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"Archival Science in a Post-War Simulation"
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Update 56 Discussion

" Fixed an outdated reference to the truce in Zion's "seduction" graduation mission, "Meet with Niobe." (Thanks Othinn1.)" *sighs* It just means I have to find a way to go through the mission again. -_- And I doubt I'll ever be able to rep...

Update Discussion · 11/15/2007 04:54:48

**SPOILERS** Cinematic 9.1

Wait ... A lot of people were unhappy with Unlimit. But Denkou Choujin Gridman appears, and you're in awe? O_o /scratchhead

Missions and Storyline · 11/15/2007 04:48:54

To the soldiers of New Zion

Trepetia wrote: To quote a well known phrase, "Actions speak louder than words". Zion, give him hell. No.

Next Renaissance - Syntax · 11/14/2007 19:47:20

Think I found Morpheus' secret hideout!

On a somewhat related note, "Drawn Together" did a parody of the freeway chase scene from The Matrix Reloaded a while ago.

Matrix Universe · 11/10/2007 03:16:49

Water Supply

Tenshi wrote: Vinia wrote: ROFL, wth is that from? Red Dwarf. Great series.

Matrix Universe · 11/10/2007 02:14:25

[8.3.5] Zion mission feedback thread: "Life and Death"

Bit of spoiler space first ... . . . . . . . . . . Hey, Strenlo! It's cool seeing Strenlo again. And before anyone says "Wait, didn't Phinney kill Strenlo?", he wasn't killed by her. He survived and interfered with Phinney's code in some w...

Missions and Storyline · 11/01/2007 02:57:31

[8.3.4] "An emergency data extraction" - Syntax - 10/29/07

ANGEIiS wrote: oh, fyi, during LE's i always take at least a couple hundred screenshots myself... also making sure i capture in the pic's everything said in the chat box, instead of just using chat logging. Not that I'm complaining (I appr...

Live Events · 11/01/2007 02:10:26

Sati - machine importance?

CrimsonKiller01 wrote: If she exiled to the Matrix wouldn't another faster, efficient program be doing the job she had? Sati was sent into exile because she didn't have a purpose. There was no Program that replaced her because there was no...

Matrix Universe · 10/30/2007 23:37:21

Outdated truce talk

kou_urake wrote: Chamber wrote: Cool, I was wondering if you was going to change that. Too bad you can't fix the intro.. Yeah... on that note, why is it that 1.1 can play with ingame graphics after tutorial, yet it and all other ingame-era...

Districts, Neighborhoods, and Constructs · 10/27/2007 20:53:53

I've made a website for archived live event transcripts.

10/27/07 - Updated the "Character Details", "Item Details", and "Miscellaneous Documents" sections. The biggest update here is in the Character Details section. I decided to add Exile gang member Details. Note that many of them are blank....

Missions and Storyline · 10/27/2007 00:02:58

I've made a website for archived live event transcripts.

10/24/07 - Uploaded Agent Skinner's and the Merovingian's calls to battle that occurred towards the end of "The Race to Find The One". I have a larger update planned for later, but I just had to update the site for this, because I personal...

Missions and Storyline · 10/24/2007 02:56:48

Outdated truce talk

I just did a check of what I've documented from the Zion introduction and seduction missions, along with the first two Meet Niobe missions. Erm, Rarebit ... sorry to give you a little more work, but you seemed to have missed a spot in the...

Districts, Neighborhoods, and Constructs · 10/22/2007 05:17:37

[8.3.3] Zion mission feedback thread: "Samples"

Fractor wrote: The Machines and the Elite commandos should have been fighting each other (it doesn't make sense for them to work together to kill you) but maybe 3 sided fighting isn't possible with the mission system. Odd. The Elite Comman...

Missions and Storyline · 10/18/2007 12:35:41

Unidentified broadcast - 7/20/07

The final "It Is Not Easy" page is back up. Time to start puzzling our puzzlers over it again. ^-^

Live Events · 10/17/2007 21:39:13

I've made a website for archived live event transcripts.

10/14/07 - Uploaded my 8.2 transcripts. Whew! Finally, I'm caught up. I've got more stuff I'd like to add, like more Character Details, post-truce changes in the beginning missions, and so on. But I wanted to get this bulk out of the way f...

Missions and Storyline · 10/14/2007 07:12:04

Flood... has a son?!

That article goes on to say that the twins are named "Helena and Lorna". O_o You guys should see the hovercraft list. There's a few non-canon ships there, mostly from some story called "The Operator Did It".

