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[SPEC] What's going to happen on Halloween?
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bjc
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[SPEC] What's going to happen on Halloween?

There haven't been too many posts about the Halloween highlighted in MLO's MetaDex... niobexrev posted about it not long ago in the thread on the Cascade Vortex, so how about we go all out?

Surely that date has to be too good an opportunity to pass up! I would speculate that the in-game reason that Halloween is highlighted might just be that it is a yearly event, and thus worthy of putting into any and all Calendars. However, the meta-game reason for Halloween appearing highlighted in MLO's calendar is presumably that this date will be significant in-game... Shocked

Anyone care to indulge in a bit of a spec about what is going to happen? Wink
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niobexrev
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For referrence:

mlo's calender wrote:

Calendar
October:

Wed 1 -----
Thu 2 -----
Fri 3 Poker Night - Tom's
Sat 4 Harvest Dinner, Redland Game Club, 7:00 PM
Sun 5 -----
Mon 6 Lunch with Daniel
Tue 7 -----
Wed 8 OUT OF OFFICE
Thu 9 OUT OF OFFICE
Fri 10 OUT OF OFFICE, morning; CEO Meet & Greet, Intercontinental Hotel, 6:30 PM
Sat 11 Kathy's Birthday Celebration, Redland Game Club, 8:00 PM
Sun 12 Church Social (bring plates and cups), Parsonage
Mon 13 -----
Tue 14 -----
Wed 15 -----
Thu 16 -----
Fri 17 Poker Night - Jack's
Sat 18 -----
Sun 19 -----
Mon 20 -----
Tue 21 -----
Wed 22 OUT OF OFFICE
Thu 23 OUT OF OFFICE
Fri 24 OUT OF OFFICE, morning
Sat 25 -----
Sun 26 -----
Mon 27 -----
Tue 28 -----
Wed 29 -----
Thu 30 -----
Fri 31 Halloween


The following is from an out of game website (most likely where the PMs got there idea - click on the name to check it out):

Oregon Vortex wrote:
On October 31, 2003 The Oregon Vortex will be on the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.

This might not be a clue, just coincidence. (Well, I'm betting on it, since this is not an ingame site)

Cascade Vortex oritings discussed here:
Origins of Cascade Vortex

That's just dealing with Cascade vorex stuff. There might be other possible explanations to the "blue Halloween" thing. But maybe Cascade Vortex is where Beth is headed to. Just spec.
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Azathoth666
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Yeah... I think I brought this up back when we first got into Marcus' 'dex, but everyone was happy to say it's a holiday, so it could just be that holidays are listed in blue in the 'dex software. I ain't so sure.

Plus, our growing proximity to Halloween (and the fact that we are, again currently between major plot events... I'm personally itching to find out what goes down between Ceasar and Scratch...)

(no pun intended)

... makes it an ideal subject to bring up again. IMHO. Wink

I don't really have anything constructive to add, but I do like the idea that Marcus is planning something for halloween. What better time to let a Minotaur out of a Labyrinth?

(sorry, that was uncalled for too...)
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Didn't someone predict that, from the pattern of dates in Beth's rearranged archive, the next event would occur on Halloween?

See, if I were really motivated, I'd have the link to that thread all ready to post here for your clicking pleasure. (However...) Very Happy

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who knows? this is a very vague question as we really have no evidence... you may as well ask who the heck Kathy is.

but, in an extreme case... if Omnie's words of hearsay are true, and something paranormal DOES happen on the 31st... we may have a new "Sheismissing" on our hands.

like i said that's an extreme case, but it seems to follow through with everything else. I've had a feeling, since the beginning, that James Avery was "taken out", so to speak, because he got too close to something he wasn't supposed to see. Kathy could be gathering info to make sure there's no holes they've left uncovered. Marcus could be telling her to go on vacation so that she may never return. i've also always had the thought that this would be the story of Phillip and Beth discovering the matrix, getting too close with no way out, and mysteriously disappearing. the only thing that bothers me are the seemingly endless stream of incoming NPC's. caesar, scratch, texel, the rest of the hacker gang, Dr. Kane, Wongmo, Leiphe, Dina N., the other person on Nekodas... the story's broadening far more than i ever thought it would.

