
[14:12] Everyone loves the Dew =P
[14:12] (she's on meteor, so she should be okay for the most part)
[14:12] I'd like to know how live calls were determined
[14:12] * ONI|CdrGabriel will let BalticAmberSmith handle that herself.
[14:12] Pms love dewie too, Gaby
[14:12] Ok. Maybe cause its in teh middle east.
[14:12] It got enhottenated though
[14:12] which was weird.
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[14:12] Hah, there goes that word again.
[14:12] Johnny, I'm a Jr. PM, in Ohio. I don't really know how live calls were done...
[14:13] Enhottenated.
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[14:13] o_O
[14:13] hate that word
[14:13] morning all
[14:13] *** nawoR has changed the topic on channel #beekeepers to Welcome PM BalticAmberSmith | Last solve: apocalypso.html| eMail Dana for DVDs | contactme 45/45 wavs -(Link: www.inio.org/bees/mapper.html)www.inio.org/bees/mapper.html &(Link: www.theblackforge.net/axons/)www.theblackforge.net/axons/ | Combat Training Lists - (Link: http://ilovebees.leftbrained.org/combat)http://ilovebees.leftbrained.org/combat
[14:13] Mornin Sep7imus.
[14:13] I really hope my university doesnt auto-count GMAIL as spam =/
[14:14] BalticAmberSmith: a semi-technical question for you... what did most people use as the webpage name to find the 404 page?
[14:14] so BalticAmberSmith, can ya tell us if 42 is workin on any other "projects"? *grins*
[14:14] BalticAmberSmith: Aside from seeing your lines in sig files, ("Science!"), what specificially was the best part of being in all this?
[14:14] heh ilb spawned its own series of catch prhases and memes that wil lbe used ... well long after the site has been taken down I think :P
[14:14] One at a time, fellas!
[14:14] +m this?
[14:14] Sorry.
[14:14] aab, I don't know, all the server stuff was handled by Jim. I saw some of the stats.
[14:14] well it was all quiet and we just asked at once
[14:15] HegedKnight, Oh I certainly hope so. (I freelance.)
[14:15] ah gotcha
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[14:15] BalticAmberSmith: I bet it's a relief for this all to be over...
[14:15] Gabriel, I write novels and short stories. The best part of this was the things it taught me about writing.
[14:15] We'll all write you letters of recommendation BalticAmberSmith
[14:15] seconded
[14:16] \
[14:16] Thirded.
[14:16] seconded
[14:16] strifey, what we need are clients with deel pockets. :)
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[14:16] make that deep pockets.
[14:16] BAS: You'll have to tell him to come in here and report some time ;)
[14:16] BalticAmberSmith: (Link: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/files/domo.jpg)http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/files/domo.jpg <--- ILoveBees has spawned off many great pictures.
[14:16] How much did the story change in response to player actions/interactions? Was it the specific writing that changed, or did the whole plot actually go in different directions?
[14:16] clients with deep pockets ... erm ... microsoft/bungie seems to qualify :P
[14:16] Crispy`: And many great merchandising opportunities.
[14:16] oh yeah. I read unfiction daily. I love the paratropper guy leaping off the payphone ledge.
[14:16] Hahahaha.
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[14:16] That was the best ever.
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[14:17] heh
[14:17] Crapshaith, I probably should send Dana that email.
[14:17] hello all!!!
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[14:17] email ?
[14:17] Anyone else here at the NY training event???
[14:17] Sep7imus the parts of the story that changed the most in response to players was the website stuff. The Op and the SP.
[14:17] that's actually an interesting question, what kind of budget does an ARG like this cost? Or rather an involved ARG like this one has been that is...
[14:17] Jorell, we have a PM in chat. Please defer to her for now, and ask other questions later :)
[14:17] I'd say about a million, HedgeKnight.
[14:17] that makes sense. It was the part with which we itneracted msot directly.
[14:17] i was there but left after i got the free dvd, was anything else given out?
[14:18] nifty
[14:18] BalticAmberSmith: Here's one for you. Did you really expect the backlash against weephun that came about?
[14:18] Most of the money went to studio time.
[14:18] gotcha
[14:18] And Adam, for that matter.
[14:18] Well, we were a little caught out by Weephun ourselves....
[14:18] lol they got flamed .... partly :P
[14:18] BalticAmberSmith: Really?
[14:18] You didn't expect someone to betray the SP?
[14:18] We never expected he would rat out--I mean spill the beans.
[14:19] You created her as what she was expressly to appeal to us and we would protect her as much as possible, didn't you?
[14:19] that's great!
[14:19] BAS: what was the original story arc?
[14:19] Exactly what I was going to say, Gabe
[14:19] her carecter screamed protection yeah lol
[14:19] *** Signoff: raze (Quit: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
[14:19] We all felt a little protective of the SP. We called her lg for Little girl. And Sean has two daughters.
[14:19] :)
[14:19] And yet, in the end, her sacrifice was necessary, for the Op to become whole again.
[14:19] Absolutely.
[14:20] BalticAmberSmith, who came up with Flea Speak?
[14:20] When the SP was killed, there was a huge uproar, even from the "Melissa Followers", in part. Everybody hated that she was killed.
[14:20] In a nutshell, that's what ILB was all about, wasn't it? Sacrificing some, or all of your life, for the sake of something much bigger.
[14:20] How hard/tricky/fun was composing stuff by the SP made out of the emails and literature that people sent to her? (BTW, the picking up of emoticons and the "When I X I do this..." was wonderful!)
[14:20] Jim, the tech guy did some, and then Sean Stewart wrote most of the rest.
[14:20] flea speak struck me as a combination of varius code slang and l33t speech :P
[14:20] ONI|CdrGabriel: Well, that's a view that sounds great, but in the novels, Halsey tries to show that it's a bad theory.
[14:20] :D
[14:21] Oh, it's a bad theorey, I know, but it's the way it still works often times.
[14:21] BalticAmberSmith: How did it feel, watching the beekeepers trying to tear itself apart over the Op/SP?
[14:21] That's why there was "Save as many as you can"
[14:21] :)
[14:21] Sep7imus, making coherent comunication out of emails that primarily say, 'Is this the Halo 2 Demo? I need to know pleez!' was tough.
[14:21] * ONI|CdrGabriel laughs.
[14:21] Is it true that PF is running for president in 2008?
[14:21] There seemed to be an overall theme with ILB. Sacrificing the good of the singular to make the good for the whole.
[14:22] Yes, on a platform of Reveal the Truth, Dewback.
[14:22] o.O yes a lot of bogus mail ...... could be expected as lots of halofanboys seemed to enter at random places
[14:22] He has my vote XD
[14:22] And mine.
[14:22] No way.
[14:22] BalticAmberSmith, I believe it! (Thanks for using my little contribution - "The Waste Land").
[14:22] DM, themes arise from work, we didn't actually try to impose one.
[14:22] Even though Pious Flea is my gamertag... :\
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[14:22] the flea has presidential manipulative skils x.X
[14:22] touch me!
[14:22] i have the dvd, who wants to touch me?
[14:22] Sep7mus, The Waste Land rocked.
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[14:22] it seemed appropriate.
[14:23] !seeker >> !grope Osama
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[14:23] i was hoping for a halo 2 demo on this dvd
[14:23] * Dewback loves the !grope command XD
[14:23] True, Amber. And some of the stuff that came from ILB-the infamous "Preopositions" puzzle-sorta made it grow its own theme altogether. I suppose as a PM, that's something you can't predict.
[14:23] * ONI|CdrGabriel sighs at Jorell
[14:23] yeah, well, bungie wasn't likely to do that. :)
[14:23] Jorell.it's out in like...less than a week.
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[14:23] irrelevant
[14:23] I just hope I get my email.
[14:23] er DVD
[14:23] demos = more gooder
[14:23] lol, 4 days.
[14:24] I didnt try my best to seduce melissa for nothing =P
[14:24] * Crispy gets the jitters.
[14:24] i wanted a "behind the scenes" documentary... 42 should do one just to capitalize on the buzz... it'd probably go along way to explaining this thing to non-beekeepers
[14:24] Yeah, I'm waiting for my email from Dana Re: the DVD, also...
[14:24] * strifey tsk tsk's Jorell
[14:24] DM, exactly. The culture that grows out of a search opera is pretty much whatever it is.
[14:24] MORE GOODER!!!
[14:24] How many of the crew did you get to meet, BalticAmberSmith?
[14:24] I don't doubt that 42 will be getting a LOT of work in the future. They made history with ILB.
[14:24] any O&A fans?
[14:24] HedgeKnight, we wanted to do one. But you know, at two in the morning, typing Standish telling Herzog that "results are results" after teaching until 9:15 at night, I was just too tired to document.
[14:24] BalticAmberSmith: By the way, how were we supposed to know "upon" was the preposition we needed to use? lol
[14:24] :)
[14:25] Ooo Ooo Amber. Were there any halariously wrong voicemail messages ont he Dana VM?
[14:25] yup ilb has set lots of minds at work in one huge collective ..... whens that ever been done before ?
[14:25] Has the Press Coverage been as good as you had hoped, assumign that was part of your goal?
[14:25] haha i understand
[14:25] Gabriel, none. I'm afraid.
[14:25] Cripsy, I told them that puzzle sucked. :)
[14:25] elvarien: i believe that one is called the beast
[14:25] BalticAmberSmith: lol
[14:25] Dewback, I'm sure there were.
[14:25] ah yes the beast
[14:25] BAS> what's next for you?
[14:25] Sep7imus, no.
[14:25] still ilb is bigger if I`m correct
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[14:26] dunno about that one
[14:26] lol, I think the Preopositions puzzle was just flawed. A little more clues and it would have been perfect.
[14:26] Cortana, a coke and rum and a few hours of soap operas I bet >=0
[14:26] BalticAmberSmith: A simple one, really. Just how full DID Dana's G-Mail (And the hotmail) account get?
[14:26] Cortana, until I get a call again, probably working on the next novel. I have a collection of short stories out in June of 2005.
[14:26] Great! :)
[14:26] Ebvarien, ILB was bigger than the Beast, I don't doubt that. But it wasn't as revolutionary.
[14:26] not enough press coverge? yeah, that's a bummer. This seemed like a pretty big phenomenon fromthe inside.
[14:26] gmail .. 1 gig of space ... did it fill ?
[14:26] elvarien: That's what I wanna know. :)
[14:26] Well, cause Beast STARTED it.
[14:27] Exactly
[14:27] I think Orson Welles's radio drama was sort of an ARG XD
[14:27] lol
[14:27] Not really.
[14:27] Dew, unintentionally, yes.
[14:27] What's the genesis of the term Search Opera?
[14:27] i have th Ep 3 Teaser trailer
[14:27] OMG
[14:27] still i nthe line of arg ... ilb sure stamped its feet down
[14:27] Cortana, Sean Stewart.
[14:27] Jorell: Old.
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[14:27] i just got it though :(
[14:27] screw you guys, i'm going home
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[14:27] bye!
[14:27] Good riddance.
[14:27] lol
[14:28] Little kids. :(
[14:28] Horray!
[14:28] * Dewback had a fanbase here in alabama because i was "on that super cool halo 2 website!"
[14:28] !kick Jorell
[14:28] Well, the average IQ just went up a dozen points.
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[14:28] i think that's one of the best things (among many) that came out of this ARG, the whole radio drama thing is really almost a lost art and this has got to be one of the very few mechanisms where such a thing can be delivered and accepted anymore
[14:28] (rats...missed him by *that* much)
[14:28] BalticAmberSmith: A simple one, really. Just how full DID Dana's G-Mail (And the hotmail) account get?
[14:28] (In case you missed it before)
[14:28] They HAD to use Gmail...nothing else would hold all the emails. ;D
[14:28] ---> Anaerin yah how full :P
[14:29] lol
[14:29] exchange would :):)
[14:29] Crispy: What about the ladybee777@hotmail.com address? :)
[14:29] I also want to know what happened on their end with the Lil_C/BlogSpot incident
[14:29] HedgeKnight, I think Jordan Weisman, Elan and Sean are geniuses. And that's how the whole payphone radio drama thing came about.
[14:29] Anaerin: Oh, true.
[14:29] Haha.
[14:29] Well, lets guess that pictures averaged 100kb, during the picture excercise.
[14:29] That LiL_C thing was awesome.
[14:29] That's 10000 pictures to fill it.
[14:29] I saw the ladybee account, but nothing else, so I don't know.
[14:29] Ah.
[14:29] Lil_C?
[14:29] Yes, Lil_C got control of Dana's blog for about 30 minutes
[14:29] BalticAmberSmith: How long did it take you guys to fix the LiL_C on the blogspot thing?
[14:30] hmm well I was still able to send mail to dana yesterday so ..
[14:30] A little Social Engineering.
[14:30] about the dvd thing
[14:30] Crispy, not my balliwick, so I don't know.
[14:30] Not that hard, but I wouldn't have done it.
[14:30] BalticAmberSmith: Ahh, ok.
[14:30] So, BalticAmberSmith, you were largely responsible for the SP's character? what about Melissa's? (BTW, great job onthe writing...)
[14:30] Sep7imus, Sean Stewart is really responsible for SP and Melissa.
[14:30] okay... what were you writing?
[14:31] He really knows how to make characters the appeal.
[14:31] I wrote some of SP's earliest communication, but he wrote everything else, including the Widow's journey, all the shipwrecked text on the site and the clockwork rat.
[14:31] Strifey, I don't think Lil_C actually got control of the blog, did he? Just got his email address put there.
[14:31] that appeal, I mean.
[14:31] BAS: who wrote "cool out Janissary James"?
[14:31] Jets: How do you think the email GOT there? He put it in.
[14:31] :D
[14:31] Amber> out of all the moments in the game, both in your side of the story, and in the interactive part, what's your favorite moment?
[14:32] He told the blogspot guys it was his, and they put it there, no?
[14:32] I see. Nice job anyway, though.
[14:32] I wrote almost all of Rani, a lot of Jersey and Durga, pretty much everything Standish or Hiro said, and a lot of Kamal and Sophia.
[14:32] Ooo!
[14:32] You wrote rani?!
[14:32] (hiro rocks!)
[14:32] I suspect either Alex Irvine or Sean stewart wrote 'Cool out'
[14:32] BalticAmberSmith: You will forever bee known for "DAAAMN!" then.
[14:32] Woah, so you're basically one of the many geniuses behind the storyline. Hehe
[14:32] oh wow... you did? That's great stuff!
[14:32] "Go team jersey!"
[14:32] and creeepy
[14:32] But I wrote, "We could be a band!'
[14:32] BAS: Is she really what we are led to believe?
[14:32] rani ... heh daaaamn she had an eye for things ..
[14:32] BalticAmberSmith: I was laughing at that.
[14:32] BalticAmberSmith: Was there anything you didn't think we were going to get?
[14:32] nope, Sean wrote 'team jersey' and the actor made 'daaaaamn.'
[14:33] Who wrote the chicken scene?
[14:33] Science!
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[14:33] lol, I'm going to have to buy some of your work now Maureen.
[14:33] Anaerin, I don't exactly get the whole Melissa faked the Herzog thing. :)
[14:33] website?
[14:33] BalticAmberSmith: Who did Jersey's voice?
[14:33] DM, please!
[14:33] And who wrote the chicken scene?
[14:33] I wrote the chicken scene!
[14:33] Crispy: It's in the credits, on the DVD, as re-posted on the forum.
[14:33] Best damn scene in the whole thing!
[14:34] Ohhh ok.
[14:34] BAS, if we're gonna by your work, what's your real name? (Sorry if I missed this earlier!)
[14:34] When did you guys start writing this?
[14:34] Crispy: Zan Passante
[14:34] Maureen McHugh
[14:34] :\
[14:34] BalticAmberSmith: I don't know if this has already been asked, but do you have any books/stories etc. that we can search out and read? I really liked your writing style, and hey, free plug :)
[14:34] :)
[14:34] hmm did you do the jersey audit ?when durga .. interveined ?
[14:34] BalticAmberSmith: What other work do you have?
[14:34] But it's not as fun as this, Sep
[14:34] Miss McHugh, you inspired me to become an AI.
[14:34] BalticAmberSmith: What could be as fun as this?
[14:35] I did the jersey audit. Who's the guy with the big gloves.
