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[krystyn]

Or Covenant dance steps:

"Plie, plie, jump, kick kick, glass Earth and bow!"

[Slothboy]

I think that the puzzle will be easier than what we see here with ilovebees. I'm betting that on Oct. 15 when the website goes up you will find those symbols scattered around. Click on them in the order presented on the wallpaper and it will unlock something.

I'm betting the difficulty will be on par with the little puzzles on http://www.jkrowling.com/ ...semi-tricky, but accessible to anybody with a mouse and the patience to click on everything.

Just my thoughts.

[monkeyminn]

Er, the code is not a code

[DM]

Re: Er, the code is not a code

[Motoss]

Besides, the number of the symbols and the number of letters don't match up. There aren't enough symbols.

[Rogue Element]

Here's my thinking so far.

Sub. letters for the symbols like Phaedra; ABCDEFBGHGIJKEBHEC.

Going on the assumpyion of simple substitution since A) they'd probably use something simple for their Easter Eggs (see: Jak & Daxter, Futurama). B) There's not enough information to solve otherwise.

First I tried the suggestion of an URL in to try to get a foothold. There can't be a symbol standing for a period because .com or .net gaves B=. which then gives:

-.----.-------.--- which looks wrong with a single character at the start.

Taking the possibility that it's DOTCOM instead looks promising, since the repeated O is in the right place, but it gives t and o as the two most common letters, not a bad prospect in a sample this small. Less good is having M as third most common, but for so small a population frequency isn't going to work too well.

-TM-O-T-C----DOTCOM nothing springs to mind but there's nothing to rule it out yet. First letter needs to be a vowel. The ones on either side of C are the only other repeated characters and also a vowel I think.

Anyway, this is all built on the shakiest of foundations. Tomorrow I'm going to think about a logical progression in the symbols which might put D,G and H in the same part of the alphabet.

[DreamOfTheRood]

I swear, if this ends up being a preposition, I'm going to scream.

[MrToasty]

Just in case it gets overlooked, Grandest pointed out in the General Updates section that the Halo2.com site is now going all wonky - noise and distortions.

[Phaedra]

Meh.

[DeceptaconS]

[drauh]

[DarkStorm]

Did anyone notice orange symbols in the static of the Halo 2 site? They look almost like more letter-symbols, but I can't be sure. I can't seem to freeze-frame it on the static screen. (And they're so blurry, it wouldn't be much good anyway)

-DS-

[MrToasty]

[Arashi]

I posted this in the Halo2.com thread in the General Section, but I might as well give what I've got.


You know how it is possible to hide pixels in images, so that the image appears normal when looked at in its original colors, but as soon as you invert, or strip away certain color layers, you can see the image.

If a skilled photoshop or paintshop pro artist could work on the static and wavey images we get, perhaps we can find something tucked away inside the pictures...

[Elec]

LOL Not to knock your efforts, but blue was probably the worst possible color you could have chosen to circle orange blobs. The reason is that orange and blue are complementary colors (as are red and green). I remember a demonstration in college psychology where you'd stare at a red square for a minute, then look at a white wall and see a phantom green square. Because the background is black and white, you're liable to see either orange rings, blue triangle blobs, or both on the background if you shift your focus

edit: Then again, maybe it's smart because it makes the blobs stand out more? I dunno, I'm messing around with it in Photoshop now but it's not really yielding anything. There IS some non-b/w stuff there but I can't tell what.