I Love Bees....

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I'll bet that's Tex, you cockbites.

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It would be funny if all of this was just a tie-in to RvB.

I finally got a chance to listen to the alt_burgundy wave. Pretty much indicates when at least one of the conversations is taking place. The lead officer in the wave mentions the fall of Jericho and the survival of Sigma Octanus IV. The Earth colony Jericho fell in the year 2535, andthen-Commander Keyes saved Sigma Octanus IV in the year 2552 (July). His fast thinking and manuvers got him a promotion to Captain after the battle. Not 6 weeks later, the Reach installation fell, and the Pillar of Autumn jumped to Halo.

Some people think that Jan's storyline is taking place in the past (as might Kamal's). I disagree. The fact that Jan is on Earth, and is somewhat aware of her "talents" means she's not a Spartan II (yeah, I know, duh...). The admiral Chux and I have been trying to think of is actually Colonel Ackerson. He gets a big promotion to Earth HQ in "First Strike". He's got his own competing program to the Spartans he's been pushing for a while. But now I'm babbling more than usual.

At this point, the game is starting to tie in more and more to Halo, and hopefully, Halo 2. Oh, and since it's Tuesday, more Axons are ready to go hot. A range from 4 to 9(!) axons required for each wav file.

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Originally Posted by Green

I started reading some Halo history, and it started with the whole child kidnapping thing. That's really fucked up.

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Yeah, the fall of reach really illustrates that part really good.

Well, we've hit 777 axons already; new message on the Axon bar:
Critical threshold achieved. Authorized personnel be ready for axon spike rendezvous.

New axons available at http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe1.html and a few added to
http://www.ilovebees.com/recipe3.html

Also, if you want to listen to the wavs from the previous weeks in order and stiched together in their appropriate chapters, you can go to http://www.ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html .

Thanks Wolffen, I was wondering where all of this was at.

Heh, got to do something during my lunch hour besides more work. :)

Anybody compile any lists of where those axons are?

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Anybody compile any lists of where those axons are?

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Not that I've seen.
edit: Still not a list, but pretty cool none the less: http://www.inio.org/bees/mapper.html <--- Flash interface to get a map of axon locations the new axons are on this map. Shows only "cold" axons.


edit: Ok, took some digging, but here's a list of the axons locations for recipe1:
http://www.theblackforge.net/recipe1-coords.gz.html

:eep: Holy Shit, we finally got a reeeal good Halo reference:
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/not_anymore.wav
J^2 is a freakin' SPARTAN!

Correction, J^2 is actually a Spartan I, not a Spartan II. Looks like we're getting some good info now:
http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/one_point_oh.wav

W00000000000000000t GETTING SOMEWHERE w00t w00t w00t

Good, good good. I'll listen to story tonight then get back into the swing of things.

... and now its a live Melissa on the other end of the phones. And she asks for your name and phone number and permission to call you with orders and to be able to record your calls. And the whole time during the conversation you ahve with her she keeps saying "i love bees... i love bees... i love bees..."

CREEPY!

Holy DAMN.

I want in on that.

Where can I get a list of axons going on now.

I'm not sure if we're still talking about Halo 2 (sorry, I don't want to read 11 pages) but I need a place to talk.

I think the car jacking in Halo 2 multiplayer looks gimmicky. In the video I saw of multiplayer, one ghost was hijacked a total of three times, and the movie was less than a minute long. It almost seems as if it isn't even worth it to grab a vehicle anymore. Does the person driving have a fighting chance? What exactly can they do?

Supposivly jacking cars takes far more skill in the beta version than the E3 demo, that's just what I've heard though.

Hopefully it won't be as easy as it looks.

Don't drive slow. They can only jack your vehicle if it is moving below a certain speed.

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Don't drive slow. They can only jack your vehicle if it is moving below a certain speed.

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So it's like GTA?

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They can only jack your vehicle if it is moving below a certain speed.

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Well this still sucks. There should be no Warthog jacking. You should only be able to lose it if you die or something.

What does it take to do it?Just a melee rifle but hit or what?

I personally think it's a lame idea all together. I'm imagining hopping into a ghost and RIGHT when I get on someone will push me off. It just seems really gimmicky.

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I personally think it's a lame idea all together. I'm imagining hopping into a ghost and RIGHT when I get on someone will push me off. It just seems really gimmicky.

