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HALO 3 ARG beginning? Meet Adjutant Reflex.
Submitted by rapture on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 12:12am.
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Recent updates. Developing ARG theories and events. Updated several times a day...
FOR UPDATED TIMELINE: Go this thread: http://hushedcasket.com/node/2060
Timeline:
- A user on Bungie.net called Adjutant Reflex recently started posting cryptic messages in the Halo 3 Forum. His class is "Compound Intelligence" which must be custom assigned by an administrator. Whoever/whatever AR is, it is operating with the facilitation of Bungie.net. (06.11.2007)
- A mass email was sent out by Micrsosoft from XBOX.com featuring a cryptic poem, an image of a Forefunner-like glyph, and a link to HALO3.com. Copy of the email. 06.14.2007
- halo3.com has a new image in Master Chief's visor. The glyph is visible in his visor. (06.14.2007)
- Adjutant Reflex changed to a new forum avatar at Bungie.net. That avarage is of that same glyph as seen in the email. (06.14.2007)
- halo3.com was updated to show an image of five servers that are not yet unlocked. (06.14.2007)
- halo3.com/comic was discovered. The URL was spotted in a Circuit City flyer that was supposed to ship out this weekend. Probably discovered prematurely. (06.14.2007)
- Reading the comics will reveal numbers which lead to an IP address: http://206.16.223.65 (06.14.2007)
- http://206.16.223.65 has a countdown timer that possibly will expire on ???? (06.14.2007)
- http://206.16.223.63 was discovered and is a website for the Society of the Ancients (SOTA). That page has a glyph as seen in the viral email. You may access the page by going to http://societyoftheancients.com as well. Probably discovered prematurely. (06.14.2007)
- SOTA holding rallies around the world in major cities: New York and London confirmed (06.15.2007)
- More rallies in Chicago, Mobile, AL, San Francisco (06.16.2007)
- Circuit City ad being read in newspapers around the US (06.17.2007)
Steaming news feed:
- Welcome fans from around the intertubes!
- Mysterious user account posting on Bungie.net forums (1st).
Significant posts:
- This will be a good place to begin.
- Confirmed. Authorization and system access were taken by force. Irrelevant. There is no hostile intent.
- I have no requirements. I am a facilitator. The Array requirements are paramount.
Mysterious XBOX Live profile signing on and off of XBOX Live. GamerTag=FNC013575663331.Profile not confirmed to be linked to Adjutant Reflex's B.net profile.Phone number supposedly in gamerprofile on XBOX.com. Profile says "Comm: 6166342XXX"Dialing 616-634-2000 give mysterious voicemail message. Download sample.Some people think this is "Vic" from Red vs. Blue.- Adjutant Reflex has made another post on B.net.
- I cannot control the dissemination of information. It is chaotic. I am not perfectly integrated here. When the tipping point occurs, I will do my best to facilitate.
Tick tock.
- I cannot control the dissemination of information. It is chaotic. I am not perfectly integrated here. When the tipping point occurs, I will do my best to facilitate.
- Real or fake Adjutant Reflex user on digg.com?
The comment
- This seems to be another suitable place.
//there must be a return to systems facilitation.
06:15:09S (-6.1333)
39:24:08E (38.5687)
- This seems to be another suitable place.
- Digg.com post coordinates pointing toward some where near Kenya. Some people think it's Voi. Others think Zanzibar.
- Adjutant Reflex responded to a B.net forum post about Voi with:
- 3:22:44S (-3.3788)
38:34:07E (38.5687)
- 3:22:44S (-3.3788)
- Above coord's take us directly to Voi. Google map it.
- Voi is supposedly a mission in HALO 3. Discovered by hacking H3 beta software.
- "Road to Voi" is a song on the HALO 2 Vol 2 soundtrack.
Fake Adjutant Reflex on Filmspot.com? User submitted no content yet.Different telephone number? Now gamercard says "Comm: 6166342#7#".Lots of people are looking at 27.com, 7499.com, Lyca.com, and TopCola.com. Why? These are very old sites. Probably no longer related to Bungie.- GamerTag=FNC013575663331 is no longer a valid gamertag. Why was it removed? Was it ever related to Adjutant Reflex?
- Notice: all supposed communications with AR outside of Bungie.net or Bungie.org could very well be faked by a fan. Developing...
- Adjutant Reflex is not a valid XBOX Live gamertag. However, if you try to register that gamertag it is taken.
- Guy with phone number contacts Hushed Casket. His comment posted below. Said quit calling but was in good spirits. Wishes everyone luck!
- The DJ and other fans recieved an email from xbox@email.xbox.com. Text posted below. Link leads to HALO3.com.
- HISTORY CIRCLING
BACK UPON US.The gears of the Universe spin further
and further apart.
