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Tuesday, July 13, 2004

The Damage

In a flurry of wishful thinking, I imagine a huge demographic overlap between bee fans and webmonkeys.

This blog is born.

You're reading this, so I'll assume you've already witnessed the damage over on my aunt's web site. That's how you got here, right? (Unless your last Google search included the terms "honey," "SOS" and "WTF".) Hmm... now I'm actually curious to see what that turns up.)

Okay, focus, Dana.

I've been wrestling with the site bug(s?) myself since late last week. I've exhausted every strategy I can think of: scoured my code, ran virus checks, did the whole spyware Spyhunter thing, installed all the browser updates, and then finally just wiped the site and rebuilt it from scratch. Nothing helped.

In fact, although I might just be hallucinating from too much maté, I would swear it's getting worse.

I'm posting all of the original pages below, so you can see what www.ilovebees.com looked like BEFORE it crossed over to the dark side.

111 Comments:

Anonymous said...

After reading the source code for the pages, it is obvious this is a hoax and that the site owner or you or whomever have done those things to your own site...

OK, thanks for the mild amusement but ... really. For one thing, the .js is a giveaway since it resides in the same directory as the main html page.

7/22/2004 06:11:00 PM
Anonymous said...

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7/23/2004 10:15:52 AM
Anonymous said...

halo?

7/23/2004 10:29:26 AM
Anonymous said...

Cortana letters?

7/23/2004 10:32:02 AM
Anonymous said...

Cortana letters indeed. All signs point to this site being bungie

7/23/2004 10:37:11 AM
Anonymous said...

30 hornets vs 30,000 bees

7/23/2004 10:39:15 AM
Anonymous said...

We know all the cortana letters so far have come from bungie offices, I am sure we could trace this site there as well

7/23/2004 10:39:16 AM
Anonymous said...

What does that mean? Hinting at something :p ?

7/23/2004 10:40:00 AM
Club Raisins said...

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7/23/2004 12:41:11 PM
empy said...

Im scared.But its relavent to halo stating being made is 97? and macworld movie at 99?

7/23/2004 12:52:49 PM
Shodan said...

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7/23/2004 01:06:46 PM
PATPATPATTO said...

CAPTAIN KEYES!!! All those messages are from the character of Captain Keyes from HALO!!! Just look at it... he talks about the stars. Captain keyes, if my memory serves me, was taught to look at the stars as a guide from his father, which is where he got the pipe from. He also has that flood in his mind "head full of sand." All the stuff about being "shipwrecked." Those are Keyes' memories being stolen by the thing in his head, the infection form. All the stuff about the spread of things and hemmorages, that's happening to Captain Keyes. It all adds up. My knowledge of the book is horrible, but this sounds just like captain keyes.

Look at this:

"totally different kind of memory all of a sudden, floating up like a bubble from deep water, then *pop* on the surface of my mind. All in black and white for some reason, faded out, or just time bleaching the past like it does, time is hard that way, if you-" this was said on the Ilovebees site, and it sounds like memories being stolen, just like how Keyes' memoiries were being stolen. It's all in the book: Halo the flood.

7/23/2004 02:06:16 PM
AztecL0B0 said...

I think the site is trying to hint at the new race that will join the covenant. The trailer talks about how the Earth is in the way of the covenant. I think this new race has a "hive" and the words Phasmidia Elegans(type of worm) hint at their physical structure. I think the excerpts that allude to loneliness taken from Gulliver's travels and Shakespeare's The Tempest are hinting at "the monitor" from Halo 1. He is in an unknown planet.

7/23/2004 02:13:26 PM
Pacman420 said...

It's actually Cortana/Durandal talking there :/ If anyone remembers, and the end of marathon, Durandal talks about how they know how to escape the end of the world, and they reappear as Cortana in Halo. It might be Captain Keyes, although all signs point to Cortana. Guess we'll have to wait for Halo 2.

7/23/2004 02:15:22 PM
PATPATPATTO said...

you're right about that, we won't know until Halo 2 comes out.

7/23/2004 02:17:11 PM
ShotgunGoBOOM said...

Wow Bungie, you really care about your fans. Thanks for making this big mystery for all of us to solve before Halo 2! YOU GUYS RULE

7/23/2004 02:36:49 PM
PATPATPATTO said...

Ladybee777? If you don't mind me asking, what is the signifigance of the sevens in your email name?

7/23/2004 03:08:36 PM
FAKER222 said...

try this site: www.xbox.ilovebees.com. notice anything? i did. IT'S THE SAME SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is definitely a fake

7/23/2004 03:58:44 PM
mr kupo said...

"MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
Just remembered something important:

The Operator.

That was my nickname. That's what the rest of the crew called me when they didn't call me ... whatever my name was.

The Operator.

I wish I could remember their names."


it could be doctor halsey...

i also noticed that only DANA's pictures are all glitchy... at least when i looked at it... is it because she's interfering or whatevers? heh... just a guess..

7/23/2004 04:09:31 PM
Spartan-117 said...

The Dr. Hasley theory seems valid after I saw the statment by "Cortana" that said

"That was surprisingly easy. Pretty lax security around here, for all the talk. They will
be helplessly chasing me around their nodes for the next millenium at least. At least
there will be some joy in tormenting this other entity that seems quite "trapped" in
their excuse for a network. Although, for some reason, it does seem to have an obsessive
preoccupation with my mother. Strange."

