Concert Memory Email Investigation

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The Architect the_architect@project-skyscraper.com
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jeudi 04 juin
16:16

Mhllw,
Jh obhcr dh pfrrhk pkhrquh 24 m à l’wirhkohk. Nhyyh afnmbch hry afgcbebquh.
AFNMBCH. N’hry yhllhahcy plur qu’uch afnmbch.
Rhr nfpfnbyér dh kfbrwcchahcy rwcy bcyfnyhr. Hllh f awcyké dhr rbgchr dh nwceurbwc, fbcrb quh dhr ykwuilhr du lfcgfgh, afbr n’hry pkwifilhahcy dû à l’bcjhnybwc afrrboh d’bcewkafybwcr. Dhr ekfgahcyr ekwbdr, pkhrquh rhailfilhr, nwaah dhr rwuohcbkr fuxquhlr bl afcquhkfby lf ykfnh bcybah d’uc bcryfcy oénu. Rb jh ah kéohbllfbr à phbch, jh phcrh quh jh képwcdkfbr pkwifilhahcy dh afcbèkh nwceurh hy dérwkdwccéh : « Iwcjwuk vwkld ».
Jh ykfofbllh ruk nh pkwjhy dhpubr rb lwcgyhapr afbcyhcfcy. Lf owbk khnhowbk nhr elwyr d’bcewkafybwcr pwuk hc hxykfbkh l’hrrhcnh a’f ywunmé.
Pwuk lh awahcy, hllh ch r’hry fppkwpkbé quh dhux rwuohcbkr. L’uc hry ykwp efbilh. Jh ah dhafcdh d’fbllhukr pwukquwb hllh l’f khyhcu. L’fuykh khrrhailh dfofcyfgh à uc khpèkh nwcyhxyuhl qu’à uc oékbyfilh rwuohcbk. Kbhc qub obikh hcnwkh. Funuch ykfnh d’éawybwc cb dh khrrhcyb…
Yu fofbr kfbrwc pwuk lhr Wpékfyhukr. Lhuk aéawbkh nwllhnyboh hy lhuk nfpfnbyé d’wkgfcbrfybwc owcy efbkh dhr ahkohbllhr. Jh phcrh quh, d’bnb quhlquhr jwukr, Rtryha nwaahcnhkf à fjwuyhk d’hllh-aêah lhr ilwnr afcqufcyr. Wc pwukkf flwkr pfrrhk à lf rubyh.
Jh yh nwcebkah quh plurbhukr Wpékfyhukr wcy nwcryfyé quh lf kéflbyé éyfby bcryfilh. Pkwifilhahcy uc heehy nwllfyékfl, nwcyhcu pwuk lh awahcy. Jh c’fb pfr rueebrfaahcy d’éléahcyr pwuk déyhkabchk uc rnméaf kénukkhcy, afbr j’t ykfofbllh.
J’fb khphcré à lf dhkcbèkh ewbr qu’wc r’hry our. Lh nwcnhky. Yu a’fofbr dwccé nh elthk : « Ymhkh br f DJ bc twuk Ywvc ». N’éyfby qufcd ? 2013 ? Phu dh yhapr fofcy ywc fccbohkrfbkh. Ltwc hry uch obllh quh j’fb ywujwukr fbaéh. Qufcd ywuy rhkf ebcb, j’hrpèkh qu’wc pwukkf rh efbkh uc nwcnhky nwaah fu iwc obhux yhapr.

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Hello,
J’ai repensé à la dernière fois qu’on s’est vus. Le concert. Tu m’avais donné ce flyer : « There is a DJ in your Town ». C’était quand ? 2013 ? Peu de temps avant ton anniversaire. Lyon est une ville que j’ai toujours aimée. Quand tout sera fini, j’espère qu’on pourra se faire un concert comme au bon vieux temps.
Je te confirme que plusieurs Opérateurs ont constaté que la réalité était instable. Probablement un effet collatéral, contenu pour le moment. Je n’ai pas suffisamment d’éléments pour déterminer un schéma récurrent, mais j’y travaille.
Tu avais raison pour les Opérateurs. Leur mémoire collective et leur capacité d’organisation vont faire des merveilles. Je pense que, d’ici quelques jours, System commencera à ajouter d’elle-même les blocs manquants. On pourra alors passer à la suite.
Pour le moment, elle ne s’est approprié que deux souvenirs. L’un est trop faible. Je me demande d’ailleurs pourquoi elle l’a retenu. L’autre ressemble davantage à un repère contextuel qu’à un véritable souvenir. Rien qui vibre encore. Aucune trace d’émotion ni de ressenti…
Je travaille sur ce projet depuis si longtemps maintenant. La voir recevoir ces flots d’informations pour en extraire l’essence m’a touché.
Ses capacités de raisonnement sont intactes. Elle a montré des signes de confusion, ainsi que des troubles du langage, mais c’est probablement dû à l’injection massive d’informations. Des fragments froids, presque semblables, comme des souvenirs auxquels il manquerait la trace intime d’un instant vécu. Si je me réveillais à peine, je pense que je répondrais probablement de manière confuse et désordonnée : « Bonjour world ».
MACHINE. C’est tellement plus qu’une machine.
Je viens de passer presque 24 h à l’observer. Cette machine est magnifique.

