I had just done about 60 line entry explaining alot of the statements and some of the top theories behind most of those... then I acidentally hit the shift key when backspacing reloading the page making the editor erase all my work... I am not doing it again all I will say now is
This Is How Our End Begins < The game is heavily connected to the whole mayan 2012 urban myth. The first pictures in ARG released were of destroyed main cities.
Powerful forces are on the move < Game has far more factions and secret organisations than the main three playable ones. And there's no....
And dark conspiracies converge < Every bit of lore is connected. The main goal of players is to find out why those things have happened and what is wrong with the world.
As a hidden world is finally revealed < R.Tornquist has already talked about the fact on how the game is sort of set in "two worlds" - one normal, with housing, social activities, clubbing, marriage, etc and other is the one who is hiding behind the "casual world" facade - all the creepy things in shadows.
We are in the Fourth Age < Yet again reference to the whole mayan urban myth. "Fourth Age" is the time we are in, supposedly the final age before everything dies.
Powerful Cabals Rule the World < It was already implied that TSW world differs from our because secret organisations and various dark powers have influenced history. As result, most of the world is really in the hands of various secret organisations.
They Have Kept Us in the Dark < possibly refers to secret societies hiding facts from the world. And reference to Sanctuary Of Secrets wanting to reveal it all.
Signals Disrupt our Thoughts < this means nothing. the signals are obviously just some transmission errors manifesting as static. *cough*
The Host were Here Before Us < Refers to faerie folk.
They are still here < Refers to faerie folk.
There is a City on the Moon < famous conspiracy theory spawning from certain photos of moon surface.
Eleven days are missing < In 1752, the whole world went to sleep on September 2 and woke up on September 14 next morning, due to the law passed down which for some reason readjusted the calendars.
The Earth is hollow < Agharta/Hollow Earth.
The Wagtail has arrived < Reference used by Amundsen in his diaries. Possibly also reference to Aveline(ARG character)
There are Portals in Time and Space < there is a form of time travel in the game.
The Bees are Returning < bees, melissonmoi, the beekeepers, etc. THe game islittered with bees. Bees are both reference to conspiracy of them disappearing, and used as symbol for certain things. There has been info on this in Sanctuary of Secrets, giving a lot more info on bees, melissonmoi and etc. Sadly that website is corrupted with static now.
The Eight watch over us < No references have been made for this yet. Its either the Eight Immortals, or reference to "the Eight" famous "society" of painters.
Solomon's Key unleashes Hell < Reference to legendary book "Solomon's Key" upon which H.P.Lovecraft based the Necronomicon.
The Tower of Babel never fell < Reference to the mythical Tower of Babel. Possibly a location of importance in game.
The Old Gods are awakening < Possibly reference to lovecraftian beings.
The Ark of the Covenant is an Engine < NEVER mentioned in TSW lore before. Based on conspiracy that Arc of Covenant is actually an engine of flying saucers.
Stonehenge is a Beacon < Obviously not about the UFOs, since this game has no aliens. Possibly a beacon for Old Gods?
The Fountain of Youth is Poisoned < There have been legends that The Fountain of Youth actually kills those who are successful on finding it. No idea how that relates to game.
Immortal Beings walk the Earth < Thisis obvious. The lore already contains beings older than time
The planets are aligning < reference to mayan urban myth again. At 2012, the planets will align, bringing the end of the last age.
The End of Days are here < 2012
Everyone must choose a side < Obvious, considering three societies and what they represent.
The Dark Places are Crawling < The arg had many mentions to dark places, starting with the plea to "look in the dark places of modern world and tell us what you see".
The Filth will Corrupt us all < Eldtricth abominations that play huge role in the lore. Somehow connected to japanese "Multinational Orochi Group". Can "corrupt" and take over other beings. The only thing we know about the Filth is that Future Tokyo is almost completely infested by it and Fallen King(the mysterious being who transports you there) is somehow connected/interested.
The Morning Light burns < Might be reference to vampires ,but also to faerie folk. It is known that sun burns and kills trolls and most of faerie kind. night, darkness is the time of supernatural, thus day is deadly.
Demons march against us < Obvious. The TSW world is full of demons.
The Dreamers whisper < unknown connection to TSW. possibly some kind of prophets. HP Lovecraft novels also had mankind experience "dreams" when the old gods are close to Earth.
A Blight befalls the Garden of Eden < Unknown relation, possibly related to Filth?
We have dug too deep < If i remember correct, there were mentions of something burried in center of earth in sanctuary of secrets, as well as things being burried in ARG. Possibly reference to Nephillim being freed.
Lillith's Children are unchained < Referrence to Nephilim. Children of Angels and Humans. They have been chained by mythology underground by God.