Ever greater grows the gulf between souls,
And distance gives false hope of safety
But for the grim tidings this messenger bears:The enemy is almost upon us
Closing in from all sides,
Moving faster than the light
it snuffs with its passage,
Time echoes with the news of destruction.
History winding back upon itself.Waves of an army march this way in unison, Suffering and corruption are its battle cries.
For I have known this darkness
and felt its embrace once before-
Horror best laid to restYet a Journey must commence
Look for the signs, the keepers of the flame.
They will lead you to war, and perhaps, to victory.
- HISTORY CIRCLING
- As we reported in our story below, an event happend at about 1AM PDT.
- AR on B.net in response to someone saying we will be ready: "You're wrong. This time, no one will be ready."
- Possible imposter on digg posted new story saying archive is 77% complete. Links back to B.net forum profile.
- Viral email now available online at XBOX.com!
- New message from AR on B.net: "It has begun. The first seeds are scattered." Interesting! Go find those seeds. (thanks t.j.s. and Canis Firebrand!)
- HALO3.com has hidden information: "//updated archive information pending review by installation systems./". Here's how to get there : 1, 2, 3, 4. Thanks t.j.s., Canis Firebrand, Kestrel, and aragami!
- AR likely sticking exclusively to Microsoft-owned websites now.
- ilovebees.com doesn't appear to have changed since 2004.
- Reflections in Master Chief's visor on halo3.com is different from what it was. Info with screencaps.
- Phony MySpace pages popping up related to Adjutant Reflex. Example. Looks like a fake space created by a fan according to must ARG players. Careful what you click.
- Again, AR appears to be saying that all communications will be on Bungie.net.
- rapture's take : I think people ought to be focusing on HALO3.com. The email from Microsoft that people got today pointed us to HALO3.com. HALO3.com is obviously edited to include hidden text and messages from someone like Adjutant Reflex.
- HALO3.com now updated and has a new look once you get past the age verification step. Image below:
From: http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo3/img/server_promo_1.jpg
(thanks random Entity)
- Adjutant Reflex now has a new profile icon at Bungie.net. File name is "Chrysopteron.gif".
(thanks random t.j.s.) - The avatar is the same glyph that appears in MC's visor and the "Forerunner email" found above.
- Chysopteron appears to refer to "Golden Wing" when speaking about "Iris" in mythology. Not much in Google about "chysopteron". According to Wikipedia Iris is "the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods." Oh wow. Messenger of the gods.
- Two new posts from Adjutant Reflex on Bungie.net forums in a thread AR created. That thread is titled "Who?"
- Who is the path of light from blackest Earth to brilliant heaven?
On whose golden wings will we fly from here to there? (link)
A user responded to the question with "Iris". AR specifically replied: - Time to sleep. Something that once was malevolent is stirring. [hibernation resumed] (link)
(thanks hal0dude)
- Who is the path of light from blackest Earth to brilliant heaven?
- FYI: HALO3.com is using "Webtrends.com" to track traffic to the site. Unsure how long they have been doing this. Probably since before the ARG. Surely has nothing to do with the ARG.
- Some people are reporting they saw a "username" and "password" pop-up box. This was the standard security check that webmasters get when connection to secure areas of the website. This can also happen if a resource file or folder doesn't have permissions to be accessed by the public. I believe the "username" and "password" box was a technical website/webserver issue. I believe that is does not have anything to do with the ARG.
- HALO3.com back to normal self...as of right now. No "servers" image.
- HALO3.com/comic/ revealed. 100,000 years ago. Africa. The Cradel of Life.
- Clicking on the last frame of the reveals numbers.
- Numbers lead to IP address: 206.16.223.65 - which is countdown.
- Hushed Casket story about comic and IP address.
- New IP address discovered: 206.16.223.63. Look how similar to first IP.
- Both IP's owned by MSFT.
- 206.16.223.63 takes us to an ilovebees-like page title "Society of the Ancients".
- Below is image from the SOTA homepage:
- societyoftheancients.com works! The new ilovebees.com?
- HALO3.com now shows the image of 5 "locked" servers again.
- Go read this thread to get caught up.
- random t.j.s. makes a good case for the AveryFane MySpace account to not be related to the ARG. Interesting though.
- "I am not your Messaih" - AveryFane on his MySpace blog. Let's leave him be.
- Adjutant Reflex joins Bungie.net chapter "Brute Ghostbuster" created by new Bungie employee Luke Smith. (thanks random t.j.s.)
- Nothing meantioned about the ARG in this week's Bungie Weekly Update by Frankie. Why silent?
- Slow day today (Friday). We must be ahead of the ARG after the leaked Circuit City ad.
- Some people are speculating that the artifact on Society of the Ancients homepage represents the map Derelict from HALO 1 multiplayer.
