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GuiltySpark
09-08-2004, 08:18 PM
Alright, alright, I know that A LOT of people were let down by this whole ILB thing. Yeah, sure, half of it was mine and a couple other peoples fault but still, we did it to ourselves. When these little clips started I was like "Wow, what a frikkin *expletive* *expletive* waste of *expletive* *expletive* time!" I kind of rejoined what was going on a little while ago and stuff is starting to make sense.

These sound clips definately take place in the Halo universe. If you order the WAV's correctly then you can actually understand the story, it's a lot like listening to a book on tape. And the story isn't half bad. But really, should we blame Bungie for letting us down? I mean we can't really blame them for keeping the lid on their game. They are just trying to keep their edge. This is something that they are releasing to keep us occupied till Halo 2, it's better than nothing, I say....

But anyways, if you are still interested then this is what is happening:

1. As many of you know, there are multiple sets of Axons. They are all on the Fun Stuff page. The first set was under Amazing Facts! the second was under Hive Ku and the current set is under The Fable of the Bee. Presumabley the last set will be under The Myth of Comatas.

2. At the top of the page on each Axon page their is a counter, counting how many axons we have activated. Currently we have 451/777 axons activated. Some think this is actually counting down to something important, something that we have been waiting for, something that will be useful to us. Personally, I think it is counting down to another phase in the ARG, a new type of puzzle.

3. There are three main characters in the story that the Wav files are telling. They are:
Jersey Morelli, an ordinary guy whose computer has been taken over by an eavesdropping AI he nicknames Durga;
Jan James, a 17-year-old girl tricked out with genetic enhancements who along with her military dad is hiding some pretty serious secrets;
Kamal, a med student who immigrated to Earth and is now willing to trade his elite hacking skills for help bringing his parents over — and maybe improve his flatlined lovelife. (Those were taken from Dana's Blog)

4. The stories of these four people are slowly starting to intersect. Durga, spies on people for Jersey. Jersey lives in the same building as Jan and sometimes spies on her. Durga also spies on Kamal for herself, but she doesn't know why yet and doesn't know why he seems so interesting. Durga also keeps mentioning that she has been thinking about bees a lot. Some people are speculating that Durga is an AI from the future.

5. The story is interesting. If you want to actually listen to the story without being confused then you have to listen to it in order. Here is the order for the first set of axons:

8: parasites
15:eyes
24:beer
21:four_goats
7:our_hoodlums
19:much_lifting
26:meditape
10:you_could
17:say_something
12:guilty
22:message_saved
14:tuna
29: hi_aiden

5:dizzy
25: escape
2: jersey
18:reflected
11: durga

1: blip
27: pillow
16: walkaway_girl
3: hey_soldier
9: pqi
20: stupid_cop
4: yes_or_no
23:hey_dad
13: nervous
28:law_abiding
6: you_knew

30:emergency

Particularly interesting in this set is Jan James' story. She is obviously a genetically modified human. As is her father and mother (that's what I'm getting from the latest set) Her father was part of the SSF which is Marine slang for "Super Secret Forces" *spartan* *cough* He implies, to his daughter, that something bad is going to happen but that he will take care of it. Like I said particularly interesting.

Here is the order for the next set:

10:cute_little_caps
34: pony_tail
15:freelance
8: bracelet
6: panic_button
21: code_word
3:blue_then_red
19: visa
12: my_family
23: shock_sticks
17: trigeminal
26: red
31: i_hate_you
24: tack_hammer
29:raining_cops
2: dude

20:the_human_heart
14: curious_girl
27: exclusive_license
9: good_at_my_job
4: awful_fast
32: real
36: creepy

7: pigeon
16: accessorize
18: frustrated
5:to_do
28: on_time
11: code_nothing
1:anything_illegal
33: right
22: standard_procedure
13: drt
35:creamsicle
25: miracles
30: asset

This time Kemal's story get's more interesting while Jan's get's really effed up. I'm not sure about the identity of the person that was shot but I think it was Aiden. The officer might have been the same person that showed up at Aiden's apartment when Kemal was there, the same officer that Aiden had the arrangement with. This officer also knows that Jan was injected with "Miracles" that made her a super human. Jan's dad also refers to how he worked with "the best."

That's all for now cuz I'm too tired of typing but just because it's not what you expected doesn't mean it's not cool.

Yeah.

lax_defense
09-08-2004, 08:25 PM
in response to your title: yes.

l Maximus l
09-08-2004, 09:29 PM
Guiltyspark...you're a cool dude and all, but, you have to be a serious nerd to be keep up on the ILB thing :p

GuiltySpark
09-09-2004, 01:51 PM
What, you mean checking it once every day and keeping up with the story....

