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[Spec/question] Swarm of new players-- deliberate tactic?

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:49 am

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Captain Ferrell

I am one of the swarm of new players that have come to the scene after the rabbithole in the Halo 2 trailer was noticed, and am utterly amazed at how these forums manage to resist the contamination of the general "12 year old" internet. (probably because anyone smart enough to solve the crazy stuff you guys solve is not 12 years old) I sadly first heard about Ilovebees at the Bungie forums and have since laughed at their vain attempts to solve this mystery in their 280 page thread of spam and trout. This forum is the most organized, best punctuated, and greatest well of common information i have ever seen. If you think the organisation of these forums have suffered due to the swarm of new people, im afraid of how organized it was before.

As for Margaret, I havn't heard of her having any direct contact with us, besides through Dana.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:25 am

QBKooky · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 281

I think uniting to (resist! no...) push our way through these things is inherent in their design and necessary. It happened without encouragement for the Beast with a completely new group of people. Integrating a new group with an old group is just a different challenge, right?

So, intentional? Yeah, I think so. But I don't think that's necessarily... I don't know. The point? I don't know if it's meant to confuse and disorganize us, but they must've known something like this could happen when they ILB'd the Halo 2 trailer.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:29 am

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ObiFett · Boot Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 20

I too have just been "sucked into" this whole idea of ARGs because of the flash of curiosity juice they put in the trailer for Halo 2. I have been reading non-stop for the past two days and I am hooked. This board is extremely organized and, although I hate generalizations, EVERY post seems well thought out and well written.

Kudos to the ARG community. Hopefully I can add to it. Rock On

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:32 am

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Samari

i'm just a slashdot troll who got sucked in because not knowing what's going on drives me nuts

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:17 am

number8

I followed the original ARG "The Beast" but didn't participate. So this time I thought I could play along too.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:40 am

Mos · Mostly Harmless Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Posts: 117

hey guys

lol this game is cool

ive set my netbus to bruteforce the admin pssword at ilovebees

love,
dana

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:11 am

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aiesha_anonymous · Veteran Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 101 Location: Australia

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:14 am

No.

Brute Forcing is NOT part of the game.

You do not need the admin password to that website.

You are actually violating United States laws by attempting to "hack" that website.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:29 am

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AnthraX101 · Entrenched Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 797

Ok guys, that's just Mos. He's not really hacking the website, he's just odd. Razz

Read his signature again...

AnthraX101

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:10 am

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**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:49 am

DeCloah · Greenhorn Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 5

I'm an oldie of the beast 1 as well, joining up with the new swarm of players over here. I got wind via the Jawbreaker Yahoo Group. I really hope this is the real beast 2 and not just a 2 week marketing ploy.

Crossing my fingers for new puzzle tuesday

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:38 am

Etymologician · Boot Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 59

Re: [Spec/question] Swarm of new players-- deliberate tactic

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:44 pm

Kagehi Kossori

As another of the people drawn in who was involved with The Beast, though sadly useless to the team... Nice to see another rabbit hole to jump down. It has been a while. But I will likely mostly lurk, like last time.

P.S. I am Patrick Elliott on the cloudmakers forum.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:52 pm

LordSaryon · Veteran Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 77

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:14 pm