GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC

chronical · Post by **chronical** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:54 pm

bioluminescence wrote:
chronical wrote:
IronMark wrote:n00b question alert: What does ARG stand for?
Alternate Reality Game
Yeah, I don't think that's what it is. Even if this whole thing is not a big hoax, just something involving puzzles and codes doesn't make it an "Alternate Reality Game".

that's the term everyone uses for these kind of things. I didn't "invent" this, of course it's not an alternate reality game..

Moebius · Post by **Moebius** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:28 pm

chronical wrote:
bioluminescence wrote:
chronical wrote: Alternate Reality Game
Yeah, I don't think that's what it is. Even if this whole thing is not a big hoax, just something involving puzzles and codes doesn't make it an "Alternate Reality Game".
that's the term everyone uses for these kind of things. I didn't "invent" this, of course it's not an alternate reality game..

ARGs have narratives, characters, stories... now granted, we're still early on in this thing, so it could happen, but I sort of doubt we're going to hear about the battle between the Evil Hexagon King and the mysterious Sons of Sand.

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:40 pm

This is more of a game like... BoCemon - Gotta catch em all!

BunnyRabbit · Post by **BunnyRabbit** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:41 pm

Herzog wrote:

If this is true, then: holy shit

THE NUMBER IS..... 5-5-3-7-8-0-0-8

THE NUMBERS GO IN THE SECOND SPACE

Dude has no camera in his phone....

We'll see.

I've fb'd the shop to get a confirm, might have to phone though.#

IronMark · Post by **IronMark** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:43 pm

BunnyRabbit wrote:
Herzog wrote:

If this is true, then: holy shit
THE NUMBER IS..... 5-5-3-7-8-0-0-8

THE NUMBERS GO IN THE SECOND SPACE

Dude has no camera in his phone....

We'll see.

I've fb'd the shop to get a confirm, might have to phone though.#

The shop has been called by more than one person who have all been told they've heard nothing about it. Plus, before his tweets claiming to have found a BoC vinyl the guy tweeted "watch this" - obvious troll.

IronMark · Post by **IronMark** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:45 pm

And of course, the most compelling evidence - 5-5-3-7-8-0-0-8 is the classic BOOBLESS on an upside down calculator.

BunnyRabbit · Post by **BunnyRabbit** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:46 pm

IronMark wrote:And of course, the most compelling evidence - 5-5-3-7-8-0-0-8 is the classic BOOBLESS on an upside down calculator.

Yep, never noticed that! Props on the hoax.

chronical · Post by **chronical** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:47 pm

could've at least tried to fool us. what an idiot

BunnyRabbit · Post by **BunnyRabbit** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:49 pm

Well, he could have, but at least he didn't push it too far. Some trolls don't know when to stop.

seanandcandy · Post by **seanandcandy** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:51 pm

BunnyRabbit wrote:Well, he could have, but at least he didn't push it too far. Some trolls don't know when to stop.

he tweeted "watch this" one minute before he started, i would say that constitutes pushing nothing nowhere

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:54 pm

The Atalanta Fugiens annotation is gone? Anyone else notice this?

ixy · Post by **ixy** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:55 pm

I still see it.

And yes, I hit f5.

Yellow Records · Post by **Yellow Records** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:55 pm

egbdf wrote:The Atalanta Fugiens annotation is gone? Anyone else notice this?

I noticed. Unfortunately I never experienced it, over the weekend I abandoned all technology and went camping with my boyfriend. Which just HAD to be the weekend that BoC went and did this, lucky me. So I never saw it to begin with...

gestell · Post by **gestell** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:57 pm

It's still there

seanandcandy · Post by **seanandcandy** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:58 pm

still there for me?

bioluminescence · Post by **bioluminescence** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:01 pm

gestell · Post by **gestell** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:07 pm

What surprises me is that the music snippet sounds like something they would have done in the 90s or in Geogaddi era. They used to change style from record to record: Geogaddi was different from MHTRTC, Campfire was different from Geogaddi (and MHTRTC). So I expected the new record to be different from anything they had done before, but this sounds like a combination of Geogaddi (In the Annexe, Gyroscope and 1969 voice) and Old Tunes.
But that's not a bad thing; I would like a record combining Geogaddi claustrophobia with Old Tunes warmth..

Moebius · Post by **Moebius** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:08 pm

Yellow Records wrote:Unfortunately I never experienced it, over the weekend I abandoned all technology and went camping with my boyfriend. Which just HAD to be the weekend that BoC went and did this, lucky me.

I'm sure the band would say you made the right choice.

Capt Kittinger · Post by **Capt Kittinger** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:09 pm

gestell wrote:What surprises me is that the music snippet sounds like something they would have done in the 90s or in Geogaddi era. They used to change style from record to record: Geogaddi was different than MHTRTC, Campfire was different than Geogaddi (and MHTRTC). So I expected the new record to be different than anything they had done before, but this sounds like a combination of Geogaddi (In the Annexe, Gyroscope and 1969 voice) and Old Tunes.
But that's not a bad thing; I would like a record combining Geogaddi claustrophobia with Old Tunes warmth..

Which is what makes me wonder if they're teasing the fabled BoCset

Moebius · Post by **Moebius** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:12 pm

bioluminescence wrote:

You can also view the codes directly with this tool: http://stefansundin.com/stuff/youtube/y ... tions.html (Step #2)

They are definitely still there, and they haven't moved since yesterday.