Missions and Storyline · 10/13/2007 21:17:09

Flood... has a son?!

Wasn't the old Merovingian liaison, Inundiation, created from some of Flood's code?

Missions and Storyline · 10/11/2007 04:23:46

Outdated truce talk

Rarebit wrote: EDIT: Although the thing about Agents on Zionites may be in one of the Zion "seduction" missions (the ones you have to do before you get crits) rather than in the very first Introduction missions, specifically. Yeah, "Welcom...

Districts, Neighborhoods, and Constructs · 10/08/2007 03:26:04

Outdated truce talk

kou_urake wrote: PhroG wrote: So I just happened to say howdy to Agent Benson over by Tabor West and he seems to think that the Truce is a sign of Zion's weakness. I found that a weensy bit odd, since the Truce has come and gone. Perhaps t...

Districts, Neighborhoods, and Constructs · 10/07/2007 12:21:57

Taking screenshots of in-game emails?

Hellfire298 wrote: If ya got Vista, there is a Snip tool in accessories that lets you take screeny's, if not, im sorry, but i know no more Oh, I'm fine now. I should have just experimented some more with Prt Scr instead of making a post. T...

Residual Self-Image · 10/05/2007 10:26:33

Taking screenshots of in-game emails?

exsuscito wrote: PrtSC. The funny thing is, someone suggested Prt Scr in the past. I tried it out briefly and got nothing. But after you mentioned it, I decided to try it out a bit more, and finally got it to work. Thanks. ^^;;;

Residual Self-Image · 10/05/2007 09:35:22

Taking screenshots of in-game emails?

Now, as far as I know, there's no way to take a in-game screenshot of an in-game email. Yet I've seen plenty of email screenshots. I assume some program is being used to take a picture of whatever is on the desktop at the moment? What's a...

Residual Self-Image · 10/05/2007 08:27:48

[8.2.5] "At least it's a nice day" - Syntax - 10/2/07

You know Rarebit, I was a little grumpy at you for not having any dialogue in the post (despite the fact that I got a log of the event), but the hidden stuff rocks. /twothumbsup ^_^

Live Events · 10/05/2007 04:11:08

Unidentified broadcast - 7/20/07

SEPET wrote: Too many time passes from last vital signs.... i think someone solve the puzzle..... The fact is, the entire 01mainframe.com site is down, not just the Joker related stuff. It's used for more than just the Joker event.

Live Events · 10/05/2007 03:08:27

???

Manatik wrote: Looks like his details didnt reveal much... Ah. Well, I still appreciate it.

Events - Vector · 10/03/2007 21:11:57

???

Any word on this character's details?

Events - Vector · 10/03/2007 09:41:01

Roland and his crew are finally getting some mention.

Breaking news. According to Harkee, Roland has been promoted to Commander in Lock's absence. Zion can't go without a Commander as they wait for Lock to return. If Lock returns, then he will return to his original position as Commander, but...

Missions and Storyline · 10/03/2007 09:32:49

The hackable computers in the recent Zion missions, decoded.

Since I've had several people ask me about this already, I've decided to post my findings here. As last Friday's event pointed out, Wright used alphadecimal (aka base36) encryption on her messages. http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe...mal...

Missions and Storyline · 10/02/2007 19:37:54

Roland and his crew are finally getting some mention.

Recently, Rylet, Merrit, and Harkee have all mentioned Roland and his crew. Apparently he's commanding the Mjolnir II now. According to Harkee, his ship crashed when the Machines' virus hit old Zion's database. The ship was still running o...

Missions and Storyline · 10/01/2007 10:15:43

Virtual Assembly Nebuchadnezzar Modeling Program

EndlessVoid wrote: The QuickTime VR stuff got absorbed into the Zion Archive. The whole thing has a VR component. Most of the Quicktime stuff in the Zion Archive doesn't work anymore, at least from my point of view.

Residual Self-Image · 09/27/2007 07:31:50

Unidentified broadcast - 7/20/07

SkyBruin-ML wrote: Yeah i tried the 64 bit decryption and then took the resulting numbers and converted them to ascii from the decimal numbers. comes up with a list of numbers separated by spaces. Although those numbers go from 1 to 9 but...

Live Events · 09/24/2007 22:42:38

Unidentified broadcast - 7/20/07

Bayamo wrote: These are the backups I have of the nodes with a few other things like unused images in the node root directories, etc. Sweet! I was worried there. Those sites are cool, and full of information. I'd hate to see them lost (thi...

