breach-protocol

[half spire]

even with her ult up? and supposing equivalent builds?

[lime spire]

the scan (unless im stupid) cant distinguish between bots and people

[true ice]

i caught up to one with a ult

[blazing robin]

Usually on Destroyer and against him someone gets wstrd before the heat really becomes an issue

[half spire]

yeah but then you know where they are

also man the V11 is the best pistol in the game

it feels so good

[unreal sedge]

You had to know before you u threw the spider lol it only aggros in like e a 5m radius

[lime spire]

i got to level 40 solo and after finally playing a few games in squads discovered that you can actually charge the v11

[blazing robin]

The mr crabs robot is just a slow and worse grenade ime

[unreal sedge]

It is a free grenade tho

[half spire]

havent used the charge all that much tbh

[lime spire]

recon is shit from a butt

[blazing robin]

Yeah it is free that's true

[half spire]

it shoots so flat and has barely any recoil

[true ice]

i have max out most of my factions to always catch up to vandal

[half spire]

that i just plink peoples heads until they are on their ass

[true ice]

even in ult

[half spire]

so super lategame you outspeed newer vandals

but i bet a maxed vandal still is faster

[blazing robin]

Charging the v11 is nice for one shotting weaker bots from around corners when you're really trying not to get hit

[half spire]

thats what the knife is for

[unreal sedge]

My main issue is her traits, revealing teammates on finisher only helps if they aren't right next to the person you just downed, which is always and the foot trails on shield break only helps if you are mindlessly pushing them, which also gets you killed

[half spire]

get crowd control

80 melee

[floral ocean]

SekGen's hungriest soldier

[half spire]

and you can just rip through bot squads

[lime spire]

you can just run mechanic kits and clear heat as soon as you overheat and keep running on destroyer

[half spire]

as charter intends

[half spire]

THOSE CLEAR HEAT?

[half spire]

[digital gate]

WHO NEEDS A KNIFE WHEN YOU HAVE

[lime spire]

yessir

and cardio kicks i think

[digital gate]

https://tenor.com/view/excalibur-gif-26991730

[half spire]

yeah yeah titan punch

every time ive ever titan punched

i always die

[digital gate]

EXCALIBAAAAAAH

[lime spire]

no one escapes one destroyer with one singular mechanic kit

[half spire]

it makes me sad i want to punch people in the face and floor them

[valid moat]

what's going on fellas

[half spire]

cardio kicks i knew

[ancient panther]

god bless recon. I love throwing my drone and having it do a circle then explode right next to me

[half spire]

probably unintended?

[unreal sedge]

Kicks aren't a full clear but they do make you generate less also

[half spire]

since it changes your agi and heat stat directly

[lime spire]

i just make a habit of scooping up one or two shit ones off the floor

[thin gorge]

@digital gate HA FOOL

[delicate shell]

the tracking is pretty butt

[half spire]

recon needs unironic wall hacks tbh

[digital gate]

https://tenor.com/view/excalibur-fool-gif-17728501845092532542

[lime spire]

pretty much anything i find that i can inject directly i immediately do so

[unreal sedge]

Lol yeah, I really wanted to main her but I'm on destroyer/thief til she gets buffs

[half spire]

make her ult shorter but give full wall hacks

that's my lock

[valid moat]

the scans are a bit more balanced though id say

[thin gorge]

@lime spire yeah thats my daily motto!

[tidal sundial]

did people with DAC Level 4 get the burger reward for the 2025 ARG? Curious

[valid moat]

but I agree I thik she can be buffed

[unreal sedge]

At the very least it should ping them instead of the diamonds so you can see if they are bots

[valid moat]

Yeah, that'd be nice

[spiral palm]

Do you just need to connect your Discord to Bungie for the DAC awards?

[lime spire]

recon is shit from a butt the scan is straight buns and the spider spends half its life killing itself spinning

[half spire]

i mean drone plus claymore is basically a guarunteed kill if you catch someone unaware

[ancient panther]

I love recon but im pretty bummed i cant get her mastery skin because killing 3 people in only one scan is just so situational. Unless it counts your teammates kills

[digital gate]

https://tenor.com/view/holy-grail-catapult-cow-moo-gif-14130531

[half spire]

destroyers ult is also nuts

[unreal sedge]

I don't believe it does

[half spire]

i play a lot of dota though so id rather have everyone more broken than neutered tbh

[lime spire]

it is but cooldown is fkn huge

[tidal sundial]

did anyone with DAC Level 3 or 4 get the rewards for the first ARG?

[half spire]

the humble energy amp:

[unreal sedge]

Yeah s&d is strong, especially with cores

[candid crystal]

Just goto maintenance every time on dire marsh or outpost lol

[lime spire]

you could still get two of most other ults in before destroyer gets one

[valid moat]

Yeah I think that should be adjusted though, just make it so the drone wont move or something

[half spire]

plus it lasts for goddamn ever if you get it buffed

with that one core

[unreal sedge]

The one that refreshes on kill? Yeah

[acoustic shard]

Every MIDA contract:

[half spire]

i mostly find myself using it for pve tbh

[unreal sedge]

That plus the one that makes each rocket hit harder shreds

[half spire]

i can clear secure containers or pinwheel groups instantly

[ancient panther]

yeah but it still requires you to get 3 seperate people close enough to take out in a limited time window. In solo you have to get entire separate groups and on fill you have to worry about your team killing anyone. Its a bit annoying

[half spire]

honestly the fact that they move lock is crazy

[candid crystal]

Don't play solo tbh

[unreal sedge]

And loc through smoke

[limber lantern]

WHO THE FUCK BRINGS A THERMAL LONGSHOT INTO OUTPOST!?!?!?!

[lime spire]

to be fair though, you have to be stood in relative open for the rockets to not just collide with whatever covers in front of you

[agile bluff]

😂 WHAT?

[candid crystal]

There's a recon implant that gives more pings when u get more kills with ult

[tidal sundial]

Do you all think there are more contracts coming this weekend?

[candid crystal]

Can help u. Alot more

[ancient panther]

oh interesting, i havent found that yet. Is it blue or higher rarity?

[agile bluff]

I had a team third party my team on outpost and the third party team had the Marathon C.05 key - THAT was wild like why third party

I'm still riding that high haha

[half spire]

i feel like they made that one specifically to get the one mastery done lol

[candid crystal]

I have a schema for it it's a purple implant tho I don't play recon if I ever play with u I'll drop it every time lmao

[limber lantern]

A FUCKING RECON KILLED ME THROUGH MY SMOKE IN FUCKING FLIGHT CONTROLL WITH A THERMAL LONGSHOT

[half spire]

lmao

[lime spire]

which colour is c.05? i have yellow and purple so far collecting the infinity stones for cryo rn

[agile bluff]

😂 That's awesome - in like a really dumb way

[agile bluff]

Yellow

[upbeat niche]

sometimes you just feeling confident af just to get stomped in

[ancient panther]

flew too close to the sun

[agile bluff]

👆 I guess - we also thought maybe they didn't know what it was?

tbf none of us kinda know what they are yet

[candid crystal]

Sometimes u feel confident enough to kill 3 teams but get third partied by a 4th

[limber lantern]

he never used it untill i brought out my smoke

[upbeat niche]

nahh yellow is yellow no matter what they know fs

[limber lantern]

so i thought he just had 2 ARs

[agile bluff]

🤦‍♂️

That's actually good play

[half spire]

that guy clearly had one raid where he got jumped by an assassin with smoke lmao

[agile bluff]

True

[agile bluff]

😂

[upbeat niche]

i literally havent seen one yellow yet in over 24 hours of playtime

[agile bluff]

Bungie please let react thanks

[remote furnace]

i get jumpscared so goddamn much in this game

[limber lantern]

a thief tried back stabing me before ts happened and gave me 2 free master keys

[quartz creek]

anyone notice there new audio file now?

