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==Discovery== | ==Discovery== | ||
| − | [[Image:Yearzerodotnin feb25.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Yearzerodotnin feb25.jpg|thumb|View of front page - Feb 25, 2007]] |
| − | The official subsection of the nin.com website pertaining to [[Year Zero]]. | + | [[Image:yearzeronincom.jpg|thumb|Final front page view]] |
| + | The official subsection of the [[nin.com]] website pertaining to ''[[Year Zero]]'' and its accompanying ARG. | ||
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==Content== | ==Content== | ||
| − | When the website went live, it contained a | + | When the website went live, it contained a completely different image than the one displayed now, there was a vertical list of zeros. Over time the length of this list changed frequently, along with the number of zeros in each entry. This was the first indication that something strange was happening in regards to ''Year Zero''. |
=== Track Listing === | === Track Listing === | ||
| − | Eventually, the listing stopped changing and | + | Eventually, the listing stopped changing and sixteen entries were left. Over the next week or so, three titles were revealed, one at a time: "[[The Beginning of the End]]", "[[God Given]]" and "[[Vessel]]". By this point, fans were already wildly speculating what would happen next. |
| − | On February 12, 2007, [[ETS]] user | + | On February 12, 2007, [[ETS]] user ianmatthews posted a track list that he found from Soulseek. Soon after, the remaining thirteen titles were revealed on yearzero.nin.com. It is not known whether or not this was intentional or if it was simply a reaction to the track listing leak. |
[[User:Malechite|Malechite]] put together Yzminisiteanimation.gif[http://bloggernista.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/yzminisiteanimation.gif] an animation of the image unfolding using the images saved at Symphony of Noise. | [[User:Malechite|Malechite]] put together Yzminisiteanimation.gif[http://bloggernista.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/yzminisiteanimation.gif] an animation of the image unfolding using the images saved at Symphony of Noise. | ||
| − | Then some distortion was added to the image, appearing next to the track [[My Violent Heart]] right before the song leaked, next to the track [[Me, I'm Not]] around the time that song was leaked and then the | + | Then some distortion was added to the image, appearing next to the track "[[My Violent Heart]]" right before the song leaked, next to the track "[[Me, I'm Not]]" around the time that song was leaked and then the distortion appeared next to the track "[[In This Twilight]]" shortly before it leaked. |
===Survivalism Video=== | ===Survivalism Video=== | ||
| + | Static appeared on "[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]", shortly thereafter the "Survivalism" [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] was leaked and then released on yearzero.nin.com. | ||
| − | + | The image for the video appeared and then changed to [https://web.archive.org/web/20070701211404im_/http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/halo23_cover.jpg halo23_cover.jpg] and a PDF of the lyrics to the song appeared.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070409102555/http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/survivalism.pdf] | |
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| − | + | Next to appear were links to a trailer. | |
| − | + | === Trailer === | |
| + | [[Image:Yearzero video hi frame135.jpg|thumbnail|Road sign in the ''Year Zero'' trailer]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Year-zero-trailer-0024-glitch.jpg|thumbnail|"/0024 glitch" seen during the ''Year Zero'' trailer]] | ||
| + | The [[Year Zero Trailer|trailer]] released on <u>yearzero.nin.com</u> contains an image of [[The Presence]]. | ||
| − | + | The original uploads are no longer available, but the trailer has been preserved in high and low resolutions on [https://www.nindestruct.com/video.html#trailers-promos nindestruct.com] and on the [https://vimeo.com/3523800 official NIN Vimeo]. [[Rob Sheridan]] also posted a 4K upscale of the trailer on his [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOD-FOx-jQw YouTube channel]. The compression of the uploads may make locating the artifacts described below difficult to discover. | |
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| − | + | In the video, the camera quickly glances over a road sign which reads "[[I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE]]". A "glitch" later in the video briefly shows the text "/0024", which quickly led fans to discover the page <u>yearzero.nin.com/0024</u>. According to the file name, the image on that page was found to be the cover for the ''Year Zero'' album. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080805082618/http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/] | |
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| − | In the video the camera quickly glances over a road sign | ||
The album art appeared on the page and eventually a link to a listen link. | The album art appeared on the page and eventually a link to a listen link. | ||
| − | === | + | === Listen === |
[[Image:Yzplayer.jpg|thumb|The flash player on yearzero.nin.com.]] | [[Image:Yzplayer.jpg|thumb|The flash player on yearzero.nin.com.]] | ||
| − | Less than a day after the original Year Zero promo leak occurred | + | Less than a day after the original ''Year Zero'' promo leak occurred, yearzero.nin.com was updated on April 4, 2007, with a ''listen to year zero'' link that launched a flash player streaming the entire album. |
'''fuzz.flv''' | '''fuzz.flv''' | ||
