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[LOCKED] [TRAILHEAD] Halo 3 ARG (a real one, not ILB2 again)
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LordIllidan
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 		Re: HEY!
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silent13 wrote:

and now apparently part of (fill in name here)

wait what are we really calling this anyway?

-the doctor


Well, if the name of this subforum is anything to go by, Iris. I think a far cooler name will pop up later, though XD (I myself, think Adjutant Reflex is a suitable enough name, since that's where it all started AND it sounds cool.)

And... @ Phoenix1337: Sounds like a valid theory, but... Not quite sure how we'd be able to figure out what date it supposedly means. I mean, superimposing it over Stonehenge doesn't seem to work...

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 		wait a minute
i actually thought about his theory when i fist saw the superimposed images, and at first i set it aside thinking it was fantastical but what if he is right?

maybe its not supposed to line up, maybe it is a date or a kind of route marker that uses the stones to mean something, like spell out a message, i know i am reaching beyond my grasp here but could it be possible that the symbol itself is a message or word or number or something that we missed?

the devil always is in the details...

yeah just a rant i had to put down

and with that i bid goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow

-the doctor

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 		Re: HEY!
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LordIllidan wrote:
Sounds like a valid theory, but... Not quite sure how we'd be able to figure out what date it supposedly means. I mean, superimposing it over Stonehenge doesn't seem to work...


Well admittedly, I was kinda hoping someone smarter than me would pick this up and run with it. The idea I was thinking was that the line attached to the inner most ring might always point to the sunrise...

Hey, I never claimed it wasn't crazy.

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 		Re: wait a minute
silent13 wrote:
... i know i am reaching beyond my grasp here but could it be possible that the symbol itself is a message or word or number or something that we missed?


That makes sense. In the halo books, i forget which one, it says there are different meanings to the Forerunner language. Its the same for the Covenant language but I guess they get that from the Forerunners.

~~Nunyo

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 		Re: HEY!
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Phoenix1337 wrote:
LordIllidan wrote:
Sounds like a valid theory, but... Not quite sure how we'd be able to figure out what date it supposedly means. I mean, superimposing it over Stonehenge doesn't seem to work...


Well admittedly, I was kinda hoping someone smarter than me would pick this up and run with it. The idea I was thinking was that the line attached to the inner most ring might always point to the sunrise...

Hey, I never claimed it wasn't crazy.


The idea does sound most intriguing. Even thought the super-imposing did not give us an exact match, it gave us an approximate match, as far as I could discern. If there were a way to calculate the date depending on the angle of the sun as Phoenix1337 suggests, we may get something a bit more concrete. Maybe that particular alignment occurs on June 21st?
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psygene wrote:
Maybe that particular alignment occurs on June 21st?


I'm not 100% sure that there's a connection (I suffer conic self doubt), but if there is, I guarantee that symbol corresponds to the summer solstice, which occurs this year on June 21st. That was actually what stared me off on this in the first place.

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psygene wrote:
Maybe that particular alignment occurs on June 21st?


I'm not 100% sure that there's a connection (I suffer conic self doubt), but if there is, I guarantee that symbol corresponds to the summer solstice, which occurs this year on June 21st. That was actually what stared me off on this in the first place.


Well, claiming that the symbol is "Guaranteed [to correspond] to the summer solstice" sorta defeats the point of superimposing it over Stonehenge with (Insert part of glyph here) pointing to (insert certain angle of the sun here) to try to decipher a meaning, no? XD

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 		If the super-imposing of the glyph on the stonehenge does indeed indicate that the 21st of June is important, we now have two "independent" sources pointing us to the fact that something important is set to happen on the 21st of June. The glyph super-imposed on stonehenge, and, the Transmission Log website.

What that important event is....up in the air for further speculation. Unlocking of Servers; assignment of specific tasks in no uncertain terms by AR; SOTA opening Application Acceptance.

Since two "independent" pointers have been set up, maybe two events are scheduled to occur?

Thoughts?
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psygene wrote:
If the super-imposing of the glyph on the stonehenge does indeed indicate that the 21st of June is important, we now have two "independent" sources pointing us to the fact that something important is set to happen on the 21st of June. The glyph super-imposed on stonehenge, and, the Transmission Log website.

What that important event is....up in the air for further speculation. Unlocking of Servers; assignment of specific tasks in no uncertain terms by AR; SOTA opening Application Acceptance.

