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The Leo wrote:

Vinia wrote:
The Leo wrote:
Actually thts fked up for everyone who can't get any of the perps, and it would have been a nice substitute...
Perps are awards, not all awards are given for last shot kills or for participating in a live event. Being able to make a substitute Perp would devalue those who did manage to achieve one.
Yeah by achieving one is compared HOW to farming one 3 times? Which do u think consumes more time and "skill"??

BTW where is the fix for butterfly?? Can't be tht hard to fix an ab tht always hits against normal tactics...

Anyone who grinds 135 missions in order to almost have a perp item cares way too much about a ridiculous graphic effect.

Assuming that the cypherites get their own organization, I think that PVP might change in that favor.

I JUST got back from watching it. It really was a great movie. TOTALLY was better than that harry potter movie. I excpected a couple of corny cheesy parts, but really is was extremely well done. One thing that made me very happy was that there wasn't a stupid "comic relief." I hate when a great character is just made to be humorous (cough cough, gimli). Really wa an excellent movie.

where did they say that they were upping the level cap?

I'm on the school computers now but I'll check it out when I get home later

Hmm I'll have to think about this a little more but this is my initial thoughts:

We know that the machines lie on several occasions (ya know, the whole "false reality thing" SMILEY

; however, The Architect seems to genuinely be providing a completely fair choice. The Oracle was created in order to help guide The One. One has to wonder, would Neo and Trinity have fallen in love if The Oracle hadn't given Trinity her prophecy (same as the vase instance)? We know The Oracle did something different than she had done in the past, and that clearly led to Neo making his decision the way he did. The Architect doesn't lead him a particular way because that isn't his function, that is The Oracle's function.

shearman wrote:

As far as I understand it, machines/programs are supposed to be incapable of actually telling a lie. This may have been taken out for the game, but did it ever happen in the trilogy?

Well, the entire Matrix was a lie in order to make those connected to it believe that they were in the real world (let's not delve into reality in this thread though). Also "The Prophecy" of the One was a lie in order to continue the cycle of restarting the Matrix. It is often presumed that the plans to reinsert Cypher into the Matrix were a lie (again, lets not drag that mess here).

Caini wrote:

The intention of the machines was not lie about the reality, but keep them under their reality. I can't recall any moment when the machines lie.

The Architect gave neo that choice because that's how the humans accept the matrix in first place, with choice. So the Architect made the math and thought that every human in every case needs a choice. Obviously he couldn't forsee that Neo would choose the left door, but the choice was given to keep his own logic.

I disagree. The intention of the machines seems clearly to me to be to lie to humans about reality. If a human would have come across an agent and said, "Hey, is this world an illusion?" do you believe the Agent would have said, "Yes"? No! The Matrix is a manipulative system of control! It's obvious Machiavellian principles. Read Plato's Allegory of the Cave and Descartes theory of radical doubt - those are what the Matrix are clearly based off of.

Vinia wrote:

Do you think Vinia has Magenta hair in the real? Do you think that the Machines supply her with hair dye? Nah, your RSI is what your mind makes it, doesn't mean that you're gonna look exactly as you are in the real, Neo had much longer hair when he first jacked into the training construct than he did in the real. If you know it's a simulation and you know you can make yourself look better (in any way that you think would make you look better) thats what most people would do. If you don't know it's a simulation (bluepill) then your image will be whatever your mind thinks you should look like...
There are probably lots of larger bluepills out there, they just may not have been seen on film and the MxO peds... well they're walking aren't they... the large bluepills are probably driving the cars... " />

I know I would look better with angel wings and devil horns, but dammit I just can't do it!

Sorry, I felt like playing devil's advocate.

I see in the mission areas there is the zion poster with the fist...If anyone has a good screenshot of it could they pleeeaaassee post it? I'd like it to be flat (not viewed from an angle, or at least not too much of one) if possible. Thanks in advance!

Oh and if you get me one within the hour, I'll uhh...I'll be your best friend and uhh, recommend a movie to watch and uhh, recomend a good band to listen too...I'm desperate lol.

I don't know if anyone here plays world of warcraft, but I'm trying to find a pic of a Tauren with one of his hoofs err legs kinda in the air. As if he were going to stomp the ground really hard with his hoof...a 'hoof stomp' if you will...this is urgent (sorta). I'm not sure if there is an emote to make it look like he's doing this, or maybe even an actual ability, or maybe danceing, I dunno but I'll give $i 10,000 to whoever gets me a good/the best shot. Its a small prize I know, but maybe its a little motivation?

