breach-protocol

[candid crystal]

Let these guys do what ever testing they want cause when we were workign togehter we made progress

[drowsy sparrow]

Yes, the community manifest, one moment

[mystic parrot]

keep an eye on mrroflwaffles, still a chance he could hop on the arg and try

[hidden sigil]

Im back online in... 20 hours. Afternoon shift keeps me from helping ;_;

[bright silo]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/edit?usp=sharing

[ornate linden]

it is early early early morning in us right now

[drowsy sparrow]

@stone coral

[candid crystal]

I am talking about the western squad we worked with all day today and all of sunday night

[stone coral]

thx all

[candid crystal]

I have been in this discord the last 14 hours

keeping updates trackign data

even when I was at work

[sullen axle]

I swear after a whole day if Milo just gets on the arg after we all get off im gonna lose it lmfao

[slate oracle]

100 percent. No bad blood man, same w you @mystic parrot and same w you @dawn sun i didn't mean to kill our momentum, I am in agreement that tomorrow with a full squad and improved player count we can make it happen.

[hidden sigil]

Take a break, soldier. We'll pick up tomorrow

[mystic parrot]

all good we'll get it tomorrow

[candid crystal]

No 100% I was a bit rude to u for no reason cause people wanted to test bot kills - I agree we need more specifics on what we are testing but we did figure out a couple things

[ornate linden]

im curious if killing bots made a difference in the rising %

[candid crystal]

Its hard to tell unless we can get the same ammount of runs

[slate oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/animanias-emoji-grateful-thankful-thanksgiving-gif-5966841288117079471

[dawn sun]

Nah no worries man, I’m also sleep deprived, so I apologize for being blunt. No hard feelings, we’ll get this tomorrow

[honest garden]

If it does I think it’s extremely hard to tell, too many variables imo. Is it during the run between terminal 1 and 2? Is it after 2? Can we disconnect after killing five? Or do we suddenly have to exfil?

[left kelp]

Should argers make a discord to coordinate properly

[mystic parrot]

we just tried that and saw no difference

[slate oracle]

I'm hoppin off. Just think how good it's gonna feel when we make it happen. GGs boys.

[dawn sun]

There is one

[hidden sigil]

Redacted

[left kelp]

Link pls

[honest garden]

Yes but please don’t spam them

[hidden sigil]

My b

[dawn sun]

It’s in the doc, not on my pc anymore so I can’t paste it here

[candid crystal]

HERES Our stats from the last 2hours of testing NOT INCUDING DECAY GL GUYS

1sT Cycle
27 Runs ON CAM 9 (AI-WEST GATE) 16% Increase from 2% CAM 9|

15 min break

2nd Cycle
30 Runs ON CAM STERAGE (COMPLEX-CANAL) Increase of 14% From 10

15 Min break

13 runs 5 Kills on uesc Min for cam9 (aI-WEST GATE) 7% Increase from 4%

[honest garden]

Referring to classic marathon, those that want to do this have come here from there, not vise versa

[candid crystal]

WE DID take a break oF 15 MIN AFTER EEVERY CYCLE

gl

[left kelp]

Ok ill check thx

[hidden sigil]

Heard, they are a peaceful tribe, away from the hustle and bustle

[honest garden]

Very much so. Like three comments in the last four hours type vibe lol

[bright silo]

So bot kill count went up from 141,330,169 to 141,510,260 last update. An increase in 180,091. It is almost certainly global, and likely is a safety net. I dont think kills during runs contribute to that runs progress. Im pretty sure its just a global modifier to help the event progress along faster/easier the longer the event goes on.

[fathom knot]

Genuninly think we might as well give up on this ARG for the time being because its seemingly SOOO reliant on streamers and they just don't give 2 damns about it ATM and us doing it via this discord only is leading to resets

[honest garden]

It’s literally

“Dire marsh?”

“Yep.”

lol

[devout hollow]

we lost progress?

[mystic root]

we haven't gained nor lost progress

[hidden sigil]

Interesting, uesc kills acting as a % modifier for terminal links

[honest garden]

Technically no but we haven’t gained any substantially

[mystic parrot]

i personally feel like its for a later step

[devout hollow]

ah i think bc i changed resolution it looks less

[scarlet crane]

I just did a cam9 5 kill run

[mystic parrot]

no one has been running really

[acoustic shard]

Yeah, it's definitely a safety net. Wasn't there something in D2 that was taking way longer than they hoped for people to figure out?

Prolly lesson learned from that.

[obtuse edge]

It is almost 3am EST on a Tuesday I doubt there's many people running rn

[halcyon mortar]

bro wtf happened i leave for 2 hours and the progress resets

[bright silo]

There was an issue with one of the Black Armories, but from my understanding it was bugged

[ornate linden]

3 am in america

[acoustic shard]

oooo gotcha

[ornate linden]

people have lives

[halcyon mortar]

ah

[halcyon mortar]

makes sense

[acoustic shard]

Still, maybe it taught them to have fallback methods of completion lol

[obtuse edge]

Fortunately I just woke up so I'll make up for the difference

[quiet rivet]

^

[vagrant grove]

the SEA work crew is probably about to get on but it's probably not gonna help that much

it's nearly 6pm here

[hidden sigil]

Hey all, which terminal pairs are for which cameras?

[wind rune]

What happens if we just dont do the terminals 😭

[acoustic shard]

slow ass UESC kills tallying

[bright silo]

Progress decays every 15 minutes, its to make sure a group of 5 dudes dont clear the entire ARG in a single sitting. Make sure as many people are getting involved and coordinating as possible. Its just its quiet at the moment

[hidden sigil]

Sadness

[slate wolf]

We definitely all agree it is global. If anything it is a fun way to visualize player count lol. Whether it actually makes things easier over time depending on kills or if it is just there to throw off people who check the api remains to be seen.

[halcyon mortar]

HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE

[halcyon mortar]

ah ok i didnt know that

[fathom knot]

map will probably unlock anyways as they want it out by Q3-4 of this month

[mystic parrot]

yeah reviewers are currently waiting for cryo to drop their reviews

[sick stream]

I just got back but these numbers are confusing at a first glance. 27 runs got 16% increase but 30 runs only got 14% increase. It seems that the number of runs isnt 1:1 to the progress made unless the starting amount matter. First run started at 2% and the second started at 10. Do we know if getting any UESC bot kills between the terminal touching adds anything?

[slate oracle]

So, real quick, do we actually know the discrepancy in stats between how many players were online during the perimeter terminal run and today?

[raven cobalt]

The Europe crew will be strongest in about 11 hours or so. Around 7pm here then.

[acoustic shard]

Yeah, Ive been guessing this whole this was to unlock early, and if we miss it, it just releases on a certain date.

[mystic parrot]

well steam charts were def a bit lower, and there has also been no streamer helping

[topaz idol]

Someone just killed MrRoflWaffles in Marathon and I think he said “Please solve the ARG bro”

LOL

[slate wolf]

Global player count has been fairly stable. It was lower this night than previously, but not by a lot.

[honest garden]

Also no way to account for console players

[harsh ether]

On lore ball

[bright silo]

Yeah so looks like progress scales down the closer to 100% we are. So we need more people completing runs to get the progress bar to move the higher we get.

[hidden sigil]

Streamer support is the big variable

[mystic parrot]

this is true but it is a weekday so i would assume also lower

[candid crystal]

I'm trying to sleep ngl But my last thing before I mute this channel is we did not test uesc kills on our first 2 cycles we can assume it just gets harder to progress the higher the % gl other region we tried explaining but people didn't wanna co operate so I'ma jus wait for the squad I did testing with all day Monday and Sunday night

[quiet rivet]

yup

[sick stream]

even if the number of players was lower the number of people who knew of the ARG and started contributing to it might have increased

[halcyon mortar]

it surprised me that 65k people hopped on monday of all days

[fresh kestrel]

alot of people are prolly asleep rn for work too

[honest garden]

For sure

[raven cobalt]

There are also ppl running them that arent here on discord right. So how do you know its only this amount of runs. Its "registered" runs that we can controll. But not the exact amount.

