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[TLBFestus]

I loaded the image into photoshop and have cropped it into (approximately) 42 discrete pieces, wondering if it was a "jig-saw" puzzle of sorts.

Played with it a bit, but no luck getting a bigger image out of it.

[Omigir]

The picture changed, if anybody noticed, as well as I think there is a picture behind it. The lighter arch in the upper right hand corner appears to be part of a 'different' pattern. This makes me think there is a picture behind the garble.

[Yukikaze Alecto]

My only other guess was that, it's a mech from the 3048-3049 time period (when the game is supposedly 'set'), Comstar knows of it, and it all has parts that resemble the scrambled parts in the images. Which would be:

Chicken-walker
Reinforced Crotch/hip area
Forward slung/non-humanoid cockpit/torso
Shoulder box missile launcher (either one or two)
Cannon shaped arms

And the only major thing of significant that is for that time period, would be Vlad (Ward) showing up on The Rock, piloting a TImber Wolf/Mad Cat as he plays kick-the-can against Phelan Kell's Wolfhound (Grinner).

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Although I'd damn near kill to be able to FINALLY pilot a Wolfhound (dunno if it was in MW4 as I avoided MW4 like the plague).

Edited by Yukikaze Alecto, 31 May 2012 - 01:07 PM.

[Omigir]

I dont thinkt he scrambled parts are really supposed to be anything more then images already released. Im more concerned on what is behind it. Could be anything. Honestly I expect troll face with a well rendered background light forested swamp area popularized in the play footage we have already seen. Something is behind it. I just dont know what.

[ndgooh]

Kanatta Jing, on 30 May 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

Just below the frame with the Catapult is a foot.

In comparison it doesn't match any of the released art work.

That's our clue. Two long toes.

warhammer , locust, spider, cicada, catapult,and the marauder <sort of> have two long toes (acording to the art in the 3025 tech readout)

also i think the count down timer corresponds to the start of E3, so most likely they will be anouncing something there

Edited by ndgooh, 31 May 2012 - 01:30 PM.

[Evex]

Well if you think in the methods of the greek goddess Artemis then we can comprise a list of mechs that relate to that hint.

Zeus
Archer
Orion
Wolfhound
Longbow
Scorpion

Now lets take out any battlemechs that are not categorized as Assaults and this leaves us with.

Zeus
Longbow

Now if we take a look at what Yukikaze said then we can list the following battlemechs.

Stalker
Zeus
Daboku
King Crab

Then if we look at the slightly revealed image which is a curve, if we consider that as something like a claw then the only battlemech that fits the criteria is the king cab.

[Lord Perversor]

I think they are just 2 parts of a bigger image.

I found something weird on the 1st one and didn't gave it any importance but with the 2nd image i was able to see a pattern.

Get the first and look at the right side in fact you can notice how there is a *band* across the side almost as big as the practically white image, follow the band and you'll notice how it turns to the right like a sphere (or pretty much as the circular aim built in cameras)

Now grab the 2nd image, and you'll see there is the very same *band* but on the upper right side, in fact this *band* shows like it's the bottomleft part of the whole image while the original resemble the left part.

Due the size of the images i can guess there is a 3x3 block so totally 9 pics as much each one slowly revealing more about the *center* image and thus the 12 Battlemech.

It seems to me that beyond the *band* and close to the center there is a whole pic instead the little fragments of the whole image.

Edited by Lord Perversor, 31 May 2012 - 01:55 PM.

[Cattra Kell]

Update today
My question is what is with the lighter circle type thing?

[Randalf Yorgen]

hmm, the plot thickens me thinks

[Orzorn]

Honestly, I think what someone else said earlier in the thread is the truth: the image is one of those that uses smaller pictures to create a larger picture.

The light circle might just be part of a set of letters printed over the image. I suspect the image is actually very large compared to the small section we've been looking at.

[Mal]

The light circle almost looks like it could be part of a radar/sensor display.. it does seem to be moving out from the center of the picture.

[Cid Slayer]

Has anyone tried looking at the daily pictures and since they change, put them together?

My thought is, if you take all the screens and put them side by side to make one larger picture, it MIGHT be like one of those posters which is a picture made up of lots of tiny other pictures.

A photo mosaic.

Another reason for this is the white ring that seems to be appearing, perhaps this is a guide somehow on how to put it together?

Of course it could all just be random until the countdown finishes and reveals something.

[Adeptis]

Here's my baseless speculation that gets everyone's hopes up and I only half believe:

The image is a photomosaic.
That circle is not just a circle, but an "O"
That "O" is the first letter of "Open Beta."

You're welcome.

[Zearoth]

Adeptis, on 01 June 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

Here's my baseless speculation that gets everyone's hopes up and I only half believe:

The image is a photomosaic.
That circle is not just a circle, but an "O"
That "O" is the first letter of "Open Beta."

You're welcome.

My hopes have been raised, good sir! Hopefully your half belief isn't just a belief.

[Allen B Caldwell]

Ok 2 C-bills, we are talking Artimis Fire control. A Assualt mech so lets talk Archer or Longbow. Archer is a Unseen and carries its own enherant problems. Lonbow used the Mobliity systems of the Riflemen but is a 85 toner. Ok i feel a bit silly I have a Longbow miniture and some place have the TT specs on it but just looke through all my Tech read outs and dont find it listed. So take it for what is is speculation..

[RangerRob]

Allen B Caldwell, on 01 June 2012 - 07:59 AM, said:

Ok 2 C-bills, we are talking Artimis Fire control. A Assualt mech so lets talk Archer or Longbow. Archer is a Unseen and carries its own enherant problems. Lonbow used the Mobliity systems of the Riflemen but is a 85 toner. Ok i feel a bit silly I have a Longbow miniture and some place have the TT specs on it but just looke through all my Tech read outs and dont find it listed. So take it for what is is speculation..

Sorry Bud, at 70 tons Archer come in at the "Heavy" category.

[wpmaura]

dont we have any NSA members that crack this.

[armitage]

Cid Slayer, on 01 June 2012 - 07:25 AM, said:

Has anyone tried looking at the daily pictures and since they change, put them together?

My thought is, if you take all the screens and put them side by side to make one larger picture, it MIGHT be like one of those posters which is a picture made up of lots of tiny other pictures.

A photo mosaic.

Another reason for this is the white ring that seems to be appearing, perhaps this is a guide somehow on how to put it together?

Of course it could all just be random until the countdown finishes and reveals something.

I was thinking something like that as well but I only have the first day and today's I didn't think to save yesterdays picture. The white ring is working its way out from the center so I'm thinking each day is revealing a new piece of the final picture and the rest is just garbled noise to throw us off.

[eXecute]

I believe this is for a E3 trailer......... Of MWO......... So E3

[Lordsano]

This is my guess and only a guess it will be 2 annoucements open beta and the 12th mech at e3. And tbh it looks like the mech is either a timberwolf/madcat b/c if you look at the blurry pictures they look like a timberwolf or a maddog/vulture. The gray picture i ment are from battle tech pods 4.10 which a timberwolf/madcat was in the game.

Edited by Lordsano, 01 June 2012 - 09:04 PM.