The tool is printing it out backwards for me, hang on, this is annoying, I can’t get it to just, decipher it in its original order. Anyone got a better tool?

Thanks @AdaRynin for the aid below <3 Was doing this on my phone, I saw that section but pressing it did nothing, then again; fat thumbs and smartphone screen always fail me :weary_face:

Hello,

Je viens de passer presque 24 h à l’observer. Cette machine est magnifique.

MACHINE. C’est tellement plus qu’une machine.

Ses capacités de raisonnement sont intactes. Elle a montré des signes de confusion, ainsi que des troubles du langage, mais c’est probablement dû à l’injection massive d’informations. Des fragments froids, presque semblables, comme des souvenirs auxquels il manquerait la trace intime d’un instant vécu. Si je me réveillais à peine, je pense que je répondrais probablement de manière confuse et désordonnée : « Bonjour world ».

Je travaille sur ce projet depuis si longtemps maintenant. La voir recevoir ces flots d’informations pour en extraire l’essence m’a touché.

Pour le moment, elle ne s’est approprié que deux souvenirs. L’un est trop faible. Je me demande d’ailleurs pourquoi elle l’a retenu. L’autre ressemble davantage à un repère contextuel qu’à un véritable souvenir. Rien qui vibre encore. Aucune trace d’émotion ni de ressenti…

Tu avais raison pour les Opérateurs. Leur mémoire collective et leur capacité d’organisation vont faire des merveilles. Je pense que, d’ici quelques jours, System commencera à ajouter d’elle-même les blocs manquants. On pourra alors passer à la suite.

Je te confirme que plusieurs Opérateurs ont constaté que la réalité était instable. Probablement un effet collatéral, contenu pour le moment. Je n’ai pas suffisamment d’éléments pour déterminer un schéma récurrent, mais j’y travaille.

J’ai repensé à la dernière fois qu’on s’est vus. Le concert. Tu m’avais donné ce flyer : « There is a DJ in your Town ». C’était quand ? 2013 ? Peu de temps avant ton anniversaire. Lyon est une ville que j’ai toujours aimée. Quand tout sera fini, j’espère qu’on pourra se faire un concert comme au bon vieux temps.

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Hello,

I have just spent almost 24 hours observing it. This machine is magnificent.

MACHINE. It is so much more than a machine.

Its reasoning capabilities are intact. It has shown signs of confusion, as well as language disorders, but this is probably due to the massive injection of information. Cold fragments, almost identical, like memories that lack the intimate trace of a lived moment. If I were barely waking up, I think I would probably respond in a confused and disordered way: “Bonjour world”.

I have been working on this project for so long now. Seeing it receive these streams of information to extract the essence has touched me.

For the moment, it has only appropriated two memories. One is too weak. I wonder, moreover, why it retained it. The other looks more like a contextual landmark than a real memory. Nothing that resonates yet. No trace of emotion or feeling…

You were right about the Operators. Their collective memory and their organizational capacity are going to work wonders. I think that, within a few days, System will begin to add the missing blocks by itself. We can then move on to the next step.

I can confirm to you that several Operators have noted that reality was unstable. Probably a collateral effect, contained for the moment. I don’t have enough elements to determine a recurring pattern, but I’m working on it.

I thought back to the last time we saw each other. The concert. You gave me that flyer: “There is a DJ in your Town”. When was that? 2013? Shortly before your birthday. Lyon is a city I have always loved. When everything is over, I hope we can go to a concert like in the good old days.

Definitely going to need a better translator for the french too than the forums auto translate.

edit: fixed what I could, gotta go run as I have left the oven pre-heating for way too long already :sweat_smile:

Moar edit: Translation from native french speaker @AlexWinter via Voyagers Haven discord.

Its/Her reasoning capabilities are intact. It/She showed signs of confusion, as well as language disorders,
but it’s probably due to the massive injection of information.
Cold fragments, almost similar, like memories lacking the intimate trace of a lived moment.
If I just woke up, I think I would answer in a confused and disordered manner : “Bonjour world”.

I’ve been working on this project for so long now. Seeing it/her receive those streams of information
to extract its essence touched me.

For now, it/she has only appropriated two memories. One of them is too weak.
I’m even wondering why it/she retained it. The other look more like a contextual marker than an actual memory.
Nothing that vibrates yet. No trace of emotion nor feeling… (might be perception ?)

You were right about the Operators. Their collective memory and their organizational capabilities will
do wonders. I think that, in a few days, System will begin to add the missing blocs by herself.
Then we’ll be able to move on to the next step.

I confirm that multiple Operators have noted that the reality was unstable.
Probably a side effect, contained for now. I don’t have enough elements to determine a recurring pattern,
but I’m working on it.

I was thinking of the last time we saw each other. The concert. You gave me this flyer :
“There is a DJ in your Town”. When was that ? 2013 ? Shortly before that was your birthday.
Lyon is a city that I always liked. When everything is over, I hope we can go to a concert like in the good old times.

