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On February 23 2013 08:38 Nyarly wrote:Third mail is out ! It might be a few days old, i'm not checking the website every morning, but no one seems to have noticed it before so here it is : + Show Spoiler +FROM: DR. TALEN AYERS TO: DR. TALISE COGAN Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-baneling.jpgZergling Dissection I wanted to send you a quick note summarizing my findings in this morning's procedure. The dissection of the zergling-baneling series mutations (A through RR) created more questions than answers, and I wanted to see if your conclusions matched my own. The specimen Subject L seems to have successfully absorbed the genetic material of the thermophilic pseudo-fungi of Cask, whereas the earlier specimens (A through K) were experiencing various degrees of rejection in areas where the foreign tissue had grown. Subject L seems to represent a biological watershed moment for the species, a point at which the xenocellular chemistry was integrated and accepted by the astoundingly receptive zerg cells. The adaption and almost purposeful speed towards the new habitus evidenced by the post-watershed individuals were significant. Although the mutations visible in subjects A through K were minimal and subtle, the mutations in subjects M through RR were varied, complex, and even dramatic. It is almost as though there is recognition within the zerg biome, on a cellular level, that the hurdle has been overcome. Are the cells singing to one another? Ha! The instances of wild and unexpected mutation after that point are almost incalculable. The notes provided by Dr. Branamoor regarding the timing and frequency of this outbreak of new zergling type "baneling" were remarkably insightful. It seems as though they were taken by a researcher in the field – a witness to the manifestation. I wonder if we could be put in contact with this individual. I like the way he thinks. TA FROM: DR. TALISE COGAN TO: DR. TALEN AYERS Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-hydralisk.jpgRE: Zergling Dissection Thank you for your summary, Dr. Ayers. I neglected to mention this in the lab, but I have great respect for your work. Your Xenobiological Basics was required reading in my lectures at TU. As for your conclusions, I concur with them on most counts. However, I disagree with the latter part of your second statement – the point where you attribute the increased degree of mutation to cellular "recognition." Frankly, and with all due respect, I find your thesis absurd. It is far more probable that the increased mutation is tied to some element in the zerg process we have yet to uncover, possibly linked to the controlling "Alpha Zerg" individual, be it hive queen or cerebrate. Until we can locate and dissect an Alpha, our findings will have a significant blind spot, and will thus leave room for questionable theories like your singing cells. We are analyzing a decapitated body, Dr. Ayers. Once we find the head, our conclusions will make sense. As for your third point, I think the research notes provided are sufficient for us to proceed with tissue analysis. They seem to evoke speculation as farfetched as your musical organelles, and I'd rather not waste our resources in that direction. That said, I take umbrage at your assumption that this researcher is male. No gender-specific attribution was given in the summary provided by Dr. Gentry, and I'm sure that Dr. Branamoor has included any data we might find useful in his subsequent revision. Next on our task list: a series of hydralisk bodies recovered from a failed experiment by a Dr. Loew on Thys. Apparently she attempted to get into their heads. We may be able to shed some light on our blind spot after all. TC Are people still interested in this stuff ? :p
On February 15 2013 05:10 Nyarly wrote:http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/new mail!* *It's a personnal log + Show Spoiler +
# 02 PERSONAL LOG
DR. TALEN AYERS
Personal Log
Ludwig van Beethoven said, "Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes." It is wisdom I have carried throughout my career.
Beethoven was a brilliant composer who has been largely forgotten by the vagabond Earthlings who have taken root here in the Koprulu sector. But I open this log with his words in the vain hope that my work here may someday match, in scientific form, the stirring musical legacy that great soul left for humanity.
No, modesty has never been one of my strong suits. Modesty didn't pull me out of the drafty one-room farmer's shack I was born in. Modesty didn't win me top honors at Tarsonis U and a double PhD at Korhal Academy, nor did it help my seminal work become the first treatise on xenobiology to be made an Augustgrad Times bestseller. Modesty has its place: comfortably stuffed in the throats of those not ambitious enough to take a big, toothy bite out of the universe.
Sadly, it was this selfsame lack of modesty that brought me here. How could the ever-seeing eyes of the Dominion ignore the undeniable efforts of my mind? A mind Michael Liberty called "an interplanetary treasure" in his UNN exposé. How could the Dominion Armed Military Nonsense resist putting my invaluable neurons to work for them?
There I was, publishing valuable insights for the poor masses to consume... and there I was, not helping the D.A.M.N. fools turn knowledge into weapons. Granted, my work wasn't being shared entirely out of benevolence; the poor masses were making me rich. According to Ken, my agent, sales of Ayers on Aliens had already hit 10 million.
That was only one week before I was aggressively recruited from my bedroom. By a ghost. Yes, I know it sounds like a Dickens novel. But, unlike Scrooge's nocturnal abductor, my ghost was armed with a knife, a rifle, and the ability to telekinetically make me lose control of my bladder. They can do that, right?
Regardless, here I am. The Blackstone facility is cramped, stuffy, and it has an appalling lack of windows. The project head is so arrogant that I am surprised they were able to fit his enormous cranium into this tiny little asteroid. To make matters worse, I seem to have made a poor impression on good Dr. Branamoor, and he is now committed to making my time here even more unbearable. Surprisingly, I find it difficult to dwell on my current state of discomfort, due to the incredible resources we have at our disposal. I have worked in some of the most prestigious laboratories in the Koprulu sector and have never seen tools with the power and precision at my fingertips. Nor have I seen such an abundance of rare and unique samples of alien tissue. Rumor has it that Branamoor has connections in the black market, and I don't care to know any more than that. This assignment has given me access to complete specimens of zerg larvae, and I have witnessed things that have sent my imagination soaring. Wonderful things. Possibilities for healing the human race beyond anything dreamt of in our wildest fiction.
On February 07 2013 11:06 GizmoPT wrote:[Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Writer, Story Developer, and Transmedianero for Blizzard Entertainment -- charting daily flights to the worlds of Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft, and beyond.] Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton 'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Blizzard's Project Blackstone website live, StarCraft related and maybe a lead-in to Heart of the Swarm: http://neo.ly/UBDhen via @neoseeker
On February 07 2013 00:14 Dante.StarCraft wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 00:00 Daralii wrote:
The adjutant on Twitter makes a lot of references to docking bays, gravity control systems, and life support systems, which sounds like the Skygeirr orbital station from Blizzcon. Dante's got it, I think. Of course I do. Here is a very short summary of what's pertinent to this from Flashpoint, which will make things a bit easier to understand: + Show Spoiler +After rescuing Kerrigan on Char, Raynor, Valerian and the rest of the Raiders take off to Deadman's Port, with Mengsk right behind them. Once there, they meet up with Narud, who works with Valerian. Raynor's bartender, Cooper, betrays them, and the merceneries there nearly have them captured, but with the help of Mira Han, they escape. Narud wants to take Kerrigan to a Moebius lab, but she is reluctant. She caves in eventually.
Once there, she is put in a lab. But Narud betrays them. It is revealed that he is working with Mengsk, who still wants Kerrigan dead. Raynor and Valerian evade capture, and Mengsk opens fire on the docked Hyperion, with Cooper seizing the opportunity to escape to his employer. Kerrigan senses something is wrong from her lab, and kills a ghost sent to assassinate her. She starts to regain her strength, killing Hybrids that Narud sends after them. They all escape. Now Narud is with Mengsk.
Valerian proposes they go to Umoja. Having accidentially killed Annabelle (one of the female Hyperion crew members, whom you can spot in WOL), Kerrigan agrees that she needs to be studied. The book ends on Umoja, with Kerrigan alone in her chamber, swearing revenge on Mengsk.
The HOTS opening cinematic begins there. The lab Kerrigan is in is on Umoja.
This is why I am so certain Blackstone and Kerrigan is not directly related. The scientists in Project Blackstone are going to be working on Hybrids.
On February 06 2013 15:13 Nerevar wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours." I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above. Additionally, there are these mesages: Show nested quote +RE: Welcome!
My Dear Dr. Branamoor,
Imagine my surprise upon finding a "Reply All" option at the bottom of your warm and informative welcome note. I am uncertain if you intended this as encouragement to me and the rest of your honored guests to engage in open discourse or if you merely forgot to remove the option. Regardless, I am certain that I am not the only member of this exciting new team with a less-than-favorable opinion of your recruitment methods. I consider myself a patriot and supporter of the current regime, and so a simple invitation from your department would have resulted in my speedy, dutiful, and voluntary acceptance of this new opportunity. It certainly would have been much more cost-effective than sending one of your uncouth ghost agents to haul me through the broken glass of my imported colonial Teredelle windows at some ungodly hour in the night. I didn't even have time to pack a toothbrush.
Please consider this a gentle reminder that you can attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. Show nested quote +RE: Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:
Your digital correspondence is now locked down. Please run further communication through the approved private channels, and limit your messages to topics of pertinent research and findings. Upon further consideration, I have decided to cancel this evening's soiree so that we can get right to work.
We have been able to acquire several specimens of larval zerg for our first procedure. I had hoped to present them with some surprise and fanfare at the barbecue by delivering them in a serving bowl at the center table; that is the sort of humor and friendly levity that I had wished to engender in our team. But now that opportunity has been soured by this unfortunate display of ill spirits by Dr. Ayers. I ask you all to consider how quickly one negative comment can ruin things for everybody.
Well, what's done is done. Our xenospecialists will find the larvae sterilized and prepared for dissection in Biolab 2. Previous studies have uncovered some surprising similarities between the zerg larva's pluripotent cellular structures and our own embryonic stem cells. We are interested in finding a means to both arrest the obligatory asymmetric replication (the astounding healing factor) of the zerg, and adapt it (in some measure) for our Dominion soldiers. I would invite other members of the research staff to observe the dissection and participate in any post-mortem discussions regarding analysis and possible weaponization of what we uncover.
Report to your assigned workspaces immediately.
And again, welcome!
Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD
On February 06 2013 15:09 CSL_James wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:07 Varanice wrote:On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours." I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above. How did you get this? Guy on reddit found out the password is: Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
On February 07 2013 15:31 Ch3rry wrote:Go to this site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/javascrypt.htmlEnter this as key: BLACKSTONE Enter this as Cipher text: + Show Spoiler +?HX?cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade?H Hit Decrypt button.
Back in November Blizzard registered a few new domains, among them a mysterious "Project Blackstone". People speculated it could be Diablo 3-related, but with the site launch it is clearly SC2-related.
What could this be about? Is this some type of Heart of the Swarm alternate reality game similar to the ones Valve has done in the past?
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/login
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I tried guessing and I got locked out after 3 tries 
some of my guesses:
"123"
"rocks"
They really went all out with the amount of twitter messages they sent between the account..
edit: password found by dude on reddit
List of Incorrect Guesses in thread so far:
"123"
"rocks"
"password"
"accesscode"
" sc2esports"
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var msg = {
access: {
denied: "Access Denied",
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errors: {
password: "Password incorrect",
warning: "Please note: Attempting to access secure Dominion networks without proper authorization is considered a hostile act. Further incorrect access attempts will earn a commensurate response.",
response: "Response 37M Deployed",
tracing: "Tracing...",
location: "Location confirmed"
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In the HTML code source.. hmm.
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I just clicked the access code a few times without reading and now I have "Reponse 37M deployed" and "Location confirmed" for some reason.
Probably marketing for HotS. DLC maybe?
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I can confirm that the access code is neither "password" or "accesscode".
Honestly if this weren't 2013 I'd say it would be a hype page for SC:Ghost. But that'd be impossible...
On February 06 2013 14:56 Kishin2 wrote:
I just clicked the access code a few times without reading and now I have "Reponse 37M deployed" and "Location confirmed" for some reason.
Probably marketing for HotS. DLC maybe?
^Ha, I spam clicked the "enter" button until it popped up the same thing plus a dozen "TRACING..." 's.
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This is .. interesting.
I tried a couple of guesses, but got locked out too. I wonder if you could enter more passwords by clearing your cookie cache.
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interesting, can it be the first paid custom map that blizzard is releasing?
or maybe a SC2 CG movie?
the website seems to have more functions than just a preview website.
password is not:
xelnaga
terran
zerg rush
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i typed in sc2esports and got "location confirmed"
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What if Titan ACTUALLY was StarCraft related and Blizzard has been screwing with us this whole time... A boy can hope. :\
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Ok we need some people to crack this -.-
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Looking at the source code for the page...
There is some nice ascii art that forms the name Project Blackstone.
There is also this:
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Googling Project Blackstone brings up some speculation threads from other sites. The MMO-Champion thread has some interesting theories. Some of the juicier speculation involve an unnanounced free-to-play game that isn't TItan as well as a Blizzard Linux game in 2013. This is some really fascinating stuff 
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Maybe the have discovered a new strand of Destructible Debris, one that is so deadly, it destroys you!
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This quite interesting especially this:
"Please note: Attempting to access secure Dominion networks without proper authorization is considered a hostile act. Further incorrect access attempts will earn a commensurate response"
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Blackstone is obviously a new material that Terrans incorporate into their structures, namely bunkers, that gives it a beautiful sheen but reduces salvage return to 50%.
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Post your true intent already, blizzard!
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Hmm. Kerrigan got me a tracing location response. Hrm.
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On February 06 2013 14:59 Nerevar wrote:Looking at the source code for the page... There is some nice ascii art that forms the name Project Blackstone. There is also this: Show nested quote +### ============================================================================
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c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b
a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a
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Googling Project Blackstone brings up some speculation threads from other sites. The MMO-Champion thread has some interesting theories. Some of the juicier speculation involve an unnanounced free-to-play game that isn't TItan as well as a Blizzard Linux game in 2013. This is some really fascinating stuff
I was just about to post that, but yeah, whatever that code is it must be pretty important to solving this.
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On February 06 2013 15:00 RockIronrod wrote:
Blackstone is obviously a new material that Terrans incorporate into their structures, namely bunkers, that gives it a beautiful sheen but reduces salvage return to 50%.
Nope, it is a destructible debris
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i think its sc related since the logo is a combination of zerg/toss/terran logo. They do this on a serious project. Its for the lulz
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We need RICH, he can crack it. Or we get to wait till blizzard tells us "soon"
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Oh, I would also like to bring up the leaked product release timeline:
![[image loading]](http://www.mmogamesite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blizzard-product-slate-leaked.jpg)
The mysterious 'SC2 Phoenix' seems to be slated to be released around the time of HotS. As we all know, we are rapidly approaching HotS's release. Hmmm...
Unless this is an ARG for HotS, which would be disappointing tbh.
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Tried arcturus and raynor and then yourawizard and got locked out , maybe its the warhound making its return! ha, this is so fun though 
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I bet this portion
+ Show Spoiler +
?HX?cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613
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621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a
d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade?H
has to be cracked by some sort of secret lettering system or whatnot that will decipher what it meant to not release. The only question is what is the lettering system that cracks it.....
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From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours."
I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above.
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Oh shit is this going to be another I love bees?
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On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:Show nested quote +From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours." I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above.
How did you get this?
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I don't get anywhere to enter a code...? I just get a fuzzy terran logo.
If I right click it though, and open image in new tab, I get this.
![[image loading]](http://us.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/project-blackstone-logo-en-us.png)
Logo has already been posted but this is a larger one and slightly different. Any reason why the eagle is halved or am I just overthinking it? xD
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On February 06 2013 15:07 Varanice wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours." I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above. How did you get this?
Guy on reddit found out the password is: Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
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The password is Y7_$0>0k_3<$m according to reddit
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Heh, tried arcturus, kerrigan and something else.. didn't work.
The "remove source code before deployment" thing is obviously something they forgot on purpose, but cool to see what comes out of this
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Blackstone seems to refer to the artifact to me
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Hoe do people figure out these passwords? Wow
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tried these passwords so far.. none of them worked
Rocknroll
rock123
MENGSK2013
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Seems like we'll get a new update weekly:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/blackstone/?article=week1
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On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:Show nested quote +From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours." I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above.
Additionally, there are these mesages:
RE: Welcome!
My Dear Dr. Branamoor,
Imagine my surprise upon finding a "Reply All" option at the bottom of your warm and informative welcome note. I am uncertain if you intended this as encouragement to me and the rest of your honored guests to engage in open discourse or if you merely forgot to remove the option. Regardless, I am certain that I am not the only member of this exciting new team with a less-than-favorable opinion of your recruitment methods. I consider myself a patriot and supporter of the current regime, and so a simple invitation from your department would have resulted in my speedy, dutiful, and voluntary acceptance of this new opportunity. It certainly would have been much more cost-effective than sending one of your uncouth ghost agents to haul me through the broken glass of my imported colonial Teredelle windows at some ungodly hour in the night. I didn't even have time to pack a toothbrush.
Please consider this a gentle reminder that you can attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.
RE: Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:
Your digital correspondence is now locked down. Please run further communication through the approved private channels, and limit your messages to topics of pertinent research and findings. Upon further consideration, I have decided to cancel this evening's soiree so that we can get right to work.
We have been able to acquire several specimens of larval zerg for our first procedure. I had hoped to present them with some surprise and fanfare at the barbecue by delivering them in a serving bowl at the center table; that is the sort of humor and friendly levity that I had wished to engender in our team. But now that opportunity has been soured by this unfortunate display of ill spirits by Dr. Ayers. I ask you all to consider how quickly one negative comment can ruin things for everybody.
Well, what's done is done. Our xenospecialists will find the larvae sterilized and prepared for dissection in Biolab 2. Previous studies have uncovered some surprising similarities between the zerg larva's pluripotent cellular structures and our own embryonic stem cells. We are interested in finding a means to both arrest the obligatory asymmetric replication (the astounding healing factor) of the zerg, and adapt it (in some measure) for our Dominion soldiers. I would invite other members of the research staff to observe the dissection and participate in any post-mortem discussions regarding analysis and possible weaponization of what we uncover.
Report to your assigned workspaces immediately.
And again, welcome!
Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD
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So, it's just some extra lore?
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It seems like a Dominion research facility that wants to muck around with zerg biology.
+ Show Spoiler +
What could POSSIBLY go wrong.
Also, I'm wondering about the actual encryption scheme used - it can't be too complex, but it isn't basic hex either.
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On February 06 2013 15:10 Oerbaa wrote:The password is Y7_$0>0k_3<$m according to reddit
It worked. = )
World of starcraft incoming?
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Don't know how important this is but just a heads up for people in SEA.
The US one won't give you anything. Just a fuzzy screen. You have to go to sea.battle. whatever to see the login stuff =/.
I assume its the same for other areas.
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On February 06 2013 15:16 Chsal wrote:
Don't know how important this is but just a heads up for people in SEA.
The US one won't give you anything. Just a fuzzy screen. You have to go to sea.battle. whatever to see the login stuff =/.
I assume its the same for other areas.
It worked just fine for me on the US battlenet.
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This is very interesting ^^
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On February 06 2013 15:09 CSL_James wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:07 Varanice wrote:On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours." I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above. How did you get this? Guy on reddit found out the password is: Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
how did he find this out? o_O
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The website just has such a Doom feel to it. I predict a horror survival first/third person shooter based in Starcraft universe.
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Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
comfirmed password
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On February 06 2013 15:16 Varanice wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:16 Chsal wrote:
Don't know how important this is but just a heads up for people in SEA.
The US one won't give you anything. Just a fuzzy screen. You have to go to sea.battle. whatever to see the login stuff =/.
I assume its the same for other areas. It worked just fine for me on the US battlenet.
I mean if you're in sea you have to go to the sea one. I don't know much about website stuff but could there be any reason it isn't just a single site but different ones?
I went on the us one because I just followed the link in the first post and kept wondering what people were talking about about access codes xD.
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Internal security breach detected. Analyzing...
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"Internal security breach detected. Analyzing.."
@Adjutant3327
oh snap
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On February 06 2013 15:18 CthulhuWarlord wrote:
The website just has such a Doom feel to it. I predict a horror survival first/third person shooter based in Starcraft universe.
I'm getting more of a Half-Life vibe.
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Minor thing I just noticed. If you click the menu button, there is space for seven more entries, assuming they are weekly like it appears to be this first one would be:
1st; February 3rd
2nd; February 10th
3rd; February 17th
4th; February 24th
5th; March 3rd
6th; March 10th
7th; March 17th
8th; March 24th
I wonder if the March 12th release date will have anything to do with the final two entries.
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On February 06 2013 15:18 CthulhuWarlord wrote:
The website just has such a Doom feel to it. I predict a horror survival first/third person shooter based in Starcraft universe.
Lol, don't get your hopes up. This is just a viral for HoTS
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while it's all cool, I find it really funny that the Adjutant just post almost everything on twitter lol
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On February 06 2013 15:19 ETisME wrote:
"Internal security breach detected. Analyzing.."
@Adjutant3327
oh snap HAHAHA I'm pretty sure they are having a good laugh at this thread :D
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Where's Slasher when you need him
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On February 06 2013 15:17 KrazyTrumpet wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:09 CSL_James wrote:On February 06 2013 15:07 Varanice wrote:On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours." I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above. How did you get this? Guy on reddit found out the password is: Y7_$0>0k_3<$m how did he find this out? o_O
Looking at it, I can tell you it's some kind of coding/encryption. I'm not sure what kind - and it's suggested that it is a key based encryption algorithm using "BLACKSTONE" as a key. But without knowing what kind of encryption, you can't figure it out. Or at least, I haven't been able to using google to poke around. It looked like hex to me, but it was a little more complex. I hope that someone that has broken this code puts an explanation of how they did it. (Unless it was a dirty, dirty Blizzard plant.)
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Ahh Blizzard so fun
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I have a feeling that this is just an ARG for HotS. Perhaps these scientists are working in the one of the labs that may appear in the HotS campaign. Maybe they're even working in the lab that is holding Kerrigan at the beginning of the game.
Although it would be cool if this turns out to be something completely different, but I doubt it. It might be a cool source of lore, though
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If only it was Starcraft: Ghost...
Damn shame they never finished it with FPS's being what they are now.
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Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
@Adjutant3327 Run a scan on active lines. Freeze any that have opened within the last twenty minutes.
Looks like Head of Security's gonna smack us.
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On February 06 2013 15:31 Rehio wrote:Show nested quote +Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
@Adjutant3327 Run a scan on active lines. Freeze any that have opened within the last twenty minutes. Looks like Head of Security's gonna smack us.
Oooooooh nooooooooo!!
Hehe
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On February 06 2013 15:25 felisconcolori wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:17 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 06 2013 15:09 CSL_James wrote:On February 06 2013 15:07 Varanice wrote:On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor
To:
Blackstone Research Staff
Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours." I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above. How did you get this? Guy on reddit found out the password is: Y7_$0>0k_3<$m how did he find this out? o_O Looking at it, I can tell you it's some kind of coding/encryption. I'm not sure what kind - and it's suggested that it is a key based encryption algorithm using "BLACKSTONE" as a key. But without knowing what kind of encryption, you can't figure it out. Or at least, I haven't been able to using google to poke around. It looked like hex to me, but it was a little more complex. I hope that someone that has broken this code puts an explanation of how they did it. (Unless it was a dirty, dirty Blizzard plant.)
This is definitely something blizzard has done deliberately.
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I don't have a twitter account so I can't see it, but who are all of the twitter pages following? This might find up something interesting.
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On February 06 2013 15:33 Disengaged wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:31 Rehio wrote:Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
@Adjutant3327 Run a scan on active lines. Freeze any that have opened within the last twenty minutes. Looks like Head of Security's gonna smack us. Oooooooh nooooooooo!! Hehe
Keep on laughing fuzzball while they sneak some spyware into your system and then lock you into Bronze... FOREVER.
Seriously, though, I'm still trying to figure out the encryption/coding method.
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On February 06 2013 15:29 lost_artz wrote:
If only it was Starcraft: Ghost...
Damn shame they never finished it with FPS's being what they are now.
I truly and honestly believe that at some point that game will be made. Im not sure when and im not sure why I believe it but it just seems like to much potential profit and too good of a concept to not make the game.
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On February 06 2013 15:34 Varanice wrote:
I don't have a twitter account so I can't see it, but who are all of the twitter pages following? This might find up something interesting.
Just each other.
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On February 06 2013 15:34 Varanice wrote:
I don't have a twitter account so I can't see it, but who are all of the twitter pages following? This might find up something interesting.
They all follow each other only. 10 folks.
Dr. Vera Langridge @VeraLangridge
Xenobotanist
Dr. Pamela Foster Dr. Pamela Foster @PamelaGFoster
Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert
Major Lee Treicher Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
Head of Security
Dr. Talise Cogan Dr. Talise Cogan @TaliseCogan
Xenobiologist
Dr. Leah A. Martine Dr. Leah A. Martine @LeahAMartine
Xenobiologist
Dr. Talen Ayers Dr. Talen Ayers @TalenAyers
Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist
Dr. Daniel Rothfuss Dr. Daniel Rothfuss @DanielRothfuss
Astrophysicist
Dr. Helek Branamoor Dr. Helek Branamoor @HelekBranamoor
Chief of Research, Project Director
Red Quinton Red Quinton @RedellQuinton
Chief Engineer
Dr. Warren Held Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld
Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist
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I'm reading through all the tweets that these "people" have made and it sounds interesting
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Got Kerrigan confirmedm 37M Deployed
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I am so hype for this right now and I don't even know what it is.
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On February 06 2013 15:35 felisconcolori wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:33 Disengaged wrote:On February 06 2013 15:31 Rehio wrote:Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
@Adjutant3327 Run a scan on active lines. Freeze any that have opened within the last twenty minutes. Looks like Head of Security's gonna smack us. Oooooooh nooooooooo!! Hehe Keep on laughing fuzzball while they sneak some spyware into your system and then lock you into Bronze... FOREVER. Seriously, though, I'm still trying to figure out the encryption/coding method.
Haaaaaay, Bronze sounds good :D havent been in bronze since well feels like forever
Bring on the easy wins!!
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Let's tweet to @LeeTreicher, he's a poor Head of Security we still have access to their Blackstone project ! :D
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Actually with the extremely powerful SC II game engine it is entirely possible that Starcraft Ghost exist in a same/similar engine. I predict maybe HotS could be released with some sort of additional expansion or maybe UMS campaign. I can't remember exactly but Blizzard said something about wanting to make the HotS campaign more hero unit oriented.