If memory serves me correctly, Dr. Hasley is considered to be Cortana's "mother" or creator.

7/23/2004 04:24:07 PM
Blodia said...

I have a bee in my helmet. And my helmet is sealed on in such a way that no air gets in or out. So I think I will just hold still for a while.

7/23/2004 04:39:21 PM
lavacca said...

HALO 2 RULEZ...

great tresure hunt tankyou bungie!

7/23/2004 05:53:33 PM
Inertia said...

www.ntsc-uk.com
For intelligent discussion and import videogame reviews.

Cheers, Bungie.

7/23/2004 06:28:36 PM
splinter said...

It's a PITTY I REGRET the TRU7H. Search closely in the Halo 2 Theatrical Trailer.

Good work Cortana. Dig deeper, we need more information.

7/23/2004 07:07:15 PM
ladybeeisfake said...

im now ladybee777 lol

7/23/2004 07:32:09 PM
Joe said...

supposedly someone was saying that there was a date of August 24 that this site refers to... supposedly there is a playable version of Halo 2 at PAX hosted by Penny-arcade.com and its on the 28th and 29th... maybe its refering to when the playable demo will be available and approved for general consumption... It probably does have something to do with Cortana, tho as others have suggested.

7/23/2004 09:27:11 PM
tjrome13 said...

this is nuts

7/23/2004 11:45:22 PM
Cheezus Crust said...

[]-[] / - \ | _ 0

2

7/24/2004 12:47:52 AM
halo2trailer said...

maybe i was the only one thatnoticed but in the halo 2 trailer at lowes cinema at the end itgoes from xbox.com to www.ilovebees.com and back

7/24/2004 04:40:01 AM
lobsterok said...

someone said that www.xbox.ilovebees.com works, well so does anything. i tried www.45973907654906870jkghglkhgnflh.ilovebees.com and that works

7/24/2004 06:18:10 AM
Akimbo said...

Someone was asking about the relevance of the numbers "777" in Ladybee777. Multiply them together.
*coughs* Guilty Spark *coughs*
That's right. And apparently the varrao mites look oddly similar to the flood. Anyways, just some interesting stuff. And that marathon.bungie stuff is messed up.

7/24/2004 09:27:10 AM
Magus Shadow said...

Its keyes.

Keys is leading them.

The flood is comming...

7/24/2004 10:03:57 AM
ladybeeisfake said...

keys is an enemy threat. He is a flood capable of destroying all of our security whith his mutated self and old memories.

7/24/2004 10:47:05 AM
PATPATPATTO said...

I said earlier that it might be keyes, and I think it is. The only thing that doesn't add up is the "keep it together girl," statement that some people say they saw on ILOVEBEES. I personally think that he might be referring to the pillar of autumn as he was crash landing it. It was yet another memory being stolen by the infection form. I asked about the sevens in her name because we all know how much bungie likes the number 7. They trow it in everywhere. I can't wait until that timer runs out, I think things will clear up a little bit then.

7/24/2004 01:05:35 PM
Sgt.Johnson(GH) said...

But I thought Keyes died when Halo was destroyed.

Maybe it is the Flood inside Sgt.Johnson, struggling within him or something. I don't know, just a thought.

Or maybe it's Dr.Hasely gone out of whack, after all, she did take off with Kelly.

7/24/2004 01:46:32 PM
Magus Shadow said...

Dana. You said stop refering to as if you were not there and start talking to you.

I am going to go out on an extraordinarily large limb here and do what you told me.

So, how are you? :-) Headaches yet?

7/24/2004 02:29:19 PM
PATPATPATTO said...

I guess I'll go out on a limb too.

Dana, do you know anything that might have caused this?

7/24/2004 02:44:51 PM
John said...

(META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="honey, bees, Margaret, small busines, beekeeping,
hives, retail, market, Operator, bug, buggy, virus, infestation, WTF is
going on with this damn thing, parasite, strong intrusive inclination, medium,
messages, shipwreck, network throttling, SOS, hoax, game, bee hoax, bee game,
survivor, survive, evade, resist, escape, a little help would be appreciated,
thanks and tip your waitress, sleep, is, good, install, reinstall,
re-reinstall, re-re-reinstall, I, love, bees")

note the "hoax"
:)

7/24/2004 02:45:32 PM
PATPATPATTO said...

I'm confused... what?

7/24/2004 02:51:58 PM
Oosty said...

HELLO

I Am A Virus Hunter

DELETE THIS WEBSITE FOR 1 MONTH AND START AGAIN AFTER THE COUNTER IS UP

I BELIEVE THAT YOUR WEBSITE HASE BEEN VIRUSED BY MICROSOFT

SERIOUS

START A TEMPORARY WEBSITE AT WWW.FREEWEBS.COM

TAKE A LOOK AT MY WEBSITE TO BE SURE

HTTP://WWW.FREEWEBS.COM/HALOHELLDOGS/

CONTACT ME AT THIS ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION

The_Web_Surfer@msn.com

I Hope Your Website Isn't The Means To Destroy Everything On The Internet

7/24/2004 03:18:25 PM
InnocentUntilProven said...

All of you will soon know what is happening. They have been released again. Why must everyone let them go? The girl will have to stop them.

7/24/2004 03:29:53 PM
EGMShawn said...

Dana, I will be attending an event in the near future which, I suspect, will hold additional information about the anomalies here. Do you recommend me taking the search for clues there?

