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redct
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Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 1233
Note that the countdown (in the source) is 9/25 GMT 14:07:07. Bungie is on the US west coast, which is GMT-7.
The time translates to 07:07:07, and we all know about the sevens.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:13 am
Salsaman1991
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 214 Location: Uruguay (also known as "that little triangle in south america")
Got to the true index page, there's a teaser trailer now. DLing it...
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:11 am
redct
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I have no idea what it's for, but it does feature our little friend the Superintendent.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:16 am
Locohoco
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Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 85 Location: England
Sweet! Seems to point to an expansion for Halo 3 with the player probably being an ODST (hence the 'Prepare to Drop' and drop pods).
Just who is the Superintendent though? I guess he's the AI responsible for looking after the running of the city. Not sure how he'll figure into the story though.
EDIT: Just noticed that at about 0.13 in the vid the left billboard says City of New Mombasa, so I'm guessing this will be set during the Covenant invasion in Halo 2, and that the massive explosion that happens is the Prophets ship going into slipspace
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:23 am
redct
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Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 1233
Random observations: spoilering them:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
City shot: Two names visible on skyscrapers: TRAXUS and AMG
00:14 Sierra-117 Loc UNK
"Data Leak on Level 9"
AI's name: "Vergil"? (Activating Subroutine Vergil)
Shot that looks like the old Bungie splash screen: icon on side says City of New Mombasa
One single frame around 36 seconds: "Maddie, Where are you?"
"Halo 3" => 39877778489302777
3940293848938 84
127 37900 1
8404092 27491 279
00287 2894 28989994
0928 8299309 783900
17 17 1779827 8297
0000 01 06 09 000000
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someone in IRC: see, sometimes instead of a man and woman loving each other, men and men love each other. this usually happens in prison, but sometimes in real life
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:43 am
Will 2.0
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Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 1431 Location: Burlington, Vermont
There's a date at the end. Jan 6, 2009
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:31 am
Salsaman1991
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 214 Location: Uruguay (also known as "that little triangle in south america")
Rumour has it, it's for a new Halo expansion or a new game altogether, but this one would be a squad based campaign.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:38 am
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
Salsaman1991 wrote:
Rumour has it, it's for a new Halo expansion or a new game altogether, but this one would be a squad based campaign.
If the Bungie forums are any indication, there's certainly more than one rumor being discussed...
I don't know anything about Halo, so I can't speculate on what this is all about. Neat video, though, and I gotta hand it to Bungie and how they have viral marketing down to a science.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:27 pm
Aybraus
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Jordan117 wrote:
And these are the five inactive profiles, followed by their usernames (this forum's serif font will let you spot the differences between the capital I's and the lower-case L's):
One (IIIIIII)
Two (lllllll)
Three (IIIIIIl)
Four (IIIllll)
Five (llllllI)
So, while the letters themselves may not have meaning, it makes you wonder... why would Bungie create multiple Superintendent profiles and only have one of them post?
Because we're supposed to break into one of the accounts?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:46 pm
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
(note: updated the title to reflect recent events)
here's my coverage, fwiw
-trailer screens frameset on flickr
-superintendent on the wiki
-brief on wikibruce
yeah, ABO and HBO are going nuts
the trailer is being ripped apart by the community, hehe
lots of good stuff in there though...
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:43 pm
Salsaman1991
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 214 Location: Uruguay (also known as "that little triangle in south america")
The four locations shown in the HUD:
TANAGA.0086: A form of Filipino poetry, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each (7777).
LUMUMBA.0624: Patrice Lumumba, first Prime Minister of Congo.
MBARAKI.2552: A maritime port in Mombasa.
MAKADARA.0339: Makadara is an electoral consituency of Kenya.
Dunno if all this means anything to anyone. I'm not much into the Halo mythos. Seeing as the city in the trailer is New Mombasa, the last three locations should be streets or suburbs named after important african people/places. Tanaga, though, was obviously chosen for the number 7.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:52 pm
Yodel
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Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Jersey
Has anyone transcribed/deciphered the reboot-code that scrolls by before the SI begins to reinitialize?
Oh, and I'm back. Time for another Halo ARG, folks!
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:48 pm
theguy
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Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 136 Location: I'm not tellin' YOU!!!
finally, a Halo ARG I can actually get in on! (circumstances prevented it with ILoveBees and Iris)
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:41 am
Wireless
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My guess is this is leading to the PC release of Halo 3 with expanded content.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:59 am
Yodel -TEMP-
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It's confirmed that it's a expansion for Halo 3's campaign, on the Xbox? Where did you get the PC idea? A quick look at the flamboyant "Xbox" logo at the end disproves that.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:46 pm
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