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Origen 360 Revealed in Less Than 12 Hours
MJXG writes "Gamespot has posted an article related to the adver-teasement Microsoft has set up at Origenxbox360.com. It seems that the counter will be hitting zero in less than 12 hours. It is speculated that once the zero-hour is reached, the site will open up with puzzles and riddles which may give away information or even prizes pertaining to the 360. Also from an article on xbox.ign.com, "In a somewhat shocking discovery, there is a Latin message written into one of the tree's lower branches. To view the message, zoom in a few times on the furthest left root near the bottom of the tree. The message reads 'in hoc spatio arbor noster floruit, fecundus pomis Elysii ignoti, quo in loco ludent electi, ab Originis angelis circumdati'. We consulted the IGN annals of ultimate intelligence and wisdom and came up with the following rough translation: 'In this place may our fertile tree bloom with fruits in strange elysium, where in the place of the chosen, angels surround the origin'." Something big is about to happen."
Oh Lordy, Bill Gates is going to announce he is the new messiah.....
Like Slashdot is about to be spammed?
"Something big is about to happen."
Since when is a MS media campaign something "big"?
I guess no one at Gamespot read that one Slashdot article on how Microsoft is going to spend 100 million on their ad campaign for the X-box 360.
Too bad. One would think that Gamespot would pay more attention to game related news.
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
"It's like in chess. First, you strategically position your pieces, and when the timing is right you.. strike. They're using this signal to synchronize their efforts and in approximately, twelve hours ..the countdown will be over. {and then..} Checkmate!"
Somebody better send Jeff Goldblum an Apple mac, quickly.
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I found this online which claims to be a better translation than IGN's.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/edg/520709.html
It's still pretty verbose and awkward. Maybe if I were on pins and needles waiting for this thing I'd be trying to hack the website like all of you.
Retailers must have already known if the release date was in 12 hours. Was it kept a big secret? I can't believe that.
Jesus saved me from my past. He can save you as well.
It's already hit 00:00:00 for me. How old since this article was submitted to /.? And I don't see anything. Maybe it's just FF 1.5B
I'll subscribe to Slashdot when I see a month without a dupe, a typo, or an article the "editors" didn't read.
look:
...slashdot editors...
http://www.origenxbox360.com/
In other news this morning, Slashdot has reportedly provided copious free traffic to three major web advertising presences in one fell swoop. Says one stunned Slashdot reader: "WTF??"
"Something Big is Going to Happen."
All we need is a hint of a mystery and the story-creating parts of our mind go into overdrive. What could they be about to announce? How amazing could it be? The answer is, of course, that it's going to be more details to do with the XBox 360. We all know that, and we all know that in the greater scheme of things a more powerful console is to be expected, not a shocking revelation.
But all it takes is a little bit of "What if?" sprinkled around the edges and suddenly people are drawn in, because maybe this time something groundbreaking will happen and they'll be there when it does.
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Disclaimer: I work for Sony, blah blah blah.
I find it very intriguing that recently console ads have gone so far off at a mad tangent that they rarely mention consoles at all. Things like the mentioned tree-ad, the older PS2 "Third Place" David Lynch stuff, even my own personal favourite I Am The Wolf Man. I know it's all about brand recognition, getting talked about etc. but it seems like all of this happens at the expense of any sort of substance - none of the ads mentioned above contain any information whatsoever about what the consoles are, what capabilites they claim to have, what kind of games they run, or even who might like them. Just snappy ad-agency ideas to try and get the name stuck in your head...
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I don't know about anyone else but I think I just soiled myself with excitement.
Something big is about to happen.
Oops. I must have clicked on the ad. Or what is the "news" from Microsoft's PR department doing there?
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I sat there and watched it count down to zero, then it jumped back to a five minute countdown. Waited for that to end, then it jumped up to five and a half hours. They could have at least synced the time at startup, not rely on the system clock and time zones. They can't even write decent Flash code :(
I don't see no Latin message anywhere, when I zoom in the tree is just pixelated.
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Something big is about to happen. Yeah, a publicity campaign. Don't get caugth in the hype!
It's an advertisement - just use Adblock in Firefox and it won't be there any more.
Then get on with life.
Nothing to see here.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
I thought this site was straight rip off of Eden until I say the various translations of the message. It seems more like a refernce to Greek mythology or paganism Here's Wikipedia's definition of eysium:
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In Greek mythology, Elysium was a section of the Underworld (the spelling Elysium is a Latinization of the Greek word Elysion). "Elysium is an obscure and mysterious name that evolved from a designation of a place or person struck by lightning, enelysion, enelysios.
Elysium in Neopaganism
Many Neopagans today, particularly Hellenistic neopagans in the United States, have what most would consider a new-age view of Elysium. Elysium is seen as a multi-layered paradise, or Heaven, to many modern neopagans. Some believe that the outer layer of Elysium is composed of great and beautiful fields, often envisioned in imaginative descriptions as having green glowing blades of grass and bubbling springs of glowing water and wine, often made from the nectar of Ambrosia. Beyond the fields of Elysium, reserved only for the most righteous and virtuous, is the Golden City where spirits exist in a state of constant euphoria. Whether or not such beliefs are based in actual mythology often seems rather unimportant to many neopagans. Most claim that old myths are simply mortal accounts and interpretations of the divine, but the same could be argued about any current beliefs regarding Elysium. Much of what many modern neopagans believe today regarding Elysium seems to be borrowed from popular Christian imagery of Heaven.
You say things that offend me and I can deal with it. Can you?
Wing Commander 6?
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For those of you wondering about the hidden message, that was only on one of the earlier versions.
P.S. The website just changed again...
The rabbit ate the fruit!!!!
The rabbit ate the fruit!!!!
I went to the origin of the Xbox 360 site and filled out the forms just as described. Now I'm on my way to get my free Xbox 360! Thank you Microsoft! I will be sure to pass on the relevant information to my friends and relatives.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
A countdown to September 27th, 2005, noon?
Well, I suppose it's worthwhile enough to have a countdown to the 100th anniversary of the publication date of "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?"
It's live now, a tree full of flags!
it went live at noon GMT. If your clock showed a countdown ending in some hours that is due to the countdown being linked to the clock of your PC.
Apparently Origen is a european only event anyway. The site is a promotion and little quiz with tickets for Origen to be won.
Before you guys go hammering the site with entries, note that the contest is only open to European residents.
...with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in elysium, and you are already dead!
perhaps the ori are making him into a prior? ....
think of the facts - evil incarnate , origin ,
Looks like the sort of generic boiler plate text that many web developers use when they want text appearing to demonstrate content but want to ensure that the text has no real content which might annoy the client or seem flippant. Why on earth /.'s editors have decided that has some sort of significance is beyond imagining.
If this is Microsoft's idea of "Something Big" then I fear the x360 is going to be a little underwhelming.
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This is pseudo latin dummy text. Learn all about it and generate your own here:
http://www.lipsum.com/
I think I figured it out, Set the clock to wednesday (thats what i did) and refresh, you get http://home.earthlink.net/~derekstrough/pictures/o rigen.JPG
The bottom left link goes to xbox360.com - I guess its the revealing of something on xbox360.com, which is currently blank (for me)