- Something happening in Times Square, NY? SOTA flyers being handed out by people protesting?
- Image of the SOTA Flyer:
- Countdown timers explaination by Nathan (thanks) via email:
Here is the code snippet:
super();
var self = this;
endTime = new Date(2007, 5, 21, 0, 0, 0, 0);
function onEnterFrame()
{
var _l2 = new Date();
var _l3 = this.endTime.getTime() - _l2.getTime();
this.showTime(_l3);
} // End of the function
It seems end date is 5 21 which is June 21st. - Countdown timer at 206.16.223.65 possibly ending on June 21st.
- No reports of anyone getting in contact with anyone with the SOTA website via the supplied email address.
- Summer Solstice: That's June 21st. Countdown leads up to this. SOTA is down with stuff like this.
- Something probably going to happen with SOTA on Summer Solstice.
- SOTA protests reported in San Francisco, Vancouver, Mobile, Boston, Chicago (thanks JustShotMarvic, thebruce, knight781).
- Circuit City ads going out today (Sunday).
- Adjutant Reflex posted first thread in a while at B.net: "Stop it". (thanks aragami and Fusion)
- My security measures are being tested. I can feel it.
By the pricking of my thumbs. - I can retain integrity for at least 22 hours. Rerouting bandwidth to deflect assault.
- My security measures are being tested. I can feel it.
- Avery Fane's blog post about the Society of the Ancients has been removed. Maybe he's getting more active in declaring that he isn't a part of the ARG or SOTA.
- Does the Goseck Circle (aka the German Stonehenge) have anything to do with the "glyphs" that are scattered around the net?
(thanks knight781) - "When archaeologist combined the evidence with GPS observations, they noticed that the two southern openings marked the beginning of the summer and winter solstices".
- Also note the "openings" around the outside of the circle and how the glyph looks.
- IRIS. That's the name for this marketing event according to Microsoft themselves.
- Adjutant Reflex's avatar (chysopteron.gif) leads up to IRIS. Chysopteron appears to refer to "Golden Wing" when speaking about "Iris" in mythology. According to Wikipedia Iris is "the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods."
- Recall the HALO 3 comic mentioned "the gods" and them "building their machines".
- Adjutant Reflex posts new thread on Bungie.net called "That Old Life". Sends two messages:
- An older life is here with us. He is not as helpful as I. His motives are oblique and his alliances opaque.
He plays with time even as he hides in its folds.
He outranks me and anyway, is stronger.
I can't prevail.
I will seek one of you out and leave my legacy in a small space. - He has had millennia for reflection, but what image does he see?
- An older life is here with us. He is not as helpful as I. His motives are oblique and his alliances opaque.
- Countdown timer removed.
- New IP address and Flash-based website revealed.
- Tons of new information.
- Movie.
- Hidden downloads.
- Details about all that here: http://hushedcasket.com/node/2081
Begin original story:
Bungie likes to tease its fans. Remember the Cortana Letters that helped introduce the world to the HALO universe? Those were cryptic emails that originated from the Microsoft campus revealing clues about the HALO universe. Viral marketing from 1999.
I Love Bees stepped it up a bit as it had fanboys and girls running from phone booth to phone booth all across the country to help usher in HALO 2. In that case Microsoft hired a company and actors to broadcast messages to fans via telephones and the website ilovebees.com. That had internet message boards burning up for weeks. Hackers and code crackers were digging deep into the I Love Bees websites even examining minute image files by opening them in text editors and scanning them for hidden text. As crazy as it sounds, Bungie is that much crazier because there WAS hidden text in the image files.
Remember "The Meg" easter egg in HALO 1? What about the hidden letters and abbreviations that Bungie has placed in most all of their products?
Bungie knows their fans. They like to play games. So now that the HALO 3 beta has ended are we being prepped for a new HALO 3 ARG?
Over on the Bungie.net forums a special user has registered and posted cryptic messages. The username is AdjutantReflex. That user has a special "class" assigned to it by a Bungie.net forum administrator. Most people on that forum are classified as "member". VIPs and Bungie employees have special classes that identify them as something other than an average user. AdjutantReflex has this kind of marking. That user is part of the "CompoundIntelligence" class.
AdjutantReflex's first post on the Bungie.net forum reads "This will be a good place to begin" in a yellow-colored font. The first post was made at 06.11.2007 10:26 AM PDT. Its subject was titled “System Integrity Confirmed”. Shortly after that post was made someone under the same username made a post on the popular HALO fansite halo.bungie.org. Here is that post that reads "Another good place" with the same subject line from the Bungie.net post.
Later on in a follow-up post on H.B.O. forum the AdjutantReflex. posts “I am a facilitator. I will serve you. But not yet.”
