1207-2011 - Coincidence or hidden easter egg? [Archive]

Tigue

2011-07-28, 09:04 AM

Hey gang.
For starters - Im Tigue, former PS1 player (still jump on occasionally), who has been lurking about your site for a great number of years, just keeping quietly to myself and enjoying the consistent updates you guys provide - especially with the announcement of PS2.

I had no intention of making myself all too known but then this morning I stumbled on this little "gem" while I was looking back over the PS2 announcement pictures that you guys have in the gallery and thought I should share something I noticed...

If you look at any of the announcement pictures (any of those which show the TR troops) you'll see on the side of the rifle it has 1207-2011. Im curious everyones thoughts on the matter. Is this just a coincidence, or could that be a hidden date? 12/07/2011 ?? doesnt seem too far fetched to consider that it may be something significant, since it IS an announcement picture, and 12/07 I dont think would be all to far off from a potential release date that seems realisticly in line with all the news we've been seeing.

Just wondered everyone elses thoughts - now ill creep back into my dark corner and continue to watch from the shadows!

- Tigue

** Edit**
I grabbed the best of the 3 images and cropped out the portion Im talking about, take a look for yourselves! :)

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/7361/boomo.jpg

Goku

2011-07-28, 09:10 AM

Nice observation! If so I will be role playing as my PS char over the winter break for 5 weeks.

Xaine

2011-07-28, 09:12 AM

I just checked for myself, its certainly there.

I think its a little too convenient for a coincidence, whoever did the art knew we would pour over the pictures and new that some sharp eyed person would point this out. Any random numbers would have done, but these seem to suggest something.

I'm not sure its a release date however (i hope it is, don't get me wrong) but maybe something else. Beta? Open Beta? Who knows.

Malorn

2011-07-28, 09:34 AM

Wouldnt be the first time.

BlazingSun

2011-07-28, 09:46 AM

Looks like 1227 to me, but the resolution of the pic is bad.

Firefly

2011-07-28, 09:50 AM

It means that in 1207 the Secret Order of Elites was founded. This has carried forth through today as "SOE".

Tigue

2011-07-28, 10:02 AM

Looks like 1227 to me, but the resolution of the pic is bad.

I wondered about that myself after I added the cropped picture and looked again. In the larger picture it looks like 1207, but when i cropped it and looked again - you may be right!

Hamma

2011-07-28, 10:38 AM

Welcome aboard! :D

Very interesting find for sure hehe.

Manitou

2011-07-28, 10:40 AM

It would be very difficult to point to a specific date of actual release as early as this screen shot was released. There are too many variables that could cause it to be changed.

Firefly

2011-07-28, 10:51 AM

I like my idea best.

Secret medieval society FTW.

IceyCold

2011-07-28, 10:55 AM

I like my idea best.

Secret medieval society FTW.

Gotta go with Firefly on this one. I think he may have discovered where the Knights Templar disappeared to.

Aractain

2011-07-28, 10:56 AM

Err guys thats the number of kills and then the number of women. The two most important numbers for any republic solider (other than serial number of course).

Slepnair

2011-07-28, 11:10 AM

Err guys thats the number of kills and then the number of women. The two most important numbers for any republic solider (other than serial number of course).

Sorry Firefly.. but i think i like this idea better :)

Firefly

2011-07-28, 11:16 AM

Err guys thats the number of kills and then the number of women. The two most important numbers for any republic solider (other than serial number of course).
DAMMIT!!!

kaffis

2011-07-28, 11:18 AM

Bruttal

2011-07-28, 11:31 AM

Uh i think i said this in like 3 posts, I just decided NOT to make another thread about it.

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36794 page 3

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36677 page 1

Bruttal

2011-07-28, 11:32 AM

Tigue

2011-07-28, 11:33 AM

Hmm. 12/27 *is* a Tuesday...

It seems odd to shoot for the week *after* Christmas, though, especially this far out. Why not aim for 12/20, instead? That way, PS2 can be a gift under the tree AND everybody can get a bunch of playtime in on their holiday time off...

