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* ''Valchael'' on the bungie.net forums announced he'd received a package from Microsoft containing a number of SOTA-related items. He was one of the first 100 to open [[Server 05]]. It's expected that packages were sent to all 100 - whether each will receive their package depends on the validity of their addresses (entered either directly, or via their Passport/XBL account). | * ''Valchael'' on the bungie.net forums announced he'd received a package from Microsoft containing a number of SOTA-related items. He was one of the first 100 to open [[Server 05]]. It's expected that packages were sent to all 100 - whether each will receive their package depends on the validity of their addresses (entered either directly, or via their Passport/XBL account). | ||
:*[[Image:Gamerpic0705.jpg|right]]The package contains<br>(1) A T-shirt ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacwight/730349084/ front]/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacwight/730349008/ back])<br>(2) a copy of the [[:Image:Sota-flyer.jpg|SOTA flyer]]<br>(3) a [http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacwight/730348998/ printed version] of the Halo 3 comic<br>(4) a [http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacwight/730348868/ slip of paper] with an XBL key redeemable for an Iris glyph gamerpic (see right).<br clear="all"> | :*[[Image:Gamerpic0705.jpg|right]]The package contains<br>(1) A T-shirt ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacwight/730349084/ front]/[http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacwight/730349008/ back])<br>(2) a copy of the [[:Image:Sota-flyer.jpg|SOTA flyer]]<br>(3) a [http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacwight/730348998/ printed version] of the Halo 3 comic<br>(4) a [http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacwight/730348868/ slip of paper] with an XBL key redeemable for an Iris glyph gamerpic (see right).<br clear="all"> | ||
− | * [[Image:FCCStonewall.jpg|right|100px]] | + | * [[Image:FCCStonewall.jpg|right|100px]]''nattyhaze'' on [http://args.bungie.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=655 arg.bungie.org] discovered via google numerous classified postings for a company called '''Flood Containment Control''' (text displayed on the [[Slide_Ref070107.jpg]]), containing an image with the original 'closed' version of the [[glyph]]. [[Flood Containment Control|Details here]] ''(actually discovered July 6th)''<br clear="all"> |
[[Category:Summaries]] | [[Category:Summaries]] |
Revision as of 02:47, 7 July 2007
Event Timeline
Index
Calendar
June, 2007
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July, 2007
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August, 2007
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First take a read through the QuickSummary - a brief overview of the events so far, in a much more condensed, quicker narrative to catch up on the story of Iris.
The trail begins June 11th, 2007 with a forum user called AdjutantReflex posting some cryptic messages.
Outline - Week 1, June 11 - 16, 2007
- in brief:
- AdjutantReflex posts on bungie.net, and Society of the Ancients hold small rallies in 6 cities. The glyph is discovered, along with a small Halo comic online leading to what SOTA calls the 'transmission log'.
Outline - Week 2, June 17 - 23, 2007
June 17, 2007
- At around midnight the transmission log text found on 206.16.223.65 was updated once again
- The Circuit City ad is delivered to homes across the country. This ad depicts an offer to receive a free Halo 3 wall graphic with the pre-order of Halo 3. A close observer to the ad can see the glyph and a link to halo3.com/comic.
- A Best Buy ad is delivered to homes across the country. The ad is similar to the Circuit City ad, but with slightly different imagery. It also links to halo3.com/comic.
- Avery Fane, the poster of the myspace blog that led people to SOTA, seems to be withdrawing himself from the ARG entirely - the blog entry has been removed, his youtube video has been removed, and he's quit from the Facebook group, likely due to the unexpected overwhelming harassment regarding SOTA and this ARG.
- At 11:46 AM, AR began a new thread entitled Stop It.
6/17/2007- 11:46 AM PDT (direct link)
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- "By the pricking of my thumbs" is a line from Shakespeare's Macbeth. The full phrase is:
- By the pricking of my thumbs
Something wicked this way comes
- By the pricking of my thumbs
- At 12:06 PM, AR posted once more in the same thread:
6/17/2007- 12:06 PM PDT (direct link)
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- The thread has since been locked.
June 18, 2007
- At around midnight the transmission log text found on 206.16.223.65 was updated once again.
- Microsoft discusses Iris in a recent article from Eurogamer
- At 10:47 AM PDT, AR began a new thread entitled That Old Life
06.18.2007 10:47 AM PDT (direct link)
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- At 11:13 AM PDT, AR followed up the post with a cryptic riddle in the same thread:
06.18.2007 11:13 AM PDT (direct link)
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- After 1PM PDT, the transmission log was updated again - AR has been hacked.
- The coundown speed also appears to have increased. thebruce has a theory which may be chalked up to a code bug
June 19, 2007
- At around midnight the transmission log text found on 206.16.223.65 was updated once again.
