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RubberLotus
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posted March 06, 2024 04:11 AM |
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So DID anyone ever figure out "A Greene Virus Toy"?
Alright, I can't imagine "A Greene Virus Toy" will be new to anyone on this board - in fact I expected at least two or three threads on here devoted to it. But shockingly enough, Googling it gets only a tiny handful of results, *none* of which are on this board!
So, in brief: Armageddon's Blade's last campaign, Foolhardy Waywardness, has this ocean-bottle in its third scenario "Here There Be Pirates"
To he who may unscramble this message: A Greene Virus Toy. The heavens shall smile upon thee.
Fans have tried putting their brains to it [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/heroes3/comments/pgofvf/from_the_armageddons_blade_scenario_here_there_be/]here[/url] and [url=https://able2know.org/topic/216374-1]here[/url], to apparently no avail. Online anagram decoders have spat out a couple of coherent strings like "Voyagers Reunite", but still nothing that feels like a proper reference or punchline. I suspect at least one "fantasy" word is involved in here.
This is the original Heroes 3 community - has anyone given it thought, maybe even cracked it? I know it's not likely to be anything serious; heck, it may even be straight-up misspelled, since Armageddon's Blade in general was rushed (something the campaign's Gilligan's Island-parody ending openly admits) and spellcheck clearly wasn't a high priority on several of the campaigns.
For additional context: most of the other ocean-bottles in this campaign have lyrics from pop songs of the developers' time (by the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Police, etc.). And one guy on that Reddit thread said it was a reference to Bowie's Labyrinth of all things. Anyone know what might be up with that?
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Lex
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posted March 07, 2024 11:55 PM |
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Maybe it's this:
"To he who may unscramble this message: Go ye east, over ruin. The heavens shall smile upon thee."
I checked the map at [url=https://heroes.thelazy.net/images/1/18/Here_There_Be_Pirates_map_auto.png]https://heroes.thelazy.net/images/1/18/Here_There_Be_Pirates_map_auto.png[/url] and cross-referenced the location of the bottle according to the wiki, which is at coordinates (24, 10). I see the bottle on the map in the image, and I see that there's kind of a ruin to the east, in a way. The pirate-like "ye" may be employed, since the scenario is pirate-themed. Maybe the message is just referring to the gold bag.
It's a stretch, but sounds better than any of the other guesses I've seen.
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LordCameron
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posted March 08, 2024 06:27 PM |
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Could it simply be something as simple as a devs signature? Like "bob was here". That would throw off most online anagram devices.
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Lex
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posted March 08, 2024 09:48 PM |
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Do you have a guess that aligns with that idea? I'm asking because "bob was here" isn't possible from the provided set of letters, and I posted a guess that has seems to me to have a lot more sense than such an unsubstantiated guess.
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RubberLotus
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posted March 09, 2024 07:25 PM |
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Lex said:
Maybe it's this:
"To he who may unscramble this message: Go ye east, over ruin. The heavens shall smile upon thee."
I checked the map at [url=https://heroes.thelazy.net/images/1/18/Here_There_Be_Pirates_map_auto.png]https://heroes.thelazy.net/images/1/18/Here_There_Be_Pirates_map_auto.png[/url] and cross-referenced the location of the bottle according to the wiki, which is at coordinates (24, 10). I see the bottle on the map in the image, and I see that there's kind of a ruin to the east, in a way. The pirate-like "ye" may be employed, since the scenario is pirate-themed. Maybe the message is just referring to the gold bag.
It's a stretch, but sounds better than any of the other guesses I've seen.
Wow, this is the best candidate I've heard of yet! Pending any better ones, I think I'll take it as the default.
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LordCameron
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posted March 10, 2024 03:46 AM |
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Lex said:
Do you have a guess that aligns with that idea? I'm asking because "bob was here" isn't possible from the provided set of letters, and I posted a guess that has seems to me to have a lot more sense than such an unsubstantiated guess.
What's with the hostility? Your guess is the best I've seen, but like you said you're not sure. So I'm brainstorming more possibilities.
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Lex
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posted March 10, 2024 06:45 AM |
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There was no hostility. Please read my messages without any negative interpretation bias. I asked a question. The word "unsubstantiated" can be used without any hostile intention. I was just trying to find the example you may have in mind but haven't unscrambled yet.
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