Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
 
The time now is Tue Nov 19, 2024 8:24 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)
View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!) » The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!): General/Updates
Halo2.com
View previous topicView next topic
Page 6 of 8 [109 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Next
Author Message
Elec
Boot

Joined: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 57

KingJ wrote:
i need some proof of how yall solved it. that all base stuff sounds stupid to me.

some one enlighten me on how u guys solved it.. lol


All your base is a known internet joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base

Comes from a badly translated game called Zero Wing. But really the solve came from noticing that the symbols in the last line COULD be "we love bees" as all the symbols/letters were in the right place. Assuming that, you take the letters you have to plug and chug until you get things you recognize and can play wheel of fortune on to fill in the gaps.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:02 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
kulpdogg
Veteran

Joined: 25 Sep 2004
Posts: 81
Location: Allentown, PA, USA

the HTML is::



Code:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;  charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>Halo2</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#000000" scroll="no" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="5" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 height="100%" align=center>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">
<a href="javascript:window.close()"><img src="images/close_window.gif" border="0"></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<!-- URL's used in the movie-->
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
 codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
 WIDTH="776" HEIGHT="572" id="FINAL2.1.0" ALIGN="">
 <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="FINAL2.1.1.2.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000> <EMBED src="FINAL2.1.1.2.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#000000  WIDTH="776" HEIGHT="572" NAME="FINAL2.0.5" ALIGN=""
 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>
</OBJECT> test
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</BODY>
</HTML>



hmmm....
_________________
-Kulp a.k.a. "Andrew"

*** I am running the "Society Of The Ancients" Facebook group, originally created by Avery Fane.
http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=2433487134

my anime board: http://foolycooly.proboards22.com


PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:08 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
TridenT
Unfettered


Joined: 29 Aug 2004
Posts: 433
Location: GameFAQs frequenter

So, wait. Now the Teaser Wallpaper says "BTWCORTANAISHOTNOW - It's not what you think"

Anybody want to try various Cortana-related things on the site? Perhaps it's a tool for us to use.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:41 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
KingJ
Boot

Joined: 12 Oct 2004
Posts: 35

TridenT wrote:
So, wait. Now the Teaser Wallpaper says "BTWCORTANAISHOTNOW - It's not what you think"

Anybody want to try various Cortana-related things on the site? Perhaps it's a tool for us to use.


if is says that cortana is now hot and "its not what you think it could mean that she mad. giving that most would think it meant hot as in looks good.

Elec thanks for that, i heard about that all yuor base thing on G$ worse games countdown jsut forgot it.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:50 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
TheHulk
Boot

Joined: 10 Aug 2004
Posts: 45

Yes, most likely you are correct in that Hot means she is pissed. My first thought though, was that she has been stolen.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:55 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
TridenT
Unfettered


Joined: 29 Aug 2004
Posts: 433
Location: GameFAQs frequenter

True, hot could mean pissed, but what if it means Hot in the way that our Axons are Hot? Is Cortana active? Connected? Seeking? Has she/will she be tomorrow/Are we supposed to Enhottenate her?

Time will tell, I suppose. In the puzzle thread someone who helped make the puzzle (allegedly) came forward and said we weren't supposed to have figured it all out before tomorrow's update.

Oh well.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:59 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
Pak
Greenhorn

Joined: 14 Oct 2004
Posts: 3

They underestimated the intensity of the ARG fans and the Bungie fans.

Also, I think the idea of cortana being hot as in stolen is intriguing.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:11 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Sather
Boot

Joined: 12 Sep 2004
Posts: 18

What about the possibility of Cortana being hot as in one of the stages of rampancy?

Anger is the second stage of rampancy.