Hmmm, or maybe their plan is to have us pre-order up until xmas then 2 days later while everyone's enjoying their xmas gifts, ** BOOM! PS2's official release **

This of course will inevitably cause massive unemployement since we'll all be unable to remove ourselves from our computers to do any sort of productive real life work thus leading to termination of our employment. SOE knows this and they know once we're unemployed we'll just sit around playing games for hours on end... Man they're evil!! :evil:

:D

Bruttal

2011-07-28, 11:38 AM

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/viewer.php?img_id=1622

better look at it

DviddLeff

2011-07-28, 11:46 AM

Yeah definitely U/I-1207-2011

Very interesting.

Bruttal

2011-07-28, 11:49 AM

Yeah definitely U/I-1207-2011

Very interesting.

to me it looked like LR1207-2011 with dashes LR-12-07-2011

klu

2011-07-28, 11:55 AM

may have been the planned release date for their original idea of a graphics update for planetside1?

SavageB

2011-07-28, 12:07 PM

There is no way the game will be released by then, beta maybe!!! Good find but could be meaningless.

Vancha

2011-07-28, 12:09 PM

Yeah I really wouldn't want PS2 to be released that quickly, but for beta or perhaps the date of the next trailer, that'd be cool.

Raymac

2011-07-28, 12:38 PM

Very interesting find. We may be grasping at straws, but it is an interesting coincidence. I mean technically the devs havn't ruled out a 2011 release yet.

This does vaguely remind me of something that Lucasfilm did with one of the Star Wars prequels. At one point, there were rumors of Christopher Walken being cast as a Sith. Just then Lucasfilm released some art and some background story about a "Darth Bane", but the interesting thing is that the file names for the pictures were Christopher Walken character names like "maxshreck.jpg". Obviously, this just turned out to be a red herring, so I hope SOE just isn't messing with our heads.

NapalmEnima

2011-07-28, 01:11 PM

One of the things this Close Inspection has lead me to discover is that the rifle has a rail mount (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_rail_mount) on the top, remarkably like those on modern assault rifles.

Customization indeed.

Death2All

2011-07-28, 01:13 PM

Very cool find. It does seem to early for a release, perhaps that's the date they're shooting for with beta?

ShowNoMercy

2011-07-28, 01:19 PM

Alduron

2011-07-28, 01:42 PM

I find it strange that I haven't seen anyone consider a few things yet.

1.) From my understanding, they were attempting to release/beta PS2 around Spring time this year.
For lack of a better article:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-next-spring-2011-2421.htm
And acquired additional resources, which caused them to re-think a few things due to the upgrade in man-power:
http://twitter.com/#!/j_smedley/status/52967620177178624

If they were attempting to go into Beta this year, they've got a large majority of the game flushed out. Presumably the new team would break open and address some specific things and add a bunch of new features, but not to the extent of a massive rewrite or anything.

I wouldn't be surprised if they were ready for beta by December.

2.) When looking for a finishing touch for the gun one of the artists could have easily selected a loved ones birthday to attach to it instead of a random number. I've seen this happen plenty of times.

Of course, everything is speculation. :)

Raymac

2011-07-28, 01:48 PM

Makes sense for them to hide it in a picture. I'm sure they have something planned for that date, if they were to officially say such, then missing the date due to delays it would result in a tsunami of "wtf matt, where is the shit you said was coming on 12-07-2011" mails. By hiding it they can just deny it if they miss the date, and in the mean time it gives nerds like us a date to circle on our calendars. Good eye to everyone who saw this (not just the guy who thread posted about it).

Yeah, anybody that was lurking the forums here when the Producer's Letter was like 1 week late and saw all the screaming and clamoring (myself included) would take that as a sign that SOE might be conservative about announcing a release date.

Sovereign

2011-07-28, 02:22 PM

may have been the planned release date for their original idea of a graphics update for planetside1?

Yeah that would totally crack the code and give us the definitive date we yearn for...

Perhaps we should also try and decipher the date for the originally planned PS2 that was suppose to be just a graphical overhaul and change in P2P to F2P..

