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Hun7er wrote:

dvasj2 wrote: So what should we do? Dial that number with every possible 3 digit halo related number at the end and see who picks up?

well how many can there be?

343, 777, 504...?

(7! = 5040 )

Go for it. I'm not trying all of those.

What about a goodcop/badcop kind of thing?

Have some people try a nicer approach, and others threaten him constantly?

All Forerunner AI's that we have seen have certain quirks, to put it lightly, and more than possibly insane. 343 Guilty Spark wants it activate the Halos NOW, from the instant the Flood was released on his installation, even though alternate methods of containment have not been attempted. Penitent ...

The Se7enth Prophet wrote:It said that we need to work together if we want to solve this. What if we aren't working fast enough and it is trying to get us to work faster?

It would explain the impatient "tick tock", but why would a computer be obsessed with time?

Correct. I don't know how the 000 was derived for the last 3 numbers.

Also, the IRC has changed from the channel I posted to the server irc.chat-solutions.org in channel #halo.

3of9: The "phone number" on the XBL account is invalid. Doesn't work. All that is left there is the phone number leading to vic.

Bovine: Free long distance for me, but I didn't call.

616 is my area code too. Where was this number found? Is it some fan just jerking us around? How do we know this is legit? The first number was found in a related XBL tag. The second one I tried was invalid. The third one, similar to the first, is derived from the time AR posted his last response. ...

I meant that as whatever number came before 343.

Someone coax me into calling, I don't want this to be for naught.

Ok so my recording didn't work. But I posted over on UnFiction that we can organize our thoughts and such in the IRC channel #Halo3ARG over on EFNet. I'll be there under the nick MDAmp. I need to download that recording and mess with it a bit. Edit: That #343 number exists, but I am doubtful about c...

Oh wow, on a serious stroke of luck I just came across a cable that should allow me to record the message again. I might be able to get something of higher quality.

Doubtful though.