Saturday, December 7, 2013

Survivor 2299 is a Hoax



After two weeks of Morse Code, www.thesurvivor2299.com has finally admitted that the events they have posted are not related to Bethesda or Fallout 4.  It's all a big hoax.  The guilty parties behind the hoax are unapologetic and laughing at anyone upset by their actions.  

Whoever is running www.thesurvivor2299.com posted,


"Special thanks to /r/Fallout the most amazing community on reddit for resolving all clues. PSA: YT User 'Elevated Level', Butch, Pitor, Liam Neeson and creator of tunnelsnakesrule.com are not responsible for this 'hoax/rickroll.  PPS To real haters: if you really wish me dead IRL, go here "

Upon reviewing the messages, a lot of content seemed to make no sense.  I particularly picked up on someone stating he was a member of the Vault 119 and broadcast the alert for the attack and constantly sent Morse code messages such as "there are no survivors".  Then who is sending the message?

Another issue was the timeline of events.  In the coded messages, someone sent code stating the nuclear attacks that caused the nuclear fallout just happened, but all the events such as android creation and the appears of the Lockhart character came after the fallout existed decades later.

It was a good hoax, but it also showed that Bethesda needs to step up their effort on finishing development for Fallout 4 before more gimmick sites put out hoax content that may jeopardize the quality of the Fallout brand.

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