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Killswitch333
Boot
Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 27 Location: Massachusetts
Yea I didn't get one either. My best friend is shipping out to the Navy today so I was at his house all night. Right before I came home and went to bed I said "$hit!! the countdown ends tonight!" lol. As soon as I said that, I passed out lol. Oh well. I think there will be more keys though seeing as there are 4 more servers to unlock. As long as we're together on this thing I don't have a problem of not having a key. I just hope we figure out what we need to do with them when the time comes.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:13 am
Lt. Bingo Clamshell
Boot
Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Tucson, AZ
Jordan117 wrote:
Same here... I'd monitored this forum near-constantly the last few days, and saw nothing but fruitless speculation. I step out for a few hours to eat and watch some Stewart/Colbert -- and return to see I've missed the key giveaway, the one event that matters. Now that I've caught up with the discussion and unlocked media, there's nothing left but... fruitless speculation.
LOL, that's EXACTLY what I was doing. Except I had them DVR-ed so I was watching ones from last week. The #1 threat to America....... ROBOT BEARS!
Hopefully what a lot of people are saying is right and us lame-o people will have four more chances to get the keys to a brand new car... or a Halo... or something.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:18 am
Anton P. Nym
Unfettered
Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 550 Location: London, Canada
I'd like to correct something I posted last night in haste. I misremembered the code-key entry sequence.
I did have to enter the long code key. However, I did so using cut-and-paste from the countdown site, and the first try at the spambuster "short key" didn't take. (It's case-sensitive, and I didn't use the shift-lock when I should've.) My second try on the short key, however, didn't require me to reenter the long code key.
Last night, when posting, I seem to have forgotten what I had to do to set up the first try.
-- Steve is always amazed at the vaguiarities of human memory.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:24 am
astrovanman
Decorated
Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 162 Location: Dallas/Fort Worth
I didn't get a long key until after I completed the spam buster and I never had to enter in the long key-it was just displayed on screen.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:35 am
sorerutenshi
Greenhorn
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Herndon, VA
base64? I wasn't on in time to get one of they keys, but if they all end with "==" then it sounds like they might be base64 encoded. I think it might be worth it if everyone who was fortunate enough to receive one would try to decode it. A quick google search turned up www.opinionatedgeek.com/dotnet/tools/Base64Decode/
Looking forward to seeing the results. ^_^
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:40 am
Killswitch333
Boot
Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 27 Location: Massachusetts
BoonIsha wrote:
http://206.16.223.65/90GH7j/Default.aspx
Don't know if it's been posted before or if we figured it out (still a noob sry) but I got 6 totally different numbers instead of BoonIsha's "90GH7j". Anyone know what it means? What should I do? Again sorry. I'm doing my best to try to keep up with everyone.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:48 am
BoonIsha
Decorated
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 207
AngriBuddhist wrote:
Someone is saying that those with keys will receive something. I doubt it. We will just have the opportunity to use them. That will probably help unlock another "history" or comic and everyone will have access to it.
To clarify, the first 100 people to enter their keys were told they would be rewarded. The exact message was:
Quote:
Key Received
93 more keys are required before this server's content is available.
For your participation in unlocking this Forerunner database you will be rewarded. More information will be sent to you soon.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:49 am
Shiningfist
Unfettered
Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 316
BoonIsha wrote:
AngriBuddhist wrote:
Someone is saying that those with keys will receive something. I doubt it. We will just have the opportunity to use them. That will probably help unlock another "history" or comic and everyone will have access to it.
To clarify, the first 100 people to enter their keys were told they would be rewarded. The exact message was:
Quote:
Key Received
93 more keys are required before this server's content is available.
For your participation in unlocking this Forerunner database you will be rewarded. More information will be sent to you soon.
did it say that after you enter the 5-6 character or the 23-24 character one?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:02 am
THE GUARDIAN
Greenhorn
Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8
at what time did this happen tho?!!? i mite have missed out on it by a minute or summat?!?!?!?!?!
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:02 am
BoonIsha
Decorated
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 207
Shiningfist wrote:
BoonIsha wrote:
AngriBuddhist wrote:
Someone is saying that those with keys will receive something. I doubt it. We will just have the opportunity to use them. That will probably help unlock another "history" or comic and everyone will have access to it.
To clarify, the first 100 people to enter their keys were told they would be rewarded. The exact message was:
Quote:
Key Received
93 more keys are required before this server's content is available.
For your participation in unlocking this Forerunner database you will be rewarded. More information will be sent to you soon.
did it say that after you enter the 5-6 character or the 23-24 character one?
This was after we entered the 23-24 character one. The other was just a standard captcha, though a particularly difficult one to read.
This all occured around 10 PM CST last night.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:03 am
Shiningfist
Unfettered
Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 316
BoonIsha wrote:
Shiningfist wrote:
BoonIsha wrote:
AngriBuddhist wrote:
Someone is saying that those with keys will receive something. I doubt it. We will just have the opportunity to use them. That will probably help unlock another "history" or comic and everyone will have access to it.
To clarify, the first 100 people to enter their keys were told they would be rewarded. The exact message was:
Quote:
Key Received
93 more keys are required before this server's content is available.
For your participation in unlocking this Forerunner database you will be rewarded. More information will be sent to you soon.
did it say that after you enter the 5-6 character or the 23-24 character one?
This was after we entered the 23-24 character one. The other was just a standard captcha, though a particularly difficult one to read.
This all occured around 10 PM CST last night.
but did anyone not get a key?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:05 am
camshaft
Boot
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 66
BoonIsha wrote:
This all occured around 10 PM CST last night.
Grrr...I went to bed aroun 9:50 PM.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:06 am
BoonIsha
Decorated
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 207
Shiningfist wrote:
but did anyone not get a key?
If you did not check the old countdown page before the Server was unlocked, you did not get a key.
Once the server was unlocked, there was no reason to continue giving out keys.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:06 am
Shiningfist
Unfettered
Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 316
BoonIsha wrote:
Shiningfist wrote:
but did anyone not get a key?
If you did not check the old countdown page before the Server was unlocked, you did not get a key.
Once the server was unlocked, there was no reason to continue giving out keys.
i have a key but i didnt use it
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:07 am
THE GUARDIAN
Greenhorn
Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8
aaaaaargh!! I mean...why wouldnt u??
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:09 am
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