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ok this tweet from the adjuvent is really funny
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On February 06 2013 15:42 Shade_CsT wrote:
Let's tweet to @LeeTreicher, he's a poor Head of Security we still have access to their Blackstone project ! :D
lol would be so funny if his next tweet is about him getting fired rofl
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On February 06 2013 15:45 ETisME wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:42 Shade_CsT wrote:
Let's tweet to @LeeTreicher, he's a poor Head of Security we still have access to their Blackstone project ! :D lol would be so funny if his next tweet is about him getting fired rofl
hahahha :D
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LOL
Thats great that they are having so much fun with this
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I'm curious how was the password found. any link to a post with explanations?
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On February 06 2013 15:35 felisconcolori wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:33 Disengaged wrote:On February 06 2013 15:31 Rehio wrote:Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
@Adjutant3327 Run a scan on active lines. Freeze any that have opened within the last twenty minutes. Looks like Head of Security's gonna smack us. Oooooooh nooooooooo!! Hehe Keep on laughing fuzzball while they sneak some spyware into your system and then lock you into Bronze... FOREVER. Seriously, though, I'm still trying to figure out the encryption/coding method.
Buddy of mine looking at it was able to tell it was JavaScrypt, encryption method used JavaScript. If your able to figure that out, or atleast recognize it, you can go here and it can do the decryption there for you. The website also offers a neat tutorial if you want more information about it.
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United States4126 Posts
It might be the StarCraft 2 moba that they claimed to be working on a while ago. I think it was called StarCraft II - Blizzard All-Stars?
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SoCal, USA3955 Posts
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On February 06 2013 15:46 Kakaru2 wrote:
I'm curious how was the password found. any link to a post with explanations?
The password can be decrypted using the Rijndael decryption algorithm in cipher block chaining mode. The symmetric key is BLACKSTONE.
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Well I'm convinced this is some social smartphone app.
Also,
On February 06 2013 15:04 Nerevar wrote:Oh, I would also like to bring up the leaked product release timeline: The mysterious 'SC2 Phoenix' seems to be slated to be released around the time of HotS. As we all know, we are rapidly approaching HotS's release. Hmmm... Unless this is an ARG for HotS, which would be disappointing tbh.
Can't wait for the 2nd SC2 expansion by the end of March!
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On February 06 2013 15:46 Kakaru2 wrote:
I'm curious how was the password found. any link to a post with explanations? Someone should PM killainstnct asking him.
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Experimenting on the zerg? I remember previous Terran factions attempting this... I see a bright future for those that are part of the Blackstone Project
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On February 06 2013 15:49 Shade_CsT wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:46 Kakaru2 wrote:
I'm curious how was the password found. any link to a post with explanations? Someone should PM killainstnct asking him.
See my post above if you want to know.
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On February 06 2013 15:49 Bobo_ wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:35 felisconcolori wrote:On February 06 2013 15:33 Disengaged wrote:On February 06 2013 15:31 Rehio wrote:Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
@Adjutant3327 Run a scan on active lines. Freeze any that have opened within the last twenty minutes. Looks like Head of Security's gonna smack us. Oooooooh nooooooooo!! Hehe Keep on laughing fuzzball while they sneak some spyware into your system and then lock you into Bronze... FOREVER. Seriously, though, I'm still trying to figure out the encryption/coding method. Buddy of mine looking at it was able to tell it was JavaScrypt, encryption method used JavaScript. If your able to figure that out, or atleast recognize it, you can go here and it can do the decryption there for you. The website also offers a neat tutorial if you want more information about it.
Thank you very much!
On February 06 2013 15:49 Caelestis wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:46 Kakaru2 wrote:
I'm curious how was the password found. any link to a post with explanations? The password can be decrypted using the Rijndael decryption algorithm in cipher block chaining mode. The symmetric key is BLACKSTONE.
And thank YOU very much as well.
:D
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On February 06 2013 15:49 Caelestis wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:46 Kakaru2 wrote:
I'm curious how was the password found. any link to a post with explanations? The password can be decrypted using the Rijndael decryption algorithm in cipher block chaining mode. The symmetric key is BLACKSTONE. Thank you for the explanation 
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On February 06 2013 15:49 Kinky wrote:
It might be the StarCraft 2 moba that they claimed to be working on a while ago. I think it was called StarCraft II - Blizzard All-Stars?
blizzard all stars isn't just sc2, but all blizzard games. Sixen has a bunch of info on it too: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=370156
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EDIT : Oooops forgot me :>
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Looks like an advertising hype train building for the expansion.
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Canada13389 Posts
So excited I love ARGs!! I played the cloverfield one, a lost one AND also some small randos. Theres a website all about these but they either havent picked up on this or dont care. In the end very cool
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On February 06 2013 15:59 Ded808 wrote:
Looks like an advertising hype train building for the expansion.
Maybe. Depends on where "Blackstone" is located. If it's on an icy rock, that could very well be it, although what we know of the storyline for the campaign makes me unsure if it is related.
Also, I hope they're paying Mr. Jack. (Not dA, or just trying to use the image without authorization.) (Okay, maybe he just screamed like a fangirl and said USE IT but it's the asking part that's important.) (Then too, he may work for Blizzard... which is just fine.)
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This looks really cool o:
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On February 06 2013 15:49 Kinky wrote:
It might be the StarCraft 2 moba that they claimed to be working on a while ago. I think it was called StarCraft II - Blizzard All-Stars? That's the first thing I thought, but this is all Starcraft lore, not a mixed-up Super Smash Bros. type of thing, which is presumably what All-Stars is. Unless stuff starts getting really weird at this research station really quickly...
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On February 06 2013 16:00 felisconcolori wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:59 Ded808 wrote:
Looks like an advertising hype train building for the expansion. Maybe. Depends on where "Blackstone" is located. If it's on an icy rock, that could very well be it, although what we know of the storyline for the campaign makes me unsure if it is related. Also, I hope they're paying Mr. Jack. (Not dA, or just trying to use the image without authorization.) (Okay, maybe he just screamed like a fangirl and said USE IT but it's the asking part that's important.)
A long shot is that it relates to project "Titan". According to "leaked" information I read a while ago that probably can't be trusted, Blizzard is marketing "Titan" as a new IP but according to this data it's only a spinoff from an existing franchise. So I guess... Starcraft spinoff themed MMO? Hah sounds stupid, but i'm out of ideas. Could just be some mobile phone game or application as well.
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Haha this is pretty cool by blizzard
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By going through the twitter feeds and the site, seems to be a dominion lab working on zerg/protoss hybrids. Whether this has something to do with Hots, or something else....I'm not sure.
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Canada16217 Posts
This is actually pretty cool by Blizzard :D
edit: i just realized i copied someone else's post above but who cares about that!
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lol they really spend time on the twitters eh
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Add in spaces at appropriate places and it will show "PROJECT BLACKSTONE" as ascii art.
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This kinda makes me want to go back re-do the campaign and on the "secret" mission in the science base thingerme. Attempt to pay attention a little more to see if anything stands out in relation to this.
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On February 06 2013 16:20 Archybaldie wrote:
This kinda makes me want to go back re-do the campaign and on the "secret" mission in the science base thingerme. Attempt to pay attention a little more to see if anything stands out in relation to this.
I replayed that mission recently. None of this is ringing any bells.
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Canada13389 Posts
OK
So I broke down all the main characters based on twitter and a short summary of whats up so far that I can see in the main storyline as it were.
As of now, experiments are starting and the scientific crew is newly arrived. So is the maintenance crew. Branamoor has been at the facility for a couple days alongside Lee Treicher before arrival.
More info gathered from twitter here:
Dr. Helek Branamoor:Director. Access level: Omega
Major Lee Treicher: Head of Security Access level: Gamma. Monitoring ALL blackstone communications.
Adjutant 33-27: older unit. "beat up" according to branamoor. Request for new adjutant unit: Denied.
So far: One crew died to one escaped Zergling. Current crew is a replacement one.
Transport vessel "sparrowhawk" leaves Gate 3 Feb 1st
Transport vessel "beluga" arrives gate 2 Feb 1st -- new maintenance crew online
Beluga leaves shortly after
3 more transports arrive: Brook's Folly, Sunset, and Undertow 2
Dr. Daniel Rothfuss: Astrophysicist: Access level Beta
Dr. Leah A. Martine: Xenobiologist: Access level Beta
Dr. Vera Langridge: Xenobotanist: Access level Gamma. Conducting experiments on something found on the planet Vygoire.
Dr. Talise Cogan: Xenobiologist: Access level Beta
Dr. Warren G Held: Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist: Access level Beta. Has some form of condition that prevents him from lifting heavy knives. His usual kinfe set made by Axiom Corp is no longer in production.
Dr. Redell Quinton: Chief Engineer: Access level Beta. Likes blackstone, has lots of spare parts to make a viking.
Dr. Talen Ayers: Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist: Access level Beta. Decided he finds red "an interesting fellow".
Dr. Pamela G. Foster: Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert: Access level Beta
Dr. Pamela Foster: having datapad issues "unauthorized user" messages.
Dr. Branamoor: States that datapads are for comparing data and findings, not socialising
Dr. Quinton: works in an engineering bay of some sort makes sense he is an engineer.
-- Adjutant: security breach detected --
This is when we started playing the game and accessed the website. Implies the game can move along based on how far we get with it to a certain extent.
Treicher is scanning lines, freezing connections made recently
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This is exciting. I have no idea what is going on but still.
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Viral marketing at work.
Note the very early messages of the Adjutant twitter account (from Jan 24). It logs what ships arrived and left at what dock. Also, apparently, there was an earlier accident killing the previous maintenance crew. Supposedly a "single zergling" did it.
https://twitter.com/Adjutant3327
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Canada13389 Posts
According to the page source, the timeline is "week1" right now so I dont know if it will update daily or weekly or what but there was also a url to videos and there are no videos uploaded.
But they do have a flash player layout that loads nothing so there will be flash videos incorporated here :D
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Two things from the cookies that are interesting, but probably not significant:
adjutant-override="You want to go to war? I don't think you have the minerals."
project-blackstone=Welcome aboard. Are you an organ donor?
maybe someone should tweet at the adjutant with the override?
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God this is getting me so fucking hyped up
Damn you Blizzard
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Searching and searching for a Duran/Narud reference but cannot find one! Help me out?
best
Kim
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I hope this is Titan teasers.
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Cool stuff! Making this shitty class fly by!
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i wonder if jay wilson is heading this project
is it doomed
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OR, people will be dissapoint when then realize that this is part of the HotS story that blizzard wants to hype.. I guess we will see.
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All the vibe I'm getting from you is "shit guys, this is an ARG, we'd better hand this over to the professionals".
Like fuck we don't. We don't need to enlist the aid of every trained ARGer on the planet to solve this.
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I think the quotes are broken.
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On February 06 2013 17:05 iKill wrote:All the vibe I'm getting from you is "shit guys, this is an ARG, we'd better hand this over to the professionals". Like fuck we don't. We don't need to enlist the aid of every trained ARGer on the planet to solve this.
We definitely shouldn't "hand it over" to anyone but we should definitely get help from them. The more the merrier.
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On February 06 2013 15:20 Varanice wrote:
Minor thing I just noticed. If you click the menu button, there is space for seven more entries, assuming they are weekly like it appears to be this first one would be:
1st; February 3rd
2nd; February 10th
3rd; February 17th
4th; February 24th
5th; March 3rd
6th; March 10th
7th; March 17th
8th; March 24th
I wonder if the March 12th release date will have anything to do with the final two entries.
<a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="javascript:;" id="list1" onclick="blackstone.message.close(); blackstone.message.load('week1', 'article');" class="button message-header" style="top: 0px; opacity: 100;">
Yes, this is most likely going to be weekly.
Also the url for the larvae is : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/01-larvae.jpg
I tried /02-egg.jpg, /02-zerg.jpg, 02/-zergling.jpg, 02-military.jpg...
If you guys think of something
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On February 06 2013 17:05 Hier wrote:I think the quotes are broken.
Thanks for pointing that out. The quotes are fixed and I'll add the links in in a few.
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On February 06 2013 16:33 ZeromuS wrote:OK So I broke down all the main characters based on twitter and a short summary of whats up so far that I can see in the main storyline as it were. As of now, experiments are starting and the scientific crew is newly arrived. So is the maintenance crew. Branamoor has been at the facility for a couple days alongside Lee Treicher before arrival. More info gathered from twitter here: Show nested quote +Dr. Helek Branamoor:Director. Access level: Omega
Major Lee Treicher: Head of Security Access level: Gamma. Monitoring ALL blackstone communications.
Adjutant 33-27: older unit. "beat up" according to branamoor. Request for new adjutant unit: Denied.
So far: One crew died to one escaped Zergling. Current crew is a replacement one.
Transport vessel "sparrowhawk" leaves Gate 3 Feb 1st
Transport vessel "beluga" arrives gate 2 Feb 1st -- new maintenance crew online
Beluga leaves shortly after
3 more transports arrive: Brook's Folly, Sunset, and Undertow 2
Dr. Daniel Rothfuss: Astrophysicist: Access level Beta
Dr. Leah A. Martine: Xenobiologist: Access level Beta
Dr. Vera Langridge: Xenobotanist: Access level Gamma. Conducting experiments on something found on the planet Vygoire.
Dr. Talise Cogan: Xenobiologist: Access level Beta
Dr. Warren G Held: Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist: Access level Beta. Has some form of condition that prevents him from lifting heavy knives. His usual kinfe set made by Axiom Corp is no longer in production.
Dr. Redell Quinton: Chief Engineer: Access level Beta. Likes blackstone, has lots of spare parts to make a viking.
Dr. Talen Ayers: Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist: Access level Beta. Decided he finds red "an interesting fellow".
Dr. Pamela G. Foster: Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert: Access level Beta
Dr. Pamela Foster: having datapad issues "unauthorized user" messages.
Dr. Branamoor: States that datapads are for comparing data and findings, not socialising
Dr. Quinton: works in an engineering bay of some sort makes sense he is an engineer.
-- Adjutant: security breach detected --
This is when we started playing the game and accessed the website. Implies the game can move along based on how far we get with it to a certain extent.
Treicher is scanning lines, freezing connections made recently
The most interesting thing from this post is that most of the access levels are BETA. Hm...wonder what that means.
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I have my fingers crossed for a Starcraft mmo or rpg (or mmorpg). World of Starcraft anyone?
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On February 06 2013 17:06 Nyarly wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:20 Varanice wrote:
Minor thing I just noticed. If you click the menu button, there is space for seven more entries, assuming they are weekly like it appears to be this first one would be:
1st; February 3rd
2nd; February 10th
3rd; February 17th
4th; February 24th
5th; March 3rd
6th; March 10th
7th; March 17th
8th; March 24th
I wonder if the March 12th release date will have anything to do with the final two entries. <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="javascript:;" id="list1" onclick="blackstone.message.close(); blackstone.message.load( 'week1', 'article');" class="button message-header" style="top: 0px; opacity: 100;"> Yes, this is most likely going to be weekly. Also the url for the larvae is : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/01-larvae.jpgI tried /02-egg.jpg, /02-zerg.jpg, 02/-zergling.jpg, 02-military.jpg... If you guys think of something
When you execute javascript
blackstone.message.load('week1', 'article');
Replacing week1 by week2 or whatever, i get this :
GET http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/icon-.png 404 (Not Found)
I'm continuing to try to find something.
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They better hype this as hard as EG would. I dont care if it ends up being something completely shitty, I JUST WANT HYPE
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Dammit, now I need to do the hard work of checking in on this daily to see what people have worked hard to discover.
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On February 06 2013 16:29 Brett wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 16:20 Archybaldie wrote:
This kinda makes me want to go back re-do the campaign and on the "secret" mission in the science base thingerme. Attempt to pay attention a little more to see if anything stands out in relation to this. I replayed that mission recently. None of this is ringing any bells.
Still, it feels like it fits. The obvious implication and straight up story from Wings of Liberty to me says that;
1. We'll see zerg-protoss hybrids trying to take over. We've already seen them if I remember right.
2. Kerrigan is crucial in stopping it. It's practically stated in the protoss missions.
3. Mengsk is experimenting on zerg in secret labs. Obvious from the secret level, which could very well lead to creating whatever will lead the zerg-protoss hybrids. Or hell, zerg-protoss-terran hybrids ;p
We'll find out what's what soon enough, but this clearly seems like it ties in with the lore and the secret mission.
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This is Jay Wilsons new project
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It's a SC2 engine based MOBA with SC2-universe champions to be available in the HotS arcade; SCdota
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Doing this ajax request :
$.ajax({
type : 'GET',
url : './message.frag?current=week1',
data : 'action=check',
success: function(msg) {
console.log(msg);
}
});
Give the page of the message of the first week.
But "week2" gives nothing... Mmh if anyone has any idea..
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On February 06 2013 17:36 LF[Media] wrote:
It's a SC2 engine based MOBA with SC2-universe champions to be available in the HotS arcade; SCdota
that would be quite the surprise
i gues it is a social media marketing campaign for hots.
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Well "soon" didn't work...
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My guess would be marketing for HoTS, and less likely preparing for Blizz All stars.
But I'm pretty sure this isn't going to be any kind of new game/content. Just hype.
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just a bit late it seems.
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On February 06 2013 17:50 EmpireEraser wrote:
Y7_$0>0k_3<$m is the password.
Thanks for the insightful post
(even tho mines not)
You should read the OP before you post, I'd say.
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this is so fucking retarded, don't they have better things to do
User was temp banned for this post.
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On February 06 2013 15:36 Rehio wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:34 Varanice wrote:
I don't have a twitter account so I can't see it, but who are all of the twitter pages following? This might find up something interesting. They all follow each other only. 10 folks. Show nested quote +Dr. Vera Langridge @VeraLangridge
Xenobotanist
Dr. Pamela Foster Dr. Pamela Foster @PamelaGFoster
Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert
Major Lee Treicher Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
Head of Security
Dr. Talise Cogan Dr. Talise Cogan @TaliseCogan
Xenobiologist
Dr. Leah A. Martine Dr. Leah A. Martine @LeahAMartine
Xenobiologist
Dr. Talen Ayers Dr. Talen Ayers @TalenAyers
Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist
Dr. Daniel Rothfuss Dr. Daniel Rothfuss @DanielRothfuss
Astrophysicist
Dr. Helek Branamoor Dr. Helek Branamoor @HelekBranamoor
Chief of Research, Project Director
Red Quinton Red Quinton @RedellQuinton
Chief Engineer
Dr. Warren Held Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld
Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist
Actually there are 11 folks (they don't follom themself, just other 10 members):
Red Quinton @RedellQuinton
Chief Engineer
Dr. Vera Langridge @VeraLangridge
Xenobotanist
Dr. Pamela Foster @PamelaGFoster
Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert
Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
Head of Security
Dr. Leah A. Martine @LeahAMartine
Xenobiologist
Adjutant 33-27 @Adjutant3327
Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld
Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist
Dr. Talise Cogan @TaliseCogan
Xenobiologist
Dr. Helek Branamoor @HelekBranamoor
Chief of Research, Project Director
Dr. Daniel Rothfuss @DanielRothfuss
Astrophysicist
Dr. Talen Ayers @TalenAyers
Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist
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On February 06 2013 18:06 Ch3rry wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 15:36 Rehio wrote:On February 06 2013 15:34 Varanice wrote:
I don't have a twitter account so I can't see it, but who are all of the twitter pages following? This might find up something interesting. They all follow each other only. 10 folks. Dr. Vera Langridge @VeraLangridge
Xenobotanist
Dr. Pamela Foster Dr. Pamela Foster @PamelaGFoster
Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert
Major Lee Treicher Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher
Head of Security
Dr. Talise Cogan Dr. Talise Cogan @TaliseCogan
Xenobiologist
Dr. Leah A. Martine Dr. Leah A. Martine @LeahAMartine
Xenobiologist
Dr. Talen Ayers Dr. Talen Ayers @TalenAyers
Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist
Dr. Daniel Rothfuss Dr. Daniel Rothfuss @DanielRothfuss
Astrophysicist
Dr. Helek Branamoor Dr. Helek Branamoor @HelekBranamoor
Chief of Research, Project Director
Red Quinton Red Quinton @RedellQuinton
Chief Engineer
Dr. Warren Held Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld
Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist Actually there are 11 folks (they don't follom themself, just other 10 members): Red Quinton @RedellQuinton Chief Engineer Dr. Vera Langridge @VeraLangridge Xenobotanist Dr. Pamela Foster @PamelaGFoster Chemical Engineer, Explosives Expert Major Lee Treicher @LeeTreicher Head of Security Dr. Leah A. Martine @LeahAMartine Xenobiologist Adjutant 33-27 @Adjutant3327 Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld Xenobiologist, Senior Protoss Specialist Dr. Talise Cogan @TaliseCogan Xenobiologist Dr. Helek Branamoor @HelekBranamoor Chief of Research, Project Director Dr. Daniel Rothfuss @DanielRothfuss Astrophysicist Dr. Talen Ayers @TalenAyers Xenobiologist, Senior Zerg Specialist
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Helek_Branamoor
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Talen_Ayers
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Talise_Cogan
Intresting, apparently talise is the mother of Ariel Hanson (scientist lady in sc2)
hmm? http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Winlaleah_Martine
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Am i the only one who got Half Life vibes from this, especially after accessing in? Very interesting. :D
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In all seriousness, I think this has something to do with the skins they plan to release; it will probably be hinted at as some sort of "scientific alteration" or breakthrough or something, and will be hype for the alternate skins for Terran, Zerg, and Protoss. Something HotS DLC related, for sure. Timing and context leads me to believe so, anyway.
They will probably drop hints on the site about "reasearch" being done on units, probably Toss and Zerg, and maybe drop some pictures of altered units to give a taste of what the new downloadable skins for units will look like. That seems like the most logical guess, at least.
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On February 06 2013 17:36 LF[Media] wrote:
It's a SC2 engine based MOBA with SC2-universe champions to be available in the HotS arcade; SCdota
uh no, Sc2 moba already exist and blizzard does not control it. This site has been here forever nothing new, its just hots story work if you guys went to the last blizzcon. this is all sc2 hots related, they showed the same stuff to us at blizzcon.
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Thanks for pointing these out, I wonder if more of them will show up later in the game?
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I was joking about the MOBA lol, but I really do think it is some sort of hype for the DLC alternate unit skins.
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Its about another type of destructable rocks. With higher defense.
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My guess is this 'Project Blackstone' will play a part in the story of the HotS campaign.
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United Kingdom12022 Posts
On February 06 2013 15:00 RockIronrod wrote:
Blackstone is obviously a new material that Terrans incorporate into their structures, namely bunkers, that gives it a beautiful sheen but reduces salvage return to 50%.
Also increases the build time by 5 seconds :p
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The page is located at battle.net/sc2/... so it should be SC2-related. Probably a teaser for HotS.
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On February 06 2013 18:02 FinalForm wrote:
this is so fucking retarded, don't they have better things to do
That's odd, I thought the exact same thing about your post.
Maybe next time you could just avoid spewing random hate into a thread that you're obviously not interested in? I think it would be better for all of us that way...
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It's a marketing scheme similar to what they did with Diablo 3 and the unlocking of hero nodes, obtaining banners, unlocking stories, etc.
It's a way for people to get hyped, which Blizzard is good at. It's mildly entertaining for me, but it won't sway me to purchase their expansion.
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On February 06 2013 19:08 Weird wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 18:02 FinalForm wrote:
this is so fucking retarded, don't they have better things to do That's odd, I thought the exact same thing about your post. Maybe next time you could just avoid spewing random hate into a thread that you're obviously not interested in? I think it would be better for all of us that way...
I also find it funny how people think the employed staff at blizzard are so multitalented. I doubt it's David Kim working on this; or the b.net development team.
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On February 06 2013 15:04 Nerevar wrote:Oh, I would also like to bring up the leaked product release timeline: The mysterious 'SC2 Phoenix' seems to be slated to be released around the time of HotS. As we all know, we are rapidly approaching HotS's release. Hmmm... Unless this is an ARG for HotS, which would be disappointing tbh. I think this should be getting more attention - not for the hilariously wrong release dates, but for "SC2 Phoenix". Why have an ARG for HoTS now, when basically all of the information about the game is already known? Why have it in a way that will only attract current SC2 fans? And why have it, as someone else theorized, probably scheduled to end after the HoTS release? Of course it's possible that Blizzard will disappoint us, but I'd be looking out for an announcement of something new...
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Please, please, please! Make it be a solo player fps!
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Yep, should be Hots hype, nothing else
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World of starcraft?
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I wish it would be something like DeusEx where you sneak around withspecial agents from Starcraft.
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It was leaked, so it wasn't shown to the public base of investors anyway. Maybe to the board of investors.
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Man this is something else, big props to blizz for setting this up. that adjutant has been tweeting since the 24th jan!
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i dont get it, what is this?
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This is pretty sick. I wish I could help solve this, would be fun. Unfortunately I have no talent for things.
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This is so cool, I am all giggly. Very hyped for whatever it is. :o
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On February 06 2013 19:13 nkr wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 19:08 Weird wrote:On February 06 2013 18:02 FinalForm wrote:
this is so fucking retarded, don't they have better things to do That's odd, I thought the exact same thing about your post. Maybe next time you could just avoid spewing random hate into a thread that you're obviously not interested in? I think it would be better for all of us that way... I also find it funny how people think the employed staff at blizzard are so multitalented. I doubt it's David Kim working on this; or the b.net development team.
I don't agree with the guy, nor his attitue, but it's possible he's not assuming those same employees are doing this instead of other work, but rather Blizzard could be hiring more programmers, designers etc. instead of people for viral marketing through social media.
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On February 06 2013 20:00 LimitSEA wrote:
This is pretty sick. I wish I could help solve this, would be fun. Unfortunately I have no talent for things.
Haha, I know exactly how you feel
*nerd-fist*
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On February 06 2013 20:07 Fuchsteufelswild wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 19:13 nkr wrote:On February 06 2013 19:08 Weird wrote:On February 06 2013 18:02 FinalForm wrote:
this is so fucking retarded, don't they have better things to do That's odd, I thought the exact same thing about your post. Maybe next time you could just avoid spewing random hate into a thread that you're obviously not interested in? I think it would be better for all of us that way... I also find it funny how people think the employed staff at blizzard are so multitalented. I doubt it's David Kim working on this; or the b.net development team. I don't agree with the guy, nor his attitue, but it's possible he's not assuming those same employees are doing this instead of other work, but rather Blizzard could be hiring more programmers, designers etc. instead of people for viral marketing through social media.
