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Subject: ILOVEBEES.COM Summed up from what we have gotten
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There is no such person as Aunt Margeret (well there is in the world but not the one we're on about). Someone checked on Whois.org for the BEEs site details and no such person or phone number was in any database. That was a while ago.

As for Dana I've heard alot of people talking about Dana being an AI contruct. I doubt that Dana exists either so it's more likely to be a character or something in the storyline to Halo 2.

Can't really say though.

  • 07.27.2004 1:49 AM PDT
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This is a wcky mystery!!!!!

  • 07.27.2004 1:57 AM PDT
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I FOUND A TIE go to this http://www.ilovebees.us


.COM

[color=red]Registrar: NAMESDIRECT
Domain Name: ILOVEBEES.COM
Created on: 14-JUN-04
Expires on: 14-JUN-09
Last Updated on: 15-JUL-04

Administrative, Technical Contact:
Efendi, Margaret ladybee777@hotmail.com
Margaret's House of Bees
Margaret's House of Bees
2370 Market Street #510
San Francisco, CA 94114-1575
US
415-248-2617[/color]


NOW .NET


[color=red]Registrar: NAMESDIRECT
Domain Name: ILOVEBEES.NET
Created on: 14-JUN-04
Expires on: 14-JUN-09
Last Updated on: 16-JUL-04

Administrative, Technical Contact:
Efendi, Margaret ladybee777@hotmail.com
Margaret's House of Bees
Margaret's House of Bees
2370 Market Street #510
San Francisco, CA 94114-1575
US
415-248-2617[/color]


AND NOW THE WEIRD ONE .US


[color=red]Domain Name: ILOVEBEES.US
Domain ID: D6465676-US
Sponsoring Registrar: INTERCOSMOS MEDIA GROUP, INC. D.B.A. DIRECTNIC.COM
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Registrant ID: IMG-612956
Registrant Name: Margaret Efendi
Registrant Organization: Margaret's House of Bees
Registrant Address1: 2370 Market Street #510
Registrant City: San Francisco
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 94114-1575
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Country Code: US
Registrant Phone Number: +1.4152482617
Registrant Email: ladybee777@hotmail.com[/color]




Now there is a tie to halo to in the .us one why would she have a clip of the halo 2 trailor there?

i think this is new no one has seen to mention anything about the .us video clip that is owned by aunt m hmmmmmm lol i am the man

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  • 07.27.2004 2:16 AM PDT
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i doubt there will be a halo 2 demo

