Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

143 posts · 2008-05-21 14:25:21 to 2008-05-29 20:29:03

#36300458020 05/22/2008 03:25:02 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
most interesting
#36300458039 05/22/2008 04:07:17 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
ZaneZavin wrote:
New Theory: Unlimit Construct
That could be fun, I'd love to be able to fight Unlimit again.

Plus, I'm not too keen on the suggestion we'll be able to drive vehicles in-game...


Cuz... well, y'know....
#36300458063 05/22/2008 04:57:46 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

does anyone recognize the painting or can identify the panting from which it is loosely copied?

T

#36300458067 05/22/2008 05:09:29 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

Berry Interesting....!!
#36300458107 05/22/2008 07:00:00 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
definitely could make constructs that had past events in them...i mean i guess with the blue sky for example, you could have the sleepers as random npc's in there and some security guards as the bosses, have the blue sky actually in the construct, they all drop the blue frags, and maybe the security guard drops something to shut off a blue spotlight? idk...just a thought. then you could have a collector in richland somewhere wearing the blue sky shirt and cap and people can collect the shirts and security stuff along with new blue jeans!!! i mean...you gave up hjb and mobius, might as well give the anniversary stuff to other people too.

next stop...assassin's construct with assassin's sky and the assassin mask from a collector... o_O

who knows? could happen...
#36300458109 05/22/2008 07:07:54 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Outlaw wrote:
who knows? could happen... most likely to happen...
Fixed. SMILEY But like you said I was thinking as I read through your post if it is another construct, what would they give up as a reward? Flint guns? Assassin masks? Where is the line between collectors items and public player items?
#36300458112 05/22/2008 07:17:19 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

Would be nice to see the Blue Sky screens and scaffolding around again (even though a run down version of it should have been left in Bathary >_<SMILEY  And as much as I would like to finally get the Security Cap back after recycling it because I was new back then and didn't realise it was temp collectors item.  SMILEY  I wouldn't want that stuff given out on mass like Mobius and HJBeta had been before they made it available to all though.

Would be nice to experience all the one time occurances too, like Morpheus bursting into flies and all those other effects. 
I think it is safe to say, if it is a construct it will have unique rules like how Datamine... just have to work out why Black Panther cruelty paintings have to do with it all SMILEY

#36300458117 05/22/2008 07:29:47 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
I have no guesses on what the work in progress is, but I'm excited to find out! SMILEY
#36300458132 05/22/2008 08:02:00 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
odj wrote:
Where is the line between collectors items and public player items?
At the place where they're being given out to new players or new accounts. Any collector item which was given out in the early days and isn't being given out freely to new players shouldn't be given as a reward. Imo trial players should have gotten a unique looking, non tradable set of clothing with small buffs to help them along during the early stages of the game, possibly slightly better than the industrial clothing or with different buffs altogether like IS regen, extra max health etc.... I don't think anyone would've complained about that. But past is past, any new reward shouldn't be anything that was previously handed out or rewarded which isn't anymore.
#36300458160 05/22/2008 09:02:20 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Always loved the idea of archiving the event stuff like blue sky and assassin. To see those corrupted monuments again would be sweet. Also always been a supporter of a run down concert site at bathary too but hey.
#36300458167 05/22/2008 09:10:59 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
cloudwolf wrote:
Always loved the idea of archiving the event stuff like blue sky and assassin. To see those corrupted monuments again would be sweet. Also always been a supporter of a run down concert site at bathary too but hey.

we need to have these dreams...otherwise we be living in a van down by the river...=P

had to say it, sorry...
#36300458182 05/22/2008 10:11:05 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Where's teh VAN?!!
#36300458184 05/22/2008 10:12:39 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Outlaw wrote:
i mean...you gave up hjb and mobius, might as well give the anniversary stuff to other people too.

next stop...assassin's construct with assassin's sky and the assassin mask from a collector... o_O

who knows? could happen...


Wouldn't be surprised in the least.

Knowing you earned Mobius by helping take out the Assassin used to mean something.  Might as well set up a collector to start handing out Flit Guns.

Being in Beta used to mean something.  HJB was a privilege.

Maybe before the Assassin's construct we can have a Beta construct, complete with Eyes In The Sky!  Farming the constant Agent spawns will earn you the original Neo Frags, which can be traded in for Neo's Insight/Glimmer of the Source/Merv's Boon, depending on org.  People who weren't in Beta will have the chance to farm highly buffed Beta clothing.  But the original Beta clothing will stay un-buffed, so even true Beta players will have to farm the new stuff.  Gotta make sure everyone is on an even playing field, afterall. 

