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Sabre UK
26-07-2004, 11:52
Anyone seen the trailer for Halo 2 that is doing the rounds in U.S cinemas?

No? Then watch it on IGN.com.

Anyway, right at the end, it flashes up xbox.com as expected, but it quickly changes to ilovebees.com then back again.

The site has some countdown timer which ends sometime in Aug so has no relation to the Halo 2 release date.

Anyone have any ideas what this is all about?

There are a few posts on Xbox.com about this.
Xeon007
26-07-2004, 12:06
Demo release date. Apparently. EstrangedGamers.com (http://www.estrangedgamers.com) (a video games forum I also go to) have been discussing this a bit.
Sabre UK
26-07-2004, 12:11
Mmm, interesting. Any ideas how we are going to get this? Live download? OXM?

I might head over there later and have a read. Thanks.
Xeon007
26-07-2004, 12:41
Ah man... how much would a Live demo rock?!? :D
Matt KB
26-07-2004, 13:06
It'd have to be something international so OXM/Magazine release would be unlikely IMO.
Matt KB
26-07-2004, 13:10
Demo release date. Apparently. EstrangedGamers.com (http://www.estrangedgamers.com) (a video games forum I also go to) have been discussing this a bit.

http://www.partyboyusa.co.uk/images/pimp.jpg


Not only covered it but solved it (http://www.estrangedgamers.com/viewtopic.php?t=533):D
Harsin
26-07-2004, 13:11
i liEk bEeS!!!!!1111111111
kippa2k1
26-07-2004, 16:50
I ate all your bees!
GoblinUK
26-07-2004, 17:35
Great, great marketing gimmick. I wasnt excited about Halo 2 but all of a sudden I wanna know what this is all about
dan13l
28-07-2004, 09:35
The site's changed again now, there's lots more mysterious text appearing :)

I have to say I'm so impressed with what they've done here. Apparently the woman with the bee's site has a voicemail set up and everything, its a very well thought through little game they're playing.
Sabre UK
23-08-2004, 14:58
Just 14 hours until it reaches zero.
john316
23-08-2004, 15:16
I wasnt excited about Halo 2

Check yourself into your local A&E immediately - you have a seriously condition called Forsomereasonidontthinkeverydayabouthalo2itis which needs urgent treatment via download of Halo 2 videos and the visiting to Bungie.com :thumbs:
GoblinUK
23-08-2004, 15:20
Surely its less than 14 hours
Xeon007
23-08-2004, 15:23
All depends on the timezone where the "ilovebees" guys are based ;)
Matt KB
23-08-2004, 15:47
I heard a rumour that the mag isn't out here for a few weeks :shrug:
Xenomorph
23-08-2004, 16:21
Christ, what on Earth are Bungie smoking?

I mean how do they come up with this stuff? First the glyphs now this?

Pretty cool though.
Joe
23-08-2004, 20:32
Unfortunately, unless you want to wade through pages and pages of text and backstory from the Marathon games (which is all on the Bungie site), most people will be oblivious to the inner goings on here.

I know I am!

From what little I can gather, think artificial constructs (like Cortana, but hundreds and hundreds of years in the past - thousands?), all going bonkers, hurting people blah blah blah.

Quite honestly, it could mean the moon on a stick to me, but there are various forums that have gone into amazing detail about theories behind all this.

Unfortunately, it definitely isn't a demo release.
Matt KB
23-08-2004, 20:41
It's just viral marketing, nothing more, nothing less - to generate "buzz" (pun intended).
damell
24-08-2004, 12:23
www.ilovepees.com Phase 2 apparantly :|
Matt KB
24-08-2004, 12:35
www.ilovepees.com Phase 2 apparantly :|

That's not as far off a windup as you'd think (though if obviously is). MS had a campaign in Canada where Master Chief appeared in papers and radio ads in the form of a dating agency recruitment campaign.
Xenomorph
24-08-2004, 13:06
ilovebeer.com is the actual spoof, but it may be part of the puzzle too...
Matt KB
24-08-2004, 13:50
Oooooh there's now a downloadable file - jersey.wav on the Links page (chase redirection from the homepage)
AngryFlower
24-08-2004, 21:12
Oooooh there's now a downloadable file - jersey.wav on the Links page (chase redirection from the homepage)

There are actually lots of downloadable files m8e. None of them make any sense though...
twicenightly
24-08-2004, 22:28
I found out what's going on, it's pretty unbelievable. :nuts:
I posted it here (http://www.estrangedgamers.com/showpost.php?p=2135&postcount=38) if you want to have a look (I'm not typing all that lot again!)
Matt KB
24-08-2004, 22:30
I found out what's going on, it's pretty unbelievable. :nuts:
I posted it here (http://www.estrangedgamers.com/showpost.php?p=2135&postcount=38) if you want to have a look (I'm not typing all that lot again!)


http://www.partyboyusa.co.uk/images/pimp.jpg
Xenomorph
09-09-2004, 09:08
http://www.chud.com/news/sept04/sept8bees.php3

And if you’ve never properly experienced the concept of shame and humiliation, there are few better ways than by explaining to random pedestrians that you’re waiting around for a Microsoft computer program to call a pay phone in order to unlock a twenty second audio file on the internet that might possibly somehow relate to a video game plot.

Genius. :brickwall: