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[TheFanboy]

"Entries that have something to do with bees or whatever, but which are so far out of the way that it's hard to imagine that any sort of game event would occur there. "

If there was something special to happen, like a rep giving out free stuff and you had limited supplys...wouldn't it be good tor reward the few individuals who went well out of their way to see what is happening at these places?

[msekolpsu]

Sorry that this is spec (and complaining), but if these coords are the end, this stinks. At the risk of being flamed horribly, here goes...

What kind of puzzle is it if something happens at these locations at these times? Seems really easily solvable - the answer is show up here when we say. What kind of puzzle is that? Here's the handout scenario:

- Someone will physically be there to hand you something in which case, it's game over. The AI will not be coordinating a physical handout, only the PMs behind it would.

Why would you be rewarded again? For figuring out a location on GPS, which is so readily available on the Internet? C'mon people! Don't give up on the puzzle aspect of the coords.

If the flea sent out the green text e-mail, where is the secret? A handout?

Oh, cloudmakers, why have you forsaken us?!

[MusicToEat]

The biggest problem I see with the handout theory, other then it meaning the end of the game, is that once word gets out that freebies are being handed out at these locations, all the locations that fall later in the day will be mobed.

[IvanLeopold]

Some avenues I think warrant more exploration

[sgusev]

i think the handout idea would make more sense if these coordinates all somehow pointed to one specific coord (i.e. the center, or something like that) which would represent the castle, and something happened at this specific location. This would also fit into the more precies coordinates theory because it would make the center location more precise as well.

[Kojubat]

[sfsdfd]

[MusicToEat]

Has anyone done the distance calculations on the new coordinates yet? I still feel that it's too much of a coincidence that the coordinates are in pairs and we were pointed to a distance calculator by Dana. Also has anyone been able to access the calculator linked to by Dana? I've always gotten a "connection refused" error. It would be nice if we could perform the calculations on the tool we were pointed at, because if the solution is to add the numbers in the distance to get a number that corresponds to a letter, and different calculators return slightly different results it could throw the whole thing off.

[tomdom69]

the original coordinates for milwaukee are 61st and north avenue.
the coordinates now are 88th and north at 15:35 PDT


i think you guys are making this harder then it is. i think there will be a van, or something driving down the street at this time giving the demos away.

thats why they are in the middle of the street.

[daegan]

[Flunkee]

Re: I'm sure someone's already on it, but...

[Cherry Cotton]

[princeofthesword]

Easy there, I'd be elated if there was someone driving around giving out demos. Not everyone is up to speed, it seems, though. 69, Frankie at Bungie has said without doubt that there will NOT be a Halo 2 demo before the game's official release Nov. 9th. Daegan, tempted though you may be, don't kill the guy for his enthusiasm, ignore him if he offends you that much.

But yeah, please think things through a bit more, and research. Ha, search and then re-search. The demo idea has been long gone.

Back to our topic at hand, what evidence do we have that this would really point to an in-game meeting of sorts with the PMs? I'm not saying it's impossible, just doesn't seem to fit the story so far. Think of the stats: there's more people playing this game than there are locations. Driving costs money, and someone's bound to get sued if one drove 678 KMs just to answer a phone call and was quite disappointed. Please, not flaming the idea, just wanting alternate thoughts examined just as thoroughly.

The wise Ivan Leopold has summed it up pretty well, IMO.

I think the change in the axons as well as the times now given are meant to show that this is more story/game related, not Real Life stuff for us to get into. There's a puzzle here, not a sign to stand next to and wait for something, I believe. Keep an open mind, and let's find a story link. They're being stingy with their clue handouts, but we've got more than we realize. Farewell, and keep thinking out of the box.

[GWing_02]

Kind of interesting how a lot of them are universities, libraries, historical monuments, etc; stuff to do with learning.

edit: I know this has been kind of said before, I'm just repeating it for the benefit of those who haven't seen that yet.

[dreamless]

People visited some of the sites prior to the update--heck, I even walked by a few--and there weren't any obvious clues. I was halfway in the 'distances' camp and halfway in the 'physical location' camp, but after the update I'm leaning towards the actual place.

I'm going to wait and see if later this week brings another Dana or Princess email, and maybe check out some of the afternoon locations this weekend. It seems likely that nothing will happen there 'til Tuesday, but there's always the fear that we ought to have the puzzle solved by then.