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Optimaximal · 05/11/2007, 02:15 pm

Does anyone else not understand the relevance of this pseudoname?

Yes, we all know its a cover-name for Hugh Bliss, and possibly a dig at L. Ron Hubbard, but unless I missed something it was revealed at literally the last second in Reality 2.0, only to be solved by Sam in no time flat with no input from the player with a typically illogical explanation at the start of Bright Side.

Why wasn't there some pre-amble that involved the player hunting for (possibly some pretty obvious) clues as to the connection?

Still, good show on the rest of the episode - I guess you guys have pretty much mastered the Telltale Tool now (ok, yes, it was internally developed, but the separation of Max - clever!).
Roll on the DVD and Season 2.

Badwolf · 05/11/2007, 02:19 pm

Roy G. Biv is a memory aid for the colours of the rainbow (Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet).

Sam works out it's Hugh by translating the word morning as "He who defeats the rainbow man" or something similar, meaning the person who works under the pseudonym Roy G. Biv must fear the word morning and therefore won't have said it.

RabidZombie · 05/11/2007, 02:26 pm

Spoilers:

Roy G. Biv is a popular mnemonic device used for memorizing the traditional optical spectrum. This makes the name pretty clear. (And it was obvious that this was Hugh to those who recognised it.)

Edit: Damn, got beat. Stupid slow me taking time to post.

LuigiHann · 05/11/2007, 03:09 pm

Yeah, I want a transcript of that opening sequence of episode 6... those jumps of logic were hilarious.

muskieratboi · 05/11/2007, 08:44 pm

It's also a popular memetic for remembering the Verious security clearances in Alpha Complex.
I'd say more, but you're not cleared for that, Citizen..

purple_monkfish · 05/12/2007, 09:38 am

it did seem a bit of a leap of logic but hey.. it was funny. As for the name, I didn't get it either till someone here explained it was a pnemonic. I blame the not being american thing.. we have the rainbow song back in NZ.

Optimaximal · 05/29/2007, 01:51 am

Likewise... Rainbow song all the way.

**Jake** · 05/29/2007, 07:55 am

what's the rainbow song? I learned a 'rainbow song' early in school, but it merged indigo and violet into "purple," so they stopped using it.

ReverendTed · 05/29/2007, 08:20 am

This one?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainbow Song

Rainbow purple
Rainbow blue
Rainbow green
And yellow too
Rainbow orange
Rainbow red
Rainbow shining over head.

yoshi252 · 05/29/2007, 10:32 am

Well, I'm also one of those, who didn't get the meaning of "Roy G. Biv" at all.. (at least prior to reading this thread).
Must have something to do with the german school system (which I attended). I don't think, the colors of the rainbow are taught in germany.
Do all schools in the USA teach the order of those colors?

Yohmi · 05/29/2007, 10:38 am

In fact, indigo was created by the Church to have seven colours and not just six

for our eyes, there is nothing after violet, as there is nothing before red.

tabacco · 05/29/2007, 11:02 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by yoshi252

Well, I'm also one of those, who didn't get the meaning of "Roy G. Biv" at all.. (at least prior to reading this thread).
Must have something to do with the german school system (which I attended). I don't think, the colors of the rainbow are taught in germany.
Do all schools in the USA teach the order of those colors?

I learned it in high school physics, personally. I still don't remember which end is the longer wavelength though.

yoshi252 · 05/29/2007, 11:45 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabacco

I still don't remember which end is the longer wavelength though.

Well, I'd say red

(Violet is the shortest...)

Christovsky · 05/29/2007, 01:28 pm

I still don't see where Hugh Bliss being the one person who has never said 'morning' comes into it. Are we meant to know he's never said it from somewhere?

LuigiHann · 05/29/2007, 01:36 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christovsky

I still don't see where Hugh Bliss being the one person who has never said 'morning' comes into it. Are we meant to know he's never said it from somewhere?

I'm pretty sure that was just a non sequitor.

Christovsky · 05/29/2007, 04:18 pm

Blegh. Not impressed then, sorry! The joke was in the obscurity of the starting point of Sam's chain of reasoning, not the finale, so each step should have led logically from the last, no matter how thinly (all the rest did). It just made me feel I'd missed something.

Overanalysing a little, perhaps, but meh.