[agile bluff]

The .wav? - if it's the same one we got 3 contract codes out of it

[shell lodge]

i had one earlier who tried to invis shotgun me but somehow missed the 2nd shot

[candid crystal]

60 hours my only gold is a hbr attachment I haven't found one hbr

[agile bluff]

It's actually a very fun infosec challenge to find the codes in that .wav if you want to try it

[limber lantern]

the shotguns are so stupid dude

[shell lodge]

they counter people who rat with knives

[upbeat niche]

these fools with full gold loadouts got me pissed off fr

[candid crystal]

Ngl I actually shit on people who have shotguns with my knife lmaoo

[candid crystal]

Agreed

If I don't have a shotgun on me and they do I run at them w my knife

They panic a lot do the times

[limber lantern]

my only gold is a cryo archive key

[candid crystal]

Lmaoo

[half spire]

one assassin tried to jump me while hitting the drone elevator

i just turned around and headstabbed him lmao

[ancient panther]

i feel like a lot of people commit to the reload on the shotgun when they should swap to a secondary or knife and it gets them killed

[upbeat niche]

folk talk about doing events to get better stuff like whenn does the better stuff drop istg

[maiden gazelle]

no one ever expects to lose a third party

[limber lantern]

but like who the fuck brings a sniper into outpost 😭

[candid crystal]

Yeah it's so true but also Arachne upgrades for that melee DMG lnao

I also had melee implants

[ancient panther]

yessss i love that upgrade

[candid crystal]

I am a triage main but I play like an assassin lmaoo

[lime spire]

not enough people understand that running at someone full blast with a destroyer shield and then just stabbing them is the optimal way to play

[sly hatch]

People camping exfils waiting to dome people who looted the pinwheel

[candid crystal]

I had an implant that made melee grant shields and I felt invincible

[maiden gazelle]

rip my 6k longshot ill never forget you

[fickle swallow]

ypooo

[open shoal]

Whats the deal with nucaloric food am I right

[maiden gazelle]

stolen from me in orientation

[fickle swallow]

yeah my fault its mine now

[limber lantern]

i have a purple worth 12

[ancient panther]

i love the shield i feel like it turns peoples brains off when they see it

[limber lantern]

i refuse to touch my purples

[copper shell]

Bro got meme’d

[quartz creek]

what do i need to do for the contracts?

[crisp palm]

Me

[vernal charm]

I see shield, I throw emp. It’s simple math.

[lime spire]

just wait till youre fighting down a corridor and you see a destroyer throw shield on and push with thruster peoples souls leave their bodies

[distant silo]

sometimes shotgun easily kill you and other times you just tank that shit for no reason lol

[candid crystal]

Same I only used greens till I stocked blues now I'm only using blues till I stock purples lmao

[agile bluff]

If you want to figure it out, the contracts are in #1354446976242028658 otherwise someone can send them or something - i'm AFK right now

[candid crystal]

Yeah it's so true it is 50/50 at times

[limber lantern]

me when 5 smoke grandes and assassin:

[nova nimbus]

🥳

[safe cosmos]

if this is ab uesc, shields have a weak spot

[sick stream]

Hey did anything happen after the arrow puzzle was solved? I know an audio file and a youtube video were received and some index entries were unlocked, did anything else happen?

[tidal sundial]

did anyone with DAC 4 receive all rewards for previous ARG?

[vernal charm]

Nah, talking about destroyer

[agile bluff]

#1354446976242028658

[lime spire]

the humble search and destroy that sees all

[safe cosmos]

oh lmao yeah. But tbh anybody on destroyer shouldnt be using it like a barrier, it should be used to give a free push or reposition

[sick stream]

what the heck are these, do I need to do anything to accept or just do we all do em individually or together or

[safe cosmos]

and i dont think emp disable heat abilities

destroyer is miscontrued as a tank but hes really a peacekeeper

i think sentinel will be a tank

[lime spire]

i am most definitely not keeping the peace i am shitting up the gaff

[safe cosmos]

peacekeepers are just riot guards with a better name

[lime spire]

there is nothing peaceful about sending a heat seeking missile salvo directly onto your post code

[surreal plover]

i have a dog

[safe cosmos]

hell yeah

[lime spire]

hell yeah

[pure prairie]

hell yeah

[surreal plover]

hell yeah

[hazy tartan]

😋

[formal cosmos]

I’ve got a tick for you to milk, heh heh

[pure prairie]

I play destroyer like a line backer. Push into your face and shotgun go blam

[lime spire]

its fun to play him like a fucking home invader chasing people through buildings

yet again i refer to this man

[tidal sundial]

how long is the leaderboard now? Curious what people are getting a few hours after the contracts were completed

[pure prairie]

Nothing strikes fear in a voids heart like locus sprinting at them with shield up.

[cyan shoal]

do we know if the bot is still sending codes for the emblem sticker and bg?

[minor gyro]

+1 i want to drink the burger too :(

[nimble hill]

don't miss out on Angry bunny set tomorrow too

[lament ore]

whats that for?

[nimble hill]

Twitch drop during Tau Ceti Cup streams

[lament ore]

Oooo! Thank you!

[tidal sundial]

we need cow combo for the contracts this weekend

[sacred lake]

oh, is this for linking your twitch and bungie account? or smtn like that?

[faint shoal]

What is your DAC?

[formal cosmos]

2hu

Who do u think the bnnuy is

[snow narwhal]

/contract yea

[tidal sundial]

level 5, hopefully grasping 6

[lean cipher]

/contract

[leaden aurora]

You can view your DAC in #leaderboard click DAC

don't share it, download and use on cryoarchive.systems

[thin plank]

bruh i did all 5 contracts but the leaderboard says 3 sad

[faint thicket]

Guys think I’m cooked, messed with monitors setting and now look at color difference Between the two of em

[abstract parcel]

so how does one acc complete these dc contracts

[sour pilot]

ive done all the dac contracts, but theres no link to my bungie from my discord... are there rewards?

[digital gate]

Hey did the launch animation always mention training

[lean grove]

Has the new voiceline from Index been discussed?

[digital gate]

Ah hell I crashed

[abstract parcel]

how do you complete them, through the website?

[maiden gazelle]

ive noticed it does say ETA: 3.15. i know it probably WILL be on the 15th but i wonder if theres a chance next step drops before then

[sour pilot]

ive been putting the codes in contracts

but i dont see how to get rewards from this

[digital gate]

I thiiink we can link our discords with Bungie.net

[white copper]

what are DAC contracts

[abstract parcel]

#1354446976242028658

[sour pilot]

i dont see a discord linking in bungie settings

[white copper]

huh

[abstract parcel]

putting the codes where?

[white copper]

so we have to figure this out on our own?

[digital gate]

I must be thinking of something else then 🤔

[white copper]

its like individualized contracts?

also how'd we solve the biostock?

[digital gate]

Trial and error, which hilariously happened while we were going insane and performing a demon summoning

[snow narwhal]

what do we have to do for that? if you know

[digital gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1111053029395939329/1481841123415818420/ami31p.gif

[abstract parcel]

just watch twitch streams lol

[forest warren]

Twitch drops iirc

[pallid snow]

What's the latest

[lone kernel]

hey did anyone figure out/say what the Code Hunter solution came from?

[snow narwhal]

ooh ok i though id have to do some discord things lol

[viscid lily]

It’s based on your discord alone

[heady blaze]

Needed with the white rabbit thief

[fringe wharf]

We all got ours linked Bungie just hates your ass

[viscid lily]

You’ll get dmed redeemable codes if you earn anything in the future

[sour pilot]

ohhh

[weary robin]

Which contract are we still solving?

[lone kernel]

they were all found

but someone found the Code hunter code and the explanation for where it came from never came up

[weary robin]

Ah I missed the 5th I guess

[viscid lily]

That’s how bungie issues rewards

[snow narwhal]

thanks for the code

ez

[lone kernel]

brb redeeming a dark red bar as the code

[snow narwhal]

once i learn to unblur that your cooked bro

[tired roost]

How did you earn this?

[proud bobcat]

I don't get nothing cause I aint no smarty arg nerd

[viscid lily]

How do i do the contract?

[quaint stump]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-rook-epic-bird-totally-not-raven-or-crow-rook-is-best-bird-black-bird-gif-27458933

[lone kernel]

two ways, either type /contract and the relevant code, or go to #leaderboard , click the contract button, and paste the code. there's a 2-minute timer for code entry

[candid mantle]

I assume they've been solved already

[viscid lily]

And code is?

[lone kernel]

yea but you should still be able to submit for reduced DAC XP

Deviation:
1fbe8bc6-3d4a-44bf-9c44-e73a8ee93fde
Cryo check:
ce9c3a90-59af-46f3-8c60-9fd27dc0c565
Loud and Clear:
d78a2828-df9f-4de9-9550-523b7d914663
Code Hunter:
2aa1a739-bd20-4fe4-a97d-3f5858a7c0c9
Paper Work:
0d91399f-2e55-42dc-b8a9-b8952b0dde5a

[cunning oyster]

Dont bash me pls. I think this is all super dope, and spotted this and dont believe ive seen this before, does anyone think this is important?