Pandora's Box is opening up < The greek myths of box containing all the evil of the world. Maybe Filth is from there?
Dark Days Are Coming < This, alongside "Dark Demons Cry Gaia", have been the keywords, mysterious keywords, since the beginning of ARG.
# A GRIM, ODD, ARCANE SKY # ANY GOD, I MARK SACRED # A MASKED CRY ADORING # A DREAMY, SICK DRAGON
lol "everything is true" coming from Funcom.. get real eheh.
Im sometimes amazed to how short is human memory .
You obviously don't even understand to what the statement "everything is true" is referring. Where's my can of Troll-B-Gone spray?
No one has "forgotten" AoC or FunCom's involvement in screwing things up. However, not everyone is so obsessive that they will carry a grudge toward a GAME developer for years and years on end. Get a grip. It's not life and death we're talking about here.
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
And we know for sure that Gaute Godager was solely responsbile for the bad launches?
Or just the guy who took the fall?
I remain hopeful but at the same time very skeptical.
We'll see.
Personally I doubt that he was the cause for the state that AoC launched in, I think a rushed launch before the game was fully finished and realised is the cause for the state that the game launched in. And AoC isn't even that bad at all, it's pretty good now, it's only the crushed expectations and pretty pictures that AoC designers like Gaute fed the MMO crowd prelaunch that makes AoC seem bad in comparison ('hell hath no fury than an MMO gamer scorned').
For that last part, hyped, unrealistic expectations of the game, that's something that Gaute is responsible for, after all he was making the statements. Also he's responsible for not correcting that image when the launch neared.
Heck, maybe if he had had another year everything he intended the game to have would have been ingame and everyone would have lauded him for his and his team's achievements. And unless the too-early launch was unexpected and because of pressure Eidos, then Gaute is also unresponsible for managing the resources (time, money, people) and falling short of those resulting in a rushed launch.
The ease with which predictions are made on these forums: Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
Lucifer, which was Satan's name when he was an angel, was called The Morning Star. I think these lines refer to him still being cheesed off at being cast out of heaven and leading the demon hordes against Earth.
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I had just done about 60 line entry explaining alot of the statements and some of the top theories behind most of those... then I acidentally hit the shift key when backspacing reloading the page making the editor erase all my work... I am not doing it again all I will say now is
Ignore the Sherpas
Enjoy the Milksake or Smothie... your choice
A Dreamy Sick Dragon
Remember there is no conspiracy¡
TINCS
This Is How Our End Begins < The game is heavily connected to the whole mayan 2012 urban myth. The first pictures in ARG released were of destroyed main cities.
Powerful forces are on the move < Game has far more factions and secret organisations than the main three playable ones. And there's no....
And dark conspiracies converge < Every bit of lore is connected. The main goal of players is to find out why those things have happened and what is wrong with the world.
As a hidden world is finally revealed < R.Tornquist has already talked about the fact on how the game is sort of set in "two worlds" - one normal, with housing, social activities, clubbing, marriage, etc and other is the one who is hiding behind the "casual world" facade - all the creepy things in shadows.
We are in the Fourth Age < Yet again reference to the whole mayan urban myth. "Fourth Age" is the time we are in, supposedly the final age before everything dies.
Powerful Cabals Rule the World < It was already implied that TSW world differs from our because secret organisations and various dark powers have influenced history. As result, most of the world is really in the hands of various secret organisations.
They Have Kept Us in the Dark < possibly refers to secret societies hiding facts from the world. And reference to Sanctuary Of Secrets wanting to reveal it all.
Signals Disrupt our Thoughts < this means nothing. the signals are obviously just some transmission errors manifesting as static. *cough*
The Host were Here Before Us < Refers to faerie folk.
They are still here < Refers to faerie folk.
There is a City on the Moon < famous conspiracy theory spawning from certain photos of moon surface.
Eleven days are missing < In 1752, the whole world went to sleep on September 2 and woke up on September 14 next morning, due to the law passed down which for some reason readjusted the calendars.
The Earth is hollow < Agharta/Hollow Earth.
The Wagtail has arrived < Reference used by Amundsen in his diaries. Possibly also reference to Aveline(ARG character)
There are Portals in Time and Space < there is a form of time travel in the game.
The Bees are Returning < bees, melissonmoi, the beekeepers, etc. THe game islittered with bees. Bees are both reference to conspiracy of them disappearing, and used as symbol for certain things. There has been info on this in Sanctuary of Secrets, giving a lot more info on bees, melissonmoi and etc. Sadly that website is corrupted with static now.
The Eight watch over us < No references have been made for this yet. Its either the Eight Immortals, or reference to "the Eight" famous "society" of painters.
