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[SPEC] [OOG(kind of)] Travel to African Coordinates?

**Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:19 am

MConnalley · Veteran Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 118

an un-neccesary trip which will be called for (if even feasible) when the time is right...

**Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:27 am

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**Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:30 am

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**Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:08 am

Codi · Greenhorn Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 3

In my personal opinion, I'd kick myself if that were the case, and bungie has pulled the single biggest sunt I could ever imagine for a PR campaign.

But in truth, it is just a bit crazy to think that they'd go that that much of an extreme.

I do believe that if you WANT to go see the caves, enjoy. However I doubt you will find anything that wasn't already there. And if you do go, find nothing of what you were actually looking for, would you be more disapointed if that happened, or more disapointed that you didn't go.

The choice is yours, just remember, Africa can be a scary place.

-Codi

**Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:20 am

Shadaraman · Boot Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 60

Aren't those caves home to a relative of ebola?

That's not something I'd be exploring without a hazmat suit.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:21 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:11 pm

Phyltre · Decorated Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 161

The cost required to have a presence in Africa for Bungie would be well outside justifiable costs. What would they do, send someone to draw on a wall? Stick a paper in a rock? I don't know if you've looked at travel brochures of the areas pointed out, but it's a pretty low level of civilization out there. As in, limited electricity, water, etc. Traditional living. Frontier-level. Disease. Wild animals. Lions.

Now you think about that. Ebola in caves. Free-roaming elephants. Freaking sleeping sickness in the mosquitoes. Do you think Bungie themselves will go there? No. It's all fictional. There's nothing in Africa. There's no giant alien stronghold in a crater, no glyphs scrawled on the rocks, no tribal leaders watching Forerunner ships do their business out on the mesa. All of that's in the ARG, which is emanating from Washington state. In the US. Not Africa.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:30 pm

thebruce

Won't you be kicking yourself if MS/Bungie does hold some special event gathering (ala Zero Hour, or 'training events') in Voi or Mombasa Razz

**Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:46 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:54 pm

Phyltre · Decorated Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 161

**Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:58 pm

thebruce

thinking back to Zero Hour, it got quite the attendance considering its market... people had to travel for that, though admittedly it was in the US. An event like that in Africa would be much more 'elitist'. But all the more special for those who could make it Cool

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I was one who management to get in the limited registration for Zero Hour, but I couldn't travel to the event... a friend who went sent me a bit of swag from there.

Vanishing Point had a similar event at its end for the launch of Vista, but its attendance was less than expected, and it was in the US as well. It's not unlike MS to have a big final shebang type deal, but yeah, doing one in Africa seems a little excessive Smile

**Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:10 pm

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Simmons247 · Boot Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 27 Location: Scotland

holiday to africa - $400

digital camera - $200

discovering the secrets to this ARG - priceless Smile

**Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:00 pm

AMarine88 · Veteran Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 79

I was sooo thinkin, if I won the lotto, i would do this. LOL

**Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:47 pm

blueqaz · Kilroy Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

**Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:50 pm