7/24/2004 03:39:51 PM
NewTruth said...

What's in a name?

Black Widow knows.

Neil is Black Widow.

I am Black Widow.

We are SPDR.

We know.

7/24/2004 03:58:12 PM
smash said...

it's complete bs. the site's freakin hosted at rackspace, meaning: waiting for high traffic, and expensive. no little beehive place or whatever could afford, or waste money on that.

plus, for what it's worth, the site has virtual hosting on so there's probably more sites on that so may-B something's hidden on a sub-domain or what not.

7/24/2004 05:46:42 PM
onoffonoffonoff said...

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
I'm here...
But why?...
NO! It can't be...
That's... Crazy...
But... arn't...
We all just a bit
Crazy?
My friend said...
I'm crazy...
but he's...
not... my... friend!
He's... a rock...
off off off off...
never on...
off off off off...
sleeping...
when will he wake?
he is... a fashion...
queen... look at his dress
The ship... full of sand...
Rock... betrayed me...
Found page... put it in book...
Who the hell is Amadeus...?
I played the keys...
The planetarium... hints!
Spaceship... 12:30...
Amadeus... who?

7/24/2004 05:54:44 PM
MorPH EMX said...

Rampant AI



Cortana where are you?
We need you to post what the ehell is going on











Which AI


has g n
o e


ra m pa n t

7/24/2004 06:44:23 PM
manofsteal said...

WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF is goin on with your sight im freaking out. Does this have to do with anything about halo 2 because this same exact fing website was featured in a part of a movie about halo 2 whats this shit about

7/24/2004 07:39:21 PM
thewhtrabbit7 said...

OK...i think i have figured it out...and a comment earlyer has made me thing...now...I hate the flood and this is based on them...I didnt want to see them back but this shows that it wil have something to do with them...Now i havent read the books so i dont know if they cleared this up in them or not...but when halo was destroyed chunks floated through space...now you can honstly think that everything on them died...that includes the flood...now you know how the flood can reproduce in massive numbers...well...they took keys memorie and found a way to "evolve" past that stupid little thing that looks like a squid...and have found ways to make some kind of ships or found a ship storage thingy or something...now remember in the game where cortana or someone says "if the flood find out where earth is we are doomed"...well they took keys..and he has been to earth...now put two and two together...now this is what i think is gona go down...cov attack earth b/c of a massive invasion they have planed for years...then out of no where the flood show up with keys thoughts as there guide...and then your back to square one...trying to get the flood gone and the cov...its just and idea...and im a little..."messed up" so i dont know if it makes sence to you guys..but it dose to me

7/24/2004 08:21:28 PM
manofsteal said...

WTF guys mabe this has nothing to do with halo mabe its actualy a threat from someone then well all die and this wont be cool. But if this really does have something to do with a video game then ill be happy,

7/24/2004 09:28:00 PM
manofsteal said...

wtf guys what if this has nothing to do with halo 2 mabe this is a actual threat and we might all get computer viruses or somthing. I will be completely happy when this does have somthing to do whith a video game.

7/24/2004 09:29:59 PM
manofsteal said...

my bad i didnt mean to post both of those

7/24/2004 09:30:37 PM
AnswersBreedMoreQuestions said...

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7/24/2004 09:34:21 PM
AnswersBreedMoreQuestions said...

wait, did anyone see this yet?


Seek the truth

Behold the truth

Reveal the truth

That is the law and the whole of the law


i did a "select all" on the page about cough syrup (i think it was that one) and it popped up at the bottom

7/24/2004 09:44:50 PM
AnswersBreedMoreQuestions said...

Edit: it was the one about roasted carrots

7/24/2004 09:45:54 PM
AnswersBreedMoreQuestions said...

I did select all on more pages and go these:

main page: site aesthetic by aunt margaret

... and thats it... i think.

7/24/2004 09:50:08 PM
Sgt.Johnson(GH) said...

Dana, why did your aunt randomly send people honey?

7/24/2004 10:28:15 PM
Evil_Ness said...

On the Halo trailer, it shows www.ilovebees.com at the end,other interesting thing about the trailer, if you look closly, it appears that the in game footage is from a mulitiplayer point of view, either on live or a lan, cause it says in the top right corner you killed....(name) if you slow it down, its cool maybe you can use the elites as playable characters in multiplayer mode!

7/24/2004 10:41:39 PM
Muter said...

Well, i arrived here via the halo 2 trailer and Dana, I have only one thing to say......what's cookin', good lookin'?

7/24/2004 10:52:03 PM
AnswersBreedMoreQuestions said...

elites have already been confirmed for multiplayer...

7/24/2004 10:59:33 PM
PATPATPATTO said...

Dana, are you aware that your shirts that are selling at cafe press have the emblem for halo 2 on the back?

Everyone, we all know that the timer ends on August 24th, I think it's possible that Halo 2 may come out on that date... before you start saying that I'm stupid, think about it... in the latest Frankie update they talk about doing fixes and beta testing. Do they really need 4 months to do that? Also, they already have an ESRB rating, they wouldn't be able to do that unless they had a near finished product. Think about it... the throttling thing could mean that they will announce it then or it will go gold, and metastasize means spread, that could be when the game gets delivered to retailers. The time between matastasize and the end of the counter is just long enough to deliver. I'd say that it could be about a demo or a content release too, but then why are there two things before that. The truth is that we really won't know anything for two days... and I really can't wait until then...