Firefly

2011-07-28, 02:31 PM

Proof that conspiracy theories are not just limited to 9/11, Killing Bin Laden, and the Moon Landing.

SavageB

2011-07-28, 02:42 PM

Proof that conspiracy theories are not just limited to 9/11, Killing Bin Laden, and the Moon Landing.

We landed on the MOON? No wayz...

MgFalcon

2011-07-28, 04:08 PM

Proof that conspiracy theories are not just limited to 9/11, Killing Bin Laden, and the Moon Landing.

You forgot about the 2nd Shooter/Grassy Knoll

But nice find to the OP!... have much time on your hands?

Lunarchild

2011-07-28, 07:15 PM

From the large picture I would say it could be 1207, 1227 or 1237... The 2011 though does make it interesting. It does seem to be possible that it's a date they intended for us to find... And having beta start at 27 December does not seem like a bad idea overall...

EASyEightyEight

2011-07-28, 07:30 PM

The zeroes are strike through zeroes. They look like 2's because of how grainy the image is. If you need a better look, for chrome at least hit ctrl and + to zoom in for your browser.

It could be a special date they're planning something big (they did say the game is further along than the teaser led us to believe,) or it could just be a random number and we're reading a lot into it because we're desperate to have more info thrown our way. Info dissection periods seem to be roughly 3 days to a week before watchers froth at the mouth and go mad from info withdrawal.

I recall reading we'll have a weapons list "soon" somewhere but for the life of me can't remember where.

DreaM

2011-07-28, 08:10 PM

Firefly

2011-07-28, 08:21 PM

That's funny, when I look at it with Chrome and CTRL+ it looks like UI-1227-7211.

I'd caution everyone not to read too much into this, but it's hilarious when people prophecy shit and then when it doesn't come true they get all aggro butthurt about it and swear that they've been duped.

PsychoXR-20

2011-07-28, 08:33 PM

The world is supposed to end in 2012.
My driver's license expires in 2012.

Coincidence?

This thread is pretty ridiculous through. Do you actually think that they would texture in such a specific date, with the intention of it being an easter egg to some sort of release/beta date? Seems like a waste of resources to me.

Bags

2011-07-28, 08:35 PM

Seems like a waste of resources to me.

Aren't all easter eggs?

Sirisian

2011-07-28, 09:17 PM

I get what you're all saying and it makes a lot of sense. Someone needs to tell T-Ray that we all expect higher resolution textures in the game. Right now they're not high enough.

Also if you're curious why people are confused I ran it through some filters and it's really difficult to tell the numbers because it's ambiguous with the pixel combinations. I'm not even sure what font that is.
http://assaultwars.com/pictures/planetsidedate.png
U1-1207-2011 would be my guess also though. Putting slashes through the zeroes is fun.

PsychoXR-20

2011-07-28, 09:47 PM

Blown up 10x, de-satuarted and inverted
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9418/conspiracyj.jpg

Looks like 1237-7811

EASyEightyEight

2011-07-28, 09:59 PM

Aren't all easter eggs?

To add, as long as you're skinning in any form of number onto something, you might as well have some fun with it! Even if something does happen on 12-07-2011, it's just a serial number after that date.

Sirisian

2011-07-28, 10:03 PM

Looks like 1237-7811
heh. I applied certain filters and thresholds and noticed that also. Thought maybe I was doing something wrong. :lol:

EASyEightyEight

2011-07-28, 10:07 PM

Oh and... something I'm sure y'all have already seen but it bears mentioning for this topic: http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36887

FastAndFree

2011-07-28, 10:55 PM

Blown up 10x, de-satuarted and inverted
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9418/conspiracyj.jpg

Looks like 1237-7811

DAMMIT I can't wait until the year 7811!

LordReaver

2011-07-29, 02:49 AM

Was about to make a thread like this a couple weeks ago, but upon further inspection I came to the same conclusion as Psycho.

Aractain

2011-07-29, 07:22 AM

7811? DAMN! Does he has any time for anything else? He must have a reputation.