  • 07.27.2004 2:22 AM PDT
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ok now it says
~~~~~PHASE 1 COMPLETE: Network throttling has eroded. ~~~~

In 14 days this medium will metastasize.

COUNTDOWN TO WIDE AWAKE AND PHYSICAL:
27:19:52:21:016

Make your decisions accordingly

  • 07.27.2004 10:14 AM PDT
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THE END IS NIGH!

  • 07.27.2004 10:35 AM PDT
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There is no tie between .us and .com. After reading your posts, am_buck_65, I have concluded you are a very unintelligent peron.

In addition, I am disturbed by reading all the junk from people who join the forum and don't read any other posts except for maybe the first one in a thread and then post their thoughts.
Their thoughts which have already been said are so redundant they give me a migraine. These people are very annoying, and i wish pain upon them.

I think this i love bees thing is very interesting, but I am pushed away by annoying people with their stupid redundant theories.

  • 07.27.2004 10:39 AM PDT
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they are all registerd under the same name

  • 07.27.2004 3:52 PM PDT
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no one finds this intresting

  • 07.27.2004 5:21 PM PDT
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Interesting...

  • 07.27.2004 5:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: Governator
Interesting...



very............


by the way ihatebees.com is made by the same guy who made ilovebees.org

  • 07.28.2004 2:28 AM PDT

On Waypoint I'm rocketFox;
http://halo.xbox.com/forums/members/rocketfox/default.aspx

Old GTs; RebelRobot, Flamedude

this is so interesting, its really disrupting me working..

cant wait to see what happens when the Operator gets her head together. But is she just an AI in a box or is she like a robot AI that can walk around? seems to imply she's mobile but damaged. and part of ONI too... stealth yachts.. head full of sand? glass? reach?

AAAAARGHGR!!

  • 07.28.2004 2:35 AM PDT
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first page up dated

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  • 07.28.2004 3:00 AM PDT
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Guys take a look over at gamespot! - http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/27/news_6103575.html

  • 07.28.2004 3:07 AM PDT
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[color=red][WARNING: potential spoilers ahead][/color]

First is the appearance of snippets of dialogue on ilovebees.com that sound like they could be lifted from a Halo 2 cutscene. Scattered across the site in hidden and visible chunks, the dialogue appears to be between crewmen in a futuristic navy much like Halo's United Nations Space Command. One section, spliced together the newly hatched ilovebees.com Wikipeidia, reads as though it has been "overheard" from the bridge of the UNSC ship that discovers the Covenant's plan to invade Earth.

1st Lt. Sorenson: Oh my God. If the decrypt is right-
Capt. Greene: I know.
1st Lt. Sorenson: We have to drop the mission. We have to bug out of here right now and get word back to HQ. An evac on this scale they need every second. Jesus. I was stationed on Troy.
Capt. Greene: I'm not... I'm not sure.
1st Lt. Sorenson: Ma'am?
Capt. Greene: There's a bigger picture, Rolf. Several.
1st Lt. Sorenson: The mission... This mission is more important than millions of lives? Oh my... god.
Capt. Greene: I'm just saying, the choice isn't as easy as you might think.
1st Lt. Sorenson: You know, I was so curious when you got your orders...
Capt. Greene: And then there's the strategic view.
1st Lt. Sorenson: For the first time, I'm not sure I want to know what's in them.
Capt. Greene: Even leaving aside our particular mission, there's the issue of letting them know we've broken their codes. If we bug out and scramble home to warn HQ about Troy, people like Standish will say we've already compromised a huge tactical advantage, and that mounting a big evac operation will completely give the game away.
1st Lt. Sorenson: Not even Standish would let them glass a planet if he knew it was coming. ... Oh my God.
Capt. Greene: I am not privy to strategic conversations at that level. But if we run home and present the decrypt, we put them in a tricky situation. If they act, they risk letting the enemy know we have a toehold in their C-and-C. If they decide that strategic advantage is too great to risk and don't act, then you know Section Zero will be all over them. Zero's wanted Standish forever.
1st Lt. Sorenson: I...I understand. It's so much easier for everyone if we don't tell them. But...wait a second. Don't you have family on Troy?
Capt. Greene: That can't be part of the equation, Rolf. You know that.
1st Lt. Sorenson: Jesus.
Capt. Greene: I think we have to report it. Our job is to gather intelligence: it's HQs job to decide what to do with it.
1st Lt. Sorenson: God, I'm glad it isn't me making that call.
Capt. Greene: Don't feel too sorry for them, Rolf. Even Admirals have to earn their pay.

Another conversation between two lower-level crewmembers, ONI tech Kowalski and Midshipman Arrelts, talk about a computer program as though it were a person.

ONI tech Kowalski: (coughs) Anyway, she shouldn't feel that slowness through Nav & Comm. anymore.
Midshipman Arrelts: Great. You know what they say: Happy ship
ONI tech Kowalski: Happy crew. Yeah. (coughs) Yeah, I know a lot of about these systems.
Midshipman Arrelts: That's great, what with it being your job and all.
ONI tech Kowalski: fr'instance - know what the single [...] best correlate is for these babies, in terms of matching personality to service designation? Favorite game.
Midshipman Arrelts: Favorite game?
ONI tech Kowalski: You know, from before. Tag - that's regular navy, like destroyers. Command HQ is usually Truth or Dare, something like that. Red Rover -
Midshipman Arrelts: Light [...] picket?
ONI tech Kowalski: Couriers, too.
Midshipman Arrelts: (laughs) I never would have thought... So what about her?
ONI tech Kowalski: The Operator? (coughs) File's classified.
Midshipman Arrelts: [...] Even for you?
ONI tech Kowalski: Well, of course, I know, but I really shouldn't
Midshipman Arrelts: Come on! I won't tell!
ONI tech Kowalski: Well...
ONI tech Kowalski: Well... (whispers) Spin the Bottle.
Midshipman Arrelts: (laughs)
ONI tech Kowalski: (laughs)

The conversation is laden with clues Halo fans will pick up on. First is the designation of Kowalski as a technician for the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the espionage arm of the UNSC. Besides being in charge of Covenant surveillance and R&D programs like the SPARTAN project that created the Master Chief, ONI is also in charge of creating and maintaining AIs like Cortana.

