ArmA 2 site hacked

[sprayer_faust 0]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Neretva

Check out commanders.

[2nd ranger 282]

Russell Crowe played Robin Hood and also 'the Spaniard' in Gladiator..? Doesn't match with a date though.

EDIT never mind, 1991 Prince of Thieves

[TeamLandowar 0]

2003 belarus duffy bielski

2002 bohemia troska nogova

1991 nottinghamshire hood reynolds

1962 lawrence lean ottoman

1958 guevarra casillas clara

1943 neretva tito lohr

1814 goya madrid spaniard

1462 vlad targoviste mehmed

Can you explain - at least the bolded out ones?

[random_droid 10]

"Alwarren:Good point, especially since both paintings where done in 1814, which is one of the numbers."

Oh right! I missed the 1814 part! I was focused on the Goya-Madrid connection. Thanks.

Edited May 12, 2011 by random_droid

[LkFp 10]

2003 belarus duffy bielski

2002 bohemia troska nogova

1991 nottinghamshire hood reynolds

1962 lawrence lean ottoman

1958 guevarra casillas clara

1943 neretva tito lohr

1814 goya madrid spaniard

1462 vlad targoviste mehmed

Nice. You're very good. :clap:

[2nd ranger 282]

Can you explain - at least the bolded out ones?

Prince of Thieves - Directed by Kevin Reynolds

David Lean - Directed Lawrence of Arabia

Vlad the impaler fought Mehmed

EDIT you could just google the three terms and you'd find the answer.

[LkFp 10]

Now, whats hidden in it? :D

[TeamLandowar 0]

Changing the direction slightly - Next hack: Saturday, May 14th 2011, 18:00 CEST

Wasnt there a mention about some conference hosted by Bohemia Interactive in Prague to which some special guest is coming? The date was May 14th - its somewhere in the thread.

Would the next "hack" be this conference?

EDIT: Thanks for explanation

EDIT2: If im right with that press-conference then that strengthens my opinion on this ARG being not-well designed. It would seem that we might have as well ignored all this and the final result would be the same. There is no sense of acomplishment, if the game is rigged so it cant be "won" by players.

Edited May 12, 2011 by TeamLandowar

[clausewitz 1]

Can you explain - at least the bolded out ones?

June 17 – Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in The Night Attack, forcing Mehmed to retreat from Wallachia.

The Night Attack of Targoviste was a battle between Vlad and Mehmed at June 17 1462.

[lNTRUDER 26]

Changing the direction slightly - Next hack: Saturday, May 14th 2011, 18:00 CEST

Wasnt there a mention about some conference hosted by Bohemia Interactive in Prague to which some special guest is coming? The date was May 14th - its somewhere in the thread.

Would the next "hack" be this conference?

EDIT: Thanks for explanation

EDIT2: If im right with that press-conference then that strengthens my opinion on this ARG being not-well designed. It would seem that we might have as well ignored all this and the final result would be the same. There is no sense of acomplishment, if the game is rigged so it cant be "won" by players.

There is a press conference scheduled for May 16th, if that's what you are referring to..? At 1900 hours CET (source: ArmA 2 @Facebook)

[TeamLandowar 0]

Yup - thats what i was thinking about - my mistake with linking it to next hack then!

Good to know we still have one more hack to solve and possibly "win" the game.

[dissaifer 10]

2003 belarus duffy bielski - book

2002 bohemia troska nogova - game

1991 nottinghamshire hood reynolds - movie

1962 lawrence lean ottoman - movie battle

1958 guevarra casillas clara - actual battle

1943 neretva tito lohr - actual battle

1814 goya madrid spaniard - pictures of battles

1462 vlad targoviste mehmed - actual battle

all reference resistance fighters

[Flamewave 10]

An update, relevant info on each event:

2003 BELARUS DUFFY BIELSKI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bielski_Brothers_%28book%29

2002 BOHEMIA TROSKA NOGOVA - Operation Flashpoint Resistance

1991 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOOD REYNOLDS - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102798/

1962 LAWRENCE LEAN OTTOMAN - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/

1958 GUEVARRA CASILLAS CLARA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Santa_Clara

1943 NERETVA TITO LOHR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Neretva

1814 GOYA MADRID SPANIARD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_of_May_1808

1462 VLAD TARGOVISTE MEHMED - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Attack

Edited May 13, 2011 by Flamewave

[Mauser_NL 10]

An update, relevant info on each event:

2003 BELARUS DUFFY BIELSKI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bielski_Brothers_%28book%29

2002 BOHEMIA TROSKA NOGOVA - Operation Flashpoint Resistance

1991 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOOD REYNOLDS - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102798/

1962 LAWRENCE LEAN OTTOMAN - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/

1958 GUEVARRA CASILLAS CLARA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Santa_Clara

1943 NERETVA TITO LOHR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Neretva

1814 GOYA MADRID SPANIARD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_of_May_1808

1462 VLAD TARGOVISTE MEHMED - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Attack

1814 GOYA MADRID SPANIARD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_of_May_1808 might be a better link. The spaniard almost certainly refers to the man in the center of this painting. It is also by far the more well known of the two paintings, and has inspired works by other great painters.

[max power 21]

I'm getting Deja Vu from the last ARG, but if Reynolds is referring to a director and not the PMC character, perhaps they are making a Resistance Movie? Of course, that doesn't take into account any of the other evidence, such as the time travelling hackers, etc.