[solid tree]

Where are these contract codes? I dont get it

[lone kernel]

oh hell yeah the geometric graffiti

the 5 codes i pasted above

[shadow hound]

Finally reached DAC 5

[lone kernel]

so in #1354446976242028658, there are the five listed contracts right now, and the answers were hidden among files and links in the cryosystems page (unless Code Hunter was somewhere else because idk where that's from)

[sour pilot]

i wonder what happens if you try to make this in steerage?

[fair thistle]

code hunter was in the index audio file

specifically in the filename

it's in base64, you decode it to hex then run a repeating-key XOR cipher with the key chaos

[lone kernel]

woah

[sullen pecan]

there are links in the cryosystems page? it all just looks like cameras to me

[cunning oyster]

where would you start?

[lone kernel]

the 'index' page has some files and whatnot

[white copper]

is there a way to get to dac level five if the xp is reduced now?

[abstract parcel]

you can click on the ones that were recently stabilised through the terminals

[sour pilot]

with one vertex i guess, looks kinda of hard to pull off imo

[tribal cave]

looks like a detailed instruction manual on how to set up OpenClaw

[shadow hound]

I just hit 5- but I've done pretty much all the previous contracts except like... the "post 10 videos" ones kr whatever in the server slam lmao

[cunning oyster]

noice

[sullen pecan]

ah lol yeah I wanted to try and help figure this stuff out but people are way smarter and faster than me lol

[white copper]

also how do people solve this stuff -- how do y'all know so much about different codes and ciphers?

[unkempt spear]

Experience

[abstract parcel]

idk man this stuff is too confusing for me

[unkempt spear]

The more you are into cyphet stuff - the more you start seeing

[sour pilot]

i havent helped at all, but we all have different backgrounds, i have phd in physics

[fair thistle]

previous ARG experience, also some people are naturally more comfortable with cryptography and stuff like that if they come from a computer science background

[white copper]

Where did you start getting into this stuff

[sullen pecan]

zamn whats ur research on?

[oak venture]

Honestly reduced stuff sucks given that people like, sleep

[sour pilot]

material phys mainly

[unkempt spear]

Actually, I can recommend "The black watchman" game. It is singleplayer ARG game. A great start, imo

[sullen pecan]

u do any like gel work?

[woven pewter]

pattern recognition is a unique skill that not everyone acquires, even good engineers don't always get it

[sour pilot]

no

[old dune]

the kabbalah? in my marathon? more likely than you think

[abstract parcel]

feel like ARG enjoyers would like tunic lol

[sullen pecan]

thats like the only material physics I know lol im just a computer guy

[fair solstice]

Like building materials or like dielectrics and stuff

[unkempt spear]

Well, yes, but anyways it is a skill. As any other skill, it can be developed from 0

[sour pilot]

like synthesis and characterization etc

[snow narwhal]

lol

[tribal cave]

highkey yea

[lone kernel]

oh it might not work in this channel, hmm

it shows up in #new-noise at least

[tribal cave]

i feel like i put in the effort, but, like, i have a job and arguably a life

arguably lol

[sullen pecan]

"Claude solve this ARG, make no mistakes"

[white copper]

merci

[finite flax]

Yeah you are right, I see the slash command come up with how to use it in new noise, but here nada

[lone kernel]

someone teach NULL how to read in here

[abstract parcel]

yeah I was able to play through it mostly without looking stuff up but like the final puzzle and some of the secret shit is like bro no fucking way 😭

[latent flicker]

Lots of ARGs plus field of work

[sullen pecan]

u a cryptographer???

[viscid lily]

We stil on the arrows or where we at now?

[tribal cave]

will admit i started to try to reverse-engineer the alphabet instead of doing it "properly" in tunic

[finite flax]

interestingly you can use /leaderboard to see your position in new noise too. It tells me i have only done 3 contracts so i think there is a delay

[tribal cave]

it was pretty easy for me to make the biostock autotester because i'm a swe who has worked with distributed systems a lot

[abstract parcel]

you talking about trunic, yh no i never even bothered trying to learn it, just followed the imagery and inferred stuff as much as i could

[tribal cave]

yes

[sullen pecan]

swe in this market crazy bro is livving the dream

cant even get a co-op 🙁

[cunning oyster]

what does leveling my DAC do?

[abstract parcel]

there was a page in the manual which allowed you to translate trunic to english but yh no 😭

[tribal cave]

i thought that was tied to the ||golden statues and the secret pedestal room||

[abstract parcel]

nahh that was a separate thing

[upbeat hamlet]

what r THEESE

[tribal cave]

2018 grad... it felt rocky but i didn't know how good i had it

[abstract parcel]

bit behind bud 😭

[severe lark]

Are the #1354446976242028658 different from the other 3 that we found on cryo archive or are they the same?

[tribal cave]

_<

[sullen pecan]

I will continue to be hopeful tho cause I like computers

[woven pewter]

The electricity that runs computers is even more facinating

[half spire]

AAA I TOUCHED A MARATHON KEY AND DIED

IT WAS RIGHT THERE!

[ashen summit]

what are the contracts for

[tribal cave]

did get a FTE offer in... march 2020. it kinda vanished. i was salty

[abstract parcel]

||this was used to discover a hidden website, not sure if you've seen it||

[ashen summit]

and WHERE
\

[sullen pecan]

wrong

[small rune]

Where in the world is this?

[woven pewter]

that's an opinion, which can't be wrong

[abstract parcel]

srry talking about something else ignore us lmao

[tidal sundial]

For rewards like emblems, stickers, or backgrounds

[tribal cave]

it's in, like, a cave. in TUNIC.

[small rune]

Ohhhh okay I gotcha

[sullen pecan]

it can be (im joking)

[digital gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1191837434749653063.gif?size=64&quality=lossless

[woven pewter]

lack of reacts here isn't helping xD

[mellow hull]

my notebook form when i played tunic look like the ravings of a madman

[tribal cave]

big same

[abstract parcel]

LOL

[mellow hull]

its such a good game tho

[abstract parcel]

yeah no i had fucking arrows all over the pages

[abstract parcel]

fs bro actual masterpiece

[mellow hull]

i can recommend VOID STRANGER if you like that sort of thing

game gets meta is all i will say

[tribal cave]

i'm typing on a ZeroRanger themed keyboard rn lol

[mellow hull]

nice

[faint shoal]

is cryo check in biostock?

[abstract parcel]

looks pretty cool but i think part of the whole tunic thing for me was also the fact i loved the art style and aesthetic

[digital gate]

Omikron: The Nomad Soul is a super meta game if you can stomach dated FPS and 2d fighter controls

[mellow hull]

aw i love the gameboy aethetic

[abstract parcel]

yo wtf, cool as shit

[sullen pecan]

what in the fuck is that hand thing that looks awesome

[tribal cave]

azeron cyborg II

[digital gate]

The claaaaaaw

[white copper]

how was the paper work contract solved?

[digital gate]

https://tenor.com/view/the-claw-toy-story-gif-5108112

[abstract parcel]

is that your bionic hand

[quiet skiff]

I see ads for that claw everywhere. How do you feel about it?

[proper coral]

/dac

[tribal cave]

i got it because i'm a weird devices freak and i figured it would be cool to try it out. i ended up still using it every day. it's very good

like i was anticipating dropping it for whatever reason and i haven't

[abstract parcel]

#leaderboard

[proven shore]

so whats going on with the contracts?

[quiet skiff]

I've been using a hori TA Controller from FF14 for awhile and most everything else. Been intrigued by the azeron so nice to know.

[tribal cave]

i'm also a mouse freak too now

[flat ledge]

[unreal sedge]

I need to get into making custom keypads, I want to reproduce a wolf claw I used to have

[tidal sundial]

That do you all think the next step will be once we hit the time on the 15th?

[tribal cave]

https://github.com/JesusFreke/lalboard might be a good start?

[mellow hull]

so like how do we do these contracts tho. ive never done one on discord before

[unreal sedge]

Possibly, I'll take a look thanks.

[abstract parcel]

go to #leaderboard hit the contract button and insert the code which has to be figured out by looking at the contracts and decrypting them basically

[mellow hull]

do you just message the contract channel your answers or what

[tribal cave]

hit the button and a modal pops up

[proud bobcat]

This room holds the key boys

[abstract parcel]

^^^

[unreal sedge]

Those look very azeron esque but the overall design could probably be changed more easily than the software

[latent flicker]

Cryptography adjacent. I do tech research and digital rights work, internet safety/security/comms

[proud bobcat]

this fan

[latent flicker]

used to teach a certified ethical hacking course

[sullen pecan]

cool, i wanna get into cybersecurity and ehtical hacking

[surreal plover]

I have a dog

[tacit kettle]

anyone have the arg doc?