Solomon's Key unleashes Hell < Reference to legendary book "Solomon's Key" upon which H.P.Lovecraft based the Necronomicon.
The Tower of Babel never fell < Reference to the mythical Tower of Babel. Possibly a location of importance in game.
The Old Gods are awakening < Possibly reference to lovecraftian beings.
The Ark of the Covenant is an Engine < NEVER mentioned in TSW lore before. Based on conspiracy that Arc of Covenant is actually an engine of flying saucers.
Stonehenge is a Beacon < Obviously not about the UFOs, since this game has no aliens. Possibly a beacon for Old Gods?
The Fountain of Youth is Poisoned < There have been legends that The Fountain of Youth actually kills those who are successful on finding it. No idea how that relates to game.
Immortal Beings walk the Earth < Thisis obvious. The lore already contains beings older than time
The planets are aligning < reference to mayan urban myth again. At 2012, the planets will align, bringing the end of the last age.
The End of Days are here < 2012
Everyone must choose a side < Obvious, considering three societies and what they represent.
The Dark Places are Crawling < The arg had many mentions to dark places, starting with the plea to "look in the dark places of modern world and tell us what you see".
The Filth will Corrupt us all < Eldtricth abominations that play huge role in the lore. Somehow connected to japanese "Multinational Orochi Group". Can "corrupt" and take over other beings. The only thing we know about the Filth is that Future Tokyo is almost completely infested by it and Fallen King(the mysterious being who transports you there) is somehow connected/interested.
The Morning Light burns < Might be reference to vampires ,but also to faerie folk. It is known that sun burns and kills trolls and most of faerie kind. night, darkness is the time of supernatural, thus day is deadly.
Demons march against us < Obvious. The TSW world is full of demons.
The Dreamers whisper < unknown connection to TSW. possibly some kind of prophets. HP Lovecraft novels also had mankind experience "dreams" when the old gods are close to Earth.
A Blight befalls the Garden of Eden < Unknown relation, possibly related to Filth?
We have dug too deep < If i remember correct, there were mentions of something burried in center of earth in sanctuary of secrets, as well as things being burried in ARG. Possibly reference to Nephillim being freed.
Lillith's Children are unchained < Referrence to Nephilim. Children of Angels and Humans. They have been chained by mythology underground by God.
Pandora's Box is opening up < The greek myths of box containing all the evil of the world. Maybe Filth is from there?
Dark Days Are Coming < This, alongside "Dark Demons Cry Gaia", have been the keywords, mysterious keywords, since the beginning of ARG.
# A GRIM, ODD, ARCANE SKY
# ANY GOD, I MARK SACRED
# A MASKED CRY ADORING
# A DREAMY, SICK DRAGON
Is it bad that I saw "We've dug too deep" and INSTANTLY thought Dwarf Fortress?
But great thoughts on all of this, everyone else.
You obviously don't even understand to what the statement "everything is true" is referring. Where's my can of Troll-B-Gone spray?
No one has "forgotten" AoC or FunCom's involvement in screwing things up. However, not everyone is so obsessive that they will carry a grudge toward a GAME developer for years and years on end. Get a grip. It's not life and death we're talking about here.
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Gaute Godager is no longer with them.
He was Game Director for both AO and AoC launches. Both are solid games with notoriously bad launches.
And we know for sure that Gaute Godager was solely responsbile for the bad launches?
Or just the guy who took the fall?
I remain hopeful but at the same time very skeptical.
We'll see.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
Personally I doubt that he was the cause for the state that AoC launched in, I think a rushed launch before the game was fully finished and realised is the cause for the state that the game launched in. And AoC isn't even that bad at all, it's pretty good now, it's only the crushed expectations and pretty pictures that AoC designers like Gaute fed the MMO crowd prelaunch that makes AoC seem bad in comparison ('hell hath no fury than an MMO gamer scorned').
For that last part, hyped, unrealistic expectations of the game, that's something that Gaute is responsible for, after all he was making the statements. Also he's responsible for not correcting that image when the launch neared.
Heck, maybe if he had had another year everything he intended the game to have would have been ingame and everyone would have lauded him for his and his team's achievements. And unless the too-early launch was unexpected and because of pressure Eidos, then Gaute is also unresponsible for managing the resources (time, money, people) and falling short of those resulting in a rushed launch.
The ACTUAL size of MMORPG worlds: a comparison list between MMO's
The ease with which predictions are made on these forums:
Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
The Morning Light burns
Demons march against us
Lucifer, which was Satan's name when he was an angel, was called The Morning Star. I think these lines refer to him still being cheesed off at being cast out of heaven and leading the demon hordes against Earth.