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Halo Reach => Halo Reach General Discussion => Topic started by: Dunder Moose on September 15, 2010, 01:24:24

Title: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Dunder Moose on September 15, 2010, 01:24:24
Here is a thread where we can weigh in with the eggs/clues and so forth we find in the manual.  I immediately noticed the all too familiar "shotcode" on the back cover.

Also the front cover, and the first page: Welcome to Noble Team bear strikingly long barcodes.
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Apollo Doom on September 15, 2010, 01:36:16
Welcome back Dunder!  I saw your post in chat, but you'd already logged out.

I have barely begun to scratch the content in Reach, much less read the manual.   This is so exciting!
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: ColdGlider on September 15, 2010, 01:56:39
Hey!  It's Dunder!  I second the welcome back!

Yes, shotcode-similar design on the back of the game manual, which can also be seen in-game on Winter Coningency, IIRC.  The design on Halsey's Journal is somewhat similar (connected concentric rings) but not in the same format as the pseudo-shotcodes.
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: nightcrafter27 on September 15, 2010, 13:20:23
The shotcode can be seen on the gate on the left, when Carter says something about "not communicating our presence"
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Dunder Moose on September 15, 2010, 18:00:02
Thanks guys.  It's good to be back. :)

Does anyone have a barcode reader?
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Apollo Doom on September 15, 2010, 18:59:17
I have an app on my phone that reads barcodes.
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Imppa on September 15, 2010, 19:33:59
Quote from: Apollo Doom on September 15, 2010, 18:59:17
I have an app on my phone that reads barcodes.
There are lots of barcodes to read...
And do I remember wrong, or did Cycle have a barcode reader on his computer?
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Scatcycle on September 15, 2010, 21:58:45
Quote from: Imppa on September 15, 2010, 19:33:59
Quote from: Apollo Doom on September 15, 2010, 18:59:17
I have an app on my phone that reads barcodes.
There are lots of barcodes to read...
And do I remember wrong, or did Cycle have a barcode reader on his computer?
I do indeed. But i thought we were talking about shotcodes?
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Imppa on September 15, 2010, 22:06:28
Quote from: Scatcycle on September 15, 2010, 21:58:45
Quote from: Imppa on September 15, 2010, 19:33:59
Quote from: Apollo Doom on September 15, 2010, 18:59:17
I have an app on my phone that reads barcodes.
There are lots of barcodes to read...
And do I remember wrong, or did Cycle have a barcode reader on his computer?
I do indeed. But i thought we were talking about shotcodes?
I can handle the shotcodes, you guys just get reading those barcodes of yours. :P
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: nightcrafter27 on September 16, 2010, 15:02:41
There is a (possibly different) shotcode on the back of the gate mentioned earlier.
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Scatcycle on September 28, 2010, 01:05:02
I scanned the Manual and got this,

(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad332/scatcycle/HaloreachManual.jpg?t=1285635797)

but when you zoom in it turns into a grid. Very strange. I'm going to need someone with an HD Camera to take a shot of the barcode, because right now I have this:

(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad332/scatcycle/manualbarcodebeforedit.png?t=1285635796)

and I cannot work with that quality.
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Scatcycle on September 28, 2010, 01:09:17
WAIT, IT FOUND SOMETHING!


Found barcodes:
1 : I2of5, 661011, page 1, {X=545,Y=0,Width=105,Height=1}

It says that. I don't know what it means, but it could mean something.
I got that off of an edit I made. I thought it was supposed to tell me what the barcode is, not alert me of it!!!

I found this site, http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/politics/661011.html (http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/politics/661011.html) (its safe, but I wouldnt trust the links on the site) and it says:

Barcode 661011
Are you looking for Barcode 661011? Click now for help!
http://www.zulocal.com

But when I hover over the link it looks extremely suspicious...

Gahh! I don't know what to do!

Edit: The link isn't zulocal.com, its some completely strange thing. Go to the website and check yourself.

Edit edit: What the! The link has been killed! It worked before... what is this madness....
Lets compare links: The first works, the second does not:
http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/politics/661011.html
http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/politics/661011.html

What... they are exactly the same... :|

Edit Edit Edit: Now if you search barcode 661011 and go to the site it says stuff about weather! WHAT IS GOING ONNNN
Title: Re: Halo Reach Manual
Post by: Scatcycle on September 28, 2010, 03:17:05
List of saved links of Barcode 661011 by refreshing:

I do not suggest using the links.

There are mysterious relations of the number and the word barcodes, but they rarely match to the same thing. This is truly puzzling. The address 661 011 comes up a lot...