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[vpisteve]

[Giskard]

Just FYI, I split this topic, because this meta discussion has more or less become a subject in it's own right. Go here if you want to continue to discuss the accuracy or precision of the coordinates any further.

[strife777]

As a side note, August 24th is not arbitrary, nor is it related to Windows SP2 (which you can ALREADY get). Its 77 days away from the Halo 2 launch, which is an obvious nod by bungie.

That said, does Microsoft/Bungie have the capabilities to do something on that scale? Maybe/Yes...leaning towards less. Will they? Well lets look at the evidence.

The "timing" of the event. 6:07AM on a Tuesday. Most of the younger players, which there is a LARGE/close to half at the very least, portion of will not be able to make it. Some of the older folks will not want to wake up that early if they have work that day.

The "locations" of the event. I'm sorry, but as we were talking in Chat yesterday, if people want to stand around NYC in front of public buildings/landmarks, scoping out the area, most likely with camera's...the week before the Republican convention...at 6:07am when a tourist would not be there...do I have to do the math? What are you going to tell the officer? "Well you see...theres this website...ILoveBees...yeah...bees...and um, this AI is going crazy and posted 220 coordinates for us to all go to at the same time today at this time, so we can help save this girl in China...and possibly the world." Guantanamo Bay, here you come :-p

I still stick to the fact that if there is meant to be an event at these places, at that time, its a bad bad choice. Do it during the early evening, when its #1) Safer, #2) More accessable to all players, #3) At a time where you won't look like a criminal. It's a really sad state the world is in, but we need to be realistic. Sneaking around national landmarks that early in the morning, isn't the best idea. Going to some of the out of the way places, like down the dirt road, into the field, or into the woods, is not a good or safe idea at the time.

[Genesis11]

[strife777]

Most places...yeah, you might get away with telling a cop that, and showing information...the week before the Republican National Convention in NYC? Show him a list of coordinates, he's likely to bring you straight into the FBI. We're still in Code Orange or whatever the heck you call it round here, and they're stepping it up for the convention due to its obvious targetability. Honestly, I hope they wouldn't let you go because you produced a print-out of a website and a list of co-ordinates. Like I said, it's just very poor timing if they want it to be a real-world event, and to me, is biggest reason why its NOT a live event.

What time were the beast events? Early Evening-Night from what I remember. Never 6am in the morning. Anybody that remembers that can answer that?

[Giskard]

[Genesis11]

Well, maybe... For the sake of argument, isn't it 6:07 am Pacific Time? If so, then that would make it 9-ish in NYC...


Which actually wouldn't be an unreasonable time to be hanging out near a landmark. So remind me, which time zone is the 6:00 from?

[sherpa]

[Genesis11]

[sherpa]

It's in the main page on ilovebees.com (i.e. it's the Wide Awake and Physical/Axons Go Hot date). Work it out backwards from