[astral elk]

Not including ps5 and xbox atleast have over 200k players in peak time online

[fresh kestrel]

n the game is dead apparently

[halcyon mortar]

for sure 💀

[topaz idol]

Honestly if someone with the viewership of Aztecross did the ARG for a couple hours, it would be done instantly

[candid crystal]

This is a rough estimate but we do play a contributing factor as well let it decay as well for 15 min after u can see the time

[harsh ether]

It's so dead that I'm in a purgatory of playing it on loop

[sick stream]

true

[astral elk]

D2 is dead look at that 🤣🤣🤣

[fresh kestrel]

🚬

[stone coral]

Do we know what triggered the dire marsh terminals to unlock

[halcyon mortar]

im also playing it on a loop of DYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN

[bright silo]

🫡 D2

[astral elk]

24 hr peak 8k

[candid crystal]

Look at the spike then the drop we jus did it for testing it u guys wanna try 30 min 1 route and 30 min a next route while tallying runs could help

[harsh ether]

🤔 I still log on weekly

[halcyon mortar]

i extracted just one time tonight bro 😭

[mystic parrot]

it is pretty obvious we make a difference though. every time we focus a certain run, that one goes up and the others go down

[harsh ether]

This is good

[bright silo]

hehehe, imagine, actually extracting... 😭

[harsh ether]

WHERE DID POWER GO

[warm star]

I didn’t know this was the case that the other cams are going down when we focus one

[sick stream]

im down

[mystic parrot]

mhm

[candid crystal]

DM me ur results when done if possible gonna be hard to scroll up when I wake up !!

[astral elk]

https://tenor.com/view/hacker-pc-meme-matrix-codes-gif-11310648121341593764

[halcyon mortar]

people keep talking about the fast ttk but i dump half a mag into somebody and they tank that shit like 50 cent bro

[astral elk]

Pov me at terminals

[harsh ether]

This chat hates power (ARG channel so keep it that way)

[acoustic shard]

bet everyone still playing knows each other at this point lmao

[ocean yacht]

THIS WHOLE GAME IS ESSENTIALLY ME DOING THIS MEME

[astral elk]

Wouldnt be surprised

[candid crystal]

Good night guys goodluck sorry if I was rude to any of u!

[sick stream]

idk if im gonna be able to coordinate more than myself lmao

[astral elk]

Ik lmaoo

[bright silo]

Well that depends on the gun, the Overrun AR mag size is terrible lol

[sullen axle]

Her stink will infect the clean quality of our runner shells unfortunately

[slate wolf]

Good night! Well fought! 😄

[ocean yacht]

I'm in

[candid crystal]

Completely fair no worries then!

[slate oracle]

Dont be, king. We're all in this together.

[hidden sigil]

drops in with free kit
dies quickly
TTKISTOOFAST

[astral elk]

The game is so good tho real talk

[acoustic shard]

Is your pfp the MCR album cover btw?

[ocean yacht]

YUP

[topaz idol]

Everyone I know that still plays it just used it as a hangout space like VR chat. There’s a clan I know that still does weekly raids, not even for any loot or anything, but as a social event

[harsh ether]

That dog sniffa emote

[mystic parrot]

yep and the basic lmg is pretty weak damage wise

[candid crystal]

IF YOU ARENT TESTING LEVEL UP MIDA GET THAT AGILITY UP SO U CAN RUN ANOTHER DAY

[astral elk]

Yes it is its the three cheers for sweet revenge cover

[halcyon mortar]

it's all guns but mostly volt guns which is crazy cause people swear they're crazy good but idk, maybe i just had a series of unfortunate fights where they were 1 shot away

[acoustic shard]

That's pretty chill ngl

[sick stream]

this might be a noob af question but what is the point of the UESC bot kill count? IS there a number we are working towards?

[acoustic shard]

Man, I listened to that so much in middle school lmao

[topaz idol]

Schizophrenia

[acoustic shard]

love MCR

[sick stream]

possible for sure

[bright silo]

Yeah the Pistol is pretty whack from what Ive seen, but the SMG has DPS issues, especially if you miss and the RoF winds down a ton

[astral elk]

Still good even after graduation 😂

[halcyon mortar]

genuinely might be a skill issue, we run it back tmmr 🫡

[sullen axle]

funnily enough thats how i feel about the LMG instead of volt guns (well more so the volt thrower)

[raven cobalt]

Thats understandable. I was with the runners from start on marsh.

We did runs, mostly with rooks just racking numbers. Go in do bio run exit repeat. Not killing bots just amount of runs.

[hidden sigil]

Alright im out. Night y'all. Keep it rook 🤌

[astral elk]

We need double the amount of players we had running terminals for tomorrow

[sullen axle]

I feel like LMG's lack like... 5-10 more bullets, they do feel so good to fire though

[flat ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/chainsaw-man-csm-reze-csm-reze-chainsaw-man-reze-blep-gif-14961911865463848325

power is cool, but i prefer my girl to be a 10/10 bomb

[mystic parrot]

throw a mag mod on and boom you have like 50 more bullets

[halcyon mortar]

im so used to games like val and siege where battles are much shorter and decisive so when im on BULLET NUMBER 13 and jiteroni is still standing it throws me off hard

[astral elk]

Idk how we can pull this off but we need to spread the word more

[sinful compass]

Boom

[chilly egret]

I hit all 6 terminals in a single run, what happens next? do I just keep hitting them over and over? 😆

[sullen axle]

Oh for sure, thats what im waiting on throwing on mine when we're done with this whole arg

[flat ledge]

💣

[halcyon mortar]

there's no real point in doing them rn, it needs to be a mass wave of people

[honest garden]

Yeah numbers will probably be around the same as today unless bungle changes requirements or there’s something we don’t understand

[chilly egret]

aight

[wind rune]

Im so glad this game doesnt have val ttk, one click boom and im dead

[warm star]

I’m like trying to tell every squad I play w about it and also point people here tbh

[acoustic shard]

Someone make a flier, and have time frames for the runs "12-3 Gate -> AI; 4-7pm Alg Pond -> Bio.. etc" post it ERRYWHERE

[halcyon mortar]

that's true till you come across a demon with a sniper rifle + thermal and the fight is over before it even began

[hidden sigil]

We need to schedule, and distribute the plan to reddit

[warm star]

Durandal’s cardio program

[ocean yacht]

Real shit.... ❤️

[stone coral]

Why was there such a big spike in UESC kills at 10:31 am PST?

[honest garden]

Not sure if streamers will get interested again cause this content isn’t interesting (running terminals over and over) not being pessimistic, but we need a fresh approach or when the EU wakes up we need a consistent push from the until when the US wakes back up

[left kelp]

idea: should we get a skeleton crew up and running to test potential variables in increasing the values? not saying that we need more people (probably the answer were looking for) but just to rule out any inconsistencies?

[acoustic shard]

This is great lol

[astral elk]

Best idea probably

[wind rune]

I hope they do consider reworking the thermal to interact with runner heat, its one of the best ideas ive seen so far

[left kelp]

i like this

[hidden sigil]

Dude yes

[honest garden]

We were seeing if it mattered

[honest garden]

Wait AM? Idk

[halcyon mortar]

true cause thermals easily counter basically everything in the game right now, there's zero counterplay to them

[sullen axle]

Tomorrow at reset i really wanna go full force on this

[hidden sigil]

Ill drop reddit posts at work tomorrow. If we decide on times can someone sticky the post?

[sullen axle]

https://tenor.com/view/we-saiyans-have-no-limits-dokkan-dragon-ball-super-goku-vegeta-gif-3202169445918711234

[stone coral]

This outlier

[acoustic shard]

ill whip up somethin

[flat ledge]

now kiss

[sinful compass]

SICK

[hidden sigil]

DM it to me so I can help distribute

[halcyon mortar]

mb i just sorta went demon mode here 💀

[hidden sigil]

Im going to bed in a minute here

[stone coral]

lol

[warm star]

Odd

[sullen axle]

https://tenor.com/view/goku-bailando-gif-18439431681685375802

[stone coral]

Only thing I can think of is maybe a bunch of people hopped on for the dire marsh terminals? That was just a little bit after they got unlocked

[topaz idol]

That and I don’t understand Bungie’s approach to this ARG. You market your game relentlessly as the PVP slaughterhouse and then go “Alright for this puzzle, we need entire lobbies to harmonize and hold hands!”

[honest garden]

Yeah that’s the only think I can think of

[stone coral]

Even then that's a huge jump for just a single stats update...

[broken light]

https://tenor.com/view/bungie-marathon-new-marathon-nu-marathon-bungie-marathon-gif-2701323247976763654

I finally got off work

[topaz idol]

We would say get to the mines but there’s no mines anymore

[honest garden]

So I agree with this and I think our approach to this, run in terminal terminal, disconnect, do it again, is not how they wanted us to do it, imo. So I think they changed something. This is highly speculative but 🤷🏼‍♂️

[dry arch]

Should be that friendlies can help progress arg or the number of runner kills you have counts towards progress when doing the arg steps. So its help us dead or alive

[safe cosmos]

that or making them prestige only

[slim tiger]

When did they ever "relentlessly" market the game as "the PVP slaughterhouse"

[safe karma]

it was working, we just didnt have enough people

[honest garden]

This is still what I believe 100% I’m just saying since we hit a wall we’ve entered speculation territory

[warm star]

Someone tested runner kills between touching both terminals that does nothing rite

[safe karma]

they dont really ask us to harmonize, we just have to do what durandal gets us to do, and whether we choose to work together or not is up to us. Lorewise there's no reason not to, and an arg where you just kill each other is lame

[warped pasture]

100%

[topaz idol]

I have a theory that each map has a specific variable across all 3 terminal routes that need to be executed. Bungie told us the answer directly on Perimeter.

