ilovebees.com speculation here

[SmacK]

ms cortana

hmmmm :/

ms cortana as a toy

[stanley porkchop]

Next is a link to an image of the official xbox magazine which is due to come out on August 24th with Halo 2 mentioned on the cover. Coincidence?

I already mentioned that a few pages ago :p

Let's join forces and crack the code. This is a game and nothing but a game.

A race for the truth.

[aGeMo]

I already mentioned that a few pages ago :p

Ah sorry missed that post eariler. If this is the case it looks more and more like the countdown is for a demo. I'm pumped.

[Terrigamer]

August 24th, the magazine will include a Halo 2 demo.

from another forum, I can post a link if you guys want.

Long story short, if you take the text from the pop-up at www.ilovebees.com, remove all the capital letters and re-arrange them in an anagram fashion, you get the following:

INDEX THIS IRONCLAD PREDICTION. HALO TWO SINGLE PLAYER DEMO CD-ROM DISK INCURSION AT AUGUST TWENTY FOUR. EARTH WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

[stanley porkchop]

August 24th, the magazine will include a Halo 2 demo.

from another forum, I can post a link if you guys want.

I mentioned that too :o

Thing is, with a sentence that long, the letters could be rearranged to be just about anything. The SPDR thing is a lot more convincing, in my opinion.

[Terrigamer]

I mentioned that too :o

Thing is, with a sentence that long, the letters could be rearranged to be just about anything. The SPDR thing is a lot more convincing, in my opinion.

Damn, didn't catch that my bad lol. Yeah it could be anything that's true. But how will we know when we're right other than waiting for the 24th ;)

[stanley porkchop]

Yeah, but the wait is so hard :p

This thing is very complex, I'm surprised. I feel as if I'm starting to write like those jumbled sentences. Spooky.

Is it even possible to solve it?

[Jazza]

There's a new entry in the Ilovebees blog

Loads of bizzare stuff

http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/07/emer...t.html#comments

[mattmatik]

Just saw this when I refreshed the links page:

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 strateg

That was all of the text...

If it's been posted or seen before, sorry :)

[blackice912 Veteran]

ms cortana

hmmmm :/

MS Cortana = Microsoft Cortana

aahhhh! We just found out the new name of Longhorn! :ninja:

[bakerster]

MS Cortana = Microsoft Cortana

aahhhh! We just found out the new name of Longhorn! :ninja:

lmao...

Master Spartan's Cortana?

[Pajter]

There's definetely going to happen something to Cortana in Halo 2 imo. Even if it turns out that all of these theories are not even close to the Halo 2 story, I'm still loving all of it! :D

[Pajter]

Did anyone else notice that it spells: "G o d I S w a t C H i ng" on the ihatebees.com site?

[b3njo]

gamespot gives some highlight to this ilovebee.com phenomenon:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/27/news_6103575.html

[Pajter]

It's a great article! I still don't have a clue about what it's all supposed to mean.. but it sure hyped me some more! :woot:

Hey O'Connor's a Nub... you've got the brains man. Check out that article and tell us n00bs what you think :rofl:

[stanley porkchop]

:blush:

I'm just trying to provide some insight.

IGN had an article about it before GameSpot. And quite frankly, I don't like GS very much :p

I posted the link the ihatebees.com before and explained that, Status ;)

Well, just got back from work and I have three hours left to theorize. Time to get crackin'!

[stanley porkchop]

http://ilovebees.com/links.html

Each set of links has something in common, and they all seem to change daily.

Status:

The first set right now involves the words, "All of us". It's on every site in that first group in some phrase or another.

Answer:

Maybe this is a clue that we are all related, or maybe that we are related to the Covenant. It's kind of strange because that would tie into a fanfiction that I'm writing right now for Halo, detailing how the Forerunners are "God" and that they genetically and biologically engineered humans and the Prophets to be vessels for their bodies, since they have begun to die out. My story goes on to explain how the "female" and "male" Forerunner warred a few million years back, at the Battle of Eden. All the females were killed, and the remaining males were so badly injured that they had no choice but to combine their bodies, becoming "God".

The dead bodies of the fallen Forerunner immediately were absorbed by the Earth, creating the Garden of Eden because of their celestial magnificence.

"God" then created beings to carry on his legacy, but realized that he must not risk another war. Therefore, he created two sentient species, The Prophets and humanity, each inhabiting a piece of the battlefield from Eden.

He created the species to balance each other, so that neither would fall prey to the lust and greed for knowledge that had led to the Battle of Eden; The Prophets were a wise and honorable race, seeking answers to the secrets of the universe. Humans were close to nature and were made as a diverse group. Both creations held qualities of the Forerunner.

Also, both species were genetically engineered with a "timer" for their awakening to become God's vessels sometime in the future, when they reached the limits of their evolution at precisely the right moment at the exact same time. This was altered when humans began the Spartan project, and so on and so forth.

Anyway, that was just a story I came up with, so it most likely is completely unrelated. Still, it would be quite the ass kick if *by coincidence* the whole thing sort of mirrored my fanfic :whistle:

Status:

Group two. Common phrase:

"A long way from home."

Since I spend too much time typing up these posts, I'll just explain this and the other groups in detail in my next blog entry (at least my take and thoughts on them).

Status:

Group three. This one is very tough to crack. All I can find in common is that they all involve a person talking about themselves. Some are depressing, some are heartening. Some are songs, some are journal entries. Strange.

Also, most have something to do with "feeling" a certain emotion or sensation. That might have something to do with it.

[stanley porkchop]

http://www.uba.uva.nl/english/

The countdown on there is gone... but I was searching through the site and found quite a bit about artificial intelligence- and an AI is supposed to be what's ravaging ilovebees.com.

http://www.cafeshops.com/ilovebees

Shop changed just a little bit. 11 + 9 + 4= 24? November 9th, '04. Yes, it would add up to 24, signifying August 24th. But why?

[Pajter]

Yeah good question.. I sure hope something's gonna happen! :D

And what about the 10th of August?

[vassie]

Just seen this on ilovebees.com

Not sure if it's already been posted

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

Just remembered something important:

The Operator.

That was my nickname. That's what the rest of the crew called me when they didn't call me ... whatever my name was.

The Operator.

I wish I could remember their names.

Ben

[stanley porkchop]

The 10th?

Might be another small update, like the first countdown was.

Might be something else. Or not.

Who knows?

[Pajter]

Can't believe I have to wait another 4 f'in months before Halo 2 finally comes out... The same thought everyday until November 9th: "HALO 2!!! >_<" Well yeah.. I'll learn to live with it :p I hope I'm able te pre-order the limited edition tomorrow :D

[stanley porkchop]

This should tide us over for a while :laugh:

Hmm...

So I guess this whole thing is an ARG.

That means there must be a goal, or a finishing point that we should be trying to get to.

Looking through the comments in the blog, I noticed someone, Professor Steele, taking this very seriously. He's continually reminding people that they should be looking for Dana and not coming up with conspiracy theories for Halo 2.

Lightbulb.

He's one of the designers. He knows what's going on and is trying to lead us in the right direction. This game is amazing.

So deep and complex.

BTW, I posted a few things there under the name srettamemanon. Check it out. I think I'm leading at least a few people astray.

:shifty:

Edited July 29, 2004 by O'Connor's a Nub

[stanley porkchop]

Hmm..

http://ilovebees.com/links.html

The links change every time you refresh the page, and most groups have something obviously in common.

I have a feeling this is a big part of the puzzle.

[forum]

OCaN is probably having more fun with this than he will with Halo 2.

Just joking, I don't think anything will beat Halo 2. :p