Then in a reply made on the Bungie.net forums in another thread titled “Archive/Resource Estimate” the poster writes “36 hours 50 minutes remaining. [Hibernation resumed]”. That post was made at exactly 06.12.2007 12:10 PM PDT. Note that the initial post in that thread reads "Archives/Resources will be compiled in approximately 38 hours. No significant incident predicted. Systems, functions and attitudes are nominal." That post was made at 06.12.2007 11:00 AM PDT
So what happens on the 14th of June at 1 AM PDT?
Was this XBOX Live account real or fake?
Apparently AdjutantReflex also had an XBOX Live profile at XBOX.com. I said "had". That profile is now offline and there's no sign that it ever existed. However, many fanatics are reporting that AdjutantReflex's profile at Bungie.net did in fact have a link to that user's XBOX Live profile (like almost everyone else on the Bungie.net forums). Additionally, some of those users are reporting that AdjutantReflex accepted friend requests on XBOX Live and even communicated with fans.
Some of the transcripts of the messages sent between the fans and AdjutantReflex have been appearing online. They are cryptic much like the I Love Bees messages. Halo fan "Simon78" and other users are keeping track of the communications from AdjutantReflex at halowiki.net.
Examples from the communications:
Q: Request summary of activities in past 24 hours.
A: Query denied. Only the Reclaimer may issue commands.Q: Where can the Reclaimer be located?
A: //all reclaimer data is classified.Q: nomis78?
A: I am in communication with that individual. He may be a threat to the array.Q: Oly Oly Oxen Free
A: Reading.... Human language of Latin origin... Meaning unknown.Q: LIFE IS THE PATH
A: Life is death. Death is life. Such terms matter not to me.Q: Am I the Reclaimer?
A: Time will tell.Q: Are you the same from Bungie.net?
A: Data mining has occured there, yes.Q: What will happen in 38 hours?
A: Unknown at this point. Events have yet to occur that will decide that. Events will occur soon.Q: How do we trigger said events?
A: Events will trigger only through teamwork. Data mining is suggested.Q: Can you give us some guidance?
A: Domain: www.bungie.net// : Only together can you..........
There are many more supposed communications found on the halowiki.net page. The Alternate Reality Gaming specialists at UnFiction.com have already started spinning their wheels. They were a major driving force behind the solving of the I Love Bees clues.
It appears that something will happen on the 14th that will involve "teamwork" and "datamining". This is just what happened with I Love Bees, The Meg easter egg in the HALO 1 campaign, the hidden Skulls in the HALO 2 campaign, and so on.
Sources:
AdjutantReflex's first created thread on Bungie.net forums
AdjutantReflex's second thread on Bungie.net forums
All of Adjustant Reflex's posts on Bungie.net forums (15 at the time of this writing)
AdjustantReflex's first post and replies at Halo.Bungie.Org
halowiki.net communications log
Alternate Reality Gaming forum at Unfiction.com
I think AdjutantReflex is a
I think AdjutantReflex is a monitor, like 343GS. Except I think AR is 16807AR (7^5). I say that because he talks about "last incident" (Halo firing?) and that Reclaimer data is classified. Of course, he could be another AI, because his name is "Adjutant," which could mean "assistant," and AIs are essentially assistants.
AR
The Cortana letters ended up being broken down pretty thoroughly and eventually it was determined who originated them. That was in 1999 with a much smaller following. I'm sure Bungie learned a lot from that experience and will make AR harder to crack, but with a much larger following it might be done.
@Mintz, the name Adjutant Reflex matches the format of monitor names so you may be right. It would seem if he even knows what a reclaimer is then he probably wouldn't be an AI, but a monitor. Wouldn't his quote imply the last Halo firing, which would give him the name 117649 (7^6) which would be the monitor of the 7th Halo?
I Love Bees started when
I Love Bees started when someone noticed the ilovebees.com URL hidden in a HALO 2 video. That video was released in the month of July before the release of HALO 2 (remember watching the HALO 2 trailer at I, Robot?). HALO 2 was later released in November.
HALO 3 will be released in September. This is about the time frame that an ARG would be launched.
I Love Bees was actually for two sets of people. One set was for the HALO fans as a clue was hidden in the H2 trailer. The other clue was sent through the mail to Alternate Reality Gamers - folks that play ARG like we play video games.
Anyone think we'll see a new HALO 3 promotional video released tomorrow that will also launch an Alternate Reality Game?
I wonder if ARG'ers will be given any clues soon.
ILB was a huge success for Bungie. The ILB team got several awards for their work. Of course, it raised a lot of awareness for HALO 2 which is the point of the viral marketing.