On the last line of dialogue, Durendal says “So many marathons yet to run…” which implies you needed 15 min speedruns.

On dire marsh, he says “Take the next step then.” and I have no idea what that means

[queen valley]

if anything we'll just have to wait till the weekend and get both Dire Marsh and Outpost done in like two days

[sinful compass]

A little recap for asleepless man getting sleep what happend last few hours?

[stone coral]

Maybe we're only allowed to crouch walk between terminals 💀

[muted grail]

I think this will be the case.

[broken light]

are we waiting for the weekend to do it? if so is it just gonna be testing stuff until then?

[honest garden]

I agree, do we have what the dialogue is from all the terminals on marsh?

[sonic rivet]

Agreed - regardless of how Bungie "intended" us to do it, we have proven we can brute force it. Just a matter of when the wave of people swells large enough.

[safe karma]

I think the speculation territory is a little dubious because there's the factor of streamers pretty much ignoring the arg for a large part of today. If they do a big push and we still cant progress, then yeah its prob diff

[safe cosmos]

probs just an easter egg but still sick

[honest garden]

Yeah at the very least finish dire Friday, unlock outpost Saturday finish it then

[honest garden]

Ty

[stone coral]

That is incredibly sick

[sinful compass]

PEAK

[warm star]

didn’t people run w the haunted idea and start posting ghosts earlier was that legit

[queen valley]

i'd like it if we can keep the bars from hitting 0% just to make the process that tiny bit faster on the day of, but either way it'll be hundred by the weekend since thats most likely when peak playerbase is

[honest garden]

Yeah I agree wait until we have the numbers and it still fails until we start grasping at straws

[raven cobalt]

Then do tests. Get a bunch of ppl to run. All wait till reset x (time) then start running terminals like mad for a cycle.

Add all runs that did start and end terminal within the 15 min timer. See increase/decrease.

Issue is we need enough to be patient enough to wait and coordinate.

I really do think its just number of runs. We racked the percentage up pretty high by doing that. When mot doing that anymore kt dropped. The kill counter is probably just a global thing something later after the terminals.

Like, we need to hit an amount after terminals to proof the community is ready. They did something like this in an old halo arg. There the killcount counter was doing something later in the process.

[urban mantle]

daaaaamn the bars went down ):

[topaz idol]

Don’t know if it’s relevant but I spotted some black UESC scout drones on Dire Marsh I’ve never seen before in the game. And I only saw them after the terminals went live.

[sonic rivet]

I have a question, as someone who missed the Perimeter segment of this: on the cryoarchive systems site, we can screen capture the "glitches" on stable camera feeds (and with it, get a "captured" marker on the camera. What purpose does this serve? It didn't seem well-explained in the community google doc.

[muted grail]

I agree 100%

[sullen axle]

Gahhh, im gonna head in for the night, prob gonna work in blender for a lil before i knock out. Hope to see yall tomorrow in full force for the ARG, it's been fun talking with yall!

[queen valley]

its def possible to get it to 100% with just us. its just every reset we do it we'll only get like 2% with how little people know about the terminals and how many of us are doing it. so its prob just best to wait weekend

[queen valley]

goodluck in the blender mines soldier, i just got out of there

[sullen axle]

lmao fair fair

[queen valley]

as of now we dunno what the captures we unfortunately... :(

[stone coral]

Do you remember where?

[queen valley]

well i dunno atleast

[sullen axle]

i just like making renders with my guardians + friends

[warm star]

So I was wondering this and the voice lines say the ship is haunted. People were pointing out whispy ghost looking stuff on the camera. We supposed to play Luigi’s mansion?

[sonic rivet]

Well, that would explain why there isn't much of an explanation in the doc lol. Thanks!

[topaz idol]

They were patrolling the Anomaly border and were immune. No clue if it was a quest thing or puzzle related

[stone coral]

Is there any chance the Compilers make cameras bug out or something?

[acoustic shard]

lol

[honest garden]

We’ve done plenty of test. What we’re doing is working I’m not suggesting by theorizing that it isn’t. (Not trying to come off harsh or whatever but I’m also not trying to argue with anyone either)

[gilded drift]

Okay I made a graphic to kinda push on socials to try and get more bodies. Any feedback from you all?

[warm star]

Yo let’s go Durandal’s cardio

[acoustic shard]

helll yeah haha

[raven cobalt]

Hahah np we are all working towards the same goal. Ill be on in about 9.hours from now and gonna try to coordinate some runs then.

[stone coral]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cinema-absolute-absolutecinema-9EvnXdZaUZbCqScn67

[honest garden]

There are also huge disconnects when time zones log off and on en masse

[minor spoke]

that looks great

[bright silo]

Yeah looks good

[honest garden]

🤜🏻🤛🏻

[acoustic shard]

lol thanks

[minor spoke]

ill share it around to try and spread the word

[fringe veldt]

👍

[ocean linden]

hey guys, just noticed this channel. Am new to Marathon. What is this all about? It seems like in-game activity?

[honest garden]

Holy shit that is great

[minor spoke]

theres a google doc explaining it

[sick stream]

looks sick

[quick barn]

How can I help?

[gilded drift]

Cool cool cool! Everyone please spread it to wherever on socials. It's fit for twitter, x, whatever the hell it's called

[honest garden]

Seems to be working already

[sonic rivet]

Great place to start > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/edit?tab=t.0

[gilded drift]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/preview?pru=AAABnPfwVog*WN8DjoxYe0moRKpkLgXXNw&tab=t.0

[wind rune]

IVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE THE CINEMATIC ‼️‼️‼️

[gilded drift]

that was fast lol

[quick barn]

First? :p

[wind rune]

Yes.

[honest garden]

Folks just joining! Welcome! Please refer to reference material provided. We are currently in a lull and not actively working towards any goal, please stay posted! Your help will be needed soon!

[bright silo]

Being able to pin the google doc would be nice.

[stone coral]

this ^

[honest garden]

We’ve begged bungie for days for privileges and it has not worked

Can’t even react

[acoustic shard]

https://klipy.com/gifs/wack-hannibal-1

[honest garden]

Some think this is intentional

[wind rune]

Ironic considering we have no slowdown and image/gif perms

[honest garden]

And polls can’t forget the polls!

[bright silo]

Reactions aside, Discord is randomly super easy to phish people, I imagine Bungie has it locked down to prevent people linking sussie stuff

[acoustic shard]

breach chat best chat

[slate wolf]

Well, they do let us link docs/external websites etc tho

[honest garden]

Agreed. It’s clearly moderated to some extent, it can’t not be, but we are allowed strange freedoms

[acoustic shard]

https://klipy.com/gifs/a23-5

[wind rune]

I wonder what the thought process was

[stone coral]

smh the UESC overlords have brainwashed us into thinking those perms are freedom

[acoustic shard]

https://klipy.com/gifs/marathon-gantry-break-5-windows

[queen valley]

equivalent exchange, we get image and gif perms but our reaction perms get revoked...

[bright silo]

We dont need to, Windows breaks itself often enough

[acoustic shard]

or destroyers turbo sprint through them after finishing a box of crayons

[wind rune]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-bungie-dac-runner-gif-6011190738981059482

[acoustic shard]

Drake is that you?