| − | When listening to the album in this player, occasionally the image would flicker and become fuzzy for a few seconds before returning to normal. [[User:Disorganized|Disorganized]] decompiled the flash file and found a file called fuzz.flv containing the various flickering images. So far, one image of a silhouetted figure standing has been found. It appears to look similar to the image of Trent on the Beside You In Time DVD cover. It is also present in the Temporary Internet Files Folder but resembles | + | When listening to the album in this player, occasionally the image would flicker and become fuzzy for a few seconds before returning to normal. [[User:Disorganized|Disorganized]] decompiled the flash file and found a file called fuzz.flv containing the various flickering images. So far, one image of a silhouetted figure standing has been found. It appears to look similar to the image of [[Trent Reznor]] on the ''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'' DVD cover. It is also present in the Temporary Internet Files Folder but resembles a zoomed-in appearance of 'The Presence' from the ''Year Zero'' trailer. |
| − | Upon further tinkering with the fuzz.flv image, | + | Upon further tinkering with the fuzz.flv image, several other images were found. Two of which occurred on the black bar banner occurring at the beginning and end of the short video file. They both appeared to have lettering and/or a phrase written through the middle of the bar. Also a blue clip of the file showcased a darker human like figure, also could be interpreted as 'The Presence'. |
'''Mr. Brightside''' | '''Mr. Brightside''' | ||
| − | [[User:Disorganized|Disorganized]] also found that, upon decompiling the flash file, the words "Mr. Brightside" | + | [[User:Disorganized|Disorganized]] also found that, upon decompiling the flash file, the words "Mr. Brightside" appeared in the track listing. Speculation suggested that this could have possibly been the name of the scrapped bonus track for the Japan release of ''Year Zero''. |
| − | === | + | ===Multitrack Files=== |
| + | Multitrack copies of the songs "Survivalism", "The Beginning Of The End", "Vessel", "Me, I'm Not", "[[Capital G (song)|Capital G]]", "God Given", and "My Violent Heart" were added to the page in GarageBand format, with links to torrents with the songs in raw files to be used in other applications so that fans could remix them. | ||
| − | + | ===AIR Flag=== | |
| + | An image of an AIR flag was added to the bottom of the page and linked to [[Art Is Resistance]], then a resources link was added. | ||
| − | === | + | ===Wallpapers=== |
| − | + | ''Year Zero'' and themed wallpapers were made available to download in various sizes as zip files. | |
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===Resources Link=== | ===Resources Link=== | ||
| − | http://yearzero.nin.com/resources/index.html | + | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080309040420/http://yearzero.nin.com/resources/index.html http://yearzero.nin.com/resources/index.html] |
| − | Parent Page: | + | Parent Page: Yearzero.nin.com |
Number: There is no known number for this page | Number: There is no known number for this page | ||
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The page design contains two columns | The page design contains two columns | ||
| − | #Press | + | #Press which is self-explanatory |
| − | #Experience | + | #Experience which lists [[Open_Source_Resistance |Open Source Resistance]], [[ETS]], and—You guessed it—[[Main_Page |NINWiki]]! |
| + | ===Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D=== | ||
| + | A ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' section was added prior to its release and contains information regarding formats, extra wallpapers, and a link to [[remix.nin.com]]. | ||
=== Hidden Images === | === Hidden Images === | ||
| + | The page used an imagemap to conceal a great deal of hidden links which, when clicked on, displayed images presumably from the recording sessions for ''Year Zero''. | ||
| − | + | There were links to 11 images, shown below. | |
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| − | The following link was found, but | + | The following link was found, but was not linked from the main page: |
| − | [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/86.html albumcover.jpg]. It appears to be the same as the image found at | + | [https://web.archive.org/web/20071204180103/http://yearzero.nin.com/img/86.html albumcover.jpg]. It appears to be the same as the image found at |
| − | http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/. | + | [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107030709/http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/ http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/]. |
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | Image:03.jpg | ||
| + | Image:07.jpg | ||
| + | Image:10.jpg | ||
| + | Image:12.jpg | ||
| + | Image:14.jpg | ||
| + | Image:19AR.jpg | ||
| + | Image:22.jpg | ||
| + | Image:25.jpg | ||
| + | Image:Alanmoulder.jpg | ||
| + | Image:31.jpg | ||
| + | Image:39.jpg | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071231180324/http://yearzero.nin.com/ yearzero.nin.com at Wayback Machine] | ||
| + | [[Category:Ninternet]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Nin.com]] | ||
[[Category:Year Zero]] | [[Category:Year Zero]] | ||
[[Category:World of Year Zero]] | [[Category:World of Year Zero]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:36, 16 April 2024
http://yearzero.nin.com/ (Internet Archive copy)
Contents
Discovery
The official subsection of the nin.com website pertaining to Year Zero and its accompanying ARG.