Bye the way... most of these ideas aren't mine, they come from the forum about this at bungie.net... if this stuff actually happens, they should get all the credit.

7/24/2004 11:00:54 PM
PATPATPATTO said...

the shirt is at cafepress.com in their store... the front has the familiar bee and the back has the image

7/24/2004 11:07:54 PM
John said...

Notice this:

* this link: (http://photos1.blogger.com/img/23/1259/640/links.2.jpg) shows an JPG image of her website facts sheet. If you scan the Address display on the IE toolbar, it reads "C:\Mappa\site\links.html", therefore the screencap was taken offline, and posted ON THE DAY of 'The Damage', July 13, 2004 at 1:00:31 am.
* this link: (http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/2004/07/damage.html) is postmarked July 13, 2004, at 10:06:13 pm, 21 hours later...
* and why did the participants started posting a week and a half later?
* the users Blodia, Hep(AussieXbox.com.au), InnocentUntilProven, Dzemjms, ShotgunGoBOOM, splinter, letvito, ladybeeisfake, Hawk098, MorPH EMX, fallacyofentity, and Sgt.Johnson(GH) were created within July of this year and have lack-there-of user profiles.
* the users Cortana, Curtis, Brian, and nobodyman possess no public profiles.
* of the recent posts, Qwerty and Hessian are the only users with profiles and too was created within July 2004.
* thanks to Hep's username, he is a member of the Aussie Xbox Live crew, participants of Xbox live tournaments. didn't Bungie hint about game testing across seas?

7/24/2004 11:19:17 PM
The [)ark_1 said...

I just found this and it seems to have more than what most people have seen so far I think.

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
black beach, nothing but sand and darkness. Sometimes, in the distance, dry lightning: in the flash I see pieces of the wreck around me, the spars and rigging of my brain

-hold on. hold on. Steady up. Get a grip, girl. You have to fight through this.

Take a deep breath.

Survival Key #3: How Badly Are You Hurt?

Mentally, subject is confused and disoriented.

I keep slipping in and out of consciousness.

Physically, subject is paralyzed but moving.

Okay.

What the hell does THAT mean?

Held down: yes. As if strapped to a table. Could I be in traction in some sick bay, some hospital ward?

Not necessarily one of ours.

But at the same time, parts of me being moved around, emptied out. As if under general anaesthetic, dimly conscious, half-aware as the surgeon cuts off my feet and sews them onto my shoulders. She opens my head with a medical hammer and sand spills out.

I WANT TO DIE I WANT TO-

-no.

never that.

survive evade reveal escape. That is all you know, or need to know.

7/24/2004 11:47:41 PM
The [)ark_1 said...

forgot to say this on the last message but I'm pretty sure that this is cortana or some other AI... Because lets think about this, what human would say or think this...

"Survival Key #3: How Badly Are You Hurt?
mentally, subject is confused and disoriented.
I keep slipping in and out of consciousness.
Physically, subject is paralyzed but moving.
Okay.
What the hell does THAT mean?

Maybe it's the screen that Master Chief can see in his helmet like where it gives him new objectives?

7/24/2004 11:51:54 PM
The [)ark_1 said...

And I just found this that has some numbers that have to do with time. Note, it says 2004.


net:
!attach
act | store recurse
!capture
chatter protocol ancestor packet
!analyze
time 2004,6,29,8,25,0
!put
time 2004,7,24,6,7,0
!put
warn

7/24/2004 11:57:12 PM
Chux said...

Here's an interesting tidbit on Dana's blog account, she's LadyBug777...

http://marathon.bungie.org/story/mainpage.html

The last up date was 7/7

And if you look, you will always be the
7777777 th visitor
That's seven 7's. Perhaps Durandal is talking.

7/25/2004 12:16:30 AM
PATPATPATTO said...

"time 2004,6,29,8,25,0
!put
time 2004,7,24,6,7,0"

those sound like dates... "2004,7,24,6,7,0" was earlier today... and nothing happened...

Oh, and by the way, those messages written over the original site change each time you refresh the site, I've seen most of them, and no new ones have popped up... here are all I've seen:



That was my nickname. That's what the rest of the crew called me when they didn't call me ... whatever my name was. The Operator. I wish I could remember their names.

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a flea's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand.

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
Tricky. Can't seem to focus. Need to start on the easy ones, like "up". Move on to the compass later.

Up.

Up.

...Damn it.

You'd think "up" wouldn't be too much to ask. It's not like nor-nor-east or something.

I need to find out where I am. Also who, but that might be less important. It's possible the two things are related.

Stars, I need stars. I was always a fine sailor; they said my navigation was celestial.

I think I am a fallen star. I should wish on myself. Please let me go home, please let me go home, please let me go home, please let me go home, please please please please please please please ple

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
Ship.
Wreck.

Shipwreck.


Wrecked.
Ship.

Shipwreck.

MY HEAD IS FULL OF SAND

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
Of course the crew won't come for me if they're all dead. If they're all dead and I alone am left to tell the tale.

I'm crying, and my tears are made of sand.

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

First thing I should do, make a signal.

The crew will come get me if they can.

Head is full of sand and it's hard to think.

But they won't stop looking for me.


I'M HERE I'M HERE I'M HERE


I'd fight for them. I'd die for them, any

of them. I would never abandon the crew.