I find it hilarious that people think more people equals more stuff or better quality on projects so complicated like modern games and last time I checked, Blizzard was hiring.
The people they are targeting with this probably never visited teamliquid and only played single player.
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Blizzard trademarked "Project Blackstone" a couple months ago, so I'm pretty positive that it isn't just an ARG for HotS.
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Bisutopia19246 Posts
No matter what this turns out to be its got me really excited right now! I shared on fbookfrom their website in case that's important.
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Well, it's really exciting right now but somehow I have a feeling that this whole thing will turn out to be just some hype generator and blizz will disappoint again. Although I really hope this is gonna be new big thing related to starcraft but not to hots directly.
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isnt this just some marketing thing for Hots? I dont see why this implies a new game, like some people are getting overly excited about.
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well, at least it's good entertainment.
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Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.)
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On February 06 2013 20:40 []Phase[] wrote:
isnt this just some marketing thing for Hots? I dont see why this implies a new game, like some people are getting overly excited about.
I agree with this
I bet all those peoples are involved with mengsk plan to make hybrids, project blackstone may be the namecode for this.
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How exciting, its a bit different indeed, very interesting to look at and follow. Although i won't jump and scream thoughts of a new game/hype/project or whatever people may think itll be. Nonetheless, it will be a very interesting concept to follow closely and see what happens.
GJ Blizz.
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Pretty sure its an ARG / virality promotion kinda thing for HotS, those can be pretty fun, if done right.
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On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.)
They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser.
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On February 06 2013 20:45 Daralii wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.) They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser.
Why wouldn't they? HotS is an important product for Blizzard. It makes no sense to create an ARG because they focus on the marketing of HotS, why divert resources? The emails in Project Blackstone mention some Dominion personnell, I see no reason why they would create an ARG when they have HotS.
Project Blackstone could have something do to with the holding of Kerrigan in Dominion facilities or with an experiment which needs to be destroyed in the HotS campaign.
The release of HotS is close. It makes no sense to tease now a different game in the Starcraft setting.
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this is the starcraft "Lost Experience"
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Password is:
Y7_$0>0k_3< $m.
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On February 06 2013 17:38 Insoleet wrote:
Doing this ajax request :
$.ajax({
type : 'GET',
url : './message.frag?current=week1',
data : 'action=check',
success: function(msg) {
console.log(msg);
}
});
Give the page of the message of the first week.
But "week2" gives nothing... Mmh if anyone has any idea..
I don't know how you do it, but can you try to edit the blackstone.total variable to "2" on the following script ?
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
$(function() {
blackstone.total = "1";
blackstone.emptyTotal = "7";
if (Cookie.read('project-blackstone') != null) {
blackstone.listOpen();
}
else {
blackstone.message.load('week1', 'recent');
}
});
//]]>
</script>
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On February 06 2013 20:51 [F_]aths wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 20:45 Daralii wrote:On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.) They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser. Why wouldn't they? HotS is an important product for Blizzard. It makes no sense to create an ARG because they focus on the marketing of HotS, why divert resources? The emails in Project Blackstone mention some Dominion personnell, I see no reason why they would create an ARG when they have HotS. Project Blackstone could have something do to with the holding of Kerrigan in Dominion facilities or with an experiment which needs to be destroyed in the HotS campaign. The release of HotS is close. It makes no sense to tease now a different game in the Starcraft setting.
At this point, I think we have already established that this is an ARG. The interaction and investigation required to find the password to the site means that it has already met the requirements necessary to fit the definition of an "Alternate Reality Game". That's not really up for debate, nor is the fact that it is Starcraft related. The real question is what the ARG is meant to promote or introduce. HOTS or Starcraft: Pheonix, or something else entirely?
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This might have been interesting 10-15 years ago but remember this is New Blizzard - the people
who have given us WoW and Diablo 3 and some how even managed to screw up the sequal to one
of the best games of all time!
Don't expect this to this to amount to anything.
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Im thinking that this might be a DLC campaign that will be released a short time before HotS is released and that it will place inbetween the ending of WoL and where HotS will start... just my random thought tho... or it might have something to do with Samir Duran from the BW campaign since he was a major player in that lore and to this moment has just been missing in the sc2 story line...
Im actually a bit exited about this but i fear that this little stunt will drag on way to long and make alot of people loose intrest before we get to know what this "project" is all about.
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On February 06 2013 21:17 looknohands119 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 20:51 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 20:45 Daralii wrote:On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.) They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser. Why wouldn't they? HotS is an important product for Blizzard. It makes no sense to create an ARG because they focus on the marketing of HotS, why divert resources? The emails in Project Blackstone mention some Dominion personnell, I see no reason why they would create an ARG when they have HotS. Project Blackstone could have something do to with the holding of Kerrigan in Dominion facilities or with an experiment which needs to be destroyed in the HotS campaign. The release of HotS is close. It makes no sense to tease now a different game in the Starcraft setting. At this point, I think we have already established that this is an ARG. The interaction and investigation required to find the password to the site means that it has already met the requirements necessary to fit the definition of an "Alternate Reality Game". That's not really up for debate, nor is the fact that it is Starcraft related. The real question is what the ARG is meant to promote or introduce. HOTS or Starcraft: Pheonix, or something else entirely?
'Established' on a speculation in the OP? Those email messages on the website could fit into the existing canon. With the HotS release in a few weeks there is no need to establish an alternate reality game. It's obviously the real game reality that the Dominion abducted some scientist to get them to a remote research station.
With HotS to be released in less than 5 weeks, there is no time to divert attention from the SC2 expansion.
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On February 06 2013 21:37 [F_]aths wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 21:17 looknohands119 wrote:On February 06 2013 20:51 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 20:45 Daralii wrote:On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.) They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser. Why wouldn't they? HotS is an important product for Blizzard. It makes no sense to create an ARG because they focus on the marketing of HotS, why divert resources? The emails in Project Blackstone mention some Dominion personnell, I see no reason why they would create an ARG when they have HotS. Project Blackstone could have something do to with the holding of Kerrigan in Dominion facilities or with an experiment which needs to be destroyed in the HotS campaign. The release of HotS is close. It makes no sense to tease now a different game in the Starcraft setting. At this point, I think we have already established that this is an ARG. The interaction and investigation required to find the password to the site means that it has already met the requirements necessary to fit the definition of an "Alternate Reality Game". That's not really up for debate, nor is the fact that it is Starcraft related. The real question is what the ARG is meant to promote or introduce. HOTS or Starcraft: Pheonix, or something else entirely? 'Established' on a speculation in the OP? Those email messages on the website could fit into the existing canon. With the HotS release in a few weeks there is no need to establish an alternate reality game. It's obviously the real game reality that the Dominion abducted some scientist to a remote research station. With HotS to be released in less than 5 weeks, there is no time to divert attention from the SC2 expansion.
Clearly you are misunderstanding the term "Alternate Reality Game". It does not necessarily refer to a story that operates within a different reality than the game. It merely refers to a type of game in which the players interact with a virtual stopyline or world by interacting with the real world and vice-versa. Thus it is the players interact with a reality which is alternate relative to their own real; world reality. Thus, it is entirely possible, probable actually, that an ARG will operate within, or even act as a prequel or backstory, to the video game, movie, book, or campaign it is meant to promote.
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On February 06 2013 21:41 looknohands119 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 21:37 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 21:17 looknohands119 wrote:On February 06 2013 20:51 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 20:45 Daralii wrote:On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.) They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser. Why wouldn't they? HotS is an important product for Blizzard. It makes no sense to create an ARG because they focus on the marketing of HotS, why divert resources? The emails in Project Blackstone mention some Dominion personnell, I see no reason why they would create an ARG when they have HotS. Project Blackstone could have something do to with the holding of Kerrigan in Dominion facilities or with an experiment which needs to be destroyed in the HotS campaign. The release of HotS is close. It makes no sense to tease now a different game in the Starcraft setting. At this point, I think we have already established that this is an ARG. The interaction and investigation required to find the password to the site means that it has already met the requirements necessary to fit the definition of an "Alternate Reality Game". That's not really up for debate, nor is the fact that it is Starcraft related. The real question is what the ARG is meant to promote or introduce. HOTS or Starcraft: Pheonix, or something else entirely? 'Established' on a speculation in the OP? Those email messages on the website could fit into the existing canon. With the HotS release in a few weeks there is no need to establish an alternate reality game. It's obviously the real game reality that the Dominion abducted some scientist to a remote research station. With HotS to be released in less than 5 weeks, there is no time to divert attention from the SC2 expansion. Clearly you are misunderstanding the term "Alternate Reality Game". It does not necessarily refer to a story that operates within a different reality than the game. It merely refers to a type of game in which the players interact with a virtual stopryline or world by interacting with the real world and vice-versa. Thus it is the players interact with a reality which is alternate relative to their own.
We don't interact beside from typing in a password and getting to read new emails every few days. The email story line will likely end where the HotS campaign starts.
The dominion recruitment test for WoL (for example) could hardly be described as a game as well.
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On February 06 2013 21:42 [F_]aths wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 21:41 looknohands119 wrote:On February 06 2013 21:37 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 21:17 looknohands119 wrote:On February 06 2013 20:51 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 20:45 Daralii wrote:On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.) They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser. Why wouldn't they? HotS is an important product for Blizzard. It makes no sense to create an ARG because they focus on the marketing of HotS, why divert resources? The emails in Project Blackstone mention some Dominion personnell, I see no reason why they would create an ARG when they have HotS. Project Blackstone could have something do to with the holding of Kerrigan in Dominion facilities or with an experiment which needs to be destroyed in the HotS campaign. The release of HotS is close. It makes no sense to tease now a different game in the Starcraft setting. At this point, I think we have already established that this is an ARG. The interaction and investigation required to find the password to the site means that it has already met the requirements necessary to fit the definition of an "Alternate Reality Game". That's not really up for debate, nor is the fact that it is Starcraft related. The real question is what the ARG is meant to promote or introduce. HOTS or Starcraft: Pheonix, or something else entirely? 'Established' on a speculation in the OP? Those email messages on the website could fit into the existing canon. With the HotS release in a few weeks there is no need to establish an alternate reality game. It's obviously the real game reality that the Dominion abducted some scientist to a remote research station. With HotS to be released in less than 5 weeks, there is no time to divert attention from the SC2 expansion. Clearly you are misunderstanding the term "Alternate Reality Game". It does not necessarily refer to a story that operates within a different reality than the game. It merely refers to a type of game in which the players interact with a virtual stopryline or world by interacting with the real world and vice-versa. Thus it is the players interact with a reality which is alternate relative to their own. We don't interact beside from typing in a password and getting to read new emails every few days. The email story line will likely end where the HotS campaign starts.
This seems like a pointless argument but the code found in the source and the work required to decifer it already constitutes the requisite interaction. We also have established that weekly content will be realeased. 5 weeks till HOTS is more than enough time for a great ARG to take to place. Many of the best have been shorter even than that.
Edit: I can't be the only one here excited to work on a Starcraft ARG for its own sake. Regardless of what it is promoting, Project Blackstone looks like it is going to be a blast.
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On February 06 2013 21:42 [F_]aths wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 21:41 looknohands119 wrote:On February 06 2013 21:37 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 21:17 looknohands119 wrote:On February 06 2013 20:51 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 20:45 Daralii wrote:On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.) They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser. Why wouldn't they? HotS is an important product for Blizzard. It makes no sense to create an ARG because they focus on the marketing of HotS, why divert resources? The emails in Project Blackstone mention some Dominion personnell, I see no reason why they would create an ARG when they have HotS. Project Blackstone could have something do to with the holding of Kerrigan in Dominion facilities or with an experiment which needs to be destroyed in the HotS campaign. The release of HotS is close. It makes no sense to tease now a different game in the Starcraft setting. At this point, I think we have already established that this is an ARG. The interaction and investigation required to find the password to the site means that it has already met the requirements necessary to fit the definition of an "Alternate Reality Game". That's not really up for debate, nor is the fact that it is Starcraft related. The real question is what the ARG is meant to promote or introduce. HOTS or Starcraft: Pheonix, or something else entirely? 'Established' on a speculation in the OP? Those email messages on the website could fit into the existing canon. With the HotS release in a few weeks there is no need to establish an alternate reality game. It's obviously the real game reality that the Dominion abducted some scientist to a remote research station. With HotS to be released in less than 5 weeks, there is no time to divert attention from the SC2 expansion. Clearly you are misunderstanding the term "Alternate Reality Game". It does not necessarily refer to a story that operates within a different reality than the game. It merely refers to a type of game in which the players interact with a virtual stopryline or world by interacting with the real world and vice-versa. Thus it is the players interact with a reality which is alternate relative to their own. We don't interact beside from typing in a password and getting to read new emails every few days. The email story line will likely end where the HotS campaign starts. The dominion recruitment test for WoL (for example) could hardly be described as a game as well.
You should read Flashpoint. That story is the true prequel for Heart of the Swarm and shows us a lot things in Koprulu sector
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On February 06 2013 21:37 SaftKalasEmil wrote:
Im thinking that this might be a DLC campaign that will be released a short time before HotS is released and that it will place inbetween the ending of WoL and where HotS will start... just my random thought tho... or it might have something to do with Samir Duran from the BW campaign since he was a major player in that lore and to this moment has just been missing in the sc2 story line...
Im actually a bit exited about this but i fear that this little stunt will drag on way to long and make alot of people loose intrest before we get to know what this "project" is all about.
He isn't exactly missing. He talks to Kerrigan in campaign as 'Narud' or something.
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Emil_Narud
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On February 06 2013 21:59 darkness wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 21:37 SaftKalasEmil wrote:
Im thinking that this might be a DLC campaign that will be released a short time before HotS is released and that it will place inbetween the ending of WoL and where HotS will start... just my random thought tho... or it might have something to do with Samir Duran from the BW campaign since he was a major player in that lore and to this moment has just been missing in the sc2 story line...
Im actually a bit exited about this but i fear that this little stunt will drag on way to long and make alot of people loose intrest before we get to know what this "project" is all about. He isn't exactly missing. He talks to Kerrigan in campaign as 'Narud' or something. http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Emil_Narud
ooh, strange, since he was infested in BW i figured that he whould be more of an alien by now..
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On February 06 2013 21:48 Existor wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 21:42 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 21:41 looknohands119 wrote:On February 06 2013 21:37 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 21:17 looknohands119 wrote:On February 06 2013 20:51 [F_]aths wrote:On February 06 2013 20:45 Daralii wrote:On February 06 2013 20:41 [F_]aths wrote:
Guys, this is no alternative reality, nor a new game. This is a teaser for HotS, from a terran's perspective (as zerg barely talk.) They wouldn't trademark the name of an ARG/teaser. Why wouldn't they? HotS is an important product for Blizzard. It makes no sense to create an ARG because they focus on the marketing of HotS, why divert resources? The emails in Project Blackstone mention some Dominion personnell, I see no reason why they would create an ARG when they have HotS. Project Blackstone could have something do to with the holding of Kerrigan in Dominion facilities or with an experiment which needs to be destroyed in the HotS campaign. The release of HotS is close. It makes no sense to tease now a different game in the Starcraft setting. At this point, I think we have already established that this is an ARG. The interaction and investigation required to find the password to the site means that it has already met the requirements necessary to fit the definition of an "Alternate Reality Game". That's not really up for debate, nor is the fact that it is Starcraft related. The real question is what the ARG is meant to promote or introduce. HOTS or Starcraft: Pheonix, or something else entirely? 'Established' on a speculation in the OP? Those email messages on the website could fit into the existing canon. With the HotS release in a few weeks there is no need to establish an alternate reality game. It's obviously the real game reality that the Dominion abducted some scientist to a remote research station. With HotS to be released in less than 5 weeks, there is no time to divert attention from the SC2 expansion. Clearly you are misunderstanding the term "Alternate Reality Game". It does not necessarily refer to a story that operates within a different reality than the game. It merely refers to a type of game in which the players interact with a virtual stopryline or world by interacting with the real world and vice-versa. Thus it is the players interact with a reality which is alternate relative to their own. We don't interact beside from typing in a password and getting to read new emails every few days. The email story line will likely end where the HotS campaign starts. The dominion recruitment test for WoL (for example) could hardly be described as a game as well. You should read Flashpoint. That story is the true prequel for Heart of the Swarm and shows us a lot things in Koprulu sector
Blizzard is advertising Flashpoint, but cannot expect everyone to buy this book. Free content like Project Blackstone with some secrecy about it can catch more customers. I guess those efforts are made to ensure high selling numbers shortly after release. While HotS will probably be purchased by most WoL users eventually, it's better to have big sales in the first week(s).
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On February 06 2013 22:12 SaftKalasEmil wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2013 21:59 darkness wrote:On February 06 2013 21:37 SaftKalasEmil wrote:
Im thinking that this might be a DLC campaign that will be released a short time before HotS is released and that it will place inbetween the ending of WoL and where HotS will start... just my random thought tho... or it might have something to do with Samir Duran from the BW campaign since he was a major player in that lore and to this moment has just been missing in the sc2 story line...
Im actually a bit exited about this but i fear that this little stunt will drag on way to long and make alot of people loose intrest before we get to know what this "project" is all about. He isn't exactly missing. He talks to Kerrigan in campaign as 'Narud' or something. http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Emil_Narud ooh, strange, since he was infested in BW i figured that he whould be more of an alien by now..
Afaik he wasnt infested, he just feigned infestation and are actually a Hybrid or a Xel'Nagaish being.
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Nice one ! They just uploaded them because i remember trying the zergling one this morning and it gave me a 404 error..
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Half Life 3: Project Blackstone pleez
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Pretty cool (mysterious) website so far I don't really think there's too much to actually uncover at the moment, although I expect there to be updates in the future.
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On February 06 2013 15:10 Oerbaa wrote:The password is Y7_$0>0k_3<$m according to reddit
TRUE!
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After reading updated OP I feel like this is awesome ! Looks like very good viral marketing with twitter accounts, maybe youtube videos etc. Good job Blizzard !
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The most important thing for such an ARG is a central source of information. In most of these so many things surface at the same time, its hard to keep up, if you havent some sort of infobase.
I hope the OP has enough time and interest to do this
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Looks like it doesn't work with Opera...
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Perhaps it's a new HOTS unit?
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I love the tweets they set up.
@Adjutant3327 Yeah, yeah. Wake me if you find anything. Can't shake the feeling that we're being watched.
I bet it's just HotS hype, but still quite fun
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I like how Blizzard works with external artists. They do it for WoW and Diablo too - they publish game art that's made by various artists on the net, and link their sites. They adopted and promoted the StarCrafts cute animations and now promote the work of MrJack in a special secret project site. That's pretty cool! gj Blizz <3
On February 06 2013 23:20 Denda Reloaded wrote:
Mr.Jack is already official staff from Blizzard c: haha, didn't know sorry
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Mr.Jack is already official staff from Blizzard c:
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My explanation from the preview videos, emails and the tweets. (mostly guessing but interesting none the less)
Blackstone Project is owned by mobious foundation under the authority of valerian mengsk and under the direction NOT of the dominion but dr. emil narud (duran from sc1). The dominion authority is a cover to keep the project secret, this would explain the kidnappings and the old adjutant found in the emails/tweets as they cannot just requisition new dominion equipment. Only valerian mengsk has the authority to give dominion security without any questions being asked.
Why do I think this is a mobious foundation site and NOT one owned by the dominion? Well in this HOTS preview video it shows a research facility being attacked which matches the description of the blackstone facility found in the blackstone emails ("do not enter areas lit with red light as you will be executed"). In the video we clearly see an area not only lighted in red but have guiding red lines along the walls to show researchers where to go. We also see researchers in the video running from the chaos.
Now the person attacking this research facility is none other than Nova. Nova is an extremely loyal follower of Mengsk and if Nova is attacking the facility you can bet your last dollar Mengsk didn't know about the facility. This means the facility is not an official site but is instead posing as a dominion owned black ops research site. Who would have the authority to do this? Well we need look no further than Valerian Mengsk, owner of the Mobius Foundation. Thus given all the info blizzard has released so far a strong case can be made that this is actually a mobious foundation facility.
Now we have to ask what is going on at Blackstone. Blackstone is holding none other than Sarah Kerrigan. From the video I previously linked and the HOTS introduction video we see Kerrigan being held within a research facility that again matches the description of the Blackstone facility in the emails. Another interesting note is the background to the beta is actually kerrigan in a research lab. Presumably this background changes depending on where you are in the HOTS campaign, similar to how the planets changed in WoL. All this leads to the conclusion that the start HOTS is actually inside the Blackstone Facility before kerrigan meets up with her zergy buddies.
How this happens is the easy part, Mengsk finds out about Valerians secret mobious site and sends in Nova to collect Kerrigan. Mobious sends in raynor to stop Mengsk from getting Kerrigan and all hell breaks loose and somewhere a long the line she escapes. This conflict at Blackstone is what the first HOTS mission is most likely going to be.
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I guess it would be DLC campaign for SC2,. i mean those lore things in the emails and stuff
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In all likelihood, this is not Titan, SC: Ghost, or anything like this. Opened a month before HOTS? Yeah, it's obviously a teaser website, like "Join the Dominon" was for WOL.
I thought this first might be the Umojan's treating Kerrigan, but now I will bet a lot that this "Project" takes place on Skygeirr, which is a Hybrid Lab. Alternatively, it's the Immortal Forge.
Char2=(HotS) Char Fortress (Volcanic)
CharDunes=(HotS) Char Marsh
DesertWorld=(HotS) Phaethon (Desert)
DominionLab=(HotS) Umoja (Installation)
HybridLabInner=(HotS) Skygeirr Lab (Space Platform)
HybridLabOuter=(HotS) Skygeirr Platform (Space Platform)
HybridLabXelNaga=(HotS) Immortal Forge (Space Platform)
IceWorld=(HotS) Kaldir (Ice)
KorhalCity=(HotS) Korhal City
KorhalOutskirts=(HotS) Korhal Wastes
KorhalPlatform=(HotS) Korhal Platform
MoebiusStation=(HotS) Moebius Station (Space Platform)
PrisonShip=(HotS) Moros (Installation)
PurifierWorld=(HotS) Purifier World (Urban)
Starship=(HotS) Daelaam Ark (Starship)
Zerus=(HotS) Zerus (Jungle)
Some of you might remember the exterior from Blizzcon.
![[image loading]](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/253/skygeirr.jpg)
I think this is pretty cool. It's short on details, yet it's obvious what's going on.
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@CwnAnnwn your explanation sounds quite reasonable. But why would the scientist team have a protoss specialist? If it's about Kerrigan then supposedly she's being studied and treated after WoL ending, no idea why would you need someone who works on the protoss. She is psionic..but she's been already as a human.
I guess it's some xelnaga research facility. Though I'm pretty sure all of Jack's paintings will be shown(starting from larva up to whatever the last one is...ultralisk?) The number of pictures correspond with the number of scheduled weeks as well, I believe.
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Y7_$0>0k_3<$m <~~~~~ password for those who haven't figured it out
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It's simple Andr3, the Mobius Foundation is a front for the Dark Voice. Their goal is to bring about hybrids etc. having kerrigan as a speciman to research would be invaluable to further research on making hybrids. Maybe even Terran/Zerg Hybdrids not just Zerg/Protoss. So yeah makes sense to me.
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But didn't Kerrigan just "escape" with the help of Jim and the gang from Narud's research facility? (where she was already experimented upon)
Makes no sense that she gets captured again as a test specimen.
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/StarCraft_II:_Flashpoint - > prequel to HotS
EDIT: to clarify, I kinda think Kerrigan is a part of this Project Blackstone but no ties with Narud/Dark Voice/Hybrids
Blizzard would just put her in the same spot as she was in the book, which sounds lame.
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Got in there, nothing much exciting for now but I have to say it raised my curiosity
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This should be added to OP, very cool read.
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I haven't read flashpoint mate, so I cant comment on how it fits or doens't fit with that story. The pieces still all fit together with the released information so take from my explanation what you will.
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Can't wait to see if my theory holds up or not. Only have to wait and see!
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Kerrigan is not in there, she's on Umoja. This is a Hybrid lab, that's why they need Protoss. Read my post on top of this page.
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All this hype has me ancy :D
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Password is: Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
AES encryption, key is BLACKSTONE
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Oh god it's happening....the hydraroach!
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to clarify, I kinda think Kerrigan is a part of this Project Blackstone but no ties with Narud/Dark Voice/Hybrids
Blizzard would just put her in the same spot as she was in the book, which sounds lame.
or maybe they are in the process of re-enacting kerrigan's escape.
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The adjutant on Twitter makes a lot of references to docking bays, gravity control systems, and life support systems, which sounds like the Skygeirr orbital station from Blizzcon. Dante's got it, I think.
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The story is shockingly similar to a few of the Aliens novels (Nightmare Asylum, Labyrinth, Rogue), which Starcraft is self-admittedly based off of.
I'm really hoping for an "experiment gone wrong" space station infection level. Actually, I'd totally cream my jeans for a few of those in HotS.
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Mysterious. Starcraft: Ghost after all these years? World of Starcraft? Or just some Heart of the Swarm marketing?
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is this adjutant the one kerrigan gets ? xp
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Loving this, many cheers for the guy that storified the tweets, made reading everything so much easier!
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On February 07 2013 00:00 Daralii wrote:
The adjutant on Twitter makes a lot of references to docking bays, gravity control systems, and life support systems, which sounds like the Skygeirr orbital station from Blizzcon. Dante's got it, I think.
Of course I do.
Here is a very short summary of what's pertinent to this from Flashpoint, which will make things a bit easier to understand:
+ Show Spoiler +After rescuing Kerrigan on Char, Raynor, Valerian and the rest of the Raiders take off to Deadman's Port, with Mengsk right behind them. Once there, they meet up with Narud, who works with Valerian. Raynor's bartender, Cooper, betrays them, and the merceneries there nearly have them captured, but with the help of Mira Han, they escape. Narud wants to take Kerrigan to a Moebius lab, but she is reluctant. She caves in eventually.
Once there, she is put in a lab. But Narud betrays them. It is revealed that he is working with Mengsk, who still wants Kerrigan dead. Raynor and Valerian evade capture, and Mengsk opens fire on the docked Hyperion, with Cooper seizing the opportunity to escape to his employer. Kerrigan senses something is wrong from her lab, and kills a ghost sent to assassinate her. She starts to regain her strength, killing Hybrids that Narud sends after them. They all escape. Now Narud is with Mengsk.