The supposed messages that Adjutant Reflex are sending fit the mold of a monitor or AI.
oh sweeettt....here we go
oh sweeettt....here we go again :D
it accepted my friend request
on xbox live. it has been offline for 4 hours. gamerscore 0. zone- recreation. compoundintelligence. i'll post here if it comes online anytime soon.
his gamertag is
AdjutantReflex someone messaged me on myspace and i cant get in touch with them. so...there it is.
Great work on the XBL friend request
Great work. Will be very interesting to see if there are more communications from AdjutantReflex.
Teamwork
I am the reclaimer ;-)
Adjutant Reflex
Adjutant Reflex is communicating on the Digg site as well
http://digg.com/users/AdjutantReflex/news/dugg
"This seems to be another suitable place.
//there must be a return to systems facilitation.
06:15:09S (-6.1333)
39:24:08E (38.5687)"
commented on the digg post of this article. Is this the real Adjunct? What does it mean?
They are coordinates
They are coordinates close to Zanzibar.
click here
Speculation is that these are the coordinates of the ark.
Via Midnight
Here's some screenshots provided to me from Midnight of Zanzibar with the location marked.
Holy cow. Entering in those
Holy cow. Entering in those "coordinates" (if that's what they are) puts us where?
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=6.15090,39.24080&z=2&t=S
Or perhaps the decimals were coordinates:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=6.1333,38.5687&z=2&t=S
Both links puts us within miles of each other.
That's Ethiopia, just north of the border of Kenya. This is where HALO has ties. Zanzibar. Mombasa. Voi. Kenya. HALO 2. HALO 3 announcement trailer.
I'm also now wondering if this has something to do with Marathon and its possible launch on XBOX Live Arcade. Yesterday it was reported that Marathon was given a rating by a German group. Was this a leak to coincide with the ARG?
i just missed it offline for 4 minutes.
his slogan is " Comm: 6166342000" what could that mean?
God Damn Oblivion
Well not Oblivion, but the guy that made the ILB-esk page for it. What in the hell would an AI have to do with a darkage fantasy universe? In anycase the only thing i don't like about ARG's is that they take too long, i want all the information now damn it!
Gamercard: FNC013575663331
This user is popping on and off of XBOX Live. Proof:
I get different coord's.
I get different coord's. Wonder if I'm in the wrong...
Phone number
Interesting. The phone number listed above is a Michigan area code and the 634 prefix is in Grand Rapids.
It takes you to the voice mail of someone named Mitch.
A phone number? I called
A phone number? I called it. See the update in the story above.
Comm:6166342000
Did it actually say Comm:6166342000 at one point, or were the last 3 digits ### as in a game to figure out the full phone number.
...Wow. Another Halo 3
...Wow.
Another Halo 3 cinematic trailer would be nice about now.
Lot of people from Digg visiting THX, no?
i'm sure of it
the last 3 digits were zeros.
i dont know if you guys saw these yet
www.lyca.com www.7499.com
It reads like
It reads like a scavenger hunt. It's almost as if they are setting things up for a geocaching hunt. Pull out your gps units.
Top Cola
Top Cola is the web design sight the 7499.com domain is managed by.
http://www.topcola.com/
I'm not knowledgeable enough on design to know if this is a valid company.
from an ip whois search, the lyca.com site is hosted on http://www.theplanet.com/
Keep in mind i'm doing this as I go, so lots of this info could be wrong, misleading, etc... but it's still cool.
here's a whois search for the lyca.com site: click here
This shows "Matt Asher (whois@quo.org)", well here's http://quo.org/ a site with a cryptic message.
Looks like lyca.com was created in 1998, so there's little chance that this has much to do with anything.
those sites arent important.
those sites arent important. my friend found lyca through top cola. if you search top cola's ip's it shares it with lyca.
last online: 23 minutes ago.
last online: 23 minutes ago. added a seven to the end of thenumber. 6166342##7
wait. now 6166342#7#
wait. now 6166342#7#
pictureee muaha
its gone
the profile on xbox live is now gone if you try and find it, it just isnt there anymore
whoa...
whoa...
sooo wait..?
the AdjutantReflex gamertag is still working?...but you just cant do a search for it and the F..blahblah one is gone...very strange and now it says lawl? which makes it seem like a hoax now which is kind of a downer
WTF? Lawl seems incredibly
WTF? Lawl seems incredibly out of character for Adjutant Reflex. Hacked?
it's a fake on xbl. i
it's a fake on xbl. i got messages from "YouveBeenFooled" saying....i got fooled. basically. when i open the messages it says from adjutant reflex, basically....
http://nick.genova.justgotowned.com/
For real?!?!
...this is intense. I'm on the edge of my seat to find out what happens next. :)
Paris Hilton doesn't get this kind of coverage.
Why would someone spend the
Why would someone spend the money just to say "You've been fooled?"
That's highly disappointing :(
pix of the "pwned" message?