- At 9:08am PDT, x Foman123 x on bungie.net received a private message (image) from AdjutantReflex, reading:
6/19/2007 - 9:08 AM PDT
HELP ME.
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- Reports from CompoundIntelligence indicate that AR is communicating there. Group membership is currently open.
- At 11:32am PDT, AR Posted:
6/19/2007 - 11:32 AM PDT (direct link)
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- x Foman123 x then received a 2nd private message (image) from AdjutantReflex, reading:
Re: Re: HELP ME.
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- x Foman123 x later received a 3rd private message (image from AdjutantReflex, reading:
6/19/07 - 12:18PM PDT
Re: Re: Re: Re: HELP ME.
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- AdjutantReflex then updated his avatar
- Note: 09/25/07 is the release date of Halo 3
- Note: MB05032 is a type of potent and selective inhibitor of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase for controlling gluconeogenesis in type 2 diabetes (mastergrunt44 src)
- Note: MB05032 may also be referring to MacBeth Act 5 line 32: Yet there's a spot (there has been much reference to MacBeth in previous postings by AR)
- A new post at 1:28PM reads:
6/19/2007 - 1:28 PM PDT (direct link)
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- AR's profile is updated to read:
This entity has been terminated, its matrix comandeered. |
- A new post at 1:43PM reads:
6/19/2007 - 1:43 PM PDT (direct link)
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- The transmission log was updated again and now reads:
/ Systemic failure. Root cause unknown. /
/ rebooting /
The timer has also stopped (at 001.012.034.053). - x Foman123 x received a 4th private message (image from AdjutantReflex, reading:
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HELP ME.
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- BoonIsha at unfiction noted that the stopped countdown timer of "001-012-034-053", when treated as GPS coordinates 1.12, 34.53 result in a location in South Africa. Further investigation reveals that the point is in the middle of one of the largest calderas in the world, at the tip of Mount Elgon, also home to some "unusual caves", and not far from Voi
June 20, 2007
- At 12:00AM EDT, the text above the countdown disappeared, leaving only the halted timer.
- (This wiki became inactive due to an unexpected migration of the entire wikibruce.com domain to another server during peak traffic hours. The process took longer than expected, but the site's outage was not related to the Halo 3 ARG.)
- Around 9PM EDT, the transmission log redirected to a different server (a system labelled 'Bounce Path Control'), where visitors were prompted to enter a verification code (image). The first 100 people to enter this code were presented with another page displaying:
followed by:
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- The MP3 voice is most likely an AI, saying:
Transcription:
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- Once all 100 keys were received, "the server's content" became unlocked, and the transmission log began redirecting to "Server 05 Open" (direct link). The first server shown on halo3.com now displays the Forerunner entity, but when you open the page it says Server 05
June 21, 2007
- Analysis of the new website called "Server 05" continued
- Files within the unlocked Server 05 were retrieved, including:
- 1. "Log 5" video (flv / youtube mirror)
- 2. Array_Recorder_Data.txt
- 3. Log5_Transcript.txt
- 4. StarImage1.jpg
- 5. Slide_Ref070107.jpg
Outline - Week 3, June 24 - 30, 2007
June 28, 2007
- The CI team at Bungie discovered that at around Noon(pacific) a minor change had been made to the Server 05 background sound - a quick chirp occurs about every 5 seconds or so. Extracting the sound file from the flash to analyze reveals a clear difference between the previous sound and the new sound.
- At 10:17 PM PDT, AR began a new thread entitled A pulse
6/28/2007 - 10:17 PM PDT (direct link)
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June 29, 2007
- At 12:42 PM PDT AR created a new thread entitled Veins of Ice and Poison
6/29/2007 - 12:42 PM PDT (direct link)
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- Later in the thread AR posts again, presumably responding to other posts about the extermination of the 'real' AR
6/29/2007 - 12:49 PM PDT (direct link)
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Outline - Week 4, July 1 - 7, 2007
July 4, 2007
- A 4th glyph was reported by args.bungie.org, in a new cardboard promo for Halo 3. -- Very similar to the initial closed version of AR's avatar, but it has no center circle/dot
July 5, 2007
- Valchael on the bungie.net forums announced he'd received a package from Microsoft containing a number of SOTA-related items. He was one of the first 100 to open Server 05. It's expected that packages were sent to all 100 - whether each will receive their package depends on the validity of their addresses (entered either directly, or via their Passport/XBL account).
- The package contains
(1) A T-shirt (front/back)
(2) a copy of the SOTA flyer
(3) a printed version of the Halo 3 comic
(4) a slip of paper with an XBL key redeemable for an Iris glyph gamerpic (see right).
- The package contains
- nattyhaze on arg.bungie.org discovered via google numerous classified postings for a company called Flood Containment Control (text displayed on the Slide_Ref070107.jpg), containing an image with the original 'closed' version of the glyph. Details here (actually discovered July 6th)