Maimbot 9000 wrote:Ah, visited by the glyph-reader himself! Excellent work, sir. I do think Staten was saying you were at least headed in the right direction, absolutely. And sorry for misunderstanding your analysis, I got the observer and observed backwards.
If the dot in the middle is the observer (or system protecting the observer), then the glyph looks like the containment for the observed/Flood is gone. Right? The hash mark's quadrant is not bounded any more. So maybe the glyph just means the Flood are loose. Or perhaps "this is a facility where the Flood are, by design, loose."
HA! No need for the apology
, I couldn't remember half of what I'd said in the document, when I found your post. I had to go back and reread it to refresh my memory. Unfortunately, if I recall correctly, some of the content of that PDF is out of context without Rachda's HBO post or the post where I submitted the PDF.
The good news is, I think I can recover some of that information when I get home tonight. Gonna do that as soon as I get out of the office. Being the super suckup-geek-fanboy that I am, I blogged the original HBO front page item and can possibly get to the posts Rachda and I made on the topic. Unfortunately, they're blocked by my IT folks.
Just a few things to note:
1. We haven't determined yet if this is even pertinent to the ARG or just "fun speculation". Hopefully a mod can help us with this
2. When I posted that PDF to HBO, last year, I did so by hosting it on webspace with my ISP. When I uploaded it, three of the glyph images were corrupted, hence Louis's cleanup. So, I'm being obsessive-compulsive and pointing out that the eighth glyph isn't rotated properly in the revised document. The observer's circle should be at the 180-degree mark and to the left of center.
3. The color and composition of the glyphs is paramount to my assumptions. I kept going back to the images we see in Halo to evaluate this. Both the Covenant and the Forerunner appear to be too calculating and too regimented to "graphiti" the halls of a Halo. Which led me to believe the color of the images is as important as the images themselves. I, personally, can't believe it's random. But I'm not Bungie :p
4. On the composition of the glyphs, if I'm "correct" or "damned close to correct":
a. The "system" (largest category/consideration in the glyph and its message) is represented by the largest circle. Obviously, this can be a Halo or other installation.
b. The "lock" is represented by the intersection of two lines at a perpendicular angle. In the control systems the lock and the system are effectively an open circuit. But, in the variable systems, the lock is engaged - the lines do not meet and are distinctly and clearly separated from each other. The dot remains to represent where the lock functions.
c. The "observer" is represented by the smallest circle orbiting the perimeter of the system. In the control (unlocked) systems, the observer does not make contact with the locking mechanism. In the variable systems, the observer appears to be maintaining oversight on the lock, in addition to the subject.
d. The "subject" is represented by the hashmark also orbiting the perimeter of the system.
Obviously, I have no clue just how correct or on the right path I might be.
I think, if he wasn't explicitly saying you were right, he was saying, "Damn good job."
I got a little carried away. You know... fanboy... recongized by the subject of his fandom...