#36300458185 05/22/2008 10:14:16 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Outlaw wrote:
cloudwolf wrote:
Always loved the idea of archiving the event stuff like blue sky and assassin. To see those corrupted monuments again would be sweet. Also always been a supporter of a run down concert site at bathary too but hey.

we need to have these dreams...otherwise we be living in a van down by the river...=P

had to say it, sorry...


...copycat. pfft  SMILEY  lol

#36300458244 05/22/2008 12:05:42 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

Make it mobile, and make it lootable, wtih some random swag, that will keep us entertained.

#36300458246 05/22/2008 12:14:31 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

I KNOW WHAT THIS IS FOR.

Ever since the Gi "fix" MxO's cyber rates have declined, being one of the compelling factors to The Matrix, Rarebit is attempting to raise the sex appeal with vans - a concept that should also attract the "lower-levels" to MxO's cybering phenomena.

#36300458254 05/22/2008 12:23:49 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
I dunno if anyone's mentioned it, but that is the van the key was dropped onto during the who Anome/Niobe thing.  When Anome tried to grab the key and knocked it off that roof.

ManicV wrote:
Outlaw wrote:
i mean...you gave up hjb and mobius, might as well give the anniversary stuff to other people too.

next stop...assassin's construct with assassin's sky and the assassin mask from a collector... o_O

who knows? could happen...


Wouldn't be surprised in the least.

Knowing you earned Mobius by helping take out the Assassin used to mean something.  Might as well set up a collector to start handing out Flit Guns.

Being in Beta used to mean something.  HJB was a privilege.

Maybe before the Assassin's construct we can have a Beta construct, complete with Eyes In The Sky!  Farming the constant Agent spawns will earn you the original Neo Frags, which can be traded in for Neo's Insight/Glimmer of the Source/Merv's Boon, depending on org.  People who weren't in Beta will have the chance to farm highly buffed Beta clothing.  But the original Beta clothing will stay un-buffed, so even true Beta players will have to farm the new stuff.  Gotta make sure everyone is on an even playing field, afterall. 



Yeah, I was pretty ticked when I learned those things.  But hay, I have Neo's Insight and Merv's boon on one character somehow - so.. haha.
#36300458255 05/22/2008 12:25:14 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
i also wouldnt mind getting one of those fan faire shirts, the green tinted ones, whatever they are called...wouldnt mind one of them cause i dont have money to go to these fan faires and such..
#36300458257 05/22/2008 12:26:16 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
TheShickle wrote:

I KNOW WHAT THIS IS FOR.

Ever since the Gi "fix" MxO's cyber rates have declined, being one of the compelling factors to The Matrix, Rarebit is attempting to raise the sex appeal with vans - a concept that should also attract the "lower-levels" to MxO's cybering phenomena.


Swish!

I bet you have been waiting a while to make this joke, but the IR only being a pic of a van almost ruined it SMILEY

#36300458261 05/22/2008 12:29:58 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
SolidRevolver wrote:
TheShickle wrote:

I KNOW WHAT THIS IS FOR.

Ever since the Gi "fix" MxO's cyber rates have declined, being one of the compelling factors to The Matrix, Rarebit is attempting to raise the sex appeal with vans - a concept that should also attract the "lower-levels" to MxO's cybering phenomena.


Swish!

I bet you have been waiting a while to make this joke, but the IR only being a pic of a van almost ruined it SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

Actually, it just came to me - I think it's a golden theory.

#36300458283 05/22/2008 13:35:22 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
What I think they should make for a construct is the decaying monuments, floating trash bags, etc. basically a glitch version of a neighborhood that the machines have partitioned off from the rest of the matrix.
#36300458305 05/22/2008 14:49:01 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
cloudwolf wrote:
Always loved the idea of archiving the event stuff like blue sky and assassin. To see those corrupted monuments again would be sweet. Also always been a supporter of a run down concert site at bathary too but hey.

Pardon my ignorance but why exactly would there be a rundown concert site at Bathary Row?
#36300458307 05/22/2008 14:53:52 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Steelle wrote:
cloudwolf wrote:
Always loved the idea of archiving the event stuff like blue sky and assassin. To see those corrupted monuments again would be sweet. Also always been a supporter of a run down concert site at bathary too but hey.

Pardon my ignorance but why exactly would there be a rundown concert site at Bathary Row?