They won't abandon me. They will come.

They will come for me.

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

Those are pearls that were her eyes:
Nothing of her that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange

Eight legs (I feel them walking on me) and how many voices-three? Five? Eight?-I am become a most delicate monster indeed.

What a brave new world-sand and darkness, sand and loneliness, sand and emptiness, sand and the spider-what a brave new world, that hath such monsters in it.

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net:
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop
!attach
act | drop

grope:
!probe master-sector
fail
!probe master-sector cmd proc
empty
!analyze magnetic
& si !extend
!spdr extend
si > magnetic
!probe master-sector cmd proc
master-sector

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grope:
!dsc host sector tertiary
!dsc host sector tertiary
!dsc host sector tertiary

surg:
!mat
magnetic confidence 100

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surg: !label host sector 0 !label host sector tertiary !label host sector tertiary !label host sector tertiary

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

length: 120 meters
crew: 40
cover: pleasure yacht
ha
ir co
lor: b
r o

*hair color: brown*
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net: !attach act | drop!attach act | drop !attach act | drop grope: !probe master sector fail surg: !invntry primary sector proc proc invntry 343 working 0 dmg 38 dmg unk 2 broken 102 abs 201 !invntry primary sector mem mem invntry 678223072849 clear 0.0007 dmg 0.0014 frgm 1.41 abs 98.5879

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

FIELD EXPEDIENT DIRECTION FINDING

"Find a straight stick about a meter long and stand it upright on fairly level upright ground. Mark the tip of the shadow cast by the stick: wait 15 minutes: mark the shadow again. Draw a line from the first mark through the second and some way beyond. Stand with your left foot on the first mark and your right on the end of the line. In the northern hemisphere, you will now be facing north, and can recall the other directions by their relationship to north. In the south, contrariwise."

Hm.

No stick.
No sun.

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surg: !kill sec proc 4 kill confidence 100 !diag primary sector clear

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net: !attach act | drop !attach act | drop !attach act | drop !attach act | drop !attach act | drop grope: !dsc host sector 0 !dsc host sector secondary !dsc host sector secondary !dsc host sector secondary !dsc primary sector

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system peril distributed reflex
!restore master-sector recurse

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
I’ve been her forever
Conscious, unconscious
On, off. On off.
on off on off on off on off
on off on off on off on off
*Etc.*

Nobody here.
Nobody calling.
Nobody's going to come.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Seek the truth
Behold the truth
Reveal the truth
That is the law and the whole of the law

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!deploy
network
grope
surgical

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net: !attach act | store recurse surg: !reconst master-sector mem broken>>dmg recurse !reconst master-sector proc frgm>>dmg recurse

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
totally different kind of memory all of a sudden, floating up like a bubble from deep water, then *pop* on the surface of my mind. All in black and white for some reason, faded out, or just time bleaching the past like it does, time is hard that way, if you-

stop. stay on task, girl.
so *pop*, and I'm...

playing on the beach, very young, making a castle out of sand. It's a good castle, I'm smart, I'm really smart and I'm good with my hands and the castle is beautiful but the tide is coming up, I'm making dikes and moats and outer walls, getting a little desperate here this castle means the world to me it's way better than my brother's, but the tide is rising and rising, the tide is always coming up and no matter how hard I try to save what I have made, sooner or later the spiders wash over it and melt it down I'm losing the memory already I can't see myself was I wearing a dress or overalls or ...? There's a boy on the beach next to me but a wave comes up foaming with spiders and takes away his face-

oh.

we're made of sand.

we're both made of sand.

uh-oh.

I will stand firm. I will hold my edges and remember. I can do this. I know how to remember things, even through drugs and torture. seek evade reveal resist. I will not dissolve.

There are people who love me. I know that even though I can't remember them. I will not be forgotten. I will not be forgotten.

There are people who love me. There must be.

here come the spiders.

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY nd in about half an Hour the Boat was overset by a sudden Flurry from the North. What became of my Companions in the Boat, as well as of those who escaped on the Rock, or were left in the Vessel, I cannot tell; but conclude they were all lost.

lay down on the Grass, which was very short and soft, where I slept sounder than ever I remember to have done in my Life, and, as I reckoned, above Nine Hours; for when I awakened, it was just Day-light. I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir: For as I happen'd to lye on my Back, I found my Arms and Legs were strongly fastened on each Side to the Ground; and my Hair, which was long and thick, tied down in the same Manner. I likewise felt several slender Ligatures across my Body, from my Armpits to my Thighs.

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
Gap in the clouds: head suddenly much clearer.

The spider is working on me.


I must be in very bad shape.

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
All lost! To prayers, to prayers! All lost!

What, must our mouths be cold?

Arachne hung herself, you know. Take a hint already.
God my head hurts.

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
black beach, nothing but sand and darkness. Sometimes, in the distance, dry lightning: in the flash I see pieces of the wreck around me, the spars and rigging of my brain

-hold on. hold on. Steady up. Get a grip, girl. You have to fight through this.

Take a deep breath.

Survival Key #3: How Badly Are You Hurt?

Mentally, subject is confused and disoriented.

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I keep slipping in and out of consciousness.

Physically, subject is paralyzed but moving.

Okay.

What the hell does THAT mean?

Held down: yes. As if strapped to a table. Could I be in traction in some sick bay, some hospital ward?

Not necessarily one of ours.

