Game Updates
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October 2004
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October 1
- The Sleeping Princess hides more clues -- embedded text, images, and sound files -- in the site images. The puzzle solutions give us more Axon clips.
- Melissa previews next Tuesday's GPS coordinates at recipe4.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe4.html).
- Melissa also puts three new clips on recipe3.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html), but labels them "CONFIDENTIAL" and refuses to broadcast them. Fortunately, the Sleeping Princess gives us a puzzle from which we are able to find the clips.
- Several people receive e-mail responses from Dana.
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October 2
- Astald and others received an email from the Flea in response to attempts to send the audio clips and transcriptions to Dana's email address (now believed to be commandeered by Melissa), in Flea-speak.
- Astald was successful on the second try, and the three "CONFIDENTIAL" axon clips on recipe3.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html) are now available, with the description naming Astald, and saying "Creepy".
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October 5
- More axons at recipe4.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe4.html), including five more "Seeking" axons for potential new crewmembers.
- Melissa's question is now: What must we reveal? Answer: The Truth
- humptydumpty.html updated with Week 6.
- Dana's blog updated as well -- and she's just a little ticked off at some of us.
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October 8
- Puzzles from The Sleeping Princess in site images, leading to more audio clips featuring Rani.
- Melissa previews next Tuesday's GPS coordinates at recipe5.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe5.html). She wants her crew to assemble in groups, and arrive with "digital imaging capability."
- Melissa modifies the 404 page.
- Melissa also puts three more "CONFIDENTIAL" clips on recipe3.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html), but again the Sleeping Princess gives us a puzzle from which we are able to find the clips.
- Further communication between the Sleeping Princess and The Pious Flea on the contactme.html page. When the Flea tells the Princess that Melissa's friends will be sending images to her, the Princess wishes that her friends would put a "secret sign" in the picures for her.
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October 12
- More axons at recipe5.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe5.html), including seven more "Seeking" axons for potential new crewmembers.
- recipe5.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe5.html) is also updated to provide instructions: "Visual proof of crew members mustering at axons and displaying their skills must be sent through the Killer's comm channel."
- hives.html is updated to give more information about Melissa's mission.
- recipe3.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html) is updated to cancel two lost axons and to reveal the three new "CONFIDENTIAL" axons activated on October 8.
- humptydumpty.html is (partially) updated with Week 7.
- Melissa's challenge/response for today is "Who is the enemy?" to which the correct answer is "The Covenant."
- Melissa has updated the voicemail message on Dana's answering service
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October 15
- More Puzzles from The Sleeping Princess in site images lead to more audio clips featuring Rani.
- Melissa previews next Tuesday's GPS coordinates at recipe6.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe6.html).
- Melissa updates the 404 page, and includes links to lots of pictures of her new crew.
- Random pictures of the crew begin appearing intermittently in place of the normal graphic files on the web site. (This is believed to be courtesy of the Sleeping Princess).
- Melissa puts two more "CONFIDENTIAL" clips on recipe3.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html), but the Sleeping Princess's puzzle leads us to the clips again.
- Further communication between the Sleeping Princess and The Pious Flea on the contactme.html page, including a clue for that blasted prepositions puzzle still unsolved from October 8, instructions on how to get the new Herzog clips to the Flea -- so that he can forward them to Durga -- and an indication that Melissa is planning something involving Dana's Aunt Margaret. Yikes.
- Dana updates her blog. Apparently she's coming home. Yikes again.
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October 16
- With the new hint, usernameguy (http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2467) finally solves that accursed prepositions puzzle! The solution is a_pawn (http://www.ilovebees.com/outbound/a_pawn.wav), and, as predicted, we all feel foolish for not solving it sooner.
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October 19
- More axons at recipe6.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe6.html), including six more "Seeking" axons.
- Melissa's question/answer for today is "On what colony was I created?" to which the correct answer is "Reach."
- Enhottenating the "Seeking" axons requires a relay, coordinated by The Sleeping Princess, who calls after Melissa hangs up. She asks ten questions, gets answers, then gives the number of an axon to be called in five minutes or so. To complete the relay, the crewmember answering that second axon must give her the same answer given to one of those ten questions (selected at random).
- recipe6.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe6.html) is also updated to provide a new training exercise: "Crew: it has become obvious that I have been shipwrecked not only in a strange place, but in a strange time. I am requesting your help in orienting to my current surroundings. Please send me a picture of a contemporary construct, physical or social, which you suspect will be unfamiliar to me, along with a picture of its likely analog in 2552. You may consider this a field test of your communication skills with visual media, commencing immediately, and closing at midnight PDT. // Those crew members displaying particular skill and initiative will earn my respect, and access to some hitherto highly confidential information." (Maybe the two cancelled recipe3 (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html) axons? -- Shadow 18:01, 20 Oct 2004 (EDT))
- humptydumpty.html is updated with Week 8, and the missing Rani .wav compilation from Week 7.