[14:35] I think I speak for us all when I say you did an excellent job. Especially on Jersey, I think we needed some comic relief after the 'death' of the SP.
[14:35] So I'm getting them to kill me and use my brain!
[14:35] he he he he he hsweeeet
[14:35] * Cortana still laughs at the Honey Badgers line.
[14:35] strifey, put my name in amazon, or put it in google and my website pops up. Maureen McHugh
[14:35] yes honey badgers XD
[14:35] Jets: Wanna call the Brain Ninja's, then!
[14:35] Being on the receiving end of that Wav was SUCH a treat.
[14:35] (Link: http://my.en.com/~mcq/fiction.html) http://my.en.com/~mcq/fiction.html is that you?
[14:35] that's me.
[14:35] groovy
[14:35] China Mountain Zhang, etc?
[14:35] BAS: Might I ask who created the line 'immensely powerful dispenser'?
[14:36] HK is this you? (Link: http://www.djroger.com/thuja%20hedge.JPG
[14:36] But a lot of Jersey's best stuff wasn't me. It was Sean. Sean did Gilly, for example.
[14:36] (Link: http://www.zanmusic.com/)http://www.zanmusic.com/ <--- THIS Zan Passante?
[14:36] haha
[14:36] Moriarity, I'm not sure on that one.
[14:36] Yep.
[14:36] "gentically engineered reindeer, cross dressing shamans, and plague?" sopunds pretty fun to me!
[14:36] I think Sean
[14:36] That's Zan.
[14:36] Haha.
[14:36] That sure doesn't look like a Jersey.
[14:36] Sep, a laugh riot, I assure you.
[14:36] heh
[14:37] Haha.
[14:37] How apporpriate.
[14:37] BalticAmberSmith: Any moments where you felt like giving up? Something we screwed up, something we didn't get..?
[14:37] Zan was born in New JErsey.
[14:37] I always think of Jersey looking like that um.. Michael from Roswell
[14:37] the books not the tv series
[14:37] * johnny_nitro commends BAS on a job well done
[14:37] I could just imagine ILB turning into a drama series on TV from here.
[14:37] 5 hours: two part miniseries?
[14:38] so erm ... is there anything to the story that you think would need clarification .. any part of it that you aproove/disaprooe at ?
[14:38] (not to be a spoil sport - but any non-pm questions can be taken to #ilovebees - where you can also banter to your hearts content so it doesn't get so confusing in here)
[14:38] The death of the Sleeping Princess. The Pious Flea cheating on Melissa and trying to !grope another woman.
[14:38] lol
[14:38] It just screams soap opera
[14:38] Well, it was the same woman...
[14:38] Gab, the moments I felt like giving up were moments where I didn't think I could write up to the level that the game required.
[14:38] Or fast enough. :)
[14:38] Well, you sure as hell managed, in my not so humble opinion.
[14:39] indeed
[14:39] Rani and Sarah-John: Forbidden Love
[14:39] On another note, regarding Yasmelga's constant assertions that we're all amazing, extraordinary people: How much flattery were you asked to include, exactly?
[14:39] noez .. ilb may never become a soap
[14:39] lol, Gabe, I think we all agree, every one of the PM's did a spectacular job.
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[14:39] What was the hardest bit of this to write?
[14:39] I'll just keep saying it, for their benefit. :D
[14:39] DM: Hear hear!
[14:39] If you want to read something I've written, http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/mchugh2/
[14:39] Woah, PM time
[14:39] How many simultaneous questions can you endure before exploding?
[14:40] lol
[14:40] jets has a point
[14:40] Lemme grab a PM's ear and say: Job well done. Astounding.
[14:40] The hardest thing to write about all this...well, Elan and Sean just kept saying, funnier, smarter.
[14:40] Jets: I think a +m might be due if any more people come in...
[14:40] So we re-wrote the first Jan wave over thirty-five times.
[14:40] (i can mod the channel if you want, and questions can be filtered through me)
[14:40] Ah? Is there anyway we can stop more people from coming in, then?
[14:40] Jets: a +l?
[14:40] Holy Crap.
[14:40] * Jets looks at the door.
[14:40] first jan wav .... made a good impact yes
[14:40] (I'll be willing to help, nawoR)
[14:40] Jets: Though that's hardly fair.
[14:40] TWO of the voice actors for ILB did FLCL.
[14:41] And Herzog did Digimon.
[14:41] Fair schmair.
[14:41] (me too rowan)
[14:41] Holy crapshaith.
[14:41] I figure there's a reason they came in at... about 4am.
[14:41] I gotta know. What was the story behind the "heartbeats" in the sound files? Every 6 seconds a heartbeat beneath the mix. Its been driving me NUTS since Axon Day.
[14:41] (Heck, all the Ops/Half Ops will help! :P)
[14:41] (dubbing is not good x.X)
[14:41] (of course..if you asked questions in here, and talked in #ilb..it would go smoother too)
[14:41] elvarien, the first waves have to be really solid, since they were sort of gateways. But game designers tell you, don't start at the beginning, because you'll know the story better later, start in the middle.
[14:41] SkilletAudio|Splotch: You're just on drugs. :\
[14:41] I never heard them.
[14:41] aaah niiiice
[14:42] Crispy: Why do you think most of the $$$'s went on the studio time?
[14:42] I heard them.
[14:42] They were there.
[14:42] Oh, come on, crispy. Plain as day, even in the DVD background sound.
[14:42] Anaerin: I'm seeing this now.
[14:42] was a bit confusing yes to be dropped in the middle .. I thought i missed something at first .. untill later when it started to make sense
[14:42] SkilletAudio|Splotch: It might by your speakers.
[14:42] :P
[14:42] But we couldn't do that, because we had to write it all so fast. We started writing scripts in May.
[14:42] I don't know about the heartbeats.
[14:42] BalticAmberSmith> why did the whole Thinkinkle thing take place anyways? Just to create a reason for character interaction?
[14:42] :)
[14:42] Ask Sean and Elan.
[14:42] Oh, I will. :) Thanks anyway
[14:42] Did you find the voice actors adding to the characters in ways that you hadn't anticipated? Were those additions always welcome? Did you then make use of those changes and write for them in later wave files?
[14:43] whi invented cupids knife
[14:43] BalticAmberSmith: Tell Sean to get in here. ;D
[14:43] Dew, it was allways part of the overall plot. Jan had to learn that with great powers come great responsibilities. :)
[14:43] lol yes sean is needed to ... everyone is :P
[14:43] Well that's a silly lesson.
[14:43] spiderman quotes x.X
[14:43] * Jets blows up a town.
[14:43] As always, BalticAmberSmith.
[14:43] * Cortana thwaps Jets
[14:43] Ow.
[14:43] more PMs == chaos
[14:43] * ONI|CdrGabriel shakes his head.
[14:43] Hey, it's not like it had a large population.
[14:43] johnny_nitro: More PM's = definate _m
[14:43] What a way to learn it, though. :(
[14:43] Hey, any more members == Chaos.
[14:44] * Dewback imagines Jan dressed up as spiderman
[14:44] Wil McCarthy invented Cupid's Knife. He wrote a lot of the structure of the scenes, for example, he mapped out the whole first draft of Beat 11, Heroes.
[14:44] Ooooo.
[14:44] Sophia was born in Miami.
[14:44] o.O
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[14:44] Guys, please, if it doesnt involve a question to the gracious PM who is donating her time to us, can it be taken to #ilovebees ?
[14:44] jans torture wavs ........ it almost sounded like .. well snuff or something very very evil and emotional
[14:44] hey everyone
[14:44] So often, Wil's contribution is pretty invisible, but really important.
[14:45] * strifey once again wants to remind the other members of chat to be polite and not type off-topic things to clutter the room, thanks!
[14:45] elvarien, yeah. It's was tough listen to.
[14:45] * Sep7imus repeats hsi question froma bove, about how the interaction between writing and voice acting worked. Did you guys influence each other's work?
[14:45] it turned everyone on edge though
[14:45] Sep7imus, I don't know how much the voice actors changed things, but I know they did.
[14:45] *** nawoR has changed the topic on channel #beekeepers to Welcome PM BalticAmberSmith | The Game Is Over - Thank You PMs!! | Last solve: apocalypso.html| eMail Dana for DVDs | contactme 45/45 wavs | Off-topic questions/banter/etc in #ilovebees to keep this from being +m
[14:45] BAS: what was the original story arc for the SP?
