The following is an IRC log of the chat between Chad_ (Chad Poland) and
ydnar (Randy Reddig). About half way through some moron called Godot drops
in. You can safely ignore his parts. Hats Off To Chad Poland. :-)
#duality: Chad_ @ydnar
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ydnar: bueno.
Chad_: no prob
Chad_: greg kept pinging out
ydnar: ::nod::
Chad_: oh yeah I was meaning to ask
Chad_: I don't think this will compromise oo security
ydnar: keeps macirc open most of the day, but runs stuff that kills the connetion
Chad_: what does nine eighteen mean?
Chad_: the secret level...
ydnar: h.s. doesn't know already?
Chad_: I don't know, I was curious myself. I didn't ask
ydnar: :)
ydnar: that's all i'm going to say.
Chad_: c'mon that's no security compromise, throw me a bone... :)
Chad_: oh well, I understand
Chad_: so are you in NY now?
ydnar: i did.
ydnar: a big fat clue.
Chad_ deep in thought
ydnar: hehe
ydnar: not yet.
ydnar: ok..
ydnar: who would i be tipping my hat to with such a fiendish easter egg?
Chad_: Bungie?
ydnar: pshaw
Chad_: where's hamish when I need him!
ydnar: you're thinking too hard. :)
Chad_: could it be a date? sept 18?
ydnar: hamish knows, i think. he has to.
ydnar: he just hasn't let on yet.
Chad_: I don't think he does
Chad_: he trusts me, and is pretty straight up
Chad_: he trusted me with your picture...
ydnar: heh
ydnar: well, why would i go out the trouble to spell the numbers?
Chad_: anagram?
ydnar: what are the numbers?
Chad_: 918
ydnar: not in that order, but yeah.
ydnar: 8 and 19.
ydnar: i could have spelled out "hats off to 819"
Chad_: yeah but you didn't
ydnar: but i didn't.
Chad_: what am I missing...
Chad_: it's easy cuz you know it ;)
ydnar: that could be interpreted any number of ways... 8-19, 81-9, 8-1-9, 18..
Chad_: does this have something you've previously told the player in Infinity?
ydnar: the title has nothing to do with the plot.
Chad_: so it's totally independant of Marathon?
Chad_: haven't you used 819 before..
ydnar: eight and nineteen each stand for something.
ydnar: not independent of marathon, no. just of the plot.
ydnar: nope.
Chad_: eight for double aught ,,, sideways..
ydnar: don't think so hard.
Chad_: but you spelled it out
ydnar: it's not that complicated.
ydnar: right,
Chad_: I'm making this harder than it is, huh
ydnar: yup.
ydnar: i'm really surprised no one's gotten it yet.
Chad_: I've heard other people talking about it.
Chad_: I don't think anyone knows
ydnar: well, i'm checking the "what's in a name" page.
Chad_: do upper and lower case have anything to do with it?
ydnar: nope.
ydnar: tho 8.19. should be uppercase.
Chad_: all uppercase?
ydnar: yeah.
ydnar: but you can't make numbers uppercase.
Chad_: type it out how you had it in the level
ydnar: brb...grabbing some b-fast
ydnar: Hats Off to Eight Nineteen
Chad_: Is it something everyone should know
Chad_: or an obscure reference?
ydnar: the former.
Chad_: HOEN
ydnar: you're pretty close.
Chad_: no T, right?
ydnar: no OEN.
Chad_: just an H
ydnar: but that H does not come from Hat.
Chad_: am I hot or cold?
ydnar: you're warm.
Chad_: there's only one other H, in eight
ydnar: correct.
Chad_: is that relevent
ydnar: it's very relavent.
ydnar: how else can you get H out of Eight?
ydnar: i'll bbias. gotta get some breakfast.
Chad_: ok, i'll be pondering...
Chad_: this is going to be one of those things I kick myself for
Chad_: brb - smoke break
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Chad_: you back?
ydnar: yah
ydnar: had a smoke break too.
Chad_: yeah well I got no hair left
Chad_: pulled the shit out
Chad_: there's little pieces of paper
Chad_: all around my office with eight nineteen on it
ydnar: heh
ydnar: no letters?
Chad_: not yet...
Chad_: I've gone through everything I can think of
Chad_: The only thing I can think of is I don't
Chad_: know the original reference
Chad_: you mentioned letters
Chad_: I assume you're talking about specific ones
Chad_: in a certain order, right?
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Chad_: welcome
Godot: what is this place?
Chad_: yep
ydnar: hamish..
Godot: strangely this is familar to me...
Chad_: called in reinforcements.. ;)
ydnar: the place that will be on everyone's lips.
Godot: as if in an old dream...
Chad_: Hey, I only told Hamish
Godot: greeting randy and chad
ydnar: i'm shocked, honestly.
Godot: I have arrived
Chad_: good shock or bad shock?
ydnar: hey hs
Godot: and it will never be the same again ;-)
ydnar: ambievalent.
ydnar: hats off to eight nineteen.
ydnar: hmm.
Godot: 8.19 mmh
Chad_: we were talking about letters
Chad_: certain letters, especially H
Chad_: what's so special about H
Godot: h is for hamish
ydnar: ::chuckle::
Chad_: that's it, you named it after Hamish
Godot: i doubt it
Chad_ looking confused
ydnar: hehe
ydnar: unless i totally screwed up...
ydnar: what's nineteen?
Godot: now that's a thought
Chad_: elaborate ydnar
Godot: nineteen the average age of vietnam US troops
ydnar: heh
Chad_: but it's got something to do with marathon
ydnar: well, someone in this room is 19, but that has nothing to do with it.
Godot: you know what you wouldn't get much work done with IRC around
Chad_: 1+9=10
ydnar: never seen you on irc before, hamish.
ydnar: what's this i hear about you giving out pictures?
ydnar: :)
Godot: never been on before...
ydnar: ::nod::
Godot: pictures? what pictures... never seen any... don't know nuthin...
Godot: you should check your server at odsnet though... cobwebs
Chad_: I found it at www.elvis.is.dead.com
ydnar: how many letters are there in the english alphabet?
ydnar: hehe
Chad_: 26
ydnar: lots of cobwebs.
Godot: the US or the UK?
ydnar: ::shrug::
Chad_: HS
Chad_: they're letters
Chad_: HS, is that right?
ydnar: :)
Chad_: did you really name it after hamish? or coincidence?
Godot: silence as he nibbly works in head
ydnar: do you have any idea how much trouble it was to even make that easter egg? coincidence had nothing to do with it.
ydnar: <g>
Chad_: yeah, but the letters HS
Chad_: stand for something
Chad_: Hats off to Hamish Sinclair?