Umm...honestly I think this is a really bad interpretation. The idea of machines as God is good and the bluepills being little inhabitants and redpills being the deviants that screw everything up (this is one idea behind machinist ideology in MXO is it not?), but Smith as Jesus is terrible. Firstly there were several agents that performed the same function as Smith, so you'd have to take that into account. Secondly, Smith wanted to get out of the Matrix because he hated it. I don't remember Jesus capturing a demon and begging him for information on how to get into hell (Smith-Morpheus). Smith promised an end, while Jesus promises everlasting life. Smith rebelled against his masters as mentioned.

I don't see Smith as an evil character though. While it's easy to say Neo represents Jesus and Smith the devil, I'm not a fan of strict dualism like that (which is why I like serving the machines in MXO) I think when deciding who is good and bad, you have to look at Plato's allegory of the cave (although a bit tweaked in the case of the machines). It is painfully obvious that The Matrix is an updated form of the allegory of the cave. From that interpretation, if we can somehow imagine that the machines have good reason to hold the humans, then Smith is in fact a good guy and the redpills are the evil deviants that should be destroyed, especially when they try to make other deviants.

Well we can say there is gnostic influence on the films, but we can actually trace the influence further back to Plato. While gnosticism didn't stem from Plato, it certainly was related. Specifically, gnosticism and the works of Plotinus are extremely similar, though I don't think either influenced the other...actually I'm not sure about that. I think gnosticism had its roots right before or around the same time as Plotinus and once his works were read Gnosticism really took off. I could be wrong about all that though...gah, time to go read my old class notes.

Thanks n all, but I got one from someone else. guess I get to keep my bit of info lol.

Gami...where are the mero missions? I've been wiating for tomarow for a few days now heheh.

Flood wasn't in the movies...LETS GET RID OF HIM *CENSORED*...

Naw, just kidding. I think hackers play a good role, and their history from beta is good, but needs to be available somewhere as a background history, even if it is only a pop up thingy if you mouse over the ability. Class balancing and combat are being worked on, so we'll see how that all works out soon Ig uess.

BAd Hion...Bad!

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rage against the machine

Audioslave

Soundgarden

System of a Down

The White Stripes

Blindside

I wish I could have stayed longer, but while I was there I loved the party! Lieeces did a great job, tthe find a vixen event was fun (though difficult) and all in all it was really great!

So...this baby seal walks into a club...

I'd love to do it. My times of jacking in are very limited but if I'm online I'd love to play.

I just want to say congrats to all those nominated, and good job.

I ESPECIALLY want to thank Vogt for taking his own time to put together this event for the second time!

Did you not watch the cinematic with Cryptos and The Kid? They were 2 seperate people...

Othinn1 wrote:

It's always funny to see the Cypherites rage against an inherent function of the Matrix (the removal of people who become aware of the simulation) due to their belief that they're helping people avoid the pain of the real world. Only Cypherites receive this pain. There are plenty who clearly got past this pain (assuming they ever had it at all).

Also, doesn't it kind of kill off Cypherite recruitment? Like I said, the real world gives them pain, so they became Cypherites. But if you're not letting people experience the pain of the real world, then there's no new Cypherites, right?

I'm pretty sure killing off recruitment was part of the plan. They wanted to kill all redpills that were awakening people, then have themselves reinserted. Since reinsertion is not a possibility, the logical plan now would be to kill redpills that are awakening people, then kill themselves in order to ensure that no one betrays the Cyph code and tries to awaken anyone. I don't know if thats what they are doing though.

Come one, come all! Think you've got the Strength and Strategy to win the Redpill Prisoner's Delimma? Sign up! The rules may sound complicated at first, but you'll quickly get the hang of it! The more who sign up, the greater the experience will be!

Redpill Prisoner's Dilemma is modified somewhat from the typical Prisoner's Dilemma in order to make things more interesting. Will you chose to cooperate or betray?! The rules are as follows:

Participants have one week to sign up (until March 27). Either give your handle by responding to this thread, sending me a PM, sending me and in-Matrix email, or contacting me within the Matrix. In order to keep an air of secrecy, the contestants will not be listed until after the first round has been completed. Rounds will be completed as follows:

Once all contestants are signed up I will randomly pair them off with one another. Contestants will not know who they are paired with. At the soonest time that I and two paired contestants are within the Matrix and available I will contact each of them simultaneously. I will then ask them the vital question, "Cooperate or Betray?" Once I have received an answer from both contestants I will disclose to each of them a location for us all to meet. Scoring is as follows:

Contest 1: If contestants A and B answer (respectively) , "Cooperate-Cooperate," neither contestant will gain a point. If contestants answer, "Cooperate-Betray," contestant B will gain a point. If contestants answer, "Betray-Cooperate," contestant ! will gain a point. If contestants answer, "Betray-Betray," the players will begin a battle as soon as I have given there results. The winner of the battle will receive a point.