[wind rune]

Im so glad they went away from the cel shading

[toxic remnant]

I don't know exactly what im doing but I am rallying my friends to hit terminals in dire marsh on all their runs tommorow

[acoustic shard]

Get those steps in with Durandals Daily Cardio

[paper mantle]

Rip D2 bro

[young flint]

captured all 3 cams!

fnaf trained me for this

[paper mantle]

This game be hitting though

[brisk garden]

_GANTRY
oi runnah, you peepin what the big uesc is doing down in outpost? go send em a message.
CONTRACT: DEFACE/PRESERVE
OBJECTIVE: in a single run

• break 3 windows
• loot doohickey from pinwheel that isn't marked until you are 5m away from it
• exfil

I love you gantry

[honest garden]

Yeah I’m not going to post like an official time for people to check in or anything but I imagine people will start coordinating around reset tomorrow, 10 AM PST, and runs around 5PM PST unless folks in the EU start sooner

[lyric gazelle]

hey, sorry i've been away and also in game grinding a bit, just come back and i just saw this image
has anyone commented that it's either rotated or double mirrored?
I assume it should look like this instead.

just based on the UESC wording orientation

[honest garden]

But screw it im gonna say the goal should be Algae Ponds->Bio Research, or whatever the majority decides if there’s even enough to make a majority. But run on one of set of the Dire Marsh Terminals

[stable cape]

you can unmute the cameras, I assume this is known

[lyric gazelle]

original image is this

the version i posted is double mirrored (mirrored in both directions) "mirrored means 'flipped' here

[outer seal]

to me it looks upside down and that is the floor with pipes on the side

[dawn lodge]

i think this is right too, its some kind of straps and they all say uesc in that oriendtation

[young flint]

which terminal route are we running?

wanna grind a few

[mystic parrot]

not enough ppl

[young flint]

shoot

[outer seal]

people need to refuel i would assume

[young flint]

so tomorrow during the day then

[raven cobalt]

Eu is gonna be on around 7 CEST / 11 am PST

[outer seal]

it was a big grind to figure out first set

[lyric gazelle]

RecycledRespawn said current goal is Algae Ponds -> Bio Research, but we've got too few right now i believe

[young flint]

alright ill get some sleep and prepare to run tomorrow

im a failson anyways i can lock in all day

[honest garden]

yeah I’m just defaulting to the last successful point as a default for the next surge of people that log in and look for direction, but I wouldn’t suggest people do it now

[left kelp]

biostock went up by 4% lol, think its some stragglers

[loud marsh]

Or devs

[lyric gazelle]

It's all just random and the devs are laughing all the way to the bank.
Release schedule is "when it's done" and not a day sooner.

[mystic parrot]

i promise u cryo has been finished for a long time

[acoustic shard]

See, posts like this make me wish this channel had reacts

[young flint]

time to eat a tub of hummus with a spoon and go to bed

raw hummus is so good

[loud marsh]

This arg was in the works since december atleast lol

[young flint]

its like nutrient paste

[loud marsh]

Just reply with🫃

[lyric gazelle]

It was sarcasm if it didn't come across properly

[alpine lichen]

is this the messege place for disscusion about the arg?

[young flint]

yes

[acoustic shard]

lmao

[left kelp]

hello all, to those that are able we are going to possibly be beginning a "nightshift" of people to troubleshoot our theories

[acoustic shard]

ahh ok

[loud marsh]

Im going to uni

What "night"

Lol

[young flint]

mmmmm hummus

im eating it with just my fingers

its delish

[mystic parrot]

i mean.. do we even need to theorize right now? we know exactly what we need to do atm

[tame stream]

is it possible the rook runs are hurting the progress

[sinful compass]

HUH Nightshift isnt this morning shift

[tame stream]

like they nerfed it

[ocean yacht]

Night is the time when the W'rkencaner-infested solar mass above our heads is facing the other side of our planet. 🙂

[loud marsh]

Try some crackers

[mystic parrot]

highly doubt it

[alpine lichen]

cool, cause i found something on the arg site, but im unsure if people who are spear heading the investigation know about it. like did i discoverd somthing that's already been found

[young flint]

mmmmm

[young flint]

do share

[loud marsh]

Yes, we do

We've known since saturday

The easiest approach is to just wait around 18 hours

Until the devs post a new nessage

[lyric gazelle]

yeah we all just dump stuff here as we find it
you'll find out quickly if it's been found or not

[tame stream]

then why are my progress bars going backwards, i need you out there pushing buttons runners, now get me more pictures of spider bot

[loud marsh]

At which point they're fed up with our lack of coherence and start boosting the percentage

[alpine lichen]

i figured out that changing the url words to the words int he camra neeted me these new angles /camras

[loud marsh]

That's been found on friday

[alpine lichen]

dam

[onyx warren]

Awesome

[young flint]

thanks for sharing though

:D

[onyx warren]

Still cool tho

[loud marsh]

Yeah

[young flint]

pretty cool you found that on your own @alpine lichen

good work

[loud marsh]

You can also post full images instead of screenshotting red hue

[brisk garden]

I love the camera with the lost uesc robot he's so cute

[lyric gazelle]

it's all good and still a good find. definitely stick around, we need all the help we can get.
i've found tons of stuff that's already been found, but it's all for the love of the game

[loud marsh]

Here's your exercise in futulity

[low zenith]

Does anyone have the uncompressed image and video files compiled somewhere for some more thorough looking-at? Seems like there's some free time right now

[honest garden]

@drowsy sparrow I’m so sorry for the ping I need to test something hope you’re having a wonderful nights rest

[brisk garden]

like dude you're in the wrong place cro </3

[alpine lichen]

yeah i found all the screen stuff and wonderd what else people found so i joined the discrod to find out

[loud marsh]

Yeah sorry if I'm sounding disappointed but I really am. In the arg tho, not you mb

[alpine lichen]

na i get it, i figured people found this before i did

[drowsy sparrow]

Appreciate it but I'm still running 🤣🤣

[alpine lichen]

what screen is that on? that angle is not in my screen shot list?

[brisk garden]

indx (specifically mispelled)

[loud marsh]

Also /cryohub not control

[brisk garden]

oh ya that too

[honest garden]

Oh snap lmao. 🤘🏻 I messaged you

[brisk garden]

https://cryoarchive.systems/indx

[alpine lichen]

that's what im missing lol, cause the normal index just returned me to the main screen

[slate wolf]

Fyi, for people interested in finding stuff and seeing what others have found, there is also the ARG Megathread. https://discord.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1480075402088288506 Please try to research if what you have found is already there before posting to avoid it being spammed, but it's a very good place to post findings 😄

[loud marsh]

Google doc also

Although i wasn't accepted as an editor

So it's bad

In my eyes

[slate wolf]

Yeah, but the Google Doc mostly covers the breach protocol

[loud marsh]

Uhh

[slate wolf]

In the megathread we have uncovered stuff about the other subdomains before they were taken down

[loud marsh]

Look at the channel name

[loud marsh]

Yeah there was nothing on them anyway

[slate wolf]

Yes, but the ARG megathread covers more than just the breach protocol

[silver shuttle]

New tab?

[slate wolf]

Check out my Github post in the megathread

[loud marsh]

No

[brisk garden]

naur

[silver shuttle]

Ahh

[loud marsh]

Oh, phantom was interesting alright mb

[brisk garden]

I just find the lone uesc fellow mildly cute with how lost he appears to be X3

"I gotta get outta here mane"

[loud marsh]

I assume we'll meet it later

[stable cape]

are you supposed to be able to click the cams after the countdown finishes?

just went right back to a countdown for me

[slate wolf]

Definitely. I wouldn't be surprised if it is somehow related to the ghost in the cams? Considering the subdomain was named phantom. Maybe we'll be drawing it

[lyric gazelle]

not sure who is heading this, but i found this on github and it seems to be a very good resource dump
https://github.com/dghost/ares/tree/trunk/cryoarchive.systems

[loud marsh]

Countdown is the window where terminal activations should happen. At the end the server takes ~30-70 second to tally up then it's all over again

[obtuse orchid]

question, are the cam's on a hard 15min loop?

[loud marsh]

They're in this channel. Also on the clade or jta, i don't remember

[mystic parrot]

they arent really cams, the timer is just a window for hitting terminals in game

[obtuse orchid]

just asking if it was 15 or not as it seems that the timer was roughly a minute less this time.

[mystic parrot]

its always 15

[stable cape]

weird behavior if you zoom way in or way out on the cargo page, zoom out takes you to the index view and zoom in unblurs the blur effect on the bg image (assuming the filter is just getting scaled unintentionally)

wait it's the opposite lol

[brisk garden]

ya zooming in makes the fuzz particles bigger x3

[brisk garden]

and zooming in too much makes it think you're viewing from mobile I think because then it tells you to use a desktopo X3

[mystic parrot]

trying to see if rook is the issue are we?

