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I am placing this here as a place to discuss the I Love Bees Alternate reality game. This is not a place for flames, people being called stupid for their beliefs or inane unthought out banter.

Keep your beliefs about the 24th to yourself if you wish to post here.

Some of the points here have already been raised, either by myself or by others, but I don't care, this is a fresh an frank debate.

My interpretation:

I raised the idea that the A.I that hijacked ILB as Prof. Steel was referring to was perhaps infact Cortana, who had gone rampant, much like Durandal in Marathon. The lexis of technical language such as 'network tentacle' and 'silicon crypt' used so frequently by the character is perhaps an indication of this. Fans of Marathon will know of Durandal's insanity and I think the same can be said of Cortana. As soon as she is downloaded into Halo's mainframe, she changes, becomes power hungry, calls the chief a barbarian (im not entirely sure of that, I know she calls him something derogatory)

Cortana, being a smart A.I has a life span of seven years and after which she become to smart, and would degrade or retreat within herself.--(from the HALO story page). Surly an information dump such as having the entire forerunner database downloaded into her would surely speed up this process, if not bring it on immediately.


I offer another alternate to this. What if there are multiple narrators, what if one is the Master Chief? There is a lot of information contained within the page that could indicate this. For example, the repetitive use of the pronoun 'she', such as 'marks down the readings in the tiny thing that passes in her for a mind. I guess I should be grateful but -'

One other interesting thing, what if Cortana is trying to take over the MC? or perhaps another Spartan? there is something about the sentences:

'Quick quick quick quick - parse this protocol and find some kind of eyeball out. Sister you just made a mistake because this is my *meat* this is what I do and you are -'

That I find interesting, This is my meat is Cortana trying to physically take over the MC? Perhaps through the neural interface in his suit?

I need to mull on this further and do more research, but what do you all think?



[Edited on 8/4/2004 2:52:24 PM]

  • 08.04.2004 2:50 PM PDT
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So you are saying that Master Cheif and Cortona are real?

  • 08.04.2004 2:55 PM PDT
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i read it, but i think more ppl wouldve read it if u triple posted to make it shorter.

  • 08.04.2004 2:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: Abrams_Tank
So you are saying that Master Cheif and Cortona are real?


yah im cortana, u got a problem with that

  • 08.04.2004 2:56 PM PDT
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Abrahms, within the world of the ARG yes, Cortana and the MC are very much real.

stfu: Noted for future reference

  • 08.04.2004 3:12 PM PDT