Unknown Artefact (or artifact) Community Thread - The Canonn
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sorry... ancient religions, languages and history are a huge hobby of mineyour guys' lack of understanding and butchering of google links is making me groan hard
Only 10% of my posts are serious - but even I'm not sure exactly which 10%
I liked the original spelling - "Butching of google links"
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I totally understand! as i said, carry on.
Just know that some where out there I'm shaking my head haha
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haha yeah I wondered about leaving that in.
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I feel like I'm throwing about 16,426 pieces of information into the air, letting them settle, then trying to see a pattern - its a bit like reading entrails I imagine. Its not surprising that sometimes I find "interesting" connections....
Hi folks! First time I've posted here in a while. Just want to give some thoughts:
I noticed in GalNet that Lady Kahina "went missing", and thought, "Awesome! Maybe Drew's suggestions to FD finally got accepted!" But I read a few pages back that Lady Kahina was merely being pulled from the ED universe. I know this doesn't mean its the "end" of the whole UA story arc, but I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with FD. I remember Drew saying that he had even put together a story and events that Elite Dangerous' game mechanics supported. It seemed Drew was willing to do his part to contribute to the greatness of the Elite universe, but FD isn't willing to meet him even half way. I'm not going to say something irrational and dumb like "I'm never playing Elite again! Grawrawarrrr!" Because I'm definitely still going to play it. Perhaps I just had my hopes up too high, but damn.... If ISIS can have a system, can't they at least those us a bone or something?
Anyways, I'm glad to see you guys are still dedicated to the whole UA thing. And of all the options as to what to do with the UA, I think selling it at Leonard Nemoy Station would be the next best thing to do at this point. It's simple, it hasn't been tried, so I say go for it.
Best of luck, Canonnites I'll post here again soon.
I noticed in GalNet that Lady Kahina "went missing", and thought, "Awesome! Maybe Drew's suggestions to FD finally got accepted!" But I read a few pages back that Lady Kahina was merely being pulled from the ED universe. I know this doesn't mean its the "end" of the whole UA story arc, but I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with FD. I remember Drew saying that he had even put together a story and events that Elite Dangerous' game mechanics supported. It seemed Drew was willing to do his part to contribute to the greatness of the Elite universe, but FD isn't willing to meet him even half way. I'm not going to say something irrational and dumb like "I'm never playing Elite again! Grawrawarrrr!" Because I'm definitely still going to play it. Perhaps I just had my hopes up too high, but damn.... If ISIS can have a system, can't they at least those us a bone or something?
Anyways, I'm glad to see you guys are still dedicated to the whole UA thing. And of all the options as to what to do with the UA, I think selling it at Leonard Nemoy Station would be the next best thing to do at this point. It's simple, it hasn't been tried, so I say go for it.
Best of luck, Canonnites
I'll post here again soon.I think that's an artefact (no pun intended) of there being at most 3 system links in the GalNet articles due to UI constraints. This wave of infections covers 6 systems. If you're reaching for straws, avoid the short ones.
Drew has said that Kahina had nothing to do with the UA, it was a separate story he was trying to tell.
I think it's important to remember that we don't have all the information that FD has when they make decisions. It's easy for us to say "Drew was willing to help, it could have been great, FD are foolish not to take him up on that". But we don't know what sort of resources that would have required from FD. We don't know the internal plans they already have. Ultimately we have to trust that they are making the correct decisions with the information that they have. When players think about this sort of thing they naturally tend to only think about how it affects them, they don't think about from FD's point of view. A good example is this UA stuff. For us who are interested, it's been great. But ultimately it's only interested a few thousand players at most; a very small portion of the user base. That's a relatively small payoff, and that limits the effort FD can put in. But I doubt there is anyone here who would say FD shouldn't do another mystery with even more custom content.
Personally I would have loved to have seen Drew's proposal go ahead (not that I have any details about it), but I can understand why FD might prefer not to take resources off (for example) planetary landings to do it.
In conclusion, disappointment is fine and natural, but we should be wary of second-guessing any decision FD makes because we just don't have all the facts.
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If nothing happens, then it will hopefully shut up all the "sell it! sell it!" folks for good, so, I guess it's a win-win.
