Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:38 am
Waz wrote:phaelam, what you said would make sense if the complaint was "this isn't happening quickly enough". But that isn't the complaint. Nobody said that, or gave any reason to come to that conclusion. The complaint is that it would be more fun if there was a puzzle to solve, instead of it being a gotta catch 'em all thing.
Waz wrote:phaelam, what you said would make sense if the complaint was "this isn't happening quickly enough".
Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:43 am
re-phaelam-ed wrote:Sicilian Night wrote:Liquorice Facet wrote:Sicilian Night wrote:This is more of an Easter egg hunt than a puzzle - one where we know we'll get all the eggs regardless.
I doubt the brothers are very much involved in this. I mean, these are the same guys who sped up a clip of a woman screaming to make the "s" sound of a word in a backwards subliminal message. A bit below their level no?
Idunno, there was something of a puzzle element to the portion found on this website. They could've made the mystery more complicated and harder to crack, I'm sure, though I think the entire angle of this event was to alert the fans that something's going on in the studio, while simultaneously getting the interest of outsiders that aren't familiar with the BoC vibes and mythos.
Yeah I think the main issue here is that if they were to do something truly cryptic, well, there's no telling how long it would take for us to figure it out. Not the best way to release an album after a 7 year silence.
what? why not? this is absolutely a blast.
quit being so impatient. savor this...cuz when its done its done.
and you all KNOW that some of you guys will be bitching about something once its out.
there are those WHINING to get it right away....that will put it on once...then be off scrambling to the next thing.
this is really fun...enjoy being part of the experience. not many albums are handled this way....if any.
you want mystery....but you want it served up instantly.
take it in. this could be the one and only time something like this happens.
thank computers/internet for robbing everyone of their attention spans.
Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:43 am
Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:46 am
Can't you just wait? Why so impatient?re-phaelam-ed wrote:do you know exactly what is going on? if so fill us in.
Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:46 am
Sicilian Night wrote:re-phaelam-ed wrote:Sicilian Night wrote:Liquorice Facet wrote:Sicilian Night wrote:This is more of an Easter egg hunt than a puzzle - one where we know we'll get all the eggs regardless.
I doubt the brothers are very much involved in this. I mean, these are the same guys who sped up a clip of a woman screaming to make the "s" sound of a word in a backwards subliminal message. A bit below their level no?
Idunno, there was something of a puzzle element to the portion found on this website. They could've made the mystery more complicated and harder to crack, I'm sure, though I think the entire angle of this event was to alert the fans that something's going on in the studio, while simultaneously getting the interest of outsiders that aren't familiar with the BoC vibes and mythos.
Yeah I think the main issue here is that if they were to do something truly cryptic, well, there's no telling how long it would take for us to figure it out. Not the best way to release an album after a 7 year silence.
what? why not? this is absolutely a blast.
quit being so impatient. savor this...cuz when its done its done.
and you all KNOW that some of you guys will be bitching about something once its out.
there are those WHINING to get it right away....that will put it on once...then be off scrambling to the next thing.
this is really fun...enjoy being part of the experience. not many albums are handled this way....if any.
you want mystery....but you want it served up instantly.
take it in. this could be the one and only time something like this happens.
thank computers/internet for robbing everyone of their attention spans.
I think you misunderstood me. I meant making something overly cryptic and non-obvious would be a bad way to go about it, hence the "Easter egg hunt". I agree that this is a pretty unique way to release an album, and it definitely has me excited. But at the end of the day I'm a selfish baby and just want me my music.
Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:06 am
Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:15 am
This sort of thing goes on all the time, that's why there's a term for it: ARG.hamhax wrote:No other artists are doing anything as interesting as this for a record release, and quite frankly, BoC are one of the only few who can simply due to the nature of their music.
Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:24 am
Waz wrote:This sort of thing goes on all the time, that's why there's a term for it: ARG.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19346_th ... games.html
Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:31 am
Waz wrote:This sort of thing goes on all the time, that's why there's a term for it: ARG.hamhax wrote:No other artists are doing anything as interesting as this for a record release, and quite frankly, BoC are one of the only few who can simply due to the nature of their music.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19346_th ... games.html
There's nothing wrong with people saying that they hope it's something better than just collecting a bunch of numbers like chumps. People want to get involved and not feel like they've just been victims of a promotion. People want to be curious and for the numbers to be things they can decode; there's no need to be defensive about that just because it's your favourite band or whatever. There's already enough people in this world who shoot people down for providing constructive criticism. That sort of behavior encourages culture and art that is dull and insipid.
Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:34 am
Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:42 am
Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:43 am
Waz wrote:There's nothing wrong with people saying that they hope it's something better than just collecting a bunch of numbers like chumps. People want to get involved and not feel like they've just been victims of a promotion. People want to be curious and for the numbers to be things they can decode; there's no need to be defensive about that just because it's your favourite band or whatever. There's already enough people in this world who shoot people down for providing constructive criticism. That sort of behavior encourages culture and art that is dull and insipid.
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Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:24 am
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Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:27 am
pbot wrote:When converting the numbers to Hex Colors, there is certainly alot of green returned.
Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:28 am
Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:29 am
Metropolis wrote:What if the numbers were just the "name" of the new album? And they made us collect all of them just to find this out....