[abstract parcel]

i want to get into unethical hacking

[latent flicker]

it's a dope field. a lot of fun

[pseudo lodge]

I want to get into real hacking

Like with an axe

[latent flicker]

very low barrier to entry, luckily

[pseudo lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-gif-14922675818058709477

[abstract parcel]

🔥

[coarse basin]

When we unlocking next arg steppp?

[open shoal]

gg you found cryo

[abstract parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/hacker-pc-meme-matrix-codes-gif-16730883

[open shoal]

arg over

[distant turret]

Fez is a great one as well

[abstract parcel]

meme reboot

[tribal cave]

it's just very poorly compensated

[acoustic shard]

https://klipy.com/gifs/thumbs-up-manly

[abstract parcel]

cheers will wishlist it

[latent flicker]

on the contrary, it's actually quite lucrative. especially in the era of crypto wallets

[white grove]

Yo whats this about

[tribal cave]

it's "lucrative" until you end up imprisoned

[abstract parcel]

oh i mean i was kinda joking but is that acc a field of work 😭

[cunning oyster]

I used to be in college majoring in cybersecurity but life events derailed that and have been seeking away back to it

[latent flicker]

exactly yes

[abstract parcel]

for when the first marathon map comes out

[brisk hearth]

chat

are we fuel ?

[sharp willow]

No blood is fuel

[white grove]

Oh sick, thank you! Wasnt sure if it was for the ARG and I needed to do somethin to help out

[abstract parcel]

runnah, you must go and smash all of your neighbours windows

NOW

[agile ravine]

@abstract parcel On it

[cunning oyster]

Marathon twitter confirmed to be arachne and craves skin btw

[latent flicker]

with that said you can sell a zero-day exploit to three different government agencies in one central european nation for six figures each time. nothing illegal about it, probably. just gotta find it

[abstract parcel]

atta boy

[west lion]

Might be my best run. 41k

[brisk hearth]

currently in the police car, they didn't notice I have a phone

[abstract parcel]

yh nws man, hang onto it think those are pretty rare

[echo minnow]

hell is full

[tribal cave]

kind of wild when you consider how much e.g. a navy admiral makes

[abstract parcel]

mankind is dead

[safe cosmos]

and I'm hungry

[abstract parcel]

LOL

[agile ravine]

Where are we at on the ARG. Been MIA today

[brisk hearth]

suddenly ultrakill?

[abstract parcel]

i think you need to join arachne for that

[white grove]

Nice! Got it from killing a prestige uesc on Outpost

[safe cosmos]

I prefer money over skin sorry

[tribal cave]

waiting until sunday; there's keys you can send to level up your DAC

[echo minnow]

It's always good to remember good games

[safe cosmos]

https://tenor.com/view/money-cat-gif-24743516

[tidal sundial]

Did you also get the background? I think emblem and background were for server slam contracts and sticker was for 2025 ARG

[abstract parcel]

good shit bro

[sharp willow]

https://tenor.com/view/patrickonfire-gif-25701974

[agile ravine]

@tribal cave Roger that

[abstract parcel]

take a look at this upcoming game called CICADAMATA it's sick af, ik ultrakill enjoyers will like it

[viscid hawk]

So is the puzzle on hold? Or has anyone found out what to do next?

[echo minnow]

Loved the trailer, this goes directly to the wishlist

[abstract parcel]

art style and interface is acc like nothing ive ever seen

[cunning oyster]

What does leveling the DAC do and how do I do it, is there anything aside entering those codes?

[echo minnow]

actually the plain 3D materials with pixelated textures are similar to marathon in a way

runners textures for example

[abstract parcel]

you also infil and exfil lolll

[small trench]

i hvae no clue

[latent flicker]

It really is

[abstract parcel]

and yhh this is proof that simplicity can be better than complexity at times

[echo minnow]

ofc, simple but well directed art >>>> super complex hyperrealism

[hybrid scarab]

Any insight on how to complete the new contracts?

[abstract parcel]

but i don't wanna learn how to hack legally 😔

[latent flicker]

Hahaha

It's a lot easier to get caught now

CTFs are a blast though

OSINT events are my favs

[abstract parcel]

start out in the deep end and you won't ever have to explore the shallow end

😇

[latent flicker]

Feels like it's more about being creative than it is knowing what version of ssh is vulnerable to what exploit

[abstract parcel]

alr yh gonna be real i have absolutely no idea what a CTF is

[latent flicker]

True

[abstract parcel]

oh sick

[tribal cave]

or just for the nerd cred

[abstract parcel]

sounds fun if yk what you're doing

[sullen pecan]

if they have anything like hackathon atmosphere u dont even need to know what u doing lol

[tribal cave]

i think reverse engineering/binary analysis ones are fun

e.g. MIT bomblab is pretty fun

[graceful junco]

yep got background too, but not sticker

[tribal cave]

lmao i was wondering if anybody was gonna grief my autotester box. fortunately i don't think anybody bothered

[sullen pecan]

can any of reccommend any cryptography/cyber security/ethical hacking resources?

[tribal cave]

you can program, yeah?

[abstract parcel]

yh but im sure you need some level of understanding to be a part of that kinda thing

[sullen pecan]

i mean theoretically my ability to program tho is perhaps meh

[neon belfry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1202246498461687848/1463037037434241157/ezgif-6e8cce8f61c8be75.gif

[sullen pecan]

i have won a hackathon tho so 🤷‍♂️

[neon belfry]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT

DID YOU ALL SEE THAT

[abstract parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-skeleton-eyes-scared-halloween-gif-10131166488896845092

[neon belfry]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT

[abstract parcel]

lots

[pale timber]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/HBkUXyMXAAEevq-.gif

[abstract parcel]

looks about right for mewgenics

[neon belfry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/800829709244039178/1473447501708263632/430A1DF6-7376-41A0-86E9-8A22B760DE87.gif

[pale timber]

lost to boris twice already, while my friends that played defeated them first try

[tribal cave]

hmmm, sad to see that microcorruption is down...

[pale timber]

im so bad at it ;0;

[abstract parcel]

haven't played it myself but it did look pretty difficult so don't be hard on yourself lol

[half spire]

anyone elses game crash

[gleaming marlin]

/contract

[abstract parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-arachne-skin-them-skinning-killing-gif-14335416124860972024

[neon belfry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1480043609079287838/1482139717704220827/marathon-dance.gif

[tidal sundial]

That’s my intuition… the sticker was for 2025 (or pre server slam contracts)

[gleaming marlin]

how do you do these contracts in the contracts channel/ level up my doc?

[half spire]

oh my god were you just playing outpost and killed 1x destroyer and 1x triage

[runic pagoda]

https://x.com/marathoncodec/status/2032592543087530244?s=46

Marathon Codec (@MarathonCodec)

5 NEW Contracts have appeared in the main Discord! #Marathon

Will keep you updated on how to solve them in the comments. 👇

X · Mar 13, 2026, 11:00 PM

[gleaming marlin]

Thanks!

[runic pagoda]

Oc

[abstract parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-arachne-bungie-marathongame-gif-10024835816059380885

[latent flicker]

I do more policy/comms/research these days. Former Mozillian, was at ISOC before that (parent org of the IETF). But still in the field. Less actual hacking, more research about ways to keep people safe from governments/stalkers/big tech

[pale timber]

could I get the link to the arg archive doc?

[tribal cave]

ah cool. i know maybe one or two people caught in the layoffs a few years back, you?

they lost some mighty good engineers that day...

[latent flicker]

Thx! Kind of fell into it and just kept following the interesting bits

At Mozilla you mean? Yeah my whole dept was cut

Loved it there though, nothing but good things to say about it

[tribal cave]

yeah. I know a fella named Marshall who was cut; funny guy

iirc was cut

he didn't seem to mind that much. just that kind of temperament

[latent flicker]

I don't think I know em but yeah, in my experience mostly everyone working there is a true believer and was just happy they got to contribute

[tribal cave]

he was, like, mostly just annoyed by cold headhunter emails 😆

[latent flicker]

Hahaha. I think Facebook recruiters have half of the org on speed dial

[tribal cave]

good to hear there's still some goodwill around; most of what i hear from the extended sort of passionate users lately has been salt

[worn hemlock]

How do you see how many cotracts you've done?

[white grove]

YES AS THIEF!?