Valerian proposes they go to Umoja. Having accidentially killed Annabelle (one of the female Hyperion crew members, whom you can spot in WOL), Kerrigan agrees that she needs to be studied. The book ends on Umoja, with Kerrigan alone in her chamber, swearing revenge on Mengsk.
The HOTS opening cinematic begins there. The lab Kerrigan is in is on Umoja.
This is why I am so certain Blackstone and Kerrigan is not directly related. The scientists in Project Blackstone are going to be working on Hybrids.
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My guess is that is some sort of hype site for HOTS. Like maybe setting the scene from the Terran point of view for the story, specfically the Dominion side or something. Could be cool. My other guess is a new site for HOTS to replace the current starcraft battle.net forums. And then my wildcard guess is its the next MMO, but that is unlikely because i doubt they would be actively producing a sc based mmo while sc 2 has 2 games due out for it. And titian is suppose to be the mmo.
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That makes a lot of sense. Little annoyed that some fairly important plot information is found outside of the game itself.
On February 07 2013 00:14 Dante.StarCraft wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 00:00 Daralii wrote:
The adjutant on Twitter makes a lot of references to docking bays, gravity control systems, and life support systems, which sounds like the Skygeirr orbital station from Blizzcon. Dante's got it, I think. Of course I do. Here is a very short summary of what's pertinent to this from Flashpoint, which will make things a bit easier to understand: + Show Spoiler +After rescuing Kerrigan on Char, Raynor, Valerian and the rest of the Raiders take off to Deadman's Port, with Mengsk right behind them. Once there, they meet up with Narud, who works with Valerian. Raynor's bartender, Cooper, betrays them, and the merceneries there nearly have them captured, but with the help of Mira Han, they escape. Narud wants to take Kerrigan to a Moebius lab, but she is reluctant. She caves in eventually.
Once there, she is put in a lab. But Narud betrays them. It is revealed that he is working with Mengsk, who still wants Kerrigan dead. Raynor and Valerian evade capture, and Mengsk opens fire on the docked Hyperion, with Cooper seizing the opportunity to escape to his employer. Kerrigan senses something is wrong from her lab, and kills a ghost sent to assassinate her. She starts to regain her strength, killing Hybrids that Narud sends after them. They all escape. Now Narud is with Mengsk.
Valerian proposes they go to Umoja. Having accidentially killed Annabelle (one of the female Hyperion crew members, whom you can spot in WOL), Kerrigan agrees that she needs to be studied. The book ends on Umoja, with Kerrigan alone in her chamber, swearing revenge on Mengsk.
The HOTS opening cinematic begins there. The lab Kerrigan is in is on Umoja.
This is why I am so certain Blackstone and Kerrigan is not directly related. The scientists in Project Blackstone are going to be working on Hybrids.
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About everyone wondering, Mr--Jack, that draw that Larvae picture and many other great Zerg pictures started to work for Blizzard not so long after he made that work. I knew since I was visiting his page a lot at deviantart.com and I talked to him a lot.
There are a lot of artworks that were made by him, and not just SC2 related, even some Diablo 3 pictures. Such a talented artist.
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On February 07 2013 00:29 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
That makes a lot of sense. Little annoyed that some fairly important plot information is found outside of the game itself.
I found that odd as well, though I guess reading Flashpoint won't be vital to playing HOTS, just as reading any of the other novels isn't. However, if you like lore, I recommend it, especially since it's got so many central characters.
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On February 06 2013 23:02 -Hammer- wrote:
Perhaps it's a new HOTS unit?
Yeah right. They introduce a new unit with no beta test. Surerightokay.
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Blizzards marketing has always been top notch, only problem is that their games has failed to deliver lately which makes this less exciting than what it could had been.
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On February 06 2013 23:29 Silencioseu wrote:
I guess it would be DLC campaign for SC2,. i mean those lore things in the emails and stuff
DLC makes no sense. Blizzard needs to sell HotS. They need to offer a complete product, not a half-product where you should by DLC.
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would be cool a WoL new campaign to introduce people to HotS
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On February 07 2013 00:49 [F_]aths wrote:Yeah right. They introduce a new unit with no beta test. Surerightokay.
Because he said "New HotS Multiplayer unit" right? No wait, he just said new HotS unit... and if you played WoL campaign, you would see plenty of old/new units that aren't in multiplayer. So this could still be the case.
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is it possible that it could be annoucing a tournament or event. Although I know Blizzcon would be off the table since it contains all of Blizzards games, but a tournament might be be something. Since nothing has been revealed about Blizzcon or any chance of a WCS this year.
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this is blizzard dota 100%. it's clearly connected to SC2 and there's no way it's a general HOTS advertisement.
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On February 07 2013 01:04 OblivionMage wrote:
this is blizzard dota 100%. it's clearly connected to SC2 and there's no way it's a general HOTS advertisement.
I will bet you 3500 bucks that it is 130% not.
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On February 07 2013 01:04 OblivionMage wrote:
this is blizzard dota 100%. it's clearly connected to SC2 and there's no way it's a general HOTS advertisement.
I doubt it.
Said ten times already.
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this has already been posted 62615274826253747 times
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I have a feeling this is connected to free to play WOL!
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On February 07 2013 01:19 NeWeNiyaLord wrote:
I have a feeling this is connected to free to play WOL!
Is that just a random thought (or random 'feeling') or do you have any evidence? Why would Blizzard divert attention from the HotS release with a WoL F2P model? Wouldn't they rather try to sell a product, namely HotS?
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On February 07 2013 01:21 [F_]aths wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 01:19 NeWeNiyaLord wrote:
I have a feeling this is connected to free to play WOL! Is that just a random thought (or random 'feeling') or do you have any evidence? Why would Blizzard divert attention from the HotS release with a WoL F2P model? Wouldn't they rather try to sell a product, namely HotS?
They've never been known as the more brilliant decision makers in the scheme of things; maybe they're trying to rope in some F2P enthusiasts to then get them excited enough to buy HotS. Who knows.
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It just irks me that blizz wastes their time on shit like this.. when it seems like this is the stuff the community is never asking for..
anyways I hope that whatever it is turns out cool/fun/worthwhile.
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my guess is a mobile game based on sc2.
booya
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On February 07 2013 01:19 NeWeNiyaLord wrote:
I have a feeling this is connected to free to play WOL!
I doubt that, it doesn't really make a lot of sense to open up WoL like that as they are preparing for a presumably massive migration to HotS.
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On February 07 2013 01:28 LarJarsE wrote:
It just irks me that blizz wastes their time on shit like this.. when it seems like this is the stuff the community is never asking for..
anyways I hope that whatever it is turns out cool/fun/worthwhile.
You're right, they shouldn't have forced that guy that was supposed to be working on balancing the new units to make this entire site instead.
Posts like this always make me laugh
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On February 07 2013 01:28 LarJarsE wrote:
It just irks me that blizz wastes their time on shit like this.. when it seems like this is the stuff the community is never asking for..
anyways I hope that whatever it is turns out cool/fun/worthwhile.
Blizzard is a company with thousands of employees. Not all of them are programmers, not all of them are designers, not all of them are artists. Some are marketing some are web design and an endless list of various other jobs. I doubt something like this would have any impact what so ever on "stuff the community is asking for".
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I can't freaking wait for this campaign... I love viral hype!
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That zerg picture is from '09 :O
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On February 07 2013 01:28 LarJarsE wrote:
It just irks me that blizz wastes their time on shit like this.. when it seems like this is the stuff the community is never asking for..
They don't do everything just for the community... remember there's a HUGE client basis that is either casual- has nothing to do with the community- or is just in it for cool shit and not competitive/balanced play. Don't be obtuse.
edit for formatting.
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On February 07 2013 01:39 VelRa_G wrote:
I can't freaking wait for this campaign... I love viral hype!
Yeah me too, I got so into the NiN story that shit was crazy deep. I doubt they can ever make anything so awesome but still this is cool.
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On February 07 2013 01:28 LarJarsE wrote:
It just irks me that blizz wastes their time on shit like this.. when it seems like this is the stuff the community is never asking for..
anyways I hope that whatever it is turns out cool/fun/worthwhile.
The community asks for different things from different people.
What if the community didn't ask anything from the division that does this shit?
Breaking News: Blizzard isn't your bitch.
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On February 07 2013 01:28 LarJarsE wrote:
It just irks me that blizz wastes their time on shit like this.. when it seems like this is the stuff the community is never asking for..
anyways I hope that whatever it is turns out cool/fun/worthwhile.
Now is not the time for petty gripes. Now is the time for random fanboi nerdgasms.
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I find it funny, that people in here seriously think that this is related to anything else than heart of the swarm.
It is blizzards next big product. They try to market it and hype it up. And this virality / alternate reality game is a nice idea!
But come on guys, get real
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On February 07 2013 01:28 LarJarsE wrote:
It just irks me that blizz wastes their time on shit like this.. when it seems like this is the stuff the community is never asking for..
anyways I hope that whatever it is turns out cool/fun/worthwhile.
It just irks me that people like you waste time posting shit like this...
Anyway, I love things like these, and as others have posted before me, its not like the HotS developers/balance people are the ones running/managing this... It def is something HotS related, looking forward to seeing what it is ;-)
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Could be blizzard dota, and it would be sense for it to be. Its a lab, crazy things happen and get created in labs. Dota style games generally have some crazy abilities/heroes.
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Im sure that the Bain-clan will be very pleased with the Axiom-references in these characters dialogues, haha
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/fRQubEF.jpg)
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i love me some good hype. an alternate reality game would be awesome.. branching out with the sc universe. but to set my expectations a bit lower i guess it will probabaly be something HOTS related.
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Wtf, why are these guys talking on Twitter ? A scientist doesn't know how to use skype ?
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On February 07 2013 02:02 rIpPeNqUeTsChEr wrote:
Password: Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
worked : D but there's not much to do in there
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Anyone know how to solve the password?
I know the password is Y7_$0>0k_3<$m, but where is this come form?
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On February 07 2013 02:30 tomwizz wrote:
Anyone know how to solve the password?
I know the password is Y7_$0>0k_3<$m, but where is this come form?
go do what you should've done and chech earlier int he thread u'll find the answer
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:o is it me or is there talking int he background of the site now???
EDIT: LOL NVM somehow I brought up one of the streams. ==; Oh that scared the crap out of me.
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There're new e-mails on the site.
3 now. Click on the first one listed, there are replies.
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On February 07 2013 02:37 InfCereal wrote:
There're new e-mails on the site.
3 now. Click on the first one listed, there are replies.
?
No there aren't.
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On February 07 2013 02:39 KrazyTrumpet wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 02:37 InfCereal wrote:
There're new e-mails on the site.
3 now. Click on the first one listed, there are replies. ? No there aren't.
edit: I appear to be wrong, and just didn't scroll down far enough when I read them the first time. Oopsies.
Well I beg to differ.
+ Show Spoiler +Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:
It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.
I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.
Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours.
Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD Chairman on Dominion Xenostudies, Imperial Science Advisor, and Chief of Research for Project Blackstone
+ Show Spoiler +RE: Welcome!
My Dear Dr. Branamoor,
Imagine my surprise upon finding a "Reply All" option at the bottom of your warm and informative welcome note. I am uncertain if you intended this as encouragement to me and the rest of your honored guests to engage in open discourse or if you merely forgot to remove the option. Regardless, I am certain that I am not the only member of this exciting new team with a less-than-favorable opinion of your recruitment methods. I consider myself a patriot and supporter of the current regime, and so a simple invitation from your department would have resulted in my speedy, dutiful, and voluntary acceptance of this new opportunity. It certainly would have been much more cost-effective than sending one of your uncouth ghost agents to haul me through the broken glass of my imported colonial Teredelle windows at some ungodly hour in the night. I didn't even have time to pack a toothbrush.
Please consider this a gentle reminder that you can attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.
Dr. Talen Ayers, PhD Xenobiologist, bestselling author of Ayers on Aliens, and frustrated invitee
+ Show Spoiler +RE: Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:
Your digital correspondence is now locked down. Please run further communication through the approved private channels, and limit your messages to topics of pertinent research and findings. Upon further consideration, I have decided to cancel this evening's soiree so that we can get right to work.
We have been able to acquire several specimens of larval zerg for our first procedure. I had hoped to present them with some surprise and fanfare at the barbecue by delivering them in a serving bowl at the center table; that is the sort of humor and friendly levity that I had wished to engender in our team. But now that opportunity has been soured by this unfortunate display of ill spirits by Dr. Ayers. I ask you all to consider how quickly one negative comment can ruin things for everybody.
Well, what's done is done. Our xenospecialists will find the larvae sterilized and prepared for dissection in Biolab 2. Previous studies have uncovered some surprising similarities between the zerg larva's pluripotent cellular structures and our own embryonic stem cells. We are interested in finding a means to both arrest the obligatory asymmetric replication (the astounding healing factor) of the zerg, and adapt it (in some measure) for our Dominion soldiers. I would invite other members of the research staff to observe the dissection and participate in any post-mortem discussions regarding analysis and possible weaponization of what we uncover.
Report to your assigned workspaces immediately.
And again, welcome!
Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD
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On February 07 2013 02:40 InfCereal wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 02:39 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 07 2013 02:37 InfCereal wrote:
There're new e-mails on the site.
3 now. Click on the first one listed, there are replies. ? No there aren't. edit: I appear to be wrong, and just didn't scroll down far enough when I read them the first time. Oopsies. Well I beg to differ. + Show Spoiler +Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:
It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.
I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.
Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours.
Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD Chairman on Dominion Xenostudies, Imperial Science Advisor, and Chief of Research for Project Blackstone RE: Welcome!
My Dear Dr. Branamoor,
Imagine my surprise upon finding a "Reply All" option at the bottom of your warm and informative welcome note. I am uncertain if you intended this as encouragement to me and the rest of your honored guests to engage in open discourse or if you merely forgot to remove the option. Regardless, I am certain that I am not the only member of this exciting new team with a less-than-favorable opinion of your recruitment methods. I consider myself a patriot and supporter of the current regime, and so a simple invitation from your department would have resulted in my speedy, dutiful, and voluntary acceptance of this new opportunity. It certainly would have been much more cost-effective than sending one of your uncouth ghost agents to haul me through the broken glass of my imported colonial Teredelle windows at some ungodly hour in the night. I didn't even have time to pack a toothbrush.
Please consider this a gentle reminder that you can attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.
Dr. Talen Ayers, PhD Xenobiologist, bestselling author of Ayers on Aliens, and frustrated invitee RE: Welcome!
Esteemed Colleagues:
Your digital correspondence is now locked down. Please run further communication through the approved private channels, and limit your messages to topics of pertinent research and findings. Upon further consideration, I have decided to cancel this evening's soiree so that we can get right to work.
We have been able to acquire several specimens of larval zerg for our first procedure. I had hoped to present them with some surprise and fanfare at the barbecue by delivering them in a serving bowl at the center table; that is the sort of humor and friendly levity that I had wished to engender in our team. But now that opportunity has been soured by this unfortunate display of ill spirits by Dr. Ayers. I ask you all to consider how quickly one negative comment can ruin things for everybody.
Well, what's done is done. Our xenospecialists will find the larvae sterilized and prepared for dissection in Biolab 2. Previous studies have uncovered some surprising similarities between the zerg larva's pluripotent cellular structures and our own embryonic stem cells. We are interested in finding a means to both arrest the obligatory asymmetric replication (the astounding healing factor) of the zerg, and adapt it (in some measure) for our Dominion soldiers. I would invite other members of the research staff to observe the dissection and participate in any post-mortem discussions regarding analysis and possible weaponization of what we uncover.
Report to your assigned workspaces immediately.
And again, welcome!
Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD
Are you blind?
These was in the OP for 10 hours at least. Please, at least read the first post before posting. We don't need 100 posts to tell us what the password is...
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Interesting seems like they are doing some HotS hype stuff?
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On February 07 2013 01:46 VelRa_G wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 01:28 LarJarsE wrote:
It just irks me that blizz wastes their time on shit like this.. when it seems like this is the stuff the community is never asking for..
anyways I hope that whatever it is turns out cool/fun/worthwhile. Now is not the time for petty gripes. Now is the time for random fanboi nerdgasms.
Thank you, my friend from the north.
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Please be a fully CGI starcraft movie...
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On February 07 2013 03:09 fabiano wrote:
alas, some people are having fun
Yeah, it's a damn shame.
+ Show Spoiler +Seriously though, I'm thoroughly enjoying this.
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On February 07 2013 02:26 algue wrote:
Wtf, why are these guys talking on Twitter ? A scientist doesn't know how to use skype ?
implying that scientists need to use skype
also the fact this is obviously fake, and it's for marketing, so obviously they want the public to see the convo
why the fuck would you put it in skype then.
(also I doubt they have skype in a blizzard fantasy world)
dur
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On February 07 2013 03:43 zhurai wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 02:26 algue wrote:
Wtf, why are these guys talking on Twitter ? A scientist doesn't know how to use skype ? implying that scientists need to use skype also the fact this is obviously fake, and it's for marketing, so obviously they want the public to see the convo why the fuck would you put it in skype then. (also I doubt they have skype in a blizzard fantasy world) dur
You must be a blast at parties.
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This is obviously hype for the announcement of Battle.net Twitter integration.
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Blizzard really knows how to hype things, I'm not even sure what this is but I'm excited for it.
What the fuck.
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mhm I kind of like it. I'm just waiting for "Dr. Narud" to show up, + Show Spoiler +since all of the biolab missions somehow linked to "him".
But the twitter thing annoys me. So much text without anything fancy
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On February 07 2013 03:46 Draconicfire wrote:
This is obviously hype for the announcement of Battle.net Twitter integration.
this.
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On February 07 2013 03:59 Kznn wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 03:46 Draconicfire wrote:
This is obviously hype for the announcement of Battle.net Twitter integration. this.
Haha, i second that! hahaha xd
So much work, i'm damn sure it is obviously a Bnet Twitter integration !
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Judging by the pictures in the first 'message' (which shows a baneling or something), it might have something to do with the secret missions in BW and SC2 (splicing the genes of zerg and protoss to create hybrids).
Secret missions, secret (supposedly) website and messages from (probably) fake scientists.
You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.
-Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD Chairman on Dominion Xenostudies
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BW HD maybe?
my body is ready
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I think, The Blackstone itself is just Xel'naga artifact, which Narud steal in Flashpoint and now Dominion sientists are trying to research it and probably use against Protoss and Zerg.
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On February 07 2013 04:08 Garmer wrote:
BW HD maybe?
my body is ready
I guess not but it would be insane!
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I also wrote up some stuff about the source code:
I'm currently sifting through the source code. It looks like the content of the messages is returned via an ajax call from this URL: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/message.frag?current=<stuff> but the page gives an error when you try to access it. This URL shows SOME of the content of week 1: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/message.frag?current=week1 In fact, if you look at the source code for the above URL, you will see all of the content of the messages. However, the URL for week2 does not work at all: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/message.frag?current=week2 The source code just stops abruptly, indicating a serverside scripting error that ceased returning the page. Here is a link to the second article, access to which is denied: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/?article=week2The messages are loaded using a simple javascript call. You can open up your browser's developer console and paste this: blackstone.message.load("week1", "article", 0); You'll see the animation for loading the first message. If you try to do blackstone.message.load("week2", "article", 0); you get errors. I have not yet found more information on these errors. This load function is basically an ajax call to the page I linked at the top of this comment (http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/message.frag?current=<stuff>). The <stuff> gets replaced by the first argument of the message.load() function. The main javascript source code can be found here: http://us.battle.net/sc2/static/js/blackstone/blackstone.js?v25It might be that the content is simply not loaded on the site yet, but we at least know that the new content will be released weekly. Also, here's an image of larva: http://us.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/01-larvae.jpg
from: http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/17zgcf/blizzards_newest_websiteproject_project_blackstone/c8a8lic
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On February 07 2013 04:39 jinorazi wrote:
lotv = 4th race? o.O
Blizzard is having a tough time with the 3 that exist.
That said, if they introduced a fourth race, I predict everyone would switch to that race for about 3 months.
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Might have nothing to do with it but Blizzard often makes references to other games and genres. Particularly 40k (space marines, anyone?). In 40k there are blackstone fortresses: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Blackstone_Fortress
A Blackstone Fortress is a massive starship of unknown origin, first used by the Imperium as a naval base, then used by the forces of Chaos as a weapon of mass-destruction.
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so its just the three messages (in one message). If this was just released there looks like a lot of space for new messages to come. I'm kind of excited!
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On February 07 2013 04:51 JohnerFX wrote:
Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
Thanks. We didn't get this posted on this page yet. hopefully people keep posting it so it will be on every single page in this thread.
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On February 07 2013 04:49 Heartland wrote:Might have nothing to do with it but Blizzard often makes references to other games and genres. Particularly 40k (space marines, anyone?). In 40k there are blackstone fortresses: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Blackstone_Fortress Show nested quote +
A Blackstone Fortress is a massive starship of unknown origin, first used by the Imperium as a naval base, then used by the forces of Chaos as a weapon of mass-destruction.
After all, they belong to the department of Dominion Xenostudies
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On February 07 2013 04:39 jinorazi wrote:
lotv = 4th race? o.O
i think there will be a 4th race but only in single player, probably the xel naga or something
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On February 07 2013 04:49 Heartland wrote:Might have nothing to do with it but Blizzard often makes references to other games and genres. Particularly 40k (space marines, anyone?). In 40k there are blackstone fortresses: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Blackstone_Fortress Show nested quote +
A Blackstone Fortress is a massive starship of unknown origin, first used by the Imperium as a naval base, then used by the forces of Chaos as a weapon of mass-destruction.
This has the highest chance of accuracy of all the ideas suggested in this thread. Blizzard has a massive boner for Warhammer. Always has.
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On February 07 2013 04:08 Garmer wrote:
BW HD maybe?
my body is ready
we already have those, just look at the custom map
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On February 07 2013 04:46 InfCereal wrote:Blizzard is having a tough time with the 3 that exist. That said, if they introduced a fourth race, I predict everyone would switch to that race for about 3 months.
Why would you switch ? Stick to your race and farm wins against the noobs playing a race they don't know !
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I wonder when will blizzard reveal what it really is. Most probably it will be soon™.
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On February 07 2013 03:59 Kznn wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 03:46 Draconicfire wrote:
This is obviously hype for the announcement of Battle.net Twitter integration. this.
We'd have to change the rock vs. SC2 pic then T.T
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I'll happily bet my life savings that this is simply an ARG to hype HotS and nothing more. No new content, race, game, date or anything unknown is being promoted here.
Which kind of shows that Blizzard doesn't really get what makes an ARG fun.
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Typical government agency, I type in "password" and access is confirmed.
lol
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On February 07 2013 05:34 Conti wrote:
I'll happily bet my life savings that this is simply an ARG to hype HotS and nothing more. No new content, race, game, date or anything unknown is being promoted here.
Which kind of shows that Blizzard doesn't really get what makes an ARG fun.
Considering all the new and innovative shit Blizzard has given us recently I'm generally more enthused to think this way also. Any new content would probably just be a disappointment anyways.
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umm, that's a scourge, not a zealot. interesting that they would label it zealot...
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On February 07 2013 05:30 docvoc wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 03:59 Kznn wrote:On February 07 2013 03:46 Draconicfire wrote:
This is obviously hype for the announcement of Battle.net Twitter integration. this. We'd have to change the rock vs. SC2 pic then T.T
you already need to
SC2 doesn't have fb support now
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On February 07 2013 05:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:umm, that's a scourge, not a zealot. interesting that they would label it zealot...
I know it's not a protoss unit.
But it's labeled as one, so I guess the next one are going to be protoss or terran units, too.
Tried "stalker", "sentry" and "immortal" already, but was to lazy for the rest, all gave me a 404. :/
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On February 07 2013 05:39 DeepElemBlues wrote:umm, that's a scourge, not a zealot. interesting that they would label it zealot...
Maybe it's a zealous scourge.
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05 is labeled zealot, but it's good old Scourge. Maybe Blizz don't want us to find all pictures at once.
Makes no sense as all are from Mr.Jack deviant art gallery.
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On February 07 2013 05:19 iky43210 wrote:we already have those, just look at the custom map
not the same, sc2bw is out of proportion and the pathing doesn't follow 8 directional movements, and it's unfinished...
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sounds like EG style hype to me
expect something big
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"Mr Jack 09" it was drawn in 2009?
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On February 07 2013 06:01 Roe wrote:
"Mr Jack 09" it was drawn in 2009?
I think these are from concept art of WoL, so it totally possible it is from 2009.
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On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft?
I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different.
SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2
To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see.
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On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see.
Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though.
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On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see.
Think about it, though. MMOs give you the steadiest revenue stream from a franchise.
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On February 07 2013 05:59 Burns wrote:
sounds like EG style hype to me
expect something big
obviously Blizzard just acquired some top tier scientists in their progaming team development/balance team
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On February 07 2013 06:31 Shady Sands wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Think about it, though. MMOs give you the steadiest revenue stream from a franchise.
They once said in Activision-Blizzard press conference that they are going to make ONE free game and an MMO. We all know that MMO = Titan. So This will probably be the FREE GAME that they said they gonna make in the future.(They said that in 2011 Press Conference)
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On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft?
Why would Blizzard divert attention from the HotS release?
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On February 07 2013 06:36 [F_]aths wrote:Why would Blizzard divert attention from the HotS release?
If anything, it should be UNIVERSE of StarCraft
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Why does anyone think this is anything other than hype for HotS?
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On February 07 2013 06:40 Eschaton wrote:
Why does anyone think this is anything other than hype for HotS?
Wishful thinking.
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I think it is simply hype for the HotS campaign scenario. A kind of Dominion's Manhattan Project who is developing new weapons or stuff like that.
Like other said, they have no reason to take the attention away from their new release.
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On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though.
I read that article, too, and I saw a flaw in the logic. "Themepark" MMOs don't fail because there's no market for it, they fail because they're competing in a market where one giant did it first and does it better. It's the same reason the iPad dominates the tablet market.
And what will inevitably defeat the iPad? The iPads 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. The next successful MMO will be created by the people who can increment on the success of the first one, the ones who have access to all the accomplishments that were praised and have a map of the pit falls that weren't.
If the 10 million people still playing WoW wanted something different they could have found it by now. What they want is something better and Blizzard is likely to be the one to give it to them.
