The Secret World

[Ash]

LOL...maybe I should have said "educated" guess.

[Tbone]

The first "unlucky" Friday the 13th was started when the order came down to hunt persecute the Templars (October 13th, 1307). The Templars were believed to be cursed men, and since this order essentially wiped them out, people believed the day itself to be cursed now.

[Ash]

God bless "cut & paste".  LOL.  

More specifically though the french King at the time, jealous of the Templar's wealth and reach of power made a secret pact with the Pope (who also feared the Templar's) to eradicate the Templar's and claim their properties and wealth for his own.  The Pope was the one who put out the decree turning them into Devil worshipers and the like.  On Friday October 13th, 1307 French soldiers along with Papal guards rounded up all (well not really all, but that's another story) Templar's from every part of Europe and Great Britain and either executed them or imprisoned them and forced them to confess to "acts against God" using torture and similar punishment.  

Another fact as to why the Templar's had gained so much wealth (even though one of the tenants of their belief was to take a vow of poverty) was that they created the banking system we use today.  They were the first to lend people money in exchange for charging interest whilst repaying it.  They were basically the first "banks" in the world.  This, and the fact that the French King was broke, is what made the Templar's wealth so tempting.

Thus endeth today's lesson on the Templar's...

[Tbone]

I win!

[Phienyx]

This type of information deserves its own thread.  Good stuff.

[Heironymus]

Just go to the main site and do their test. You got through OUR challenge but you can't find their beta app?? Tsk tsk!

I didn't actually go look.. I was at work and didnt feel like perusing random websites that may throw up flags...

and I figure I could just ask and someone would post it =P

[Lits]

The countdown clock on the front page is a funny thing. If you look at the time it is giving, the numbers are as thus:

days - 1 1 9 1
hours - 05
min - 43
sec - 23
milisec - too fast to count

Look for yourself, but be warned the digits that appear as "4" "6" and "8" actually arent. Watch the second counter. When the first digit changes, the corresponding digit is presumably 9. Start with that and count down from there. The first digit only goes to 5, like a regular counter.

So I can figure out that at this point there are 5 hours, 43 mins, and some odd seconds.... presumably to the game launch.

But what does the 1 1 9 1 mean?
It isn't 11 months, 91 days (that would be roughly 13 months, 1 day)
Same for 1 year, 19 months, 1 day... makes no sense.

Possibly 11-9-1? November 9th of 2011? or 2010? Or November 1st of 2009 (European way).

[Tbone]

It points to the end of the present cycle, according to the Mayan long Count (calendar) and has been a popular date for the end of the world, specially in the past few years.  probably it points at a very important date in the game story, as those numbers (dec. 12, 2012) have showed up in several of the puzzle elements.  Perhaps it's when the massive apocalyptic event is supposed to happen or something like that.

[Jeyk]

New "Director Interview":

[Heironymus]

But what does the 1 1 9 1 mean?
It isn't 11 months, 91 days (that would be roughly 13 months, 1 day)
Same for 1 year, 19 months, 1 day... makes no sense.

wouldn't 91 days be 3 months.. therefor it would be 14 months?

[Tbone]

First of all, he gave a shout out to APB and CrimeCraft...heh.

Secondly, he said they are in "pre-Alpha" stage. What does this mean? It means maybe we can play this game after we get sick of SWTOR. Lol...

[Lits]

That's why I said it makes no sense. Tbone says it's got something to do with 2012, but I'm pretty sure it says 1191. Maybe they're just meaningless blips, who knows.

[Tbone]

My post was a quote from a dev after he was asked if it was a countdown to a release date.

[Lits]

ahhhh. well they're dumb. its says 1191. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!


(or perhaps I should read the material myself)

[Tbone]

Taking the test now allows you to put in your name and email address and become an "initiate". Among other things, this puts you on a list to win beta access.