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That's what that is.. lol that's awesome. Remember the other "smuggler" stories in the updates? It used the same kinda' "interrupted" look?
Those were confirmed to be regarding the "Cold Storage" map, and there's never been release date info given for that map, and you'll notice they aren't discussing ADDITIONAL maps that might get released with it.. suggesting that it might be released on it's own
C!#4x---^&-$x%^^p3@
It's like leet speak.. where:
! = l (L)
#=O (with extra lines leading off of it)
4 = Angular and slightly rotated version of a D
$= S
x= t = a 'T' that's in lowercase, and leaning.
%=o and r combined.
^= little tiny "A"
p = backwards g
3 = Reverse "E"
Can ya' see it? It's a misinterpreted computer line that's been rewritten to match an approximation of what it visually looked like.. but with a few extra spaces/symbols added. (probably because an initial effort with proved to be too obvious).
C!#4x---^&-$x%^^p3@ If you kinda' blur your eyes.. it turns into THIS::
CloDx--^&_Storaage@
When you remove SOME of the extra characters it's:
CloD ^& Storaage
In a bastardized version of LeetSpeak
It's great! but thankfully Bungie seems to have forgotten (or counted on?) the fact that you can recognize words visually if the first and last letters are in the correct place. It also helps when you have context to assist you too.
For Epmxlae, you mhigt not TINHK you can raed tihs, but you jsut did.
:)
It's a visual thing, so I guess just having the first and last letters represented, turne it into a similar challenge.
Of course this theory is even MORE proven when you look at the next line of the transmission, and can read parts of it, using another version of leetspeak:
• Head2@!#SWa#++-DL*SLAj3r
*Head2___Swat____DL Slayer
Sweet, thank god I'm not RROD'ing.. I feel real bad for those that are waiting for their systems to return.. that's gotta' suck.
[Edited on 06.27.2008 7:03 PM PDT]