Saint Cornelius
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No, just tired of assholes who think they're better than everyone else.
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I Love Bees
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No, just tired of assholes who think they're better than everyone else.
Calm down guys, please.
Each one spend his time the way he likes it. Being "embarased" of the fun of others is no different from being "embarased" of your son for playing that "stupid and violent videogames" or that "worthless RPG games".
Is just a game, and I find it very interesting (I´m completely agree with brandonnn, now I´m more excited with Halo 2 than with that video of E3 2003).
Again, respect. There is no problem with saying "I don´t like this, is worthless", it´s a valid opinion, but you will upset people if you say things like "I´m embarased of what others do".
Each one spend his time the way he likes it. Being "embarased" of the fun of others is no different from being "embarased" of your son for playing that "stupid and violent videogames" or that "worthless RPG games".
Is just a game, and I find it very interesting (I´m completely agree with brandonnn, now I´m more excited with Halo 2 than with that video of E3 2003).
Again, respect. There is no problem with saying "I don´t like this, is worthless", it´s a valid opinion, but you will upset people if you say things like "I´m embarased of what others do".
The Faceless Master
Member
i downloaded the video two hours or so ago, and haven't even watched it yet (waiting on my bro so we can watch it on my tv via xbmc) and the past 2 hours of just knowing i have 20 minutes of clean footage is more exciting than the entire month of ilovebullshit
Saint Cornelius
Banned
brandonnn, those wav files are badass. 
i have an idea for my next drum&bass mix.
i have an idea for my next drum&bass mix.
Although it would have been cool to try to hit one of the Los Angeles sites, I'm glad I didn't:
1) It sounds like people were struggling to say the right things to the phone, or that background noise interfered with the voice recognition.
2) Negotiating with people about WHO should answer the phone was probably an "interesting" discussion.
3) Judging by photos I've seen of other sites, I would have been WAY overdressed in my daily office wear.
1) It sounds like people were struggling to say the right things to the phone, or that background noise interfered with the voice recognition.
2) Negotiating with people about WHO should answer the phone was probably an "interesting" discussion.
3) Judging by photos I've seen of other sites, I would have been WAY overdressed in my daily office wear.
The phone never rang at the 17:07 location. They tested with a cell phone and it did ring. A fair amount of people were there, I'd say at least 18 others of all ages and one gender. One guy got a picture of us all flipping off the phone. I took a photo myself.
HOWEVER, I drove by later around 5:45PM to get the phone number of it (Never did find it) and as I parked a girl walk buy and picked up the phone and hung it up. I got out and ran to it, it was ringing! I picked up and a voice asked me to deposit 50 cents. I didn't have anything to put in money, so I hung it up and walked away.
My brother was at the 16:07 location. Yesterday there were 4 phones. Today, 3 of them were RIPPED OUT and no call was ever made to the remaining one.
Edit:
Those photos are the location I was at, the 17:07 location! Haha!
HOWEVER, I drove by later around 5:45PM to get the phone number of it (Never did find it) and as I parked a girl walk buy and picked up the phone and hung it up. I got out and ran to it, it was ringing! I picked up and a voice asked me to deposit 50 cents. I didn't have anything to put in money, so I hung it up and walked away.
My brother was at the 16:07 location. Yesterday there were 4 phones. Today, 3 of them were RIPPED OUT and no call was ever made to the remaining one.
Edit:
Those photos are the location I was at, the 17:07 location! Haha!
evilromero
Member
Words can't express the look on my face after reading this. Now remember I haven't been keeping up on this ilovebee.com thing at all. So I just imagine some shadowy GAF lurkers with aluminum foil on their heads and webcams positioned at these geographical locations trying to capture some shred of proof of goings-ons.M3wThr33 said:
St. Cornelius -- let us know if you come up with anything good!
I've been out all night and haven't been keeping up, but throughout the day at work I collected a few misc. wavs -- http://ilovem.ath.cx/ilovewavs/beefail_recording_of_failed_payphone_attempt.wav was, as you might guess from the filename, a recording of the actual phone conversation from earlier in the day. Apparently they were flying pretty blind -- the correct "answer" to her question would have been "operator", but at least you can hear what the payphone lurkers heard.
http://ilovem.ath.cx/ilovewavs/exci...ts_axon_silently_and_i_think_says_bueller.wav is another girl who recorded her attempt (rather breathlessly, I get nervous just listening to her). She didn't explain in her diary of the experience whether we're only hearing one side of the conversation, or if her call was somehow broken and silent. When she got back home her 'axon' had been marked as hot, so whatever happened, she apparently did it right.
