[6.3.3] "You have attempted to analyze the General as a Machine" - Syntax - 2/1/07

**Malphas**

The self-styled lord of Camon Heights always bears watching. The General's reappearance after all this time seems to have struck a chord in Silver; is he still smarting from the affair of case and key? But despite his pronounced eccentricities--or perhaps because of them--he sometimes develops uniquely ingenious insights into certain aspects of the simulation.

**Zimmermann**

interesting...

**Othinn1**

Judging from what was said, and this portion of the blog on the General, it seems that he wants revenge on the Oracle for being the mastermind behind the truce.

**Triface**

"Only the good die young!" "OooooWhooo!!!!!!"

**Villemar_MxO**

Not a big deal, but I wonder why Malphas is broadcasting a Machine event?

Oh, and I like Malphas' sig!

**Othinn1**

The_Big_V wrote:

Not a big deal, but I wonder why Malphas is broadcasting a Machine event?

It wasn't a Machine event. It was an "anyone-who-found-Silver" event.

**LoTekGhost** · 02/02/2007 21:32:02

Othinn1 wrote:

Judging from what was said, and this portion of the blog on the General, it seems that he wants revenge on the Oracle for being the mastermind behind the truce.

You know, there may be something to that theory. After I read it, this quote from the General's Clarity post popped right up:

My return will expose the flaw at the heart of this monolithic sham.
And the sins of the mothers will fall upon their children.

The mothers could be the drafters of the Truce (obviously including the Oracle). The sham and the sin could be interpreted as the Truce. Consequently, the children are, well, us all...everyone who now is here as a result of the Truce.

/ponder

On a side note, I loved how derogatory Silver was to us 'meat-sacks.'

SMILEY

Sykin · 02/02/2007 21:54:17

(Actually, that line with the "Sins of the mothers" sounds somewhat like the whole perspective of a poem called "The Whipping."

It is odd that he says "mothers" though because a quote like that you'd think "fathers" would be more appropriate. So yes, in this regard it can definitely be the Oracle, but truly what flaw or sin does she represent... The Mother of the Matrix.

And Sati is still just a child.)

**LoTekGhost** · 02/02/2007 22:16:26

Sykin wrote:

(Actually, that line with the "Sins of the mothers" sounds somewhat like the whole perspective of a poem called "The Whipping."

It is odd that he says "mothers" though because a quote like that you'd think "fathers" would be more appropriate. So yes, in this regard it can definitely be the Oracle, but truly what flaw or sin does she represent... The Mother of the Matrix.

And Sati is still just a child.)

    When I was writing my previous post, I remembered it as 'sins of the mother...' for some reason, but later double-checked and edited it to mothers. It did throw a partial wrench into my logic, but I just left it at that for the time being. Never read the poem you had mentioned, and I'm a bit too tired to check it out at the present, but will keep it in mind.

    Still, one could reason that 'mothers' being those who drafted the Truce could fit in, as a mother 'gives birth' to her new 'children.' Even so, I could still just be trying to see a pattern in the words that doesn't necessarily apply to this circumstance...which I end up doing far too often lol. It's just that the quote I pointed out has been stuck in my head, echoing ever since the Clarity thread...and now resurfaced again with the General's return. In fact, that quote may have little to nothing to do with what's actually going on, the wording just sort of stuck with me.

    Also, I thought about Sati being the child in the case of the quote, but it matches the pluralization of mother, indicating more than one mother and more than one child. Still that too could be an attempt to make his motives a bit more ambiguous. Anywho, I'll stop rambling on and just see what course this does take, as we can never be too careful about our interpretations of such events that effect us...especially as they are only beginning to unfold into view. We can only hope that time will tell and by then that it won't be too late, whatever may be in store.

**[FA]Tbone**

Do Hostile and Mathalos pay an extra $100/month or is there just some newsletter that I'm not aware of. Three servers + five orgs...no way to tell when LE is online really. They are also on the LE mission team of half of these LE threads I've been looking at. I know it sounds like I'm complaining, but really I'm impressed. I say share the secret!

ThHidden01

Cetainly Interesting... There are so many things going on at the moment. It's getting harder to trust each other, and information id becoming more valuable than life itself. Something is going to happen...

All it takes is time.

TH

lone010

[FA wrote:

Tbone]
Do Hostile and Mathalos pay an extra $100/month or is there just some newsletter that I'm not aware of. Three servers + five orgs...no way to tell when LE is online really. They are also on the LE mission team of half of these LE threads I've been looking at. I know it sounds like I'm complaining, but really I'm impressed. I say share the secret!

**Kemy**

[FA wrote:

Tbone]
Do Hostile and Mathalos pay an extra $100/month or is there just some newsletter that I'm not aware of. Three servers + five orgs...no way to tell when LE is online really. They are also on the LE mission team of half of these LE threads I've been looking at. I know it sounds like I'm complaining, but really I'm impressed. I say share the secret!

Don't know if all Liaisons send emails to their organisation of upcoming events but I know that some do.
Hard way: So that's 2 accounts to get 5 characters per server (or get a friend to make characters) > Contact all liaisons > Get on their mailing list > Jack in every now and then to check email > Be at every Live Event.
Easy way: Or make friends in each org on a server and ask them to forward the emails and to contact you when an event starts.

That's the secret SMILEY

**FrozenFyre**

An interesting event, and it has certainly sparked a lot of intrigue. I think the dialogue fits in with Silver in that he has shown how much he knows with his superior attitude, yet hasn't given away any direct facts either.

it's interesting to see that the General's blog has been updated since Sati's capture, it definitely seems to be that her sunshine is very valuable to the exiles and that taking her gives him an edge over exiles who need their sunshine. The downside will be that vamps and lupes get an advantage with there being less sunshine. But then the arrival of the Elite Commandos following Sati's abduction could be an example of that girl's power over exile programs.

**Rarebit**

Reeverb wrote:

[FA wrote:
Tbone]
Do Hostile and Mathalos pay an extra $100/month or is there just some newsletter that I'm not aware of. Three servers + five orgs...no way to tell when LE is online really. They are also on the LE mission team of half of these LE threads I've been looking at. I know it sounds like I'm complaining, but really I'm impressed. I say share the secret!
Don't know if all Liaisons send emails to their organisation of upcoming events but I know that some do. Hard way: So that's 2 accounts to get 5 characters per server (or get a friend to make characters) > Contact all liaisons > Get on their mailing list > Jack in every now and then to check email > Be at every Live Event. Easy way: Or make friends in each org on a server and ask them to forward the emails and to contact you when an event starts. That's the secret :P

Except that no liaisons knew about this event.