[latent flicker]

Yeah that's the struggle with Mozilla. You can never be pure enough for the purists and you're always going to be too radical for the tech bros

[half spire]

oh my god

[neon belfry]

NO WAY

[tribal cave]

and gotta run a business at the same time... clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right 😆

[half spire]

im gonna kill you (ingame)

[tribal cave]

can't say i envy their execs

[white grove]

Thats so crazy

[copper drum]

What did tech company #1279 do this time

[stiff hawk]

something with AI, I assume
or is it the privacy thing?

[latent flicker]

Totally. And when you try to figure out a way to make money without relying on search, everyone yells 'just make the browser!!' We're still making it, Terry!

[white grove]

I swapped my entire kit for what the destroyer had

[tribal cave]

😆

[severe dune]

how new are these index entries? theres also an audio file from durandal

[copper drum]

The privacy thing isnt even that awful ngl, they still have one of the most private browsers on market

[latent flicker]

Oh it's just the general kind of response we got when we did anything new at the org that makes Firefox. A lot of haters

[copper drum]

I'm sure everybody had really reasonable responses this

[tribal cave]

love how we essentially have two desktop applications left in the world: chromium and firefox

[cunning oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/arachne-marathon-gif-8409068059429029969

[tribal cave]

half of y'all are using google chrome as a terminal probably

[copper drum]

powershell is a react app iirc

[tribal cave]

it's pretty silly

[pastel harbor]

3 days old

[latent flicker]

it is mega silly. but on the other hand, i think people get so twitchy in part because they expect firefox to live up to a higher standard, which is great. in theory

[copper drum]

I'm making my first ever application rn actually

[tribal cave]

gratz!

[copper drum]

Raw Java coding

Yummy yummy java

[latent flicker]

the cheese is really sliding off the cracker at microsoft lately i gotta say

[copper drum]

Monster Hunter Wilds armor set tool

[queen kraken]

are we likely timegated?

like whats the goal rn

[woven pewter]

Phil Spencer leaves and they seemingly fire his successor and promote the head of AI to Xbox, so yeah, cheese is sliding

[latent flicker]

rn we are waiting for 3.15 with occasional discord contract mini puzzles

[copper drum]

All java for it, mostly because its what I know the most about

[latent flicker]

you should read the statement she put out. she specifically says games should take risks, should made by people, shouldn't chase short term cash trends, and she hates ai slop

[woven pewter]

I did read it

I wasn't impressed

[copper drum]

We're still on year like 5 of the windows menu being a native react app that chugs RAM like a mf

[lone kernel]

those three, along with 0566 (new video) and 0560 (another timestamped exerpt like that) were added last night after Biostock was solved

[tribal cave]

i did a tour as a v- 2019-2021 and my feelings then were... warmly mixed? i doubt i'd be happy there as FTE today

[woven pewter]

sounds exactly like something a puppet would say that was put into that role

[hard zenith]

They also updated their TOS and ppl thought they’d start selling their data

[latent flicker]

a puppet.... by who? can't impress everyone i guess. but what she's saying is what game devs have been asking execs to say for years

[latent flicker]

yeah that was brutal to try to explain

[copper drum]

Floob is less optimal on ZertOS tho

[woven pewter]

I'm waiting for action, words are cheap

[tribal cave]

"waiting for action" implies withholding your judgment 😆

[latent flicker]

sure. but then can i advise actually waiting, rather than assuming she's a terrible puppet and writing her off?

[tidal sundial]

Yes

[copper drum]

Ditto. Fedora with a nice lil KDE Plasma desktop environment hasnt set me wrong yet

[tidal sundial]

Did you complete the 2026 pre server slam ARG? That may be why you are missing the sticker… trying to figure out why you don’t have it

[tribal cave]

well. in the linux world, i3 and sway are sitting there waiting for you

[copper drum]

Mostly because hitting the windows key doesnt reduce my available memory by 50 megs

Building my new PC over the summer is gonna be poop from a butt tho, I'm going all out so I dont have to rebuild for another like 6 years

64 gigs of DDR5, current gen GPU, CPU, and Mobo, all of it

[latent flicker]

RIP

i'm so glad i build my last pc right before things went insane

[upper solstice]

so, the 2000's?

[latent flicker]

hahaha

i mostly game on console so I didn't need a crazy card, but I needed a ton of ram for music making apps

got 128gb so i wouldn't have to upgrade again anytime soon

now that's a retirement savings account

[balmy fulcrum]

How does one do the contracts?

[copper drum]

I built my current one in 22

But it was so budget that the only thing I can upgrade is the amount of DDR4

[latent flicker]

23 for me

tried to make as close to an endgame digital audio workstation as i could (for my particular needs). it would cost so much more today than it did then

[vocal veldt]

Nice what about the arg? Any updates or information in regards to the topic ?

[balmy fulcrum]

Yeah might wanna get a room lmao

[tribal cave]

probably nothing more until sunday

they don't want to fight for attention with their own competitive event

[vocal veldt]

Hell yeah the predetermined release date? Was thinking maybe surprise drop after the Tau Ceti cup

[tribal cave]

nah, not necessarily when the map drops

i guess maybe they'll let us sprint through the arg, but we'll have to find out

[latent flicker]

march 15-30 is the map drop window. depends what happens on the 15th and how quick we solve things is my guess

funny story, i found one of them in the wav file because i didn't know they had already found a different code via spectrograph

so i was just looking elsewhere

[balmy fulcrum]

Is there a thread for the contracts? Or is it in the docs?

[fast lava]

is it still possible to get the points from them?

[steel forum]

werent three of them all in that same wav file

[latent flicker]

yup. i found 2 but tied with someone for #2

[steel forum]

freaking crazy dude ur insnae

[pastel harbor]

guhh

[tribal cave]

yeah all the chatter is that Jairus is a heavy hitter 🙂

[true ice]

i almost killed the worlds 1# profiteer

but then lost my purple kit lmfao

[tribal cave]

protip: find ways to contribute while sleeping

[true ice]

sheesh

[latent flicker]

well thank you. i have been doing a lot of the bungie arg stuff solo over the years, the marathon one is the first one where i'm trying to build stuff that other folks can use and contribute my findings

i'm just glad it's helpful

[pastel harbor]

@steel forum ur the second denji pfp i've seen here

[formal cosmos]

‘randal on the ‘thon

[steel forum]

yes theres that other guy that talks here pretty often with the angel wings on their pfp right

[sleek seal]

dang, all this stuff seems daunting for the uninformed. I must glad there are skilled individuals that can solve these things so my dumbass can enjoy the lore

[steel forum]

ive been meaning to change my pfp to an alberto mielgo one for a while now but i kinda keep forgetting

[pastel harbor]

ummm not sure

[balmy fulcrum]

👀

[latent flicker]

honestly half the things people have gotten stuck on in this and the last arg could have been solved by anyone if they just overthought it less and tried more things out

[steel forum]

thats probbbably who ur thinking of theyre the only other denji pfp ive seen

[tribal cave]

yeaaaaaah 😆 obviously i had that same idea lol

trick people into trying things out with coordination, by making it easy

[earnest elk]

So what the sitch with the ARG, I assume the ravenous ones have picked it mostly clean to the bone by now

[tribal cave]

there'll be more on sunday!

[latent flicker]

yeah! it has been a lot of fun to build and keep up to date with whatever's going on

[balmy fulcrum]

Super handsome

[formal cosmos]

🫃🏿

[latent flicker]

well the marathon version has been fun if that's the one you mean. the d2 winnower i launched at exactly the time d2 died and is much more of a sad story

[earnest elk]

So I just punch in the spoilered stuff in pretty much?

[latent flicker]

after edge of fate. revamped it around the time of renegades to have the weapon analysis engine

[torn hare]

Glorp

[latent flicker]

super proud of it as an analysis tool but wish i had made it four years ago

[earnest elk]

Aye aye boss, ‘preciate it

Honestly I’m not too worried about being involved with the ARG cause I’ll get my White Boy YouTuber Video Analysis™ in a month or so

[hasty nest]

/export-dac

[junior lynx]

Just got baited by 3 level 99s who popped a supply drop and an exfil to lure people in and then bubble shielded and sniped us auto with all purple shields

[tribal cave]

well it might not be too late to get your name in one of them 😄

[earnest elk]

It’s just too big for my brain really, never been a hardcore tech guy, more a nature guy :p

[earnest elk]

My ass would get called out as someone who saw a fur patch on the C a t and thought it was the Secret™ and single-handedly delay the investigation by 3 weeks

[hollow plaza]

sup argers how we feeling still got the itch?

