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MacHeist II Coming this fall
September 10, 2007 8:57 pm
September 23 (Makes sense to me, they get out two days before Halo 3 and Mac Expo Europe. Of course, this is assuming that the directorate is being crafty. If not, it could start anywhere from 9/23 to 12/21.
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September 10, 2007 9:26 pm
To reply to boboboe's comment on the other thread:
boboboe wrote:
Phill tweeted "MacHeist II coming this fall." I had always assumed that MacHeist II would start in November like MacHeist I did, so does this mean that it is starting earlier?
I don't really see as news... fall is from Sept 20ish to December 20ish. November could very well be the start date, but Phill's tweet would lead me to believe it may be earlier. We'll see.
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September 10, 2007 9:27 pm
Another tweet:
"the MacHeist 2 bundle is shaping up to be a sweeter overall package/deal than last year's"
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September 10, 2007 11:03 pm
September 11, 2007 1:38 am
max wrote:
of course they'll say that
The MH2 bundle will also whiten your teeth, improve your sex life, and bring you one step closer to zen.
And until it is released, you can keep reading teasers from me that are frustratingly light on information and heavy on hype.
No, but seriously guys, it's gonna kick ass. 
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September 11, 2007 2:16 am
September 11, 2007 2:28 am
spyker3292 wrote:
Yay!!...;( teasers. How about a letter that one of the apps starts with!?
Wow! a post 2 seconds apart.
I appreciate the enthusiasm, but if I told you anything about the apps in the bundle, one of the bundle developers might just hunt you down and... I'll leave it at that.
The app list is good though. Really strong. What's even cooler though is the pre-sale experience in the works. The best heist last time around pales in comparison to any one of the missions we're planning for 2.
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September 11, 2007 3:38 am
September 11, 2007 11:46 am
wph wrote:
Looking good!
Can't wait for the heists and bundle. Hopefully it'll be about the same price, as I don't think I'd want to spend more than $50 on Mac apps.
Some of you would spend that much on single apps in this bundle, so we'll see.
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September 11, 2007 9:07 pm
phillryu wrote:
wph wrote:Looking good!
Can't wait for the heists and bundle. Hopefully it'll be about the same price, as I don't think I'd want to spend more than $50 on Mac apps.Some of you would spend that much on single apps in this bundle, so we'll see.
heh. At first, i thought "photoshop !!" but then, I was like... "wait, nobody pays for photoshop." 
Though I am excited. 
Really excited to see the heists, too Hopefully I'll be better at them this time
September 11, 2007 9:51 pm
phillryu wrote:
wph wrote:Looking good!
Can't wait for the heists and bundle. Hopefully it'll be about the same price, as I don't think I'd want to spend more than $50 on Mac apps.Some of you would spend that much on single apps in this bundle, so we'll see.
Is Coda involved... 
September 11, 2007 10:17 pm
spyker3292 wrote:
phillryu wrote:wph wrote:Looking good!
Can't wait for the heists and bundle. Hopefully it'll be about the same price, as I don't think I'd want to spend more than $50 on Mac apps.Some of you would spend that much on single apps in this bundle, so we'll see.
Is Coda involved...
We'll have some of the old God's of Mac shareware involved definitely. Don't know anything about Coda though.
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September 11, 2007 11:27 pm
woooo!!! I can't wait! It's going to be awesome!!!
[/fanboy rant]
No seriously, I think it's going to be awesome. But I'm glad to see nobody (that I know of) is following blindly like that.
I hope it all works out and works great, phill!
Good Luck!
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September 11, 2007 11:48 pm
l0k1 wrote:
will the fact that i had to go out of the country and ended up missing the last half of skunkworks negatively impact my qualification to participate in macheist II?
Probably not. Those who bought the skunkworks bundle will have first dibs on MHII access (them and one other person, since if i recall right it said you could generate two tickets, so if you know someone who got one but you didn't, ask them), but if you didn't, it doesn't mean you won't be able to get in. I mean, I doubt it. It would be a stupid move to limit it to skunkworks participants anyway.
Anyway, I've been avoiding math homework for way too long. I HATE pre-calc. x.x I wish 8 was a perfect square. So badly. ;;
September 11, 2007 11:49 pm
Maulsel wrote:
l0k1 wrote:will the fact that i had to go out of the country and ended up missing the last half of skunkworks negatively impact my qualification to participate in macheist II?