I'm sure by now there's some recordings of a successful attempt -- I'll check the forums in a bit and stick anything worthwhile in that folder.
Where are those photos from, shuri? I'd read a report earlier where about 40 some odd people showed up to one particular site -- around 30% of them just there for the ARG aspect and totally disinterested in Halo 2 -- and that looks about the same size. On average it seems like 12-15 people was the norm. That nervous wav girl was there all by her lonesome, pacing around with a GPS and waiting for her call.
I've been out all night and haven't been keeping up, but throughout the day at work I collected a few misc. wavs -- http://ilovem.ath.cx/ilovewavs/beefail_recording_of_failed_payphone_attempt.wav was, as you might guess from the filename, a recording of the actual phone conversation from earlier in the day. Apparently they were flying pretty blind -- the correct "answer" to her question would have been "operator", but at least you can hear what the payphone lurkers heard.
http://ilovem.ath.cx/ilovewavs/exci...ts_axon_silently_and_i_think_says_bueller.wav is another girl who recorded her attempt (rather breathlessly, I get nervous just listening to her). She didn't explain in her diary of the experience whether we're only hearing one side of the conversation, or if her call was somehow broken and silent. When she got back home her 'axon' had been marked as hot, so whatever happened, she apparently did it right.
I'm sure by now there's some recordings of a successful attempt -- I'll check the forums in a bit and stick anything worthwhile in that folder.
Where are those photos from, shuri? I'd read a report earlier where about 40 some odd people showed up to one particular site -- around 30% of them just there for the ARG aspect and totally disinterested in Halo 2 -- and that looks about the same size. On average it seems like 12-15 people was the norm. That nervous wav girl was there all by her lonesome, pacing around with a GPS and waiting for her call.
evilromero
Member
SHHHH!!! Don't shatter my perfectly innocent image!M3wThr33 said:
Celicar said:
Did it ever occur to you that that's who it's aimed at? And that if you are not one of them, perhaps you should tune out. I for one am loving it. It's a lot of fun to follow, especially since Bungie/Microsoft doesn't have to do jack squat to promote the game. I think of it as a fun bonus.
Celicar said:
What we got were more pieces to a story (like a book or movie) that is gained via interactive means. Some people would call that a game...
Is it going to tie into Halo 2 somehow? It certainly seems likely.. we won't know until it's over. Obviously, there is a good chance the damaged AI is going to be critical in the game.
How does enjoying this game make people super nerds over the 1000's of other people here discussing games?
The father is Master Chief...
...or not... lol
I've been following this loosely and I really enjoy the attempt at doing something different. Will I visit phones? No. Will I visit the website? Sure.
I applaud Bungie/MS for trying something a bit different... it's certainly refreshing.
...or not... lol
I've been following this loosely and I really enjoy the attempt at doing something different. Will I visit phones? No. Will I visit the website? Sure.
I applaud Bungie/MS for trying something a bit different... it's certainly refreshing.
I've been perusing the unfiction forums and they did some internet searching on some of the names.. I'll post some here.
The most interesting so far..
Janissary (Jan) James -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janissary
A lot of stuff at the link but most notable..
The most interesting so far..
Janissary (Jan) James -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janissary
A lot of stuff at the link but most notable..
Ok check this out, the story is split into what i think are 3 or maybe 4 mini-arcs the most interesting one is the Janissary James story, which is mostly all there, listen to these wavs in the following order...
And i think Janissary is a reference to some kind of soldier, need to google it...
here we go http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Janissary
Code:
Blip
*missing a file*
Walkaway_girl
Hey_soldier
pqi
stupid_cop
yes_or_no
hey_dad
nervous
Law_abiding
emergency
You_KnewAnd i think Janissary is a reference to some kind of soldier, need to google it...
here we go http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Janissary
Spartan mk 3?
ONI's are Demons in Japanese, but it could also be a reference to Oni, the game with the same name also originating from the Bungie studios.
Isnt it so that the story from Oni revolved around that cyborg girl? Janissary is a girl, and her father (who has a secret background according to Durga) protects her. What's more, Janissary said something about her boyfriend (or somebody else's) being so 'Earth'.... Maybe Janissary is indd a Spartan like being. Also, she jumped from a 3 story high building while on military grounds, and gets up (Cyborg)!...Suddenly, she is at the policestation with that popquiz, and later on that thing is on fire.. Which started slowly, and the sensors didn't even notice it (shut off?)