LuigiHann · 05/29/2007, 05:46 pm

Yeah, I'd have to see the transcript to really analyze it, but I thought it was a pretty funny set of jokes. Because I knew what "Roy G Biv" means, it was fairly obvious who it was, so seeing Sam jump through those bizarre logic hoops and ending up with something that didn't make any sense at all, then still coming up with the right answer, it was pretty funny to me.

05/11/2007, 02:15 pm	#1
Optimaximal Wow! Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 33	Roy G. Biv? Does anyone else not understand the relevance of this pseudoname? Yes, we all know its a cover-name for Hugh Bliss, and possibly a dig at L. Ron Hubbard, but unless I missed something it was revealed at literally the last second in Reality 2.0, only to be solved by Sam in no time flat with no input from the player with a typically illogical explanation at the start of Bright Side. Why wasn't there some pre-amble that involved the player hunting for (possibly some pretty obvious) clues as to the connection? Still, good show on the rest of the episode - I guess you guys have pretty much mastered the Telltale Tool now (ok, yes, it was internally developed, but the separation of Max - clever!). Roll on the DVD and Season 2.

05/12/2007, 09:38 am	#6
purple_monkfish Dread Pirate Necromancer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 462	it did seem a bit of a leap of logic but hey.. it was funny. As for the name, I didn't get it either till someone here explained it was a pnemonic. I blame the not being american thing.. we have the rainbow song back in NZ. __________________ "you ignorant fools! Do you comprehend what you have done? None of us can pass across this rift your weaver mischief has so blindly created! Your pious meddling has brought the end of my dream! You will hear, for all eternity, the cries of those you have abandoned, Bobbin Threadbare! You will always know that you have left them under my rule!"

05/29/2007, 04:18 pm	#16
Christovsky Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 207	Blegh. Not impressed then, sorry! The joke was in the obscurity of the starting point of Sam's chain of reasoning, not the finale, so each step should have led logically from the last, no matter how thinly (all the rest did). It just made me feel I'd missed something. Overanalysing a little, perhaps, but meh. Last edited by Christovsky; 05/29/2007 at 04:23 pm.

05/29/2007, 05:46 pm	#17
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,660	Yeah, I'd have to see the transcript to really analyze it, but I thought it was a pretty funny set of jokes. Because I knew what "Roy G Biv" means, it was fairly obvious who it was, so seeing Sam jump through those bizarre logic hoops and ending up with something that didn't make any sense at all, then still coming up with the right answer, it was pretty funny to me. __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

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05/11/2007, 02:19 pm	#2
Badwolf cannon restraint rope Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 837	Roy G. Biv is a memory aid for the colours of the rainbow (Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet). Sam works out it's Hugh by translating the word morning as "He who defeats the rainbow man" or something similar, meaning the person who works under the pseudonym Roy G. Biv must fear the word morning and therefore won't have said it.

05/11/2007, 02:26 pm	#3
RabidZombie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 134	Spoilers: Roy G. Biv is a popular mnemonic device used for memorizing the traditional optical spectrum. This makes the name pretty clear. (And it was obvious that this was Hugh to those who recognised it.) Edit: Damn, got beat. Stupid slow me taking time to post.

05/11/2007, 03:09 pm	#4
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,660	Yeah, I want a transcript of that opening sequence of episode 6... those jumps of logic were hilarious.

05/11/2007, 08:44 pm	#5
muskieratboi Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7	It's also a popular memetic for remembering the Verious security clearances in Alpha Complex. I'd say more, but you're not cleared for that, Citizen..

05/29/2007, 01:51 am	#7
Optimaximal Wow! Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 33	Likewise... Rainbow song all the way.

05/29/2007, 07:55 am	#8
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,843	what's the rainbow song? I learned a 'rainbow song' early in school, but it merged indigo and violet into "purple," so they stopped using it.

05/29/2007, 10:32 am	#10
yoshi252 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 7	Well, I'm also one of those, who didn't get the meaning of "Roy G. Biv" at all.. (at least prior to reading this thread). Must have something to do with the german school system (which I attended). I don't think, the colors of the rainbow are taught in germany. Do all schools in the USA teach the order of those colors?

05/29/2007, 10:38 am	#11
Yohmi Papapishu Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Taipei Posts: 317	In fact, indigo was created by the Church to have seven colours and not just six for our eyes, there is nothing after violet, as there is nothing before red.

05/29/2007, 01:28 pm	#14
Christovsky Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 207	I still don't see where Hugh Bliss being the one person who has never said 'morning' comes into it. Are we meant to know he's never said it from somewhere?