This is probably way off but it seemed to fit with spec I had been reading for a while now.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:38 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
AfroRyan
Greenhorn

Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Posts: 7

Elec wrote:
KingJ wrote:
i need some proof of how yall solved it. that all base stuff sounds stupid to me.

some one enlighten me on how u guys solved it.. lol


All your base is a known internet joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base

Comes from a badly translated game called Zero Wing. But really the solve came from noticing that the symbols in the last line COULD be "we love bees" as all the symbols/letters were in the right place. Assuming that, you take the letters you have to plug and chug until you get things you recognize and can play wheel of fortune on to fill in the gaps.


and btw, just in case no one knew. In halo 1, on the multiplayer screen showing kinda a "blueprint" of the mc, one of his shoulder is labled "all your base are belong to us," showing us that bungie already had a liking for the obscure zero wing translation.
pic included


PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:43 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
KingJ
Boot

Joined: 12 Oct 2004
Posts: 35

http://www.allyourbasearebelongtous.com/gif/allyourbase.gif
http://www.allyourbasearebelongtous.com/flash/


pure comedy

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:53 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
strider
Boot

Joined: 28 Jul 2004
Posts: 14

Different slant

Sticking with the broken English of "All your base..", the new message could read "Cortana I shot now"!

PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:00 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
DeceptaconS
Veteran


Joined: 25 Aug 2004
Posts: 88
Location: Harker Heights, TX

Alright... The We cracked the code and now have a language to work with. Just in case they thow some full length paragraphs at us.

This can be a side project for us to figure out when in between Updates for ilovebees.com

If this is Covie Language.... Then the Halo2.com site has been taken over by the Pious Flea or a new Covenant A.I.. [Wild Spec] - That this site will tie in with the ilovebees site. WAIT.... Oh my God!?!?! We now have a Covie Language. What if we tried to talk to the Pious Flea with it. How would it respond? Or would it respond at all?

Maybe I'm going a little toooo deep into the Rabbit Hole.

P.S. but it sure is worth a try......
_________________
"The spokesperson added that all four theaters will be equipped with Xbox consoles, which will be linked via Xbox Live to one another."
Quote of the Day: by GameSpot.com


PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:00 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Arashi
Decorated


Joined: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 240
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Earlier I said that the site's pulsating errors reminded me of the ripples in the glass of water in Jurassic Park when the T-Rex was approaching.

Same thing - except electronic, or metaphorical... well, possibly

If it's true, then theyre infecting our networks with their own signals (Aka: Independance Day)

PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:05 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Hells_Satans
Greenhorn

Joined: 14 Oct 2004
Posts: 3

DeceptaconS wrote:
Alright... The We cracked the code and now have a language to work with. Just in case they thow some full length paragraphs at us.

This can be a side project for us to figure out when in between Updates for ilovebees.com

If this is Covie Language.... Then the Halo2.com site has been taken over by the Pious Flea or a new Covenant A.I.. [Wild Spec] - That this site will tie in with the ilovebees site. WAIT.... Oh my God!?!?! We now have a Covie Language. What if we tried to talk to the Pious Flea with it. How would it respond? Or would it respond at all?

Maybe I'm going a little toooo deep into the Rabbit Hole.

P.S. but it sure is worth a try......


Perhaps... but what if the AI is from the Forerunners. Like GS 343, now that would be cool. There is a statement about Cortana being "hot" and the only AI that dealt with Cortana last was Guilty Spark (That we know of; melissa, durga, Sleeping Princess havent dealt with her from what we know or were told)... hopefully more details are discovered soon.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:01 am
 View user's profile MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
TheBiggestSean
Veteran

Joined: 26 Jul 2004
Posts: 90

Guys, I find it more likely that this was a fun little side game, as a means of distraction. The audio drama being played out on ILB is getting so intense... what with Jim James and all... that this did act as a fun little side quest. It IS possible that it's working more like a multiple site arg and these figures and characters were a way to pull us into the methods being used in the new set of websites...

But again... using the All Your Base Are Belong To Us reference? That's just a little too net-culture savvy to not be classic Bungie humor.

And they had to know that people who decoded "Cortana Is Hot Now" would be ILB players, so they likely meant "You can't call her on the phone, so stop trying."

PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:23 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 6 of 8 [109 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!) » The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!): General/Updates
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group