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I doubt this has been pointed out but... Dustin Browder loves rocks, and the name of this project is basically a rock. It has to be something Hots related IMO :p
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On February 07 2013 06:34 mtn wrote:
They once said in Activision-Blizzard press conference that they are going to make ONE free game and an MMO. We all know that MMO = Titan. So This will probably be the FREE GAME that they said they gonna make in the future.(They said that in 2011 Press Conference)
The free game is Blizzard All Stars, and I don't think it will have lore behind it.
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On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though.
I really miss Pre-CU Star Wars Galaxies =(
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On February 07 2013 06:53 Wingblade wrote:
I doubt this has been pointed out but... Dustin Browder loves rocks, and the name of this project is basically a rock. It has to be something Hots related IMO :p
good point! Maybe they want to implement black destrucitble rocks with more HP.
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On February 07 2013 06:50 urashimakt wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I read that article, too, and I saw a flaw in the logic. "Themepark" MMOs don't fail because there's no market for it, they fail because they're competing in a market where one giant did it first and does it better. It's the same reason the iPad dominates the tablet market. And what will inevitably defeat the iPad? The iPads 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. The next successful MMO will be created by the people who can increment on the success of the first one, the ones who have access to all the accomplishments that were praised and have a map of the pit falls that weren't. If the 10 million people still playing WoW wanted something different they could have found it by now. What they want is something better and Blizzard is likely to be the one to give it to them.
The reason people keeps playing wow is not because it's better, it's because they have invested hundreds of hours on their character while paying a monthly fee for the pleasure of doing so. You are deluding yourself if you think it's just about doing things better. And do you really think apple keeps their dominance with the ipad purely on performance?
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On February 07 2013 07:00 fr0d0b0ls0n wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:34 mtn wrote:
They once said in Activision-Blizzard press conference that they are going to make ONE free game and an MMO. We all know that MMO = Titan. So This will probably be the FREE GAME that they said they gonna make in the future.(They said that in 2011 Press Conference) The free game is Blizzard All Stars, and I don't think it will have lore behind it.
There is a lore.
Two ancients on an alternate universe bring the greatest heroes of all dimensions and times to fight for pure amusement.
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On February 07 2013 06:09 NightOfTheDead wrote:I think these are from concept art of WoL, so it totally possible it is from 2009.
Well, Mr. Jack was drawing Starcraft art (and other games too!) for a long time before he got a job at Blizzard. So he drew this stuff before they hired him (and it was a large reason why they hired him!) and he definitely deserved the job!
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On February 07 2013 07:13 nihlon wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:50 urashimakt wrote:On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I read that article, too, and I saw a flaw in the logic. "Themepark" MMOs don't fail because there's no market for it, they fail because they're competing in a market where one giant did it first and does it better. It's the same reason the iPad dominates the tablet market. And what will inevitably defeat the iPad? The iPads 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. The next successful MMO will be created by the people who can increment on the success of the first one, the ones who have access to all the accomplishments that were praised and have a map of the pit falls that weren't. If the 10 million people still playing WoW wanted something different they could have found it by now. What they want is something better and Blizzard is likely to be the one to give it to them. The reason people keeps playing wow is not because it's better, it's because they have invested hundreds of hours on their character while paying a monthly fee for the pleasure of doing so. You are deluding yourself if you think it's just about doing things better. And do you really think apple keeps their dominance with the ipad purely on performance?
That's not entirely true. I was quite tempted to buy Mists of Pandaria simply to create a monk and check out the new content. My previous characters have nothing to do with that.
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On February 07 2013 07:02 KrazyTrumpet wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I really miss Pre-CU Star Wars Galaxies =(
Combat system sucked balls, but hell i miss that kind of sandbox MMOs.
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On February 07 2013 07:13 nihlon wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:50 urashimakt wrote:On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I read that article, too, and I saw a flaw in the logic. "Themepark" MMOs don't fail because there's no market for it, they fail because they're competing in a market where one giant did it first and does it better. It's the same reason the iPad dominates the tablet market. And what will inevitably defeat the iPad? The iPads 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. The next successful MMO will be created by the people who can increment on the success of the first one, the ones who have access to all the accomplishments that were praised and have a map of the pit falls that weren't. If the 10 million people still playing WoW wanted something different they could have found it by now. What they want is something better and Blizzard is likely to be the one to give it to them. The reason people keeps playing wow is not because it's better, it's because they have invested hundreds of hours on their character while paying a monthly fee for the pleasure of doing so. You are deluding yourself if you think it's just about doing things better. And do you really think apple keeps their dominance with the ipad purely on performance?
Except WoW still remains the most polished MMO experience.
The problem is, people are always comparing new MMOs to WoW which has had many years now to polish it's experience and they get frustrated when things aren't perfect right away. The only thing that can ever make WoW go away at this point is Blizzard.
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This is cool. Maybe Blizzard is trying to bring back some sort of 3rd person single player game, like SC:Ghost?
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On February 07 2013 07:25 KrazyTrumpet wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 07:13 nihlon wrote:On February 07 2013 06:50 urashimakt wrote:On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I read that article, too, and I saw a flaw in the logic. "Themepark" MMOs don't fail because there's no market for it, they fail because they're competing in a market where one giant did it first and does it better. It's the same reason the iPad dominates the tablet market. And what will inevitably defeat the iPad? The iPads 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. The next successful MMO will be created by the people who can increment on the success of the first one, the ones who have access to all the accomplishments that were praised and have a map of the pit falls that weren't. If the 10 million people still playing WoW wanted something different they could have found it by now. What they want is something better and Blizzard is likely to be the one to give it to them. The reason people keeps playing wow is not because it's better, it's because they have invested hundreds of hours on their character while paying a monthly fee for the pleasure of doing so. You are deluding yourself if you think it's just about doing things better. And do you really think apple keeps their dominance with the ipad purely on performance? Except WoW still remains the most polished MMO experience. The problem is, people are always comparing new MMOs to WoW which has had many years now to polish it's experience and they get frustrated when things aren't perfect right away. The only thing that can ever make WoW go away at this point is Blizzard.
That's not the people problem, that's developer's fault for trying to make another WoW on a genre you can't compete to a game who had that many years of success and polishement. This story has been repeating itself since warhammer online (i don't count Age of Conan... because the combat system was awesome, too bad it was bugged as fuck). There are only a handful non-themepark MMORPGs out there, and all of them catter to a very small kind of community (ultra hardcore, pvp'ers, complexity).
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We are interested in finding a means to both arrest the obligatory asymmetric replication (the astounding healing factor) of the zerg, and adapt it (in some measure) for our Dominion soldiers.
Isn't this the new reaper healing?
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New tweets from Adjutant! Seems like more stuff is happening.
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On February 07 2013 07:25 KrazyTrumpet wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 07:13 nihlon wrote:On February 07 2013 06:50 urashimakt wrote:On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I read that article, too, and I saw a flaw in the logic. "Themepark" MMOs don't fail because there's no market for it, they fail because they're competing in a market where one giant did it first and does it better. It's the same reason the iPad dominates the tablet market. And what will inevitably defeat the iPad? The iPads 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. The next successful MMO will be created by the people who can increment on the success of the first one, the ones who have access to all the accomplishments that were praised and have a map of the pit falls that weren't. If the 10 million people still playing WoW wanted something different they could have found it by now. What they want is something better and Blizzard is likely to be the one to give it to them. The reason people keeps playing wow is not because it's better, it's because they have invested hundreds of hours on their character while paying a monthly fee for the pleasure of doing so. You are deluding yourself if you think it's just about doing things better. And do you really think apple keeps their dominance with the ipad purely on performance? Except WoW still remains the most polished MMO experience. The problem is, people are always comparing new MMOs to WoW which has had many years now to polish it's experience and they get frustrated when things aren't perfect right away. The only thing that can ever make WoW go away at this point is Blizzard.
WoW was felt polished while it was in beta. They're one of the only companies that just 'gets it', and makes completely smooth and awesome gameplay. It lacked features at launch and suffered greatly from server stability but it was polished.
Blizzard is just filled with amazing talent and must be an amazing place to work. Other MMO's can't touch WoW from the point it looks awkard just to move around.
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On February 07 2013 07:25 Godwrath wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 07:02 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I really miss Pre-CU Star Wars Galaxies =( Combat system sucked balls, but hell i miss that kind of sandbox MMOs.
CU wasn't bad , it was the NGE that really fucked it
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On February 06 2013 21:37 SaftKalasEmil wrote:
Im thinking that this might be a DLC campaign that will be released a short time before HotS is released and that it will place inbetween the ending of WoL and where HotS will start... just my random thought tho... or it might have something to do with Samir Duran from the BW campaign since he was a major player in that lore and to this moment has just been missing in the sc2 story line...
Im actually a bit exited about this but i fear that this little stunt will drag on way to long and make alot of people loose intrest before we get to know what this "project" is all about.
He hasn't been missing.
Hes Dr. Narud.
Narud=Duran
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On February 07 2013 06:34 mtn wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:31 Shady Sands wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Think about it, though. MMOs give you the steadiest revenue stream from a franchise. They once said in Activision-Blizzard press conference that they are going to make ONE free game and an MMO. We all know that MMO = Titan. So This will probably be the FREE GAME that they said they gonna make in the future.(They said that in 2011 Press Conference)
I am going to go on a limb and agree with this. That's what this probably is.
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On February 07 2013 08:12 Brindled wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:34 mtn wrote:On February 07 2013 06:31 Shady Sands wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Think about it, though. MMOs give you the steadiest revenue stream from a franchise. They once said in Activision-Blizzard press conference that they are going to make ONE free game and an MMO. We all know that MMO = Titan. So This will probably be the FREE GAME that they said they gonna make in the future.(They said that in 2011 Press Conference) I am going to go on a limb and agree with this. That's what this probably is.
Blizzard Allstars can be the free game, too.
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On February 07 2013 07:25 Godwrath wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 07:02 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I really miss Pre-CU Star Wars Galaxies =( Combat system sucked balls, but hell i miss that kind of sandbox MMOs.
Good news is that Everquest 3 will be a sandbox MMO instead of themepark.
On February 07 2013 06:50 urashimakt wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 06:21 nomyx wrote:On February 07 2013 06:15 CursOr wrote:On February 07 2013 05:56 Shady Sands wrote:
World of Starcraft? I hope they don't make this mistake. I hope that isn't what "Titan" was. AND what this is. MMO's are going out quick, and there isn't much room left in those I'm affraid- unless it's totally different. SC2 itself needs something big, and to be a little critical, the subjective "quality" of this content, to me, doesn't exactly seem that this is some HUGE release of a brand new game. This is hopefully somethin more for our SC2 To me, blackstone sounds like it might have something to do with that artifact, possible terrans trying to harness it, and the XelNaga. We will see. Themepark MMOs are a dying market, a good new sandbox MMO would be terrific though. I read that article, too, and I saw a flaw in the logic. "Themepark" MMOs don't fail because there's no market for it, they fail because they're competing in a market where one giant did it first and does it better. It's the same reason the iPad dominates the tablet market. And what will inevitably defeat the iPad? The iPads 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. The next successful MMO will be created by the people who can increment on the success of the first one, the ones who have access to all the accomplishments that were praised and have a map of the pit falls that weren't. If the 10 million people still playing WoW wanted something different they could have found it by now. What they want is something better and Blizzard is likely to be the one to give it to them.
Indeed, just compare WoW to all the "WoW-killers." Guess which one came out on top?
But then you have a game like EVE. It is an MMO so yes it is "competing" with WoW but it's a totally different experience when compared to WoW (World of warcraft being the supreme themepark MMO right now while EVE is the best sand box MMO on the market).
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The Major Lee is pissed man
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LOL, they know we found the other pictures.... they're not at their original locations anymore
@Adjutant3327
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@Adjutant3327
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@LeeTreicher Nothing critical, Major Treicher. Portions of xeno-imaging caches 02 through11.
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So, sorry if this has already been posted, but so far I've gotten this: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/?article=week2
Access Denied it says. Tried editing the code a bit to get an access granted or to make it load the week 2 info, but it won't work for me )=. Hope any of u can
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On February 07 2013 08:44 kblueriver wrote:So, sorry if this has already been posted, but so far I've gotten this: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/?article=week2Access Denied it says. Tried editing the code a bit to get an access granted or to make it load the week 2 info, but it won't work for me )=. Hope any of u can
It's probably because there won't actually be any data up for week 2 yet to crack into.
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It's actually a group of remanent UED scientist and soldiers that were stationed on the planet Braxis. The whole human/zerg research is being done on their very own Alexei Stukov, who was infested by the Zerg cerebrate Kaloth shortly after he died. . Before Alexei's death he hid the blueprint of the Psi Disrupter. The remanent of the UED reunite and reconstruct the Psi Disrupter. Their plans are to control the Zerg again to maintain order within the sector under the alias "Project Blackstone". Since Kerrigan has lost a lot of the control she once had on the Zerg and all of the cerebrates are dead, nothing will stop the Psi Disrupter once it's activated. Alexei will then become the "King of the Swarm".
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I'm trying to follow the twitter action and I'm just realizing I actually don't know how to use twitter.
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On February 07 2013 08:55 BlazeFury01 wrote:
It's actually a group of remanent UED scientist and soldiers that were stationed on the planet Braxis. The whole human/zerg research is being done on their very own Alexei Stukov, who was infested by the Zerg cerebrate Kaloth shortly after he died. . Before Alexei's death he hid the blueprint of the Psi Disrupter. The remanent of the UED reunite and reconstruct the Psi Disrupter. Their plans are to control the Zerg again to maintain order within the sector under the alias "Project Blackstone". Since Kerrigan has lost a lot of the control she once had on the Zerg and all of the cerebrates are dead, nothing will stop the Psi Disrupter once it's activated. Alexei will then become the "King of the Swarm".
Lets not get our hopes up
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How did someone found out about the correct password?
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On February 07 2013 09:00 Disengaged wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 08:55 BlazeFury01 wrote:
It's actually a group of remanent UED scientist and soldiers that were stationed on the planet Braxis. The whole human/zerg research is being done on their very own Alexei Stukov, who was infested by the Zerg cerebrate Kaloth shortly after he died. . Before Alexei's death he hid the blueprint of the Psi Disrupter. The remanent of the UED reunite and reconstruct the Psi Disrupter. Their plans are to control the Zerg again to maintain order within the sector under the alias "Project Blackstone". Since Kerrigan has lost a lot of the control she once had on the Zerg and all of the cerebrates are dead, nothing will stop the Psi Disrupter once it's activated. Alexei will then become the "King of the Swarm". Lets not get our hopes up
Yeah, I'm just cheesing
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On February 07 2013 08:37 bduddy wrote:
LOL, they know we found the other pictures.... they're not at their original locations anymore
@Adjutant3327
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Vulnerable sectors discovered. Initiating stage 2 encryption protocols.
@Adjutant3327
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Data obfuscation complete.
@Adjutant3327
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@LeeTreicher Nothing critical, Major Treicher. Portions of xeno-imaging caches 02 through11.
ahah thats nice the images we found from 2 to 11 are not working now xD
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On February 07 2013 08:58 TheDougler wrote:
I'm trying to follow the twitter action and I'm just realizing I actually don't know how to use twitter.
You and me both brother, I'm just using the storify thing that got posted earlier.
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Mr.Jack -> http://mr--jack.deviantart.com/
Blizzard hired him long time ago, there were topics about that. That's what they meant about hiding his "scans".( Concepts, things he drew)
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edit: never mind — GizmoPT beat me to it
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On February 07 2013 09:17 mtn wrote:Mr.Jack -> http://mr--jack.deviantart.com/Blizzard hired him long time ago, there were topics about that. That's what they meant about hiding his "scans".( Concepts, things he drew)
The "Specialist Sherman Jack" the adjutant mentions is probably a reference to him.
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On February 07 2013 09:20 Xapti wrote:Looks like some blizzard staffer found about about the leak and removed everything except that which we are supposed to be able to see (only 01-larvae.jpg for now)
@Adjutant3327
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@LeeTreicher Nothing critical, Major Treicher. Portions of xeno-imaging caches 02 through11.
IT WAS THE ADJUTANT! xD
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I checked out the people that appear in the scroll at the bottom-right of the screen. The first one, Director of Research Encryption and Text Analysis Cameron Dayton, is quite clearly the guy in charge, going by his Twitter page. Unfortunately, that doesn't really give any clues; his description is "Writer, Story Developer, and Transmedianero for Blizzard Entertainment -- charting daily flights to the worlds of Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft, and beyond." which means this could literally be anything. Still might be good to watch, though! The rest (Further Text Analysis) are just Blizzard employees from various teams, who probably threw in some ideas or are helping run the Twitter accounts. Mr. Jack, who we already knew drew the pictures, is "Xeno-Imaging".
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feels like just the new characters for the single-player "ship" you'll be on in hots
*disappoint*
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On February 07 2013 10:00 jungsu wrote:
feels like just the new characters for the single-player "ship" you'll be on in hots
*disappoint*
Its hype for HOTS either way though ^^
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The lab angle to make super soldiers / hybrids makes a lot of sense.
Especially since the name is basically a Jason Bourne pun:
Blackbriar + Treadstone => Blackstone.
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Give Jimmy a try everyone!
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This is really weird, I am hoping it is some kind of plot twist side story in HotS and not just something stupid.
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Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton
'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis
Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton
Blizzard's Project Blackstone website live, StarCraft related and maybe a lead-in to Heart of the Swarm: http://neo.ly/UBDhen via @neoseeker
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On February 07 2013 11:06 GizmoPT wrote:Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton 'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Blizzard's Project Blackstone website live, StarCraft related and maybe a lead-in to Heart of the Swarm: http://neo.ly/UBDhen via @neoseeker
I didn't see any new information. Looks like pure speculation.
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On February 07 2013 11:15 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 11:06 GizmoPT wrote:Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton 'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Blizzard's Project Blackstone website live, StarCraft related and maybe a lead-in to Heart of the Swarm: http://neo.ly/UBDhen via @neoseeker I didn't see any new information. Looks like pure speculation. The difference is that Cameron Dayton is the guy in charge of this thing, so by retweeting he is confirming that this is indeed for HoTS... or he trying to throw people off, take your pick.
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On February 07 2013 09:00 NEEDZMOAR wrote:
How did someone found out about the correct password?
It was in the page source code.
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My guess is that project blackstone is an arcade game that will be similar in magnitude as blizzard all-stars. I'm hoping it will be some horror game in first person. I'd like to think "doom" or even resident evil. Sounds pretty cool though.
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hahaha I'm in. this is fun
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On February 06 2013 23:31 Dante.StarCraft wrote:In all likelihood, this is not Titan, SC: Ghost, or anything like this. Opened a month before HOTS? Yeah, it's obviously a teaser website, like "Join the Dominon" was for WOL. I thought this first might be the Umojan's treating Kerrigan, but now I will bet a lot that this "Project" takes place on Skygeirr, which is a Hybrid Lab. Alternatively, it's the Immortal Forge. + Show Spoiler [Tilesets] +Char2=(HotS) Char Fortress (Volcanic)
CharDunes=(HotS) Char Marsh
DesertWorld=(HotS) Phaethon (Desert)
DominionLab=(HotS) Umoja (Installation)
HybridLabInner=(HotS) Skygeirr Lab (Space Platform)
HybridLabOuter=(HotS) Skygeirr Platform (Space Platform)
HybridLabXelNaga=(HotS) Immortal Forge (Space Platform)
IceWorld=(HotS) Kaldir (Ice)
KorhalCity=(HotS) Korhal City
KorhalOutskirts=(HotS) Korhal Wastes
KorhalPlatform=(HotS) Korhal Platform
MoebiusStation=(HotS) Moebius Station (Space Platform)
PrisonShip=(HotS) Moros (Installation)
PurifierWorld=(HotS) Purifier World (Urban)
Starship=(HotS) Daelaam Ark (Starship)
Zerus=(HotS) Zerus (Jungle) Some of you might remember the exterior from Blizzcon. I think this is pretty cool. It's short on details, yet it's obvious what's going on.
Alternatively it could be Moros. Castanar is labeled as "Installation" in the editor. The picture looks more like a shipyard to me than a lab. It could be Skygeirr or Moros (Immortal Forge sounds like a Protoss thing) but I don't think that the picture is the place where these scientists are stationed.
EDIT: I just noticed Moros' "PrisonShip" Prefix. Okay, that pretty much leaves Skygeirr as the most likely candidate.
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They do this kind of viral marketing with every game now. Its pretty fun.
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Go to this site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/javascrypt.html
Enter this as key: BLACKSTONE
Enter this as Cipher text:
+ Show Spoiler +?HX?cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade?H
Hit Decrypt button.
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On February 07 2013 15:31 Ch3rry wrote:Go to this site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/javascrypt.htmlEnter this as key: BLACKSTONE Enter this as Cipher text: + Show Spoiler +?HX?cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade?H Hit Decrypt button.
Yeah we already know the password mate. Thank you for remindnig us.
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Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG (Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account :
@Cameron Dayton
'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis
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Yeah, yeah. Wake me if you find anything. Can't shake the feeling that we're being watched.
Epix :>
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this is sweet but i really hope its not just plain old hots hype, i hope there's at least a blizzard custom map related to it or something
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On February 07 2013 15:33 mGGNoRe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 15:31 Ch3rry wrote:Go to this site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/javascrypt.htmlEnter this as key: BLACKSTONE Enter this as Cipher text: + Show Spoiler +?HX?cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade?H Hit Decrypt button. Yeah we already know the password mate. Thank you for remindnig us.
Well this was meant to be an answer for a question "How to find a password?", not "what is the password?". Cipher text comes from website source code.
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On February 07 2013 15:31 Ch3rry wrote:Go to this site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/javascrypt.htmlEnter this as key: BLACKSTONE Enter this as Cipher text: + Show Spoiler +?HX?cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade?H Hit Decrypt button.
I don't get it, I'm just getting a corrupt message.
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I don't get how to use twitter and i'm flooded with the messages of other people. Is there a way to have this updated ?
http://storify.com/QuixoticNeutral/project-blackstone/
Or is it a way on twitter to just have the tweet of the adjutant and other fictional because it's flooded with "Do you even lift" or things like that.
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On February 07 2013 18:54 Hier wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 15:31 Ch3rry wrote:Go to this site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/javascrypt.htmlEnter this as key: BLACKSTONE Enter this as Cipher text: + Show Spoiler +?HX?cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade?H Hit Decrypt button. I don't get it, I'm just getting a corrupt message.
Cipher text window is below. Maybe you are pasting in the Plain Text window?
You should get this as a result:
+ Show Spoiler +### ============================================================================
### PROJECT BLACKSTONE
### ACCESS CODE:
Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
### END OF LINE.
### ============================================================================
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On February 07 2013 18:58 FFW_Rude wrote:I don't get how to use twitter and i'm flooded with the messages of other people. Is there a way to have this updated ? http://storify.com/QuixoticNeutral/project-blackstone/Or is it a way on twitter to just have the tweet of the adjutant and other fictional because it's flooded with "Do you even lift" or things like that.
I think that web autoupdates with each new twitt.
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On February 07 2013 22:28 fr0d0b0ls0n wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 18:58 FFW_Rude wrote:I don't get how to use twitter and i'm flooded with the messages of other people. Is there a way to have this updated ? http://storify.com/QuixoticNeutral/project-blackstone/Or is it a way on twitter to just have the tweet of the adjutant and other fictional because it's flooded with "Do you even lift" or things like that. I think that web autoupdates with each new twitt.
Doesn't look like it to me. Is twitter actually this annoying to use?
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On February 07 2013 22:59 TheDougler wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 22:28 fr0d0b0ls0n wrote:On February 07 2013 18:58 FFW_Rude wrote:I don't get how to use twitter and i'm flooded with the messages of other people. Is there a way to have this updated ? http://storify.com/QuixoticNeutral/project-blackstone/Or is it a way on twitter to just have the tweet of the adjutant and other fictional because it's flooded with "Do you even lift" or things like that. I think that web autoupdates with each new twitt. Doesn't look like it to me. Is twitter actually this annoying to use?
you can actually make lists on Twitter https://twitter.com/GizmomcS/project-blackstone
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On February 07 2013 22:59 TheDougler wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 22:28 fr0d0b0ls0n wrote:On February 07 2013 18:58 FFW_Rude wrote:I don't get how to use twitter and i'm flooded with the messages of other people. Is there a way to have this updated ? http://storify.com/QuixoticNeutral/project-blackstone/Or is it a way on twitter to just have the tweet of the adjutant and other fictional because it's flooded with "Do you even lift" or things like that. I think that web autoupdates with each new twitt. Doesn't look like it to me. Is twitter actually this annoying to use?
It seems the new tweets appear at the bottom of the list, which makes it not very handy.. And yes, I agree twitter is quite annoying to use.
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hype, hype, HYPE!!
getting a Doom 3 feeling out of this, like reading the mails from the PDAs in that game
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Thank you all for your answer.
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This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody.
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On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody.
where?
Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof.
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On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof.
Taken from previous page...
On February 07 2013 15:43 Shade_FR wrote:Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG ( Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account : https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/status/299323874661769216@Cameron Dayton'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis
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On February 08 2013 05:14 MiQ wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof. Taken from previous page...
Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton
Ya know, just because I share an article or tweet doesn't necessarily mean that I am saying that it's true... #ProjectBlackstone
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On February 08 2013 05:20 GizmoPT wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 05:14 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof. Taken from previous page... On February 07 2013 15:43 Shade_FR wrote:Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG ( Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account : https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/status/299323874661769216@Cameron Dayton'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Ya know, just because I share an article or tweet doesn't necessarily mean that I am saying that it's true... #ProjectBlackstone
right... 
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On February 07 2013 19:35 Ch3rry wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2013 18:54 Hier wrote:On February 07 2013 15:31 Ch3rry wrote:Go to this site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/javascrypt.htmlEnter this as key: BLACKSTONE Enter this as Cipher text: + Show Spoiler +?HX?cec27e03c51e1b18bc89e78003788ed0e87080f64da416cffda68f0d2cb3e9893ef5bcf00613 b5dfdbb3827240a2d6f3ebc0ff1989fa2187c016722f53d141d2a7cd6f678118d6d425eecca627a4 a85138180a6fbe74934ab51c31aa15811d06ca320390ee5781cd233ae7377a8d807caeeefe7267c4 c6c9ca032124e1db8f361c3b4918a3931c119bcc3ac62ecbf4e09f7a95223d0bbe9f53415920db1b a3eb8f2bc85dc0e2e7a46d40b9c908777f59ea6197851569301788f38ea07b07e2245f92cc95a67a 621726d5631c77fa637b4cd15daaa1a77de5e82e7ebcb73ca6803927adf975864c96b94e13aa542a d63be8f0e6ad1558aa4e7eaba0567751050ad858459ec4c0fbef5ce9aab20500fade?H Hit Decrypt button. I don't get it, I'm just getting a corrupt message. Cipher text window is below. Maybe you are pasting in the Plain Text window? You should get this as a result: + Show Spoiler +### ============================================================================
### PROJECT BLACKSTONE
### ACCESS CODE:
Y7_$0>0k_3<$m
### END OF LINE.
### ============================================================================
Nope, been using the Cipher window. I get an error message that says it's generating too many characters, over a billion, in fact.
