Yes, there is a lot to go through. :D

I spent a good amount of time going through links on all of this and I still have no idea what the ef is going on.

I'll all come together.

eh, too much work :P

I'd say that until the big announcement on the 20th (or whatever), it won't all come together. It's all seperated for now, before it gets blown wide open and the real meat of the game is revealed. I mean, if you had found ILoveBees.com before it was hinted at in that Halo 2 preview in theatres, it probably would have seemed the same way, 'all over the place', as you put it.

Although, you're right when you say that, in part. It seems like there's more elements than last time.

Uh...game?

This Halo blog has the best summary out there, IMO.

It's sort of interesting. I hope.

Oh, uh, just scroll down through the first page or two of the blog for the ARG posts. There are several.

You forgot to mention how this all started. A user by the name of Adjutant Reflex started the ball rolling on the bungie forums. It's a program that hacked its way into the forums, and gave/is giving criptic messages to everyone.

I'm gonna throw myself into this one, hopefully it'll pay off as good as ilovebees.

Ah...this again. Something about this whole game just leaves me feeling apathetic towards it. If it's anything like ilovebees, it will serve little purpose to the actual game plot, proving completely irrelevant.

I am starting to notice a trend of Microsoft using ARG's to distract me from the fact that I am still not playing Mass Effect.

I'm sorry, but I'm not doing homework for two months so I can get a shot at a lanyard and a cd. I really wish they'd stop using resources like this to flesh a story out of the game that is so desperately in need of better storytelling.

And seriously...Mass Effect...finish please.

year zero's ARG kicked the shit out of this. That thing there was friggin awesome.

And this means that....?

We found 27.com after winning the Dot Game (I got another weird email from Topcola.com the other day). Not sure if it's connected or just another ARG atm- speculation goes both ways.

Here's the dot game anyhow:

http://2153.com/

Try it out for yourself and make your own opinion ;-)

Bungie and 4orty2wo Entertainment are a bunch of clever bastards, to be sure. As long as it stays in canonical ilovebees territory and doesn't turn into Majestic, I think it makes for a fun way to anticipate the game.

ZOMG i are marketing bot *kzzt*

Year Zero = Best reality game ever to be honest. It's still going on for god's sake.

All the number web sites have NOTHING to do with the ARG.

27.com, 7499.com, Top Cola, etc.

Oh, and that picture of the probe thingy (the last picture) has nothing to do with Halo 3 either.

I can't imagine anyone who participates in an ARG getting laid under any circumstance, ever. Not surprisingly it's popular with Halo fans.

The HTML email message appears to be from the point of view of the Flood's Gravemind. Why?
1. Speaks in rhyme.
2. They talks in terms of lifetimes. (Which only a monitor or head flood could do)
3. The text all points to a great flash leading to their destruction, ie. Halo activation
4. Finally it references the Covenant's Great Journey something leading to its destruction.

The neat thing is that it implies a few times this happens over and over. The author says they've experienced this but it is needed for the great journey. So, it sounds like the great journey is real - now what the hell is it?

Finally, this is the very beginning of the ARG. I'd give it a month or two to see how it stacks up against I Love Bees...

wow... what a weak story this is heading too lol...

Quick note: That UFO picture? Yeah... It's been around for a bit. It was on Digg on a completely unrelated site from what I recall.

ILoveBees = 42 Entertainment
Halo 3 ARG = Microsoft pulling beans from their @$$.

No one can do ARG the way 42 Entertainment does...

the london eye one was a bit strange

27.com, lyca.com and the rest of the #.com websites are completely unrelated to the Halo ARG, and has been verified by both bungie and top cola to be unrelated. From what I've heard from people talking about the Halo ARG, those sites may be related to the Lost ARG going on right now.

Well I'm not sure if it means anything, but on the evidence page of the Society of Ancients website, there is a typo. Instead of saying, "The Round nature with counterpoints seems to )be( an ancient theme." They say, "The Round nature with counterpoints seems to )bee( an ancient theme." I believe that it could possibly be a reference to the "I Love Bees" ARG. Just a thought.