Since two "independent" pointers have been set up, maybe two events are scheduled to occur?

Thoughts?


Hmmmm... The thing is, both these pointers are (supposedly) set up by the same person/thing, Adjutant Reflex. I doubt he'd make two separate pointers to two separate events if they were to both go down on the same day (Especially since he seems to be a computer/computer program of some sort, both of which are all about efficiency)

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 		Re: HEY!
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LordIllidan wrote:

Well, claiming that the symbol is "Guaranteed [to correspond] to the summer solstice" sorta defeats the point of superimposing it over Stonehenge with (Insert part of glyph here) pointing to (insert certain angle of the sun here) to try to decipher a meaning, no? XD


Have you looked at the image? You might be able to get a few degrees of difference, but not much. It's the only way it matches up.

As i said before, the similarities could be a coincidence. For all I know I could get a similar result superimposing the image on a bike wheel. But if there is a connection, there is one very conspicuous detail that points to June 21st.

Edit: I'd also like to point out that the more I look at the glyph and stonehenge, the less impressed I am with my date/calendar theory. It seems like it would be a little hard to read.

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LordIllidan wrote:
psygene wrote:
If the super-imposing of the glyph on the stonehenge does indeed indicate that the 21st of June is important, we now have two "independent" sources pointing us to the fact that something important is set to happen on the 21st of June. The glyph super-imposed on stonehenge, and, the Transmission Log website.

What that important event is....up in the air for further speculation. Unlocking of Servers; assignment of specific tasks in no uncertain terms by AR; SOTA opening Application Acceptance.

Since two "independent" pointers have been set up, maybe two events are scheduled to occur?

Thoughts?


Hmmmm... The thing is, both these pointers are (supposedly) set up by the same person/thing, Adjutant Reflex. I doubt he'd make two separate pointers to two separate events if they were to both go down on the same day (Especially since he seems to be a computer/computer program of some sort, both of which are all about efficiency)


Valid point. Unless there are two separate entities battling each other, with their own agendas moving forward on the 21st of June. We "know" that the glyph is explicitly associated with AR, through his/its B.net avatar.

But, according to SOTA, the symbol appears on the Transmission Log website as well. We have yet to pull the symbol from the Log site, despite our best efforts. Maybe the Transmission Log is being maintained by someone else altogether, and all we have is SOTA's word that it is associated with the glyph. Mayhaps even SOTA are being mislead, or have been usurped entirely?

Perchance we get to choose sides in this. Dark or Light? Day or Night?
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psygene wrote:

But, according to SOTA, the symbol appears on the Transmission Log website as well. We have yet to pull the symbol from the Log site, despite our best efforts. Maybe the Transmission Log is being maintained by someone else altogether, and all we have is SOTA's word that it is associated with the glyph.


I will feel a lot better about all this when we know what the hell SotA is talking about when they say the glyph appears on the transmission log. That's been bugging me since first found SotA's website.

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Phoenix1337 wrote:
psygene wrote:

But, according to SOTA, the symbol appears on the Transmission Log website as well. We have yet to pull the symbol from the Log site, despite our best efforts. Maybe the Transmission Log is being maintained by someone else altogether, and all we have is SOTA's word that it is associated with the glyph.


I will feel a lot better about all this when we know what the hell SotA is talking about when they say the glyph appears on the transmission log. That's been bugging me since first found SotA's website.


Well, since it is now Sunday (The day the H3 comics were supposed to be revealed) AND because of the protests all over the place, I'd think it's safe to say that SOTA is now "Officially" in game, so to speak. Including their statement that the Glyph is on the Transmission log, whilst the Transmission log itself states otherwise.

I'm unsure if psygene was implying this in his post or not, but maybe AR or whoever controls the Transmission Log is feeding an alternate site to SOTA?

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 		Hey, guys, this thread is getting really long, and there are a lot of different conversations going on here. Would someone who has time mind summarizing the major areas of speculation (for example, the speculation about how the glyph relates to something happening on June 21) and starting threads for them, so discussion can stay organized and fairly easy to browse?

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LordIllidan wrote:

Well, since it is now Sunday (The day the H3 comics were supposed to be revealed) AND because of the protests all over the place, I'd think it's safe to say that SOTA is now "Officially" in game, so to speak.
SOTA?


No argument here. I just find the missing glyph unnerving is all. Like someone screaming about a tornado on a sunny day (... that was the lamest metaphor ever... damn I need sleep.)

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