[drowsy sparrow]

At least a variable

Have to rule it out

[brisk garden]

what's the issue here

[digital gate]

https://tenor.com/view/dont-touch-touch-patrick-star-spongebob-gif-20809060

[mystic parrot]

some think rook might not count for terminal runs

[brisk garden]

under what basis

[mystic parrot]

rook cant complete contracts i guess

[honest garden]

Don’t think there’s any indication it would be though, the voice line is what counts

[mystic parrot]

yea i very much doubt it

[brisk garden]

we haven't solved these 3 yet because we don't have like 4 big streamers and all their fans running them

like we did last time

x3

[mystic parrot]

yea less people online today + no streamers

[grim glacier]

separate issue, but i couldnt do the anomaly as rook, and it doesnt show up on the map

[drowsy sparrow]

Send More Runners
RoflWaffl pushing Rook runs
No answers yesterday on Rook counting, everybody today immediately answers yes

We should test a no rook cycle or two

[grim glacier]

i normally run solo assassin with daily free kit for my runs anyway

[drowsy sparrow]

Plus, very little progress despite many more new Breachers entering the channel

[mystic parrot]

rofl was not pushing rook runs was he? fairly certain he was pushing squads

at least while i was there

[drowsy sparrow]

I've heard from 3 different people he was, I don't watch streamers often

[mystic parrot]

gotcha

[brisk garden]

perhaps you should research yourself before making definitive statements X3

sorry that came across as rude

[mystic parrot]

while i really dont think itll make a big difference (since we still need way more people anyway), i get why you wanna rule it out

it would be kinda dumb for bungie not to allow it

especially when you get voice lines from the terminals still

[brisk garden]

it's like tuesday anyways

at least for me

[honest garden]

Yeah we attempted uesc kills earlier to rule it out/see if it made a difference

[brisk garden]

either way a weekday

[honest garden]

Still inconclusive btw imo just cause of the numbers but I think it’s fair to see if Rook makes a difference either way specifically

But we’ll need the numbers to test it and see either way

[oblique pumice]

We gotta get cross to help us

[drowsy sparrow]

If we can get 9-12 people rn to test it, we could see measurable change over a cycle or two, perhaps

[mystic parrot]

^

if anyones free we should try, got nothing better to do

[versed pumice]

so anyone know what up with the terminal that showing off a location in primiter near one of the destroyed walls?

[drowsy sparrow]

Two cycles all Rook, two only shells

[honest garden]

Totally fair I’m interested, I’m so tired I can’t keep my eyes open or I’d help so someone update the google doc or dm me the results and ill have it updated tomorrow

[vague gyro]

terminal touchers

how we looking

[mystic parrot]

waiting for tomorrow

so a streamer can save us

also trying to run a test right now to see if rook counts or not

[broken light]

lmao imagine if rooks havent been doing anything this entire time

[vague gyro]

that's the south relay terminal, you mean.

basically if you head to south relay an see the terminal, then head up to data wall and see the one there, you get dialogue from Durandal

[brisk garden]

durandal asmr 🤤

[vague gyro]

and while we were working on perimeter, hearing the line from Durandal would contribute progress to the ARG on cryoarchive.systems

now, its the same for Dire Marsh

[versed pumice]

oooh so that explain why i got a voice line of him mad that we were here

[low zenith]

Saw that, but I'm not entirely sure it has all the files :v gotta double check

[versed pumice]

He was pretty much just saying" You should't be here" or something along those lines

[dire shard]

was there a reason milo wasnt doing it?

[mystic parrot]

just playing with his friends pretty sure

[dire shard]

word

[lyric gazelle]

i didn't really check that hard but it definitely has more than any other source i've seen

[ebon creek]

Clocking out for the night yall, see yall at 7pm est after im off work to keep going

Hopefully we get this done by the end of the week

[digital gate]

I think it'll be smooth sailing once we're done with the terminals

[honest garden]

I’m out too folks my watch has ended. Again if/when the next surge happens refer to the google doc, Dire Marsh terminals are the goal https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/mobilebasic#heading=h.58g5fcautxzz

[jovial cloud]

Whats news?

[rapid hearth]

No unlocks?

[honest garden]

Okay last reply, nothing. Bio-algae capped at 66% nothing past that but testing theories, didn’t have the numbers

[spare lichen]

just woke up, did the dire terms get done?

[jovial cloud]

no

[lean grove]

fuuuuck no

lol

[spare lichen]

bruh

[spare lichen]

damn.

[digital gate]

And we triiiiied
Oh my god did we try

[spare lichen]

maybe bungie need to tweet more and push more idk

[muted grail]

It was a Monday

[low zenith]

Graph is starting to look more graph-y

[muted grail]

Weekend numbers might be what we need

[gilded owl]

Or we do

[jovial cloud]

maybe theyre timegating it by inflating the numbers needed to stabilise then lowering the number required when theyre ready

[keen dune]

It really needs a good timed push

Or could be the fixing by Bungo

[vagrant grove]

i honestly think thats' what the uesc kill counter does

[honest garden]

Someone made this earlier so feel free to use it to bring others here

[jovial cloud]

interesting, like an indicator for activity on the map, more people focusing on dire marsh, the more effective it is

[last cedar]

This whole saga has been insane looking from the outside in

I haven't even gone to Outpost once cuz it scares me, Cryo Archive is just gonna be a horror game

[jovial cloud]

play it on rook

[gilded owl]

I did so many runs for the terminal last night I dreamt about it xD

[jovial cloud]

what happened?

[hollow heath]

how can i help

[gilded owl]

Check out this https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/preview?pru=AAABnPgFQQM*ppdGsIE5PnnIduJGKwrkrw&tab=t.0

[jovial cloud]

heres a link to the current guide, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/mobilebasic#heading=h.58g5fcautxzz

[gilded owl]

We didn't make it

[jovial cloud]

thats actually so funny

[rough finch]

Yeah, I seriously recommend Rook runs. You can get into the pinwheel without a keycard, too. It can be pretty lucrative.

[honest garden]

Honestly just hang out for now/read the google doc we’ll coordinate later today

[gilded owl]

Even in my dreams we fail 😢

[outer igloo]

Yall just gave up 😾

I just woke up to nothing like how haha

[inner garden]

Guys is the patch today?

[rough finch]

If you’re not even running hard enough in your dreams, you’re not a true marathon-er

[silver shuttle]

Where are we at rn?

[spice crescent]

How many camera feeds do we have stable?

[gilded owl]

🤣

[honest garden]

Progress was made just nothing tangible

[outer igloo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1231286447131328544/1464982827077734490/ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter1.gif

[gilded owl]

Still the same 3

[rough finch]

Deadlock mentioned.

[outer igloo]

Peak Game

[gilded owl]

That reminds me I need to do a street brawl

[jovial cloud]

i had a dream i met durandal and he threw me across tau ceti

[gilded owl]

🤣

[outer igloo]

Haven’t touched the game since the Server Slam and I’m even more scared now since the balance patch dropped

[spice crescent]

Damn, we will get there

[rough finch]

I still owe Durandal money, dude.

[vagrant grove]

Durandal owes me a bouquet of flowers

[jovial cloud]

7 million souls to durandal

[honest garden]

Okay I’m legit out this time yall keep up the good work o7 see yall soon.

[simple raft]

durandal called me s'pht

[vivid bobcat]

benstarrdal owns everyone flowers

[waxen nebula]

I believe next legit try is like 4pm PT
So I won’t even bother until then

[jovial cloud]

is he voiced by ben starr?

[vivid bobcat]

yes

[jovial cloud]

wow

[fluid cove]

ben starr is everywhere

[waxen nebula]

My favourite balatro cosplayer

[jovial cloud]

ben starr does things for money, and things happen because ben star appears

[wind hemlock]

I NEED CRYO. INJECT IT IN MY VEINS

[fluid cove]

true

[jovial cloud]

thats instant death

[digital gate]

No he'd be cryofrozen

[keen dune]

Just get a new shell afterwards

[waxen nebula]

Lies, under UESC principles you are safely asleep

[wind hemlock]

It's how I want to go out

[jovial cloud]

UESC Kills so many innocent people (including me)

[waxen nebula]

The UESC doesn’t kill, it removes trespassing criminals

Or so I’m told

[vivid bobcat]

i wonder the camras are just step 1

[jovial cloud]

but i am jst a humbl rook looking for shiny tings, i am one of them 🙁

[waxen nebula]

I don’t know the rook lore so I’m out

He got like traxus and UESC stamped on him

[jovial cloud]

the lore is i see thing, it is now mine, no one kill me bc im rlly nice

[waxen nebula]

Had a peace treaty with 2 rooks, 1 rogue rook came in and made it into a free for all bcs we can’t differentiate between each other

[light estuary]

Soundtrack is amazing

[jovial cloud]

i got beat up by a 3 group, barehanded, i was jumping to show friendly, and it was the most scary thing seeing all three approach at once

[silver shuttle]

Keep the chat to the arg fellas.

Clear comms

[sand glen]

Someone should Pin the link to the doc

[waxen nebula]

Sorry

[north crown]

🤣 ❤️

[silver shuttle]

No worries bruh just let us finish this shit before reset

[north crown]

How close are we? My crew can run tonight

[waxen nebula]

Official deadline is basically end of march

[silver shuttle]

Mid*

[light estuary]

March 17th isn’t it

[waxen nebula]

Well second half of march can also mean last week

[silver shuttle]

Yeah

[north crown]

The quicker we crack it, the more time we get to raid?