*sigh*

I'll just go shoot myself now.....

You can delete this thread now Zero.

K4MIKAZ3
09-13-2004, 04:04 PM
ILB..............WHAAAAAT!
lol

TheCovenant
09-13-2004, 04:18 PM
guilty spark, you're cool! lol!

Koopa
09-13-2004, 04:54 PM
i gave up after about the second..or third...set of axons, what with school and all. i had time to sit around listening to wavs during summer but not anymore :(

the last thing i remember was the set where jan helped that officer murder someone....indirectly.

thAshAdyOne
09-14-2004, 02:39 PM
I keep up through you Guilty....you're my connection b/c I wasted a week trying to get this thing & I started having dreams about the story archs.....It was insane....You keep up with ILB and let me know whats going on!!

stormin4
09-14-2004, 04:28 PM
GuiltySpark, thanks for putting it all in order and summarizing for us. I appreciate it even though I am ****in pissed at Bungie for leading us on with that ****! It would have been much cooler to release the game early IF we solved the puzzle. I guess these ARG's are just too time consuming and tedious for my taste. I'd just rather go ***** slap someone! :watchout: :p

Diddy
09-14-2004, 04:51 PM
wtf are teh axons and wtf is teh1 ILB?

GuiltySpark
09-14-2004, 08:06 PM
New set of axons, yay!

Also, the Sleeping Princess has organized all of the WAV's for us for each of the charcters for the first two sets. So now all of that order I typed in the beginning is irrelevant, here they are:

Ch. 1: Amazing Facts
Jan (http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week1_subject2.wav)
Kamal (http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week1_subject3.wav)
Jersey (http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week1_subject1.wav)

Ch. 2: Hive Ku
Jan (http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week2_subject2.wav)
Kamal (http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week2_subject3.wav)
Jersey (http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week2_subject1.wav)

Here is her page, she will probably update it when someone get's the last axon is The Fable of the Bee (The last one is thin_kinkle :cuss: )

We currently have 604/777 axons activated.

Some sets in The Myth of the Comata (new as of today) take as many as 7 axons to activate, others take 2 or anywhere in between. Right now there are four WAV's unlocked.

I just listened to the knee_caps WAV and it sounds like the story is starting to get interesting (colliding character?)

Well, looks like Jersey is gettting in a little trouble with the IRS. Durga wanted to help him, but he doesn't want to do anything illegal. Of course, I can only guess about the story line, but if I was to guess as to what is happening: Jersey is in trouble and this guy wants to take care of him, so he hires Aiden to whack him, but Aiden is letting his new "freelancer" take care of it. Kamal doesn't want to. That is a pure guess of course, pure guess.... *edit* it's wrong

Meanwhile Jan is meeting some interesting characters at a bar in a really bad side of town. She has saved one guy from someone named Thin Kinkle (Fable of the Bee) and chick from an unidentified guy (The Myth of the Comatas).

Dana has updated her blog with:

Is a phone ringing near you? (http://www.ariock.org/darkforge/comatas-coords.html)

PICK IT UP!!! If the operater asks her name tell her operator, if she asks for her nickname tell her Melissa, if she asks what ship she is from say Apocalypso, if she asks who was the Captain on her ship say Captain Green, and if she asks for the password say the corresponding phrase listed in the "Word" column.

If you want to get caught up with the ARG real quick go here. (http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/)

Useful stuff for anyone.

Ok, there are also some new WAVS that don't have to be unlocked, they are hidden in pictures on the site as text, you have to manually input them in the URL bar. Here they are:

www.ilovebees.com/outbound/flower_delivery.wav
www.ilovebees.com/outbound/commissary_shoes.wav
www.ilovebees.com/outbound/knockout_gas.wav
www.ilovebees.com/outbound/so_mean.wav
www.ilovebees.com/outbound/flower_delivery.wav
www.ilovebees.com/outbound/desktop_model.wav
www.ilovebees.com/outbound/cow_even.wav
www.ilovebees.com/outbound/guess_not.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/formal_wear.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/relocate.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/a_secret_life.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/domestic_bliss.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/my_landlady.wav

And here is the order:
-domestic_bliss-
-a_secret_life-
-commissary_shoes-
-formal_wear-
-my_landlady-
-flower_delivery-
-desktop_model-
-so_mean-
-guess_not-
-relocate-
-cow_even-
-knockout_gas-

They intro duce a new character named Ronnie, I haven't listened to them cuz I found out while I was typing all of this ish....