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Well. . . If that doesn't work for you, you could always destroy it.

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Well. . . If that doesn't work for you, you could always destroy it.

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Well, in some cases I'm sure your right. Bungee is making the multiplayer game uber-customizable, which I'm sure means you will be able to turn boarding on and off (at least heres hoping).

While you're at it, check these out:

http://www.xboxworld.nl/images/content/26259.jpg

http://www.xboxworld.nl/images/content/26258.jpg

I've responded to all the non-ILB stuff in the Halo 2 Official Thead.

Damned nice shots there, BrandX105!

that sniper looks badass, but please can we stay on topic here, not talkin about the car jacking, we got all 777 axons, so im sure somthins sposed to happen so back on track.....

Big things moving in the story these past 2 weeks. We now know who Durga is, major things have happened in the Jan storyline, and Jan and Jersey's storylines are merging, it seems. http://qube.netninja.com/beewiki/ is the best place to catch up on the storyline and what's been going on with the story.

Oooh, I gotta read up now, I caught up when we were on Chapter 4, now I'm gonna go look it up again

So, has all of this ILB stuff been spoiled yet by the leak of Halo 2?

Nothing I know of so far.

Man, I love how this falls into the Halo universe so well, it really adds alot of depth to it. Is the dialogue going to be as intricate in Halo 2? I certainly hope so.

It helps if you read the books to know what's going on, if anyone wants me to explain anything, I'd be happy to.

I love bees got me to buy First Strike... it was done so well that I went ahead and got Fall of Reach. I'm currently reading it.

I had no idea i love bees was this big until I read about it on wired.com

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65365,00.html

So, basically, all I have to do is answer the phone at the right time and answer the question? I'm so far behind I don't know if I should even start. :(

I bought the Halo books like last year, only I haven't read them yet. :(

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I had no idea i love bees was this big until I read about it on wired.com

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65365,00.html

So, basically, all I have to do is answer the phone at the right time and answer the question? I'm so far behind I don't know if I should even start. :(

I bought the Halo books like last year, only I haven't read them yet. :(

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I haven't kept up with the game part of the ARG, just the storyline that's unfolding. For that, it's easier to just hit http://qube.netninja.com/beewiki/ .

There's only 2~3 weeks left in the game, IMO, so I don't know if I'd start now. As to the books, START READING! They are very well written, and really flesh out the Halo Universe, especially the Spartan II program and Master Chief. They are also relatively quick reads (compared to, say, Dune or LOTR) too. You'll wish you'd read First Strike before the second game, unless you want to get the story from a short recap that Bungie would be wise to put in the intro to the game.

edit: Read Fall of Reach and First Strike, as they are new material, The Flood is essentially a retelling of the game with more detail (and a different writer).

Fall of Reach is essentially the prequel story to Halo, and First Strike is (in theory) the story between Halo 1 and Halo 2.

So, Dana is coming home because Margaret is in a diabetic Coma.

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Originally Posted by Wolffen

There's only 2~3 weeks left in the game, IMO, so I don't know if I'd start now. As to the books, START READING! They are very well written, and really flesh out the Halo Universe, especially the Spartan II program and Master Chief. They are also relatively quick reads (compared to, say, Dune or LOTR) too. You'll wish you'd read First Strike before the second game, unless you want to get the story from a short recap that Bungie would be wise to put in the intro to the game.

edit: Read Fall of Reach and First Strike, as they are new material, The Flood is essentially a retelling of the game with more detail (and a different writer).

Fall of Reach is essentially the prequel story to Halo, and First Strike is (in theory) the story between Halo 1 and Halo 2.

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You've inspired me to start reading them, I'm going to splurge myself into all three books before November 9th. :chu: :)

Excellent, get the book box set from Gamestop.

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You've inspired me to start reading them, I'm going to splurge myself into all three books before November 9th. :chu: :)

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[Mr. Burns]Exxxxcellent.[/Mr. Burns]

Buy the Halo Book box from Amazon, its only 14.99 for all 3 books

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

I think my gamestop had it marked for 31.99

I added King of the Hill season 1 for 14..68 to qualify for free shipping. Total 29 bucks shipped

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I think my gamestop had it marked for 31.99

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the one nearest me had it for $19.99.

