this is REALLY OLD everyone already knew about that.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jmh9072 After doing a reverse whois on 206.16.223.65, it was found that all IPs in the range 206.16.223.0 - 206.16.223.255 are owned by Microsoft. So i started trying different IPs in that range, and so far, I have only found this one: [url=http://206.16.223.63]Society of the Ancients (206.16.223.63)[/url]. Discuss.[/quote] isent the one on the bottom of this page look fimiliar? http://206.16.223.63/evidence.html [Edited on 07.12.2007 8:53 AM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Tiletron [quote]it stopped on purpose, it's part of the game...[/quote] I'm aware of that. The point I was trying to make was that, when something like a "countdown" exists, there is usually a point to it. You don't go to all the trouble of leaving clues and then having nothing behind it when the time runs out... Otherwise, that concept is commonly referred to as a dead end![/quote] when the tiemrs run out a new server is open (i.e: server 1 opened when the old timer xpired, server 2 is now open for no reason tho)

There is a forum rule that states "Do not feed the trolls." I read the entire first page and guess what I saw?

wtf.. i dont understand?? what is all this about?? whats 206... etc ....?????

Not sure if this matters, but N'Chala painted what he saw. N'Chala saw this: http://www.societyoftheancients.com/sota_images/symbol.jpg N'Chala saw that symbol somewhere on the "Gods", therefore he painted it. Also, the Gold Elites from Halo had Forerunner writing on them. On another note, I know that this has been touched on, but: "The Round nature with counterpoints seems to bee an ancient theme." Anything on ilovebees that is ancient or has to do with counterpoints may be a lead.

Thankyou, the site's working now: [url]http://206.16.223.61/E5h2JK/flash/web/index.html[/url] [Edited on 06.22.2007 5:30 AM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Tiletron In regards to the Stonehenge connection, it is possible that not all the Forerunners died when they activated the Halo-network and have been living alongside us in secret. One likely candidate is [b]Dr Catherine Elisabeth Halsey[/b], due to her overnight success with the SPARTAN-II Project and the Covenant's obsession with her AI-counterpart, Cortana. The fact that Master Chief is also designated a "reclaimer" by the Monitors (almost specifically) seems a little sceptical, unless you take into account that Halsey was responsible for their training programme.[/quote] Okay, but what about Commander Keyes? 343GS refers to her as a "fragile" reclaimer.

In regards to the Stonehenge connection, it is possible that not all the Forerunners died when they activated the Halo-network and have been living alongside us in secret. One likely candidate is [b]Dr Catherine Elisabeth Halsey[/b], due to her overnight success with the SPARTAN-II Project and the Covenant's obsession with her AI-counterpart, Cortana. The fact that Master Chief is also designated a "reclaimer" by the Monitors (almost specifically) seems a little sceptical, unless you take into account that Halsey was responsible for their training programme.

[quote]it stopped on purpose, it's part of the game...[/quote] I'm aware of that. The point I was trying to make was that, when something like a "countdown" exists, there is usually a point to it. You don't go to all the trouble of leaving clues and then having nothing behind it when the time runs out... Otherwise, that concept is commonly referred to as a dead end! [Edited on 06.20.2007 11:52 AM PDT]

[quote]Here's the deal guys, we know Bungie has biblical ties in the Halo Universe. I said in an earlier of my posts that the Society of the Ancients had a biblical reference to Exodus with the e-mail "DoYouGrok@Societyoftheancients.com" although not direct, it refers to "Stranger in a Strange Land," which was quite effectively a reference to Exodus. So, my conclusion is that there is a chronological connection between Genesis (beginning), and Exodus (a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment). The Flood, Ark, and Covenant are all also references, we have known this since Halo 1 and ilovebees. I also understand that many of you are not getting the entire story because you're probably reading only whats on the last page. I'm not saying I'm right, or trying to start an argument, but please refer to prior threads before posting so we don't add the same information in countless times.[/quote] Oh no I agree with you. A long time ago I did a thread where there were also references to [b]Babylon[/b], as well as [b]Atlantis[/b] from Plato's story (the part where he couldn't work out whether it fell 900 or 9,000 years ago -- i.e. it was 900,000). A lot of the early parts of the Bible all seem to be pointing in a specific direction when we talk about the Covenant, the Flood and the Halos. Because we're just fans, we forget that most religious events in ancient times were written in a manner that people would consider likely; given the state of our sciences back then... but, as we've grown more advanced, it has strengthened the possibility of the idea of a galaxy-spanning civilisation like the Forerunners. Although we don't understand the full picture yet, users shouldn't dismiss them if a number of people are all drawing the same conclusions. Just because you don't get them doesn't mean they might be wrong.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Tiletron Yeah a ticking clock that no longer works... This is not what fans wanted Bungie!!! Are we wasting our time? Sadly I didn't look at the clock before the time it was meant to expire, so it's stuck at whenever I last went to the page. Again, however, a broken piece of code should not be the marks of a multi-million dollar company.[/quote] it stopped on purpose, it's part of the game...

