So, imagine my surprise when I get home from a long day of student teaching to find a blood splattered envelope. I can only imagine my fiance’s surprise and, probably (hopefully?), deep concern. Did Raegn get in with those card sharks again? Quizzically, she never called to tell me of the mysterious arrival.
I was a little thrown at first. There was no “sender” information on the front of the envelope but an EA Mythic stamp on the back made it all clear. Eagerly, I opened it up to find the following (click for the full size):
And here’s the bloodied envelope:
The text on the card reads:
Roses are Red
Khaine gives me power,
I’ll hunt you down,
In the Twisting
Tower…
Very cryptic, very WAR, and very cool; but, there’s more. I didn’t know what to make of the coding on the back of the card at first. Student teaching has taken so much time, I didn’t realize these cards were being sent out until just tonight. The back of the card reads 10/13 and the letter “E”. Don’t let the look of the letter fool you. At first, I thought it was an “L” but if you check out the from of the envelope, the “E” in my name is identical.
So far, we have the following letters: T, I, N, V, R, and E. The wording also seems to hint towards a Dark Elf event. Rainbow MMO’s card is more direct and tells us to be in RvR in the second week of February. So, if we take that with the “hunt you down, In the Twisting Tower” where does that bring us?
At my count, this makes two big (and hellaciously provocative) things coming our way soon. Or, perhaps we should look into that a bit too. The Greenskin’s “Predator” tip (largely assumed to be a hint towards the Choppa class) says that there’s “More to Come 1-29-09”. So, two separate dates have been thrown out. Thoughts?
These little hints really exemplify what an outstanding company Mythic is. I can say that it really enthuses me about the game and its future in their hands. This type of community is really unprecendeted in the MMO world and, if I can speak frankly, is wickedly sweet. Oh yeah, I went to high school and back in three little words.
Way to go, Mythic. If every development and community team could be as involved as yours, the gaming world would be a better place.
Wicked.
Sweet.
Update: More clues have come forth! We currently have: TNITNLVERA. Tome of Knowledge has the same letter as I do, but we’re leaning different ways on what letter it actually is (poll to be posted soon). Wizard’s and Wenches have some great ideas on what the message may be. Check it out!
Poems? Witch Elves? …Death Night? » Wizards & Wenches
Jan 28, 2009 @ 11:04:22
Dori
Jan 28, 2009 @ 12:49:33
What about an uppercase ‘L’ in simple cursive, mate?
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Jan 28, 2009 @ 14:06:07
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Jan 28, 2009 @ 14:07:43
shadowwar
Jan 28, 2009 @ 14:10:27
I’d agree with Dori, if it wasn’t for the “e” in Christopher’s name.
messenger
Jan 28, 2009 @ 15:06:01
Also the “e” in the poem at the end of the “the” in the twisting tower
messenger
Jan 28, 2009 @ 16:33:21
– t n i – t n – v e r a –
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
3 blogs left unamed at this time and Wall of Text blog yet to report his numbers/letter
Is this what everyone else has or am I incorrect anywhere?
_ T N I _ T N _ V E R A _ ? « WAR Games
Jan 28, 2009 @ 17:23:43
dracon magis
Jan 28, 2009 @ 19:35:56
the letters on the back are backwards
and with letter subbed in it spells war event hints
its nothing that was kind of a let down
oozx
Jan 28, 2009 @ 22:12:00
war event ninth
Raegn
Jan 28, 2009 @ 22:28:57
Lots of interesting thoughts on what it could spell out. It’s definitely an E though. I thought it was an L at first too, since I’ve never seen an E like that. Maybe our resident Brit penned out little love notes 😉
Tome of Knowledge : a Warhammer Online blog » Mythic sends me some lovin!
Jan 28, 2009 @ 22:33:53
Greg
Jan 28, 2009 @ 22:41:40
Add me to the list!!
Just got my letter today!
http://tok.blogwarhammer.net/?p=377
8/13 – L
The Poem Quest Continues. « Kutu’s Blog, A Warrior Priests Perspective
Jan 28, 2009 @ 22:55:49
C-O-N-S-P-I-R-A-C-Y » Wizards & Wenches
Jan 28, 2009 @ 23:01:21
Epic Slant » Blog Archive » Another Piece of the Puzzle?
Jan 28, 2009 @ 23:04:55
WAR Blog Report - The Mysterious Love Letters :How To Play Warhammer Online
Jan 29, 2009 @ 03:07:36
Hackett
Jan 29, 2009 @ 06:38:51
I recently stopped playing Warhammer, used to play DAoC… funny… Mythic hasn’t changed lol.
messenger
Jan 29, 2009 @ 16:01:45
The 2 popular answers are that it spells (backwards in both cases)
War Event Hints (13 letters and matches what we have so far)
and
War Event Ninth (same thing)
I’m leaning towards a War evet starting Monday the 9th of February going thru Friday the 13th (Night of Murder) and all tieing in with Valentines day the 14th explaining the LOVELY valentines you all got.
Just my opinion.
messenger
Jan 29, 2009 @ 16:22:42
They just announced it on the Herald
several Live events
live expansion
2 new classes
http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=599
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Feb 05, 2009 @ 12:28:08
Ignogesserard
Feb 21, 2009 @ 18:53:05
Maaaan, you know there is such thing in the web like search engine, http://google.com if you don’t, go there to understand why this post is bullshit
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Jan 11, 2010 @ 06:39:10
Generally I do not post on blogs, but I would like to say that this post really forced me to do so, Excellent post!
I’m Out! 🙂