I think that is it..... for now.... :watchout:

lax_defense
09-14-2004, 08:41 PM
a lot of the ones in LA are reservoirs. Thats weird. The other BH one which is like .5 miles from my house is a fake. I couldn't find any phones around there.

GuiltySpark
09-16-2004, 11:23 AM
Less than 100 to go!

themoosearmy
09-16-2004, 12:01 PM
I keep up through you Guilty....you're my connection b/c I wasted a week trying to get this thing & I started having dreams about the story archs.....It was insane....You keep up with ILB and let me know whats going on!!
Yeah dude, I'll read your findings, consider yourself the official ILB DUDE of XBA ;)

Conchord
09-16-2004, 01:35 PM
WHAT THE **** DOES ALL THIS **** HAVE TO DO WITH HALO 2? YOURE TALKING ABOUT IRS AND JANISSARY AND INVADING AIs!!! I'm so ****ing lost right now its un-****ing believable. **** **** **** **** ****.

Diddy
09-16-2004, 03:40 PM
oh so ILB=Ilovebees.com ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Anthony4sho
09-16-2004, 06:02 PM
Looks like ya'll will have all 777 by the start of the weekend.

GuiltySpark
09-16-2004, 06:07 PM
WHAT THE **** DOES ALL THIS **** HAVE TO DO WITH HALO 2? YOURE TALKING ABOUT IRS AND JANISSARY AND INVADING AIs!!! I'm so ****ing lost right now its un-****ing believable. **** **** **** **** ****.


I thougt you were bein sarcastic before, sorry. Well, Ilovebees.com URL came up at the end of the Halo 2 cinematic trailer like two months ago. Following the link you found out that someone named Margaret had a site dedicated to her beekeeping that had gotten attacked by a foreign personality. This "Operator" is using the site to communicate with us. The Operator is trying to restore her memory because it was damaged in the crash. We are helping her restore her memory. But before we can help, she needs to trust us. Some say that when we activate all of the axons she will then trust us and we can begin helping her. If you need to know more about Axons and Bees then just do a thread search and look for "Axons" and whatnot.

If you REALLY want to know what this is all about (and are prepared to do a little reading) check out this thread :
http://www.xboxaddict.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59354&highlight=www.ilovebees.com

Anyways, Thin_kinkle was finally activated. Whoever did that gets major props. I was beginning to think it was lost forever. Here is the order for the third set of axons "The Fable of the Bee:"

Kamal & Sophia Go to Dinner:

Its a Chicken
Surgery
Butter Flavored
Surgeon General
S Typhi
Unstoppable
Very Lucky
Never Right Again
Your Fault
Something I Carry
Kiss
Ground Light

Jan Plays Moons:

Domestic Skills
Insurrection
Tweaked Up
Break Em
Zip Your Shirt
Drink Special
Thin Kinkle
Skin
Run For Cover
Kiss Them
Girls With Guns
Retirement

Jersey and Durga Deal With Taxes:

Smarter
Raffle
Winning
Taxes Suck
Would That Help
I, Durga

The last set "The Myth of the Comata" is shaping up to be really good. We currently have 698/777 axons activated. So close.

*I said this part last time*
On the front page of ILB.com "The Sleeping Princess" (a rogue program hidden in the site, who the operator is trying to capture) has left us a message. Usually her messages are viewed only through Error 404 pages, now she has highlighted letters on the home page and made a link for us to visit. Her message was: I Found Something For You (http://ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html) . Following the link will bring you to a page where the Princess tells you that she snuck into the Queens (the operator's) workshop and stole these. "These" are the wav files organized in chronological order for each character. (I know I said all of that last time, I was just clarifying)
*END repeat*

Meanwhile, the story is getting crazy. Looks like Jan decided to take care of a guy named Gene who is trying to prove himself to skin by raping a chick (I kno, WTF). Yeah, looks like she has a little fun with him. Listen to these WAVS in this order:

http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/such_pigs.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/optical.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/box_of_chocolates.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/mr_congeniality.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/big_dog.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/ballet.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/her_hair.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/posture_counts.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/wee_wee_wee.wav
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/apartment_squirrels.wav

Ah, good times....

That looks like that's all of Jan's story. But it isn't exactly an ending hmmmmm :watchout:

That is all for now....

Oh, and I gladly except the title moose :cheers:

EDIT: 701!

GuiltySpark
09-18-2004, 07:53 PM
Here are the new coordinates, at the new locations. These don't go live until tuesday. They are hidden on the site.

http://www.ariock.org/darkforge/princess3-coords.php

Conchord
09-18-2004, 09:33 PM
I have never been so confused i my life.