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/940128260929499137/1373854225137799290/9qly31.gif

[tribal cave]

i'm just chillin'

watching everyone go Pants On Head Mode for like 28 hours or whatever... you gotta take a break lol

[earnest elk]

I’ve been looking at the stuff for the past 10 minutes stroking my chin and acting like I understand, so really I’m an expert I. The field

[hollow plaza]

ah i see we brought an expert

[formal cosmos]

🫃🏿

[hollow plaza]

not this again

[earnest elk]

Dr. Enshittifier at your service, PhD in dumbassery with a minor in hallucinating

[hollow plaza]

Dellulu University

[maiden gazelle]

good to know we have someone as qualified as yourself driving our cause forward

[earnest elk]

Honors in professor Schizos class

[tribal cave]

i feel a little bad i didn't double-check more people's work before going to bed on wednesday... could've saved some people a lot of hours of sleep lol.

[latent flicker]

hahaha exactly. with marathon i don't know if i'll build non-arg community tools or anything, but it's nice to build something like the API tracker that is clearly helping folks solve things

[tribal cave]

well. we got there in the end

[earnest elk]

Truly my heart goes to all the small minded people doing things like ‘cipher decoding’ and ‘File searching’. Peh, don’t those simpletons know that all ARGs are solved via vibes and cocaine?

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1432527519550017668/1464073435679559732/20260122_204412.gif

[earnest elk]

Why would you horrorifiy my Totally Normal food brand

How am I gonna get liquid burgers without an existential crisis now

[west spade]

They stuff me in the NuCaloric Fridge

[safe cosmos]

man i got some arbys coupons and this reminds me imma use some today

[open shoal]

I thought the password for index was funny

[maiden gazelle]

at some point people started saying "we already tried that" to any solution that didnt sound like it was thought of by someone in a strait jacket

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1432527519550017668/1432532731052691587/sek_12_series_c.gif

[tribal cave]

in their defense, i could tell from watching the live worker results/server logs that sometimes the API for a move was silently failing

[open shoal]

Like 8 or more hours of people trying everything under the sun except rearranging the secret messages

[tribal cave]

so somebody probably did try it and one of the moves in the middle just failed and played the animation like normal

[earnest elk]

POI 1: ‘Kill me’

POI 2: ‘Later’

• Conversation between captured Sekuguichi Corporate Infiltrator and NuCaloric security officer

À la deranged German scientists of course

[maiden gazelle]

near the end people were just overlaying shit onto eachother for the fun of it and theyd swear they see a pattern and then theyd show us this

[west spade]

Spaghetti

[tribal cave]

it happened to me; i had the web console up when i typed in the final code myself, and the calls were failing. i had to wait for everyone to calm down to actually lock in the right answer

[earnest elk]

THE SAUSAGE MASON WHAT DOES IT MEAN

[safe cosmos]

we've done that like every step. we were literally getting steerage done super fast and ppl were like "buh what if you have to draw a design" ITS COORDINATES DUMBASS

[earnest elk]

Do you guys think spaghetti would taste different in subtle ways to each runner or does it taste like schlock to each of them

Wait I think I just described having taste buds by accident

[maiden gazelle]

it means filos are around

[tribal cave]

yeah

i was like

[leaden flame]

fellas what are we stuck on?

[tribal cave]

the chances somebody has the answer and we just need to farm out trying it are nearly 100%

[lunar silo]

we still waiting?

[maiden gazelle]

"yeah just draw durandals face" what are we TALKING ABOUT BRO

[tribal cave]

nothin, waiting until sunday

[acoustic shard]

i was just randomly pushing directions in the maze lol

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306389618089787454/1367674007184212118/TRAXBURG.gif

[lunar silo]

corporate propaganda dont shit talk my burgers vro

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-nucaloric-pink-sauce-cat-gif-3457824692971208355

[leaden flame]

brutal

[formal cosmos]

Tau ceti cup tomorrow then 3.15 after that that’s what we stuck on frfr

[agile ravine]

Do we need to do anything after getting the DAC after finishing contracts?

[west spade]

I yearn for another Ad war. I miss those days of this server

[safe cosmos]

"yeah only rook can do the terminals" is2g say sike rn

[tribal cave]

you don't need to do anything; live your life. also probably not

[lunar silo]

dw we'll get one soon :)

[agile ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/blink-blinking-glasses-stare-gif-23139260

[earnest elk]

Notice how my host Cyber Acme never gets slandered. Stay winning queen

[acoustic shard]

Yeah, people can't really talk shit about what they never think about, like Cisco and their phones

[safe cosmos]

lowkey forgettable is why

[dawn sun]

It's so funny to me that people get all tilted about people trying theories outside of the simple stuff on step 1.

Like people just wanted to try stuff

[maiden gazelle]

that step shouldnt have taken longer than maybe 5-6 hours because we already had everything we needed mapped out almost immediately after the index updated

[earnest elk]

Your all mad because we just keep your bankrupt asses afloat, CyAc on top forever and ever

[maiden gazelle]

but in a channel full of schizo theory crafters you get what you get

[tribal cave]

i mean hey man

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/940128260929499137/1373854225565487255/9qlxb8.gif

[tribal cave]

they seemed like they were having fun

[maiden gazelle]

our human legs could run if we still had em cough cough

[earnest elk]

To pill or not to pill, that is the Schizos conundrum

[west spade]

Ok im sleepy now bye yall

[dawn sun]

Like the hate on people for trying their crackpot theories is so odd

But whateva

[earnest elk]

Something something flesh is weak something something

[pallid snow]

What's the latest? I haven't been in here in a day or two

[earnest elk]

Don’t let the silkworms bite

[dawn sun]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1480043609079287838/1482248119432249467

[tribal cave]

we solved biostock last night; there's contracts you can turn in

[pallid snow]

Alrighty

[maiden gazelle]

nono theres a certain point where you gotta try anything and everything but thats AFTER youve made sure youve tried everything that makes sense

[tribal cave]

also we're now waiting for sunday for the next step

[maiden gazelle]

crackpot theories are half the fun of args

[tribal cave]

be sure to tune in for the competitive event tomorrow, if you want!

twitch drops!!

[earnest elk]

The ol throw it at a wall till it sticks, a special move of mine really

[earnest elk]

FREE STUFF!

[dawn sun]

I mean tbf we had tried everything that made sense. The reason we didn't find the correct solution sooner is because someone marked the correct solution as wrong initially on the bot

[sick shuttle]

why don't we just shoot a nuke into the star near tau ceti and see whats inside it?

[lunar silo]

gulp

[tribal cave]

reminding me of that Jerma video. WHO WANTS SOME FREE SHIT

[sick shuttle]

whats the worse thats inside?

[acoustic shard]

https://klipy.com/gifs/charlie-day-4

[earnest elk]

I LIKE that idea

[acoustic shard]

I got no problem with crazy theories, but when someone starts sounding like Charlie Day, imma deff point it out

[lunar silo]

🤫

[earnest elk]

Surely nothing rhyming with working catcher could be nefariously afoot?

[dawn sun]

What would you describe it as? Flaming people for trying things more out of the box? Being confused that people are trying things out of the box? I mean honest question. I would say that there was some flame in the conversation that was happening before that message on people who weren't going with the "tried and true" on every step

[sick shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-bingus-marathon-game-marathon-meme-gif-10608246881535040816

if timeline take too long, we just reset no?