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Originally Posted by D_N_G

Buy the Halo Book box from Amazon, its only 14.99 for all 3 books

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

I think my gamestop had it marked for 31.99

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Doh! I just got back from GameStop too. :\ Ah well, going to start reading right after class tonight. :) It was $20.

http://www.ilovebeaks.com/
http://www.ilovebeams.com/
http://www.ilovebeasts.com/
http://www.ilovebeeps.com/
http://www.ilovebeets.com/
http://www.ilovebreeze.com
http://www.ilovecees.com/
http://www.ilovedisease.com
http://www.iloveease.com/
http://www.ilovefees.com/
http://www.ilovegees.com/
http://www.ilovehees.com/
http://www.ilovekeys.com/
http://www.iloveknees.com/
http://www.ilovelees.com
http://www.ilovenees.com/
http://www.ilovepeas.com
http://www.iloveplease.com
http://www.iloveseas.com
http://www.iloveskis.com/
http://www.ilovesneeze.com/
http://www.ilovesqueeze.com
http://www.ilovetease.com/
http://www.ilovetrapeze.com
http://www.ilovevees.com/
http://www.ilovewheeze.com/

http://www.ilovetrapeze.com is easily the best one,

Anyone know what happened to the netninja Beewiki? I haven't been able to get to it since Friday.

It's all but done.
Here's the entire story. It goes Jersey, Jan, Kamal, Rani and then Herzog.
http://www.ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html

Also on Nov. 4th, there is something going down at Theatres in four cities.

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Combat Training Exercise

I have arranged a special training exercise for crewmembers (and friends! and whomever!) 17 and older, utilizing squad-oriented combat simulation LIVEware, for Thursday, Nov. 4, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm Pacific time at the following coordinates:

570 2nd Ave, New York
601 N. Martingale, Schaumburg IL
2700 W Anderson Lane, Village Shopping Center, Austin
101 4th St, San Francisco

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Somebody should check it out.

http://www.ilovebees.com/404.html
I forget to check the page for a couple weeks, and all this shit happens.
Unbelievable.

HOMG From the Blog

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Communications Log
UPDATE: OMG! I posted the wrong time and date. Can you believe it? I'm so excited about the training mission, I spaced. The communications logs will be available at the 27 cache locations below starting at 18:00 Pacific Time on November 4th! Don't forget the relay code to pick up your log on DVD: "The Operator left something for me." Good luck!

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I found a last message from Melissa.

I realize that some of my truest allies won't be able to come to any of the four training events scheduled for November 4th, where I will also be giving out a communications log of my time here in DVD format. I'm sorry I can't do more training events, but I will be able to cache copies of the comm. log at an additional 27 locations on November 4.

UNIVERSAL STUDIO CINEMAS
100 Universal City Plaza Universal City CA
GEORGETOWN
3111 K Street, NW Washington D.C.
MERIDIAN
1501 - 7th Avenue Seattle WA
MJ GREENBRIAR
2841 Greenbriar Pkwy SW Atlanta GA
CITYPLACE
2600 North Haskell Dallas TX
MJ NORTHLINE
100 Northline Mall Houston TX
CATALINA
2320 North Campbell Ave Tucson AZ
UNIVERSAL CINEPLEX 20
6000 Universal Blvd Orlando FL
BOSTON COMMON
175 Tremont St Boston MA
WEBSTER TWELVEPLEX
2190 Empire Blvd. Webster NY
RICHMOND TOWN SQUARE
631 Richmond Road Richmond Hghts OH
WATERFRONT
300 West Waterfront Dr. West Homestead PA
CITY VIEW EIGHTPLEX
4728 Bryant Irvin Road Fort Worth TX
LAYTON HILLS 9
728 West 1425 North Layton Hills UT
COLLEGE PARK
3535 West 86th Street Indianapolis IN
PARAMUS ROUTE 4
260 East Route 4 Paramus NJ
CHERRY HILL
2121 Route 38 Cherry Hill NJ
STROUD MALL SEVEN
Rte 611-160 Stroud Mall Stroudberg PA
GRAND RAPIDS
3000 Alpine Avenue Grand Rapids MI
GREAT LAKES
4300 Baldwin Rd Auburn Hills MI
SHORE
37 Wall Street Huntington NY
PLAINVILLE
220 New Britain Avenue Plainville CT
WHITE MARSH
8141 Honeygo Blvd. Baltimore MD
LOEWS TOWNE SQUARE
2425 Vestal Parkway Vestal NY
PALISADES CENTER
4403 Palisades Ctr. Drive West Nyack NY
ROTTERDAM SQUARE MALL SIX
93 W. Campbell Road Schenectady NY
FAIRFAX SQUARE 8
8065 Leesburg Pike Vienna VA