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On February 08 2013 05:31 MiQ wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 05:20 GizmoPT wrote:On February 08 2013 05:14 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof. Taken from previous page... On February 07 2013 15:43 Shade_FR wrote:Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG ( Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account : https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/status/299323874661769216@Cameron Dayton'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Ya know, just because I share an article or tweet doesn't necessarily mean that I am saying that it's true... #ProjectBlackstone right... Well, he did just link to a different article that thought it might be SC:Ghost, so...
5m Cameron Dayton Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton
Blizzard’s ‘Project Blackstone’ Edges Closer | TheGamersHub http://thegamershub.net/2013/02/blizzards-project-blackstone-edges-closer
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On February 08 2013 05:20 GizmoPT wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 05:14 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof. Taken from previous page... On February 07 2013 15:43 Shade_FR wrote:Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG ( Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account : https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/status/299323874661769216@Cameron Dayton'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Ya know, just because I share an article or tweet doesn't necessarily mean that I am saying that it's true... #ProjectBlackstone
HE DUN GOOFED!
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On February 08 2013 05:44 bduddy wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 05:31 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 05:20 GizmoPT wrote:On February 08 2013 05:14 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof. Taken from previous page... On February 07 2013 15:43 Shade_FR wrote:Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG ( Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account : https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/status/299323874661769216@Cameron Dayton'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Ya know, just because I share an article or tweet doesn't necessarily mean that I am saying that it's true... #ProjectBlackstone right... Well, he did just link to a different article that thought it might be SC:Ghost, so... 5m Cameron Dayton Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Blizzard’s ‘Project Blackstone’ Edges Closer | TheGamersHub http://thegamershub.net/2013/02/blizzards-project-blackstone-edges-closer
Seeing how Blizz operates and takes their time with anythign they put out, I'd be beyond suprised if this would indeed be the announcement of another game. They have HotS coming out, I'm pretty sure putting it out there is their priority right now. The timing just feels kind of odd for any other kind of announcement.
Even if it's about SC Ghost or any other stand alone game, it would probably be released in approx 10 years or so... I honestly wouldn't see the point, especially if they have a Blizzcon this year.
Edit: Also, looking back at the time WoL was released, Blizz did something similar with the "Join the Dominion" propaganda thing. It's the kind of stuff we should come to expect from Blizz by now.
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On February 08 2013 05:44 bduddy wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 05:31 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 05:20 GizmoPT wrote:On February 08 2013 05:14 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof. Taken from previous page... On February 07 2013 15:43 Shade_FR wrote:Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG ( Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account : https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/status/299323874661769216@Cameron Dayton'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Ya know, just because I share an article or tweet doesn't necessarily mean that I am saying that it's true... #ProjectBlackstone right... Well, he did just link to a different article that thought it might be SC:Ghost, so... 5m Cameron Dayton Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Blizzard’s ‘Project Blackstone’ Edges Closer | TheGamersHub http://thegamershub.net/2013/02/blizzards-project-blackstone-edges-closer
Basically he wasnt suppose to give it away and he did so now hes rushing to fix it.
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On February 08 2013 06:02 MiQ wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 05:44 bduddy wrote:On February 08 2013 05:31 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 05:20 GizmoPT wrote:On February 08 2013 05:14 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof. Taken from previous page... On February 07 2013 15:43 Shade_FR wrote:Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG ( Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account : https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/status/299323874661769216@Cameron Dayton'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Ya know, just because I share an article or tweet doesn't necessarily mean that I am saying that it's true... #ProjectBlackstone right... Well, he did just link to a different article that thought it might be SC:Ghost, so... 5m Cameron Dayton Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Blizzard’s ‘Project Blackstone’ Edges Closer | TheGamersHub http://thegamershub.net/2013/02/blizzards-project-blackstone-edges-closer Seeing how Blizz operates and takes their time with anythign they put out, I'd be beyond suprised if this would indeed be the announcement of another game. They have HotS coming out, I'm pretty sure putting it out there is their priority right now. The timing just feels kind of odd for any other kind of announcement. Even if it's about SC Ghost or any other stand alone game, it would probably be released in approx 10 years or so... I honestly wouldn't see the point, especially if they have a Blizzcon this year.
They generally also use blizzcon for annoucement of their games?
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On February 08 2013 06:04 Adreme wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 05:44 bduddy wrote:On February 08 2013 05:31 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 05:20 GizmoPT wrote:On February 08 2013 05:14 MiQ wrote:On February 08 2013 04:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:On February 08 2013 01:57 Butterednuts wrote:
This has been confirmed as HotS hype. Take off your tin foil hats everybody. where? Not that I doubt this, because that's what I think, but you can't just make a statement like that with no proof. Taken from previous page... On February 07 2013 15:43 Shade_FR wrote:Don't expect a game announcement from this website guys, it's an online ARG ( Alternate Reality Game) to promote the release of Heart of the Swarm. The writer of this ARG confirmed it on his Twitter account : https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/status/299323874661769216@Cameron Dayton'Project Blackstone' is a 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm' Tease http://shar.es/YbXjs via @sharethis Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Ya know, just because I share an article or tweet doesn't necessarily mean that I am saying that it's true... #ProjectBlackstone right... Well, he did just link to a different article that thought it might be SC:Ghost, so... 5m Cameron Dayton Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton Blizzard’s ‘Project Blackstone’ Edges Closer | TheGamersHub http://thegamershub.net/2013/02/blizzards-project-blackstone-edges-closer Basically he wasnt suppose to give it away and he did so now hes rushing to fix it.
This.
User was warned for this post
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Holy shit, Blizzard is bringing back Jason Bourne.
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new tweets
Red Quinton @RedellQuinton
@PamelaGFoster Don’t have to be like that. I just have a special place in my heart for widow mines. Glad we get to amp em up.
Red Quinton @RedellQuinton
@PamelaGFoster It’s like watching the grandkids of the old spider mines doing the family proud. Lil rascals saved my butt so many times…
Red Quinton @RedellQuinton
@PamelaGFoster Anyway, I’ve got a few ideas how to pack more boom into each mine without losing structural integrity.
And... related new beta balance update..
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/7855695792
Terran
Widow Mine
The primary target damage for Sentinel Missiles has been increased from 125 to 125 +35 vs. Shields.
lol xD
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This pretty much confirms that the leaked HotS previz ending seems to be valid...
Ugh.
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On February 08 2013 17:50 ChromeBallz wrote:
This pretty much confirms that the leaked HotS previz ending seems to be valid...
Ugh.
What ending?
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The leaked one....
@ChromeBallz +
but why do ya think so? :OO
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Please don't talk about leaked endings here. T.T Not everyone wants to know what's going to happen.
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blizzard stated that it already had many drafts how the story could end and they changed it many times.
maybe the leaked one was one of the changed drafts, as i personally have faith that blizzard will focus on more important concepts than the one the leaked ending depicted.
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On February 08 2013 19:41 Denda Reloaded wrote:
blizzard stated that it already had many drafts how the story could end and they changed it many times.
maybe the leaked one was one of the changed drafts, as i personally have faith that blizzard will focus on more important concepts than the one the leaked ending depicted.
Considering it was a decent CGI render of the last cutscene, I doubt they scrapped it
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this is what you call decent cgi?
it was roughly made in maya with 20% of the animations that should be there.
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Is it just me or does someone also think the woman looks like professor Walsh in Buffy season 4? o0
If you had seen the supposed leaked ending you would wish not to know whats going to happen. :'(
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Can you plese spoiler the talks about the leaked ending ? Because i did not watch it nor i watch the preview or ANY video of HotS because i want full surprise.
That would be really kind.
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kk gurl <3<3
i tried not to spoil anything in my posts so you can be sure you know nothing about it as of now c:
there wasn't that much information either...
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If the leaked ending is fact and will be the ending of the game, then i lost all my hopes in blizz's storytelling.
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On February 08 2013 22:58 Darksoldierr wrote:
If the leaked ending is fact and will be the ending of the game, then i lost all my hopes in blizz's storytelling.
why are you guys talking about that old crap leaked ending now ? ....
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why focus all the hate on the leaked ending (which was ofc bad, but it's not officially confirmed) when we can focus it on madonna?
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Only one com'? The site is pretty empty right now or is it just me?
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Yeah I just watched that leaked old ending it was pretty horrible tbh...
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All I dee when I look at the page is a 10 second loop of a still image that concludes with a half second shot of the DIVX logo...
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On February 08 2013 23:20 syroz wrote:
Only one com'? The site is pretty empty right now or is it just me?
I think that's all until next week.
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On February 08 2013 22:40 Denda Reloaded wrote:
kk gurl <3<3
i tried not to spoil anything in my posts so you can be sure you know nothing about it as of now c:
there wasn't that much information either...
I know but i thought it was going to reveal more with more and more posts about it. Also. Why do you call me a girl ?
Anyway on topic, i don't see anymore posts on twitter. Is there other mails on the website ? (can't login into it cuz it's bugged with my work computer dunno why).
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I have had no sucess with this whole decrytpion thing that was edited into the OP on the 7th. What the hell is it suppposed to mean?
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On February 09 2013 01:36 Siwelcela wrote:
I have had no sucess with this whole decrytpion thing that was edited into the OP on the 7th. What the hell is it suppposed to mean?
It's how the password was found out. someone looked at the sourcecode, recognized something, decypted it and got the password. Read the instuctions and follow it very carefully, it's not that hard to do :/
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On February 08 2013 23:58 HiTeK532 wrote:
All I dee when I look at the page is a 10 second loop of a still image that concludes with a half second shot of the DIVX logo...
I had the same issue with Chrome. I just opened it up in Explorer and the it worked for some odd reason.
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I haven't seen this "leaked ending", but considering the total lack of concrete information that has come out of this site so far (there's a Terran lab where they're studying Zerg and some other things, big shocker!), it would have to be a tremendous logical leap to argue that one pointed conclusively towards the other.
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On February 08 2013 21:38 nomyx wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2013 19:41 Denda Reloaded wrote:
blizzard stated that it already had many drafts how the story could end and they changed it many times.
maybe the leaked one was one of the changed drafts, as i personally have faith that blizzard will focus on more important concepts than the one the leaked ending depicted.
Considering it was a decent CGI render of the last cutscene, I doubt they scrapped it
well seeing as how all the art assets are already finished it wouldn't take much to change it, especially from a company like blizzard. besides, just because we know this is about hots doesnt mean that every little tidbit of speculation around it is suddenly 100% true...
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new tweet
Dr. Leah A. Martine @LeahAMartine
@WarrenGHeld Cross-sectional analysis and first round of electrochemical stimulation underway. Prelim data sent to your pad.
Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld
@LeahAMartine Impressive work, Dr.
Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld
@LeahAMartine Your insights on specimen AP-03's hypertrophic scars holding ritual significance may be stretching things a bit, however.
Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld
@LeahAMartine Remember, we’re not here to make guesses about their culture. We are looking for weaknesses. Flaws. An Achilles heel.
Dr. Warren Held @WarrenGHeld
@LeahAMartine I would caution you against anthropomorphizing these monsters. They can be just as savage and cruel as the zerg.
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Judging from the tweets sounds like they managed to get a protoss corpse.
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I wonder whats the point of this cookie lol, blizzard is really trollin us...
Cookie.create('project-blackstone', 'Welcome aboard. Are you an organ donor?', { expires: 168 });
thats the value of the cookie in this file
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i typed 'vulture' and
"RESPONSE 37M DEPLOYED"
"LOCATION CONFIRMED"
I think its locked -___-
EDIT: oh i tried the correct pw in the OP.
its just 10 sec of video over and over and over...
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On February 10 2013 12:12 SonarCannon wrote:
Judging from the tweets sounds like they managed to get a protoss corpse.
Could be interesting. Terrans could use a unit with psi-blades :D
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Twitter update :
Source => http://storify.com/QuixoticNeutral/project-blackstone/
RedellQuiton
@Adjutant3327 Hey, darlin - any ideas why my garage is locked down again?
Adjutant 33-27@Adjutant3327
@RedellQuinton Yes, Red. Routine scan detected anomalous chemical signatures - the machine shop has been powered down for further analysis.
Red Quinton@RedellQuinton
@Adjutant3327 Anomalous, huh? Well, you locked me in here and turned out the lights.
Adjutant 33-27@Adjutant3327
@RedellQuinton You may wish to find a respirator, Red. I am detecting traces of ethanol. The maintenance crew will arrive soon.
Red Quinton@RedellQuinton
@Adjutant3327 No, no belay that order. Tell the crew to stand down or something. I can use the light from my datapad here to reach the door.
Red Quinton@RedellQuinton
@Adjutant3327 Aaaaand there we go. I'm out. You may want to send that crew up here after all, darlin. There's a chunk missing from the door.
Sorry i don't know how to format this
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What happend to the door? Why is there a chunk missing?
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I was very exited at the beginning of this ARG but I'm not anymore. ;(
It became kinda boring and I expected some infos/announcements from this.
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On February 11 2013 19:17 derpface wrote:
What happend to the door? Why is there a chunk missing?
He cut his way out I'm assuming.
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On February 11 2013 19:40 Martijn wrote:Show nested quote +On February 11 2013 19:17 derpface wrote:
What happend to the door? Why is there a chunk missing? He cut his way out I'm assuming.
I think he's referring to something else having entered.
edit: well, entered or left. I did initially think entered, but either way works.
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I was assuming whatever was causing the weird signals broke out.
It's interesting to see how many different interpretations there are on this lol.
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He is building a distillery in the machine shop, which caused the "ethanol fumes" that the system detected. So he got locked in there and didn't want anybody to come in to find the cause of the fumes, so he used a blow torch to cut his way out lol.
Tsk tsk, mechanics always building bootleg distilleries in their shops.
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I truly thought that we'd see another email, it's been a week.
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I'm getting a "response 37 deployed" then location confirmed underneath it?
I must be locked out...
It's not letmein or dustinop xD
huh..odd.
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On February 14 2013 08:37 MarkCJ wrote:
I'm getting a "response 37 deployed" then location confirmed underneath it?
I must be locked out...
It's not letmein or dustinop xD
huh..odd.
Password is in the OP
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http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/
new mail!*
*It's a personnal log
+ Show Spoiler +
# 02 PERSONAL LOG
DR. TALEN AYERS
Personal Log
Ludwig van Beethoven said, "Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes." It is wisdom I have carried throughout my career.
Beethoven was a brilliant composer who has been largely forgotten by the vagabond Earthlings who have taken root here in the Koprulu sector. But I open this log with his words in the vain hope that my work here may someday match, in scientific form, the stirring musical legacy that great soul left for humanity.
No, modesty has never been one of my strong suits. Modesty didn't pull me out of the drafty one-room farmer's shack I was born in. Modesty didn't win me top honors at Tarsonis U and a double PhD at Korhal Academy, nor did it help my seminal work become the first treatise on xenobiology to be made an Augustgrad Times bestseller. Modesty has its place: comfortably stuffed in the throats of those not ambitious enough to take a big, toothy bite out of the universe.
Sadly, it was this selfsame lack of modesty that brought me here. How could the ever-seeing eyes of the Dominion ignore the undeniable efforts of my mind? A mind Michael Liberty called "an interplanetary treasure" in his UNN exposé. How could the Dominion Armed Military Nonsense resist putting my invaluable neurons to work for them?
There I was, publishing valuable insights for the poor masses to consume... and there I was, not helping the D.A.M.N. fools turn knowledge into weapons. Granted, my work wasn't being shared entirely out of benevolence; the poor masses were making me rich. According to Ken, my agent, sales of Ayers on Aliens had already hit 10 million.
That was only one week before I was aggressively recruited from my bedroom. By a ghost. Yes, I know it sounds like a Dickens novel. But, unlike Scrooge's nocturnal abductor, my ghost was armed with a knife, a rifle, and the ability to telekinetically make me lose control of my bladder. They can do that, right?
Regardless, here I am. The Blackstone facility is cramped, stuffy, and it has an appalling lack of windows. The project head is so arrogant that I am surprised they were able to fit his enormous cranium into this tiny little asteroid. To make matters worse, I seem to have made a poor impression on good Dr. Branamoor, and he is now committed to making my time here even more unbearable. Surprisingly, I find it difficult to dwell on my current state of discomfort, due to the incredible resources we have at our disposal. I have worked in some of the most prestigious laboratories in the Koprulu sector and have never seen tools with the power and precision at my fingertips. Nor have I seen such an abundance of rare and unique samples of alien tissue. Rumor has it that Branamoor has connections in the black market, and I don't care to know any more than that. This assignment has given me access to complete specimens of zerg larvae, and I have witnessed things that have sent my imagination soaring. Wonderful things. Possibilities for healing the human race beyond anything dreamt of in our wildest fiction.
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Too bad the tweets stopped. It was fun. Although we may have more i think that it would have be cool to do it on a regular basis.
Although the personal log is cool... it's been here almost a week and no new content is coming
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Bored community managers are bored.
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It was a holiday weekend in the US (Monday was presidents day!). So tweets and things will probably start again today or tomorrow.
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Today's tweets between Redell Quinton and Pamela G Foster:
@PamelaGFoster I ever tell you about my time on the front lines against them Umojans?
@RedellQuinton Make it quick, hayseed. I'm buried in reactor analysis.
@PamelaGFoster I was stuck in the desert the whole time. The outpost was a glorified tin can with windows. 13 of us in there.
@PamelaGFoster Umojan snipers taking pot shots morning and night. My crew was sweaty and scared. The joint smelled to high heaven.
@PamelaGFoster It was my first job with this outfit. They begged me to "fix the air conditioning." Which was funny.
@RedellQuinton Funny?
@PamelaGFoster Funny cuz there never was any A/C in that dump. The captain put a pistol to my head and told me to fix it anyway. Swell guy.
@PamelaGFoster Ended up jury-rigging a compressor with a couple ventilation hoses and one of them micro-condensers from an old Vulture.
@PamelaGFoster Mounted the entire thing in our bathroom. We had to do our business out the windows for a few weeks but we weren't sweating.
@RedellQuinton THAT'S an image I needed right before dinner. So is there a point to this charming story about wartime excretions?
@PamelaGFoster It got me thinking. Do Dominion combat facilities really need bathrooms?
@RedellQuinton This conversation makes reactor analysis almost enjoyable in comparison.
@PamelaGFoster I'm serious. Our soldiers come with readymade poop-chutes built inside their armor. Are these latrines for unexpected guests?
@PamelaGFoster Every tank-baking factory in the field has got that big room for sitting and squatting. So decorum trumps efficiency?
@PamelaGFoster Imagine what we could use that space for. Maybe shuffle in something from the tech lab; save our boys some time in the field.
@RedellQuinton You went from poop-chute to optimal military efficiency in no time. I'm impressed, Red. Have you shared this with Branamoor?
@PamelaGFoster Wanted to bounce the idea off of somebody smart before taking it to the bossman. I've already run the numbers.
@PamelaGFoster We can use the space for in-house seige tech. Every Crucio that rolls out will come with the full package. Even cup holders.
@RedellQuinton Alright, you've got my attention. Still interested in bouncing your calculations off of "somebody smart"...?
@PamelaGFoster I sure am. Know anybody?
Aaaand that is how Siege Tech does not need to be researched anymore in HotS xDD
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This is actually a nicely made hype thing :-)
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On February 21 2013 06:00 Ender985 wrote:Today's tweets between Redell Quinton and Pamela G Foster: Show nested quote +@PamelaGFoster I ever tell you about my time on the front lines against them Umojans?
@RedellQuinton Make it quick, hayseed. I'm buried in reactor analysis.
@PamelaGFoster I was stuck in the desert the whole time. The outpost was a glorified tin can with windows. 13 of us in there.
@PamelaGFoster Umojan snipers taking pot shots morning and night. My crew was sweaty and scared. The joint smelled to high heaven.
@PamelaGFoster It was my first job with this outfit. They begged me to "fix the air conditioning." Which was funny.
@RedellQuinton Funny?
@PamelaGFoster Funny cuz there never was any A/C in that dump. The captain put a pistol to my head and told me to fix it anyway. Swell guy.
@PamelaGFoster Ended up jury-rigging a compressor with a couple ventilation hoses and one of them micro-condensers from an old Vulture.
@PamelaGFoster Mounted the entire thing in our bathroom. We had to do our business out the windows for a few weeks but we weren't sweating.
@RedellQuinton THAT'S an image I needed right before dinner. So is there a point to this charming story about wartime excretions?
@PamelaGFoster It got me thinking. Do Dominion combat facilities really need bathrooms?
@RedellQuinton This conversation makes reactor analysis almost enjoyable in comparison.
@PamelaGFoster I'm serious. Our soldiers come with readymade poop-chutes built inside their armor. Are these latrines for unexpected guests?
@PamelaGFoster Every tank-baking factory in the field has got that big room for sitting and squatting. So decorum trumps efficiency?
@PamelaGFoster Imagine what we could use that space for. Maybe shuffle in something from the tech lab; save our boys some time in the field.
@RedellQuinton You went from poop-chute to optimal military efficiency in no time. I'm impressed, Red. Have you shared this with Branamoor?
@PamelaGFoster Wanted to bounce the idea off of somebody smart before taking it to the bossman. I've already run the numbers.
@PamelaGFoster We can use the space for in-house seige tech. Every Crucio that rolls out will come with the full package. Even cup holders.
@RedellQuinton Alright, you've got my attention. Still interested in bouncing your calculations off of "somebody smart"...?
@PamelaGFoster I sure am. Know anybody?
Aaaand that is how Siege Tech does not need to be researched anymore in HotS xDD
Haha, this is thousand times better than the stupid SC Lore Blogs with answers to all those questions
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Third mail is out, with a reply !
It might be a few days old, i'm not checking the website every morning, but no one seems to have noticed it before so here it is
+ Show Spoiler +FROM: DR. TALEN AYERS TO: DR. TALISE COGAN Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-baneling.jpgZergling Dissection I wanted to send you a quick note summarizing my findings in this morning's procedure. The dissection of the zergling-baneling series mutations (A through RR) created more questions than answers, and I wanted to see if your conclusions matched my own. 1 ) The specimen Subject L seems to have successfully absorbed the genetic material of the thermophilic pseudo-fungi of Cask, whereas the earlier specimens (A through K) were experiencing various degrees of rejection in areas where the foreign tissue had grown. Subject L seems to represent a biological watershed moment for the species, a point at which the xenocellular chemistry was integrated and accepted by the astoundingly receptive zerg cells. 2 ) The adaption and almost purposeful speed towards the new habitus evidenced by the post-watershed individuals were significant. Although the mutations visible in subjects A through K were minimal and subtle, the mutations in subjects M through RR were varied, complex, and even dramatic. It is almost as though there is recognition within the zerg biome, on a cellular level, that the hurdle has been overcome. Are the cells singing to one another? Ha! The instances of wild and unexpected mutation after that point are almost incalculable. 3 ) The notes provided by Dr. Branamoor regarding the timing and frequency of this outbreak of new zergling type "baneling" were remarkably insightful. It seems as though they were taken by a researcher in the field – a witness to the manifestation. I wonder if we could be put in contact with this individual. I like the way he thinks. TA REPLY FROM: DR. TALISE COGAN TO: DR. TALEN AYERS Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-hydralisk.jpgRE: Zergling Dissection Thank you for your summary, Dr. Ayers. I neglected to mention this in the lab, but I have great respect for your work. Your Xenobiological Basics was required reading in my lectures at TU. As for your conclusions, I concur with them on most counts. However, I disagree with the latter part of your second statement – the point where you attribute the increased degree of mutation to cellular "recognition." Frankly, and with all due respect, I find your thesis absurd. It is far more probable that the increased mutation is tied to some element in the zerg process we have yet to uncover, possibly linked to the controlling "Alpha Zerg" individual, be it hive queen or cerebrate. Until we can locate and dissect an Alpha, our findings will have a significant blind spot, and will thus leave room for questionable theories like your singing cells. We are analyzing a decapitated body, Dr. Ayers. Once we find the head, our conclusions will make sense. As for your third point, I think the research notes provided are sufficient for us to proceed with tissue analysis. They seem to evoke speculation as farfetched as your musical organelles, and I'd rather not waste our resources in that direction. That said, I take umbrage at your assumption that this researcher is male. No gender-specific attribution was given in the summary provided by Dr. Gentry, and I'm sure that Dr. Branamoor has included any data we might find useful in his subsequent revision. Next on our task list: a series of hydralisk bodies recovered from a failed experiment by a Dr. Loew on Thys. Apparently she attempted to get into their heads. We may be able to shed some light on our blind spot after all. TC
Are people still interested in this stuff ? :p
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dunno but the password isnt admin, nor Admin.
sad me
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On February 23 2013 08:38 Nyarly wrote:Third mail is out, with a reply ! It might be a few days old, i'm not checking the website every morning, but no one seems to have noticed it before so here it is + Show Spoiler +FROM: DR. TALEN AYERS TO: DR. TALISE COGAN Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-baneling.jpgZergling Dissection I wanted to send you a quick note summarizing my findings in this morning's procedure. The dissection of the zergling-baneling series mutations (A through RR) created more questions than answers, and I wanted to see if your conclusions matched my own. 1 ) The specimen Subject L seems to have successfully absorbed the genetic material of the thermophilic pseudo-fungi of Cask, whereas the earlier specimens (A through K) were experiencing various degrees of rejection in areas where the foreign tissue had grown. Subject L seems to represent a biological watershed moment for the species, a point at which the xenocellular chemistry was integrated and accepted by the astoundingly receptive zerg cells. 2 ) The adaption and almost purposeful speed towards the new habitus evidenced by the post-watershed individuals were significant. Although the mutations visible in subjects A through K were minimal and subtle, the mutations in subjects M through RR were varied, complex, and even dramatic. It is almost as though there is recognition within the zerg biome, on a cellular level, that the hurdle has been overcome. Are the cells singing to one another? Ha! The instances of wild and unexpected mutation after that point are almost incalculable. 3 ) The notes provided by Dr. Branamoor regarding the timing and frequency of this outbreak of new zergling type "baneling" were remarkably insightful. It seems as though they were taken by a researcher in the field – a witness to the manifestation. I wonder if we could be put in contact with this individual. I like the way he thinks. TA REPLY FROM: DR. TALISE COGAN TO: DR. TALEN AYERS Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-hydralisk.jpgRE: Zergling Dissection Thank you for your summary, Dr. Ayers. I neglected to mention this in the lab, but I have great respect for your work. Your Xenobiological Basics was required reading in my lectures at TU. As for your conclusions, I concur with them on most counts. However, I disagree with the latter part of your second statement – the point where you attribute the increased degree of mutation to cellular "recognition." Frankly, and with all due respect, I find your thesis absurd. It is far more probable that the increased mutation is tied to some element in the zerg process we have yet to uncover, possibly linked to the controlling "Alpha Zerg" individual, be it hive queen or cerebrate. Until we can locate and dissect an Alpha, our findings will have a significant blind spot, and will thus leave room for questionable theories like your singing cells. We are analyzing a decapitated body, Dr. Ayers. Once we find the head, our conclusions will make sense. As for your third point, I think the research notes provided are sufficient for us to proceed with tissue analysis. They seem to evoke speculation as farfetched as your musical organelles, and I'd rather not waste our resources in that direction. That said, I take umbrage at your assumption that this researcher is male. No gender-specific attribution was given in the summary provided by Dr. Gentry, and I'm sure that Dr. Branamoor has included any data we might find useful in his subsequent revision. Next on our task list: a series of hydralisk bodies recovered from a failed experiment by a Dr. Loew on Thys. Apparently she attempted to get into their heads. We may be able to shed some light on our blind spot after all. TC Are people still interested in this stuff ? :p
I definitely am. This is the first time I've logged in thanks to the OP. I guess it locks down after three tries, but if you switch regions it works again thankfully .