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AcidTWister wrote:
who knows? this is a very vague question as we really have no evidence... you may as well ask who the heck Kathy is.

but, in an extreme case... if Omnie's words of hearsay are true, and something paranormal DOES happen on the 31st... we may have a new "Sheismissing" on our hands.

like i said that's an extreme case, but it seems to follow through with everything else. I've had a feeling, since the beginning, that James Avery was "taken out", so to speak, because he got too close to something he wasn't supposed to see. Kathy could be gathering info to make sure there's no holes they've left uncovered. Marcus could be telling her to go on vacation so that she may never return. i've also always had the thought that this would be the story of Phillip and Beth discovering the matrix, getting too close with no way out, and mysteriously disappearing. the only thing that bothers me are the seemingly endless stream of incoming NPC's. caesar, scratch, texel, the rest of the hacker gang, Dr. Kane, Wongmo, Leiphe, Dina N., the other person on Nekodas... the story's broadening far more than i ever thought it would.


agreed... the story is getting big... i'm actually loosing the plot...
I'm not sure if I just missed some topics here... but I still don't get some relations betwen characters...

anyway... let's say the ARG has something to do with the matrix, then where the agents com in? in animatrix for example, the agents are often seen as "admins" for the anomalies... wherever there is one, there are a few agents (cops? fbi?)...

In the ARG, Independently if its Matrix or not... there are no talk about Agents/Cops/FBI/CIA or whatever... at least I haven't read anything like:
"After the incident the FBI stated blah blah blah" whatsoever...

anyway... the presence of authorities is always a "something" in any news... just a thougth... Wink

throwing ideias only...
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i.a.wright
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Just noticed this passage from Wongmo's site

Quote:
Also, don't forget that the deadline for Wongmo's Artist Search is fast approaching. Click the link below and be sure to submit your entries by the October 31st deadline! Mark your calendars!


I wonder is MLO is entering Laughing

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Halloween is also the last day the Cascade Vortex is open to the public:

Quote:
Hours:

9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Pacific, March through October, seven days a week.
Tours start on the hour every hour, or come explore on your own!


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bWF0cml4IHN1Y2tz
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Perhaps Alice will fall down the Rabbit Hole on Halloween by going into the Vortex. Maybe that is what happened to the missing couple.

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bWF0cml4IHN1Y2tz wrote:
Perhaps Alice will fall down the Rabbit Hole on Halloween by going into the Vortex. Maybe that is what happened to the missing couple.


good point... but it seems too simple...
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mulder wrote:


agreed... the story is getting big... i'm actually loosing the plot...
I'm not sure if I just missed some topics here... but I still don't get some relations betwen characters...

anyway... let's say the ARG has something to do with the matrix, then where the agents com in? in animatrix for example, the agents are often seen as "admins" for the anomalies... wherever there is one, there are a few agents (cops? fbi?)...

In the ARG, Independently if its Matrix or not... there are no talk about Agents/Cops/FBI/CIA or whatever... at least I haven't read anything like:
"After the incident the FBI stated blah blah blah" whatsoever...

anyway... the presence of authorities is always a "something" in any news... just a thougth... Wink

throwing ideias only...


Not necessarily - I've read a few of the comics on the official WB site, and very few feature agents or any other obvious intervention from the 'authorities. Don't forget, the Matrix is all but invisible to 99.9% of its inhabitants, and it will likely stay that way in the game. I think Kathy is the closest we will come to seeing a program.

I love the way the story is broadening - and don't be too quick to assume that the hackers are necessarily all extra characters...perhaps some of them are people we're already following in the other areas of the story. What if Avery is one of the hackers? Or Beth? Or (heavens help us) Wongmo? LOL!

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If something happens to Beth on 10/31, and she can't send an email update, how will we find out? And more importantly, what will become of Laika?

Dun-dun-daaah!

Basically, don't believe everything you read on Nov 1.

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What is going to happen on Halloween?

I guess we got our answer, huh? Very Happy
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What's gonna happen on Halloween? Nothing I'm able to participate unfortunately. Yeah I'm bitter. Confused

Okay, I'm over it. Or at least I will be once I get to a computer tomorrow that has quicktime so I can see what actually happened.
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This is from the BBC - how wierd is it that this is happening on Halloween, in the Spokane Valley?

Quote:
Brian Nam, of Spokane Valley, Washington, US, took this eerie picture of a figure silhouetted against the greens and blues of the aurora.




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