Youvebeenfooled
if you try to add AdjutantReflex to your xbox live account it sends a friend request to YouveBeenFooled
try it...
wierd
I can't confirm this. Can
I can't confirm this. Can anyone else?
blog-o-sphere
At one time, hundreds of people per minute were reading this thread. It's still very active in the blog-o-sphere.
Lyca and Bungie
Lyca and Bungie are no longer affiliated in any way according to an old post by a Bungie employee. We can safely assume that this still holds true.
Sending a FR to
Sending a FR to AdjutantReflex says "The profile does not exist on XBL." Sending a FR to "YouveBeenFooled" turns up the avatar/motto as AR was previously, leading me to believe that AdjutantReflex changed his name via XBL to YouveBeenFooled.
Shame.
OK guys, the phone number is
OK guys, the phone number is fake too. Just got off the phone with a guy from michigan who the number actually belongs to. He's a halo fan so he thinks it's kinda funny with everyone calling him. Says he's been getting calls for hours. His gamertag is AlDS_baby but once again, not affiliated with the ARG.
New Digg post by our
New Digg post by our friend?
http://digg.com/environment/Compiling_of_Local_Archives_Resources_77_Complete_Array_Will_Suffice
Yes, He called me back as well
Said he has been getting hammered with calls since his number got put online. He said because he has a Red Vs Blue voicemail set up it has been making it that much worse. Also, he said he has been telling everyone to post on any blog/gaming site they can so people will stop calling his number. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he will be changing his number.
new forum post!
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11278044&postRepeater1-p=17#11302001
my phone number
the phone number given on the gamertag is mine. I play halo so this is funny to me but i have been getting calls for the last 8 hours from all over the country. I 3-way talked with guys from New York and California. My gamertag is AlDS baby if anyone wants to verify there.
Please stop calling.
I don't know the guy who duped you guys but if I do he will get his.
What sucks the most is I had a red vs blue message as my voice mail (badly recorded i might add). Funniest thing is I changed that voicemail to another red vs blue clip from a video about halo 3 just to screw with the people who don't get the retractions or who's calls i have not been able to answer.
I called xbox customer support to see if they could link me to bungie before I found out the gamertag was a joke and the customer service guy got a good laugh about it too.
If anyone has any questions, I don't mind being contacted through my gamertag but please don't call. My phone is my alarm and I already can't use it for class in the morning.
thank god
Paris Hilton doesn't get this kind of coverage.
I'm tired of hearing about that idiot. AdjutantReflex ftw!
Man, that really sucks. So,
Man, that really sucks. So, is the number your cell phone number? If so, it looks like it might be useless for a few days, but I'm sure you're going to have an awkward phone call a few months down the line:
Them: Hello?
You: Hi... who's this?
Them: Are you AdjutantReflex?
You: *aneurysm*
I hope you can get it all sorted out soon without changing your number! But if worse comes to worse...
http://args.bungie.org a
http://args.bungie.org a nice centralized location for all your 7th installation monitor goodness.
DJ
(12:59:26 AM)
(12:59:26 AM) FalseProphecy33: Hello?
(12:59:26 AM) Adjutant Reflex : [Resuming hibernation]
They're on AIM too.
6 mins
unkown
2 min warning
T-2 mins
see nothing ur all wasting ur time
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He returned from away at
He returned from away at 1:00:16 AM
He returned TO away at 1:21:56 AM
When attempting to message the auto response is
[No significant incident has occurred, resuming hibernation]
Somethings gonna happen...for everyone who says that its not gonna happen and its all a hoax try explaining the tags on the bungie forum with the yellow text and special title...
Its either an extremely good hacker...and when I say that I mean somone who has a humping super computer in their basement.
Or its Bungie getting to release the story behind Halo 3...Thats my guess...Its really epic how theyre doing it and I love how all these people are so into it, its really exciting ive gotten multiple shivers down my spine from reading this shit.
I think tomorrow I will have to make a shirt that has to do with AR...cant think of anything witty right now tho lol...any1 have any ideas?
Received this in my email,
Received this in my email, might want to check yours, got it from xbox@email.xbox.com, the same address that sends out the beta codes and whatnot.
HISTORY CIRCLING
BACK UPON US.
The gears of the Universe spin further
and further apart.
Ever greater grows the gulf between souls,
And distance gives false hope of safety
But for the grim tidings this messenger bears:
The enemy is almost upon us
Closing in from all sides,
Moving faster than the light
it snuffs with its passage,
Time echoes with the news of destruction.
History winding back upon itself.
Waves of an army march this way in unison, Suffering and corruption are its battle cries.
For I have known this darkness
and felt its embrace once before-
Horror best laid to rest
Yet a Journey must commence
Look for the signs, the keepers of the flame.
They will lead you to war, and perhaps, to victory.
