Praetoria Clockwork Venders (aka What's This Easter Egg?!?)
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Posted on: 2012-03-02 15:19 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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I got a kick out of the other Grandville easter egg - the one with a small puddle with a level 14 Coralax.|
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
The only Easter Egg I ever found interesting was the Dev office in the tunnels under Grandville which has since been 'trashed.' All the others have been way too timid.
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At first glance, I bet the Easter Egg has to do with the Clockwork Numerical designations.
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Originally Posted by Shubbie
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Yeah, I tried to crack the code, but am stuck. I notice the Underground numbers are reversed 3 digit - 2 digit, so I tried using them in reverse which reveals that one of the Underground numbers is the same as an above ground... a double letter?
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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
At first glance, I bet the Easter Egg has to do with the Clockwork Numerical designations.
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Look up on the wall, there on the floor,
Under the pillow, behind the door[?]
There's a crack in the mirror.
Somewhere there's a hole in a window-pane.
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By trashed do you mean removed, or redesigned to be trashed?
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Once she mentioned it, it was found. Forgot what it was about.
The only Easter Egg I ever found interesting was the Dev office in the tunnels under Grandville which has since been 'trashed.' All the others have been way too timid. |
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Redesigned so it looks trashed.|
Originally Posted by MisterMagpie
By trashed do you mean removed, or redesigned to be trashed?
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Meaning, somewhere in Praetoria is a new Dev's lounge/office :P
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Really? Because the Shadow Shard predates 2008.
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Originally Posted by Zortel
For those wondering, all the surnames of the soldiers are surnames from those who attended the 2008 Omega Sektor Mini Con in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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I can confirm this... Having found myself, Z, my other half and numerous other EU based players.|
Originally Posted by Scythus
Really? Because the Shadow Shard predates 2008.
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Previously, they might have been "random" names, but EU players are *definitely* in Firebase Zulu as soldiers (although they do randomly cycle through when they run despawn/respawn).
I have a screenshot of my soldier telling Z's soldier off laying around somewhere.
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Pics or it didn't happen.
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Originally Posted by Gangrel_EU
I can confirm this... Having found myself, Z, my other half and numerous other EU based players.
Previously, they might have been "random" names, but EU players are *definitely* in Firebase Zulu as soldiers (although they do randomly cycle through when they run despawn/respawn). I have a screenshot of my soldier telling Z's soldier off laying around somewhere. |
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They got renamed after the event. |
Originally Posted by Scythus
Really? Because the Shadow Shard predates 2008.
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I've found myself there a number of times and my surname is not common. It's also spelled wrong but hey, it's a claim to fame I guess.
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Easy enough.|
Originally Posted by Bullet Barrage
Pics or it didn't happen.
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Here is my toon in Firebase Zulu
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Apparently, the soldiers in the Vanguard base briefing area are all named after people War Witch went to school with
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Unless she went to school with a "Private Mould", "Private Jenkins", or worse: "Private Benjamin".
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Originally Posted by mousedroid
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Look up on the wall, there on the floor, Under the pillow, behind the door[?] There's a crack in the mirror. Somewhere there's a hole in a window-pane. |
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I thought that one vendor in Neutropolis would be obscure and hidden enough that he might be able to be in the Keyes trail.. which was not the case.
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On the grounds that my surname is very distinctive (as is Zortel's) I must decline to post a pic of my name appearing there. However, I have personally confirmed sight of surnames for myself, Zortel, Floating Fat Man, Plasmarch, Rockjaw, and a few others I can't think of right now.|
Originally Posted by Bullet Barrage
Pics or it didn't happen.
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However, since it will not directly link to me, here's a little riddle for anyone who can be bothered to go and trawl around to find it (just respect my wishes and don't post my surname anywhere, please): He took a little stroll and got in trouble for being tardy. What did he do?
(Oh, and the last time I went looking, it took me ten minutes to find my name, so this is by no means a freebie.)
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That's what I was thinking - but there's no clue as to which zone we should use them in |
Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
Could the vendors be referencing some x-y-z coordinates somehow? Like, telling you where to go to find some hidden room or something?
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Well, I was thinking that they'd be the zone that the vendor is in.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
That's what I was thinking - but there's no clue as to which zone we should use them in
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Thanks to Thirty-Seven for looking into getting these:
All of the numbers are:
Nova: 56-925, 73-783, 87-878
UG Nova: 878-84
Imperial: 25-378, 53-276, 62-397
UG Imp.: 844-45
Neutropolis: 36-287, 48-273, 73-223
UG Neu.: 583-43, 782-63
Removing the UG ones, that leaves use with three vendors in each zone, each one containing 5 digits. Now, it could just be the last three digits, or maybe it's something like 925-56 = 869 for the first one. Not sure.
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Indeed, this is the reason I haven't linked my one.
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Originally Posted by Shadowe
On the grounds that my surname is very distinctive (as is Zortel's) I must decline to post a pic of my name appearing there.
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Me, i have no real problems posting up the picture of "me" in Firebase Zulu, it also isnt the 1st game I had an NPC named after me.|
Originally Posted by Shadowe
On the grounds that my surname is very distinctive (as is Zortel's) I must decline to post a pic of my name appearing there. However, I have personally confirmed sight of surnames for myself, Zortel, Floating Fat Man, Plasmarch, Rockjaw, and a few others I can't think of right now.
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Bridger I found *once*, other red names that i remember seeing are Kerensky, Ghostraptor, Aero (all with their real name surnames)... they were *not* in the Shadowshard before the Omega Sektor player meet though.
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Add "Tailor 4-5264" in UG resistance base.
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Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
If I had to guess, I would imagine the Easter Egg regarding the Clockwork stores in Praetoria has to do with the numerical portions of their names. The only odd thing I noticed right away, is that NONE of them in the 6 zones out of all 13 Vendors has a '1' in the name. No one. Hell, that could be the joke itself. She keeps saying "no one has found it." There is no one.
But I doubt it. All of the numbers are:
A simple 'A=1, B=2' type code doesn't seem to yield anything useful... but I didn't do all of them, maybe they all add up to some long super-anagram as the studio is famous for doing. But if that is the case, what kinda message doesn't have a single 'A' in it anywhere? |
So is there any set timeframe for getting her to spill the beans if we never figure it out???
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It may have nothing to do with this, but those vendors periodically listen to a voice that's difficult for me to hear clearly. I'm a bit curious about that.
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There are also the surnames of NCsoft Europe staff people there (I have found Kerensky, Aero and a couple of others there)