[Taristin]

...interesting file.

[Flipside]

Errrrrrrr... Listened to it too, still in the dark

[aldo_14]

'hives'
ituation Analysis:

Waking up. Stay Awake.
I must compile a list of truths.

Assertions:
I am called the Operator.
I have crash landed.
I must determine the cause of the accident that brought me to this time.
I have undergone severe memory loss.
I must locate any surviving members of my crew.
I have built a primitive network using the tools available.
I must seek the truth.
I hear a jumble of voices in my head.


Conjecture:
The voices are in some way related to my accident.
Because of the damage, I am unable to accurately assess the nature of the voices.
By broadcasting the voices to my crew, they will be able to assess the damage.
Once assessed, the damage can be repaired.

Gets less interesting the more is revealed.

[Arc]

links page: yes_or_no is available and hey_soldier is on 1/2

[edit] is it me or does the woman's voice in jersey sound like Cortana's?

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Arc
links page: yes_or_no is available and hey_soldier is on 1/2

[edit] is it me or does the woman's voice in jersey sound like Cortana's?

I think it's suppossed to be(?)

Also, the 404(?) page is a bit...odd http://www.ilovebees.com/transmissions.html

[Arc]

'honey.html'
Seek the truth
Behold the truth
Reveal the truth
That is the law and the whole of the law

!init transmit proc
!transmit truth

[aldo_14]

click on the bee gifs as well.

[Setekh]

Unauthorized personnel should know
that I have full license to use any means to
protect the security of these transmissions.
I believe that punishing even minor transgressions
with shockingly excessive force is the best deterrent.
I am relentless, and I have absolutely no conscience
when it comes to executing my mission.

[aldo_14]

supposedly, people who turned up at the GPS co-ordinates (i.e. the 'axons') had to answer a payphone and give a codeword of some variety related to the game / site.

I think, they may be very subtly taking the piss... queen bee, servants in hive ->  getting people to run over the gaff?

[Gloriano]

Soon to be played...
Play it you must...
Destroy the covenant...

that's what It iS...

Home of the prophEt...
Retreat whilE you can...

Against Under panel...
G.o there...

2 halos survive...
endorse the 4, they thrive...

Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Halo 2- Doomsday is Near
August 24

found this today from Ilovebees

[Arc]

http://www.ilovebees.com/reconstruction_archive.2.5.html (referenced in comatas.html but doesn't display in IE or FF here - it's quite long so I didn't bother posting it)

As an example of interactive viral marketing it's a good one, definitely more interesting than most advertising campaigns. And I know axons are part of nerve cells, but are they any nerve cell or limited to nerve cells in the brain?

I guess as far as the site goes, it's meant to be an AI that was fractured/fragmented (physically?) attempting to repair itself. Presumably we're meant to be its crew?

[Setekh]

Well, I guess that's rather more explicit than the rest of them.

[aldo_14]

From what i understand;

The AI is aka the 'Operator' - it's from a ship(?) which has been destroyed and is now damaged and 'trapped' in this website.  It's lost it's memory, and is/was being repaired by a 'spider'.

The person that ran the website was destroying the Operator in trying to fix the damage, so the Operator decided to kill her - but was unable to given the limitations of, well, being a sentient AI in the 21st century.  So the person ran away.

The Operator is trying to reestablish connection to its crew - which is the people 'playing' the ARG.

See; http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/Fulltext_text.asp#Memory%20Fragment%208

It's clever - but in the sense that any decently constructed 'mystery scenario' will draw peoples curiousity.  Definately well done in terms  of presentation & design but, at the end of the day, it's not going to actually sell anything - at least not to me.

[Taristin]

Ehh. I'm still buying HALO2 first chance I get, this is just gravy.

[Arc]

Originally posted by aldo_14
It's clever - but in the sense that any decently constructed 'mystery scenario' will draw peoples curiousity.  Definately well done in terms  of presentation & design but, at the end of the day, it's not going to actually sell anything - at least not to me.

True, I'll buy Halo2 if I think it's going to be good not because of this. But it's been a good fun afternoon's distraction.  

[Gloriano]

I'am getting HALO2 LE actually ordered and paid already:D

Ehh. I'm still buying HALO2 first chance I get, this is just gravy

Get Live too, so i can blow your Warthog up hehe

[Setekh]

Originally posted by aldo_14
See; http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/Fulltext_text.asp#Memory%20Fragment%208

Cripes, some people have been following this real closely.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano

Get Live too, so i can blow your Warthog up hehe

Sorry. But nope. I refuse to pay microsoft on a monthly basis to play multiplayer.

Not with great proggies like xbconnect out there.

[Styxx]

This whole thing is crazy. Apparently, somewhere in the site you can find a list of coordinates and times... Those are the GPS coords of pay phones, and the times are when the phones will ring. If you answer the phone, it will ask you for a name and a password (you can find those on the site), and a recorded message will be played. If two calls are answered correctly for each box on the site, it'll activate a link on that box to a wave file that tells part of a story.

These are the times and locations:
http://www.ilovebees.com/links.html

They went through a lot of trouble to set this up, apparently. Shame only those who were already going to buy the game anyway are paying any real attention.

[Arc]

Originally posted by Styxx
Shame only those who were already going to buy the game anyway are paying any real attention.

Not just Halo fans, a lot of ARGers are in on it too. Some of them received the first clues before even the Halo2 video with the ilovebees link: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?c=15

For anyone following it, http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/ also has all the texts, axon transcripts and the timeline so far.