[dawn sun]

I mean i get the perspective of "It's never this complicated", but let people have their fun lol

[tribal cave]

people kinda indirectly flamed me for "bruteforcing the solution," but... they were wrong and the thing i actually did worked lol

so idk

[dawn sun]

I obviously can't speak to every single person in the community, but from my interactions with people is was less that people were upset at you, and more upset that the solution wasn't found "as intended". I mean I would have preferred that someone found the solution the "proper way", tested it, and then came to the solution rather than just trying a bunch of different options

[sick shuttle]

nah imagine mr 54 is the end game boss on marathon, like how tf we killing bro, 1 held back whole invasions of the 7th dimension

[tribal cave]

i'm like maaaaaaaan. was it intended that people spend hours staring at their own screen, hammering out directions manually in a dark maze, perfectly recalling exactly what they'd tried

[dawn sun]

But like i dont have an issue with you specifically or anything, ur just the one who designed the bot

[candid crystal]

this kinda ngl

[tribal cave]

they gave us the endpoints lol. they have not been obscuring how this works

[candid crystal]

i geniunly think it woulda been found eventually but the way people were going it woulda taken a long ass time

[dawn sun]

Okay, ur right, let me rephrase. I don't understand the flame people get for wanting to try out their crazy theories. I think everyone should be able to approach the arg in their own way 🙂

[graceful junco]

nope, came in here right in the beginning of the server slam

[tribal cave]

yeah nobody has been directly rude, it's all chill

[candid crystal]

happy to hear that

[sick shuttle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1480043609079287838/1482078564668018759/api.gif

[earnest elk]

booo 2 minute contract cooldown, I have to actually socialize

gross

[latent flicker]

Honestly don't think they will

At least not the kind of API Destiny has

[candid crystal]

so guys what should I do with these

[sick shuttle]

all we have to do is cause another recon helmet scenario

[tribal cave]

i just wanted it obvious and on the record that, like, a dumb beam search through the entire possible set of paths did not find the solution. it was the actual people theorycrafting that found the path, and i made a tool to point out to them that they succeeded

[dawn sun]

I'm just more traditional in terms of how I think an ARG should be solved I think, which is just like a difference of opinion. I feel the same way about people just asking ChatGPT "Hey what's the solution to this puzzle im looking at?", but again, what am I gonna do. What I really have an issue with was the way you were intended to come to the proper solution on bungie's side, but that's a different conversation. I just don't love the "try every possible combination until something sticks". Just IMO though, not hate

[earnest elk]

consume

[candid crystal]

IM BRINGING 4 A fight and its still not running out mida quests keep giving me them

[umbral osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/peeling-peeling-face-peeling-skin-peel-face-mask-gif-12085277

Go forth, violent one. And skin

[latent flicker]

I still don't know how you were supposed to come to the idea that you should do the two chevrons first

[earnest elk]

theres gotta be a name for that right? Like im pretty sure theres 100% a fallacy or a bias or something for not believing occams razor.

[dawn sun]

Man what, I'm not gonna just ignore it lol. I think conversation like that actively disuades people from participating in the ARG, which I think as a community is the last thing anyone would want. If I have to call someone out for being rude for no reason to people who just want to help then so be it.

[torn hare]

Sell

[dawn sun]

Yah that shit is so fucking stupid

It tilts me, but whatever

[sick shuttle]

how my vaults looking after the goop i got from my last 5 runs

[fallow badge]

throw them all at a single enemy

[acoustic lynx]

i must be playing the game wrong christ

[torn hare]

Holy moly

[sly wedge]

Ayoo what were the codes for the contracts?

[umbral osprey]

donate to a rook

[latent flicker]

When everyone shared their vaults the other day I thought they are all playing a different video game than I am

[frigid canyon]

Has anyone heard this voice line ingame before? https://medal.tv/games/marathon/clips/miHUk6Beqi5urEcMs?invite=cr-MSxWZkUsMTE3NzU4OTIy

[sick shuttle]

1v3ing got me alot as a rook tbr

[earnest elk]

I disagree. Let them toil in their filth so that they may rise above the soil that births their lives

[maiden gazelle]

Deviation:
1fbe8bc6-3d4a-44bf-9c44-e73a8ee93fde
Cryo check:
ce9c3a90-59af-46f3-8c60-9fd27dc0c565
Loud and Clear:
d78a2828-df9f-4de9-9550-523b7d914663
Code Hunter:
2aa1a739-bd20-4fe4-a97d-3f5858a7c0c9
Paper Work:
0d91399f-2e55-42dc-b8a9-b8952b0dde5a

[umbral osprey]

codes here, althought i only got 750 xp from them instad of the 1,000 as shown in https://discord.com/channels/1303855380845301861/1354446976242028658

#breach-protocol message

[sick shuttle]

and i finally got a marathon key earlier from a vandal who tried to slide up on me

[sly wedge]

Thank you so much!!

[tribal cave]

i hadn't, but i haven't been playing so much, lol

[dawn sun]

Ahhh mb then, I'm stupid

[frigid canyon]

Who is speaking in the clip? It also says to converge on "clean room"

[hollow plaza]

kill rooks

[tribal cave]

don't know

[hollow plaza]

rookie numbers

[candid crystal]

FEELS like a waste they worth nothing

[latent flicker]

Nope

[acoustic lynx]

hey at least you’ve been goated in the arg not many can say that

[dawn sun]

Yah the guy who I sent the message of originally has been a prick to multiple people (including myself) multiple times throughout the event. Idk what his deal is

[candid crystal]

Ive thrown 6 at someone before maybe I should bring a purple bag and just throw like 20

[latent flicker]

Yeah man. My greatest work

[frigid canyon]

It's weird hey

[hollow plaza]

why sleep when marathon

[candid crystal]

all that and still rocking the white cores

[latent flicker]

It is absolutely extremely weird

[dawn sun]

It almost seems fake? Not calling you out, just the way it is is odd. Like with every other voice line in the game you have captions on the bottom of your screen. Do you have those turned off or something? I didn't know that was a possiblity.

[frigid canyon]

I don't use captions hey

[noble flicker]

I believe this is heard during the co-evolution 2/5 quest from SekGen after injecting the serum

[dawn sun]

Ah this would make sense

[frigid canyon]

On Diremarsh?

I'm yet to complete the sekgen quests

[dawn sun]

Oh wait i just did this quest actually. I didn't hear this voice line. Maybe a different quest

[rain void]

does anyone have that gif about getting a goth babe with that vandal skin? scrolling so much rn looking for it

lmao ty wouldve saved me a lot of scrolling

[wintry relic]

Sekgen last tier 1 contract

I think Parasitism 5/5?

[floral ocean]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1185763299267190875/1361380284007977181/edit4_terminal_small.gif

[noble flicker]

Maybe 3/5 then I'm not sure, I know it was during that quest line though

Heard it a few times since I died 😭

[wintry relic]

It's not co-evolution

[indigo patio]

So r we timegated on arg currently

[wintry relic]

Co-Evolution is T2

[dawn sun]

That's the general consensus yah

[rigid osprey]

Marathon soloQ is absolute trash

[indigo patio]

Honestly for the sake of the pacing of the game they need to release this map soon

[dense crown]

please vandal... please....

[indigo patio]

Like let us continue the arg

[dawn sun]

🤷 this is gonna be the only big content drop for months, im fine if they take a bit to release it

[wintry relic]

I think it's good they're timegating Cryo to let more people get kitted to go in

[indigo patio]

Its more than im worried about a lack of critical reviews until it comes out

Im worried its gonna mean less people wanna buy the game

[dawn sun]

Im not too worried about the reviews personally, but igwym. I'm just havin' fun with the game, who cares what other people think

[earnest elk]

OH IT KEPT ALL MY SERVER SLAM STUFF. YIPEE! was so worried id have to toil away again :p

[dense crown]

yeah absolutely

[dawn sun]

But i understand your perspective

[indigo patio]

Agreed besides outpost is an amazing map

[dawn sun]

True true

[indigo patio]

I dont

I bought the game

[tame stream]

so was the deviation in the text the letters and numbers isolated in (_)

[dawn sun]

What?

[indigo patio]

But the 'embargo' is a frequently cited excuse for hate and people not trusting the game

Ah sorry replied to wrong thing lol

[tribal cave]

well. it's nobody's responsibility to the world to conceal their opinion or to like a specific videogame i guess

[tame stream]

did we get a break down on the new contracts yet, not the codes for competion im after the steps to complettion

[indigo patio]

Iv seen it everywhere with people missunderstanding that its delaying the release of the map as a live event not because the game is unfinished

But yh twitter is cesspit

[latent flicker]

Uphill battle to use reason to try to solve problems caused by people who didn't reason their way into them

[wintry relic]

I got this absolute braindead take in my mentions the other day

"I paid for Elden Ring therefore I should be able to go against Malenia NOW"

Stupid ass take

[latent flicker]

Never seen so many people who hate a game hang out in the places people play and talk about those games. Imagine spending your life looking at something you hate on purpose

[tame stream]

at this point ive started thinking the folks spearheading the hate are promoting some other game or something because it really feels like some folks needed this game to die at launch , or they really wanted that concord 3 prophecy to come true

[tribal cave]

lmao well. my partner is an atrocity historian and i have a sort of similar hobby to this. i guess i get it in some circumstances. but this is just game. why you heff to be mad

[tame stream]

also i love bees gate kept the ENTIRE game of halo2

[indigo patio]

I think a lot of it is that people deliberately rage bait and dont even hate the game and then people who see this hop on the band wagon

[latent flicker]

Hahaha but presumably they like being a historian

[indigo patio]

Also where is all the woke game stuff coming from

Baffled

[vague gyro]

women that aren't half naked, p much.

that's it.

