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[SPEC/TRAILHEAD] Halo 3 trailhead?
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CitizenErased
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 		ok so i was bored and ive been listening to old audio files from ILB and i just found it very randomly odd that in this specific file they reference "ghosting" like 8,000 times. lol, i love how anyone can suggest any idea ever and its never shot down as stupid. besides, thats how conclusions are drawn. you need 300 guesses to finally get the right one.

i mean all we see is random text on a picture. and people are sooooo creative. the normal everyday world lacks this very youthful healthy form of imagination. im so excited to get into something like this now that ive found this site.

the audio file im talking about:
http://www.argn.com/archives/ilb/%3D%3D%3DASSEMBLED%20FILES%3D%3D%3D/01B%20KAMAL-The%20Arrangement.wav



edit: i also wanted to add that looking through all of these files i have absolutely no clue how they even relate to ILB at all. im sooo confused. there is no reference that i can find of them on this guide...
http://www.wonderweasels.org/apiary/guide.htm
...that im also looking at. i was looking to read through this guide aloud and record me reading it for people who dont have time to sit and read all of this but are still curious as to the whole story of ILB. my girlfriend has recently taken a huge interest in halo and i know she'd love to listen to this on her daily hour long commute to and from work. i know its off topic but could someone maybe point me in the right direction, or provide some help, or maybe even a better guide? id appreciate it so much. im sorry for getting off topic with that, so thank you for understanding. =)

so in fact i may be completely retarded and this has nothing to do with anything. have mercy on my newbie-like inquisitive ways.

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 		As an aside to your aside, Rowan's guide is a lovely walkthrough of the entire game, but if you're looking for just the main narrative, you can find the complete assembled radio drama on the ILB site.
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CitizenErased wrote:
edit: i also wanted to add that looking through all of these files i have absolutely no clue how they even relate to ILB at all. im sooo confused. there is no reference that i can find of them on this guide...
http://www.wonderweasels.org/apiary/guide.htm
...that im also looking at. i was looking to read through this guide aloud and record me reading it for people who dont have time to sit and read all of this but are still curious as to the whole story of ILB. my girlfriend has recently taken a huge interest in halo and i know she'd love to listen to this on her daily hour long commute to and from work. i know its off topic but could someone maybe point me in the right direction, or provide some help, or maybe even a better guide? id appreciate it so much

For a straight timeline of events from beginning to end, you could take a look at my summary timeline listing the events, and read through the text-based story that occurred before the audio drama (all the files linked and listed by chapter and scene as they appeared). Extrasonic's wiki (direct link to game timeline) has various guides and such as well. There's a lot to take in, but the story is absolutely wonderful!

I think there was rumour a while back that the general events of ILB were now considered canon... the chances of a continuation or actual link to the characters in further Halo storylines may be slim at best, but at least it's nice to know ILB now isn't its own entity, but as we play through Halo 2 (and 3), our favourite characters are still (hopefully) alive Smile
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CitizenErased wrote:
Hi, im new here but i just wanted to say that some of the people over at http://www.highimpacthalo.org also noticed that the code for the Greater than symbol in a web browser is "%3E". You've mentioned that 7/13 is the last day of E3 and when people intially tried to get a link out of this they noticed that 3E showed up when trying stuff out. sounds more than coincidental to me. =)


Yes, I am a member from there as well.. the thread that details it is mine.
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 		Yea i dont see this posted so sry if it's already on here lol. But i recall a something on a bungie update maybe a month ago that said
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"And one other interesting thing to note, is some kind of scrambled transmission seems to be decoding itself slowly in Thunder's sig… coincidence? Maybe.' http://forums.halowars.com/thread/42345.aspx

If you look at the bottom of thunder's post it's there. The thing took like a week to uncode and every day another part of image would be unblurred. Anyway here it is
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>FILE ENCRYPTION/1SF021402141. -ES
>DECRYPTION KEY: CLASSIFIED/"UNSCSF"/
>DECODING TRANSMISSION
>ETA 777601 SECONDS…

>DECRYPTION 100% COMPLETE...

>IDENTIFIED - UNSC SPARROWHAWK




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 		Yeah that's unrelated.. just a cool thing from Thunder.. but cool nonetheless.
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CitizenErased wrote:

edit: i also wanted to add that looking through all of these files i have absolutely no clue how they even relate to ILB at all. im sooo confused. there is no reference that i can find of them on this guide...
http://www.wonderweasels.org/apiary/guide.htm
...that im also looking at. i was looking to read through this guide aloud and record me reading it for people who dont have time to sit and read all of this but are still curious as to the whole story of ILB. my girlfriend has recently taken a huge interest in halo and i know she'd love to listen to this on her daily hour long commute to and from work. i know its off topic but could someone maybe point me in the right direction, or provide some help, or maybe even a better guide? id appreciate it so much. im sorry for getting off topic with that, so thank you for understanding. =)

As the owner of this guide, I can tell you the reason you haven't found mention of 'The Arrangement.wav' is probably because a: you haven't read far enough in the guide and b: that's not the real name of the file.

