what's this? Very small link

Originally posted by Nerdling


Let the circus begin again.

Are there going to be clowns too?

This is a labyrinth. The two entrances is a little unusual tho. Labyrinths are an extremely ancient symbol. Trans-culturally, they can be associated with death (and usally rebirth), the underworld, and are sometimes put at entrances to the underworld. Hmm, guess its pretty obvious that its a labyrinth from the url.

There are two shapes in the center.

One I interpret as a bull's head, since the minotaur is asociated famously with a labyrinth. Also, animal sacrifices are also common in rituals, especially of this ancient period.

The triangle is actually a little more tricky IMO. On the one hand, a triangle with its broad base and peak could represent a heirarchy, which in itself is a representation of the mythological world with its ranks of humans demi gods gods, etc. Technically its also the letter 'delta' which is also a scientific symbol for 'change', which keys in with the labyrinth (death->rebirth) and the minotaur (a man animal combination, which is often representation of a shaman, tho I don't know if that holds true specifically for greek mythology.)

THe superpostion of the two center symbols reminds me of the information [url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/o8ty/proto-aeolic.htm]here tho. Notice also the association of the triangle/horns with entrances to a tholos (a sophisticated burial mound).
here is a link to a discussion on that information in sci.archaeologymakeashorterlink.com... with other information.

I have no idea what the deal is with the games. They look interesting, but damnit, I really would'nt want to sit around cut and pasting gibberish into a decoder program. Seems to take the fun out of it too. Also, there aren't any 'rules' or official 'prologues' to the game no? I mean, as far as I saw, and I didn't look extensively, the rings game just sort of happend, without and fanfare, as did the dr jim game. Is that how the games go? THey just start without anyone knowing? What about us dumbasses eh? Where are the games for us?

Are there going to be clowns too?

There sure is!



[edit on 22-9-2004 by Kano]

Originally posted by Kano

There sure is!

[edit on 22-9-2004 by Kano]

Ouch........ Im taking cover.

I'm surprised noone did a whois yet:

www.networksolutions.com...;jsessionid=ZJJRFNOUQN3TECWLEAMCFEQ?whoistoken=0&_requestid=310875

Interesting NAME SERVERS.

I already did the whois and it is posted on the other thread that was posted on Monday, and yes very interesting name servers.

When you post a reply, and the page waits to refresh, I'm aslo seeing a similar symbol I hadn't noticed before.

Happens real fast, definately a link. The cursor changes, but becasue the page refreshes so quickly, I haven't been able to click on it yet.

[edit on 23-9-2004 by loam]

[edit on 23-9-2004 by loam]

Errr umm has anyone taken the time to ask Simon or any of the moderators what the real deal is other than sitting here speculating?

Common sense would tell you that they're the owners and that they would be responsible for this "mysterious" link. Imagine that?!

Originally posted by rancid1
Errr umm has anyone taken the time to ask Simon or any of the moderators what the real deal is other than sitting here speculating?

Common sense would tell you that they're the owners and that they would be responsible for this "mysterious" link. Imagine that?!

No, asking them will just spoil the mysticism of the link.

The image reminds me, a little, of this:

Just viewed the WHOIS link.

We are unable to process your request at this time. Please try again later.

If you ping it, then lookup the server name of the ip, it send you to the ATS main home page......

I thought a rough translation was:
abominatio nascitur autumno
with hatred he is born in autumn

abominatio is an expression for hatred
nascitur is the phrase "he is born"
autumno (looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, must be a duck) is simply autumn
and quite obviously unus is one

but I haven't used latin in forever, so im a bit rusty.

if you ask me the center symbol looks like an eye in a triangle...

not another game.. I'm still recovering from the Rings...

The game doesn't officially kick off until October 15, but it doesn't hurt to try to get a head start. They have fixed the spelling from the original latin that was posted so that it now reads correctly. Im sure that it will turn into a link on the 15th.

ughh... another game in the midst... i realy wanna know who comes up with these things. i suppose time will only tell. let the games begin. dfh out.

Originally posted by DarkFlame
autumno (looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, must be a duck) is simply autumn


Don't know about autumn but it can mean assert/ believe/ affirm

I would say "a rough translation" would be: A sucker is born every minute!

Ive never played a game here. Looks like it might be fun.....

I translate the text either as:

An abomination to be born to rule

or

Evil born to rule

Fabulous!!! A game!!! Finally something to keep me away from my increasingly depressing life!

Hooray! I suppose a new ploy was needed to increase guest traffic/ad revenue.

Originally posted by Chris McGee
I translate the text either as:

An abomination to be born to rule

or

Evil born to rule

I reckon the game must be connected to the US elections then.