Live Events · 09/23/2007 20:23:03

I've made a website for archived live event transcripts.

TheTaxidermist wrote: Hey Othinn, I noticed while reading some of your older logfiles that you keep whispering yourself with random letters/numbers. Why do you do that? I do that in the hope that I'll avoid timing out while standing around...

Missions and Storyline · 09/22/2007 16:53:19

[8.2.5] Zion mission feedback thread: "Kamikaze"

Fractor wrote: Was this the first time Niobe's operator Sparks has been mentioned in-game? I don't think he has played a part in the story before. No. I know he's been mentioned in live events over the couse of the game's life.

Missions and Storyline · 09/21/2007 20:42:06

[8.2.5] Zion mission feedback thread: "Kamikaze"

You know, the first known use of the term "kamikaze" referred to the two typhoons that prevented Kublai Khan from invading Japan twice in the late 1200s ...

Missions and Storyline · 09/19/2007 21:22:34

Unidentified broadcast - 7/20/07

Anyone know how to view the encrypted information on the primary node? I put them into a Base 64 decoder, and it resulted in a coherent series of numbers, so it seems to be a step in the right direction. But I'm not sure where to go after...

Live Events · 09/17/2007 21:29:28

Unidentified broadcast - 7/20/07

Does the Joker absolutely have to be killed? Is there a choice? I mean, what has he done to deserve this? Also, I hope the data nodes and the various websites related to him won't be shut down if he does die. Those sites are cool. ^-^

Live Events · 09/17/2007 20:27:04

I've made a website for archived live event transcripts.

Finally uploaded my 8.1 transcripts. I've also updated the "Character Details", "Item Details", "Miscellaneous Documents", and "NPC Dialogue" sections. All updates from now on will be placed under the "New Logging System" section. *sighs*...

Missions and Storyline · 09/17/2007 02:04:19

The Past

It's always cool to learn more about a LESIG character's background. ^_^

Next Renaissance - Vector · 09/11/2007 04:24:38

I've made a website for archived live event transcripts.

My chapter 8.1 update is being delayed, so I decided to update the "Unarchived Missions", "Miscellaneous Documents", "Character Details", "Item Details", and "NPC Dialogue" sections. I've recently branched out onto Recursion and Vector, so...

Missions and Storyline · 09/03/2007 00:34:26

[8.2.2] Zion mission feedback thread: "Prototype"

ThePigeonKing wrote: Avalod wrote: FrozenFyre wrote: The hackable computers were great, the one about a hovercraft getting downed by squiddies added a sense of relism to this war. Has anyone cracked the other one yet? I haven't finished, I...

Missions and Storyline · 09/01/2007 22:29:59

Missions and Being now at war...

I understand what you're saying from a role playing point of view. But I don't see why the majority of the community should be left out because of a fictional war going on in a video game. Look at the live event posts, they are still showi...

Missions and Storyline · 08/31/2007 07:58:48

[8.2.1] This is obsolete technology - Syntax - 8/28/07

I liked the group of Exiles so much, I stayed at the bar and logged what they said after AMRadio was taken away. It was great, but I hate it when events split up like that. I'm only one person.

Live Events · 08/30/2007 22:27:49

Update RSIs please

*scratches head* So ... the characters can't change their clothes for some reason? I recall several characters going through at least one outfit change in the trilogy. And I can't speak for all of you, but I certainly change my clothes.

Missions and Storyline · 08/25/2007 15:48:54

[8.2.1] Zion mission feedback thread: "Danielle"

Rarebit wrote: Noo she's way cuter than that! Someone get a shot at high texture detail...and get her pants in it, for goodness sake! =P Just out of curiousity, is Danielle Wright's character model a recent creation, or has it been around...

Missions and Storyline · 08/24/2007 23:34:01

The Unclean have text in their Details now! ^-^

Roukan wrote: I remember those, they were awesome. How they just ran around the city. What do the details say? I just logged off. (I mean the Unclean) "Haunting the lowest holes of the Richland Slums, the Unclean are looked down upon--both...

General Discussion · 08/24/2007 09:37:20

The Unclean have text in their Details now! ^-^

Okay, I realize this will probably interest only two of you out there, but the Unclean now have text in their Details. It's nice to finally see some background on those characters. I checked the Ethereals and the Spinnerettes real quick to...

General Discussion · 08/24/2007 07:55:30