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The AI would ask for their name, rank, and proof that they were [[human]]. Players would provide their usernames, choose ranks, and improvise proof (eg. joking, singing). Their names were added to the site, crediting them for activating the axons. | The AI would ask for their name, rank, and proof that they were [[human]]. Players would provide their usernames, choose ranks, and improvise proof (eg. joking, singing). Their names were added to the site, crediting them for activating the axons. | ||
After the game was over, players were invited to go on a "training mission," which was actually a chance to play ''Halo 2'' multiplayer before its release. Various sites around America were used to host the event, including movie theaters and malls. Players were told to say the phrase "The Operator left a message for me." to gain access to the event. Unfortunately, several of the hosts were unaware of | After the game was over, players were invited to go on a "training mission," which was actually a chance to play ''Halo 2'' multiplayer before its release. Various sites around America were used to host the event, including movie theaters and malls. Players were told to say the phrase "The Operator left a message for me." to gain access to the event. Unfortunately, several of the hosts were unaware of ''i love bees'' and thought it was just a ''Halo 2'' event, disappointing many fans. At each event, players were given DVDs containing all of the ''i love bees'' audio files, as well as deleted material and screenshots from the site. | ||
==Story Synopsis== | ==Story Synopsis== | ||
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*A player tried to answer a live call in the middle of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Ivan|Hurricane Ivan]]. The Puppet Master (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 Puppet Master (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." | ||
*In the website's source code, the following search engine keywords | *In the website's source code, the following search engine keywords were included: "honey, bees, Margaret, small busines, beekeeping, hives, retail, market, Operator, bug, buggy, virus, infestation, WTF is going on with this damn thing, parasite, strong intrusive inclination, medium, messages, shipwreck, network throttling, SOS, hoax, game, bee hoax, bee game, survivor, survive, evade, resist, escape, a little help would be appreciated, thanks and tip your waitress, sleep, is, good, install, reinstall, re-reinstall, re-re-reinstall, I, love, bees".<ref name="website"/> Though in-universe Dana put them in for her own amusement,<ref name="damage"/> some of the keywords explain that it is a work of fiction, such as "bee hoax". | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Ilovebees.jpg|i love bees DVD menu. | File:Ilovebees.jpg|''i love bees'' DVD menu. | ||
File:DVD.PNG|The DVD | File:DVD.PNG|The DVD | ||
File:I love politics.png|i love bees players sneaked a banner for their | File:I love politics.png|''i love bees'' players sneaked a banner for their ''i love bees'' team into a real life political event. | ||
File:ILBs_card.png|The passcard to get into the Chicago event | File:ILBs_card.png|The passcard to get into the Chicago event | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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;The game | ;The game | ||
*[http:// | *[http://www.42entertainment.com/work/ilovebees - ''i love bees'' in 42 Entertainment's portfolio] | ||
*[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/ The | *[http://ilovebees.blogspot.com/ The ''i love bees'' weblog] | ||
{{col-2}} | {{col-2}} | ||
;Fan sites | ;Fan sites | ||
*[http://bees.netninja.com/ NetNinja | *[http://bees.netninja.com/ NetNinja ''i love bees'' resources] | ||
*[http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/ theBruce's ilovebees Compilations] and [http://creepy.thebruce.ca fanfiction retelling] | *[http://www.thebruce.ca/ilovebees/ theBruce's ilovebees Compilations] and [http://creepy.thebruce.ca 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!'] | ||