[dissaifer 10]

Then there would be a book too... Duffy - author, Reynolds - Director and there is Lean -Director

[max power 21]

Well, I mean, there was a note to Reynolds saying to draft some guy. Maybe there are two Reynolds' in this ARG. But if you're talking to a director, telling him to draft someone, what would that mean?

There is an actor named Scott E. Miller that's the right age but he doesn't look the same. He looks similar, though.

edit: Oh! I'm off the evidence. The note says R, not Reynolds. Nevermind.

Edited May 13, 2011 by Max Power

[dwringer 45]

There is a clear ordering intended for the phrases, I have put together the following:

2003 BELARUS DUFFY BIELSKI

2002 NOGOVA BOHEMIA TROSKA

1991 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE REYNOLDS HOOD

1962 OTTOMAN LEAN LAWRENCE

1958 CLARA CASILLAS GUEVARRA

1943 NERETVA LOHR TITO

1814 MADRID GOYA SPANIARD

1462 TARGOVISTA MEHMED VLAD

Notice any patterns emerging?

And I assume MALDEN and MILLER are two more words for us.

EDIT: MALDEN REYNOLDS MILLER ? No idea, just grasping at straws. Haven't really been following all the bits and pieces :P

EDIT 2 (since nobody else is saying anything, lol)

It appears to be a relationship where in one location (first term), an entity (third term) "loses" to another power or entity, or suffers as a direct consequence of action by said entity (the second term). But in losing, is actually "winning" a larger struggle.

For instance, the Lawrence of Arabia instance specifically (i think) refers to when he is tortured (and then released) by the Ottomans. Since that is really the only time in the movie he is IN the ottoman empire that I can recall.

Or Vlad Tepes, being driven out of power at Targoviste, who also participated in the end of Ottoman aspirations in the region (under Mehmed). No, I have no idea about what any of that means. I just wiki'd it for the purposes of this thread. ;p

Edited May 13, 2011 by dwringer

[Mauser_NL 10]

So next on the list will be: 2011/2012 Bohemia Miller Malden/Greece/Iran/China?

Edited May 13, 2011 by Mauser_NL

[dissaifer 10]

okay, here are some half-cocked theories...

all are related to some "resistance" fighters

all are related to battles, but I wouldn't expect any less at this point.

all have years, the fighter and a place

off things

one has a painter name - Goya

two have director names - Lean and Reynolds

one is an author - Duffy

and one is a game company - Bohemia

3 - are direct battle references

5 - references to battles

totally off the wall ideas at this point - maybe the clue is Resistance... so, either that is a remake of OFP:Resistance or sequel to it...

...or it is resistance as in fiction, i.e. physics - the only thing I have to back that up is the ascii wall (trying to link other clues together here).

Now, let total brain fry go! melting in 3, 2, 1...

[Muahaha 10]

Anyone noticed that BIS likes to have different time era in it's hack. Time capsule that was buried, a poem from 18th AD Persia, 1821 Greece ,from imperial china to vietnam war, and now this various years and era in history, plus the timeborer, timeseeker thingie.

Time seems to be the only linkage from all the hacks. Or is it just me that is massively confused.... ( i think the mass confuser is working real fine)

[dwringer 45]

There does seem to be a clear indication of specific events in which one party suffers or is defeated, but ends up winning a larger struggle. Beyond that I agree my above post offers tenuous connections in places.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

I've summarized the names, places and dates on the wiki entry to help people understand the apparent links discussed in this thread, that the community has used to sort the data obtained in this hack. Hopefully it's concise enough to explain indicate why the four words link to those who've missed the discussion.

Gonna leave it for tonight as it's late/early: but feel free to expand on the points.

Just glad I have the day off tomorrow...

[dwringer 45]

I'm still not entirely convinced I've got the relationships between the people fully resolved, is there a theme perhaps with 'resting places'? Seems evident on the wiki from a few places on the list. I'm not familiar enough with all the subjects in question to say one way or the other at this point.

EDIT: I think It's probably going too far into it though at this point. I think we might need to look at the evidence about Malden, Miller, the Astute, Astute:statue anagram, etc, to finally be able to put some pieces together.

I don't know if there would or wouldn't be another clue after all this to help us put everything together, but the persian 'goodbye' might indicate that there will NOT be.

EDIT 2: So, here's what I'm thinking currently. The events of OFP did not play out as they should have. What happened there led to something happening later in that region involving China, Greece, Persia, and/or Turkey that was not supposed to happen, and the balance of power has dangerously shifted.

SO the idea is that miller was supposed to die at malden, it was supposed to have been nuked.

That ties him in with the other name/date/place sets from today's hack. He would have died there, and the Soviets winning would have been temporary but prevented something much worse?

EDIT 3: Err, whoops. OFP is set in 1985, so it can't be. Unless he was the child of someone from OFP.

Edited May 13, 2011 by dwringer

[WisemanRAX 0]

These are are all guerrilla leaders that "changed the world" in the theater of war they were in. Some of them died during the conflict to inspire others and others were unsung heros in secret wars. I think these lists of leaders and the places they fought suggests that the next ArmA game will involve a type of guerrilla leader that will lead some movement,in Europe ( if you take the map as a clue ), that will play a role in a life changing event in that specific area, sometimes risking his/her life.

Edited May 13, 2011 by WisemanRAX