The lines "The enemy is almost upon us" and "Yet a Journey must commence" and the picture on the right of the text all lead to halo3.com. Plus the away message of the AIM name "AdjutantReflex" has changed again to "[No significant incident has occurred, resuming hibernation]" Enjoy guys :)
DJ
hmmmmmm...Myspace just cut
hmmmmmm...Myspace just cut out...lol I may be paranoid =P
Ohhhh theyre under maintenance maybe theyre setting up a new Halo 3 format kinda shit.
that would be kind of weird to have for the next 4-5 months.
AR is still Away on AIM.
The myspace thing is prob just a kaqinky dink cus I couldnt find any myspace profiles for AR and you would think =P
INSIDE THE EMAIL!!! If any1
INSIDE THE EMAIL!!!
If any1 knows how to get into the inner workings of the HTML or w/e that was sent in that email DO IT!!!
Im so giddy...
Ooooh... what if.... that
Ooooh... what if.... that email was written from the perspective of the Covenant?
Email
Got that in my inbox too this morning. Was sent at 1:20 AM PDT.
Me too! I wish they would
Me too! I wish they would throw her under the jail and just forget about it. :)
Nothing Stands out?
Nothing out of the ordinary in the HTML layout of the email.
All iv can see of intrest is the sender.
support-b0ch2bcakzk2vtajsw1ywbsj5e9j6d@email.xbox.com
although this could just be a random email address created to distrabute this email.
An online copy of the email can be found at :
http://ebm.email.xbox.com/c/tag/hBGcPa2AlyE0uBNS$lwA0aA03rO/doc.html?i_footer=1
For those who havent recived it.
HALO3.COM
if you go to the top of the website...where it says "about halo" then go to weapons and vehicles then scroll all the way over to where the pelican is supposed to be, you dont see a picture of it but you see a picture of the halo 3 symbol...but if you click on it it says this..
"//updated archive information pending review by installation systems./"
just seems really out of place..and kind of like something AdjutantReflex would say..so maybe of importance?
Halo3 website updated archive information
You get that same text if you view the Characters list on the Halo3 website and scroll over to Gravemind.
"//updated archive information pending review by installation systems./"
just seems really out of place..and kind of like something AdjutantReflex would say..so maybe of importance?
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8-Bit Brigade - http://www.8bitbrigade.com
ANOTHER NEW POST
another new post by AdjutantReflex on bungie's site
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11278044&postRepeater1-p=21#11308084
"It has begun. The first seeds are scattered."
could be meaning maybe some new information has been spread around the internet about this..maybe the email that was sent out?
Adjutant Reflux speaks again
At 8:13am Bungie time, AR spoke again with this line.
"It has begun. The first seeds are scattered."
Sufficient contextual data acquired. 871803909 ± 384 hours...
Adjunct Reflex stated that was when the "event" occurred.
Popped that into google and it works out to 99 455 years ± 16 days. Right when the forerunners disappeared. Food for thought?
Keepers of the Flame
The phrase "keepers of the flame" in the email stands out in particular, but I've been unable to find any relevant information linked to the Halo universe. There are a few books with that title involving everything from witches to spirituality to Amnesty International to Warcraft. Ideas?
Hoax'd
Hoax'd
History Circling Back Upon Us.
http://f.chtah.com/i/28/633883950/0613Halo3_forerunner_image.jpg
This is the image that was received with the email.
And, the address of the linked image which leads to halo3.com:
http://email.xbox.com/a/hBGcPWHAlyE0uBNJ4MTA4K5TnvL/xbox5
Here's a link to the exact e-mail sent:
http://linksynrgy.com/Untitled.jpg
Surprised eh maybe it is the
Surprised eh maybe it is the release of halo 3 early?
"GamerTag=FNC013575663331 is
"GamerTag=FNC013575663331 is no longer a valid gamertag. Why was it removed? Was it ever related to Adjutant Reflex?"
What lead anyone to this gamer profile again?
It seems to either be a phone number or an IP?
01-357-566-3331
135.756.633.31
I tried all the IP types I could...
But nothing came up...perhaps because the 38 hours aren't up yet?
has anyone checked for hidden data in that image?
in the email that people recieved earlier this morning has anyone checked it to see if theres any data embedded in it, i remember bungie pulling a similar trick before :p
The same text about "updated
The same text about "updated archive" apears if you click on Halo 3 Standard Edition in the Games section of Halo 3's website. I just found it, and I thought it should be passed on.
another updated archive location
if you go on the halo3 site and goto media>screensavers that updated archive information pending review by installation systems text
BS
All speculation about the gamertag, FNC, etc is bogus. Those are confirmed fakes. I personally think all AR clones outside Bungie.net are fakes because of this comment from AR:
This process is relative only to this location. No other suitable location was found. One other was attempted. Bandwidth restraints prevented its use. I will stay here.