Beginning at 18:00 Pacific Time on November 4, friends and allies can approach an official at one of these rendezvous sites and deliver the relay code: “The Operator left a message for me.” (We'll use that Operator name. When they hear it, people go :-0 )

The first 50 allies at each of the 27 locations will receive the transmission log. I can release only one log per crew member.

If you are absolutely unable to rendezvous at one of these locations, and you are on my list of trusted allies, please contact Dana [AFTER Thursday's training mission, please!] with your mailing address. She may be able to help.

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I'll be at White Marsh... the only problem is, it's my girlfriend's 23rd birthday. But she said she'd go with me.

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I'll be at White Marsh... the only problem is, it's my girlfriend's 23rd birthday. But she said she'd go with me.

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*sniff* Now that's true love.
Once again, nothing on Long Island. I am disappointed in the Operator.

Trust me, I'll be paying for it later. :)

Holy Cow!

Chapter 11 - Heroes

It all comes full circle. The last transmission is 23 mintues.

http://www.ilovebees.com/contactme.html
The final chapter (except the one on the special DVD being handed out in select locations tonight). They're here...

You mean this DVD ;)

Holy crap, I wish that came with the LE version of Halo 2.

I'm listening to the VERY LAST axons, Jersey's story finishes like shit, I feel sorry for him.

Just got back from White Marsh, with 2 of the DVD's. Good times. I was wishing something like this would be in the LE, but I'll take it for free any day.

Alright kids, if you didn't get a DVD, here is a torrent for it.

http://tinyurl.com/439cu

And a News.Com Article

Wow...

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When enough players gave the correct answers, the producers posted the latest installment of a 10-hour audio drama that formed the heart of the I Love Bees narrative about Melissa, a creation of artificial intelligence from the 26th century, who "crash-landed" on the Web site of an unsuspecting Napa Valley beekeeper.

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I had NO idea it's 10 hours long.

I've been listening to it from the start this afternoon.

I'm by Chapter 8 after like 2 hours, is this really 10??

Chapter 11 alone is a half hour. I'd say it's about 5.

Shit.

This is going to take me all night to finish.

Chapter 8 Jersey made me go =X

That shit was intense.

"For Quality Experience Kiddo, the girl had to be real..."

Just wait... that's NOTHING.

The bar gets raised in Ch 12.

Ch 12?

Where is that?

Sl1p was at the Halo 2 event at the Sony Metreon (of all places).

He made a sign.

Pimp.

I'll find Ch. 12. They seem to be hidden.

Chapter 12, in Order

Durga Explains it All

Chux, I wanna borrow one of them.

Alright. I'll get Nathan to make a copy while I'm at work.

You guys are lucky bastards.
What's on the DVD?

The entire storyline, plus extras, and behind the scenes stuff.

Awesome. What do you... see while you're hearing this?

The ILB home page has credits on it, now.
ilovebees is over. :(

Plus there's a new countdown.

By the looks of things, it's counting down to the release of Duke Nukem Forever.

Listening to all the wavs really explains one key aspect of Halo 2.

Anyone that hasn't done it yet should.

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By the looks of things, it's counting down to the release of Duke Nukem Forever.

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Finally!! I can finally kill those alien pigs again!

...that was sarcasm, by the way.
The clock seems to be counting down from 200,155 days.
That's quite a few years.

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By the looks of things, it's counting down to the release of Duke Nukem Forever.

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I don't think the clock counts far enough until the end of time.

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...that was sarcasm, by the way.
The clock seems to be counting down from 200,155 days.
That's quite a few years.

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Sounds about right... that is about when Halo 3 will come out.

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...that was sarcasm, by the way.
The clock seems to be counting down from 200,155 days.
That's quite a few years.

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I realize this, Duke Nukem Forever is never coming out! Woe is me..


As for I Love Bee's, I actually just started listening to the audio clips today, and I feel like I can't stop listening, it's almost like audio crack, minus, well, the crack.

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Sounds about right... that is about when Halo 3 will come out.