[light estuary]

Correct

[silver shuttle]

Yep

[waxen nebula]

Tho cracking it will take more than 2 weeks if we actually have to do 6 more steps

[astral elk]

@mortal quail 💋

[round ridge]

It is, probably the only game ost besides tlou that I've been listening outside gaming. Also fun how it made a regular subway ride feel very scifi thins morning

[obtuse zealot]

anyone doing the arg?

can someone udate me so i can help out

[jovial cloud]

yes, it just takes a while

[obtuse zealot]

i understand we need to activate terminals right?

[candid lodge]

We had biostock at like 50 before I got off and now it's back all the way down to 14??? Yikes

[obtuse zealot]

on marsh in order

[jovial cloud]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/mobilebasic#heading=h.58g5fcautxzz

[obtuse zealot]

thx bro

[red lodge]

biostock is up to 14?

that's good

[candid lodge]

Was at 50

[astral elk]

Biostock was

[red lodge]

it was at 5

[astral elk]

At 66

[red lodge]

after 50

[astral elk]

Earlier

And we dropped

[red lodge]

i saw it at 70 took a break

it was at 5

[astral elk]

We need double the people we had yesterday

To do this

[candid lodge]

70?? Dang...well, back into the murky waters I go

[last cedar]

I will join the cause tomorrow after my medical appointment

[obtuse zealot]

rofl and shroud need to team up to bring people on

we need more noise

[candid lodge]

I don't like streamers, but for stuff like this, We'd need MrRoflwaffles, Shroud and maybe even Peanut to get us over the line...it's too bad people hate on the game so much that some people won't even stream it

[drowsy sparrow]

Officially tested, Rook counts, ruled out the possibility of him not counting

[obtuse zealot]

yh i know its absolutely ridiculous

[last cedar]

Dope, I'll just rook it

[obtuse zealot]

rook is the way

no risk

arg all the way

[digital gate]

It would be silly if rooks didn't count

[candid lodge]

I've been doing knife only runs xD

[last cedar]

Rooks voice lines are so nice

[obtuse zealot]

evil man

0 to hero

[last cedar]

something about the filter and the crunch is just
Mwah

[placid elbow]

What’s the benefit of playing rook if you can’t do contracts?

[hushed agate]

I go solo with just a knife. Most people dont shoot when i greet them and tell them what im doing.

[obtuse zealot]

recoup losses

[candid lodge]

Wasn't even trying to do anything but terminals but made some decent finds, even extracted with the Anomaly thing from the event xD

[last cedar]

Grind loot and money

[astral elk]

1 you dont leave a random team thats actually tryna play 2 faster load times

[acoustic shard]

Me checking the camera progress when I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom:

[last cedar]

Sure you don't have to worry about weapons with kits, but you do need money and materials for barters and upgrades

[astral elk]

Though you can do solo fills

[late ravine]

Better spawn, there isn't as many people in the match since its later in the match.

[astral elk]

With no fill *

[last cedar]

Can you do a terminal run multiple times, or does doing it once complete it for you for the day?

[astral elk]

Disregard #1 i forgot abt no fill

[astral elk]

Multiple times

[last cedar]

Dope

[astral elk]

Go to first term then second leave game once voice line plays

[last cedar]

I will be a speed demon

[astral elk]

Rinse and repeat

[last cedar]

Phoon too much for Tau Ceti IV

[wind rune]

Per match

[astral elk]

^

[last cedar]

So one set per match, so I can't just rush all 3 sets

[astral elk]

Been to focused on the arg im under level 20 smh

Have over 50 hours 😭

[wind rune]

No you can do all 3 sets i believe, but we focus on 1 set at a time

[last cedar]

Honestly I just hope they add a DM mode at some point, the gunplay is super fun

[last cedar]

Gotcha

[astral elk]

100%

[sinful lava]

Destiny 2 Crucible

[last cedar]

But destiny 2 takes up so much spaaaaaaaace

[astral elk]

And they rigged huckleberrryyyyy

Not rlly but it aint as good anymore 😔

[last cedar]

I played D2 for a bit, it was really fun but is structured like a heart attack illustrated by a psych ward patient

[astral elk]

Too much money

[last cedar]

That too

[wary pagoda]

Where can I watch the progress of each camera?

[astral elk]

100$ every dlc

Like give me a break

[astral elk]

Or 60 for base

[safe cosmos]

Im realizing in the MV that destroyer wasted his shield furing exfil

def wouldve ate the beam otherwise

[gaunt mesa]

Aight which set of terminals we on now

[red lodge]

same

[gaunt mesa]

Perimeter? Still?

Not that I mind lol, just a lil surprised

[dusk flume]

So like can someone explain what’s going on?

[gaunt mesa]

Ohhh

[gaunt mesa]

Doing two interconnected terminals in each of the maps, in pairs, to progress a bar to unlock the final map, Cryo Archive.

[last cedar]

Does progress get made across all terminals on the map, or does each set have its own progress bar

[gaunt mesa]

The terminals are linked pairs, and each linked pair is a different bar of progress, but weve collectively chosen to focus one matching pair at a time

[last cedar]

Dope

[dusk flume]

So like do we interact with the terminals?

[pulsar ocean]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/mobilebasic#heading=h.58g5fcautxzz

here's a totally well formatted document about everything we know

pretty much

[gaunt mesa]

You just gotta walk up to em, if youre at the wrong one it'll do nothin cuz youre at the end of the pair, not the start

[dusk flume]

I see

Now it makes sense why none of them are on at the Oupost

[pulsar ocean]

outpost wont unlock until we finish dire marsh ones

[last cedar]

We gotta get darsh done furst

[warped lagoon]

did we manage to complete anything in Dire? cant check the website on my phone

[pulsar ocean]

no

waiting till the peak tmrw

might be able to do outpost too if we have enough people

[last cedar]

Which pair is getting focused rn?

[pulsar ocean]

idk

Im not playing

Usually IO.yster leads the charge

[warped lagoon]

Algae Ponds to Bioresearch, at least yesterday thats what it was

[pulsar ocean]

I think they set a time tmrw they were going to all run it

or something

[gaunt mesa]

Doesnt mean you personally can't run that pair tho

[dusk flume]

So like how does this progress?

[gaunt mesa]

All that matters is triggering a voice line from our "friend" Durandal.

[oblique pumice]

I ran terminals 2 hours yesterday and it turns out we didn’t make it 😭

[mystic parrot]

We just debunked the rook theory. You can play as rook or any shell you want, it doesn't matter.

We also found out you CANNOT leave the game after hitting the 2nd terminal. You have to either die or extract for it to count.

[last cedar]

I see

[oblique pumice]

Oh really?

That’s good to know

[pulsar ocean]

what if you're still alive?

during the transmission window

[unreal dirge]

Just woke up, damn I hoped we'd make it over this night

[last cedar]

This time for sure

[mystic parrot]

This we do not know

[unreal dirge]

How did you learn that?

[mystic parrot]

We tested in the ARG Discord with a bunch of people. Several runs

[cinder lotus]

We're testing stuff right now

[dusty minnow]

Haven't checked in since we completed the Perimeter terminals. Any updates? We running Dire Marsh yet?

[cinder lotus]

We've been going for multiples periods already

[unreal dirge]

Got it, I actually was doing exactly that and I think a bunch of other people too, probably that's why we didn't complete it

[mystic parrot]

wdym complete it?

[unborn bronze]

we fucked up?

[unreal dirge]

The biostock

[mystic parrot]

Oh yeah no way we're completing it right now. We need a LOT of people. Gotta wait for peak times

[unborn bronze]

we have to coordinate

[mystic parrot]

It'll be later, wait for ppl to wake up

[unborn bronze]

yeah, but there needs to be a clear path to run

[cinder lotus]

Everyone need to just run algae to bio research

[unborn bronze]

if we run all 3, I don’t think we can make it

[mystic parrot]

Yes, we are focusing bio

[unborn bronze]

see, I think we should focus on the longest path first

[hidden sigil]

We need some reddit posts ahead of time to get people online during peak

[digital hill]

Do the terminals reset each day?

[mystic parrot]

they lower every 15 mins

[digital hill]

Oh, that makes sense

[dusk flume]

They lower?

[hidden sigil]

Yeah I think we had biostock above 60% earlier

[mystic parrot]

the progress bar goes down

[dusk flume]

Oh

[maiden brook]

64% baby

[dusk flume]

I guess I’ll join the discord and see how I can help

[cinder lotus]

They update every 15 mins, and depending on the numbers of runs done, they either go up or down

[hidden sigil]

64% of the time every time

[unborn bronze]

do we know what the minimum number of runs is to maintain it?