I agree with WaterMedia, it's prolly Gravemind. Still, AgentMoo is right; Microsoft is trying way to hard. I'm 99.9% sure Iris will not get any new buyers for Halo 3 :P

The countdown ended and now a weird machine is there. You click on then some of the glyphs on it and you get a movie and a few notes and images saved to your computer

thought some of you might find this interesting

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page2022.html?theme=light

been up for a while now

Ok you get 4 file when you click on the glyphs ...
Slide_Ref070107.jpg
StarImage1.jpg
Array_Recorder_Data.txt
Log5_Transcript.txt

Array_Recorder_Data.txt
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Halo array –System Data Recorder

[<array-sdr.> 3 minutes 5 seconds]
{c-match-reconfirmed}. Sphere secure to .1889 of passing fleet. Offensive tactics confirmed.
Feint tactics in limited push.
<Array sync commence>
Sys//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////{online}
Index: {check}
{D-com} There is no peace left. No place where the parasite cannot reach. You were right about it
all. Let us hope the final measure is not too late.

[<array-sdr.> 1 minutes 12 seconds]
Confrm: Array burn radium {check} 3.0
Confrm: Array sync …1…2…3…4…5…6…7…{check}
Commence…_{ }

[<array-sdr.> 60 seconds]
Commence…_{check}
Confrm: -00-00-00-59-0999-
{c-match-line-hold} acceptable losses confirmed
{D-com} It's done. By my hands. The pyrrhic solution is ignited. All I have left is the quiet of
space to lull me to sleep. I will dream of you.

[<array-sdr.> 49 seconds]
Authorize -00-00-00-48-0999-
Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array
Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_
Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_ Array
Authorized…_ Array Authorized…_{check}

[<array-sdr.> 23 seconds]
fire: -00-00-00-22-0999-
Confrm: wpnt {auth}
Core sequence <%> <%>

[<array-sdr.> 11 seconds]
fire: -00-00-00-10-0999-
{c-match-burn} effectiveness of enemy core fleet negligible
{D-com} I feel no peril.

[<array-sdr.> 5 seconds]
fire: -00-00-00-04-0999-
<enter reversion sequence to deactivate>
{D-com} No pain. No remorse. Is that normal?


[<array-sdr.> 0 seconds]
fire: -00-00-00-00-0001-
Reversion Sequence…{negative}
Array Authorized…_{Activate}
Rings online…_{Activate}
<Fire>

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Log5_Transcript.txt
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THIS IS MY FINAL ENTRY, AND I AM LEFT WITH ONE HOPE
THAT ONE DAY, SOMEONE, ANYONE IS AROUND TO WITNESS THIS WARNING
{//}
KNOW THAT A THOUSAND OTHER PLANS WERE TRIED AND FAILED
{//}
KNOW THAT ENERGETIC AND TENACIOUS AS LIFE IS
IT HAS AN ANTITHESIS JUST AS POWERFUL
IT IS THAT THING THAT WE MUST OBLITERATE
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Yeah after i pressed the glyphs i fgot those same things

heres the two pics it gives you.

IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v456/xeroflames/Slide_Ref070107.jpg[/IMG]

I dont play signle player often, but doesnt this sound like that black drill sargent guy tha you cant kill

With 20 years and 5 months service with the United States Marine Corps, 16 years and 5 months of it was in aviation. My first four years was as a radio operator and I do have the training to identify both communication systems and, I know every nut, bolt, and piece of safety wire that holds together most airplanes in existence today

Well the idea of a species of superior intelligence being around before us is not that new. Stargate ran on that exact idea.

That image of the alien craft or whichever, reminds me of the sentinels that the Spartan 3's ran into while training with Kurt.
Those were even described differently that the ones in Halo 3. They had 3 long arms. That may even make sense.