Malorn

2011-07-29, 12:08 PM

Looks like the 3 and 8 are both 0. Some zeroes have a slash though the middle. At any rate they look like the same number to me. I believe 1207-2011 is correct.

Quovatis

2011-07-29, 01:40 PM

Would be kind of funny if they did some kind of alternate reality game like Portal / Portal 2. But, alas, I bet all the rifles and boxes will have the same numbers as in PS1.

Effective

2011-07-29, 02:37 PM

The world is supposed to end in 2012.
Do you actually think that they would texture in such a specific date, with the intention of it being an easter egg to some sort of release/beta date? Seems like a waste of resources to me.

Remember, this is SOE we're talking about

Sovereign

2011-07-29, 03:04 PM

Ha, SOE being able to pull a Valve experiment, that will be their day... :rolleyes:

nailPuppy

2011-07-29, 05:19 PM

I think we need to enhance the photo a bit more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiqkclCJsZs

Aractain

2011-07-29, 07:26 PM

***x202a;Let***39;s Enhance***x202c;&rlm; - YouTube

Lunarchild

2011-07-29, 10:17 PM

If you take that date as a European date, btw, you get 12th of July... Which is just a couple of days after Fan Faire...

Bags

2011-07-29, 10:20 PM

SOE isn't EU tho.

Firefly

2011-07-30, 11:00 AM

Hey I know, we should take this number and read a whole bunch of hoodoo into it and come up with a date in the next six months' timeframe, and then run around telling everyone that this is the release date, and swear up and down that it's the Gospel According to St. Smedley, and start a thread that says "So, it's almost [date]".

...

... oh wait. We already did that, mostly.

FastAndFree

2011-07-30, 03:10 PM

If it worked for Nostradamus, I don't see why it wouldn't work for us

Firefly

2011-07-30, 04:05 PM

If it worked for Nostradamus, I don't see why it wouldn't work for us
Yeah! And don't forget Harold Camping!

Vancha

2011-07-30, 04:14 PM

Yeah, y'see, the trick to prophecies is keeping them vague, and making the due date a time long after your death.

Firefly

2011-07-30, 04:18 PM

Yeah, y'see, the trick to prophecies is keeping them vague, and making the due date a time long after your death.
That's why I vote we go with the year 7811.

Surge72

2011-07-30, 07:24 PM

Relevent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUFkb0d1kbU
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUFkb0d1kbU)

(don't know how to embed)

Silencer22

2011-07-31, 06:20 PM

Interesting find - thanks for sharing

MgFalcon

2011-07-31, 06:28 PM

Relevent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUFkb0d1kbU
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUFkb0d1kbU)

(don't know how to embed)

Sir, I raise your science-y fiction-esk video, with reality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0n189uwiBE&NR=1

NYRampage

2011-08-01, 10:23 AM

Interesting find...but why would they do that when they work so hard NOT to reveal dates - we know how software dev goes...

LordReaver

2011-08-02, 01:43 PM

Looks like the 3 and 8 are both 0. Some zeroes have a slash though the middle. At any rate they look like the same number to me. I believe 1207-2011 is correct.

12X7-YZ11 I think we all agree on the red.

X: Appears to be a 3. It is not closed on the left side.
Y: This is far more similar in appearance to the seven, than the two. Notice how it doesn't have the bottom tail.
Z: Hard to say for sure, but I'm leaning towards an 8. It seems to have a slight pinch in the middle.

EASyEightyEight

2011-08-02, 02:08 PM

Ah... reading blurry, pixelated numbers.

It's like trying to identify ink blots.

I like the concept of it being 12-07-2011 (slashes through 0's, bottom of Y being blurred out and lost on zoom in.) It might be a harmless and self-imposed let down, but it beats waiting without a date to look forward to at all!