I really like the dialogue. I kind of hope there are a few bonus terran missions.
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Still loving it. I like how the tweets are tied to balance changes sometimes ^.^
I've seen a couple people mention leaked ending or whatever, please don't say anything about it without a spoiler tag! No idea if anybody actually is cause im avoiding it like the plague, but still!
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Man this discussion is dead boring.
It's like a complete rip-off of the Doom 3 logs years ago, and just as boring (in fact very likely more boring)
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I couldn't care less if it was a rip off. Hell, Warcraft and Starcraft are ripoffs from Games Workshop games. I think it adds a little flavour. And I like flavour :-)
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On February 26 2013 00:21 Splatterbug wrote:
I couldn't care less if it was a rip off. Hell, Warcraft and Starcraft are ripoffs from Games Workshop games. I think it adds a little flavour. And I like flavour :-)
Have you ever looked at tyranids before Starcraft and zerg came out?
The two influenced each other.
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The entire GW mythos has changed heavily, especially the 40k stuff (Squats, Zoats, Slann are all gone, Tau added; Harlequins kinda disappeared). But Space Hulk (late 80's) has always felt quite zerg-y to me.
The original SC was quite close to 40k in feel; enough that there were rumors of it actually being a scrapped licensed 40k game... Also, Andy Chambers worked on SC2, so the cross-pollination between the two companies has always been pretty blatant.
Hell, GW actually won an injuction or something against Blizzard; which is why WC3 changed a slew of unit names (although I'd say some of the 'infringing' was pretty dumb).
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New letter!.+ Show Spoiler + (potential spoiler?)
+ Show Spoiler +T. Ayers
Oh good, you're online. I didn't expect you back from dinner so soon.
T. Cogan
Yes, well, I had to make an excuse to break free from Dr. Held's less-than-riveting discussion on protoss cellular mitosis. That man bothers me. No regard for negative social cues…
T. Ayers
Ha! He seemed ready to talk your ear off until the wee hours, Talise. You are the Houdini of conversational escapism.
T. Cogan
Who? Dr. Ayers, is this another one of your charming yet forgotten old-Earth heroes? You know that I am no historian.
T. Ayers
Yes, yes, apologies. My point is, you broke free from Held's blathering. I had hoped we might go over today's findings–? Ever since Branamoor lifted the ban on linked data pads, I have preferred comparing our notes in this medium. I think lively discussion provides insight beyond the measured facts.
T. Cogan
"Lively"? You know these chats are monitored just as closely as our research notes, right? It is hard for me to feel any genuine sense of liveliness when Branamoor's goons are eavesdropping on every word we say.
T. Ayers
Well, let's just accept the listening party as a given. Maybe it would help if you thought of them as nothing more than interested fans? Xenobiology buffs excited to pore through your discoveries?
T. Cogan
Dr. Ayers, you may have gotten accustomed to having fans – hell, sometimes I think you see everybody as a part of your devoted audience. But that idea does nothing for me. Can we simply get to the point?
T. Ayers
Very well. Just trying to help.
T. Cogan
Right. So... our notes from Dr. Sandra Loew. Have you been through them all? She had made some interesting leaps with prions, using them as a vector to influence zerg neurology. Although... from everything I saw, it looks as if she jumped into experimentation far too quickly.
T. Ayers
I have been through everything recovered from the site. Dr. Loew was – what's a kind way to put this? She was enthusiastic about her research. I mean, we have volumes of material here, and every word is acutely concerned with controlling zerg behavior. She had commendable focus.
T. Cogan
Or what some might call an obsessive compulsion, but that's neither here nor there. Regardless, she put her theories into practice before setting safe parameters. It looks as if her darling hydralisk wasn't quite as tame as she had hoped.
T. Ayers
"Dennis"? Oh my, yes. Once a researcher names the subject animal, you know that some degree of rational distance has been lost. How she went on about the creature.
T. Cogan
And you saw how he repaid her devotion? Another reason I am glad our research has been relegated to dead subjects thus far.
T. Ayers
"Thus far" being the operative phrase here. You think those sounds coming from the red hallways are being made by the furnace? Branamoor is testing us out on research that has already been terminated so that he can see how we operate. We'll be moving on to live subjects soon.
T. Cogan
I'm afraid you're right. Look, I've typed up the rest of my conclusions, and I will get the summary to you tomorrow morning. I... I think I might just go lie down.
T. Ayers
The thought of meeting another Dennis soured the conversation, didn't it?
T. Cogan
Something like that. And it looks as if we have a big day tomorrow: a new shuttle arrived with a coldbox from Choss. My guess is that we're opening up a big package from Professor Champlain.
T. Ayers
Champlain? From Special Research Ops?
T. Cogan
That's what it said on the box. "Champlain, SRO."
T. Ayers
Interesting. I wonder what the foremost expert on mutalisks has sent us.
T. Cogan
A mutalisk? Seems like the obvious answer...
T. Ayers
Talise, you must be tired. Have you ever dissected a mutalisk?
T. Cogan
No, but I... oh yeah, right. Volatile acidic hemoglobin. I had forgotten.
T. Ayers
The poor professor's chosen field of study keeps dissolving right in front of his eyes. Which only makes me more curious: what could he possibly have sent us?
T. Cogan
Well, the coldbox looked far too big for a mutalisk anyway. I was so caught up watching the marines unload it that I almost missed the new member of our team when he disembarked.
T. Ayers
They've conscripted another poor soul into our ranks? Fantastic. Were you able to get his name?
T. Cogan
Don't get too excited, Dr. Ayers. He was... weird. Not weird like Dr. Held, but just... really distant. As if his mind wasn't in the same room with us, if you get my meaning.
T. Ayers
I suppose so. You know, it does take a unique skill set to enter into our line of work, Talise. Xenoscience makes for strange bedfellows.
T. Cogan
Well, that's the other thing. He told me that his specialty was archaeology.
T. Ayers
That's odd. What could an archaeologist possibly contribute to a research lab devoted to alien biology?
T. Cogan
I'm sure I have no idea. He said that his name was Ramsey. Jake Ramsey.
If you want to know what's in the box, read the short story blizz put out "Frenzy" (it's on the front page of starcraft2.com)
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There is a new twitter story between the new guy and the adjutant :D
Here is his Twitter :D
+ Show Spoiler +https://twitter.com/JakeJRamsey
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To anybody wondering, Jake Ramsey is already a person of moderate importance to the SC Universe:
SC wikia page if you want to read up on it.
I really am ready for the expansion to be out.
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On March 02 2013 04:40 Alryk wrote:To anybody wondering, Jake Ramsey is already a person of moderate importance to the SC Universe: SC wikia page if you want to read up on it. I really am ready for the expansion to be out.
Jake ramsey has three books about his story, He is NOT a person of moderate importance :p he might be with duran, kerrigan, raynor and mengsk (father) the most important terrans in the history.
The dark templars saga, a very nice trilogy!
I'll go ahead and say there must be a cat in the box, dead or alive i cannot tell.
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On February 26 2013 08:56 Wuster wrote:
The entire GW mythos has changed heavily, especially the 40k stuff (Squats, Zoats, Slann are all gone, Tau added; Harlequins kinda disappeared). But Space Hulk (late 80's) has always felt quite zerg-y to me.
The original SC was quite close to 40k in feel; enough that there were rumors of it actually being a scrapped licensed 40k game... Also, Andy Chambers worked on SC2, so the cross-pollination between the two companies has always been pretty blatant.
Hell, GW actually won an injuction or something against Blizzard; which is why WC3 changed a slew of unit names (although I'd say some of the 'infringing' was pretty dumb).
So that's why unit names like "Gyrocopter" was changed to "Flying Machine" in TFT or something? (Or do you mean WC3 pre release version or something?)
(I never knew why they changed some unit names despite me browsing the WC3 battle.net forums a lot back in the day.)
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No, you got it, the random name changes during TFT are what I'm referring too.
I'm not sure if it was an official court action or Blizz playing nice, because some of the name changes were really dumb like wyvern rider -> wind rider.
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So I seen this thread along with its topic for a really long time now and I have no clue what it is, could someone fill me in regarding what all this actually means?
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can someone please tell me what blackstone even is, like what is the point of it?
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Oh sorry I talk like that haha. I tend to understate things; yeah Ramsey is pretty important. People tend to be when preservers invade your head
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New Chat log is out - it's a chat between Ramsey and Ayers about Protoss and human ethics.
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new tweet
Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton
I think it's starting to dawn on people that #ProjectBlackstone was more than just a promotional piece for #HotS - this story ain't done yet
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On March 16 2013 08:01 GizmoPT wrote:
new tweet
Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton
I think it's starting to dawn on people that #ProjectBlackstone was more than just a promotional piece for #HotS - this story ain't done yet It dawned on me a long time ago, because the timing doesn't make any sense... apparently I'm the only one, though...
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Honestly, the information we get is so vague that it's hard to imagine it being very meaningful, or leading to another big game. It's probably just going to be another "Starcraft Book: Project Blackstone".
They wont make another MMO based on SC, because they have Titan.
Starcraft:Ghost, though? They did go to china to defend Ghost on a law-case some time ago.
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Sixth message (personnal log) :
+ Show Spoiler +DR. TALEN AYERS Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/06-scourge.jpgPersonal Log Things have gotten sticky around the lab, and I think we are all finding it more difficult to move ahead with our research. "Sticky?" you ask. (And by "you," of course, I refer to my own subconscious audience, as well as whichever Dominion security officer has been lucky enough to screen my personal writings. My friend, you will find that I am quite accustomed to writing for a crowd, and have no problem sharing candid thoughts and feelings this way. I apologize if that takes some of the exciting deductive elements out of your job.) Yes, sticky. Sticky is the only word I can find to describe the emotional gridlock of personalities that has grown up among the scientists sequestered in the belly of this cozy little lab. And the sources of this stickiness – the metaphorical creep colonies responsible for producing this oozing sociological creep – are Dr. Held and Jake Ramsey. Why anybody would consider bringing together a sadistic xenophobe and a deranged protoss sympathizer in tight quarters is beyond me. Dr. Branamoor, if you are reading this, then I submit the question to you: what in the blue blazes were you thinking? Dr. Held is quite obviously a few mitochondria short of a functioning cell, as the saying goes. His unwavering focus on protoss physiology and cerebral structure – even in non-scientific discussions and chats around the lunchroom – reveals an obsession that smacks of phobia. Held is terrified of the protoss, and I suspect this is due to some previous experience he may have had with top-secret Dominion research before Project Blackstone was even off the ground. His assistant, a young woman with flat, dead eyes, warned me not to mention "Project Gestalt." She said that the mere mention of those words would set her superior into a fit of shivering paranoia. Poor Dr. Martine had no more details than that, but I pity the girl. Working with Dr. Held on a daily basis must be a trial: her grip on that cane of hers grows tighter every time I see her. Ramsey is another story altogether. His insights into the protoss are frighteningly sharp, and it seems as though he shares them almost as if by accident. I'm not sure what he has seen, or what was done to him, but it definitely left an indelible mark on his sanity. His demeanor is hard to follow, moods shifting without warning: one minute he's an intelligent, good-natured archaeologist; the next, he's some distant, unreadable mystic with an unfathomable empathy for the poor alien souls made "vile prisoners" in Dr. Held's lab. These periods of madness have become more and more egregious: at one point, he physically threatened Dr. Held and had to be restrained by our head engineer and me. Branamoor, usually quick to show off his Big Chief disciplinary muscle, hasn't done anything about Ramsey's actions yet. It almost seems as if our loopy xenophile has some sort of protection there. Is Jake pals with Mengsk? He certainly doesn't have much nice to say about our good emperor, but at this point, it wouldn't surprise me. So yes, things are sticky. Dr. Held and Ramsey at each other's throats, and the rest of us trying to ignore the fact that horrible things may be happening just down the hallway. What was it that Dr. Rothfuss said? The bearded old astrophysicist is a quiet fellow, but when he speaks, he can silence a room. "Conflicting passions and tight quarters make a pretty recipe for blood." That got even Ramsey to shut up. I'll have to see if I can't pull Rothfuss aside and learn a little bit more about him the next time he wheels out of that red-lit laboratory of his. It seems as though everybody on the staff has an interesting story. After getting Ramsey tucked safely into his room, I spent this afternoon talking with the guy who helped me hold the archaeologist back from committing murder: Redell "Red" Quinton. He's an engineer through and through – everything by the numbers. But the man's brilliant, a practical database of the chemistry and physics required to turn atoms into weaponry. He's been bothered by all of this stickiness as well; in fact, I may have gotten the word from him. At least I have my lab time with Talise. We have grown quite fond of each other, and have begun sneaking into each other's quarters for... post-laboratory analysis. It is nice to have somebody who shares my fascination with the incredible and mysterious workings of these alien forms. It is also nice to share our hopes and fears about having daughters in such similar lines of work. Neither of us have heard from our children in quite some time, and I can only assume that the Dominion is keeping us separated from them out of concern for their safety. I am writing this, watching her sleep on my cot, and feeling as though maybe this uncomfortable time, this stickiness, is only temporary. As Oscar Wilde said, "The less said about life's sores, the better." TA
Two messages left (judging by the empty slots).
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There was tweet this morning but they don't make sense for me. Can someone explain ?
@HelekBranamoor Adjusting access protocols. Our official inquiry will begin tomorrow.
@Adjutant3327 I want a time log for all garage access over the past week. Flag any periods longer than 15 mins where only Red is present.
@HelekBranamoor Understood. I'll deal with this personally.
@LeeTreicher Lot C-224CH has gone to waste to personal projects by Mr. Quinton. Full report on your station. Handle it.
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Wonder why they are continuing it. Just reread the logs after forgetting about them...
edit:
Ha one of the scientists built a distillery in the engineering bay.
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Wasn't it confirmed by one of the Blizzard guys to be hype for HotS?
Really odd that we still get updates.
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Mr. Quinton is in trouble (supposedly for using station resources to make a distillery)
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On March 20 2013 08:49 Andr3 wrote:
Wasn't it confirmed by one of the Blizzard guys to be hype for HotS?
Really odd that we still get updates. Umm... no, it was just confirmed that it's more than that. This just being HoTS hype was only what everyone here assumed, and then it somehow became the accepted truth...
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I think its a dota version of blizz
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On March 20 2013 09:14 GhostBusters wrote:
I think its a dota version of blizz
Could be the Blizzard DotA they announced some time ago.
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On March 20 2013 08:58 bduddy wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 08:49 Andr3 wrote:
Wasn't it confirmed by one of the Blizzard guys to be hype for HotS?
Really odd that we still get updates. Umm... no, it was just confirmed that it's more than that. This just being HoTS hype was only what everyone here assumed, and then it somehow became the accepted truth...
Might be related to the thing that will be announced at PAX.
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On March 20 2013 09:23 carloselcoco wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 09:14 GhostBusters wrote:
I think its a dota version of blizz Could be the Blizzard DotA they announced some time ago.
That would be awesome.
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On March 20 2013 09:25 Promethelax wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 09:23 carloselcoco wrote:On March 20 2013 09:14 GhostBusters wrote:
I think its a dota version of blizz Could be the Blizzard DotA they announced some time ago. That would be awesome.
As long as it is good and not crappy, yes.
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On March 21 2013 06:41 carloselcoco wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 09:25 Promethelax wrote:On March 20 2013 09:23 carloselcoco wrote:On March 20 2013 09:14 GhostBusters wrote:
I think its a dota version of blizz Could be the Blizzard DotA they announced some time ago. That would be awesome. As long as it is good and not crappy, yes.
As long as it is good and not crappy that would be awesome.
is what I meant to say.
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On March 20 2013 09:23 carloselcoco wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 09:14 GhostBusters wrote:
I think its a dota version of blizz Could be the Blizzard DotA they announced some time ago. That wouldn't be a "new game", though, and they apparently said somewhere it was going to be one.
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On March 20 2013 09:23 carloselcoco wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 09:14 GhostBusters wrote:
I think its a dota version of blizz Could be the Blizzard DotA they announced some time ago.
Project Blackstone just feels too serious for something as 'fun' as Blizzard Allstars though (did you see the trailor? pure camp).
Also, this is pretty firmly set in the SC universe (I guess Blizzard Allstars is a sci-fi setting too).
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So, is there a way to properly follow all the twitter updates? If I view them in the twitter timeline it's mighty hard to keep track of all the separate conversations with twitter leaving out messages that are part of a longer chain.
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On March 21 2013 08:39 Wout wrote:
So, is there a way to properly follow all the twitter updates? If I view them in the twitter timeline it's mighty hard to keep track of all the separate conversations with twitter leaving out messages that are part of a longer chain.
Make a list on twitter and follow the ones you want to get updates. You will get a timeline only with those tweets.
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Didn't somebody have one of those lists premade?
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So... it turns out that the PAX announcement had absolutely nothing to do with Project Blackstone. If we take Dayton at his work that there is something more to come out of this, though... what is it?
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How sick would it be if it was some action-horror game?
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New long conversation !
Initial message
+ Show Spoiler +FROM: DR. TALEN AYERS TO: DR. TALISE COGAN Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/07-overlord.jpgOverlord Dissection I am in awe, my dear. Simply in awe. The results from our tests have just come in. After our analyses of the other zerg species, I was expecting the overlord dissection to present the usual potpourri of unrelated genetic material we have come to expect from these transgenic cellular gypsies. The hydralisk, if you recall from our earlier examination, was a seamless amalgam of seven or eight distinct (and wildly diverse) organism types all woven through the core structure of an herbivorous gastropod. The thorned armor, the claws, the teeth, the jaw structure, and the ballistic spines – all aspects of other creatures hybridized together. The zergling organism contained even more than that; we stopped counting after fifteen because it was obvious that there were different strains within the zergling classification itself holding even greater variety. This entire facility could devote years to unraveling the mysteries of that creature's DNA alone. We expected similar results from the overlord. Good heavens, I expected more genetic variety from a creature that acts as spotter, transport, and nursemaid to the entire zerg lexicon. But, Talise... the overlord has a core matrix that is 93.726% homogenous. Apart from some slight modifications to the carapace and the pulmonary chambers, this species has been left largely untouched by zerg modifications. Do you realize what this means? TA
Reply 1
+ Show Spoiler +FROM:
DR. TALISE COGAN
TO:
DR. TALEN AYERS
RE: Overlord Dissection
We should run these samples through again; I have a hard time believing that such genetic acreage would go untouched. Every species we have seen up until now has been shaken, stirred, mixed, and molded into a custom tool for the zerg macroorganism. I am not quite sure what implications you see in this, but it is certainly a unique find.
I take it you have a hypothesis?
TC
Reply 2
+ Show Spoiler +FROM:
DR. TALEN AYERS
TO:
DR. TALISE COGAN
RE: Overlord Dissection
I have just sent the results back for verification, but after looking over the numbers I doubt we will see much difference in further testing. What we are seeing here, Talise, is fairly strong support for one of two possibilities:
1) The zerg are lucky opportunists. The qualities they found within the original creature fit exactly within the niche they needed to fill; thus, only minimal modification was required. Jackpot for the Swarm.
or
2) The zerg are unwilling to meddle too deeply with the structural makeup of organisms that possess psionic capabilities. They recognize the rare delicacy of this attribute, and know that even the subtlest of changes can often destroy it.
I'm betting on the second horse. The overlord's cerebral structure is fairly complex, with neural pathways woven throughout its entire bloated body. This is why the creature is unparalleled in its ability to broadcast (or relay) psychic energy. My hypothesis is that the zerg did not want to lose any of that raw power, and kept their modifications limited to the neurologically impotent portions of the overlord's anatomy.
The overlord's brain, Talise. The memories. They may be bridled by the controlling zerg consciousness. But they are still there. Unchanged. Undiminished!
TA
Reply 3
+ Show Spoiler +FROM:
DR. TALISE COGAN
TO:
DR. TALEN AYERS
RE: Overlord Dissection
I think you may be getting ahead of yourself again, Talen. It is one of your more endearing traits, but somewhat lacking in scientific rigor. Your hypothesis sounds pretty thin to me. After all, we have several instances of the zerg "meddling" with the brains of psychic creatures... or have you forgotten about a certain ghost agent the zerg crowned as the damn Queen of Blades? I would say that is evidence of some fairly strenuous meddling.
That being said, your enthusiasm is infectious. Why don't you come over to my quarters, and we can discuss this further?
TC
Reply 4
+ Show Spoiler +FROM:
DR. TALEN AYERS
TO:
DR. TALISE COGAN
RE: Overlord Dissection
I will be right over as soon as I've finished with these results, my dear. I'll bring some of the cognac I have left over from the other night. Say what you will about Branamoor; he does know how to pick a good brandy.
In the meantime, I would like you to consider this: do we actually know how much of Sarah Kerrigan's mind was changed by the zerg? For all we know, the Overmind simply made some powerful suggestions to the more primitive parts of a warrior's brain. The actual structure of her cerebellum may be, for the most part, unchanged.
Good news for her. If my theories are correct, that is.
TA
One more to go !
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Hmm... seems like they may finally be trying to tie it in to HoTS...
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The whole thing is to bring the warhound back. Thought this a day or two ago latest tweets starting to introduce it. How the hell they are going to do it I don't know
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They're not just bringing the Warhound back...
Red Quinton @RedellQuinton 26 Mar
@PamelaGFoster LET'S PUT A CLOAKING REACTOR IN THE WARHOUNDNXRT.
Also, seems like the Protoss specialists are not getting along very well. Watch this space:
https://twitter.com/GizmomcS/project-blackstone
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Last mails :
8 :
+ Show Spoiler +FROM:
DR. HELEK BRANAMOOR
TO:
BLACKSTONE RESEARCH STAFF
Pic : blackstone project icon
Dr. Held
Good morning.
It is with great personal sadness that I ask you to join me in thanking Dr. Held for his service, as today will be his last at Blackstone. His contributions have been innumerable, and I believe we all speak in unison in calling him not just a colleague, but a good friend. Out of respect for our mutual friend I ask that all communication regarding Dr. Held end now, and no further discussion of recent incidents continue. We've done everything to ensure a speedy resolution with those involved, and I want to make it absolutely clear that this in no way impacted Dr. Held's curriculum vitae. We're all aware of the pressures we face, and Dr. Held has done an admirable job coping with them. His reputation deserves your respect, and I'll have no more of this childish whispering. We're all adults; now let's start acting like it.
On a related note, I see that not everyone has bothered picking up their weekly supplements. Let me make this absolutely clear: rumors of contaminants in the supplements, as well as the ridiculous notion of them being used for "tracking purposes", are completely unfounded. The majority of us being medical professionals, I'm quite sure I don't have to remind you of the importance of "taking your medicine." Schedules have slipped far enough, so please put these ideas out of your minds. Beginning this evening, supplement doses will be administered by our support staff the old-fashioned way until we can all learn to be big boys and girls.
I appreciate your continued cooperation.
Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD
Chairman on Dominion Xenostudies
Imperial Science Advisor
Chief of Research for Project Blackstone
9 : chat log
+ Show Spoiler +DR. TALEN AYERS
JAKE RAMSEY
Pic : warhound
T. Ayers
That was ugly. I knew that Held was a little off, but
J. Ramsey
What have I been telling you? Why did nobody see this but me? He could have killed somebody.
T. Ayers
I guess we should be thankful Red was there, or it could have been a lot worse. He already had our resident protoss expert in a headlock when I arrived.
J. Ramsey
He wasn't fast enough. Did you see all of that blood?
T. Ayers
Yes, well, it looked like Dr. Martine was bleeding pretty heavily before they carried her to the infirmary. I hope she's okay.
J. Ramsey
Oh, she'll be alright: she has a fairly intense military background. Even with the bum knee, she avoided the worst of Held's assault. I wouldn't be surprised if some of that blood was his.
T. Ayers
"Military background"? I wouldn't have guessed.
J. Ramsey
She was training to become a ghost before her injury, Dr. Ayers. Winlaleah Martine is potentially one of the most dangerous people on this little rock. In fact, if Red hadn't been in the room, I imagine we would have found a very different scene when we arrived.
T. Ayers
How so?
J. Ramsey
Oh, this altercation was going to end with Dr. Held either dead or gone. You didn't see Martine's smile when security carried him off? She planned this, has been pushing at his unstable little mind ever since they were assigned to work together.
Can't say I blame her.
T. Ayers
Do you
I was going to ask if you had any evidence of this, but I am fairly positive this all falls under your mysterious premonitions, yes?
