- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Just so I can be kept up to speed without reading 55 pages of stuff, why's the mystery Spartan being called JD? Something I missed, no doubt an obvious thing too =P
And with the Cortana letter you quoted above... I don't think she meant literally in chains but rather metaphorically. I always interpreted it to mean whoever made the Flood -blam!- up in a bad way, and now live in chains, bound by the mistake they brought into this world...
Bringing some ideas from the beginning of the thread back up--and again, sorry if this has been covered--but I was taking a look at all of the meta tags for all 18 terminals now.
Some interesting things can be found in the "generator" tags, as well as--if nor more intresting--in the "keywords." I wasted the time to actaully copy them all down.
000 <meta name="generator" content="my_own_sweet_self">
ii <meta name="generator" content="fltcom_template">
iii <meta name="generator" content="friendly_neighbourhood_ai">
001 <meta name="generator" content="my_own_sweet_self">
002 <meta name="generator" content="spinning_magnet_inside_wire_coil">
003 <meta name="generator" content="kind_thoughts_and_stout_circulation_pumps" >
004 <meta name="generator" content="wishing_will_make_it_so">
005 <meta name="generator" content="clay_tablets_and_reeds">
006 <meta name="generator" content="">
007 <meta name="generator" content="not_working_well_is_it">
008 <meta name="generator" content="ai_process_2.718.282">
009 <meta name="generator" content="ff512_forum_template">
010 <meta name="generator" content="charlene">
011 <meta name="generator" content="bailing_wire_and_duct_tape">
012 <meta name="generator" content="index_cards_and_stern_glares">
013 <meta name="generator" content="uh_blush_nothing">
014 <meta name="generator" content="you_dont_want_to_know_trust_me">
015 <meta name="generator" content="ff512_forum_template">
016 <meta name="generator" content="ff512_forum_template">
017 <meta name="generator" content="skulking_and_peeking_in_windows">
018 <meta name="generator" content="ff512_forum_template">
000 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, rampant AI, index, site map, cryptic messages, read em and weep">
ii <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, orders, protests">
iii <meta NAME="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, Covenant frigate, general quarters, brace for impact">
001 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, awakening, dysphoria, epic poetry, Gilgamesh, ASCII art, embedded allegory, eye spy">
002 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, Cole Protocol, gravitational slingshot, evacuation">
003 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, left behind, survey mission, unidentified artifact">
004 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, lossy compression, bad choice or worse, survival drive">
005 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, Gilgamesh, anachronisms, military references">
006 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, Babylonian myth, Caina, who knows">
007 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, aerobraking, WOPR">
008 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, Covenant network intrusion, ICE, embedded message, last embed hint">
009 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, briefing, remapped network, marooned, possible unknown hostiles, did the earth move">
010 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, crude extended metaphor, juvenilebehaviour">
011 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, repair drones, aggressive personality">
012 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, process interrupts, a little knowledge is">
013 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, adolescence, Louis XV quote">
014 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, betrayal, very long term disposal risks Hansard, cautery">
015 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, and curst be he that moves my bones, responsibility, recon and intelligence">
016 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, exfiltration, EVA, stealth, let bygones be bygones">
017 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, rampant AI, seismic analysis, abnormally strong magnetosphere">
018 <meta name="keywords" content="Marathon, Halo, Bungie, Enkidu, fanfic, [more]">
Couple of things to take interest in:
-The last Keyword meta looks like it was forgotten to be filled out.
-On number 8, the key word says "Embedded message, Last embed hint." The very open use of the word Hint raises some flags for me to keep my eyes peeled.
-I know a lot of you think this is all fanfic bollocks because the prhase fanfic is in the metatags, but I don't think it's a case of that or a clue throwing us off, rather than it just being another way to get viewers to find this ingenius publicity game. The idea is to garner attention to the release of Halo 2, so actually using to functionality of the meta tags for their intended purpose (i.e. directed people in search of fanif to this fanfic-esque publicity page) is merely an effort for more attention to the page.
That's all I've got for now, but good god man do I love this stuff.