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momonga
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Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 66 Location: San Francisco
[BLOG] Content of Mei Hui's Theo Theory Mei Hui's posted a video on her blog, through youtube, on her theory about Theo. Looks like she's also asking for anyone else with a theory to put their video up on youtube as well!
Anyway, I enlisted the help of some very, very kind (and confused) friends and got a rough translation of the video. Basically, she thinks that Theo is not really our enemy, and he's trying to help us in the way that he knows how, rather than trying to sabotage us. She thinks that he actually wants to see us succeed, and he's really trying to save us from danger and from failure, even though we may not realize it.
Someone may have a more precise translation, and if so, post away! :O
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:23 am
Moemar
Boot
Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Posts: 40
Those are the main points. A couple other things that were missed:
-She refers to Theo as "they" throughout the video. She even clarifies halfway through that she thinks Theo is a group.
-She also warns us to be cautious. It's mostly a general "better safe than sorry" kind of warning, but she also specifically mentions being careful about what you post.
-Part of her justification for thinking Theo may be trying to help us is that if he/they wanted to harm us, he/they would've done it by now.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:06 am
jasper
Unfettered
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas
If they wanted to harm us they would have done so by now?
I don't think they want to harm anyone. I think they want to stop the mutliverse olympiad. They want to stop it for reasons unknown to us, but not to cause harm. They think we're the ones who are going to cause harm, by going through with the labyrinth running. They tried to scare us, and now try to stop us through means of persuasion.
Possibly Mei Hui is being led away or persuaded away.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:28 am
AUZ505
Unfictologist
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 1599 Location: Germany
Just imagine TheO (The Opposite) has someone communicting with MeiHui fluently in Mandarin. We have not achieved to find someone who kept MeiHui on the allies side.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:53 am
jasper
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Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas
twitter help_meihui 在思考Theo的问题。到底谁是Theo? 而我们又应该要用什么态度来面对这问题呢? #lostring 2 minutes ago from web
I believe it is something like: In pondering Theo problems. Who is Theo in the end - and what attitude should we use to face this problem?
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:27 am
Moemar
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Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Posts: 40
jasper wrote:
If they wanted to harm us they would have done so by now?
I don't think they want to harm anyone. I think they want to stop the mutliverse olympiad. They want to stop it for reasons unknown to us, but not to cause harm. They think we're the ones who are going to cause harm, by going through with the labyrinth running. They tried to scare us, and now try to stop us through means of persuasion.
Possibly Mei Hui is being led away or persuaded away.
Let me clarify a little. She actually said if they wanted to harm or hinder us, they would've done it by now, because the longer they wait, the more people/resources we'll have on our side and the more secrets we would've found, which would make their job harder. Guess I summarized a little too much.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:04 pm
dreamerblue
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Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 710 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
AUZ505 wrote:
Just imagine TheO (The Opposite) has someone communicting with MeiHui fluently in Mandarin. We have not achieved to find someone who kept MeiHui on the allies side.
Do we have anyone monitoring the forums of Meihui and the other non-English athletes? The East Bay Express article interviewing McGonigal gives the hint that sometimes revelations appear exclusively in the blogs of the other athletes besides Ariadne, and I'm glad we are doing a pretty good job at translating all those blogs/etc., but I wonder if we shouldn't also be monitoring the worldwide FtLR community, especially since ideally all Sofias/etc. should really be collaborating on the Sofia/etc. missions.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:15 pm
Cineball
Decorated
Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 181 Location: SF
That's a really good point dreamerblue. I know that there've been posts on Ariadne's blog forums from people in Germany, but I think that was mostly because they happened to be an English speaker and are active on multiple boards. Maybe a quick report daily from someone that understands the different languages and can summarize new developments? I'd love to put something like that into my podcast.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:28 pm
Shad0
I Have No Life
Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Posts: 2180 Location: Southern California, USA
Re: [BLOG] Content of Mei Hui's Theo Theory Re: Theo
Moemar wrote:
-Part of her justification for thinking Theo may be trying to help us is that if he/they wanted to harm us, he/they would've done it by now.
I don't think we can afford to make this assumption, even if it is correct. There's no harm in taking precautions against the possibility of the worst. On the other hand, if Theo will stop at nothing to prevent the synchronization, then there is potentially quite a bit of harm in not doing anything about it.
_________________These were the puzzles that would take a day, these were puzzles that would take a week, and these puzzles they'd probably never figure out until we broke down and gave them the answers. ... The Cloudmakers solved all of these puzzles on the first day.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:43 pm
jasper
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Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas
This is from this morning:
jasper 10:57 hi
Mei Hui (lets.help.meihuiSPLAT gmail.com) 10:58 hello there
jasper 10:58 Do you think Theo is trying to help us?
Mei Hui (lets.help.meihuiSPLAT gmail.com) 10:58 I have always thought about that from the beginning.. i mean, he is "helping" us in a very "strange" way, but maybe he thinks it's good for us?
jasper 11:01 the way athletic competition should be good for us
Mei Hui (lets.help.meihuiSPLAT gmail.com) 11:02 i think so
jasper 11:02 But "stay blind" ?? should we?
Mei Hui (lets.help.meihuiSPLAT gmail.com) 11:03 to a certain extend i think
i think we should "stay focused" instead of "stay blind"
what do you think?
jasper 11:04 that makes sense Poor Ariadne, so miserable! she lost focus?
Mei Hui (lets.help.meihuiSPLAT gmail.com) 11:05 i think so
really miss her
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 8:20 pm
Canzonett
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Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 489 Location: Munich
I guess this might be pointing towards the final climax already - once we've succeeded in building the earth omphalos etc., Theo might turn against us and try to use our results for his/their own purposes.
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 3:31 am
runeix ftlr
Decorated
Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 161 Location: Melbourne, Australia
i have a theory about the 'stay blind' what if it just referes to staying blind to the things Ariadne saw that made her lose focus??
any idea's??
matt
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:04 am
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