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[Trailhead?] CD from ARGFest Madman (Not Year Zero 2)
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Dionysus
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 		[Trailhead?] CD from ARGFest Madman (Not Year Zero 2)
turns out it's related to "8 Days"
Well, I looked and looked and I couldn't find anything about what happened at the cocktail party tonight. An apparently crazed man burst into our rather pleasant cocktail party yelling and acting rather psychotic. RobMagus says he was shouting about seeing something we couldn't possibly more... those who were closer fill in!

Anyway, EGo - being brilliantly alert - saw a manila folder sticking out of his, well, pants and snatched it. The package contained a sheet of paper with a photo leading a group of us on a rather wild chase. I'll allow those with copies to post them as I can't remember all they said.

There was also a CD containing the video I'll be attaching. It mentions.. well... Year Zero! Watch! And right after she mentions Year Zero a series of phrases appear over the static, they are as follows:

"Birth By Sleep"
"New Age"
"Fire In T" (rest cut off)
"John"

EDIT: OK Apparently I CANT attach it as its huge (330 MB) and this internet moves like molasses. I'll try to get it to someone who can compress it then upload it to forum tommorrow.

[Edit: Discussed with Dio and modified the thread title to avoid confusion and jumping to conclusions - kona]
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thebruce
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 		The end of the little scavenger hunt trail was a sheet (attached) with the following text:

Code:
00010100
00001000
00000101
00000101
00001110
00000100

which numerically is 22, 8, 5, 5, 14, 4 - or THE END (assumedly of the scavenger hunt portion)

The rest is a poem - an english haiku - followed by latin phrases:
Quote:
summer sun rises
reopening liberty
independence gained

aurum in pax
mare pacificum
ferreus in bellum


the english seems to hint at certain phrases or possibly landmarks in/near Boston, or perhaps just hints to find letter? we've no idea...
Quote:
solstice/japan/japanese flag
liberty tunnel/statue of liberty crown (both closed and reopened)
declaration of independence/a countrys liberation


the latin gives a direct translation of:
Quote:
gold unto/into peace/harmony
tranquility/peacemaking sea
iron/made of iron unto/into catapult/siege machine/war


if anyone's got better latin->english translation skills, it would be quite helpful Smile

also, "Year Zero 2" imo is quite a leap... but who knows.
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 		Um, what!? That sounds crazy. Please explain where you were and how a character managed to find you. Details, details! Razz
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 		Well, this is definitely attached to the "Eight Days" ARG (which I'm hoping will get a better name in the near future). I've been downloading the 330Mb file they linked through Google maps for the last hour.

I don't buy that it's "Year Zero"... This is something else. No offense, guys, but ARGFest is a little low key for a YZ launch, don't ya think?
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Quote:
Aurum in Pax
Mare Pacificum
Ferreus in Bellum


Is it a haiku as well?

Aurum is obviously gold... Pax is unmistakably peace or calm/Gold upon peace.

Mare Pacificum... Pacific Ocean? Ocean of Tranquility?

Ferreus in Bellum... Iron upon war?

I took latin long long ago, so I may have screwed it up, but the use of "Ferreus" unnerves me...

here's the def. ferreus -a -um [of iron; made of iron or like iron; hard , unfeeling, cruel; immovable, firm].
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 		ok due to the video connection, the google map ref (argfest hotel) and the countdown date, I've reposted the scavenger hunt results in the Eight Days thread to continue there...
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Nighthawk wrote:
Well, this is definitely attached to the "Eight Days" ARG (which I'm hoping will get a better name in the near future).

Such as? I'm all ears.
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 		Well it's not like either one of us is good at naming ARGs... Rolling Eyes Wink

*EDIT*
Just saw the video... Really interesting.

I don't think the single reference to "year zero" is what you think; I think it's simply a generalized reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Zero_%28political_notion%29

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The idea behind Year Zero is that all culture and traditions within a society must be completely destroyed or discarded and a new revolutionary culture must replace it, starting from scratch. All history of a nation or people before Year Zero is largely irrelevant, as it will (as an ideal) be purged and replaced from the ground up.

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 		"Birth By Sleep" is a Kingdom Hearts reference... the new PSP (iirc) spinoff is to be called "Birth By Sleep", and the phrase appeared in the secret ending of KH2.
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 		Highly recommend this discussion continue in the Eight Days thread.

Pretty much confirmed that this is not Year Zero 2.
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 		Something that NIN would do would be to imply that 'money buys peace' hence the 'gold and peace' thing. And the war thing.
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