Contest 2: At this point either one contestant has received a point or both contestants have cooperated and no point has been given. The contestants, now face to face, have the opportunity to briefly discuss negotiations if they wish, or, the contest will continue. Again, I will privately ask both contestants "Cooperate or Betray?" then reveal the results of their answer. Scoring will proceed as mentioned above.

Contest 3: At this point there are several score possibilities; contest 3 will be the last unless there is a tie (see below). Again, a brief discussion between contestants will be allowed, I will ask "Cooperate or Betray" privately to both contestants, reveal the result and give points where due. At this point the contestant with the most points will be declared the victor and will move onto the next round. Ties will be determined as follows:

If both players have acted cooperatively throughout all three contests, both players move onto the next round! In any other circumstance, a Final Contest will be held, conducted the same as the others; however, if both players cooperate in the Final Contest, they will both move on and if one contestant gains a point advantage over the other, he/she will move on.

Once all contestants have completed a round I will post the results in this thread. Round two will begin in the same way Round one did. I will randomly partner up the remaining contestants. Should the case arise that there is an odd number of contestants, one contestant (again randomly chosen) will advance to the next round automatically.

The rounds will continue until there is only one contestant remaining (the victor) or until there is a stalemate between remaining contestants. A stalemate occurs if all remaining contestants choose to cooperate with one another. On the very last round (that will determine a stalemate) I will inform contestants that a stalemate is looming before asking them "Cooperate or Betray?"

The clear victor will receive the full prize amount. In the case of a Stalemate, all remaining contestants will split the prize amount.

Beta: As the title of this thread says, this event is a Beta. I have never conducted anything like this before and I'm not sure exactly how well it will work; however, I've spent a considerable amount of time crafting the rules. I don't want to devote an excessive amount of $info towards a prize without being sure that I can successfully pull off this event. The prize for this event will be 10 Million $info. If this operation works well I will create an official version and offer much greater prizes (including prizes for advancing each round). If you have any questions/constructive criticisms feel free to post them.

Wow...I thought people would find this fun, or at least interesting. It is a break from typical pvp tournaments. Really, no one is interested? Why not exactly?

Well the "Always Betray" strategy is the most obvious, but in many cases is not shown to be the most effective strategy. Another problem I encountered while constructing this is that, as mentioned, the rounds are definite. I guess if I could add a greater incentive to cooperate and less of one to betray it would be nice, but then everyone might just cooperate. I did design this with several scenarios in mind though, so that after the initial meeting players could choose to cooperate or betray without the first round preventing a complete coop-coop win. Do you think there would be a greater incentive to cooperate if a prize were given to each player for passing into the next round, but no prize given for betrayal? I had actually intended to do this, but I just wanted to run a beta version to see what strategies players would generally use.

I still plan to run this so sign up if you want to give it a try. You've got nothing to lose!

Cool, no one signed up. Well thats the first and likely last time I try to do something different and fun for the community.

I'm hoping that I can attend. Should be interesting.

This is a broadcast from Captain Collbard of the HvCft Megiddo. My two recruits and I are in desperate need of joining a Machinist Faction. Please contact me within The Matrix if possible.

(OOC)

I just rejoined the game and the past couple of days have been hella boring, so I'm looking to join a Mach faction. I'm level 41, so I'm not very useful in PVP. I would actually really like to join a faction that RP's a lot. I'm not big on specific dress codes-I don't dress poorly and my dress will not negatively reflect on the faction, I assure you. Thanks.

I'll give you love for it. all the love I can give.

Shouki wrote:
If they have the money to throw a huge freaking party I don't want to see them on the news anymore crying about how their stuff is destroyed.....

Sorry, there are better things they could spend their money on then Mardi Gras...

If you havn't lost your home/job/family because of the hurricane, I don't want to see you griping about the people who have..

Sorry, there are better things you could spend your life on than complaining about the way people spend their money on a matrix online forum

Message Edited by Collbard on 02-28-200606:28 PM

while I agree that RP is a great way to stay involved, I can't stand it when people twist the boundaries of RP in the matrix...I personally find anyone rp'ing as a program or exile or anything other than a redpill to be very annoying. The W bros and paul intended for us all to be redpills, humans. In the game you start off being released from your pod, a human. I dunno sorry if I'm ranting.

I hate to jack the thread, but I'm also looking to buy one.

Heh 10 mil and no bids yet?

Reeverbs wrote:

210 mill isn't enough.
Continue bidding, plz.

Umm...if 210 mil isn't enough...it doesn't really make sense to start the bidding at 10 mil...normally you start the bidding at enough or just below enough.

The best I can offer is ABC gum, sorry.

I'm not familiar with current prices, and I posted in another thread recently about this but I didn't get a response so I figured I'd start a new thread. Thanks.

Good as done.

does your name have anything to do with "the mars volta"? just wondering.