From A Piece of Blue Sky, the first anniversary event. There were concert sites in various neighborhoods, including Bathary Row.
#36300458327 05/22/2008 16:24:25 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Telemancer wrote:

does anyone recognize the painting or can identify the panting from which it is loosely copied?

T


This is Greek Mythology.  Edit:  Or a Renaissance painting of a Greek Myth.  Also, I'm not not ingame atm, but isn't "Zeus" graffitti'd throughout Westview?

#36300458334 05/22/2008 16:54:40 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
ManicV wrote:
Outlaw wrote:
i mean...you gave up hjb and mobius, might as well give the anniversary stuff to other people too.

next stop...assassin's construct with assassin's sky and the assassin mask from a collector... o_O

who knows? could happen...


Wouldn't be surprised in the least.

Knowing you earned Mobius by helping take out the Assassin used to mean something.  Might as well set up a collector to start handing out Flit Guns.

Being in Beta used to mean something.  HJB was a privilege.

Maybe before the Assassin's construct we can have a Beta construct, complete with Eyes In The Sky!  Farming the constant Agent spawns will earn you the original Neo Frags, which can be traded in for Neo's Insight/Glimmer of the Source/Merv's Boon, depending on org.  People who weren't in Beta will have the chance to farm highly buffed Beta clothing.  But the original Beta clothing will stay un-buffed, so even true Beta players will have to farm the new stuff.  Gotta make sure everyone is on an even playing field, afterall. 

Agreed.SOE already "betrayed" beta players..Why would they stop now?
#36300458344 05/22/2008 17:21:40 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
kou_urake wrote:
Steelle wrote:
cloudwolf wrote:
Always loved the idea of archiving the event stuff like blue sky and assassin. To see those corrupted monuments again would be sweet. Also always been a supporter of a run down concert site at bathary too but hey.

Pardon my ignorance but why exactly would there be a rundown concert site at Bathary Row?

From A Piece of Blue Sky, the first anniversary event. There were concert sites in various neighborhoods, including Bathary Row.

Yeah I knew that..I guess I just didn't get the significance of Bathary row over any other location.
#36300458414 05/22/2008 19:36:47 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
and that van lead to the unlimit saga.
#36300458438 05/22/2008 21:28:09 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Fiiiiiinally. Now we'll see if someone gets the other part.

#36300458439 05/22/2008 21:29:12 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Rarebit wrote:
Fiiiiiinally. Now we'll see if someone gets the other part.

the picture doesnt have a refrence does it?  oh wait this wouldnt happen to be a commando consturc  would it i rember the chapter lead into zion traning comandos before the unmits broke out and helping us take them out to. 
#36300458440 05/22/2008 21:31:22 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Sati sky for any particular reason?
#36300458442 05/22/2008 21:36:03 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

The Sati sky was used in most of the WIP pictures for Datamine before it was released, and it was changed... so I doubt we can go by how the sky looks in this shot.

#36300458464 05/23/2008 00:18:23 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
ManicV wrote:
Outlaw wrote:
i mean...you gave up hjb and mobius, might as well give the anniversary stuff to other people too.

next stop...assassin's construct with assassin's sky and the assassin mask from a collector... o_O

who knows? could happen...


Wouldn't be surprised in the least.

Knowing you earned Mobius by helping take out the Assassin used to mean something.  Might as well set up a collector to start handing out Flit Guns.

Being in Beta used to mean something.  HJB was a privilege.

Maybe before the Assassin's construct we can have a Beta construct, complete with Eyes In The Sky!  Farming the constant Agent spawns will earn you the original Neo Frags, which can be traded in for Neo's Insight/Glimmer of the Source/Merv's Boon, depending on org.  People who weren't in Beta will have the chance to farm highly buffed Beta clothing.  But the original Beta clothing will stay un-buffed, so even true Beta players will have to farm the new stuff.  Gotta make sure everyone is on an even playing field, afterall. 

Wow dude! You really need to dry them eyes and get over yourself!
So you played beta..mazel tov!!!!

You must be the coolest player everSMILEY!

#36300458468 05/23/2008 00:31:47 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Well, when he says other part.  I think he is referring to that quote.  "Every program that is created must have a purpose"  I'm not sure exactly how to take that, but I know what I want it to mean.  I want it to mean Blackwood.
#36300458489 05/23/2008 02:18:17 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
What programs do we know of that have so far left purpose unfulfilled? 
#36300458493 05/23/2008 02:41:51 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Steelle wrote:
Yeah I knew that..I guess I just didn't get the significance of Bathary row over any other location.