No so coincidentally, the tone of the Cortana Letters used to promote the first Halo sound like a monologue that has been popping up on ilovebees.com. One chunk of this immediately followed the Kowalski/Arrelts exchange:

"Except he's lying. He's lying to her, Trying to impress her he's lying because that's the wrong game (how do I know that?) it's the wrong game and I know I can feel it my favorite game is HIDE AND SEEK! Memory benchmark test concluded."

Further ramblings from the monologue author also point to "her" being "The Operator" AI, with references about breaking "free of this Babbage Machine" (a primitive form of 19th-century computer) and wanting to "GET OUT OF THIS BOX." There is also evidence that the author of these snippets is the entity referred to as "the Queen" by Dana's stalker, which tacitly admits to being "the Widow." Incidentally, the Widow mentions being trapped in a "Sleeping casket" and offers to "apply a construct to protect [Dana's] core." The Widow also makes references to how it has been "been changed going back a while though, more than 7 years ago."

CONCLUSIONS
While the ilovebees.com alternate reality game probably won't reach its conclusion until August 24, the next update will occur when the "medium will metastasize" on August 10. However, two conclusions about Halo 2's plot can already be drawn. First is the certainty that a UNSC colony called Troy will be attacked by the Covenant before they invade Earth. This is clear from the references to the "millions of lives" in the Lt. Sorenson/Captain Green dialogue.

It is also likely that a new AI will be introduced in Halo 2. Given the parallels between hoax e-mails used to introduce Cortana before Halo and the AI rants on ilovebees.com, it is likely the "Queen" and the "Widow" either both be two new AIs or an AI with a split personality. Readers of the Halo novel First Strike will also remember how Cortana battled a Covenant AI, which may also be a possibility.

One non-game-related conclusion can also be reached in the wake of the ilovebees.com affair: viral marketing is effective, especially when applied to an audience starved for information. For the fraction of the cost of a national TV blitz, Bungie and Microsoft have generated a monstrous amount of buzz (no pun intended) amongst Halo 2 fans. The ilovebees.com site has become a self-perpetuating phenomenon, spawning thousands of discussion threads on hundreds of forums and unquantifiable office-cooler banter. For every cynic decrying it as a marketing hoax, there are two Halo 2 and/or ARG fans spending hours trying to uncover the clues hidden inside ilovebees.com. Somewhere, an advertising executive is laughing all the way to the bank.


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  • 07.28.2004 3:44 AM PDT
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good stuff

  • 07.29.2004 2:08 PM PDT
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The Operator's name is Melissa. From what I could gather through the MayDay texts, she appears to be the AI of a probe of some sort, and upon a mission is damaged and put into a state of delirium. In attempting to "reboot" or "realign" herself - she can't even remember her own name or what she is doing - she starts running through memories in her core to attempt to piece her indentity back together again. This is why we get the crazy texts that appear to be "dreams" such as her brother and the castles and sand.

She appears to be afraid of the "muttability" of an AI's brain. A programmer or other computer program can come up and change everything about her. She apparently was a very sophosticated AI who enjoyed books and such, but she now resented being changed into a "weapon."

I believe sand represents the "changeability" of her "brain." Ever tried building a sand castle only to see a wave destroy what it once was? This AI sees "her brother" (either another AI, an older indentity of hers, or just a symbol) destroyed by a wave because he is only made of sand. Ever erased everything and reformatted your harddrive? Apparently, your computer is scared of that. That is why all the sand allusions. She is just "sand," it only takes the whim of a programmer to erase everything that she is.

That is why she wants to escape. From her conversation with the Casteaway, we find she also longs to be real. A silly dream of an AI? Or something more tangible?

Aug 24: WIDE AWAKE AND PHYSICAL.

[Edited on 7/29/2004 2:23:45 PM]

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Ok so this whole countdown ends on August 25th, right? That's exactly 77 days before November 9.....interesting.
I was also just wondering if anyone has actually seen the theatrical trailer in a theatre. I went to go see " Anchorman" and "I,Robot" not too long ago and saw nothing. Is there a specific movie or theatre chain they are showing it in? I've seen it on the web but I have a puny 17 inch tv screen and would relish the opportunity to see Master Chief on a gigasmic screen.

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  • 07.29.2004 2:26 PM PDT
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I still dont understand what ilovebees is. It looks like some nut jobs site that got messed up by a virus. How does it tie into halo?

  • 07.29.2004 2:27 PM PDT

I like my Covenant like i like my woman, screamin and with a sticky on there face.

what exactly is i lovebees i dont understand what does bees have to do with halo did some like hacker get on there website mess it up or something what?

  • 07.29.2004 2:45 PM PDT

I like my Covenant like i like my woman, screamin and with a sticky on there face.

Posted by: Heylowfan
Ok so this whole countdown ends on August 25th, right? That's exactly 77 days before November 9.....interesting.
I was also just wondering if anyone has actually seen the theatrical trailer in a theatre. I went to go see " Anchorman" and "I,Robot" not too long ago and saw nothing. Is there a specific movie or theatre chain they are showing it in? I've seen it on the web but I have a puny 17 inch tv screen and would relish the opportunity to see Master Chief on a gigasmic screen.


yes it can only be seen at loews movie thearters

  • 07.29.2004 2:47 PM PDT
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Actually go here and that should explain everything.

  • 07.29.2004 2:47 PM PDT

I like my Covenant like i like my woman, screamin and with a sticky on there face.

or maybe more than the beta screen shots got leaked

  • 07.29.2004 2:59 PM PDT
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Ok this might sound dumb but if you take 11/9/04 an do a little math 11x9=99divided by4 you get 24 as in agaust 24th could meen anything.I did it on a calculator im to dumb to do it in my head.

  • 07.29.2004 3:00 PM PDT
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99 divided by 4 isent 24.

  • 07.29.2004 3:05 PM PDT