Content
When the website went live, it contained a completely different image than the one displayed now, there was a vertical list of zeros. Over time the length of this list changed frequently, along with the number of zeros in each entry. This was the first indication that something strange was happening in regards to Year Zero.
Track Listing
Eventually, the listing stopped changing and sixteen entries were left. Over the next week or so, three titles were revealed, one at a time: "The Beginning of the End", "God Given" and "Vessel". By this point, fans were already wildly speculating what would happen next.
On February 12, 2007, ETS user ianmatthews posted a track list that he found from Soulseek. Soon after, the remaining thirteen titles were revealed on yearzero.nin.com. It is not known whether or not this was intentional or if it was simply a reaction to the track listing leak.
Malechite put together Yzminisiteanimation.gif[1] an animation of the image unfolding using the images saved at Symphony of Noise.
Then some distortion was added to the image, appearing next to the track "My Violent Heart" right before the song leaked, next to the track "Me, I'm Not" around the time that song was leaked and then the distortion appeared next to the track "In This Twilight" shortly before it leaked.
Survivalism Video
Static appeared on "Survivalism", shortly thereafter the "Survivalism" music video was leaked and then released on yearzero.nin.com.
The image for the video appeared and then changed to halo23_cover.jpg and a PDF of the lyrics to the song appeared.[2]
Next to appear were links to a trailer.
Trailer
The trailer released on yearzero.nin.com contains an image of The Presence.
The original uploads are no longer available, but the trailer has been preserved in high and low resolutions on nindestruct.com and on the official NIN Vimeo. Rob Sheridan also posted a 4K upscale of the trailer on his YouTube channel. The compression of the uploads may make locating the artifacts described below difficult to discover.
In the video, the camera quickly glances over a road sign which reads "I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE". A "glitch" later in the video briefly shows the text "/0024", which quickly led fans to discover the page yearzero.nin.com/0024. According to the file name, the image on that page was found to be the cover for the Year Zero album. [3]
The album art appeared on the page and eventually a link to a listen link.
Listen
Less than a day after the original Year Zero promo leak occurred, yearzero.nin.com was updated on April 4, 2007, with a listen to year zero link that launched a flash player streaming the entire album.
fuzz.flv When listening to the album in this player, occasionally the image would flicker and become fuzzy for a few seconds before returning to normal. Disorganized decompiled the flash file and found a file called fuzz.flv containing the various flickering images. So far, one image of a silhouetted figure standing has been found. It appears to look similar to the image of Trent Reznor on the Beside You In Time DVD cover. It is also present in the Temporary Internet Files Folder but resembles a zoomed-in appearance of 'The Presence' from the Year Zero trailer.
Upon further tinkering with the fuzz.flv image, several other images were found. Two of which occurred on the black bar banner occurring at the beginning and end of the short video file. They both appeared to have lettering and/or a phrase written through the middle of the bar. Also a blue clip of the file showcased a darker human like figure, also could be interpreted as 'The Presence'.
Mr. Brightside Disorganized also found that, upon decompiling the flash file, the words "Mr. Brightside" appeared in the track listing. Speculation suggested that this could have possibly been the name of the scrapped bonus track for the Japan release of Year Zero.
Multitrack Files
Multitrack copies of the songs "Survivalism", "The Beginning Of The End", "Vessel", "Me, I'm Not", "Capital G", "God Given", and "My Violent Heart" were added to the page in GarageBand format, with links to torrents with the songs in raw files to be used in other applications so that fans could remix them.
AIR Flag
An image of an AIR flag was added to the bottom of the page and linked to Art Is Resistance, then a resources link was added.
Wallpapers
Year Zero and themed wallpapers were made available to download in various sizes as zip files.
Resources Link
http://yearzero.nin.com/resources/index.html
Parent Page: Yearzero.nin.com
Number: There is no known number for this page
Background Text: There is no known Banned media for this page
Discovery The link to the resources page eventually appeared on the Yearzero.nin.com page
Content The page design contains two columns
- Press which is self-explanatory
- Experience which lists Open Source Resistance, ETS, and—You guessed it—NINWiki!
Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D
A Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D section was added prior to its release and contains information regarding formats, extra wallpapers, and a link to remix.nin.com.
Hidden Images
The page used an imagemap to conceal a great deal of hidden links which, when clicked on, displayed images presumably from the recording sessions for Year Zero.
There were links to 11 images, shown below.
The following link was found, but was not linked from the main page: albumcover.jpg. It appears to be the same as the image found at http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/.
![[1]](http://bloggernista.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/yzminisiteanimation.gif){kind=link}