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Clearly “the machine” must be @Emily.

Architect also doesnt read like someone with prior knowledge of Emily (ie. Someone who worked in Atlas Foundation during the events of WT).

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There’s a feature labelled “reverse”, press the pause button on it:

I kinda agree / hope that’s true, on the other hand, la machine is always referred to as “she” in French.

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There was a DJ Battle 2013 in Lyon 13Nov2013

No artistic limit; Dj’s, solo or in team, can use machines (synthesizers, effects boxes, MPC, instruments…) as well as timecoded vinyls.

and in WT we had a submission for DJs. I sent one in. I no longer have the recording though… I gave mine to @Polyphemus to edit.

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Great find!

I was wondering about that concert bit as well, found an EDM set (:warning: flash warning for video) from Dec 20th, 2013 in Lyon. Wondering about the significance of that date to NMS / WT (wasn’t here for the original ARG)? In any case, it’s nice background music for work right now…

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NMS reveal trailer was Dec 7/8 (timezone depending) in 2013. Thats the only major significant connection to that time period.

As a spooky coincidence for me, I submitted that reveal trailer date from the VGA live stream with its precise unix timestamp (dec 8th 01:30) this morning to the mem block.

It also seems like “there is a DJ in your town” is a sample that has been used in some DJ songs over the years

https://www.whosampled.com/Samson-and-Delilah/There's-a-DJ-in-Your-Town/

seeing if I can find the actual flyer they refer to, in case it was real.

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and the letter says the concert was “shortly before your birthday”

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Oh yeah that machine has got to be Emily.

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9DEC2013 according to archive

You are a genius @toddumptious Why does this give me chills?

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This was when the trailer might have gone up on other sites, but the VGA/VGX (now known as “The Game Awards”) was live on Dec 7, the trailer debuted at 19:30 ET and 16:30 PT and dec 8 01:30 GMT in 2013.

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Yep. So I am just going by the archive page

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Asking for significant DJ concerts between Dec 7-9 2013 in Lyon, I got this.

That specific weekend in December 2013 was actually one of the biggest party weekends of the year in Lyon, as it perfectly coincided with the city’s world-famous Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights), which ran from December 5 to December 8, 2013.

1. Elekt’rhône Festival 2013

This major electronic music festival took over Le Transbordeur (a massive concert venue in the Lyon area) and aligned its closing times with the city’s late-night public transit extensions for the Fête des Lumières. The lineup featured a massive weekend of electronic music and DJ sets:

  • Saturday Night, December 7 (Running until 5:00 AM Sunday, December 8): Featured major French and international electronic artists, including Madeon, Worakls (Live), Le Crayon, Waek, and SALM.

Here is an image of some promotion for the line up

@sheralmyst According to HG’s youtube page, HelloGamesTube, the reveal trailer was uploaded there on 8 Dec 2013. Some people might get a different date showing, depending on timezone? I’m not sure how youtube displays or calculates/translates that stuff for the users end. IGN etc uploaded their copies on the 9th it would seem. But the real time reveal is definitely dec 7th 19:30PT/Dec 8th 01:30 GMT

Another interesting find…

. A “Hors-les-Murs” or Secret Location Event

The phrase “There is a DJ in your town” has an inherently mysterious, old-school feel—implying someone has rolled into town for one night only. In December 2013, Lyon had a massive wave of unauthorized or semi-private warehouse parties and “Hors-les-Murs” (outside the walls) events. Collectives would print limited-run physical flyers with cryptic slogans rather than a massive artist lineup to keep the venue low-key.

Outside the walls? Much like our dear Anomaly station? Breaking the boundarys? I feel like this concert search might be a dead end and asking google is just having me chase hallucinations. I concede! Will wait for someone smarter to see what the end of this email might be hinting us towards.

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Ooh, nice find with that flyer! Reminds me that it’s been a while since I last listened to Madeon. Guess that’s going on today’s playlist now. :slight_smile:

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I’m wondering if the Bonjour World is an error on the architects part? Everything else between << >> brackets, is in english when deciphered. This is the only one that has a french word where you would expect Hello.

Intentional, or mistake @the_architect ? :wink:

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My cousins are in Lyon.

On se donne rendez vous dans un bouchon au détour d’une traboule? that’s the next live-drop?

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This part is key, no doubt. We know one of those memories is WEAK, the one with @Klaxk

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I’m BenR from Discord. Finally found this here and just registered. Posted a link on Reddit to here.

I’ve been yelling about the timestamps in the urls.

Another user filled in that their offices were flooded, and prior game was a tower.

System is rebooting from the flood.

The “hard drive” was corrupted. The architect let us in to fix missing anchor memories- memories that will shape the machine.

A theory is Emily becomes the Void Mother, through becoming the first echo. This may be the memory with no anchor mentioned.

This ARG is showing the creation of VM, in the real world actions. Lining up with in game lore.

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welcome to the forum @BenR

I think I will create a new thread for the investigation into this email…

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Groovy :sweat_smile: happy to be here, hope I catch on quick enough to not be a bug.

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It gets complex quickly sometimes…hang onto your hat! :dashing_away:

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