Probably not. Those who bought the skunkworks bundle will have first dibs on MHII access (them and one other person, since if i recall right it said you could generate two tickets, so if you know someone who got one but you didn't, ask them), but if you didn't, it doesn't mean you won't be able to get in. I mean, I doubt it. It would be a stupid move to limit it to skunkworks participants anyway.
Anyway, I've been avoiding math homework for way too long. I HATE pre-calc. x.x I wish 8 was a perfect square. So badly. ;;
Man when I fugured out that my spam filter had blocked the macheist skunkworks email, and it had already ended. man I was soooooooooo pissed.
I still don't want to talk about it.
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September 11, 2007 11:51 pm
abramgornik wrote:
Man when I fugured out that my spam filter had blocked the macheist skunkworks email, and it had already ended. man I was soooooooooo pissed.
I still don't want to talk about it.
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September 12, 2007 12:13 am
i thought the "role playing" (or whatever) was all good fun, but to each his own. i'll admit that it (skunkworks) did tend to suck up a lot of time i should have been spending doing other, pressing things, but i guess that just means i was having a good time.
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September 12, 2007 12:53 am
mdmunoz wrote:
I generally enjoyed MacHeist I, but this time, I would appreciate less endless baiting on irc and less pretending to be "zomg true and for real hacking" as in MacUpdate, etc. It gets very old very fast.
Who the hell stole your toys? MacHeist is all about "the all about."
September 12, 2007 6:21 am
F451 wrote:
Who the hell stole your toys? MacHeist is all about "the all about."
Why is the response to any sort of criticism on these forums always "what's your problem?"
Nobody stole my toys, I liked MacHeist a lot, but some parts were stupid, and I don't have trouble saying that.
September 12, 2007 7:27 am
phillryu wrote:
max wrote:of course they'll say that
The MH2 bundle will also whiten your teeth, improve your sex life, and bring you one step closer to zen.
Dude! I am totally buying it. I've always wanted whiter teeth.
September 12, 2007 4:54 pm
September 12, 2007 8:47 pm
mdmunoz wrote:
F451 wrote:Who the hell stole your toys? MacHeist is all about "the all about."
Why is the response to any sort of criticism on these forums always "what's your problem?"
Nobody stole my toys, I liked MacHeist a lot, but some parts were stupid, and I don't have trouble saying that.
Yeah, I agree the extra "ooohhh" story behind that didn't wow me either. I mean, I don't mind, but we're not dumb. And everyone should be allowed to say what they want (well, almost 
).
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September 12, 2007 11:29 pm
shadownight wrote:
mdmunoz wrote:F451 wrote:Who the hell stole your toys? MacHeist is all about "the all about."
Why is the response to any sort of criticism on these forums always "what's your problem?"
Nobody stole my toys, I liked MacHeist a lot, but some parts were stupid, and I don't have trouble saying that.
Yeah, I agree the extra "ooohhh" story behind that didn't wow me either. I mean, I don't mind, but we're not dumb. And everyone should be allowed to say what they want (well, almost
I agree, I liked the hunts and following the clues (at least trying to), but I pretty much skimmed over all the storyline stuff. But there's nothing wrong with it, and I guess it does add to the experience.
September 12, 2007 11:34 pm
I think most are simply in it for the cheap entry into the software. If you have followed Phill, you find other great contributions to the Mac community such as My Dream App. What Phill, and the team has done, is to further highlight the Apple scene. What they are also being forced to do, in a way, is to constantly one-up the past heist—no easy feat considering they have real lives.
September 13, 2007 2:29 am
wph wrote:
shadownight wrote:mdmunoz wrote:Why is the response to any sort of criticism on these forums always "what's your problem?"
Nobody stole my toys, I liked MacHeist a lot, but some parts were stupid, and I don't have trouble saying that.
Yeah, I agree the extra "ooohhh" story behind that didn't wow me either. I mean, I don't mind, but we're not dumb. And everyone should be allowed to say what they want (well, almost
I agree, I liked the hunts and following the clues (at least trying to), but I pretty much skimmed over all the storyline stuff. But there's nothing wrong with it, and I guess it does add to the experience.
Nah, storyline is an important part of any story... as long as it's continuous. Just as long as it's continuous (and good), I can get wrapped up in pretty much any storyline.