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It actually counts down to November 6th. 2552. The day the Covenant attack Earth.

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It actually counts down to November 6th. 2552. The day the Covenant attack Earth.

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Well I'll be dead then, so whatever.

Fuck the grandkids.

Word.

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It actually counts down to November 6th. 2552. The day the Covenant attack Earth.

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I'll bet the real reason the Covenant hate humanity so much is because Duke Nukem Forever is STILL NOT OUT in 2552.

Will someone tell me what being a bee keeper means?

Sl1p said he was one, and when I asked him what it was he got mad and blocked me. Not the biggest loss, I know.

if you played the game through Unfiction or another online arg community and irc chat #beekepers, everyone who collaborated work to solve puzzles and play the game deemed themselves the beekeepers. generally when an arg comes along the group is able to spot veteran players by what designations they associate with themselves. remember the main gameplay here leans towards the pencil and paper d&d stuff, and that attracts in a whole new crowd. not the average video gaming geek if you know what i mean

Yeah... I was in beekeepers for at least 2 months. If you actually went out and answered phones, and went back to piece it all together, you're a beekeeper.

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It actually counts down to November 6th. 2552. The day the Covenant attack Earth.

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Oh my god! That's my birthday! Man, what a shitty way to celebrate my 573rd birthday.

Better Living Through Chemistry my man.

I just listened to all of the wavs I had fallen behind on.

Depressing ending...

Isn't it though?

It's not that bad.

I mean shit, nothing we didn't all know was going to happen. Everyone seemed to be ok otherwise.

Yeah, until they are all ripped to shreads by the Covenant. Except for maybe Jan.

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Yeah, until they are all ripped to shreads by the Covenant. Except for maybe Jan.

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Jan will be a playable character in Halo 3. After they save the world, she fucks Master Cheif in the closing cut scene.

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Jan will be a playable character in Halo 3. After they save the world, she fucks Master Cheif in the closing cut scene.

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Hot

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Jan will be a playable character in Halo 3. After they save the world, she fucks Master Cheif in the closing cut scene.

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I just put my pre-order in for that scene alone.

She is like super hot in my head.

i love bees... 2?


* On March 2, 2006, a new ilovebees site was found - http://www.ilovebees2.com.
* This site is of interest because its vague and cryptic messages seem to refer not to Halo 2, but rather to the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This is evidenced by two things: a list of words that are all synonyms for the word "oblivion," and an image in text of one of the characters seen in Oblivion's screenshots.
* Interestingly, Bethesda (the developer behind Oblivion) has had no comment regarding ilovebees2.com.
* The new ilovebees site contains a timer counting down to the end of March/beginning of April 2006. It has been pointed out that this is April Fool's Day, as this makes it likely that the site is simply an attempt to fool 'fanboys' of the original ilovebees and other gullible individuals.
* Although images and other articles of interest have been found on ilovebees2 relating to Bethesda's Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion game for PC and XBOX 360, there is some arguement as to whether or not the site serves the same purpose as the original ilovebees did for Halo 2. The keypoint for dissenters is that Bethesda recently set the release date for the game as March 20, 2006, 12 days shy of the counter on the website.
* The webpage also asks for a password, which no one has figured out yet.
* Bungie has now said that ilovebees2.com is a fake
o Alternatively, in a recent news release, Bungie stated that "I mean for one thing, you have to figure that if we were doing a secret vial campaign, we wouldn't call it ilovebees, because you know, that wouldn't be terribly secret." Their misspelling of the word "viral" in the context of the game makes it very suspicious, as both the term "vial" (specifical a Vial of Power) and misplaced/missing/added "R"s have been recent themes throughout.
* ilovebees2.com has changed again. It no longer requires a password. It says it is the website of Ilovebees2.com Inc. It's tagline is "Onas has you".




Obviously, a faker. Or, not a real sequel. But I'm surprised I didn't hear about it earlier.






PS. Jan has gotta be hot.

Here's a list of other stuff Jan did.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1312566/

Looks like she's in Final Fantasy XII.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/imag...yc/P531-27.jpg

I guess she's hot-ish. Not as hot as I'd pictured though.

http://www.kariwahlgren.net/index.html

EDIT: She'll also be Zatanna in the Justice League game. Cool.

I'd hit it.

Especially in that FLCL tubetop.