Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

90 posts · 2008-05-28 13:20:05 to 2008-06-05 07:35:58

#36300460584 05/28/2008 13:20:05 Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
This thread is for discussing Image Retrieval, posted May 28, 2008 on Data Node One.

#36300460616 05/28/2008 14:41:56 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight, new construct.
#36300460621 05/28/2008 14:43:58 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Oh I get it, it's about Two Face in the new batman movie.
#36300460625 05/28/2008 14:45:27 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

Curious. Well, of course that's Morpheus' quote from when he gave Neo the red pill...

Hmm. Oh! Perhaps this new construct or whatever it is will let us relive moments from the movies as mission/quest things? 

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#36300460627 05/28/2008 14:45:59 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
I've wondered how the Archivists can kneel in such crotch-hugging slacks.
#36300460628 05/28/2008 14:46:00 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
*wakes up* Hm.. Morpheus quotes.
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#36300460631 05/28/2008 14:48:51 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
And the right half appears to be lacking the green tint. Curious...
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#36300460632 05/28/2008 14:50:09 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

Trinity?  =O  SMILEY

So we have a Morpheus quote, a Trinity look-a-like, a weirdly placed Archivist (That is, if this is Richland, which it looks like it is) ...

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#36300460637 05/28/2008 14:53:23 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
An EPN crusader Facing an archivest saying a *Neo quote, he said it in the very begining when he gave the computer virus to the guy and then went to the party and met Trinity*. Last one showed the van from the unlimits......Past chapters of the storyline rolled up into one construct?
#36300460640 05/28/2008 14:55:33 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
That's your average female EPN npc.
Starschwar
#36300460643 05/28/2008 15:02:50 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

New EPN's?

...O.o...

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#36300460644 05/28/2008 15:02:55 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

Or is it?

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#36300460645 05/28/2008 15:07:03 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Hm... New quest/mission contact in the new construct...?
#36300460647 05/28/2008 15:10:21 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
ReProgrammed wrote:
An EPN crusader Facing an archivest saying a *Neo quote, he said it in the very begining when he gave the computer virus to the guy and then went to the party and met Trinity*. Last one showed the van from the unlimits......Past chapters of the storyline rolled up into one construct?

I pretty sure Morpheus coined that Phrase my friend.

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#36300460653 05/28/2008 15:18:55 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
MxO_Neopill wrote:
ReProgrammed wrote:
An EPN crusader Facing an archivest saying a *Neo quote, he said it in the very begining when he gave the computer virus to the guy and then went to the party and met Trinity*. Last one showed the van from the unlimits......Past chapters of the storyline rolled up into one construct?

I pretty sure Morpheus coined that Phrase my friend.


You are correct.

Morpheus' exact words: "Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference, between the dream world...and the real world....?"

The last quote:  "Every program that is created must have a purpose; if it does not, it is deleted."

So what do the two have in common?

Perhaps this work in progress has something to do with a dream program?  A dream simulation?

#36300460654 05/28/2008 15:20:39 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
MxO_Neopill wrote:
ReProgrammed wrote:
An EPN crusader Facing an archivest saying a *Neo quote, he said it in the very begining when he gave the computer virus to the guy and then went to the party and met Trinity*. Last one showed the van from the unlimits......Past chapters of the storyline rolled up into one construct?

I pretty sure Morpheus coined that Phrase my friend.

The Pill is correct.  Go watch the movies moar. SMILEY


Yep, new construct.  I'm wondering what the significance of the 2-sidedness is. 
#36300460656 05/28/2008 15:21:47 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
New construct = good.
Mystery = good.
Debir Court clone = not so good. SMILEY


#36300460657 05/28/2008 15:22:10 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Cross instances?
#36300460668 05/28/2008 15:43:41 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Mindsweep wrote:

New EPN's?

...O.o...


New? That npc-type has been around since their introductionin 4.2
#36300460669 05/28/2008 15:48:25 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

.... SMILEY

#36300460670 05/28/2008 15:49:06 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

Would cross instances not require another server?

New construct as evident by the Archivist, I like the idea of a construct showcasing previous documented events.

#36300460678 05/28/2008 16:06:33 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
It appears to be a historical archive construct.
#36300460679 05/28/2008 16:06:36 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Very,very interesting sir...
#36300460684 05/28/2008 16:12:28 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
kou_urake wrote:
Mindsweep wrote:

New EPN's?

...O.o...


New? That npc-type has been around since their introductionin 4
We have EPN's?????
#36300460685 05/28/2008 16:13:14 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
ArchDuke wrote:
MxO_Neopill wrote:
ReProgrammed wrote:
An EPN crusader Facing an archivest saying a *Neo quote, he said it in the very begining when he gave the computer virus to the guy and then went to the party and met Trinity*. Last one showed the van from the unlimits......Past chapters of the storyline rolled up into one construct?

I pretty sure Morpheus coined that Phrase my friend.

The Pill is correct.  Go watch the movies moar. SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />


Yep, new construct.  I'm wondering what the significance of the 2-sidedness is. 