Because Bathary is a pretty run down place and it would suit the Concert Site not being taken down down, it would get a little rusted and parts would collapse naturally but it would still fit in with the surroundings where as in Tabor, it would have been removed.

Also, if this construct is Unlimit related (Mabey the Cheat Code has been extracted from the river by someone, the boss of the possible construct) will we get glasses to give us perma Code Eyes like the Elite Commando Goggles?  SMILEY

But I am out of ideas... I'll have to wait till next weeks IR for more clues >_<

#36300458582 05/23/2008 07:48:07 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

Yea im assuming its something commando related.. if you remember the reason we have had problems from the begining (Agents to unlimits) has all been thanks to the commando's who from my own opinion and that of many others, have been trying to make war between zion and the machines. The reason they were here is (if you dont know) because they where decomissioned after the war without a purpose (note tagline of image)... With the truce broke well... i wonder what this means.

#36300458590 05/23/2008 08:11:38 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Actually, they were forced into slavery under the Merovingian.


Maybe the question to ask here is "Who is on the van?" or "What programs of significance had a role in Unlimit saga?"

Edit: Or "What actions did Anome take or plan to take during the saga that were left open after his death?" The Aqueduct, the CEO of that produce company...
#36300458591 05/23/2008 08:12:16 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
ZippyTheSquirrel wrote:
Actually, they were forced into slavery under the Merovingian.


Maybe the question to ask here is "Who is on the van?" or "What programs of significance had a role in Unlimit saga?"
Sati.
#36300458625 05/23/2008 09:04:03 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

If it's any consolation.

Rama-Kandra: No. I don't mind. The answer is simple. I love my daughter very much. I find her to be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. But where we are from, that is not enough. Every program that is created must have a purpose; if it does not, it is deleted. I went to the Frenchman to save my daughter. You do not understand.

Who knows, maybe it's like a garbage construct, where they stick all the things that haven't seen light in awhile to. I.E. The Ultimate Recycle.

#36300458627 05/23/2008 09:09:22 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Ballak wrote:

If it's any consolation.

Rama-Kandra: No. I don't mind. The answer is simple. I love my daughter very much. I find her to be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. But where we are from, that is not enough. Every program that is created must have a purpose; if it does not, it is deleted. I went to the Frenchman to save my daughter. You do not understand.


But programs who lose their purpose can escape and become exiled which could be a reason this construct (if thats what it is) exists.
#36300458636 05/23/2008 09:40:36 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

Hmm. Other parts, eh? The Van seems to be parked in a crosswalk. Halborn noted Agent Pace's ability to use a crosswalk, right after he took down Gray...

#36300458638 05/23/2008 09:43:34 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Her ability to use a crosswalk?  Who doesn't have that ability?

But more on topic, I think the Rama-Kandra quote may be important.  I just wonder if we should be looking for something with or without a purpose.
#36300458639 05/23/2008 09:46:35 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

Hmm... maybe it isn't a construct at all, but a storyline teaser, of sorts? Perhaps we'll finally find out why the Agents dumped the cheat codes in the river...

 Or the purpose of the Oracle giving fragments to both EPN and the Cypherites...

Or the mysterious Biological Interface will finally be found?

#36300458640 05/23/2008 09:51:01 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
I don't think it is parked on a crosswalk, it looks more like the hash marks you get indicating a bend in the road, the van is in the place where normal traffic doesn't go.
#36300458681 05/23/2008 12:14:46 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Ah, someone got the second part. I hadn't thought a quote would take you guys that long. ;)

#36300458684 05/23/2008 12:19:38 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Rarebit wrote:
Ah, someone got the second part. I hadn't thought a quote would take you guys that long. SMILEY


Sometimes people look so hard for something when the answer is staring them in the face.

So a Van on which the key to the cheatcodes landed on in a previous chapter and a quote from Rama-Kandra...

#36300458730 05/23/2008 13:16:23 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
still got no idea, a van and a quote can still mean a lot of stuff...
#36300458743 05/23/2008 13:41:42 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008
Rarebit wrote:
Ah, someone got the second part. I hadn't thought a quote would take you guys that long. SMILEY

so than is that my second part is right about the commandos?
#36300458744 05/23/2008 13:42:43 Re:Image Retrieval - May 21, 2008

Okay, we got the van and the quote... what else is missing...?