The ARGN assembled files are all taken from the Humpty Dumpty page on ILB where the file name is technically week1_subject3.wav. Before the files were assembled, they were split into a bunch of different pieces that were catalogued here (make sure you click on the squiggle thing to read the transcripts/additional info - the Kamal wavs start towards the bottom). It wasn't until 2 weeks later that the Humpty Dumpty page appeared, and thus was entered into my guide (since I tried not to go back and add clarifications to things that had happened previously. What you read is pretty much the way I experienced the whole game)
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 		I had a chat with my friend about this, who is a huge fan of the Halo series. He discovered it, knew I liked ARGs and asked me about it. He had some spec that I thought you guys might find interesting, so (with his persmission) I'm going to post important bits of the conversation here to see what you all think.

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Rekidk's Friend: well "ghost" is probably a username
Rekidk's Friend: and from the books, i think that ghost is what the AI use to hack into files


Quote:
Rekidk's Friend: the conversations of the universe book has a LOT of that mumbo in it
Rekidk's Friend: like, the command prompts and such like that
GSAs I Dont Know: hm
GSAs I Dont Know: so you think this is a command prompt, then?
Rekidk's Friend: no, i think its more like a status thing, but like that type of tezt and stuff


Quote:
Rekidk's Friend: 713 the hidden number in the message has to do with Gaius Julius Caesar aka THE Julius Caesar "Et tu brute?" just happen to be the mans last words translating to "Even you, Brutus?" his last words finding out one of his best firends stuck him in the back in his final minutes of his life. the number is his birthday 7/13/100 BC
Rekidk's Friend: bungie released a video documentary called E Tu Brute a few months ago
GSAs I Dont Know: ah!
GSAs I Dont Know: is that text above from the documentary?
Rekidk's Friend: no its from a bungie forums member


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GSAs I Dont Know: when was this announcement made?
Rekidk's Friend: the video doc or the warthog thing?
GSAs I Dont Know: warthog?
GSAs I Dont Know: and video doc?
Rekidk's Friend: they always release the weapon/vehicle info on mondays, and this is the most recent one, so the 26th
GSAs I Dont Know: okay
GSAs I Dont Know: and the video doc?
Rekidk's Friend: a few days before christmas
Rekidk's Friend: im gonna say like the dec 15th-21st range, because it was almost christmas break


Quote:
Rekidk's Friend: im gonna assume you dont know the halo 2 storyline, but in it the covenant (Elites, Grunts, Brutes, Jackals, Prophets, etc.) break apart
Rekidk's Friend: The Elites and Grunts aid the humans, and the Brutes and Jackals keep fighting the humans
Rekidk's Friend: therefore, in Halo 3, the Brutes are the main antagonists (jackals are like support guys)
GSAs I Dont Know: so, 'brute' refers not to brutus, but to the brutes?
Rekidk's Friend: it wasnt about caesar at all
Rekidk's Friend: it was about like the brutes and how they are making them smarter in this game


Quote:
Rekidk's Friend: and the last day of e3 thing seems a little to easy
Rekidk's Friend: like, it was put there for the intention of throwing you off
Rekidk's Friend: but why release something about the last day of e3 when there is 4 months between then and now
Rekidk's Friend: that seems like a long ass time, even for bungie
Rekidk's Friend: maybe there will be something in the equipment bio next monday


Quote:
Rekidk's Friend: this is a longshot
Rekidk's Friend: found by someone on gamefaqs
Rekidk's Friend: http://www.cpixel.com/searchp.asp?person=Ghost_713&rv=1
GSAs I Dont Know: looks unrelated
GSAs I Dont Know: but you never know


Quote:
GSAs I Dont Know: halo3 have a launch date?
Rekidk's Friend: no, fall 2007
Rekidk's Friend: speculated for november
Rekidk's Friend: xbox launch=november
halo 1= november
xbox live=november
halo 2= november
xbox 360= november
see the pattern?
Rekidk's Friend: some people have said 11/7/07, because master chief is spartan 117 and bungie's favorite number is 7
Rekidk's Friend: and..now that i think about it, gears of war=november
Rekidk's Friend: wow..... i never realized this and i am pretty sure no one else did
Rekidk's Friend: gears of war was released on 11/7/06
Rekidk's Friend: doesnt mean much, buts its an interesting tidbit

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 		I have no doubt that it is a command prompt and a masked user ID... I'll try to find the conversations from the universe transcript.

