Coordinates and AR's avatar
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:27 pm
Dundradal and I came to the conclusion in the chats that the new avatar for AR, entitled MB05032_09_25_07 not only hints at the release date but also coincides with a very useful line from MacBeth Act 5, line 32:
"Lady Macb. Yet there's a spot"
Now, using this hint, I wonder "what spot? Where?" and then the idea that AR's new avatar might be a map (of Stonehenge is the typical opinon in the IRC) and this lead to everyone trying the countdown timer's new stuck time as a set of coordinates: 1.12, 34.53. Typing these into google earth leads us to Mt. Elgon, a mountain with a crater as the top. Now, shifting the 3D view to use the coordinates as a vantage point from which to view the crater created a strong sense of deja vu. So, I decided to check out the E3 trailer and lo and behold, the vantage points are very similar. So, upon seeing this, I tried to estimate the angle, using MC as the coordinates, and lines up the map view with a stillframe from the trailer. Upon overlaying them in photoshop, I realized, sans the futuristic cityscape, they line up nearly perfectly. What if the "spot" is actually point to the coordinates of the ark?
And for reference, here is my uploaded overlay image:
"Lady Macb. Yet there's a spot"
Now, using this hint, I wonder "what spot? Where?" and then the idea that AR's new avatar might be a map (of Stonehenge is the typical opinon in the IRC) and this lead to everyone trying the countdown timer's new stuck time as a set of coordinates: 1.12, 34.53. Typing these into google earth leads us to Mt. Elgon, a mountain with a crater as the top. Now, shifting the 3D view to use the coordinates as a vantage point from which to view the crater created a strong sense of deja vu. So, I decided to check out the E3 trailer and lo and behold, the vantage points are very similar. So, upon seeing this, I tried to estimate the angle, using MC as the coordinates, and lines up the map view with a stillframe from the trailer. Upon overlaying them in photoshop, I realized, sans the futuristic cityscape, they line up nearly perfectly. What if the "spot" is actually point to the coordinates of the ark?
And for reference, here is my uploaded overlay image: