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Subject: I KNOW THAT BUILDING!!!
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on the november 9th poster in the thread at the bottom left hand corner there is a building and that building is the hong kong bank
AND ITS IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD!!! :0

just compare them

this is the thread (look at last image on first post)
http://opa-ages.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10241

this is the building
http://www.arkitera.com/gununsorusu/2001/05/31.jpg

does this mean that halo 2 might have a part in hong kong...

  • 05.17.2004 4:01 AM PDT
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possibly
those buildings look exactly alike

[Edited on 5/17/2004 4:05:55 AM]

  • 05.17.2004 4:04 AM PDT
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yeah man thats the building, nice observation. identical

  • 05.17.2004 4:08 AM PDT
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Cool! Is it a coincidence? Tell me a little more about the building in your neighborhood.

  • 05.17.2004 4:19 AM PDT
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well the answer is its just a big bank and a treasury
here are a few piccy's from google
http://images.google.com/images?q=hong+kong+bank&hl=en&am p;lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

  • 05.17.2004 4:56 AM PDT
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*POTENTIAL SPOILERS*






ok, you know how the covenant are collecting forerunner arifacts and you say that place is like a bank and treasury, well maybe we have (in the game) something of the forerunners there and the covenant want it. i dont see any other reason for that building to be on that poster unless something potentially big happens there

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Or maybe the Master Cheif just rounds up a bunch of Covie bastards there and we can blow them away!

Well actually either way is the same and fun. Well if they don't mention that being the Hong Kong bank in the game, it may be an easter egg. BUT I'd better stop talking before people start...hmm... if I whern't in school I'd be sniping or something...uh...in HALO, I mean...

*looks around and runs away*

But in anycase I think its pretty crazy that the buildings look alike.

  • 05.17.2004 5:12 AM PDT
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well in last years e3 bungie chose an exotic place which was mombasa, a city in kenya so bungie might be choosing locations all over the world for their campaigns on earth

  • 05.17.2004 5:17 AM PDT
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According to what Haloruler said, I can just say that this is a plausible way of interpreting it. Maybe the building is related to the plot somehow, and the humans got something that makes the covies real horny to get. Maybe it's like the Control Room, or the index in the library (I mean the green stick to activate Halo. I'm not sure if it is called index, though.)

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ok after this discovery i decided to take a closer look at the buildings and structures in all the earth screenies and did a little research
this lead me to the Limited edition box which is here
http://www.bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/metalboxshotz/ backmetalbox.gif

take a look at the tall building that is behind mc and compare it to this
http://www.takenaka.co.jp/takenaka_e/superhigh/2skycity/skyci ty.htm

its called sky city and is a japanese concept of what they might build in the future it is 1000 metres high and can hold parks, living space, etc. you can also see this on one of the episodes of extreme engineering on the discovery channel
its website is here
http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/skycit y/interactive/interactive.html

  • 05.17.2004 5:46 AM PDT
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Did you come to any thesis about all the building stuff. But for now, you are quite perceptive. It's amazing what people find out about Halo related stuff.

  • 05.17.2004 5:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: fludblud
on the november 9th poster in the thread at the bottom left hand corner there is a building and that building is the hong kong bank
AND ITS IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD!!! :0

just compare them

this is the thread (look at last image on first post)
http://opa-ages.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10241

this is the building
http://www.arkitera.com/gununsorusu/2001/05/31.jpg

does this mean that halo 2 might have a part in hong kong...


I doubt that building will be standing 548 years from now...

  • 05.17.2004 6:13 AM PDT
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"I doubt that building will be standing 548 years from now..."

well i have been pondering over that problem
maybe by that time it will be called an ancient artifact from the 20th century and will keep on standing because of restoration efforts a bit like what we are doing now with all ancient sites

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true, i also thought that in the year 2552 that that building wouldn't be standing. it is interesting though. those buildings do look identicle. very interesting connection... i think you could be on to something...

  • 05.17.2004 7:55 AM PDT
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*Potential spoliers*

Covies went to halo to find the home world of the forerunners... this is actually earth... MC is kind of like the key to unlocking the old forerunner technology which originally protected Earth from the flood... MC finds this (think off all the pictures of dark underground caves) and activates it (again think about how many covies are invading earth, there is no way without some major weaponage that we could defeat the covies), rumors apparently that this is based on the moon or summut... cortana manages to activate this... but whist this is happening 343GS is upto something else on earth to do with forerunner technology... he steals something of major importance... something that wihout it the human race could never continue... he makes a promise with the prophets to bring this 'thing' back to the covie home world... and this is why MC and remaining ODST's (maybe spartans, but i really dont think any possible reamaining spartans will be in H2 as too hard to bring them into the game story) go to their homeworld to kick some ass and bring it back...

  • 05.17.2004 8:17 AM PDT
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You know why that picture of that building is on that poster?

Because the grphic designer put it there. They needed a building there and simply used the one he/she did because

1) it looks futuristic
2) it is in some extreme perspective that matches the cheif
3) they had access to the picture

By the way did anyone notice the covenant ship sillouettes in the sky?

  • 05.17.2004 8:34 AM PDT

bah

Could be. Easy links for the lazy people:
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/news/0405/Halo2_E3/Halo2_demo_pi x/Halo2_E3demo24.jpg
http://www.arkitera.com/gununsorusu/2001/05/31.jpg

  • 05.17.2004 9:27 AM PDT
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I think it makes sense that Halo 2 is set in China aswell. I mean if the chief is in Africa then he can be in China aswell. Additionally, it is possible that the Covies will be advancing all over the globe, so they'll eventually get to China.

  • 05.17.2004 11:09 AM PDT
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I love the way they've had to remove the HSBC sign form the top of the building... assuming they are the same building lol

-EDIT- Does anyone know where to get that poster from? like image off the net without the guys standing around it lol.

[Edited on 5/17/2004 11:19:00 AM]

  • 05.17.2004 11:16 AM PDT

Alright, so far there's three possibilities.

1.) That building was only put into that poster because it looked like something that would be around in 500 years.

2.) Master Chief goes to China.

3.) You're looking for clues when there is absolutely nothing to find.

  • 05.17.2004 11:23 AM PDT