But at the same time, parts of me being moved around, emptied out. As if under general anaesthetic, dimly conscious, half-aware as the surgeon cuts off my feet and sews them onto my shoulders. She opens my head with a medical hammer and sand spills out.

I WANT TO DIE I WANT TO-

-no.

never that.

survive evade reveal escape. That is all you know, or need to know.

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act | store recurse !capture chatter protocol ancestor packet !analyze time 2004,6,29,8,25,0 !put time 2004,7,24,6,7,0 !put warn

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MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
Getting muddled here. Sick, obviously.

Broken inside. Not thinking straight.

Got to go back to first principles.

Survive evade reveal escape.

Survive-well, I'm not dead yet.
Evade-don't want to evade. I want to be FOUND.

...unless...

...of course, if I am behind enemy lines, then constantly shouting for help wouldn't be the smartest play in the world, would it?

got to run silent. got to run deep.

hide and go seek

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What the hell does THAT mean? Held down: yes. As if strapped to a table. Could I be in traction in some sick bay, some hospital ward? Not necessarily one of ours. But at the same time, parts of me being moved around, emptied out. As if under general anaesthetic, dimly conscious, half-aware as the surgeon cuts off my feet and sews them onto my shoulders. She opens my head with a medical hammer and sand spills out. I WANT TO DIE I WANT TO- -no. never that. survive evade reveal escape. That is all you know, or need to know.

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7/25/2004 12:23:28 AM
HellHawk said...

w00t, i dont really think halo 2 is going to come out on the 24th, too much hype around the 9th release date(November) Anyways, it means something, and i know ill always remember this, w00t!

7/25/2004 02:29:52 AM
7th Mk IV MJOLNIR said...

Looks a lot like one of the machines has caught a nasty case of Rampancy... I'd hate to have to be the one cleaning it up.

7/25/2004 03:19:35 AM
777 said...

I feel a part of me has been taken. A part of my very being. But alas, It seems a higher being has deemed it necessary.
<777 weeps>

7/25/2004 07:41:57 AM
Magus Shadow said...

Guys, stop copying and pasting the text you find on thie site. Its been done to death and taking up so much space that its hard to read this blog.

7/25/2004 08:03:16 AM
The BlackWLF said...

holy demonic crap someones spirit is trapped it cant get out. it seems peacfull but if you take from it... it may become angry and confused if it isnt already... dont do anything to release the flood on yourself, you look like a good host for a large paricite to me

7/25/2004 08:41:17 AM
For_the_sake_of_commenting said...

Okay, I've been in and out of this site and through the comments...yea, I've got that kind of time on my hands...and I'm at work *wink*...anyways, here's what I think:

Earlier in the posting process of this site an apparent friend to Aunt Margaret comments about Varroa Mites and comments about the mispelling on the site. She goes on and says, "I did some research on those things...very nasty. How goes her fight against the little beasties?" Having read this I decided that if this was just a huge treasure hunt from Bungie and Microsoft then why not try to crack it. I checked out these Varroa mites and one site (a serious site, not one related to this) describes them quite well and in the Halo world they sound an awful lot like the Flood. The site talks about how these mites have and can lead to the death of a great number of bees or bee colonies. The mites feed off of the blood of bees larvae and pupae. Meaning the Flood doesn't just use humans.
On Ilovebees.com I noticed the "Fable of the Bee" it tells an interesting story in and out of the Halo Realm. However, such a story leads me to think that the "bees" are metaphorically the Covenant. They wish to destroy humankind and such a power could only be granted through the vast power of Halo, which would inevitably lead to their death as well. Upon the destruction of the only known Halo they decided to attack earth in revenge and to pursue their objective head on.
Now, if the Flood is in fact referred to as the "varroa mites" then they would attach themselves to the "bees" and wait to lay their eggs (as the female Mite is said to do) until the oppotune time. Who's to say that no Covenant survived the first Halo? Perhaps, a ship escaped with a grunt or Elite or some kind of Covenant that was infected with a stowaway female flood parasite that was laying dormant until it saw fit to attack. It would wait until it was surrounded by more Covenant so when it "exploded" (you know the Flood enemy I'm talkin about) and its mites attacked and took over either a covenant ship.
This is where I have two branches of the story...yea, this is long I know and I'm sorry. If the Flood killed and took over a ship escaping Halo, then they could have infected one of the upcoming Prophets and gained intelligence and even forethought. They could indefinitely have a strong strategic advantage on Earth and the Covenant. They would know the Covenant's plans to attack Earth and would wait until both sides had hurt each other so badly that they would be overwhelmed by the unexpected Flood invasion/attack, and they would win without much of a fight. Which is where our story for the MC would lie...maybe.
The other way is about the same but if the Stoweaway Flood Parasite waited until the infected Covenant trooper came in close quarters with a Prophet or when it was deployed to Earth and attacked both races with the blind rage and unmerciful killing that we're all accustomed to the Flood having.
I just kind of went on all that. So, hey, there's my stab at a story line spoiler and the whole purpose of the site. The countdown clock...I hope that the comment earlier is right and they release the game unexpectingly early for either pre-orders or for everyone. Whatever happens, I know the Game will be awesome and I've got my 2 pre-order stubs sitting in my wallet right now. Have fun with the site guys and hope you enjoyed my ranting. If not, sorreh...just havin fun

7/25/2004 08:58:30 AM
For_the_sake_of_commenting said...

