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Strange Post at Paintover.net
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Strange Post at Paintover.net

Ive been playing this game for a while now but never posted until now since I never had anything really relevant to say. I always wanted to contibute and I just be trying to hard to find something but I recently was looking through the latest paintover.net files and noticed a strange post. At first it looked like yet another long strain of binary and I just brushed it aside as one but a few posts down someone had decoded it. The decoded message was longer then anything else we've seen so far. It was also really cryptic and seemed to have a few Matrix-esque references in it making me think it just might be something other then another regular poster using binary like maybe a clue or something? The message is:

"Even without the events that have occured, I think man would still be a creature that fears the dark. He doesn't face that fear. He averts his eyes from it and acts as if he never had any memory of his history. Don't you find it odd that there is only one man who has the desire to pursue the truth? But... It has been both a very brief time and yet a long time. Man's fear has withered, and even time tries to wither the desire to know the truth. Foolish denizens, so long as you exist together, continue to live your lives together, and share in your mass illusion, a single dragon will be born there. Is it a crime to try and learn the truth? Is it a sin to search for those things which you fear? You poor souls who fear the darkness and the deep, when you suppress that fear, you will be able to get closer to the truth. My purpose in this world is knowledge and the dissemination of it, and it is I who is to restore the fruits of my labors to the entire world. In the words of he who is closest to the truth, imagination and memory are but one thing for which diverse considerations have diverse names. Fear. It is something vital to us puny creatures. The instant man stops fearing is the instant the species will reach a dead end, only to sink to pitiable lows, only to sit and wait apathetically for extinction. Yes, that ancient dragon is a mirror of none other than yourselves, you fools! The anxiety within you has no outlet. It has no past and no future. Wake up! Don't be afraid of knowledge! Humans who lose the capacity to think become creatures whose existence has no value. Think, you humans who are split into two worlds! Unless you want the gulf between humans to expand into oblivion, you must THINK! Each person's jealousies, their desires, their fears... Alone, each may be a small part, but together they become an enormous whole that will take shape. There is but one truth. If you avert your eyes from it, you will always remain nothing more then a puppet. Signed,"

And that's it. It doesn't specify who signed it. The user name of the person who posted it is also in binary though, maybe his 'signature' was there? Anyway, some parts just seem to definitly be references to the game or the Matrix in general even if other parts are gibberish. I know its more then likely just another post even if a very long and mysterious one but its always possible it might be leading to something.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:00 pm
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Bamba-MAN
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Actually, the man who posted it is "Lone", and probably he has nothing to do with the ARG:

"Posted by Lone at October 12, 2003 12:21 AM"

BTW, I have some cool ARG site with a lot of info(passwords, people, etc..).Go to:
http://metacortex.vze.com
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:29 pm
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Fardreamer
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I think you plugged your site quite enough, Bamba... it's getting annoying, and most moderators don't appreciate it.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:33 pm
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Bamba-MAN wrote:
Actually, the man who posted it is "Lone", and probably he has nothing to do with the ARG:

"Posted by Lone at October 12, 2003 12:21 AM"

BTW, I have some cool ARG site with a lot of info(passwords, people, etc..).Go to:
http://metacortex.vze.com



ENOUGH WITH THE SPAM Exclamation Mad Evil or Very Mad Twisted Evil


YOUR SITE ALREADY HAS IT'S OWN THREAD Exclamation


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:38 pm
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joebrent
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I don't want to start a row, God, but you seem to be in the mold of the wrathful Old Testament God, not the benevolent version.

And just for the record, your use of emoticons is just as capricious as Bamba-Man's site plugs, and far more distracting.

Be merciful, oh Lord, perhaps I know not what I say.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:23 pm
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MetalGoldKnight
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"Actually, the man who posted it is "Lone", and probably he has nothing to do with the ARG:

"Posted by Lone at October 12, 2003 12:21 AM" "

Lone just translated the message, it was originally posted in binary form. The original poster also put his username in binary, and by the way it translates to 'Black Forest'. It's probably irrelevant anyway.

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Sunny du Pree
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Re: SPAM

GOD wrote:
Bamba-MAN wrote:
Actually, the man who posted it is "Lone", and probably he has nothing to do with the ARG:

"Posted by Lone at October 12, 2003 12:21 AM"

BTW, I have some cool ARG site with a lot of info(passwords, people, etc..).Go to:
http://metacortex.vze.com



ENOUGH WITH THE SPAM Exclamation Mad Evil or Very Mad Twisted Evil


YOUR SITE ALREADY HAS IT'S OWN THREAD Exclamation

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Oh, and BTW...



I DISLIKE YOUR SITE GREATLY Exclamation Mad Evil or Very Mad Twisted Evil
Rolling Eyes Laughing -AnthraX101


Oh dear that is not playing nice and I have to say this cause it has been on my mind for days and I mean this in the spirit of laughter

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:50 pm
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Azathoth666
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It's a harsh call, but it has to be made though... Catching up this morning I read through half a dozen or so threads plugging that site.

Now, fair enough wanting to contribute, and it is a valuable resource for n00bs and late-starters, but really all you need to do is put a linkup in your signature. I resent having anything rammed down my throat: I get enough of that in my email.

There's a time and a place for everything... one time, in one place would've sufficed here, IMHO... Smile By the time I got to this thread (and had read the plug four or five times already) I have to say I was starting to feel a bit like God... not, obviously in the divine sense. Wink
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