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'''''i love bees''''' is an [[alternate reality game]] developed by [[4orty2wo Entertainment]] used for the marketing of ''[[Halo 2]]''. During the summer of [[2004 (real world)|2004]], the website ''www.ilovebees.com'' was used as a publicity site for ''[[Halo 2]]'', with the site being pointed to by an advertisement for the game played alongside movie trailers.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeyskiiWRdI '''YouTube:''' ''HALO 2 THEATRICAL TRAILER'']</ref> Ostensibly a beekeeper's personal site, the server appeared to have been taken over by an unstable [[Melissa (AI)|AI]] whose thoughts were found scattered on the site. Players would interact with this AI and help her return to the future and save the world from the [[Halo Array]]. | '''''i love bees''''' is an [[alternate reality game]] developed by [[4orty2wo Entertainment]] used for the marketing of ''[[Halo 2]]''. During the summer of [[2004 (real world)|2004]], the website ''www.ilovebees.com'' was used as a publicity site for ''[[Halo 2]]'', with the site being pointed to by an advertisement for the game played alongside movie trailers.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeyskiiWRdI '''YouTube:''' ''HALO 2 THEATRICAL TRAILER'']</ref> Ostensibly a beekeeper's personal site, the server appeared to have been taken over by an unstable [[Melissa (AI)|AI]] whose thoughts were found scattered on the site. Players would interact with this AI and help her return to the future and save the world from the [[Halo Array]]. | ||
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{{Article quote|We're going to have this huge collection of canon and things that we embrace as canon, like I Love Bees and stuff like that.<ref>[http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/4818 '''1UP''': ''The 1UP Show: Episode 07/28/06''] (27:49 - 27:55)</ref>}} | {{Article quote|We're going to have this huge collection of canon and things that we embrace as canon, like I Love Bees and stuff like that.<ref>[http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/4818 '''1UP''': ''The 1UP Show: Episode 07/28/06''] (27:49 - 27:55)</ref>}} | ||
This was shown in the graphic novel as two characters from ''i love bees'', Herzog and Standish as well as events in the ''i love bees'' storyline in which they took place, are referenced in a canon image.<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', [[Halo Graphic Novel, Page 122|''page 122'']]</ref> Additionally, entities introduced in ''i love bees'', including [[Optican]], [[chatter]]s, and [[communications kiosk]]s, were later featured in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. The colony [[Mamore]] was mentioned prominently in promotional material for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. Finally, several key elements of ''i love bees'', including [[Melissa]], the {{UNSCShip|Apocalypso}},and the [[deep-space artifact]] are included in the officially canon ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' while [[SPDR]] | This was shown in the graphic novel as two characters from ''i love bees'', Herzog and Standish as well as events in the ''i love bees'' storyline in which they took place, are referenced in a canon image.<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', [[Halo Graphic Novel, Page 122|''page 122'']]</ref> Additionally, entities introduced in ''i love bees'', including [[Optican]], [[chatter]]s, and [[communications kiosk]]s, were later featured in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. The colony [[Mamore]] was mentioned prominently in promotional material for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. Finally, several key elements of ''i love bees'', including [[Melissa]], the {{UNSCShip|Apocalypso}},and the [[deep-space artifact]] are included in the officially canon ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' while the [[SPDR]] and [[Razorback]] appear in ''[[Halo Infinite]]'', retconning previously existing canon to some degree. In 2011, Frank O'Connor again stated that ''i love bees'' is considered canon by [[343 Industries]].<ref name="frank">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rPeMxbvCjYo '''YouTube''': ''Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor'']</ref> | ||
