Blizzard announcement....

Ugh_666 · 19th September 2002

Try accessing

http://www.starcraft2.com .....

Is it just a way to try to fool us or not... you decide

Pinging starcraft2.com [63.236.3.72] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 63.236.3.72: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=103
Reply from 63.236.3.72: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=103
Reply from 63.236.3.72: bytes=32 time=183ms TTL=103
Reply from 63.236.3.72: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=103
Ping statistics for 63.236.3.72:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 182ms, Maximum = 183ms, Average = 182ms
Z:\>ping www.blizzard.com
Pinging www.blizzard.com [63.236.3.72] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 63.236.3.72: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=103
Reply from 63.236.3.72: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=103
Reply from 63.236.3.72: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=103
Reply from 63.236.3.72: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=103
Ping statistics for 63.236.3.72:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 182ms, Maximum = 182ms, Average = 182ms

**2Fast14s** · 19th September 2002

All this hype... Let's just hope it isn't diablo2 exp patch

**Bhruic** · 19th September 2002

Well, the nice little countdown is enough to make me check it again in... 13:56:24

Bh

**adebisi** · 19th September 2002

damn, how i wish it would be something completely new, not from WC/SC/D world...although it's very difficult to create a new world, but blizzard can do it for sure. however i feel it will be SC2 or War3 expansion. I hope i'm wrong

**asimos** · 19th September 2002

its definetely war 3 expansion

Ugh_666 · 19th September 2002

From a buddy i got the follwing info (same guy that sent me the www.starcrafrt2.com tip...)
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Watch that clock on the blizzard site... Now and then it shows a letter...
Well, this is how it works, on certain times, like on those you see below, the time flashes blue. If you convert the seconds to the alphabetical equivalent from those exact times, what you'll get is what is below.

19:33:18 R
19:32:15 O
19:31:20 T
19:30:01 A
19:29:14 N
19:28:09 I
19:27:13 M
19:26:18 R
19:25:05 E
19:24:20 T
19:23:24 X
19:22:05 E

19:20:14 N
19:19:01 A

19:17:18 R
19:16:15 O
19:15:06 F

19:13:12 L
19:12:12 L
19:11:01 A
19:10:03 C

19:08:25 Y
19:07:04 D
19:06:15 O
19:05:02 B
19:04:05 E
19:03:13 M
19:02:15 O
19:01:19 S
"Somebody call for an exterminator."
Now, who said that? The ghost unit in StarCraft, right?

Sometimes also the following shows:

20 T
9 I

18 R
5 E
22 V
15 O

12 L
12 L
1 A

13 M
9 I

"I'm all over it."
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

**GundamGP** · 19th September 2002

kudos on noticing that, but i think your buddy has way too much time on his hands, btw i checked the blue letters and it seems that the theory works, but im sure the bliz guys are just fooling around with us. -_-

**ch40z** · 19th September 2002

LoL, let your buddy get out of his apartment and let him get a girlfriend. He has aloooot of time on his hands. Geez.

StartX · 19th September 2002

blizzard cant even think of new game.... c&c general will be better.

**kacklon** · 19th September 2002

Originally posted by StartX
blizzard cant even think of new game.... c&c general will be better.

Thank you for that brilliant post. I see you have expertise on the subject.

**gutmann** · 19th September 2002

really bizarre shit, what's the countdown on starcraft2.com for anywayz? does it means 10 hours are left to the announcement of something.
to the guy who saw those watch messages: you either must be a teenager too young to see nice ladies or an old pervert: stop looking at the screen man, and go into the real world

**Un4GivN1** · 19th September 2002

I think this is cool, and kudo's on the guy who figured out the codes...we need people like that!

**LaffBoy** · 19th September 2002

dont read too much into the starcraft2 url...

http://www.warcraft.com

Bill Roper said it wont be Starcraft2 (according to ve3d)but i wont be suprised if its a starcraft fps

**sandvic** · 19th September 2002

It will be a console game so it might be an FPS indeed

**Kaarejon** · 19th September 2002

Managed to capture some new letters:
09.10.23 = w

09.08.21 = n
09.07.11 = k

09.05.18 = r
09.04.05 = e
09.03.22 = v
09.02.05 = e
09.01.14 = n

Missed 09.09.xx, but i think it's an o

So I think I captured "Never know ........."
It wasn't anything at 08.59, 08.58 or 08.57 so I stopped looking!

I'm so exited! Hoping for Starcraft 2!

http://home.no/maddy02/starcraft.jpg <-- blue like that (18 = r)

**ch40z** · 19th September 2002

Originally posted by sandvic
It will be a console game

Nice that you got some proof...

**Mart1ntana** · 19th September 2002

well the pic looks like a person as you can clearly see a face that is covered (the mouth and nose anyway) As i really cant be arsed to do anymore work (only 30 mins to go) will keep an eye on it and see if anything slightly intreasting happens....if not i may throw a bit of paint on the wall and watch that too!

**sandvic** · 19th September 2002

The announcement will be made during a console gaming show so it WILL be a game for console systems, ppl just hope it won't be a console-only release

**wallarn** · 19th September 2002

This is currently known (to me anyway):
The counter is on www.blizzard.com, www.starcraft2.com, www.warcraft3.com and www.world-of-warcraft.com

maby it's a new fps game

5 phrases have been "decoded", all from the unit ghost from starcraft.
IM HERE
SOMEBODY CALL FOR AN EXTERMINATOR
CALL THE SHOT
IM ALL OVER IT
NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT EM

There are two ways of decoding them

1. Blue numbers at certain times, the works the wat Chronic explained.

2. Inside the source for the counter there is a "Data" Value,
this value contains the string that the counter flashes.

If you notice, the "Data" Value is simply the ASCII
characters between 0x31 and 0x4A mapped backwards onto the
alphabet.

Here's a key:

Letter: a b c d e f g h i j k l m
Second: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Data Code: J I H G F E D C B A @ ? >

Letter: n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Second: 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Data Code: = < ; : 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

The background image is being clearer for every hour, 15 so far

http://www.blizzard.com/bg48499985-01.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg78723525-02.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg57100054-03.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg41699821-04.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg90904106-05.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg91634925-07.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg73368360-08.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg15711006-09.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg17865351-10.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg91347251-11.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg66424030-12.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg25696888-13.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg37807730-14.gif
http://www.blizzard.com/bg45957800-15.gif

__________________
//wallarn

**Kaarejon** · 19th September 2002

08.28.18 = r
08.27.07 = g
08.26.0x = <-- missed
08.25.01 = a
08.24.00 =
08.23.25 = y
08.22.13 = m
08.21.00 =
08.20.04 = d
08.19.01 = a
08.18.15 = o
08.17.12 = l
08.16.18 = r
08.15.05 = e
08.14.22 = v
08.13.15 = o
08.12.00 =
08.11.15 = o
08.10.20 = t

Now it started skipping some seconds now and then, so i missed the rest