[14:45] How much planning for characters goes into something like this, Amber? I would imagine for the 'interactive' characters there had to be some flexibility.
[14:46] BalticAmberSmith: Were really big celebrity voices over the budget or you just wanted it to be more realistic by us not really knowing who it is?
[14:46] I never met any of the voice actors, though, and didn't much hear wavs until about the time you did. Sean did the voice directing.
[14:46] was there anything in the story that had to be changed last minute?
[14:46] Yeah, I have to say that I dont know when I'll be able to listen to that part again. Was there any kind of grand archetype that this audio story was intended to follow, sort of a "Epic in the tradition of ___" that we could serve to draw from for deeper appreciation?
[14:46] Gah.
[14:46] Get Sean in hereee.
[14:46] I see, thanks for answering BAS.
[14:46] DM writing isn't planned out really. We had a template for the episodes, but we threw a lot of it out as we went along.
[14:47] then I aplaud to the mad improv skils shown
[14:47] BalticAmberSmith: I bet it's a relief for this all to be over... You can have a decent night's sleep now, instead of pulling all that O/T
[14:47] Skillet, the theme was the Battle of Britain.
[14:47] BalticAmberSmith: Were any of the wavs actually influenced by us? Or were they all basically pre-planned?
[14:47] Mm. Thanks.
[14:47] sorry if this was asked before (if so just say so I'll scroll back) but how much interaction did Bungie have in the writing?
[14:47] Anaerin, my part has been pretty much over for about three weeks, but the rest of the guys. Particularly the tech guy, Jim. I call him Magic Man.
[14:47] wow, that's really intense, Amber.
[14:48] Lots of 24 hour Tuesdays for him.
[14:48] Ouch!
[14:48] Geeez
[14:48] Sean's probably asleep - it's still super early out east.
[14:48] Has he already caught the first plane to the caribbean?
[14:48] Bungie had to approve every script, Hedge.
[14:48] BalticAmberSmith: I bet. I saw quite a few times the asp.net went belly-up as we were hammering the cluster.
[14:48] aab he gets up early.
[14:48] ah
[14:48] It's only 9:47. ;D
[14:49] er... west :)
[14:49] BalticAmberSmith: I take it you're "Allowed" to talk to us about the game now? Sean won't go ballistic, will he? ;)
[14:49] BalticAmberSmith: Where is Sean? East or West coast?
[14:49] I think he was at the SF meet Crispy
[14:49] Crispy, you sound like you want to ask him on a date.
[14:49] I hope not. But the credits are out, so anyone who wanted to find me could. My email's on my website.
[14:49] a/s/l
[14:49] SkilletAudio|Splotch: I have questions.
[14:50] west, crispy
[14:50] lol
[14:50] BalticAmberSmith: Ahh, ok.
[14:50] Congrats to the PM that had the baby last night :) Even though theres no way he's here
[14:50] He had a baby?
[14:50] I would hope he didnt have the baby
[14:50] A PM had a baby?
[14:50] o.O a baby
[14:50] A PM's wife did apparently
[14:50] I don't suppose they called the baby Janissary ;)
[14:50] Haha, ouch.
[14:50] baby?
[14:50] (named Janissary?)
[14:51] lil princess or prince ?
[14:51] The ILB Baby, lol
[14:51] BalticAmberSmith: How hard was it to not get involved with the players? And did any of the PM's try and nudge us in the right direction?
[14:51] s'oih!
[14:51] i know this has probably been said already, but i wanted to extend my thanks to all of the PMs Amber. You all did a wonderful job, and as a small part of the community i wanted to extend my thanks.
[14:51] Anaerin, it was excrutiating, but no, we never nudged.
[14:51] Except for Prepositions?
[14:51] Aerosurge, the thanks goes to you guys. You made it happen.
[14:51] BalticAmberSmith: I know you guys wan't to rush the room yelling "IT'S A_PAWN. A_PAWN, DAMNIT!"
[14:51] What was the best/worst surpise that came along during the course of the game, at least as far as your experience took you?
[14:51] wanted*
[14:51] BalticAmberSmith: Even when we were over/under/around/besides ourselves.
[14:51] Gab, we just gave a second clue. That's not a nudge.
[14:52] Is the person that wrote Prepositions afraid to come in here? ;-)
[14:52] ONI|CdrGabriel: That was an "In-Game" nudge. :)
[14:52] Crispy . i bet it pissed someone off when i said "Upon"
[14:52] lol
[14:52] like a week ebfore it actually got solved
[14:52] lol
[14:52] Yeah, my bad, I just realised.
[14:52] Dewback: Perhaps.
[14:52] Crispy, I wanted to rush in the room and say, it's not your fault, just use 'a_pawn'.
[14:52] and they were like "come on!"
[14:52] Haha.
[14:52] Placing bets on when we'll solve it? ;)
[14:53] BAS: Did we offically find everything there was to find?
[14:53] No, but Sean always said you would eventually, not to worry.
[14:53] strifey, far as I know you did.
[14:53] Was it hard to see us "blame" weephun or Chappy for what happened to the Princess?
[14:53] Cortana, it was like watching a story unfold. One we really didn't expect.
[14:53] Cortana: She said that even they were surprised at what Weephun did.
[14:53] :D
[14:53] BAS: what was the original story arc for the SP?
[14:53] or do you know
[14:54] The players are as unpredictable as the organisers, it seems
[14:54] Originally, we expected that the queen would eventually capture her, but that was supposed to happen later than it did.
[14:54] *** Signoff: Troy_McClure (Ping timeout: 181 seconds)
[14:54] hmm a question about where ilb left erm most of the people are in a somewhat good place when the covvies arrive but ... durga tries to sooth jersey to take a nap remain calm etc etc .. did she .. give up on protecting him there ? as in give him a peacefull ending or is it something else ?
[14:54] so the baloons puzzle was created for that?
[14:54] BalticAmberSmith: So the "Unlocking" puzzle was invented, or was it brought forward?
[14:55] yeah, the balloon puzzle was created in the twenty-four hours before you guys solved it.
[14:55] Were there situations that needed to be accounted for depending on players' actions that never actually needed to be used, or was it all just a matter of timing?
[14:55] Thursday nights tended to be hard.
[14:55] BalticAmberSmith: Do you know what the last puzzle on the DVD is?
[14:55] Elvarien, I don't know, honestly.
[14:55] aww ... ok
[14:55] Crispy, we already solved it, heh
[14:56] Crispy, I haven't seen the dvd yet. I'm waiting for my copy in the mail. :)
[14:56] DM: Oh... What was it? :\
[14:56] BalticAmberSmith: How frustrating was it when the two recepie 3 wavs wouldn't light? I know the UK Axon team worked their arses off to try and activate "the_labyrinth"...
[14:56] (Link: www.ilovebees.com/apocalypso.html)www.ilovebees.com/apocalypso.html
[14:56] Oh, that was the DVD puzzlre.
[14:56] Ok.
[14:56] Yep. :D
[14:56] BAS: Was this your first ARG? How did you get involved in it?
[14:56] It was sooo frustrating, because I wrote those and they had stuff in them I wanted you to know. And I so wanted the Brits to have an axon...
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[14:57] BalticAmberSmith: We got two in the end. And thanks for thinking of us. :)
[14:57] oh, did those ship on the DVD?
[14:57] lol, thank whichever PM handles the axons for getting me the only axon in the Southern Hemisphere!
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[14:57] Moriarity, I followed The Beast. But this is my first ARG behind the curtain. And I got involved because I'm an sf writer and so I was asked.
[14:57] DM, you didn't.
[14:57] Snooper had one.
[14:57] DM: And me.
[14:57] I mean a non-private call, Jets
[14:57] Oh.
[14:58] Ahh, true.
[14:58] I was still answering a public phone
[14:58] Guys, I gotta go. But I've been dying to talk to you. Sitting here watching you has been a delight.
[14:58] Come back soon :)
[14:58] Good talking to you, BalticAmberSmith.
[14:58] Thank you so much, for the game, and for the chat.
[14:58] See ya.
[14:58] you're always welcome here :)
[14:58] Come back soon.
[14:58] thanks for popping in BalticAmberSmith
[14:58] Red balloons to all of you!
[14:58] Thank you, from all of us, and from those who followed, and couldn't make it here. :)
[14:58] Get Sean in here :P
[14:58] thanks so much for everything
[14:58] Thank you Amber
[14:58] thank you
[14:58] thank you!
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[edit] made window narrower -bill

