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Subject: The A, Bees and C's of Sparta

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I think it's funny how Bungie or somebody other than bungie is doing all this to what looked like a perfectly innocent little website about bees. This poor website just wanted to talk about bees and honey and stuff; then all of a sudden -blam- it's Halo-2-groundzero....
funny, like haha funny...
Now for something totally different that's got nothing to do with the trickle of Halo2-pooh... or maybe it does? It probably doesn't... but maybe, just maybe it d- no, no it doesn't...sorry.

I was learning some actual Grecko-Spartan history today while watchin the tube (i know who knew?) While i will not recount the entire record of acient Sparta -partly because i only tuned-in half way through... I can, and will, inform everyone here that the Spartan's downfall was started by a prophecy given by an Oracle. The Spartans were a very superstitious folk and when a foretelling of hard times and a crippled king came out, it snowballed and got out of control. Eventually they succumbed to their fate (maybe they should have never have known it in the first place!) and the Spartans were no more. Their demise was also due to Sparta's incapability of producing skillful politicians and social leaders despite their strict culture that bred the finest warriors and generals. Those warriors tore down the Athens city walls when they deafeted their long bitter Athenian rivals. The Spartans, it turned out, weren't ready for the victory and the spoils of war soon corrupted Sparta culture. It was and always will be remebered tho for being a society that produced the fiercest and bravest warriors.

I, however, did not catch any pbs specials on bees (i know, who knew? you'd think there'd be at least one on) but i do remember that the idiotic Pope -whatshisname- during the italian renaissance (the guy who told Galileo he was wrong about the earth orbiting the sun and not the other way around) had a family coat of arms (i think from Florence) that had the image of 3 horseflies. Horseflies! That ain't no symbol of and for a pope! So he changed it- to 3 bees cause everybody likes how hard bees work and the sweet sweet honey they make.

Anyways... something concrete that actually has to do with Bees and Spartans that maybe you didn't all know about. Something that doesn't have anything to do with cryptic advertising or runaway fandom.

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[Edited on 7/26/2004 8:45:08 PM]

  • 07.26.2004 12:24 AM PDT
Subject: Spartans and Bees
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[color=red]this reminds me of the matrix neo. hehehehehehe im prophesizin -blam!-![/color]

  • 07.26.2004 12:27 AM PDT
Subject: The A's Bees and C's of Sparta

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Ok CrackRocker good to know.

I think Halo 2 is gonna be the best sequel to anything ever made and is going to define videogaming as the next form of entertainment for the masses. It's gonna sting the movie industry in sales figures and people everywhere will come to expect good if not excellent stories that are told through a more interactive medium. This ILB thing might be sort of along these lines in some weird way (weren't the coratana letters somewhat like this?).
Anyways, whatever comes out from Bungie from now until Nov 9th will be pale in caomparison to the actual release of Halo 2 (wish they'd give it a tag title soon)...

  • 07.26.2004 8:12 PM PDT
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Just to let the you know the ilovebees website is fake. Xbox or whoever created the website. The whole hacking thing with Aunt Margie is just a coverup so to speak.

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  • 07.26.2004 8:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: JimBobJoe
Just to let the you know the ilovebees website is fake. Xbox or whoever created the website. The whole hacking thing with Aunt Margie is just a coverup so to speak.


thats right. ask jimbobjoe here. he knows everything.

  • 07.26.2004 8:18 PM PDT
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LoL. Thanks. ;)

  • 07.26.2004 8:19 PM PDT

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Well whatever it is, if it's a:
-unusual (and underhanded) marketing scheme by extremely powerful and resourcelful forces...
or
- some cruel fan fic sorta thing....
or
- an actual marketing ploy by bonified Bungie sources

...it sure did resonate a lot of attention.


  • 07.26.2004 8:24 PM PDT
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This isn't a fanfic :| If it, explain to me the url in the trailer.

  • 07.26.2004 8:27 PM PDT

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I can't explain the URL in the trailer... who knows? I just don't rule out the possibilty of some sort of fan involvement though (not until something's Bungie-firmed!)... it may be a slim chance of such involvement but again, who knows...?

Notice on the original post I only mentioned "...to what looked like an innocent site..."
I never actually said that it was one way or the other just that i thought the whole thing funny.

(i saw the trailer in the movie theatre, does that mean i must have seen the URL at the end of it? cause i can't remember if i did or not... i can't download the online one, my internet connection is spotty at best)

  • 07.26.2004 8:38 PM PDT