J. Ramsey
I'm not a psychic.
Not anymore.
But I can still feel things. See things. Dr. Martine was miserable working with that monster, and the administration wasn't listening to her complaints. So she pushed Held into a demonstration.
And now Branamoor gets to play Hide The Psycho.
T. Ayers
Indeed. Well, Jake, I wanted to compliment you on the restraint you showed in there. It is no secret that you've got issues with Held, and you could have taken advantage of the situation. But you didn't.
J. Ramsey
Thanks.
I just saw no need for further pain. Dr. Held's career is finished. The protoss subjects imprisoned on Blackstone will fare better under Dr. Martine's care. She can talk with
Better if I don't go into that here.
T. Ayers
Understood. I would just like to apologize for my anger earlier. I am a patriot, Jake. I believe in what mankind can do out here in this corner of the universe. We may have different takes on how to go about it, but I think we are both on the same team.
J. Ramsey
We are, Dr. Ayers.
T. Ayers
Call me Talen, please.
J. Ramsey
Okay, Talen. Now, about that note I gave you in the hallway.
T. Ayers
Yes. Odd little message – you say it's from Rothfuss?
J. Ramsey
It is. He has uncovered something that may have relevance to your family.
T. Ayers
What the hell are you talking about?
J. Ramsey
We shouldn't discuss it any further here: these lines are often monitored. Meet me in the commissary in an hour.
It's about your daughter, Talen.
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Somehow this doesn't seem like the end to me...
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On April 02 2013 13:38 bduddy wrote:
Somehow this doesn't seem like the end to me...
Well this has continued since the prank. I assume this is like the Siege tank/Reaper things; they are giving a lore explanation for something they are doing and furthering the PBS story at the same time.
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On April 03 2013 16:07 Promethelax wrote:Show nested quote +On April 02 2013 13:38 bduddy wrote:
Somehow this doesn't seem like the end to me... Well this has continued since the prank. I assume this is like the Siege tank/Reaper things; they are giving a lore explanation for something they are doing and furthering the PBS story at the same time. I guess it would be cool if these Twitter characters were kept to give in-universe explanations for balance changes and stuff like that. Still, though... is there something this whole story was supposed to lead up to?
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The Starcraft trilogy is all about Raynor getting some. SC1 introduces characters and 2 major cock blocks while developing the first more than the second. SC2 resolves one block and develops the second one. SC3 resolves the second one and wraps up all loose ends while developing foreplay. Culminating in Raynor getting some. Zeratul is his wingman throughout. He gets none.
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10th mail, chat log
+ Show Spoiler +REDELL QUINTON DR. TALEN AYERS Pic : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/10-terran.jpgR. Quinton Hey Doc, I could use your help in my shed today. I've got an infested marine cadaver stinkin' up my workbench, and I'm gonna need some help peeling it. T. Ayers Wait, you've got an actual infested human INTACT? How is this I've been trying to get my hands on a specimen for years, but they keep exploding. Damn things are stuffed with more unstable compounds than I can count. Talise and I have a theory that the baneling trigger enzymes were an adaptation of those first discovered by the zerg during human infection, modified by Never mind, you don't care about that. I'll grab my gear and head over. Your "shed" is next to the materials lab, yes? R. Quinton Hold your horses, Doc. You saying these things are volatile? They told us not to worry about explosions, but I don't want to take any chances. Wouldn't be the first time something here's been... mislabeled. T. Ayers Interesting. "They" being Branamoor's assistants, I presume? R. Quinton Right. Seemed pretty clear on this one, and I asked them straight out if there were any nasty surprises under the hood. I don't think they'd outright fib to me about this sort of thing. T. Ayers I wonder. You know, after the most recent conflict, we started seeing new mutations across the board in almost all of the zerg species. It is not inconceivable that we would see new strains reflected in the host creatures as well. R. Quinton Doc T. Ayers A new breed of infested Homo sapiens, this time without the suicide-bomber capabilities. (Capabilities that have been perfected by the baneling strain?) R. Quinton Doc, I'm losing ya here. This theory stuff is nice and all, but T. Ayers Which strategic niche do you suppose these devils are meant to fill? R. Quinton I don't do the guesswork here, man. You know that. Listen, the boss wants us to check out this poor bastard and see if the zerg fiddled with more than just his genes. I need to take a look at the armor and rifle—both of which are wrapped in tendons and veins and all that soft stuff you bio-boys work with. It stinks to high heaven, I should warn you. T. Ayers I appreciate the warning, but rest assured I have been elbows-deep in biomass at just about every state of decay you can name. R. Quinton Whatever lights your candle. T. Ayers This is why I like having you around, Red. "Lights my candle"? Ha! So Apart from the "peeling," as you put it, I assume you need me there to catalogue the more unique adaptations the zerg have made to the already modified marine biostructure? This will be good; I've been working on some theories about how the xenos alter cellular processes to interact with and manipulate the highly specific inorganic weaponry of our Dominion soldiers. R. Quinton Uh T. Ayers Sorry, I got lost in xenobiological shoptalk there. Let me put this more succinctly: What do you need? R. Quinton Just what I said, nothing more. I need you to help us separate the metal from the man—or what used to be a man. I need to get to the tech and see if and how it changed after the zerg gunked it up. Listen, I can lop off tentacles and zerg zits all damn day, but I figure you guys will want a look when we're done with it. T. Ayers I don't want to sound petty, Red, but I'm a little flummoxed about why they didn't send this specimen to my team before letting your crew at it with their sledgehammers. There are some fairly delicate aspects of a zerg-human hybrid that may have already been destroyed—aspects that could prove critical to innovations in medicine, agriculture, and untold areas of research. R. Quinton Can I be honest, Doc? T. Ayers Please. R. Quinton I think Branamoor gave it to us first because he wants some results. Pronto. No offense, but your end of the shop likes to take its time poking around. T. Ayers Results? R. Quinton Practical applications. Weapons. Branamoor wants to see if there's anything our boys in the field can use right now. T. Ayers How infuriating. You would think that a supposed scholar like Branamoor might consider the value of UNDERSTANDING something before creating weapons with well, with technology we only barely comprehend. This is I'm marching over there to give him a piece of my mind. Red-lit hallways be damned. R. Quinton Whoa, Doc... Back off the throttle a bit. You know I don't like getting into the politics of this place, but when has spouting off at Branamoor ever worked? He's obviously got pressure from the higher-ups to deliver something workable, and all those dreamy theories put out by you and your girlfriend don't smush zerg. T. Ayers I would hardly call Professor Cogan my "girlfriend." R. Quinton Tomayto, tomahto. Listen, I'm a brass-tacks sort of guy. Point me at the problem, give me a wrench, and I'll have a gun in your hands before sundown. That is why I was brought on board. Blackstone wasn't drilled into this asteroid so that we could sit here and talk fancy theories on Mengsk's dime. We are here to make bigger, better weapons for our boys on the front line. You know this, right? T. Ayers I'm not a complete idiot, Red. I had only hoped that the administrators would see some value in actually understanding what we are Wait How do you know that we're in an asteroid, Red? I was brought here blindfolded. R. Quinton Simple math, Doc. My trip was two warp jumps from Korhal IV. It's possible that one of the jumps was a null-distance decoy to throw me off, but even so, there really aren't that many outta-the-way places where you could hide a top-secret lab. We are either in the double asteroid belt surrounding New Folsom at one jump from Korhal, or in the belt just beyond Deadman's Rock at two. The ferrous stone lining the walls of our cozy lil garage have me leaning towards the latter option, since the Folsom belts are largely cupric in composition. T. Ayers I don't Wow. I had never considered trying to play detective like that. You are full of surprises, my friend. But how I'm not sure how to ask you this… R. Quinton How am I able to chat about this spooky classified stuff on a monitored line? You haven't had a chance to talk with Rothfuss yet, have you? Old coot is a genius—gave me a hand-drawn schematic for a piece of hardware that can reroute our coms outside Branamoor's snooping range. I just flip the switch when I want to talk straight with somebody. Anyone listening sees the convo ending. This tech, Doc. It's unreal. Rothfuss uses old-timey radio waves bouncing through a machine in his office to piggyback onto the local system's core res And now I'm talking shop. Well, it's like nothing I've ever seen before. I know we've got a high concentration of eggheads here, but Rothfuss is on another level entirely. T. Ayers Yes, well, I've been trying to steal a moment with our mysterious astrophysicist for a week now. I've got something of a personal nature to ask him. He always seems to be busy. R. Quinton He does that to keep Branamoor off his butt. If you want, I'll set up a meeting for you. T. Ayers Would you? R. Quinton But first, I got a stinkin' mess over here, Doc… T. Ayers Right! Right. I'll be right over. Just please please please don't touch the specimen until I arrive. R. Quinton So you want me to stick the head back on?
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Can someone give me a quick summary? Like, did _anything_ happen at all?
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^ Incoming infestor change by the Blackstone Blizzard balance team? Or is this pre-planned story stuff/stuff about how the IT changed so much from BW to SC2?
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That Quinton dude said he thought they were on an asteriod, you think they might be located on that hidden lab (Secret Mission) you destroyed in WoL?
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On April 06 2013 19:10 ChowChillaCharlie wrote:
That Quinton dude said he thought they were on an asteriod, you think they might be located on that hidden lab (Secret Mission) you destroyed in WoL?
It could be Castanar or Skygeirr, based off of the evidence so far. Both seemed to serve the same purpose (Hybrid development) but Skygeirr seems larger and more advanced. I think that the off-limits "red-lit" hallways are the ones that would lead towards the Immortal Forge, AKA the Xel'naga temple. On Castanar, we see scientists even in the Hybrid chambers, so the only area of either facilities that's entirely off limits to Terran scientists is the Skygeirr Temple.
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The interaction between Ramsey and the failed ghost is entertaining
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Two more logs, which seem to reference the colonist missions from WoL, among other things.
+ Show Spoiler +Are we safe?
I believe that I have attached this mechanism to the back of my desk correctly, Dan; the little light-thing is flashing green, as you said. You know, my daughter often laughed at my ineptitude with technology—called me a backwoods yokel. I suppose that the proper placement of your device will be obvious once I send this note to you. If I hear marine boots stomping down the hallway, I'll know I did it wrong.
Honestly, my mind is still spinning from our conversation earlier. While I appreciate your making time for me in spite of a busy schedule, I do wish we had been able to arrange for a longer discussion.
My primary worry is that you hinted at technology and possibilities I am quite certain lay outside the realm of Dominion science, and I fear that your enticing offers of information may come laced with treason. If you are working with the Umojans or some espionage wing of the Kel-Morian Combine, then I should be up-front with you: I am a patriot. If I detect even a whiff of traitorous scheming, I shall be compelled to alert the authorities. Dr. Branamoor may be a bit paranoid and uncouth in his treatment of the respected minds gathered here, but I believe he has a genuine concern for our efforts and their contribution to the survival of the Terran Dominion in this dangerous corner of the galaxy.
But you asked me to keep this correspondence brief, so I shall focus on the most important question, to me at least: what do you know of Maren? You said that you had some information regarding my daughter but refused to divulge any more before our meeting ended. Please, Dan. I haven't heard a word since her platoon was routed to Anselm, and that was before I was assigned here. Other members of our team have been receiving mail from their families, albeit filtered and closely monitored. I have nothing. What do you know? I don't ask as a fellow academic, but as a worried father.
TA
REPLY
FROM:
DR. DANIEL ROTHFUSS
TO:
DR. TALEN AYERS
RE: Are we safe?
If you see the green light, then your scrambler is functioning perfectly, Talen. I designed these things to be klutz-proof. Just make sure that the device is removed and hidden amongst your personal effects after each use.
Again, I apologize for my earlier brevity. While our rooms have not been tapped for sound (an odd oversight by our gracious host), I have found that security patrols around my quarters tend to increase in frequency when I have visitors. For some strange reason, Helek Branamoor doesn't trust me. I suspect this is because my selection to the Blackstone staff was pushed through against his will, but it is also possible that the man is simply good at reading people.
His instincts are right, you know. He really shouldn't trust me.
No, don't worry, Talen. I am not working for any of the outside parties you mentioned, but perhaps you could say my allegiance is to humanity at large. For now, that will have to be enough for you. And you will have to take me at my word when I say that Helek Branamoor and his puppet master, Arcturus Mengsk, are not working for the betterment of our species as a whole—or of you specifically.
Over the past few centuries, Dominion technology has made commendable advances in the blunt science of military strength: better armor, better weapons, and frighteningly obedient soldiers. But there has been surprisingly little progress in the fields of encryption and machine language. Significant portions of the original ATLAS coding and functionality still exist in your adjutants like familiar old dinosaurs. My guess is that dependence on the servile and deliberately limited sapience of these automatons has allowed for intellectual complacency in those fields, especially since the more exciting horizons of extrasolar planets and xenoscience have been within your grasp.
Regardless, this has presented an enticing Achilles heel to this wheelchair-bound Paris. (I have learned that you are an Old Earth aficionado, and thought you might appreciate the turn of phrase.)
I have been able to crack into the personnel files here on Blackstone, and in doing so uncovered unsettling notes from Branamoor and his cronies suggesting that information is being held from both you and Talise. One particularly cryptic memo came from Korhal. It stressed a fear that your research efforts would suffer if you learned about your "two troublesome girls."
Those are Mengsk's words.
I have been able to uncover an array of Dominion reports on Dr. Cogan's daughter and her dealings with a rebel group around Agria, Meinhoff, and some planet on the edge of protoss space. The reports have a few interesting… details. Details that I plan to share with Dr. Cogan as soon as I can find time in her schedule for a social call. Your daughter's status has been much more difficult to track down, but I believe that is because her data is somehow tied to our own highly secretive research. I know that this information is inadequate and will only cause further worry. But I would rather you hear what little I have found now than for you to be surprised later. And I need you to trust me.
Because you are not just building weapons to protect humanity, Talen. You are being used. My exploration through the personnel files opened up some frightening avenues. For instance, did you know that Dr. Langridge has an entire level of the facility dedicated to xenoflora that can control human thought? Not alien thought. That's right—Mengsk has a section of this facility dedicated to controlling his own subjects. And that is only one of seven isolated levels hidden beneath this one. All are taking your research into dark places that you know nothing about. All are completely off the books.
And your friend Dr. Held is still on-site. He has been moved down to a sub-level, along with a handful of psi-blocked protoss.
I already know of your patriotism, Talen. I know that you will refuse to believe most of what I have said. But I also know that you are a smart man and that you will wait to see if there is any proof to my words before acting. I will track down what I can so that you can see what I see. What Jake Ramsey sees.
That Project Blackstone must be destroyed.
Dan
+ Show Spoiler +T. Ayers
There you are!
...
Talise? I'm getting an "active" notification from your desk. I know that you're there.
T. Cogan
Sorry. I've been with
It took me a while to get that roach effluvium scrubbed from the lab.
T. Ayers
Hmm, that was an unexpected treat, wasn't it? An entire bladder of volatile enzymes triggered to erupt upon penetration. It's almost as though somebody doesn't want us cutting into these buggers.
T. Cogan
Yes.
T. Ayers
That was a joke, my dear.
T. Cogan
Oh right. Sorry. Listen, I have been wanting to
Never mind.
I just need a little sleep. First thing tomorrow I will make sure to put some notes together on what I suspect is transpiring with the roach glandular processes. As I mentioned during anatomization, the similarities between the creature's thoracic acid bladder and the organelles we found in the mutalisk suggest another example of zerg adaptability in multipurposed internal systems.
T. Ayers
Talise
T. Cogan
I have found more support for my theory on the roach's advanced cellular regeneration. If the reports we are getting from the field are accurate, this accelerated "healing factor" deserves special attention, especially if we wish to find a counter before the trait is passed on to the other, slower-healing zerg species. And I believe that if this ability is derived from the constant breakdown of the roach's own modified pharynx due to the passage of acid, then the lack of insulating mucosal lining there may be seen as a deliberate effort on the part of the Alpha organism. Another case of "shotgun evolution," as you like to call it.
T. Ayers
Talise
T. Cogan
Yes?
T. Ayers
What's wrong? I know you well enough by now to tell when you are hiding behind your research.
You have been avoiding me.
T. Cogan
No, I've just been buried in these new findings. I'm really
There isn't anything
Ok, listen. I don't know how to do this. I can't
I can't do this anymore. I've requested transfer to another team.
Please just leave me alone, Talen.
T. Ayers
What? You can't be serious. Just like this, with no explanation?
Does this have something to do with your visit with Dan? I passed along his invitation because he is trying to help us, Talise.
Yes, he seems a little neurotic, and those scars on his face are alarming at first, but I assure you his intentions are noble. I'm a good judge of character, my dear.
If for one moment I suspected actual treason in his
T. Cogan
You think this is about your precious political ideals? You think I give a damn about loyalty to the monsters that brought us here? You and the rest of your cronies can go to hell, Talen.
Always going on about the big picture, you and your vast fantasies of an epic mystical purpose behind everything. Never looking at the details of REALITY—not in your research, not in your life, not with
Not with me.
T. Ayers
Talise, I never
But you're the one who avoided talking about the details! Our lives before Blackstone, our marriages, even our daughters. Every time I mentioned them—every time!—you would go quiet. Or deliberately change the subject. I assumed this was because of your estranged relationship with Ariel and learned to keep my mouth shut out of respect, but
T. Cogan
My daughter is dead, you bastard. Not that you care, not that you ever asked beyond the trite little "Hey, look what we have in common!" talk desperately used to find some sort of connection in this strange place.
You used me; I used you. Fine. It made the days slightly more bearable. Now I just need to be alone.
T. Ayers
Talise, I am so sorry. I had no idea.
I'll be right over.
T. Cogan
No.
Just leave me alone, Talen.
My daughter is dead.
Leave me alone.
T. COGAN INACTIVE
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As someone noticed the fuss on twitter ? There's been zerglings everywhere and no one posted since a week. Some people have ideas ?
That last mails are really intriguing. It's aliens down there
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Kevin M. Johnson (aka Cloaken, Blizzard Community Manager) tweeted this :
SCII fans should follow the action for #ProjectBlackstone tonight. It's shaping up to be an epic evening: https://t.co/81ZKQfGHnV …
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I forgot this was even a thing. Assumed it was a quick thing to HotS, not such a drawn out thing - also looking at
https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/project-blackstone
All I see is fekk fekk fekking fekked. Wonder if there's any cinematic or whatever coming with this, since it's definitely reaching its climax
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:O
I forgot about the distillery stuff he set up in the garage. Turns out it's going to be useful!
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On May 16 2013 15:22 matt93 wrote:I forgot this was even a thing. Assumed it was a quick thing to HotS, not such a drawn out thing - also looking at https://twitter.com/CameronDayton/project-blackstoneAll I see is fekk fekk fekking fekked. Wonder if there's any cinematic or whatever coming with this, since it's definitely reaching its climax
Tweets coming in as soon as a second ago? What a ongoing story.
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Maybe another card game!!!! YEEAAAHHHH
^.-
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I have no idea what is going on, or how Hyped i should be to find out what this is about, the length of time its been over suggests something cool, but the lack of marketing makes it feel like something small, anyone who followed this all the way through mind filling me in?
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On May 16 2013 16:04 WarrickHunt wrote:
I have no idea what is going on, or how Hyped i should be to find out what this is about, the length of time its been over suggests something cool, but the lack of marketing makes it feel like something small, anyone who followed this all the way through mind filling me in? There was a research station where Terran people researched Zergs and Protoss, in the process providing in-universe justifications for some balance changes. Eventually one of the researchers (a Protoss specialist) went crazy and they locked him up. Also, since the Dominion is having some problems, their resupply ships stopped showing up. The Protoss guy got out and released some zerglings so the other researchers would stop "wasting" food and air so he could make his big discoveries (crazy, remember) and right now they're trying to solve that problem.
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As a zerg player
All i have to say is Go zerglings go! :D
(But yeah. glad to see something big happening. i've idly followed it here and there and thought it was a cool story)
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God this is active chatting on tweeter ! Will they make it ?
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oh god i hope red doesn't die
edit: damn, jinxed him
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He's gonna die !
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If he yells something out to the lings on twitter i'm going to laugh since the 'tweets' are their chat log thing through a datapad. and i can just picture a man in front of his datapad yelling into it instead of yelling at the lings before killing himself.
EDIT: Hahaha i am fine with that because it was actually focused to the other people and not the lings! yay go blizzard xD
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least expected last words of all tiem
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Is he dead? Does the Adjutant tell us?
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@Adjutant3327 4m
Zergling 6e deceased.
@Adjutant3327 4m
Zergling 5e deceased.
mother of god
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Who killed the last 2 zerglings? Is Red alive? Faster with those tweets.... I need to know
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they burned them along with red..
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
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R.I.P Red
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Doesn't Held have a bunch of Protoss too, though?
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Too many tweets. aint nobody got time for that. whats going on?!
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This Blackstone Project thing is the lamest thing since Entomb.
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This is going to end up with hellbats nerfed somehow, I just have a feeling...
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This is something that hasn't been able to grasp my interest in the least.
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Does anyone actually know the point of this yet?
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On May 17 2013 01:44 Ahzz wrote:
This is something that hasn't been able to grasp my interest in the least.
Seconded. At the very least, an E for effort
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On May 17 2013 01:46 IreScath wrote:
Does anyone actually know the point of this yet?
To me it seems like a digital concept book/movie thing.
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Valerian just sent an email but i quite don't get it... Because of the last tweets.
+ Show Spoiler +
Since Red is dead (frenchies will smile at this i think) and they are after the madman, i don't get the email that valerian sent. It's basicly like nothing happened or he does not know what happened. That's weird.
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On May 23 2013 21:00 FFW_Rude wrote:Valerian just sent an email but i quite don't get it... Because of the last tweets. + Show Spoiler +
Since Red is dead (frenchies will smile at this i think) and they are after the madman, i don't get the email that valerian sent. It's basicly like nothing happened or he does not know what happened. That's weird.
Since now we know the events at Blackstone happened more or less at the same time Mengsk died, I think it is conceivable that no one on Dominion's end was paying much attention to what was going on at the rock. Hence the lack of supply ships.
Also, I very much doubt the madman sent communications to the outside world saying he was taking over the facility.
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True enough. But that tone was weird. Maybe i need to read it in French.
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On May 23 2013 21:00 FFW_Rude wrote:Valerian just sent an email but i quite don't get it... Because of the last tweets. + Show Spoiler +
Since Red is dead (frenchies will smile at this i think) and they are after the madman, i don't get the email that valerian sent. It's basicly like nothing happened or he does not know what happened. That's weird.
I read that, I was quite confused, since my name is Valérian ; )
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Australia1191 Posts
I need to.... know.... wtf..... this is.......
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On May 23 2013 21:50 Lazzi wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2013 21:00 FFW_Rude wrote:Valerian just sent an email but i quite don't get it... Because of the last tweets. + Show Spoiler +
Since Red is dead (frenchies will smile at this i think) and they are after the madman, i don't get the email that valerian sent. It's basicly like nothing happened or he does not know what happened. That's weird.
I read that, I was quite confused, since my name is Valérian ; )
HAND OVER ALL YOUR KERRIGAN FOOTAGE !
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So now we got a timeline for this Project Blackstone and it even spoils alittle of what is going on immediately after the HOTS campaign.
This really brings forward the question of what does it all come down to? It is clearly beyond genius marketing, as the recent spoilers is timed well to be after the launch of HOTS and this info now comes at a time where you could expect everyone to know what happened in HOTS.
To be honest, we still have little idea on the overall goal of Project Blackstone.
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So Valerian's Email happens after the ending of HotS which means + Show Spoiler +he inherited his father after Mengsk's death
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Wow, the time that went into designing that site o.0
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so it started around WoL , and now we're set after HotS ending. hmm. im confused.
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On May 23 2013 23:11 Bashnek wrote:
so it started around WoL , and now we're set after HotS ending. hmm
I don't think so, there are some important twists that suggests the story happens after WoL, like + Show Spoiler +Talise said her daughter Ariel Hanson is dead.
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On May 23 2013 23:14 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2013 23:11 Bashnek wrote:
so it started around WoL , and now we're set after HotS ending. hmm I don't think so, there are some important twists that suggests the story happens after WoL, like + Show Spoiler +Talise said her daughter Ariel Hanson is dead.
ARE YOU SURE? How could I missed that then? I never made the connection........I hope it's not true...
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On May 24 2013 01:04 Kakaru2 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2013 23:14 digmouse wrote:On May 23 2013 23:11 Bashnek wrote:
so it started around WoL , and now we're set after HotS ending. hmm I don't think so, there are some important twists that suggests the story happens after WoL, like + Show Spoiler +Talise said her daughter Ariel Hanson is dead. ARE YOU SURE? How could I missed that then? I never made the connection........I hope it's not true...
Yep in the conversation between Bearded Prophet and Dr. main character, Bearded Prophet talks about how he read interesting things about Talise's daughter + Show Spoiler +kicking around the campaign planets that cover Hanson's arc (Agria, Meinhoff, something else~) Talise says her daughter is dead
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Do you have a link for this conversation? I missed this bearded prophet character.
As to the second, it could be that there were no news about her... I hope so at least.
Edit..you mean Daniel Rothfuss? where did he said it?
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Would be cool if they made a spinoff RPG type puzzle game. Like portal or that old PS1 game D.
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So.. New mail but no new tweet. Where does this protoss come from ?
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Kaeon was a Protoss on whom Held was experimenting. I forget exactly how it happened, but I believe he ended up killing Held before Treicher and co. got to him.
Also, both Ramsey and Dahl were involved in the debacle with Ulrezaj, were they not? Could be interesting.
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Where did you read that ? The last tweet i have is from Major Lee saying they are going to kill Held.
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Hmn. A final thought after glancing at the twitter.
+ Show Spoiler + I think Martine is an umojan agent. Still her disappearing act is odd. Especially after all the care she took to preserve Jake.
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On June 29 2013 00:17 FFW_Rude wrote:Where did you read that ? The last tweet i have is from Major Lee saying they are going to kill Held.
It's in Ayers' personal log just before Valerian's message on the Blackstone site itself.
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Oh i'm going to re-read that.
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He's also mentioned in the latest log after Valerian's.
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So... did we discover what it was about ?
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On February 10 2015 17:36 Nyarly wrote:
So... did we discover what it was about ?
no idea lol
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I geuss this was just blizzard having fun?
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