Interesting! Hopefully this is the right thread to discuss this - it seems to be but I’m not 100% sure - but it almost reads to me like System is asking for locations of in-game memorial sites with the last two lines.
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There were only uninhabited rooms. Now, I hear the voices of 120 “Primes”. Friends living in my mind, looking out their windows. Is there a place for the lost ones? A memorial?
It would fit with the group visit to AK’s base earlier in the ARG. If so, there are many.
- Mario Piccardi Memorial System (I have a base there, I didn’t personally know him but was asked to build something for him. I can reupload it if it doesn’t show for visitors.)
- Memorial for a Fallen Friend (RIP Juvy)
- In loving memory (Memorial for fuentelsaz’s various passed pets)
I know I’ve seen many, many more over the years and can work to dig more of them up if you guys think it’s a route worth pursuing.
I’m probably (almost certainly) getting way ahead of myself with this next bit, especially since HG is almost certainly not directly running the ARG… but I do wonder whether it could be related to a comment I recently left on Reddit, partially inspired by the concerns which arose during the visit to AK’s system.
It would also be nice if Hello Games could somehow mark bases as “persistent”.
Right now, bases can disappear. If a lot of people moved into a system with a memorial base, or a base built by a deceased player, that would cause the base to disappear eventually.
It would be nice if there were some way to submit requests for bases to be flagged by HG so that they are always the #1 base loaded in a given system. Maybe that’s asking a lot but it’s worth the trouble, I think. Our community has been going for 10 years. Many people, and beloved animal copilots, have left us along the way. Their memories deserve to be preserved always.