But no, you know what I think? I think we need a second opinion:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/tpblog2.jpg

A.D.(wth? I.D. maybe?) 1257-2211 is what I get from there, and I have no reason to believe the numbers randomize from weapon to weapon, or from side to side even. Could also be A.D./I.D. 1253-2211. But comparing the two images, the only real difference from either side is that the numbers are on a sort of plate/sticker in the linked image, where as the OP's image they are not. Also, the OP's image the lettering is U.I.

WarChimp130

2011-08-02, 06:47 PM

Fascinating. That'd be pretty kick ass if that turns out to be an important date.

Lunarchild

2011-08-02, 07:04 PM

12X7-YZ11 I think we all agree on the red.

X: Appears to be a 3. It is not closed on the left side.
Y: This is far more similar in appearance to the seven, than the two. Notice how it doesn't have the bottom tail.
Z: Hard to say for sure, but I'm leaning towards an 8. It seems to have a slight pinch in the middle.

http://angel.sg01.net/images/Serial Number.png

I would actually say that X is indeed a 0, as is Z. Y does look more like a 2, but the bottom ride is small, but does come out with some sharpening.

knaggsy

2011-08-03, 07:12 AM

I believe the date to be 7th December 2011 but this could have been to do with the original graphics update.

Now, just t make sure that these numbers have in-fact been added by the artist i took the time to enhance the trailer footage of the same weapon found in this artwork: http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/viewer.php?img_id=1622

Trailer Screenshot:

http://i.imgur.com/pEYVS.png

Now using the "Uncrop" function i managed to see that there is no numbers on the gun in game meaning it was deliberately put there!

http://i.imgur.com/Swu91.png

Now i know you can see a yellow blob but this is a different colour to the text in the artwork making the artwork more likely deliberate.

Damn I need more news about news about news about the beta. BTW This was a troll; but I hope we get to play something soon.

Lunarchild

2011-08-03, 07:15 AM

Now using the "Uncrop" function i managed to see that there is no numbers on the gun in game meaning it was deliberately put there!

But you're looking at the OTHER side of the weapon at a lower MIP level ^^

Even if you check the original screenshot, and look at the same weapon in the other guy's hand, it does not seem to have a serial number imprinted on it.

exLupo

2011-08-03, 07:19 AM

The NC greet this puzzle with a puff on the traditional Conspiracy Pipe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SmDM0aPhZM

SKYeXile

2011-08-03, 08:17 AM

pfft its already past the 12th of July...Americans...

NewSith

2011-08-03, 08:59 AM

12X7-YZ11

It links to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12711),

And then - to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989),

Then - this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989),

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Toad),

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2VD_94rEo)

This (http://www.georgecaroll.com/male%20stars/Kid%20Rock/kid-rock-star-style.jpg)

And here's (http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-dev-profile-matt-higby-2496.htm) what we got!

headcrab13

2011-08-03, 09:07 AM

U1-1207-2011 would be my guess also though.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9418/conspiracyj.jpg

That's what I see, too. Looks like UI (Unique Identifier) 1207 2011.

In any case, I'm going to get a big cherry pie to celebrate the occasion, and on the 7th if it turns out they don't drop any new info or announce the beta, I'll still have a delicious cherry pie to enjoy.

-HC13

EASyEightyEight

2011-08-03, 05:40 PM

Click this link for a different image with strikingly similar numbers! (http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/tpblog2.jpg)

A.D.(wth? I.D. maybe?) 1257-2211 is what I get from there, and I have no reason to believe the numbers randomize from weapon to weapon, or from side to side even. Could also be A.D./I.D. 1253-2211. But comparing the two images, the only real difference from either side is that the numbers are on a sort of plate/sticker in the linked image, where as the OP's image they are not. Also, the OP's image the lettering is U.I.

P.S. Getting the vibe people aren't reading the entire thread anymore.

Tigue

2011-08-06, 09:06 PM

Wow - so many replies. I didn't expect this thread to garner so much visability!

As for the person earlier on (believe it was on page 3) about how long it took me to notice this. I'd only looked at the picture for about 5-10 seconds when I saw it. I was just sipping my morning coffee and glancing through the PS2 pic's thinking about how much fun this game is going to be whenever it does finally release.