Post by: Jonnyboy117 on September 28, 2004, 08:39:37 PM
Chad Paulson, Project Manager at Warp Pipe Technologies, has been stirring up quite a lot of controversy this week. His posts at the Warp Pipe forums, along with some comments by Dean Bergmann of N-Sider, have ignited a blizzard of rumors and speculation in the online community. Bergmann worked forum posters into a frenzy with this cryptic teaser:
“You're lost in the woods of a city, and you know there are others there. But how do you know they're there if you're lost? I know the answer. You'll see mid october.”
At the center of the storm of rumors is a series of images hosted at Warp Pipe’s website. The pictures, shown below, will have to speak for themselves, because Warp Pipe is not ready to comment on their specific meanings.
Note that the “Find(s)me.” image is based on the card “Marionette” from Ragnarok Online:
We spoke with Paulson to obtain some kind of clarity on what is going on with his company and with all the crazy rumors. He refused to go into details about specifics of his project, but he did have the following to say:
PGC: Can you comment on the rumors revolving around Warp Pipe right now?
Paulson: I can confirm to you that Warp Pipe Technologies is working on a service that will launch globally. North America and Japan Q4 of 2004. And the rest of the world Q1 - Q2 of 2005.
PGC: Is your involvement in the current swirl of DS rumors related to your project?
Paulson: The DS rumors... There are so many. The majority of which are simply ridiculous, but I guess that's what you get with the Internet.
PGC: Let me be more specific. Did you create the picture of the guy with no eyes holding a DS?
Paulson: Yes. The child in the woods, the "findsme", and the "no eyes" are all clues from us.
PGC: Is this a project Warp Pipe is releasing independently?
Paulson: I can’t comment on that. I can confirm that there are a handful of publishers / developers are in the loop and their involvement will prove beneficial to both parties. …I can confirm what this isn't. It is not tunneling.
PGC: Is Warp Pipe a licensed Nintendo DS developer?
Paulson: I cannot comment on that.
PGC: Is this project primarily or wholly intended for Nintendo platforms?
Paulson: I cannot comment on that.
PGC: Is there anything else you can say about the project at this time?
Paulson: Although this service will greatly surprise gamers, it is not what they would traditionally expect. We (Warp Pipe Technologies) feel that online communities have been commoditized, with publishers and developers focusing on the technology instead of the social and personal aspects that truly make a multiplayer experience unique. In launching this service, we will be addressing these issues.
Planet GameCube is following this story closely, though hard facts are unlikely to surface before Nintendo lifts the rest of its DS information embargo in October. Around that time, Warp Pipe will be fully announcing their new project, and we’ll be sure to catch up with them for a detailed follow-up.
Michael Cole contributed to this story.
Post by: PaLaDiN on September 28, 2004, 09:58:59 PM
Finding people you can't see.
So, it's going to be a DS GPS map system, with other DS users showing up on the map.
That's my theory.
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on September 28, 2004, 11:23:57 PM
Right now we only have speculation on elaborately cryptic hints--we decided to just state the facts to avoid misleading anyone in our story.
Post by: WuTangTurtle on September 29, 2004, 01:37:13 AM
Post by: Chongman on September 29, 2004, 03:27:45 AM
dean, another person at nsider who's in the loop, has specifically stated it is NOT a gps system.
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 29, 2004, 03:44:22 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on September 29, 2004, 07:37:13 AM
Post by: Perfect Cell on September 29, 2004, 08:33:04 AM
Post by: PaLaDiN on September 29, 2004, 08:33:42 AM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on September 29, 2004, 11:27:53 AM
Post by: Syl on September 29, 2004, 11:52:13 AM
Essentially.
Person A has a DS, it has a range of 30 feet. (Random number pulled out of my ass)
You boot it up, It connects and shows you person B's DS, who happens to be in that 30 foot range. (probably a name on a list or something)
Then, person B's DS happens to have person C within range of it, even though person C is far out of range of person A. But, person C will still be on both A and B's multiplayer frequency and can play.
So on an so forth, basicly, the DS is going to have some sort of absolutely HUGE wireless network going on, so that you'll almost always have a person to play multiplayer games with. I'm guessing each DS is giong to have its own Name, and this would all be in included software on the DS, seems like a damn interesting plan to me. The Prime Hunters demo is just the start....
At least, thats what i think.
Post by: GaimeGuy on September 29, 2004, 12:01:21 PM
It's more like a huge broadcast of waves that pick up signals of DSes in the 30 mile radius, and transmits them. Kind of like how radio transmissions are done, except it's faster, as well as is completely interactive.