Dana or Jane?

Just_A_Memory@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 21:56:12 +0000

when emailing dana/jane ( for the dvd.. I was thinking maybe this is why no one got a reply.. we are supposed to write to jane now ) do we need to consult her as in-game or ooc.. because she came forward on avantgame.com as many other ilb pms did elsewhere. just wondering if anyone had any ideas?

Thanks.

Edit: Spelling and stuff.

Conversation with PM irvine (Alex Irvine) in #bk

Avatrix@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:51:18 +0000

Sorry, my logging died right about the end of this chat transcript, but there was probably no more than 2-3 minutes before Alex said goodbye. But here's the (completely unfiltered) mini-chat transcript with PM "irvine" from around 5:30pm today.

[5:27:30pm] * irvine has joined #beekeepers
[5:27:39pm] 2 people on x-box live, and 2 people per x-box on LAN
[5:27:40pm] yeah, nyc had 4 up front doing 1on1 and 1 at the top.
[5:27:44pm] in NYC, one xbox for live, and four Xboxes NOT on Lan (so it was 1v1 on each...)
[5:27:51pm] gah
[5:27:57pm] anyway.
[5:28:16pm] but then a TV broke
[5:28:19pm] :-(
[5:28:24pm] * darkphan has joined #beekeepers
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[5:28:34pm] so we had 4 people on 1 x-box and 2 each on the other 2
[5:28:34pm] Halo 2 is just so great, the TV couldn't take it, eh?
[5:28:51pm] the halo busted out of it.
[5:28:53pm] haha
[5:28:56pm] I don't know what happened
[5:29:01pm] they lost a tv I guess
[5:29:04pm] I'll come back here and post a link to my pictures later.
[5:29:08pm] because they said they couldn't use it anymore
[5:29:10pm] probably in about 3 hours
[5:29:22pm] * darkphan is now known as Guest5952097
[5:29:23pm] i guess there isn't much interest in here anymore.
[5:29:28pm] I got to play the LAN game
[5:29:28pm] see ya!
[5:29:37pm] but didn't get to play on live
[5:29:41pm] anyway, I'm taking off too
[5:29:48pm] later folks
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[5:29:58pm] * Avatrix is now known as Avatrix|movie
[5:30:10pm] how many people here played the ARG w/o being a Halo fan?
[5:30:12pm] so, anyone get a reply bout dvds?
[5:30:13pm] curious
[5:30:22pm] * Guest5952097 is now known as darkphan
[5:30:24pm] I was playing on LAN and then I heard Krystyn's voice (they had all the sound including the headset voice in the theater speakers)
[5:30:25pm] irvine: i was initially not a halo fan
[5:30:31pm] * Darklord sets mode: +h darkphan
[5:30:43pm] so... If u talked on Live... You were heard by EVERYONE in Austin
[5:30:50pm] except for a grand slam (which really isnt much for me) i havent eaten in 27 hours O_o
[5:30:52pm] * RedFox is now known as Guest5952098
[5:31:07pm] Did all of you watch RvB before it started? :D
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[5:31:44pm] kybard: you're the only one, I guess
[5:31:54pm] i suppose so
[5:32:00pm] anyway, i'm off to a friend's house for the night
[5:32:02pm] something we were wondering about early on
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[5:32:19pm] i'll be back in here tomorrow, just because
[5:32:24pm] so i'll see you guys later
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[5:32:50pm] bye.
[5:32:50pm] * Cortana has quit IRC (Quit: Crikey! - The Mac OS X IRC Client - http://www.hiddenMemory.co.uk/Crikey/)
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[5:34:40pm] if you want to check out the other stuff the writing team has done, here are their web sites
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[5:35:28pm] maureen's I think was up earlier in this chat
[5:35:37pm] www.en.com/~mcq
[5:35:46pm] wil's is wilmccarthy.com
[5:35:55pm] mine is alexirvine.net
[5:36:00pm] and you know sean's
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[5:36:07pm] thanks for the great ride
[5:36:08pm] * Guest5952098 is now known as RedFox
[5:36:30pm] is that thing seriously set to countdown to 2552?
[5:36:34pm] Yes.
[5:36:48pm] Odd. There is a PM now present and I am so far ignorant of it?
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[5:37:07pm] ignorant of what
[5:37:10pm] Yes, she's here.
[5:37:15pm] But Sleeping, at lasy.
[5:37:15pm] there's a PM around here?
[5:37:17pm] last*
[5:37:19pm] junior junior PM
[5:37:27pm] There's been a PM in here 24/7
[5:37:34pm] * Gupfzz is now known as Gupfee
[5:37:39pm] welcome, irvine :-)
[5:37:41pm] I am referring to Irvine.
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[5:37:43pm] thanks
[5:37:46pm] howdy Gup
[5:37:47pm] Hi irvine
[5:37:48pm] oh wow
[5:37:49pm] first time I've been by
[5:37:50pm] hey celly
[5:37:53pm] Oh, Irvine is here?
[5:37:53pm] I can't shower you with enough praise
[5:38:04pm] unbelievable job
[5:38:06pm] you're welcome to try ;)
[5:38:08pm] irvine: What'd you do in the ARG? :D
[5:38:08pm] Didn't I meet you at the Revere, MA premiere of AI?
[5:38:09pm] irvine: I have never played Halo
[5:38:16pm] gupfee: yeah
[5:38:18pm] :)
[5:38:33pm] I wrote first versions of a lot of Jan and Kamal
[5:38:41pm] so what was the training exercise....Halo 2 preview?...and what is the DVD like
[5:38:43pm] Nice
[5:38:44pm] plus a big piece of the Chawla infiltration
[5:38:45pm] * DarkStorm peeks in to catch the post-game discussion.
[5:38:51pm] There's another Main PM in chat right now.
[5:38:54pm] * Gupfee is still waiting for the Beast novel you and Sean worked on ;(
[5:39:00pm] But you guys can try and guess her yourself. ;)
[5:39:02pm] The Chawla dialogues were a remarkable piece of work. Congratulations.
[5:39:06pm] it was 86ed in some kidn of IP fight
[5:39:08pm] thanks
[5:39:12pm] * celina63 seconds Gup
[5:39:30pm] wow, thanks irvine
[5:39:30pm] irvine: I cannot thank you guys enough for doing this.
[5:39:32pm] Hey, Irvine... Thanks for the great game. Question, though - if someone's interested in being a PM, what's the best route for them to investigate?
[5:39:47pm] I wasn't familiar w/Halo at all before ILB
[5:39:48pm] I just want to know if the voice actor for Jan is hot
[5:39:55pm] Combining my favorite game into a world of mystery and constant learning...it's brilliant.
[5:39:56pm] but I got into the back story via the novels
[5:40:05pm] kleinlowe: no idea. I got into the Beast because I knew Sean, and then when ILB came up, there were only so many people who had done it before
[5:40:12pm] never seen Jan's actor
[5:40:15pm] I live in Maine
[5:40:21pm] Hiya, irvine! Woo woo!
[5:40:23pm] * colin|afk is now known as colin
[5:40:29pm] Hi Krystyn
[5:40:29pm] krystyn!
[5:40:34pm] hey k
[5:40:36pm] krystyn has turned into a locomotive
[5:40:37pm] wait, irvine is a pm? lol. i need to pay attention to chat more >< great job, great story, great everything irvine!
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[5:40:46pm] thx
[5:40:50pm] It was a great job, yeah. My kudos to everyone involved. I'm sad it's over. :) I sort of stumbled across the ilovebees.com site because of a link my friend sent me... it must have been a few days after the honey bottles went out. NEither of us have played Halo.
[5:40:50pm] you guys made it happen, though
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[5:41:04pm] woo woooOOOOooOOoooOooo
[5:41:06pm] just wondering
[5:41:07pm] !chocolate
[5:41:07pm] * Gupfee gives krystyn a platter of chocolate chip brownies and a Dove bar
[5:41:09pm] * Crispy` pokes Eve-sleeping_at_last.
[5:41:12pm] OO, thanks Gup
[5:41:15pm] and hi, Crispy`
[5:41:17pm] how did you guys choose who to send the honey bottles to?
[5:41:18pm] Hey irvine thanks for all your work. ilb= my first arg
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[5:41:37pm] A_T: no idea. I was I think writing early scenes then and not involved
[5:41:39pm] irvine: and we also steered some wrong ways, as far as we know... with the Princess being revealed much too early.
[5:41:46pm] ILB was the first ARG I watched:) participated a little, but watched all the time
[5:41:51pm] what, you want to be perfect?
[5:41:56pm] lol
[5:42:03pm] * Lemures|away huggles redfox
[5:42:04pm] voip, Jan's VA a 50 y.o. soccer mom from Ohio
[5:42:09pm] baha!
[5:42:10pm] I am a genius.
[5:42:12pm] * RedFox snugs Lemures
[5:42:12pm] Bill: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[5:42:13pm] my day just istn the same without a redfox huggle
[5:42:19pm] Bill: well...is she hot?
[5:42:24pm] irvine, what's your webpage url again? it got lost in the scroll
[5:42:29pm] * RedFox blushes.
[5:42:30pm] alexirvine.net
[5:42:30pm] woah