[dusk flume]

The link to the discord is in the document right?

[mystic parrot]

No, it changes depending on the current amount of progress

and possibly other factors

[digital hill]

https://klipy.com/gifs/captain-america-i-understood-that-reference-2

[rapid hearth]

Yeah, they are doing tests rn

[maiden brook]

Something about a.. marathon?

[waxen nebula]

2am utc are peak times, so we have so few Europe players

We can’t rly make a difference

[rapid hearth]

Mind you that legal hour still hasn't kicked in in most of europe

[hidden sigil]

Where can one find this document?

[waxen nebula]

The what?

[maiden brook]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/mobilebasic#heading=h.58g5fcautxzz

[glacial sluice]

10am GMT right now on a tuesday

most likely everyone is at work or school

[maiden brook]

You may also find this handy

https://crowdtypical.github.io/Marathon-arg/terminal_maps.html#dire-marsh

[rapid hearth]

We still have to turn the clock back lol

[waxen nebula]

Yes, ofc
But Europe doesn’t contribute to the player count that much, like no spike on charts
9pm gmt peak is the best shot at contributing on eu servers

[celest cape]

does the progress actually go down if not enough runs are done lol

[glacial sluice]

if no interactions yes

[waxen nebula]

Appears so

[celest cape]

that's crazy lol

[glacial sluice]

it nosedived overnight

[celest cape]

it's like 6pm in china rn but idk how many people here are trying to help w the arg... possible there isn't a big playerbase or arg itself isn't very known

[left kelp]

this info doesnt look accurate

[hidden sigil]

Its like that water gun carnival game

[mystic parrot]

@slate oracle @dawn sun @candid crystal Just so yall know when you're up

[fast valve]

what happened damn

[left kelp]

regroup and research

[mystic parrot]

no one on, we havent been running cause there isnt a point

[glacial sluice]

sleep happened

[empty bough]

Don't think sales in china are high from what iv seen

[fast valve]

fair enough

[glacial sluice]

there is a point

[mystic parrot]

I mean we've been running in the ARG disc for testing, but theres no point in going all in cause we dont have enough people right now

[celest cape]

i think it's just hard competition bc rn the most popular shooter in china is an extraction shooter lol

[hidden sigil]

We had a collective mental breakdown at about 1:30am, a few had been at it for like 10 hours lol

[glacial sluice]

obvi theres no point for the moment while everyones not on

[hidden sigil]

We decided the EU gang was needed

[left kelp]

were gonna try to standardize the api tracking data to https://winnower.garden/marathon/cryoarchive it seems to be the most accurate to the cryarchive page

[glacial sluice]

but its working towards accessing the cameras

https://cryoarchive.systems/cargo

[mystic parrot]

Okay you must be new here lol

[celest cape]

everyone's playing delta force so no one on marathon which makes this quite unfortunate if progress actually goes down

[mystic parrot]

We do not have enough people. the progress goes down every 15 mins if we dont do enough runs

we need more people

[celest cape]

"more runners needed" lol

[left kelp]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/edit?tab=t.0

[hidden sigil]

Anyone have Aztecross' phone number

[glacial sluice]

no? i know whats happening, I know we need more people, we just have to wait for now, duh.

[left kelp]

this link has a link to arg discord so we can coordinate a lot better

[mystic parrot]

girl thats literally what ive been saying

[glacial sluice]

man*

[mystic parrot]

i meant it in a gender neutral way sry

[brave edge]

What’s the best way to help currently?

[mystic parrot]

sit back and relax. learn the routes for dire marsh

hit it later when everyones on

[left kelp]

were estimating the time of most accurate players as the daily reset at 10 am pst (6 pm utc)

[brave edge]

👍

Why is the ARG Discord age restricted?

[prisma marsh]

While we're waiting...do they always do this?

[devout roost]

disappear? yes

[prisma marsh]

for real?

[astral elk]

Can confirm it is this most accurate when i look at the apis on my end

[astral elk]

Yrah yeah its 911

[mystic parrot]

you should be able to join now

[left kelp]

age verif for the arg disc should be disabled, join if you can

[digital cypress]

Just did the terminal pair on dire Marsh as rook, hope it helped

[unborn bronze]

I propose running the routes longest > shortest

or even trying to run circuits, if that’s possible

[sinful compass]

Yea

[mystic parrot]

We are focusing bio first

[left kelp]

explain?

[unborn bronze]

if it’s possible to register more than one terminal pair in one run, then we should run circuits of 2 or more pairs every run

they’re 25 minutes, with a 15 minute signal window

[cinder lotus]

That's not as efficient as focusing every body on one pair

[mystic parrot]

We discussed this and decided it wasnt worth. can get so much more done by focusing one. plus less risk

[bright silo]

Yeah so progress decays every 15 minutes. So a large number of people need to do the same terminal pair in a single 15-minute window to make progress. Progress also scales down per player as the progress bar gets closer to 100%. So the more progress there is, the more players are needed to make further progress

[brave edge]

Thank you 👍

[proud gyro]

Damn just finished morning work. Did the americans just go to the pub or something

We did so well

[left kelp]

americans are asleep lol

[unborn bronze]

I’m not talking about taking 2 terminals at the same time, just chaining them if possible

*when possible

[proud gyro]

The decay is so silly, i did 12 terminal runs for nothing

[mystic parrot]

No, focus one, its faster, less risk.

[left kelp]

thats too long between, especially since it seems that a player needs to die at the end of a terminal run in order for it to count

[mystic parrot]

This is what worked for perimiter as well

[bright silo]

Yeah once a terminal hits 100% it no longer decays, so easier to clear them 1 at a time

[gusty geyser]

Hey guys, is there a place where can fing a short story of what happends here ?

[digital cypress]

Doing the algae ponds bio research pair

[bright silo]

As far as I'm aware, this isnt the case, testing earlier seemed to indicate otherwise.

[mystic parrot]

we literally just tested it, you have to die or extract

[unreal dirge]

We need to focus on one pair, otherwise people would spread across different terminals and the progress would drop

[left kelp]

where did you undergo testing, with who and with how many people? not being accusatory, just asking

[bright silo]

About 5 hours ago, but yeah if thats new as of then, makes sense

[unborn bronze]

the windows are 15 minutes anyway - that has to cover queuing and running from POI to POI, and if you get a bad spawn, that’s it anyway

if maintenance quotas really increase with progress, it’s probably better to at least try to get something done

[left kelp]

can you join the arg server and call so we can expain deets further, speaking is more effectuve than text

[unreal dirge]

We better finish the run and go on a second one within this window

[unborn bronze]

actually nvm

[echo prairie]

when do we rush the term ?

[unreal dirge]

I mean, when one is 100% it doesn't go down and there are many ways to misinterpret more complicated directions when so many people are involved. We have to do something simple and effective

[unborn bronze]

I agree

[vague fiber]

from what i gather from this conversation is that the terminal runs only count during a specific time window? how do i know when it starts?

[low zenith]

They always count

[gusty geyser]

https://cryoarchive.systems/cargo

[unborn bronze]

but picking a “focus” pair, but allowing people to chain it with their most convenient spawn seems like a more efficient strategy

[vague fiber]

then whats that 15min you're talking about?

[left kelp]

yeah, we rush single terms, then get them to max so they dont decay, and we move onto the next

[left kelp]

a period between each "transmission reception" where terminal progress is logged

[unreal dirge]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtUtDPvbh6ahiynYFVS7Z4O79Nw6y5PEOjweCpzWV_A/edit?usp=drivesdk

[unborn bronze]

the feeds refresh every 15 minutes. during that time we need to run X times or more to increase the progress bar for a specific terminal pair

if we run less than that, the progress stalls or falls

[echo prairie]

just do free loadout and when the pair is do abandon the run

[unborn bronze]

you can check the time left in a window on .systems

[vague fiber]

alright, thanks for the clarification. guess its a matter of having enough ppl and coordinate then... easier said than done

specially during week days

[exotic flicker]

How’s the running going, any more progress?

[unreal dirge]

People here say that you have to die or exfil for it to count, not leave

[unborn bronze]

all is lost sadly

[mystic parrot]

do not abandon

it does not count

[exotic flicker]

😭

[unborn bronze]

this exactly

[left kelp]

die "normally"

[mystic parrot]

you have to die or exfil

[digital cypress]

So I'm doing this at the wrong time I guess?

[unborn bronze]

rooks can do these runs as well, right?