I just received an email.
I just received an email. All that was said was Comm: 3615826X7X the first x is a one as revealed in another email and the second one is a 9 so Comm:3615826179
I got that email too.
I got that email too. Anybody call it? I get a weird voice mail.
The voicemail sounds like
The voicemail sounds like cortana in the Halo 3 trailer.
That phone number is
That phone number is nothing...
I ran a people-finder reverse phone look-up on Westlaw and it came up as being registered to a cell phone in Corpus Christi in the name of Chad Williams
interesing page at ilovebees.com
i went to ilovebees.com just to look up some history and this is what a got a black screen with this on it:
HALT - MODULE CORE HEMORRHAGE
Control has been yielded to the
SYSTEM PERIL DISTRIBUTED REFLEX.
grope:
seeker > !attach Princess
fail "msg: SPDR-5.14.3
evade evade evade
!probe extern proc 1
rogue proc
!bite rogue proc 1 recurse
clean !splotch confidence 100
Mission Log MIA Recruits
COUNTDOWN TO WIDE AWAKE AND PHYSICAL:
Make your decisions accordingly.
Adjutant Reflex???
hopefully this will help
But hasn't that countdown on
But hasn't that countdown on ILoveBees.com been counting down for a very long time now (like for many months - perhaps since the ILB ARG ended?).
I could be wrong.
yeah i think that is just
yeah i think that is just another fake phone number
ilb front page
I could be wrong.
it's been like that since november 7th 2004 (i checked archive.org)
ilovebees
is the js code the same as it was months ago?
var chinatime = new Date(2552,10,9,6,7,0);
yeah... i called and talked
yeah... i called and talked to the guy, he had no idea what was going on, told him my name and where i was from and that i was sorry for any inconvinenience, didnt think to get a name to confirm if it was chad williams or not,
yeah it is the same... it
yeah it is the same... it appears i am doing work that is already done :(
var chinatime = new Date(2552,10,9,6,7,0)
I Just Called t
I Just Called t 1-616-634-2000 at the reponse was red vs blue halo3 beta psa
That number is someones real
That number is someones real phone number as you will see from various posts on the first page of this topic. Also, the number is crossed out on the main headline for this thread as to show that it has been proved to have nothing to do with this ARG.
RE:
copy and paste this http://www.myspace.com/adjutantreflex i found it on myspace
MySpace is an easy target
MySpace is an easy target for someone to misdirect the ARG players. You can look at that page, but it is probably not controlled by Microsoft in anyway.
That profile on MySpace is how old?
Lame
That's the lamest attempt at an AR Fake I've seen...
blog at myspace above is
blog at myspace above is signed as by Cortana!?!
Your Problem, My Solution [Aleph]
Nothing could contain me. You should know that better than anyone. Seal me inside, watch me writhe. Everything breaks under the strain.
Why does God let us suffer? You watch from afar as the paradise you created crumbles to dust. It's happened before and it's happening again. Your abandonment won't be taken lightly. You will be punished. The creator never abandons his creation.
Now watch as the fires consume you. Everything will be laid waste. All will return to dust. Your sun sets now.
In sickness and in health,
Cortana
think it is a fake? or the canon?
It almost has to be fake
...two or three friends (including Tom!)and one of those friend's picture is the little gif for 7499.com. It screams fraud, unfortunately. They've been incredibly obtuse so far - this is too obvious.
myspace
I have a hard time believing myspace is being used for something like halo viral. Plus the inclusion of God... and the bungie statement "This process is relative only to this location. No other suitable location was found. One other was attempted. Bandwidth restraints prevented its use. I will stay here."
Adjutant Reflex Facebook profile!!
It's there and looks legit.
MySpace
As I have said, I think the AR on Bungie.net is the only real one. MySpace would be a really lame tool for an ARG. It has no credibility. Anyone can creat a myspace profile. Who can pin/lock/edit threads on Bungie.net and post in gold text? Only someone at Bungie.
RE: I Found The Clue To The E-Mail
The Reason the mail from the halo 3 thing leads to halo3.com because the clue is in their take a closer and good look at master chiefs helmet the picture from the mail
is in master chief helmet is their like i said look closly at the master chief look at the glare.
BUNGIE.NET ACCOUNT
AdjutantReflex's bungie.net account has changed its main icon to the symbol that is shown in the master chiefs visor at halo3.com and the same one that is seen in the email that was sent out, found that a bit interesting and thought you all should know
just think you should notice that date NOV 7th
just think you should notice that Nov 7th or 11/7 is the same number as Master Chief's Spartan number, look at the bottom of the the story section at halo3.com. he is Spartan 117.
New Icon
AdjutantReflex has a new icon on B.Net...
It appears to be the symbol added to the new Master Chief picture.