- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: c_o_c_k_y
heres some thing i dont think any1 realised in relation to this ilovebees thing.
See, i live in Australia, so right now i am 18 odd hrs ahead of ameriaca. it is 2:50 PM right now, so since the java script countdown is counting down to 6:07 AM on the 24 august and it runs off of your clock, my countdown reads at the moment 29:15:16:45:412.
so this means that my timer will run out befor most people except those in new zealand, after me willl be asian countries then europe, then america.
So this means that its not going to be sumthing that ocurs on the website because we dont know what timezone it is thinking of or more likely it will be something that happens in each country separately.
now think about this, most computer stores open in the morning, maybe around 6am. so it would make sense that the stores are allowed to begin selling the copies of halo 2 at 6:07am on 24th august.
the important thing isn't, whether it is halo2 being released or not, but thats it is something that will happen around the globe as the day breaks in different places over 24 hrs.
Quite simply i dont see many other possibilities but halo 2 being released early because this rules out any sort of internet release, new information or otherwise, though it must be pointed out that it could quite simply be that bungie is getting lazy and took the short cut but i doubt it, its not a great deal much harder to have the clock set off another time to the pc clock.
remember that first of all the site was posted on a trailer that was telling people about when it will be released, so it makes sence that this would be refering to a new release date,
on the other hand, it must be asked why bungie would get any advantage out of the game being released earlywithout any advertisement.
there is also my favorite interpretation that makes it sound much more obvious:
In 3 days, network throttling will erode.
(the bungie team are currently beta testing halo 2, in three days they will complete this and make any final fixes)
In 17 days this medium will metastasize.
(the medium(halo 2) will mastasize(begin reproducing and distribiting) they will begin burning halo 2 cds and distribute them)
COUNTDOWN TO WIDE AWAKE AND PHYSICAL:
29:15:27:37:820
(well if halo 2 isnt gonna be wide awake and physical i dont know what is :p)
i am happy to be converted if any1 else has a better theory for me but at the moment this seems to make the most sense
(plz dont ignor me, tell me what you think)
The javascript is titled countdowntochina.js, and if you'd read the FAQ pages at Ilovebees.com, you'd know that it's counting down to some place in China. I can't say this is true, but i heard it was Hong Kong time. All the timers should run out at the same time cuz they use your system time, but you have to calculate time zones and small discrepancies and differences between our system timers in.