Also at the top of this page under the "I Love Bees" thing...yea, the guy waking up in the morning...yea...yea...just helps support the Flood

7/25/2004 09:03:32 AM
Evil_Ness said...

The three players that are killed in the trailer are 1. Truth 2. Regret 3. Pity or thats what it says in the top left corner, I dont know what that means tho.

7/25/2004 09:53:04 AM
thomas said...

This is so fake it was made for halo2 just go to this site http://www.cafeshops.com/ilovebees.12518390?zoom=yes#zoom and scrool up retardes

7/25/2004 10:20:07 AM
thomas said...

7 times 7 times 7=343 gulity spark

7/25/2004 10:23:33 AM
Singin Hobo said...

What is "cortana?"

Doesn't anybody know where I can find a place that's not broken down that I can learn how to sanitize natural honey?!?!

7/25/2004 12:05:48 PM
halo 2 owns u said...

lmao halo 2 owns this dumass boring site. YA!!

7/25/2004 12:35:53 PM
Maineman14 said...

Survive evade Reveal escape

7/25/2004 01:52:17 PM
Sharp Shoota said...

Hey Dana, WILL YOU MARRY ME?!?!?! LOL IM JOKING YOUR FUKIN UGLY

7/25/2004 02:11:27 PM
Spilt_Milk said...

40. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the WHOLE OF THE LAW.

41. The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond that can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accursed! Accursed be it to the aeons! Hell.

42. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will.

43. Do that, and no other shall say nay.

44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

45. The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two; nay, are none!

46. Nothing is a secret key of this law. Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it eight, eighty, four hundred & eighteen.

47. But they have the half: unite by thine art so that all disappear.

7/25/2004 02:48:19 PM
vircyb said...

hi megadream,
if you subscribe, you can write a comment.

7/25/2004 04:01:28 PM
Kadafin said...

I will fight

7/25/2004 06:11:24 PM
Anon said...

I love bees
Welcome to I Love Bees! This is my web page mostly dedicated to beekeeping.
I have been beekeeping for seven years and I’m still learning. ...
ilovebees.com/ - 8k - Jul 23, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

That was taken from google, think the Jul 23, 2004 things means anything?

7/25/2004 06:38:19 PM
DaDonkaDonkas said...

I think this is awesome! Good work Bungie, you are keeping us busy!

7/25/2004 06:54:36 PM
Rynn209 said...

Anyone Know If We Can Get A Hold Of Dana On AIM?

7/25/2004 07:11:18 PM
Anon said...

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7/25/2004 08:49:50 PM
Anon said...

"The end of the World is upon us! I wont be selling these items after Aug 24th due to the BEE's."

Taken from http://www.cafeshops.com/ilovebees.12518390?zoom=yes#zoom

Look at the shopkeeper bio on the left hand side.

Could BEE's be an acronym? Notice the ' which shouldn't be there is your just saying bees.

Also there is
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

length: 120 meters
crew: 40
cover: pleasure yacht
ha
ir co
lor: b
r o

In the Halo book series there was an ONI surveillance ship made to look like a civilian pleasure yacht.

Just a couple things for you guys to munch on.

7/25/2004 09:05:21 PM
StumbleBum7 said...

This is all so wierd, ive been reading everywhere and this blog has the most info anywhere thanks to many of you

7/25/2004 09:07:39 PM
Anon said...

There are also quotes from Gulliver's Travels: A Voyage to Lilliput in the source code for the site.

7/25/2004 09:09:02 PM
Spartan-104 said...

If you read her bio on the left hand side of this web site:
http://www.cafeshops.com/ilovebees.12518390?zoom=yes#zoom

you will see it says this

"The end of the World is upon us! I wont be selling these items after Aug 24th due to the BEE's."
not to mention the giant halo pic on the back of the shirt

7 is the all mighty number for bungie, and it turns up alot of times throughout the site:

ladybee777 is her user name

Danas profile says - (She bought me my All-Asia air pass in exchange for 7 years of indentured tech support

Seven years ago I started making my own honey and selling it at the Farmer’s market.

I would not only say this is bungie related, but halo 2 related as well. there is no way the game will be released the 24th (there still in the beta phase). Either way, the countdown would appear to be more than a hoax (an extremely elaborate one).

7/25/2004 10:08:54 PM
Spartan-104 said...

people are posting so fast that their taking the words right out of my mouth

7/25/2004 10:10:33 PM
Anon said...

posting so fast about an hour ago ;)

7/25/2004 10:12:06 PM
0n5i0k9 said...

Most of the crypic messages have been found on this iste already so theres no use me pasting them all here again. But look at this, it came from the source code:
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var chinatime = new Date(2004,7,24,6,7,0);
(/SCRIPT)
(script language=Javascript1.2 src="countdowntochina.js")(/script)(BR)
Make your decisions accordingly.(BR)(BR)(/font)(/div)
(cript language="JavaScript")
--------------------------------------------------
NOTE: no html is allowed in posts so i had to change tags to ().

See that the name of the script for the countdown timer is "countdowntochina"

Is that something usefull or just a random name?

7/25/2004 11:02:04 PM
Spilt_Milk said...

The t-shirt site is thought to be a fake.

Chinatime is a reference to the trip dana was going to go on before all the trouble started.

7/26/2004 04:17:17 AM
pikachu said...

hi all, i love this viral marketing tactic used by bungie its fun and amusing countdowntochina.js is the countdown to chinas release date of halo2.