Here's the deal guys, we know Bungie has biblical ties in the Halo Universe. I said in an earlier of my posts that the Society of the Ancients had a biblical reference to Exodus with the e-mail "DoYouGrok@Societyoftheancients.com" although not direct, it refers to "Stranger in a Strange Land," which was quite effectively a reference to Exodus. So, my conclusion is that there is a chronological connection between Genesis (beginning), and Exodus (a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment). The Flood, Ark, and Covenant are all also references, we have known this since Halo 1 and ilovebees. I also understand that many of you are not getting the entire story because you're probably reading only whats on the last page. I'm not saying I'm right, or trying to start an argument, but please refer to prior threads before posting so we don't add the same information in countless times.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Halo Punk [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Seven7hFeaR [quote]ok maybe just a typo but here theres "bee" instead of "be" "Stonehenge – about 3000 B.C. How did they do it? Why did they do it? Hundreds of years of work to build a calendar seems like a faulty explanation. Point – Notice the shape. The Round nature with counterpoints seems to bee an ancient theme. " [/quote] Wow that sounds more like a clue then a typo to me. o_O[/quote] That's a clock. It's refering to the timer.[/quote] Yes....all of these artifacts have one thing in common. They where onced used to tell time. I wonder if that has some signifficant value...

[quote]"Genesis" like the band starring Phil Collins or "Genesis" like the Sega game console?... I hope it's not the game console b/c I have a 360 and I really like 80's pop. [/quote] NO! The Book of Genersis... [Edited on 06.20.2007 6:33 AM PDT]

.....And where did this new information come from? Since when did the UNSC possess Forerunner technology? And for another point, who said human's built the Rings? They didn't, the forerunners did and most likely, for whatever reason possessed them, chose Humanity as their successors should the need to activate the Rings arise. And when did I even mention FTL?

Maybe what Adjuntecxz0rReflex fears is Bill Gates.

If Genesis is not part of the equation, then why all the same references? Better yet, why even talk about humans being reclaimers? At the time this war was supposed to happen humans were nowhere near advanced enough to even build the Halos. The covenant were just like us; races that FOUND this technology on their homeworlds and used it to advance their technology. Do you honestly believe we would even have faster-than-light travel if we hadn't adapted Forerunner tech!

"Genesis" like the band starring Phil Collins or "Genesis" like the Sega game console?... I hope it's not the game console b/c I have a 360 and I really like 80's pop.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Seven7hFeaR [quote]ok maybe just a typo but here theres "bee" instead of "be" "Stonehenge – about 3000 B.C. How did they do it? Why did they do it? Hundreds of years of work to build a calendar seems like a faulty explanation. Point – Notice the shape. The Round nature with counterpoints seems to bee an ancient theme. " [/quote] Wow that sounds more like a clue then a typo to me. o_O[/quote] That's a clock. It's refering to the timer.

....Dude? That's Genesis. That has nothing to do with what's actually going on in the game. Not once has a member of the covenant been referred to as a Reclaimer. In fact if you play halo 2 again you'll see that Guilty Spark 343 even finds the Covenant races to be mysterious and unrecognized. While in halo one again they were unrecognized and referred to as alien to the monitor. And to go on, it immediately recognized MC as a "Reclaimer." There by completely shooting any possibility of the covenant races being Reclaimers.

Hold a sec, this is comfirming Stonehenge -blam!-. The Forerunner activated Halo around 100 000 years ago right? Stonehenge was built in 30 000 BCE (that's Before Common [u] Era[/u], not Before Christ existed silly). I felt I just contributed to all the guys with the crazy smart ideas about whats going on. Go me! I'm a smart person!

If you read from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis#Noah_and_the_Great_Flood]this link[/url] onwards, there are other passages mentioned that seem to describe the evolution of the Covenant-races and Humans.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Tiletron Exactly. I think the Ark referred to in the Halo2 is [b]Noah's Ark[/b], and the covenant points to an alliance between the Arbiter's species and ours that has just simply been forgotten over time. The Forerunners must've known they would not survive the Flood's assault, so entrusted the Halos to our alliance of species in case the Flood managed to survive. That's why the machines keep calling our race and the Covenant "reclaimers". Over the hundreds of millennia that the Monitors and Sentinels have been operating without hardly any outside influence, they have become rampant and really only know what they're programmed to.[/quote] What? Dude, never have any of the covenant races been referred to as a "Reclaimer." Where you thought that up I don't know.

Exactly. I think the Ark referred to in the Halo2 is [b]Noah's Ark[/b], and the covenant points to an alliance between the Arbiter's species and ours that has just simply been forgotten over time. The Forerunners must've known they would not survive the Flood's assault, so entrusted the Halos to our alliance of species in case the Flood managed to survive. That's why the machines keep calling our race and the Covenant "reclaimers". Over the hundreds of millennia that the Monitors and Sentinels have been operating without hardly any outside influence, they have become rampant and really only know what they're programmed to. [Edited on 06.20.2007 5:39 AM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Tiletron A passage from Genesis: [i]Angered by the wickedness of mankind, God selects Noah, "a righteous man, blameless in his generation," and commands him to build an [u]Ark[/u], and to take on it his family and representatives of the animals. God destroys the world with a [u]Flood[/u], and enters into a [u]covenant[/u] with Noah and his descendants, the entire human race, promising never again to destroy mankind in this way.[/i][/quote] Wow, did people not seriously realise the heave biblical connections in Bungie lore? I thought it was painfully obvious.