[5:42:31pm] My first ARG, too. I never even heard of ARGs before this. :)
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[5:42:36pm] ty
[5:42:38pm] my mom's a 50 year old soccer mom from Ohio
[5:42:43pm] DarkStorm, me neither:)
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[5:42:46pm] irvine, what was your role?
[5:42:52pm] I just kept watching for the story...it sucked me in
[5:42:59pm] * Bill sets mode: +o irvine
[5:42:59pm] * Darklord sets mode: -o irvine
[5:43:00pm] http://www.tvtome.com/images/people/205/4/24-27463.jpg <--- Jan.
[5:43:00pm] My mom's a 61 yo goose whisperer in the Chicago suburbs
[5:43:03pm] doh
[5:43:04pm] was like a building novel, even if you didnt play much
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[5:43:15pm] That's Jan?
[5:43:17pm] for real?
[5:43:17pm] Yeah.
[5:43:19pm] wrote initial drafts of a bunch of Jan and Kamal scenes, plus the Chawla infiltration
[5:43:20pm] cool!
[5:43:25pm] He had already answered that. Initial Kamal and Jan versions, and most of Chawla dialogue.
[5:43:36pm] ha!
[5:43:37pm] people come and go
[5:43:54pm] Hiya irvine, maybe you can answer my question :D
[5:44:01pm] * Admiral_Torque has joined #beekeepers
[5:44:07pm] glad to finally connect with y'all; it's been fun watching the interplay on the boards
[5:44:11pm] i hit /clear before I realized we had royalty
[5:44:11pm] Nova: ?
[5:44:29pm] irvine: how did you guys pick who got the honey?
[5:44:31pm] * Col_DeathDefi is sleepy
[5:44:35pm] I'm just wondering why Jersey decided on the name Durga. Was it the Hindu goddess thing or was there some other reason?
[5:44:35pm] dunno
[5:44:48pm] Doo doo doo... *dance*
[5:44:49pm] you'd have to ask Sean
[5:45:01pm] Yeah.
[5:45:03pm] Call Sean.
[5:45:05pm] Durga is appropriate given her place in the pantheon
[5:45:05pm] Get him in here.
[5:45:06pm] :D
[5:45:11pm] Yeah!
[5:45:14pm] doesnt durga mean inaccessible?
[5:45:17pm] * Col_DeathDefi thinks the person that played Jan is hot
[5:45:32pm] irvine: we hope for a high-ranked PM to pay us a visit some time. Do you think they might decide to talk to us? Or is it only the junior PMs that are allowed to emerge from behind the curtain?
[5:45:33pm] geez, take it to #stalkers
[5:45:39pm] lol
[5:45:41pm] lol.
[5:45:46pm] I think the others are just buried
[5:45:48pm] ILBStalkers
[5:45:52pm] you'll be hearing from them, is my guess
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[5:46:04pm] There is a Major PM in here right now.
[5:46:08pm] Which I've told you 5 times.
[5:46:14pm] I think the honey stuff will be revealed at a later date
[5:46:17pm] umm...why did my torrent stop, close, and then refuse to resume?
[5:46:24pm] I'm assuming that what's going on for them right now, is reconnecting with family/reality :-)
[5:46:25pm] Crispy`: having one present and conversing with one seem to be two different things.
[5:46:25pm] Uhm.
[5:46:28pm] Soup4Brains: Shhhh.
[5:46:29pm] Yes, yes, but he/she/it isn't talking.
[5:46:35pm] ?
[5:46:35pm] Soup4Brains: Durga stopped it
[5:46:37pm] _343_GuiltySpark: Well, the Major PM is sleeping right now. :)
[5:46:48pm] hehe
[5:46:58pm] and the whole axon Idea was ingenious....i wasn't really into Halo until you guys crossed it with Geocaching
[5:46:59pm] Seriously what gives?
[5:47:12pm] There is a PM in here?
[5:47:13pm] Soup4Brains
[5:47:14pm] Who knows.
[5:47:22pm] But don't talk about..."THAT" with a PM in the room.
[5:47:25pm] Col, yes... Irvine
[5:47:27pm] anybody else having the same problem?
[5:47:33pm] Soup4Brains, Shhhh.
[5:47:40pm] shhh what?
[5:47:49pm] There's a PM here, let's not discuss "That"
[5:47:58pm] * Gupfee sets mode: +h irvine
[5:47:58pm] * Darklord sets mode: -h irvine
[5:48:00pm] PM?
[5:48:04pm] Puppet Master.
[5:48:05pm] * Col_DeathDefi hi5's the PM
[5:48:09pm] The people who designed ILB.
[5:48:10pm] :\
[5:48:15pm] * Gupfee thwaps Darklord in his little stupid bot head
[5:48:29pm] should i ask them for a DVD then ? :/
[5:48:33pm] lol
[5:48:40pm] Email Dana.
[5:48:42pm] hi5, Col
[5:48:44pm] no, you should follow the instructions in the blog
[5:48:51pm] who actually has the DVD now?
[5:48:53pm] I'm not on melissa's list, I don't think
[5:49:04pm] yawn
[5:49:09pm] I'd love a DVD, but other people deserve one first
[5:49:24pm] The question we all want to know... Is it over now?
[5:49:29pm] irvine: Did you guys get to interact with the VAs much during the process?
[5:49:38pm] no...just wait til 2552 lol
[5:49:38pm] I sent a few e-mails to the Sleeping Princess (got no reply, though), so my e-mail addy *may* be recognized.... ;) I'm guessing it's over, if the PMs are revealing themselves.
[5:49:43pm] lol
[5:49:48pm] I live in Maine. All of the recording was done in LA
[5:49:59pm] blah. see ya later
[5:50:01pm] I sent a couple e-mails to Mel
[5:50:10pm] I sent one before they told us to send after the event
[5:50:14pm] And then I sent one this morning.
[5:50:22pm] My knowledge of US geography is limited, but I'm going to take that as a 'no'. :)
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[5:50:30pm] ...
[5:50:32pm] irvine: were you guys surprised to see people with ILB signs in the background of the discussions of the presidental debates?
[5:50:32pm] * Crispy` nudges irvine. "Hook me up with the DVD? ;D"
[5:50:37pm] yeah, I'm 300+ miles away
[5:50:38pm] Irvine, i've seen your name in here before I think.. Interesting being the spy if you have been in here before :D
[5:50:40pm] My gf gave pics of me to her lesbian friend :|
[5:50:42pm] I mean 3000
[5:50:52pm] must be some other irvine
[5:50:55pm] my first time
[5:50:58pm] ahhh
[5:50:59pm] ok
[5:51:00pm] * fireballs_cats is now known as fireball
[5:51:09pm] Wow, a really distributed effort, then.
[5:51:18pm] yup
[5:51:21pm] Question: Irvine, were there ever PMs in this chat room?
[5:51:24pm] <3 :|
[5:51:31pm] There's been PMs in here 24/7
[5:51:33pm] And you guys managed such a great job of running things. That just makes it all the more impressive.
[5:51:35pm] I imagine there were lurkers
[5:51:40pm] thx
[5:51:43pm] cool
[5:51:46pm] *cough* *points to AnthraX101*
[5:51:49pm] irvine: Sorry, idled like nuts but--I never played Halo before playing this. I still might not, but I might rent it. :)
[5:51:52pm] will there be any confirmation that a DVD will be sent
[5:51:58pm] dunno
[5:52:01pm] not my dept.
[5:52:11pm] yeah, this makes me actually WANT to buy an XBox:)
[5:52:12pm] heheh, AnthraX101 is not a PM
[5:52:16pm] I don't have an Xbox. Or a PC. So probably no Halo for me.
[5:52:20pm] I know he's not.
[5:52:22pm] But.
[5:52:23pm] I've never played the first halo
[5:52:25pm] want to now
[5:52:28pm] He knew all along who was in here.
[5:52:33pm] irvine, agreed:)
[5:52:43pm] Crispy`, many of the mods knew who the PM spies were
[5:52:48pm] or at least suspected
[5:52:50pm] Gupfee: :(
[5:52:55pm] * celina63 is considering renting an XBox and Halo 2 from Blockbuster or something
[5:52:57pm] Likewise. No excuse with it out on the computer.
[5:52:59pm] especially after Jane outted herself accidentally
[5:53:00pm] So you know who else is in here, right?
[5:53:02pm] * fireball still has no idea
[5:53:03pm] so is the Dana character a relative of a PM?
[5:53:04pm] Oh well yeah.
[5:53:05pm] I loved the story, especially the cliffhangers
[5:53:06pm] Irvine: ILB had me set to buy an XboX and Halo 1 and 2 untill my transmission ate the cash.
[5:53:14pm] Jane only talked with Siege88|Work for like a half hour yesturday.
[5:53:14pm] lol
[5:53:18pm] f**king cars
[5:53:36pm] * argn has joined #beekeepers
[5:53:43pm] irvine: Did you guys have access to the Halo Bible?
[5:53:46pm] * PatamonKid is getting an Xbox and Halo 1 and 2 for Christmas now because of ilb
[5:53:46pm] hahaha!
[5:53:47pm] yeah
[5:53:49pm] this was a few weeks ago Crispy`
[5:53:49pm] Omg/.
[5:53:52pm] Gimme one.
[5:53:56pm] It's such a great story. I always thought Halo was Just Another FPS.
[5:53:57pm] Gupfee: Did she?
[5:53:58pm] suuuuuure
[5:54:02pm] yep
[5:54:02pm] ooooo Halo Bible
[5:54:07pm] Gupfee: could you elaborate on the outing? Who was careless enough?
[5:54:07pm] ask her about it
[5:54:07pm] Gupfee: When?
[5:54:10pm] Ok./
[5:54:30pm] Is ILB consdiered Haloverse canon?
[5:54:40pm] Halo's story is great, just as Marathon's was before it. Bungie does good game stories.
[5:54:40pm] _343_GuiltySpark: Jane AKA Dana.
[5:54:43pm] Will there be Offical Halo Novels with Team Jersey?
[5:54:53pm] * fireball sets mode: +a irvine
[5:54:53pm] * Darklord sets mode: -a irvine