(Also, lol quoting quoted quotes)
September 13, 2007 2:30 am
You guys seem to have hit upon the core heist formula in this thread so far: stories, puzzles, and freebies to hunt for. They're all there, and more, this time around.
We want every day of this to be like hitting a page turner of a chapter ending. Addiction.
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September 13, 2007 2:36 am
Phill, if you still want macheist2.com I can send it over. Email me when and if you want it.
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September 13, 2007 2:45 am
F451 wrote:
I think most are simply in it for the cheap entry into the software. If you have followed Phill, you find other great contributions to the Mac community such as My Dream App. What Phill, and the team has done, is to further highlight the Apple scene. What they are also being forced to do, in a way, is to constantly one-up the past heist—no easy feat considering they have real lives.
well said.
"If the pen is mightier than the sword, than the keyboard is a friggin lightsaber!"
"Computer are like air conditioners: they stop working when you open windows."
Thats an undead warlock if you're wondering.
September 14, 2007 11:05 pm
abramgornik wrote:
F451 wrote:I think most are simply in it for the cheap entry into the software. If you have followed Phill, you find other great contributions to the Mac community such as My Dream App. What Phill, and the team has done, is to further highlight the Apple scene. What they are also being forced to do, in a way, is to constantly one-up the past heist—no easy feat considering they have real lives.
well said.
Well, for now, consider MacHeist I one-upped.
We've had practice. Skunk works was codenamed the black box project.
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September 15, 2007 9:21 am
heh. You sure do love building hype - you never seem afraid that you'll overdue it. A perfect salesman.
Whistle while you work. Patience is key.
September 15, 2007 7:55 pm
phillryu wrote:
The MH2 bundle will also whiten your teeth, improve your sex life, and bring you one step closer to zen.
And until it is released, you can keep reading teasers from me that are frustratingly light on information and heavy on hype.
No, but seriously guys, it's gonna kick ass.
Teeth are pretty good right now but the other two I could currently use some help with
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September 17, 2007 9:07 am
The idea of role-playing and the suspension of disbelief is at the core of MacHeist. I don't see what the problem is with having puzzles to work through and having the "covert ops" kind of atmosphere which has been cultivated here in the past.
I mean, what you rather have Phill, John and the Directorate do? Throw up some download links on a .mac page spit out of iWeb?
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September 17, 2007 10:40 pm
iweb?
I can't wait I missed last years heist by a mere few weeks... I'm dying for some loot!
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September 18, 2007 3:17 am
lgbtech wrote:
phillryu wrote:max wrote:of course they'll say that
The MH2 bundle will also whiten your teeth, improve your sex life, and bring you one step closer to zen.
Dude! I am totally buying it. I've always wanted whiter teeth.
Hahaha.......
What about your sex life? Lmao.
In other news, I cant wait for Macheist 2.0!
Han shot first.
September 20, 2007 9:07 pm
Apcs11 wrote:
lgbtech wrote:phillryu wrote:The MH2 bundle will also whiten your teeth, improve your sex life, and bring you one step closer to zen.
Dude! I am totally buying it. I've always wanted whiter teeth.
Hahaha.......
What about your sex life? Lmao.
In other news, I cant wait for Macheist 2.0!
Apparantly he's good with that...
September 20, 2007 9:26 pm
In other news, something tells me this place will be locked down relatively soon. There's top secret stuff to be discussed coming up, and we felt things were a little more exciting when they were, well, invite only. So, that's something to chew on for now. (And keep this little tidbit quiet. )
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September 23, 2007 9:43 am
phillryu wrote:
In other news, something tells me this place will be locked down relatively soon. There's top secret stuff to be discussed coming up, and we felt things were a little more exciting when they were, well, invite only. So, that's something to chew on for now. (And keep this little tidbit quiet.
What?! Oh.. I hope I get in... **hint-hint**
September 23, 2007 12:53 pm
September 23, 2007 2:05 pm
September 23, 2007 3:40 pm
phillryu wrote:
In other news, something tells me this place will be locked down relatively soon. There's top secret stuff to be discussed coming up, and we felt things were a little more exciting when they were, well, invite only. So, that's something to chew on for now. (And keep this little tidbit quiet.
Posting it in a public forum doesn't seem to me it's the best way to keep it quiet
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September 23, 2007 10:24 pm