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You do understand that that's just a humorous reference to Douglas Adams, yes? By your logic, he could have also hinted at needing to blow up Earth, or that we could find the answer by pulling letters from a Scrabble bag at random.
Out of curiosity, what is the approximate rate of decay?
Does it damage all components? Since I understand you can't repair powerplants (it shuts down the energy for AFMUs), the rate of damage gives us an approximate maximum distance from the bubble if the solution is to find a location.
Edit: Nevermind, mostly answered already.
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Yes, it's a clue that some of the theories being thrown about here are completely bonkers.
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sorry... ancient religions, languages and history are a huge hobby of mine
It makes me winch. If someone was to apply occams razor to this thread , there would be genocide
Allow me:
During the UA discovery (April May) FDev was in negotiations with Microsoft behind closed doors. We all thought there was some major secret mystery thing in the works. Turns out they were just working on powerplay and cqc. No awesome hidden mystery. Just Xbox release.
They're going to let us think something is there so that we stay hyped for thargoids. But in reality the UA isn't making them any cash and they arnt going to spend money and assets on the chase.
I get that they didn't think the community would react like this but come on, a little closure for our efforts would go a long way. Hell, the user who did the Soontill hoax put more effort into that than the devs have. Seriously if you're new here you should look it up. He made a replica of the voyager plate complete with thargoids and the Soontill system all from a sound sample played through an audio to visual program.
If this UA has no real purpose yet, and the devs implement something in the future that couldn't possibly be solved today, that classifies the entire UA mystery in its current state as a hoax.
Let that sink in. One of the most positive threads on this forum is for content that doesn't even exist.
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Finally get out to 109 Virginis .... and there is Melville Gateway.... Ya Im slow to connect dots... but @#$@$ .... Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with the thought of annihilation, when beholding the white depths of the milky way?
Oh Well - Cheer Up me Lads, let your hearts never fail for the bonnie ship the diamond goes a fishin for the whale
Oh Well - Cheer Up me Lads, let your hearts never fail for the bonnie ship the diamond goes a fishin for the whale
I believe the phrase is 'mad props'...
Will you be doing the second most popular thing on Ratty's poll, or something else altogether!? The suspense is killing me!
Firstly:
Whether or not you like my methods, my conclusion is still reasonable.
That is - Yes we are on the right track - because we have tried the UA with lots of different things. But we are not quite there yet because there is something we have missed - possibly something quite unlikely - like a Babel fish. I further suspect that this object acts like a translator.
If you find this "bonkers" then I'm sorry but you have not been paying attention.
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Right through history there have been people who have original ideas and there have been those who say they are "Bonkers"
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I have assumed that this forum would encourage people to come up with new and different ideas. If you only want the old ideas rehashed you are going nowhere fast.
If people do not want original thoughts I'll be quite please to leave the room.
Ya Im going with the UA is Queequeg's coffin/life-raft as a metaphor for the Phage. or is it the other way round ...
Im just really hoping that Thargoids arn't our White Whale
Im just really hoping that Thargoids arn't our White Whale
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Worryingly, if the mystery, once known, turns out to be judged as 'bonkers' by the community, then necessarily any correct theory will also be judged to be bonkers by that same community.
The problem - to echo what has already been said plenty of times - is that when someone comes up with a 'bonkers' theory - by law of probability, they probably don't have their own UA to test it with. So we end up with a profligacy of, let's face it, most likely wrong, theories - instead of a CMDR summarising what they thought, AND the results of their test.
Need more UAs, and then we can all start to calm down on here a bit.
I support you! I always support "brainstorming"!
@Bartmoss & @Dommarraa:
It seems to me there is too much arrogance in some of your replies, guys. There are people here trying to "play the game".
What about you?
The best discovers, in the whole humanity history, where often born from some equal parts of Science and pragmatism (yours), Lateral thinking and disruption (ours), and LUCK (bitstorm's
)!Sometimes, they were born from BLATANT ERRORS and unpredicted results while trying to find some other thing.
"the true sign of intelligent is not knowledge, but imagination" - A.Einstein
It's the payoff of my personal site.
Keep on with "Bonkers"!
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Oh, Zoltan, with your voice of reason and carefully considered sense of balance.
I've run out rep, so +1 instead
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