[5:54:55pm] on canonicity: not sure
[5:55:00pm] * fireball kicks darklord
[5:55:01pm] on novels: also not sure
[5:55:06pm] * Allan has joined #beekeepers
[5:55:21pm] * sitefry has joined #beekeepers
[5:55:27pm] what is on the disk that went out at the sites?
[5:55:30pm] sitefry!
[5:55:32pm] Another PM is here.
[5:55:33pm] what's it feel like to be bombarded with questions from adoring fans of something you were a good part of?
[5:55:42pm] * sitefry is now known as strifey
[5:55:44pm] So, was the storyline made by bungie, and they gave u the wavs to put on the site?
[5:55:44pm] My only question is... what's next for the Hive? I really liked this one.
[5:55:49pm] * Darklord sets mode: +h strifey
[5:55:55pm] Beast III!!
[5:56:00pm] ;)
[5:56:02pm] O_O
[5:56:02pm] lol
[5:56:05pm] Garfield ARG
[5:56:07pm] Find the Forerunner Kittens!
[5:56:07pm] Sean and elan did most of the story work far as I know
[5:56:12pm] questions are fun
[5:56:42pm] HAHAHA
[5:56:48pm] Beast III: Save The Kittens
[5:56:54pm] heh
[5:57:19pm] so the countdown that is on the site now, that counts down to when the covenant will attack earth in the story?
[5:57:28pm] Yeah.
[5:57:34pm] I'm gonna be waiting for that date.
[5:57:35pm] nice touch
[5:57:45pm] * Ikkarus has quit IRC (Quit: no fate but what we make (EOF))
[5:57:52pm] it's gonna be a long wait :-)
[5:57:55pm] hehe
[5:57:59pm] I didn't think ILB would be possible to close with the satisfaction it was.
[5:58:02pm] * strifey wonders if some rabid ILoveBees/Halo fan is going to try to cryogenically freeze himself until that date
[5:58:14pm] Rofl.
[5:58:18pm] Irvine, were you Puppetmaster 2 from the article on Wired.com?
[5:58:18pm] sounds like a plan!
[5:58:23pm] You get unfrozen and there are Sirens blaring and you're like "Wtf?"
[5:58:26pm] ***only to wake up and be really confused***
[5:58:37pm] I will be back later, thanks again irvine:)
[5:58:39pm] Closure is hard; that's why soap operas are popular and cheap. But you PMs did it well, so a major kudos to you.
[5:58:42pm] Unfreeze, siren, plasma shot to building.
[5:58:44pm] Col: no, I've been completely in the bg until now
[5:58:48pm] i'm sure someone will make a Chaula Base level
[5:58:48pm] * Siege88|Work has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 181 seconds)
[5:58:50pm] So irvine, did you just write your parts of the dialog and then finish? Or did you watch us here and in the forums to see what we'd do?
[5:58:52pm] endings are indeed a bitch
[5:58:57pm] ahh cool cool
[5:59:00pm] Hm.
[5:59:05pm] I wrote most of what I wrote without ever seeing this forum
[5:59:11pm] hwo long was this in the making?
[5:59:14pm] *how
[5:59:22pm] Were PMs watching the Unfiction.com boards, too?
[5:59:23pm] * Siege88|Work has joined #beekeepers
[5:59:24pm] all will be revealed
[5:59:32pm] O_O
[5:59:34pm] Story-related question: What do you think happened to Jersey and Kamal? Is that open-ended, or did you guys have a definite idea?
[5:59:36pm] they always watch the boards
[5:59:37pm] Yay!
[5:59:38pm] I checked out unfiction once the Apieary was up and running
[5:59:39pm] * fireball sets mode: +a irvine
[5:59:40pm] * ChanServ sets mode: -a irvine
[5:59:45pm] will it be possible to pick up a copy of the disk that was distributed?
[5:59:48pm] All will be revealed?
[5:59:49pm] When?!
[5:59:50pm] well. progress. :P
[5:59:53pm] Tux: dunno
[6:00:01pm] .. yeah, are there any DVDs left? ;)
[6:00:09pm] I'm curious as to who came up with the idea of doing an ARG for Halo 2 in the first place. Microsoft? Bungie?
[6:00:13pm] Crispy: dunno. I was just talking about background game-planning
[6:00:15pm] can i get one sent to australia?
[6:00:18pm] irvine: Ahhh.
[6:00:25pm] can't help with DVD questions, sorry
[6:00:31pm] It's siege! Run for the hills! :X
[6:00:31pm] irvine: How long have you guys been working on this?
[6:00:42pm] Tacky Fanboy Tactic #1: Asking Game PMs for swag
[6:00:47pm] since the Hive is spawn of Microsoft, the relationship was already there
[6:00:53pm] Nobody has received any confirms from Dana, as far as I know, so it might be a bit premature.
[6:01:09pm] All that mountain-o'-crap would probably have to be sorted first.
[6:01:17pm] will there be any kind of t-shirt we could get??? lol
[6:01:23pm] hehe
[6:01:30pm] Yay for Halo2 tshirts on sale tomorrow at eb games or somethin
[6:04:06pm] * Demosthenes has joined #beekeepers
[6:04:07pm] Admiral Torque: I suggest our fine, fine products at www.cafepress.com/ilovefleas.
[6:04:11pm] * strifey wonders if its tacky asking the PMs to be on your chatroom dating show
[6:04:11pm] True. "Dana" probably has a mountain of e-mails to sort through. IT's a good thing gmail has so much storage space ;)
[6:04:13pm] hullo
[6:04:25pm] Crispy: Other people were working on it for quite a while before I got involved
[6:04:28pm] Hi Demosthenes.
[6:04:32pm] irvine: Ahhh, ok.
[6:04:32pm] I think I need to add a shirt with today's final code sequence. :)
[6:04:32pm] I've got one of those cafepress seek behold reveal shirts on its way right now.
[6:04:41pm] irvine: Can you swipe a copy of the Halo Bible for me. ;D
[6:04:43pm] Damn, the ILB DVD torrent from the Netninja Wiki sure is loading slowly :(
[6:04:57pm] ...
[6:05:03pm] how many people have asked for free stuff? Let's keep a tally. . .
[6:05:25pm] we are at 4,567,7423
[6:05:25pm] Crispy: for one billion dollars I will do this.
[6:05:33pm] irvine: I'll save up.
[6:05:33pm] At least nobodies asked for his car or something yet
[6:05:40pm] * fireball sets mode: +a irvine
[6:05:41pm] you wouldn't want it
[6:05:42pm] I don't want free stuff. I want a peice of the action. I want to know where I can sign up to work on the next one.
[6:05:43pm] Yay!
[6:05:45pm] irvine: Are you going to get into halo 2 in the wake of all of this stuff? Are we going to see you online in xbox live?
[6:05:57pm] I'd have to buy an Xbox
[6:06:00pm] my wife would kill me
[6:06:03pm] heh
[6:06:15pm] so saying all will be revealed. . .should we jsut keep an eye on the site?
[6:06:22pm] They can't spot you a free Xbox? Bad Microsoft :-p
[6:06:23pm] my husband can probably make his case for one again
[6:06:24pm] always a good idea
[6:06:26pm] TUX: just flea stuff no bees?
[6:06:29pm] is there another good refrence that I should know about?
[6:06:34pm] I need a TV. I'm moving out from home tomorrow and I can't play Halo 2 unless I have a TV
[6:06:36pm] ;_;
[6:06:40pm] I am a flea++ specialty store. O_O
[6:06:44pm] irvine: Is there any one some of us could get hired for an ARG?
[6:06:47pm] Other shops have bee stuff, and better logos.
[6:06:49pm] * Beowulf is a certified Flea++ speaker :X
[6:06:58pm] Or is it a "Hey, I know you, come do this for me" thing?
[6:06:59pm] When I get halo 2 I'm going to hook it up to a projector and lock the door for about a week. :D
[6:07:10pm] * Snooper_1989 is a certified PHP coder...
[6:07:12pm] XD
[6:07:13pm] C: no idea. I knew Sean, he knew my work, and it went from there...
[6:07:14pm] If you have ideas for new shirts, I'm all for ideas.
[6:07:21pm] where can i find it..i wasn't ever a big fan of the pious flea
[6:07:28pm] HAHAHA... new MS Certification: Flea++
[6:07:40pm] however, you will soon have to upgrade to Flea.NET
[6:07:41pm] irvine: Ahh, ok.
[6:07:48pm] Flea++ is just corrupt SPDR ;)
[6:07:48pm] Crispy, make your own ARG, make a name for yourself, and you'll be set. I think it goes for everything in life, the more connections experience you have, the better off you are.
[6:08:01pm] connections/experience
[6:08:02pm] strifey: You know about me and Siege88|Work's right?
[6:08:03pm] Irvine: Did the writers of Ilovebees correlate with the writers of Halo 2 so that the storyline would flow correctly when one picks up Halo 2 from the stores and starts playing the game?
[6:08:37pm] attention was paid to continuity
[6:08:44pm] flea.NET is syntactically equivalent to Honey anyway!
[6:08:46pm] awesome :)
[6:08:53pm] will the characters from ILB have cameos in the Halo2 storyline?
[6:08:58pm] dunno
[6:09:02pm] No
[6:09:09pm] Irvine, what sort of rewrites did you have to do when weephun ratted out the SP?
[6:09:13pm] irvine, do you know if any of the ILB characters are in Halo2?
[6:09:20pm] lol
[6:09:21pm] we got that answer earlier
[6:09:23pm] whoops, repeat question, sorry!
[6:09:29pm] look two lines up :)
[6:09:29pm] h2 story was locked down months ago
[6:09:34pm] * Crispy` pats celina63 on the back. "It's ok. :D"
[6:09:39pm] no ILB stuff in it
[6:09:39pm] * Col_DeathDefi wonders how twilight knows this