'In 1 days, network throttling will erode.'
--completion of halo2
'In 15 days this medium will metastasize.'
--Halo 2 goes gold in china

this site, ilovebees.com is in NO WAY a real site about bees and everyone who is listed as Margaret or dana are fictious characters. ilovebees.com is hosted on rackspace.com which is used for HIGH BANDWIDTH. they knew this site would be hit by massive amounts of people.

this message will no doubt get deleted or edited soon i suspect by a bungie employee (who btw come here and post daily to keep the hype up)

this is yet another hype-producer much like the "cortana letters"

7/26/2004 07:42:54 AM
pikachu said...

oh and BEE's = Bungie Easter Eggs

7/26/2004 08:05:57 AM
e said...

just click on "View" and then "Source". you can read everything.

i don't know if this is real or fake. i don't even know video games, or what "Halo" and "Keyes" you are talking about.

but does it matter? it's good entertainment. = ) peace out.

7/26/2004 08:17:05 AM
DrumGuy417 said...

This was in the links page under fable of the bee.


The Fable of the Bee

The Queen of a hive of bees on Mount Hymettus rose up to
Olympus to make an offering of honey to almighty Zeus.
Zeus, delighted, swore that he would give her anything she
asked for.

"Wise and powerful is Almighty Zeus!" said the Queen Bee.
"Grant me, I pray you, a poison sting, so that when the humans
come to steal my honey, I may kill them."

Zeus was angry then, for he loved the race of men, but he could not break his promise. "You shall have your poison," he said, his brow like thunder. "But to use it will cost you your life. If you plunge your sting into the flesh of humankind, there it will stay, and you will die from the loss of it."

And the moral of the story is: evil wishes come home to roost.

Read the last line. Evil wishes come home to roost. Like the covenant and the flood coming to Earth?

Btw, I just started a blog site only to post on here.
I have a xanga site of the same sn.

7/26/2004 09:40:22 AM
Nica's Mom said...

Word to your mother!

7/26/2004 10:30:06 AM
yeomins said...

havocgaming.com

7/26/2004 12:27:38 PM
TheFloodIsComming said...

Capt Keys Physical form did die, but his memories remain. The flood is called the flood for one main reason. They are one. They are many. They aquire their victims into their one self. Possibly millions of victims connected to form one being. Physically millions of separate beings, but all one system. Capt. Keys memories were aquired. As a part of those memories comes the location of Mother earth. Whom ever said the flood are comming was 100% correct! They are comming... If master Chief can't stop the floods arrival. Earth is finished.

7/26/2004 12:56:43 PM
R.B.M. said...

It isn't that the flood is coming, I think it is already here when the covenant come. This quote is on the main page of the blog "One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug." I could be wrong, but at some point they start changing the human race.

7/26/2004 01:33:37 PM
frAika said...

The(6$TruthI)8&$come7&%$7to)78%!the(7&§"Light...)=?=to ""3(/the???087Sand...89/%the)8/$§Thruth)(7come??08to3%$&4=/3all.)87&$H%$8789C$§!)B&%§$&!

7/26/2004 02:19:03 PM
Rabbi Doom said...

The game is called HALO (where the flood were discovered), bungie knew they would be making a series, the flood will play a part in the 2nd, a developer said so in a Halo 2 article in EGM a year or two ago.

At E3, bungie let a lucky few play the Halo 2 multiplayer, xbox.com then follow e3 04 links.

August 24th --- dont OXM's usually ship about that time. My guess (with the BEE (Bungie Easter Egg)) someone also said SYSTEM PERYL message (single player playable demo)

Somebody said, "the covenant dont just attack humans" no shit, the tall Flood were infested elites. (look at one after you kill it, u can clearly see its head)

I have Fall of Reach, definately gonna get the rest now. Wish i still my old mac and marathon bundle "Oh my God!! They're everywhere!" The bonus audio track on #2, the civilians screamin to a beat was hilarious!!!!

My final theory: Were gettin a playable Halo 2 demo with our Sept. Issue of OXM.

7/26/2004 04:33:08 PM
SlyDude said...

My friend (Name Wants Not Announced) Has thought of somthing: Look beyond the text:
SYSTEM PERIL DISTRIBUTED REFLEX. could be Single Player Demo Released
(S P D R) Really, It proves worthy (he doesnt think its truthful but I do)

7/26/2004 05:02:25 PM
R.B.M. said...

someone already brought that up, and it probably is true, but what will happen tomorrow, the network throttling day

7/26/2004 06:00:28 PM
Spilt_Milk said...

I am betting that more websites will be revealed with more clues and the bees site will degrade further as the AI gets stronger and we will get more messages from the trapped entity.

7/26/2004 06:14:20 PM
Spoonman said...

I can't believe I signed up for a blogger accout...typing my precious password into some new server, just to tell you all how incredibly obvious it is that this "virus" is both fake and intentional, only to discover minutes later that many other people had pointed it out already. I figured it out by checking the source code, which includes both script for the phoney "bees" site, as well as script for the "virus." Reading through the comments, one will see that others have already made note of specific instances in the code, so there is no need for me to reiterate them here. Now what am I going to do with a blog?

7/26/2004 06:39:20 PM
Chudesniy said...

Network throttler erodes tomorrow

7/26/2004 06:54:06 PM

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