There is also the certain kind of trouble they can't get in. I find You Knew very very interesting...
Alright: Durga
Only 5 of them at the moment, and they seem to fit quite well.. No missing parts. What do you think?!
In You Knew, her 'father' said this: 'People don't even know you exist!' I think that says enough about Janissary, she IS a cyborg soldier... She has to be...
Isnt it so that the story from Oni revolved around that cyborg girl? Janissary is a girl, and her father (who has a secret background according to Durga) protects her. What's more, Janissary said something about her boyfriend (or somebody else's) being so 'Earth'.... Maybe Janissary is indd a Spartan like being. Also, she jumped from a 3 story high building while on military grounds, and gets up (Cyborg)!...Suddenly, she is at the policestation with that popquiz, and later on that thing is on fire.. Which started slowly, and the sensors didn't even notice it (shut off?)
There is also the certain kind of trouble they can't get in. I find You Knew very very interesting...
Alright: Durga
Only 5 of them at the moment, and they seem to fit quite well.. No missing parts. What do you think?!
In You Knew, her 'father' said this: 'People don't even know you exist!' I think that says enough about Janissary, she IS a cyborg soldier... She has to be...
Vashu said:
Oni is like the secret service in the Halo universe, the 'above the law' type group, they are mentioned in the books.
Is the woman in the Aiden wavs, the one asking the other guy to spy on him for her Jan? I think thats something else entirely, but no they arent from earth, they mention they are from 'coral' (listen to 'beer' and 'you could') he says he's going to coral for a date his mum set up.
Listen to hey_soldier, after she jumps she gets up and is caught by an MP (military police) thats how she ended up at the police station, i assume Oni burnt the station down to keep her PQI off the records.
Thing i cant work out is how the Jose (Durga) part fits in with the Kamal (Aiden, dating) part, the Jan stuff seems to be what Durga shows Jose when he asks for pictures of Jan and she says "i can do better than that", maybe the last two will clear things up.
Pillow is out, all the wavs are now available.
Heres the correct order (at least in reference to the 3 different stories that can be heard), im still not sure how exactly the third one links with the other two
Still no clearer as to how this links to the AI being sent back in time, or how it will help fix her.
Heres the correct order (at least in reference to the 3 different stories that can be heard), im still not sure how exactly the third one links with the other two
Code:
Durga:
Dizzy
Escape
Jersey
Reflected
Durga
Jan:
Blip
pillow
Walkaway_girl
Hey_soldier
pqi
stupid_cop
yes_or_no
hey_dad
nervous
Law_abiding
emergency
You_Knew
Kamal:
Parisites
Eyes
Beer
Four_goats
our_hoodlums
much_lifting
Meditape
you_could
say_something
Guilty
message_saved
tuna
hi_aidenStill no clearer as to how this links to the AI being sent back in time, or how it will help fix her.
Ghost said:If they did that Halo 2 would be out before story concluded
heh, that's kinda what I thought. Like I said, maybe there isn't a lot more though. I'm getting the feeling when this "game" is over.. we won't have a real solid idea of what the story means. It'll probably be a background filler tie-in thing to the Halo 2 games story.
Ala Animatrix
Payphones rang at designated coordinates and times across the country for the dedicated nerds to answer. Disappointed?aerofx said:
That said, this is a pretty cool game Bungie has put together. I'm not prepared to put all this effort into listening to all the files and trying to piece together the story points, but I wouldn't mind somebody putting together a full summary when it's all done.
I wonder if this'll end up being the (or at least a) link that ties the Marathon and Halo continuities together, considering how greatly time travel and alternate universes figured into Marathon Infinity. The story elements are fascinating to me, and it's a shame I don't have time to do much more than watch this unfold from the sidelines, but I'm following it all with interest.
Celicar said:
OK, that's about enough from you. We get it already -- you think people who enjoy the "I Love Bees" game are stupid. Fair enough...ARGs aren't for everyone. I am personally sorry that free copies of Halo 2 weren't handed out at a Wal-Mart near you on the 24th.Celicar said:
Of course, now that you've come to the conclusion that "I Love Bees" is stupid, it should be a good enough reason for you to stop posting in this thread, right? (Hint: Don't post in this thread anymore.)