on the burning bright video:
it certainly looks like it would hold something special, but i'm scared to say, we might be falling into pareidolia trying to work within the resources we have available so far. a lot has been given for our interpretation - not that much has been giving for straight-up decoding.
to me it's apparent that this is an official ARG, it just doesn't dive that deep immersive-wise (the websites and phone numbers) as it explains things on a bigger scale with less resources. but we can certainly expect more trails on the next couple of days, even some tonight. (i kinda want trent to open up the gig playing HYPERPOWER!, that'd be awesome.)
but something tingles me about the events leading up to the 3rd EP, tho. if add violence explains not the actual events (listening to NTAE is now 10x more of a catharsis), what will the third EP explain from add violence? or NTAE? ...or year zero?
i have a hunch we're merely scratching the surface so far. third EP promotional stunts will blow shit up to another level.
I agree that we haven't found anything meaningful yet, but I do think there is something in there. When we figure out the right thing to do (whether that's 3D glasses, use of the physical component, or whatever), I suspect the meaning will be obvious. Vague hints at lettering, whether actual or the result of pareidolia, are not how we're going to solve this. There's something we're meant to do, and we haven't done it yet. We may not even have the tools we need. It could requires something that will be revealed tonight at the show, or something from the Add Violence physical component.
Last edited by Malashaan; 07-19-2017 at 01:05 PM.
New to the forum, been a long time lurker. Remember the YZ days quite well and trying to stay caught up with the ARG going on at that time. Really pretty stoked to see if this new ARG is a real thing or just chasing our tails.
Haven't really seen it mentioned before, but thought it was a good time to bring it up since folks seem to be looking at the Burning Bright video. There is all kinds of hidden things in the Less Than video. I'm trying to grab as much as I can, but so far this is the only one that I got legible enough to post.
http://imgur.com/D5KVGDF
I'll keep digging, but it looks like there's quite a bit of stuff there.
I definitely could see this happening, but it's fun so I will just keep picking away until more is revealed. I agree that this is likely ARG with the TITP video relating to 42 Entertainment, along with the Cedocore connection. I'm sure if we were being patient (me, I'm not), we would find ourselves with more information, as you said, over the next few days. Also, I had the same thought yesterday that it would be amazing for HYPERPOWER! to be the opener.
i agree there's something we're meant to do... but i don't think we have the clue/resource to do it yet. i think we might need something that hasn't been handed over.
the add violence physical component seems more key than ever, maybe. unless we can indeed do the thing with the NTAE component transparent sheets over some frames and that reveals something. it seems coherent. has anyone tried it yet?
I agree. Pareidolia isn't a good source of info. When i first tried to see something in this video, i started seeing things. Like crowds and cars and trees. Now i think there's either nothing and it was made to be this way, without any useful information (and in this case the actual hint or a piece of useful info from this video would be pareidolia itself), OR yeah, i kind of wrote it the post before, we might need some special software/something else yet to be discovered
Last edited by define; 07-19-2017 at 01:13 PM.
Ultimately, I believe you are right in that the video is intended to induce hallucinations. I think that is the point. To make you question if what you are seeing is actually real. It's actually a little unnerving to watch at times.
I don't believe that frame by frame analysis is going to reveal anything because it's the motion of all the layers that are making the effects happen in your mind. It's possible that I am hallucinating seeing the phrase in the video (however, that word I was trying to see when I first saw the letters was 'FRAGLILITY').
If the add violence physical component is required, and their shipping patterns are consistent, the arg is as good as dead. We might see that in 6 months... I certainly won't be holding my breath.
Well, I just put a NTAE physical component in my goddamn freezer.
Let's see what happens.
Fuck you, Trent.
What we (collective community) currently have:
NTAE PC component and it's different variations
Burning Bright video
Less Than Video
This Isn't the Place Video
Back cover
What we will have soon:
Exclusive show poster that everyone who attends concert will get
The key to all of this:
The van, 100% the van.
Last edited by izo; 07-19-2017 at 01:28 PM.
I think the interesting possible link back as well is with all this talk of temperature reactive paint, the year zero cd was heat reactive. It started black and heat made the front change colour..
COMPLETELY forgot about this! Thanks for the reminder! That was such a neat effect. Fun story: my sister, who also bought herself the Year Zero cd, thought upon taking the disc out of her player that there were actually two discs, and she couldn't find the other one. I politely informed her of her error :P