BRiT
04-14-2005, 08:37 PM
This site http://www.ourcolony.net/ is apparently related to the next Xbox. It's very cryptic - honestly, I have no idea what the deal is, but I started a "colony" anyway and apparently there is an objective. Take a moment to check it out and join the "Voodoo children" colony. The password is 28285930. We need 5 people to start -- spread it around as much as you can.
Explore see if you can figure it out. Here's a little snippet I found on Gamespot:
How does one win? Do the still-unnamed viral-marketing firm's legwork and spread the word about Ourcolony.net. After starting a colony, players of the not-an-alternate reality who recruit five to the colony game will get their first "challenge," and will receive more challenges as they recruit more members to join the ad campaign/game. "You're not going to make it to the end if you try to solo this, there's strength in numbers," reads Gamem8ker's message.
The second connection to Microsoft has to do with the rewards doled out to colonies that win challenges. According to posts in the Ourcolony.net forums, challenge winners receive partial pictures of what looks like a white version of a redesigned Xbox controller. Currently, only two images are available--both in a folder marked "thesecret" on the site's directory. The first [ http://www.ourcolony.net/thesecret/1.jpg ] looks like a thumbstick above a D pad. The second [ http://www.ourcolony.net/thesecret/2.jpg ] shows the D pad in more detail, just above a curved edge in what appears to be the middle of a controller. When combined and compared to a current-generation S-controller [ http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/04/06/screens_6121811.html?page=1 ], the images exhibit a distinctly Xbox-ian layout and feel, although the start and back buttons appear to be missing. As the Ourcolony.net competition progresses, it is almost certain that more pictures of the controller--and perhaps its console--will surface.
The Ourcolony.net-Microsoft connection is also circumstantially backed up by the fact that most colonies already involved in the game are linked to the box in some way, either in the form of Xbox Live clans or Xbox fan sites.
While obvious, the connection between Ourcolony.net and Microsoft is not official--and likely won't be before E3. When presented with the images from Ourcolony.net and the site's similarities with Ilovebees.com, a Microsoft spokesperson would only give the following statement: "We're aware of the fact that Ourcolony.net has captured the imagination of thousands of gamers across the world, and that these gamers have taken control of the site and are making it their own."
Explore see if you can figure it out. Here's a little snippet I found on Gamespot:
How does one win? Do the still-unnamed viral-marketing firm's legwork and spread the word about Ourcolony.net. After starting a colony, players of the not-an-alternate reality who recruit five to the colony game will get their first "challenge," and will receive more challenges as they recruit more members to join the ad campaign/game. "You're not going to make it to the end if you try to solo this, there's strength in numbers," reads Gamem8ker's message.
The second connection to Microsoft has to do with the rewards doled out to colonies that win challenges. According to posts in the Ourcolony.net forums, challenge winners receive partial pictures of what looks like a white version of a redesigned Xbox controller. Currently, only two images are available--both in a folder marked "thesecret" on the site's directory. The first [ http://www.ourcolony.net/thesecret/1.jpg ] looks like a thumbstick above a D pad. The second [ http://www.ourcolony.net/thesecret/2.jpg ] shows the D pad in more detail, just above a curved edge in what appears to be the middle of a controller. When combined and compared to a current-generation S-controller [ http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/04/06/screens_6121811.html?page=1 ], the images exhibit a distinctly Xbox-ian layout and feel, although the start and back buttons appear to be missing. As the Ourcolony.net competition progresses, it is almost certain that more pictures of the controller--and perhaps its console--will surface.
The Ourcolony.net-Microsoft connection is also circumstantially backed up by the fact that most colonies already involved in the game are linked to the box in some way, either in the form of Xbox Live clans or Xbox fan sites.
While obvious, the connection between Ourcolony.net and Microsoft is not official--and likely won't be before E3. When presented with the images from Ourcolony.net and the site's similarities with Ilovebees.com, a Microsoft spokesperson would only give the following statement: "We're aware of the fact that Ourcolony.net has captured the imagination of thousands of gamers across the world, and that these gamers have taken control of the site and are making it their own."