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Marathon: Resurrection Forum
Re: Thoughts on L5
Posted By: Locucious
Date: 2002.7.11.12.31
In Response To: Thoughts on L5 (mysog)
Ugh, this one's not going to be so fun... First an ambiguous shift cypher, and now this. :P
The black background, low resolution, and over-anti-aliased lines make this a b*tch to pick apart. Oh mighty AIs, we could use a higher-res version. ;)
I did, however, notice one interesting thing. It's extremely difficult to see (it only appeared when I messed with the contrast of the image), but there are 12 concentric circles from the apparent origin of the graph. (I think VidBoi made reference to them earlier). For me, they just scream "polar coordinate system." This would make sense with the lines then... since all the - ends of the lines appear to be locked onto the usual rectangular x and y axes. The dot ends could very well be something else represented in polar coordinates. I'm not sure what, and it certainly doesn't help that we're not given any numbers to work with (we'll have to come up with points on our own), but it seems plausible.
For those not brushed up on trig, here's how to convert between rectangular and polar coordinates:
Polar coordinates are in the form (theta, r).
Rectangular coordinates are in the form (x, y).
x = cos(theta) * r
y = sin(theta) * r
Theta is measured in degrees from the rectangular x axis, and r is the magnitude of the line. (120 appears to have some more meaning now...)
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