Ah right, I was thinking of "you ever have that feeling where you don't know if you're awake or still dreaming?"
#36300460698 05/28/2008 17:22:06 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Looks like behind Debir Court. In fact the last retrieval looked like Mara West with "the burly van." Looks like the new construct is some kind of Mara proxy.
#36300460699 05/28/2008 17:25:43 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Blackwoods is it? The place where the Mara/Magog gang came from....
#36300460706 05/28/2008 17:44:38 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Aquilae wrote:
Blackwoods is it? The place where the Mara/Magog gang came from....
Why would Blackwood look exactly like Mara?
#36300460708 05/28/2008 17:48:06 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Well it could be referring to Blackwood, but Blackwood shouldn't look anything like Mara.  Blackwood is a prison in an impenetrable forest.  Pretty sure it's eternal night there also.
#36300460710 05/28/2008 17:54:00 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
In terms of the quotes we've seen so far, they have both been quotes from someone addressing Neo. Significant? I have no clue. Looks like this new construct could be a the city but merely at a different time.
#36300460723 05/28/2008 18:35:36 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
...I'm totally stumped.  :/  I'm guessing one more week, and we will all phigure it out.  Contruct-Yes, how this all relates to it?  No clue.
#36300460731 05/28/2008 19:38:32 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
I'm gonna go with the "historical archive" trick on this one. Perhaps some N30s tossed around, a code bomb quest mayhap, everyone's favorite van... and some Unlimits? Say, what happened to that Anome Sim anyway?

Y'know what I think would be completely pants-messing awesome? If this was a new construct with all the old big events put inside, i.e. Blue Sky, End of the Destroyer, Hunt for Neo, et cetera, with a major full on quest to get the Crush (meatwad) ability.
#36300460741 05/28/2008 20:32:33 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
New graphics tweaks?!?  SMILEY

No seriously.....  New area to explore??  Yes?  No?  Maybe so?


Hmm hmm hmm...
#36300460775 05/28/2008 23:16:42 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
HOLY CRAP!  I'm actually feeling something I haven't felt in mxo in a long time....lost.  This is so great!  I'm beginning to wonder if this is more than just a construct, people....
#36300460778 05/28/2008 23:34:32 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
ZaneZavin wrote:
It appears to be a historical archive construct.

This seems almost too obvious to me.
A la... Old School LE's balled into a timed contruct sort of idea.  Maybe triggered through different NPCs in said construct.

Perhaps we're wrong though, ZZ.  Perhaps we are wrong.
#36300460831 05/29/2008 04:24:00 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Interesting, indeed.
#36300460855 05/29/2008 05:26:07 Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
well the guy behind the bin looks like an archivist broker so i think its prob gonna be another construct. SMILEY
#36300460880 05/29/2008 06:52:42 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

#36300460900 05/29/2008 08:00:49 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Riac wrote:

Hah, you and your *CENSORED* cats SMILEY

This work in progress is rather intreguing.
#36300460924 05/29/2008 09:06:28 Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
*Yawn*
#36300460942 05/29/2008 09:33:10 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Cervacius wrote:

Perhaps this work in progress has something to do with a dream program?  A dream simulation?

Morpheus ("he who forms, shapes, moulds", from the Greek morphe) is the principal Greek god of dreams.
#36300460967 05/29/2008 10:53:40 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

I definately agree that the image hints at two "worlds" which are the same, but different. I also agree with the logic that the scenery has the appearance of Mara and that the Morpheus quote could indicate a revival of past events, or a bizarre parrallel existence. I would love to have a construct (like the org constructs) where instead of one high level NPC (Assassin, Veil, Kid, Morpheus etc) you spawned a Burly Brawl!!!

If this is a new construct where the player can re-live moments from the films... Wouldn't it be a big sell-out, like how "The Path of Neo" came from "Enter The Matrix" just because everyone wanted to play the super-hero? Don't get me wrong, anything which increases the accessibility of the game is great. I'm just surprized that no-one has mentioned the alternative perspective... 

Even just considering the development of another construct, so soon after the implementation of Datamine, is testiment to how hard the Dev team are working for us. I think we all know how lucky we are to have such a dedicated (an over-worked/under-staffed) team. Thanks.

#36300460975 05/29/2008 11:18:45 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Coro wrote:

I definately agree that the image hints at two "worlds" which are the same, but different.


Silent Hill?  That would be pretty cool...
#36300461000 05/29/2008 12:16:36 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Riac wrote:

cuties!

Dying to find out what this is all about! SMILEY

#36300461084 05/29/2008 15:46:07 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
im still confused....
#36300461095 05/29/2008 16:25:47 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
But if it were merely a historic construct, whats with the ninjas in the dev screenshot thread?
#36300461165 05/29/2008 20:31:19 Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
I really hope this new.."construct" drops or does a heck of alot good things...like droping very usefull items...
#36300461203 05/29/2008 23:24:25 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008

#36300461206 05/29/2008 23:48:10 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Could it be a dare I say "Rabbit hole" construct? Like a real wierd one with all kinds of cultures and bedtime story characters in it? Too freaky maybe.



EDIT:

I just woke up from a dream and was thinking of another pipedream; what's the chance that Le Vrai would be in there? Yes, one can dream, non?
#36300461871 05/31/2008 21:53:40 Re:Image Retrieval - May 28, 2008
Phluff wrote:
...I'm totally stumped.  :/  I'm guessing one more week, and we will all phigure it out.  Contruct-Yes, how this all relates to it?  No clue.

  I have no idea... but dang-nabbit... I wanna construct with ZOMBIES!!!   and phlying monkeys... and... um... a place to get... really good... take out Chinese!  

Neo: "...Really good noodles."