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 		Hey I've saved this page, to stay updated on any new trails.

Is this the best place to use as an info-clearing house for now?

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If you google the terms 'Halo 3 Viral Campaign' and click the first option, called Evil Avatar, you will find that an Irish company has found a new way to get energy: Clean, filtered, pure, FREE energy.

Upon further inspection of their website (http://www.steorn.com), you'll begin to notice a pattern. All the picture banners at the top seem to be in a circular pattern, like the clouds in the Halo 3 announcement ad.

One of these pictures is of a frog, where there seems to be no swirling at all. Look at the frogs eye. am I the only one who sees a HONEYCOMB pattern in there!?

I will look into this further, and I suggest anyone who reads this to do the same. This could be the next ILB.com.

Also, read this. Notice the ending sentence. The end of 2007? ISNT NOVEMBER NEAR THERE!?

Orbo produces free, clean and constant energy - that is our claim. By free we mean that the energy produced is done so without recourse to external source. By clean we mean that during operation the technology produces no emissions. By constant we mean that with the exception of mechanical failure the technology will continue to operate indefinitely.

The sum of these claims for our Orbo technology is a violation of the principle of conservation of energy, perhaps the most fundamental of scientific principles. The principle of the conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created or destroyed, it can only change form.

Because of the revolutionary nature of our claim, not only to the world of science but to the world in general, Steorn issued a challenge to the scientific community in August 2006 to test our technology and report their findings. The process of validation that has resulted from this challenge is currently underway, with results expected by the end of 2007.


I believe this may be the Halo 3 ARG. It may not have anything to do with the data string, but this site (http://www.steorn.com) looks hella suspicious.

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 		Re: Possible New I Love Bees
John Doe 117 wrote:

I believe this may be the Halo 3 ARG. It may not have anything to do with the data string, but this site (http://www.steorn.com) looks hella suspicious.


Trout =) http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16475 A little too late. I am guessing that it is not part of well, whatever this is at the moment. Smile
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 		Re: Possible New I Love Bees
John Doe 117 wrote:
If you google the terms 'Halo 3 Viral Campaign' and click the first option, called Evil Avatar, you will find that an Irish company has found a new way to get energy: Clean, filtered, pure, FREE energy.

Upon further inspection of their website (http://www.steorn.com), you'll begin to notice a pattern. All the picture banners at the top seem to be in a circular pattern, like the clouds in the Halo 3 announcement ad.

One of these pictures is of a frog, where there seems to be no swirling at all. Look at the frogs eye. am I the only one who sees a HONEYCOMB pattern in there!?

I will look into this further, and I suggest anyone who reads this to do the same. This could be the next ILB.com.

Also, read this. Notice the ending sentence. The end of 2007? ISNT NOVEMBER NEAR THERE!?

Orbo produces free, clean and constant energy - that is our claim. By free we mean that the energy produced is done so without recourse to external source. By clean we mean that during operation the technology produces no emissions. By constant we mean that with the exception of mechanical failure the technology will continue to operate indefinitely.

The sum of these claims for our Orbo technology is a violation of the principle of conservation of energy, perhaps the most fundamental of scientific principles. The principle of the conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created or destroyed, it can only change form.

Because of the revolutionary nature of our claim, not only to the world of science but to the world in general, Steorn issued a challenge to the scientific community in August 2006 to test our technology and report their findings. The process of validation that has resulted from this challenge is currently underway, with results expected by the end of 2007.


I believe this may be the Halo 3 ARG. It may not have anything to do with the data string, but this site (http://www.steorn.com) looks hella suspicious.


I highly doubt that's an ARG .. i messed around with it a little but i think it's just what it says it is
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 		http://steorn.com/news/coverage/?id=261

"We've been accused of being a publicity stunt for the next Microsoft Xbox gaming system because some of the artwork on our website was similar to theirs," says Walshe. "Some people have said our offices don't exist and one accused us of simply being a call centre in Australia because one of our telephonists has an Australian accent. My favourite is the one that says we are a CIA or oil-industry front intended to discredit research into free and clean energy. In other words, our claims are deliberately false and when they are found out to be, it will be a blow for all free and clean research."

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John Doe 117 wrote:
...steorn...


If Steorn is involved with this, then its been going on for a while. Back in August of 2006 is when they came out. I've actually been following the website to see the developments of their research. I'm curious to see how they did it. I'm thinking that Steorn isn't involved in this though.
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