I talked to melissa out of character!!! and more PM interact

chulo333@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:37:35 +0000

Ah! i am so excited!, so.. all you lucky san francisco attendees are getting to meet the VA who played melissa and the sleeping princess and everything else. Well thanks to mad cow, he was able to convince her to call me from his cellphone, so she talked to me!, she recognized me from chat, saying she had stayed in #beekeepers and recognized me. I told her she did an amzing job and she even switched characters for me from my mad cow's cell so it ws definetly not much filters, real talent there. so after a minute conversation i got put on the phone back with the cow and i asked him one last question "Was she hot?" and he said "yeah... pretty dang hot" not the girl from the killer images though, at least that is what cow said. anyways, i am really excited... i will edit if there is anything else i remember!!!
Troy McClure
EDIT: after some clarifaction of the characters, i talked to kirsten over the phone, so not jane, alrighty, bit confused i was on that, pretty excited to know all this. hi kirsten!

EDIT 2: After some questions about the final solve, i called mad cow who is chilling with the pm;s in san fran eating dinner and got to talk with kristen, sean, and the lead creator of the game who confirmed we found the final solve, i congratulated them all on the awesome game, (i can;t remember the lead creators name.. dumb cell is scratchy) but yes... they are all so physched, so one last rant
AWESOME GAME, thanks for the time!!!
i wish i had some amazing last words for such an awesome game, but please people leave your congrats to the team here!
Troy McClure

Chicago Training Event Recap

angelo@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 14:37:42 +0000

Alright, im extremely tired and am hearing voices, as its 7:30 am, im safely home, and can barely talk from screaming so much....

i had an amazing time.

perhaps somebody can sum up what happened? all i remember was yelling at people on the screen, then getting like 40 of us together and going to denny's, meeting some extremly hot goddess army chicks, hugging krystyn, and getting into my car.

What do you guys/gals remember? What was your favorite part of the night? Post Pics!!

(btw, whoever got that list of names/emails... i started it, but forgot to put my own on it ><)

Need quick time conversion

OmegaX@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 06:57:55 +0000

18:00 Pacific Time is what on the East Coast (as in Pennsylvania)? Sorry, couldn't narrow the search down.

[UPDATES] Live call-in tracking from the events

thebruce@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 04:06:45 +0000

cross-post -> please direct your attention over to this thread for live updates from the events (links out to other related threads as well)

NEW PUZZLE!!!! TRAINING EVENT PUZZLE BY M++

Buzzkill247@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 03:45:08 +0000

Goto the puzzle forum for this topic - let's stay coordinated

Email from Dana 11/2

Mazian@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 16:45:55 +0000

This will be going up in more detail in the Swag Lottery thread, but...

I emailed Dana to try to find out if there would be souvenir-type items or t-shirts available at the event, or if the DVDs were it.

I received this in response.

Hi Phaedra!
Wow, you guys are so organized and take such good care of each other.
That's amazing and Very Cool.
I don't have total information about what's going to happen on
Thursday (and I am excited! and nervous! and curious! ... just like
you guys). Melissa hasn't mentioned to me anything other than the
communications logs, if that helps you figure out how to organize
things with crew members who can't train with us.
Good luck.
xo
-d.

So, my SPEC would be that the event is being handled by Bungie or Microsoft, and they haven't given the PMs all the details on merchandise or freebies.

Either that, or they're just enjoying being mysterious. I hope it's the former, because it makes my job more difficult. :(

Chicago Beekeepers

SuperJerms@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 03:59:01 +0000

It's looking more and more like this is going to be a major event, and I'm very excited. I think it would be an excellent idea to meet up somewhere in Schaumburg before 8 o'clock and get together. Make sure everybody knows each other and whatnot. Obviously, we all are going to be heading to the same location, so if there are any restaurants, I suggest you Chicagoans pick one to meet at for dinner.
If you live in the area or are planning to show, leave some feedback.