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Offline Goober5000

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Oh, well done. :) :yes:

But considering you put so much effort into that poem, I doubt you'll leave it alone for too long. :p

 

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You've created a monster! :lol:

Okay, RickJames, let's see if this hint gets by the Overlord.  Think...structural.

 

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Holy...

You certainly deserve SOMETHING for that. :eek:
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Offline Rick James

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Nuh-uh. I just wrote that to vent my frustration at the whole 162 business.

I've given up on trying to figure it out. I guess I just can't think in the way required to discover what the chuffing hell it means.

Boystrous 19 year old temp at work slapped me in the face with an envelope and laughed it off as playful. So I shoved him over a desk and laughed it off as playful. It's on camera so I can plead reasonable force.  Temp is now passive.

 

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I've given up on trying to figure it out. I guess I just can't think in the way required to discover what the chuffing hell it means.
It's not even really about thinking.  I mean, I utterly suck at all forms of puzzles, yet I managed to blunder my way into the solution of this one.  A few of your earlier posts sounded like you were on the right track.  It seems like you understand the relation to what was at the end of the Halo 2 trailer, which should give you a basic idea of exactly what you're looking for.  You know that it has something vaguely to do with how Hard Light functions, even if it's something that no one really thinks about on a daily basis.  And I managed to sneak that word "structure" in there, too.  If all else fails, and you feel like going more of a brute-force route, remember that I said that a completely-unrelated discussion in the recent past was what gave me the final clue.  In retrospect, I now know why the person who prompted said discussion did so. :p

And terran_emperor, it might be a bit helpful to think about how some of these possibilities you're proposing could work in any real sense.  I don't see how knowing a particular RGB value could be of any practical use, nor would knowing which number moderator Colonol Dekker is...other than maybe begging him to give you the answer. :p Again, look at the trailer, think about how it relates to what the Halo 2 trailer did, and go from there.
« Last Edit: October 15, 2008, 04:49:30 pm by Mongoose »

 

Offline General Battuta

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If you plug in '162' for the topic number in the address bar, while viewing this thread, you get an awesome early HLP thread from 2001. They're discussing how unlikely it is that the FS2 source code will ever be released.

 

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Ah geez, Goober, your avatar's from the you-know-what.

Only now do I see the relation between this and the HALO 2 Trailer. It is surprisingly obscure, though, until I read the posts on this thread.
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Offline General Battuta

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Still stumped. Darn it!

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Offline Solatar

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If you plug in '162' for the topic number in the address bar, while viewing this thread, you get an awesome early HLP thread from 2001. They're discussing how unlikely it is that the FS2 source code will ever be released.

That is an awesome thread, I had to try it for myself.

 

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Indeed.  Awesome thread is awesome.

 

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I checked it too. Just a glimpse.

By the way, if you haven't solved this 162 puzzle, the post that Solatar quoted (from General Battuta) is also a hint. ;)
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Colonol Dekker = 162nd Moderator? - as suggested by Wobble.


Eh what you mean? :confused:

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Offline Rick James

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I checked it too. Just a glimpse.

By the way, if you haven't solved this 162 puzzle, the post that Solatar quoted (from General Battuta) is also a hint. ;)

Strange. The links in that thread appear to have all been edited to link back to itself--it's like the most self-reflexive thread on HLP ever.

EDIT: Just got it. Goober, you clever, clever man. Boy, do I feel stupid now.
« Last Edit: October 16, 2008, 05:10:48 am by Rick James »

Boystrous 19 year old temp at work slapped me in the face with an envelope and laughed it off as playful. So I shoved him over a desk and laughed it off as playful. It's on camera so I can plead reasonable force.  Temp is now passive.

 

Offline Wobble73

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Colonol Dekker = 162nd Moderator? - as suggested by Wobble.



Oh dear! You took that seriously! It was a joke which was why I never posted that "suggestion" in this thread!

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Offline General Battuta

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I checked it too. Just a glimpse.

By the way, if you haven't solved this 162 puzzle, the post that Solatar quoted (from General Battuta) is also a hint. ;)

It is? GAH.

I am frustrated.

 

Offline unit2

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I'm stumped. I don't see any hint in that thread.

 
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Are we flying in a squadron called the 162 or something?
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Offline terran_emperor

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Is it anything to do with the 158th Banshee Squadren?



Found it. Sweet.
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I don't believe so.