[tribal cave]

he's... read and heard some really awful testimony. the kinda stuff that sticks with you. it's a bit complicated

[indigo patio]

Weird anyway looking forward to more arg

[tame stream]

concord 3 prophets needed it to make their prophecy

[ember inlet]

Which is crazy because bungie has always asked game jounalists to wait for endgame content. They did the same for every expansion in Destiny and the according raids etc. Its just normal things attached to the Guide the journalists get

[tame stream]

game turned out not to be anything people thought it was

[proud wedge]

i sent it in the thread by accident

[latent flicker]

Oh yeah I understand that. I considered doing computer forensics early in my career until I spoke with a lot of pros and heard about what it did to them

[tame stream]

hold on did you shoot bingus

[proud wedge]

but i killed durandal

[west lion]

Sweet weaveworm...

[wintry relic]

Good job idiot now no one is getting Cryo. You fucking killed him

-# /s

[tribal cave]

lucky for them, if they want games that fit that bill, there's plenty to choose from

[proud wedge]

tone indicators in the big 26 </3

[candid crystal]

Just 1 version of many

[wintry relic]

How about I write however the fuck I want /nm /gen /lh /fuckyou

[west lion]

That timeline is never going back to the marathon now

[tame stream]

whats odd is that marathon symbol by durandal

[indigo patio]

Yh i just think there are too many groups that are personally invested in dissing this game you have rhe arc raiders pve roleplayers the destiny fans who are sad it isnt destiny 3 and the weird right wing people who think that the game is woke

[proud wedge]

ok lol

[candid crystal]

I agree

But we don't talk about them they just wanna rage bait

[tame stream]

nd yet we survived the launch, now its up to people to spread word of mouth, the arg helps that a lot

[candid crystal]

Ignore the ignorance

[tame stream]

i hope the terminals are left in forever for us to show new players

[candid crystal]

I think it probably won't be tbh

[shell lodge]

😭

[candid crystal]

There will be different forms of terminals I think that we will use for puzzles

[indigo patio]

Yh iv alr got a few irl mates too look into it and iv had a BUNCH of great moments in the game alr mostly from grubbing outpost like a rat

[tribal cave]

it would be cool if they stayed, you got to use them one time, and hitting all of them gave you an achievement or something

[candid crystal]

Yeah I've seen so many videos of I was wrong about marathon I tried the server slam and I enjoyed the game

[ember inlet]

Yeah true. Still hatte those Double standards. Until now noone cared about this for any Bungie release but since it fits the agenda lets use it for misinfo

[indigo patio]

My favourite is the videos with the title like "is marathon in trouble" or like what i honestly think about marathon with a vaguely negative connotation to clickbait and they just love the game

[ripe matrix]

wait till they find out basically anything to do with robots/robot adjacent stuff and consciousness transferring is almost guaranteed to draw in a huge trans fan base

[indigo patio]

Yup its atrocious

[dawn sun]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-hopon-hop-on-marathonhopon-hoponmarathon-gif-4532908531487280962

[candid crystal]

Yeah people complain for everything and just hop on the bandwagon it's just comparing stuff constantly instead of everyone being able to enjoy what they enjoy

[indigo patio]

Tbf tho this game has some weird like attraction i just lfgd with a girl who was first timing any type of shooter or extraction shooter and loving it. The game isnt so difficult its rewarding and punishing but the losses are never that bad

[tribal cave]

case in point: 🫃

[acoustic shard]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-mpreg-exfil-bungie-gif-12429932620934689026

[ripe matrix]

I absolutely love how much mpreg has cemented itself as the MIDA thing

[latent flicker]

Nothing makes a hater more furious than people enjoying themselves

[dawn sun]

I honestly thought that Sekeguchi was more Trans focused

Maybe everyone is trans...

[rancid mural]

OUuu contracts

[indigo patio]

Nah sekiguchi is for mommy issues

[acoustic shard]

I played tarkov too because my friend group did, also hated it. Nothing like getting yelled at for learning a game you dgaf about lmao

[indigo patio]

Exactly and bc of the ttk sponsored kits are never so bad you cant make a play

Like instead of becoming more op the more you play the game just gets more forgiving with more shield and like passive buffs

[ripe matrix]

I mean, the whole game kinda is in a broad sense. Shells you can transfer your consciousness into and weave precisely how you want is kind of a selling point for anyone looking for trans adjacent media or concepts. MIDA just has the mpreg meme for whatever reason on top of being anarchist and anti-corporate anti-police

[dawn sun]

Runnah, break my windows

[brittle herald]

leggooo

[dawn sun]

Holy moly haul

[indigo patio]

Damnnnn

[acoustic shard]

Just brains on harddrives picking who we wanna be for the day lol

[ripe matrix]

I break so many fucking windows in the name of our lord and saviour Gantry

[dawn sun]

What was this from?

[brittle herald]

hauler key room

[dawn sun]

Zamn

[ripe matrix]

hell yeah. exactly

[dawn sun]

What color key is that?

[acoustic shard]

Why you decapitate two recons? lol

[indigo patio]

How do you get keys generally?

[fallow badge]

shame you didn't get any prestige materials but yeah nice haul

[latent flicker]

This is how I like to approach getting dressed in the morning

[torn hare]

How

[fallow badge]

either really rarely find them, or craft the templates

[indigo patio]

Right igu

[brittle herald]

we killed the boss at overflow

[ripe matrix]

is this solo or in trios? I haven’t even seen ONE gold in solos so far

[fallow badge]

I've found like 1 key legit after about 50 hours (ground loot)

super rare

[brittle herald]

trios

[balmy quest]

I haven't been on today but has presumably Durandal always had a chance to intercept the message from ONI at the start of a game

[indigo patio]

Whats everyones fav gun

[vast echo]

bosses

[brittle herald]

i got marathon key c3 from the same ghost warden few days ago

[indigo patio]

Damn aight bro

[vast echo]

xD

[indigo patio]

Guess ill go die lol

[latent flicker]

Jesus I am definitely playing the wrong game

[indigo patio]

Thats an insane haul

[ripe matrix]

damn. I bet the loot’s weighted differently in trios and solos then

[plush swan]

Jesus.

[hollow plaza]

damm i want that many wtf my luck is so bad

[indigo patio]

I think the higher your level the better the loot right?

[ripe matrix]

I’ve been going through pinwheel constantly and clearing out the entire thing including command wing and finding nothing

[lament pendant]

wraith warden is cryo key farm

[nocturne abyss]

Gold? I haven’t even seen anything above blue in this game 😭

[lament pendant]

its insane

[indigo patio]

Level?

[ripe matrix]

26

[balmy nebula]

no lol

[robust bobcat]

Is there lore explanation for BP Vandal skin being running (pun intended) Balanceaga AD?

[brittle herald]

is there an overall stats screen i can check?

[hollow plaza]

doubt it

[balmy nebula]

if you want good loot you just need to start doing events like lockdown or pinwheel, or locked rooms/bosses

[final yacht]

Bully

[acoustic shard]

Prolly M77 or Hardline, also like the V75 though

[lament pendant]

volle

y

[indigo patio]

Well because there is a semblence of matchmaking with ppl running higher tier builds matched with similar level as far as im aware

[west lion]

I am sekiguchi best

[lament pendant]

cuz i got the dripped up volley rifle

[indigo patio]

My fav is the magnum so fun

[ripe matrix]

I’ve found hardly anything in command wing and the two master keys door. Tox warden isn’t giving me much either

[brittle herald]

ok mr hog

[hollow plaza]

okay wtf HOW?!

[latent flicker]

I need better fill matchmaking I guess

[final yacht]

Boss loot has high chance for gold guys, whereas the pinwheel has not dropped me a single gold in over 50 runs

[brittle herald]

ive only played outpost 4 times

[brittle herald]

lol

[agile ravine]

Holy shit, I was just showing my son my first purple gun lol

[vast echo]

I've not done a lockdown event

[west lion]

A bunch of solo outpost. Lockdowns, Commanders and bosses

[lament pendant]

plug

[vast echo]

just bosses and taking keys from other runners, mostly on outpost

[balmy nebula]

this honest to durandal sounds like y ou did it once or twice
Its not like golds are common lol, they are very rare
Keep on doing all of pinwheel and lockdowns and you will see golds

Also, commanders can drop gold mods for weapons

[hollow plaza]

you are getting way better runs then me

[vast echo]

dormitories often a gold boss

[latent flicker]

Solo?

[west lion]

yup. Run after run

[latent flicker]

Well shit

[final yacht]

Outpost is easy to solo, just beware the rats