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October 22
- More Puzzles from The Sleeping Princess in site images lead to more audio clips featuring Rani.
- Melissa previews next Tuesday's GPS coordinates at recipe7.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe7.html).
- Melissa updates the 404 page, and includes links to pictures of "contemporary constructs" from her new crew. She also tells us that Dana has returned, and is working on eliminating the "rogue process" (a.k.a. the Sleeping Princess) for her.
- Melissa puts two more "CONFIDENTIAL" clips on recipe3.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html), but the Sleeping Princess's puzzle leads us to the clips again.
- Further communication between the Sleeping Princess and The Pious Flea on the contactme.html page.
- Dana updates her blog, asking for help neutralizing the "rogue process."
- Melissa emails crew members about the Pious Flea and Rogue Process, which she believes may be a Covenant virus, and requests information about them. She may be infected as well as Durga.
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October 26
- More axons at recipe7.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe7.html), including eight more "Seeking" axons.
- Melissa's question/answer for today is "What insect do I hate the most?" to which the correct answer is "Bees."
- humptydumpty.html is updated with Week 9.
- On the contactme.html page, The Sleeping Princess tells The Pious Flea that she thinks she is going home on Sunday. (Smells like a trap...) She still won't let the Flea !attach her, though.
- MELISSA DESTROYS THE SLEEPING PRINCESS!!! (As shown on the new 404 page.)
- Other stuff in the 404 page: Melissa has also set up a "training exercise" for her crew, as a reward for our performance, scheduled for next Thursday, November 4, in four different cities, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX, and Schaumburg, IL. (Sounds like a preview of Halo 2 multiplayer.) It also seems that Melissa herself may be leaving us this Sunday, October 31.
- Dana updates her blog, explaining how she helped Melissa destroy the Sleeping Princess, and thanking us for understanding.
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October 29
- Melissa updates the 404 page, to open the live combat training exercise to everyone.
- Melissa also previews the GPS coordinates for this Sunday's special live broadcast at recipe8.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe8.html). There are something like 1,400 calls scheduled between 11:00 PST and 14:10 PST.
- The Pious Flea leaves a short message on the contactme.html page, asking for help from the "Princess friends."
- There are new text snippets embedded in the site images, apparently from The Sleeping Princess!
- The Flea appears to be trying to help the Princess. He is responding to e-mail sent to ladybee777@hotmail.com (mailto:ladybee777@hotmail.com) by posting his progress on the contactme.html page.
- Success! The Flea has managed to !decrypt the Princess, !attach to her, and !extend her into the master-sector, thereby reintegrating the original Melissa. Melissa leaves a new message on the 404 page thanking us -- and the font is both maroon and green.
- When the PMs give us a happy ending, we do this: <:o)
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October 30
- Melissa's final axons for tomorrow are up at recipe8.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe8.html). The 35 audio clips are, as yet, unnamed.
- A new message appears in the "TRANSMITTING" box on the ILB main page.
- humptydumpty.html is updated with Week 10.
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October 31
- Compilations of the Herzog .wav files appear on humptydumpty.html.
- The next Axon Clips go live at recipe8.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe8.html).
- Melissa leaves one final message for us on the 404 page.
- Dana updates her blog again. Among other things, she's now in charge of Melissa's "training exercise" on November 4. And she reminds us that the Seeker is still on the ILB server.
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November 2
- The Pious Flea previous Thursday's new axon coordinates on the contactme.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/contactme.html) page.
- Dana updates her blog with a final message from Melissa, letting us know about some possible alternatives for people who cannot attend any of the four training sessions on Thursday.
- humptydumpty.html is updated with Week 11.
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November 3
- The final version of tomorrow's axon coordinates is posted on the contactme.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/contactme.html) page.
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November 4
- The final Axon Clips go live at contactme.html (http://www.ilovebees.com/contactme.html). Herzog is really dead after all, and the Covenant arrive at Earth.
- humptydumpty.html is updated with Week 12.
- The live training events are held in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Austin. Halo 2 multiplayer live! Raffles! PMs! And a final puzzle from Melissa!
- The original version of SPDR returns to ilovebees (http://www.ilovebees.com) to eliminate The Pious Flea, and to display a Phase 5 Warning announcing Melissa's return -- in about 500 years.
- The ARG's Credits are posted.
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