Still, ''i love bees'' cannot be considered entirely canonical. Some elements of ''i love bees'' directly contradict more recent material of definite canon status, such as the time in which [[Tobias Fleming Shaw]] and [[Wallace Fujikawa]] were alive. Thus, ''i love bees'' could be considered canonical unless contradicted by more authoritative sources. | Still, ''i love bees'' cannot be considered entirely canonical. Some elements of ''i love bees'' directly contradict more recent material of definite canon status, such as the time in which [[Tobias Fleming Shaw]] and [[Wallace Fujikawa]] were alive. Thus, ''i love bees'' could be considered canonical unless contradicted by more authoritative sources. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Players in the game referred to themselves as "beekeepers". | *Players in the game referred to themselves as "beekeepers". | ||
*Soon after ''i love bees'' became popular, someone bought the domain name '''www.ilovepees.com''' and auctioned it on eBay. The person claimed that whoever made it a redirect to their own site would receive a large amount of search traffic from players who typed the address incorrectly.<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/news.html?item=10131 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''How Stupid ARE People, Anyway?'']</ref> | *Soon after ''i love bees'' became popular, someone bought the domain name '''www.ilovepees.com''' and auctioned it on eBay starting at $1000. The person claimed that whoever made it a redirect to their own site would receive a large amount of search traffic from players who typed the address incorrectly.<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/news.html?item=10131 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''How Stupid ARE People, Anyway?'']</ref> | ||
*A player tried to answer a live call in the middle of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Ivan|Hurricane Ivan]]. The staff member in charge of calls (Puppetmaster 2) broke character to tell him to run to safety: "Dude, it's a hurricane. Put the phone down."<ref>[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,65365-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1 '''Wired''': ''I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit'']</ref> | *A player tried to answer a live call in the middle of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Ivan|Hurricane Ivan]]. The staff member in charge of calls (Puppetmaster 2) broke character to tell him to run to safety: "Dude, it's a hurricane. Put the phone down."<ref>[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,65365-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1 '''Wired''': ''I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit'']</ref> | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Yuri Lowenthal|Yuri Lowenthal]], voice of [[Kamal Zaman]], is also the voice of the Prince in the ''[[wikipedia:Prince of Persia|Prince of Persia]]'' series, and Sasuke in the Naruto series. A piece of Kamal's dialog, "People think time is a river that flows in one direction, but time is an ocean." seems to be a deliberate reference to the Prince's "Some say time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction, but I have seen the face of time and I can tell you they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm." | *[[Wikipedia:Yuri Lowenthal|Yuri Lowenthal]], voice of [[Kamal Zaman]], is also the voice of the Prince in the ''[[wikipedia:Prince of Persia|Prince of Persia]]'' series, and Sasuke in the Naruto series. A piece of Kamal's dialog, "People think time is a river that flows in one direction, but time is an ocean." seems to be a deliberate reference to the Prince's "Some say time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction, but I have seen the face of time and I can tell you they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm." | ||
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;Fan sites | ;Fan sites | ||
*[http://bees.netninja.com/ NetNinja ''i love bees'' resources] | *[http://bees.netninja.com/ NetNinja ''i love bees'' resources] | ||
*[http://www.thebruce. | *[http://www.thebruce.net/ilovebees theBruce's ilovebees Compilations] and [http://creepy.thebruce.net fanfiction retelling] | ||
*[http://www.wonderweasels.org/apiary/guide.htm Guide to 'Haunted Apiary - Let Op!'] | *[http://www.wonderweasels.org/apiary/guide.htm Guide to 'Haunted Apiary - Let Op!'] | ||
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ARG/ILoveBees I Love Bees on TV Tropes] | *[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ARG/ILoveBees I Love Bees on TV Tropes] | ||
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*[http://www.42entertainment.com/42webmovies/ilovebees.wmv G4 show on the game] - WMV file. | *[http://www.42entertainment.com/42webmovies/ilovebees.wmv G4 show on the game] - WMV file. | ||
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[[Category:Alternate reality games]] | [[Category:Alternate reality games]] | ||
[[Category:I Love Bees| ]] | [[Category:I Love Bees| ]] | ||
[[Category:Canon]] | [[Category:Canon]] | ||