It would create a worldwide wireless DS network for a very low cost while removing the need for a router of some kind. In other words, all you need is a DS, and you have instant access to this wireless network that spans the globe for your games.
Post by: ruby_onix on September 29, 2004, 12:54:02 PM
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I think the Marionette thing is just Chad messing with people, but it is a pretty cool reference. Marionette = Nintendo's Online Plan rumors have been around for years.
I think he said in one of the threads that he didn't expect anybody to have found the original source for the "Find me" picture, and that the original pic is not part of the clue. The mystery has absolutely nothing to do with "Marionette", or Ragnarok Online. Those are just really weird flukes. He was just looking for a really creepy picture of a girl (or possibly some other secret elements, like the wires, or something).
By the way, I think someone should probably assemble here all of the "verbal" clues that have been mentioned (like "purog"), and those links to the various threads (even though the links were already posted in our DS Forums).
(I'm not saying that I'm gonna even try to make any attempts to solve this crazy stuff.)
Edit: Okay fine. What the heck. I'll toss out a crazy theory.
As we all know, there are no girls on the internet. Anyone claiming to be a "girl" is just using internet-speak for "Guy In Real Life". The picture of the creepy girl on strings is clearly a puppet. And an animated one at that. So the creepy girl must be a really creepy avatar for someone who is REALLY creepy (even more creepy than those of us guys who have sexy female avatars, because at least our avatars are sexy, not creepy).
The skinhead with no eyes is obviously a member of The Klan. His eyes are burned out. Get it? Cross burning? The South? Inbreeding? Crossed eyes? His eyes were probably black. You can tell, because the one on the DS is black. That really gets those guys all worked up. He'd probably burn his DS, if he could see it. What a creepy psycho.
And then there's that underaged little boy. With a dog, no less! Now I'm not even gonna get into how messed up that is. (With WOOD everywhere too? That's just uncalled for.)
Now, all of this leads me to conclude that Warp Pipe is gonna turn the DS into some sort of internet chat room. I'm just gonna wrap tin foil around my DS when I get one. I don't want any of you psychos getting any closer to me, thank you very much.
Post by: UncleBob on September 29, 2004, 01:33:20 PM
Check this thread (http://www.planetgamecube.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=32&threadid=10483) if you're looking for some direct links to many of the crazy threads showing up around the net...
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 29, 2004, 01:34:04 PM
Post by: SOAD is the best on September 29, 2004, 01:55:28 PM
Post by: Pale on September 29, 2004, 02:33:17 PM
Post by: Zach on September 29, 2004, 05:12:21 PM
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Originally posted by: ruby_onixQuote
The skinhead with no eyes is obviously a member of The Klan. His eyes are burned out. Get it? Cross burning? The South? Inbreeding? Crossed eyes? His eyes were probably black. You can tell, because the one on the DS is black. That really gets those guys all worked up. He'd probably burn his DS, if he could see it. What a creepy psycho.
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dean, another person at nsider who's in the loop, has specifically stated it is NOT a gps system.
There are other ways of locating another ds without gps, your DS could send out a signal to other DSes, and the other DSes in range would send a return signal. Your DS would judge the position of the other DSes by how long the signal takes to return, and what direction the signal came from.
Post by: mantidor on September 29, 2004, 07:16:15 PM
regarding this, although the complete lack of information certainly make us all go crazy about the possibilities, I prefer to have very very low expectactions ( I learned thats the best choice after certain E3... not the last one of course
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Post by: Bill Aurion on September 29, 2004, 07:20:02 PM
Post by: D. Scypher on September 29, 2004, 07:58:16 PM
Jung is rolling in his... place.
Post by: MattVDB on September 29, 2004, 08:04:54 PM
Anyway, whatever this is, it will probably be revealed at Nintendo's second press conferene next month. IGN confirmed that Nintendo with hold two more conferences next month, so we should all find out there. I'm just thinking M3g@t0N currently, and reminding myself to not get all hyped up. Whatever it is, I'm sure it's going to rock though.
Post by: Nephilim on September 29, 2004, 11:09:10 PM
he proberly would mean harf of yours too
In reality they are proberly making a system to play games online for a company..which would be a different system then the orginal one that nintendo has in mine.. maybe that company had difficulty's which lag or something, so went to warppipe with a idea.
which company? dunno but they would be the sponser
People are soo over reacting, it was like that silly wireless adopter servers in japanese building rumor for gba which everyone toke on crazly which well look it wasnt true!
Post by: KDR_11k on September 30, 2004, 07:34:55 AM
