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http://yearzero.nin.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303184213/http://yearzero.nin.com/ (Internet Archive copy)] ==Discovery==[[Image:Yearzerodotnin feb25.jpg|thumb|Latest view View of front page as of - Feb 25, 2007]][[Image:yearzeronincom.jpg|thumb|Final front page view]]The official subsection of the [[nin.com ]] website pertaining to ''[[Year Zero]]'' and its accompanying ARG
Go to [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=20158 this thread] on ETS for discussion of this website
==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 [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6668 ianmatthews] posted a track list that he found from Soulseek. [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?p=810006] 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.
 
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 (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 [http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/cover.html 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]
 
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== Track Listing ==HOD-FOx-jQw YouTube channel]. The compression of the uploads may make locating the artifacts described below difficult to discover.
When In the website went livevideo, it contained only a portion of the image displayed now, and instead of song titles, there was camera quickly glances over a vertical list of zerosroad sign which reads "[[I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE]]". The length of this list changed frequentlyA "glitch" later in the video briefly shows the text "/0024", along with which quickly led fans to discover the number of zeros in each entrypage <u>yearzero.nin.com/0024</u>. This was According to the file name, the first indication image on that something strange page was happening in regards found to [[be the cover for the ''Year Zero'' album. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080805082618/http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/]].
Eventually, The album art appeared on the listing stopped changing page and 16 entries were left. Over the next week or so, three titles were revealed, one at eventually a link to a time: The Beginning of the End, God Given, and Vessel. By this point, fans were already wildly speculating what would happen nextlisten link.
On February 12, 2007, echoingthesound=== Listen ===[[Image:Yzplayer.org user ianmatthews posted a track list he found from Soulseek. Soon after, the remaining 13 titles were revealed jpg|thumb|The flash player 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.]]
Since thenLess than a day after the original ''Year Zero'' promo leak occurred, there has been some distortion added to the imageyearzero.nin.com was updated on April 4, appearing next to the track [[My Violent Heart]] right before the song leaked2007, and then next with a ''listen to the track year zero'' link that launched a [[Me, I'm Nothttp://yearzero.nin-thespiral.com/FLJoi4gjw2f/player.html flash player]] around the time streaming the song was leakedentire album. Recently (on or before February 25), a distortion has appeared next to the track [[In This Twilight]http://www.portraitofdecay.com/yearzero.nin.com/index-be.html yearzero.nin.com]archived on 2007.04.04 with working flash player.)
'''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:MalechiteDisorganized|MalechiteDisorganized]] also put together [http://wwwdecompiled the flash file and found a file called fuzz.ninwikiflv containing the various flickering images.com/Image:YzminisiteanimationSo far, one image of a silhouetted figure standing has been found.gif an animation] of It appears to look similar to the image unfolding using of [[Trent Reznor]] on the images saved at ''[[Symphony of NoiseBeside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'' DVD cover. It is also present in the Temporary Internet Files Folder but resembles an zoomed in appearance of 'The Presence' from the ''Year Zero'' trailer.
[[User:Mephitix|Mephitix]] has [http://mephitixUpon further tinkering with the fuzz.epfarmsflv image, several other images were found.org/glitch.png extended Two of which occured on the black bar banner occurring at the left-hand glitch] beginning and found that it overlaps Track 2: The Beginning end of the End almost perfectly, leading one short video file. They both appeared to speculate on have lettering and/or a phrase written through the middle of the importance bar. Also a blue clip of the track or that it might file showcased a darker human like figure, also could be leaked sooninterpreted as 'The Presence'.
== Video =='''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''.
A ===Multitrack Files===Multitrack copies of the songs "Survivalism", "The Beginning Of The End", "Vessel", "Me, I'm Not", "[[trailerCapital G (song)|Capital G]] has been released on [http://yearzero.nin.com ", "God Given", and "My Violent Heart" were added to the Year Zero website] containing an image of [[The Presence]].High:page in [http://bosswww.streamosapple.com/download/interscope/ninilife/yearzerogarageband/yearzero_hi.movGarageband]Low:[http://boss.streamosformat, with links to torrents with the songs in raw files to be used in other applications so that fans could remix them.com/download/interscope/nin/yearzero/yearzero_lo.mov]
The roadsign ===AIR Flag===An image of an AIR flag was added to the bottom of the camera quickly glances over says "I am trying page and linked to believe"[[Art_Is_Resistance]], then a resources link was added.
===Wallpapers== Notable Images =====* [[Media:yearzero_video_hi_frame135.jpg|Blue sign showing "I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE"]]* [[Media:yearzero_video_hi_frame325.jpg|/0024 - http://yearzero.nin''Year Zero'' and themed wallpapers were made available to download in various sizes as zip files.com/0024/]]
== Hidden Images =Resources Link===http://yearzero.nin.com/resources/index.html
The page uses an imagemap to conceal a great deal of hidden links which, when clicked on, display images presumably from the recording sessions for Parent Page: [[Year ZeroYearzero.nin.com]].
Number: There are links to 11 images: [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/03.html 03.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/07.html 07.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/10.html 10.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/12.html 12.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/14.html 14.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/19.html 19.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/22.html 22.jpeg],[http://yearzero.nin.com/img/25.html 25.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/28.html 28.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/31.html 31.jpeg], [http://yearzero.nin.com/img/39.html 39.jpeg].is no known number for this page
Background Text: There is no known [[Year_Zero_Banned_Media |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 |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 ===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 is 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
http://yearzero.nin.com/0024/.
== Background ==<gallery>Image:03.jpgImage:07.jpgImage:10.jpgAs events happen relating to the world of Year Zero, certain sections of the background are revealedImage:12. Speculation is far-spread about the actual content of the image, but nothing is yet certainjpgImage:14.jpgImage:19AR.jpgImage:22.jpgImage:25.jpgImage:Alanmoulder.jpgImage:31.jpgImage:39.jpg</gallery>
The only real indication that the background is linked to developments in the World ==External Links==*[http://www.portraitofdecay.net/yearzero.nin.com/ yearzero.nin.com (Archived at Portrait of Year Zero is that a section next to "My Violent Heart" was revealed shortly before the MP3 was leaked.Decay)]
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