[mystic parrot]

yep

[left kelp]

yes

[mystic parrot]

not enough running rn, just wait

[unborn bronze]

so it might in fact be better to run infinite rook runs

[echo prairie]

yep

[unborn bronze]

as long as you can make it within those 10-15 minutes you get

[unreal dirge]

Yep, and they have smaller loading times since they connect to existing match so you would be able to do more runs during the window

[echo prairie]

do we fix a time ?

[hushed agate]

Or is it possible to @ the channel?

[gusty geyser]

So what I understand now is that we have to stabilize cameras stream from the website but we have to find out how to make progress for the last 6 cameras right ?

[unborn bronze]

we know how to make progress on them

it’s the same as on Perimeter

[signal dirge]

do you have to do all three terminals in one match to make progress on the bar?

[unborn bronze]

no

[hushed agate]

We know we just need enough runners

[mystic parrot]

nope jsut one pair

[sinful compass]

Moar

[unborn bronze]

what are the peak times for the game?

[fallen magnet]

each pair of terminals correspond to one camera, so focus your efforts on the same pair everyone else is doing

[echo prairie]

$

[gusty geyser]

To make the 3 runs I guess

[unreal dirge]

I've been running terminals both as rook and as regular shells with my friends in the crew with only knives equipped. The former was more effective since we loaded faster but it was fun to ambush a crew after finishing the run only with our knives

[fallen magnet]

no we're only running one pair right now, we need more players doing it though

[fallen magnet]

we're not even doing perimeter anymore we're on dire marsh

might wanna read up on the doc

[vagrant grove]

since when? the voice is the trigger

[fathom trench]

Perimeter is finished, we now need runners at Dire Marsh

[unreal dirge]

Don't ask me, I haven't tested it myself

[wide bison]

progress on this is so nebulous.. I’m just gonna wait until bungie release the map..

[hushed agate]

Good thinking to never get community events like these again lol

My friend its literally just press terminals

[wide bison]

yep

[pure hawk]

Right now it’s as simple as activating the terminal at algae ponds then the terminal at bio research. I have no idea whats so hard about that

[fallen magnet]

I love community events like this it's fun

[hushed agate]

And a coordinated push its not that crazy

[hushed agate]

Real we need more of these

[fallen magnet]

especially when non-puzzle solving people who just wanna play the game can still get involved like with this one :3

one drawback to arg type stuff is that it can often feel like very very few players get to contribute at all

[unborn bronze]

it’s a shit event to be fair

[wild nymph]

hi, new to this arg thing, do we need to do the 1st terminal pair before we can interact with the second? because I loaded in, got to terminal 2 start and no prompt or anything

[gusty geyser]

So this map

[fallen magnet]

but this one is nice

[wide bison]

part of this was fun, just how to progress is very vague, hidden goalposts

[fallen magnet]

and do #3 specifically, not 1 or 2

[unborn bronze]

running the same path over and over again who knows how many times is kind of soulcrushing

[dense schooner]

oh damn... all the progress fade away...

[unborn bronze]

I’d understand if it was “X amount of people has to activate all 3 terminals in the right order”

[fathom trench]

All the info in the megathreads. Currently we don't have a lot of info, but the directions are very clear

[unborn bronze]

but doing Algae to Bio 1000 times sucks the fun out of the game

[fallen magnet]

as it should be! figuring things out is half the fun

[hushed agate]

Its not vague at all imo

[fallen magnet]

people want answers handed to them without having to look and I love when we're not directly told what to do and need to figure it out

[unreal dirge]

Well I can understand him. On the Perimeter it was kinda fun, especially when we were trying to understand how everything works. But on Dire Marsh it already feels a bit repetitive and there are also Outpost terminals to come. I just hope that future community events would be more creative. Like some real puzzles or something

[wide bison]

the number of terminal runs required is hidden, so they can tweak the goal on the backend, depending on player count/interest. So progress is controlled.

[livid jetty]

Anyone interested in a part of a solved cypher in the bungie vids send me a DM. I would like to aggregate the info I've gotten out of it somewhere for the community to see! Can provide how I've solved this & the whole cypher in full 🙂

The end result is - THE SIGNAL IS NOT LOCAL
FIND THE ORIGIN.

It looks like it goes deeper than this & I'm working on figuring out the meaning.

[fathom trench]

We are on step 1 out of 5 (i think) there are puzzles to come

[fallen magnet]

this is a good thing imo because it shouldn't be trivial and it shouldn't be impossible. I don't think it would be a good idea to pick a goalpost based on a very flimsy assumption of the number of players participating in the arg

[hushed agate]

I get that its repetitive (I also think so), still better than just a level cap or something.

[safe cosmos]

cryo is huge wtf

[blazing steppe]

For those of you who are new to ARGs - I would encourage patience. These things sometimes don't go quick and require focus. This is my 12th game.

[unreal dirge]

Hope so. But I still think that they could've done this step better or at least shorter

[blazing steppe]

If it feels hard: remember, we're 1 week in

Lots can change.

[fallen magnet]

yeah I doubt just the cameras getting stabilized are enough for us to know how to get into orbit from like a narrative perspective

[hushed agate]

Perimeter terminals have been pushed in like an hour or two. We just need enough runners that do the same

[flint mica]

where did you get this

[astral elk]

Achievement art

[brisk lodge]

We Should Not Be Here.

[unborn bronze]

yeah, the progress bar rises fairly quickly, we just need to be coordinated

[safe cosmos]

achievement art

[blazing steppe]

That. Like if I could take a guess, each update phase is velocity based. Like we need to hit a velocity threshold within a window, and then keep hitting it.

[unborn bronze]

my vote is for the longest path - AI Uplink to West Gate

it has a precarious start but you literally get safer the closer you are to the end terminal

[fallen magnet]

or we just stick to the pair we're doing rn so we don't split our efforts when half the players inevitably don't get the memo that we decided to do a different pair first

[modern sleet]

is anyone only seeing the progress bar for biostock on the page?

ok so thats not a client side thing

potential bug as well, who knows until we see the next cycle in 2 minutes

[unborn bronze]

not enough people got the memo the last time might as well try to optimise it

just needs to be some way to do it

Reddit or mass ping

[fallen magnet]

I guess I just disagree that that would be an optimization given the splitting of efforts then :p

[blazing steppe]

I mean, we could set up a timeframe where people focus on terminal runs. That way it's compacted into a window.

[modern sleet]

oh they're back

must've been a bug or something

[blazing steppe]

Probably a bug. Makes sense, it's like 4 AM on the west coast.

[small salmon]

do we think there is a world we get this done before reset and unlock oujtpost terms today?

[grand cave]

Did Dire Marsh get finished last night?

[drowsy grotto]

no

[grand cave]

Copycopy

[unreal dirge]

It's complicated since there are people running terminals all over the globe

[unreal dirge]

When people from EU go to sleep, people in US go to work/college/etc

[brave bobcat]

[unreal dirge]

I'm staying up until 4 am but I just don't have anything better to do right now

[leaden python]

any rook just exil at biolabs, eu svr?

[spiral gull]

I woke up this morning and camera 5 is back to nothing? What gives?

[unborn bronze]

doubt it, we’d have approx. 6h to do that, and pretty much nobody is on right now anywhere in the world

[blazing steppe]

Indeed. And we're also reaching the point of the week where people naturally play the least. But we're also assuming we fully understand the push mechanic... and we do and don't. We def have ideas on the right path tho.

[unborn bronze]

the progress bar falls every 15 minutes if not enough runs are completed

[queen valley]

No one’s doing runs rn, we’re waiting till peak hours to rush pairs

[tawny topaz]

i'm here

lemme solo it

[blazing steppe]

you will solo her?

[unborn bronze]

I think at least 1-2 terminals will get done today

[tame stream]

i was doing runs

[unborn bronze]

but not before the reset

[blazing steppe]

I'd agree with that. I feel like we could crack one.

[spiral gull]

i did biostock runs yesterday, but since i don't know when peak hours are idk when we're supposed to do them today

[blazing steppe]

I'm looking at peak right now.

[spiral gull]

plus i want to hear the other two audio logs already

[tawny topaz]

what reset are we talking abt tho?

[unborn bronze]

daily in-game reset

[queen valley]

honestly if anything just play the game normally hit a terminal pair or two if u can, if anything we get all three done during the weekend, and hopefully outpost during the weekend too

[unborn bronze]

armoury refresh etc.

[tawny topaz]

oooh what time is that

[unborn bronze]

in 6h

[earnest mica]

Maybe we have to do them in a specific order and we just got lucky last time?

[unborn bronze]

they all go up

it’s a volume thing

[queen valley]

nope there’s no order from what we’ve seen, each pair correlates to a progress bar just hit them enough and it goes up