GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC

[belchmaster]

i know we're all waiting for boccy plox, but can richard please release this masterpiece?!

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Richard has logged in.

[rodox_head]

Archived footage of Richard D. James banishing Mike and Marcus into the IDM (Inter-Dimensional Malarky) Dimension after the release of Tomorrow's Harvest:

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[Biznasty]

https://twitter.com/marcuseoin appears to be back up.

[Davism]

They must be bored. Between this, and replacing the HI FB profile and banner images to the same black pics, it's starting to seem like they are trolling.

[luminousdusk]

To be fair we are only trolling ourselves

[Echelon]

They must be bored. Between this, and replacing the HI FB profile and banner images to the same black pics, it's starting to seem like they are trolling.

As much as I post in this thread and comment on stuff, I really try not to go down the rabbit holes with their social media accounts. Every time someone finds something it generally leads to a dead end.

The only thing I can truly make sense of is the likes which means "we're getting something at some point" but I don't know if there's any hints beyond that.

I only hope that BOC don't choose the truly maddening approach Peter Gabriel has chosen to release music which is one song per month and the album won't be released or even track listed until the end of this year!

Then again, I could excuse BOC with this approach since I like them more

[Davism]

To be fair we are only trolling ourselves

Yes and no. They know we are watching everything. The hidden channels, easter eggs, what not, are something they know we are looking out for. Replacing the black profile and banner pics is the thing that I can't wrap my head around. Why bother?

[Frindia]

Yes and no. They know we are watching everything. The hidden channels, easter eggs, what not, are something they know we are looking out for. Replacing the black profile and banner pics is the thing that I can't wrap my head around. Why bother?

could be their way of saying "quit looking"

[Davism]

Maybe that's what we should do. Just like that Simpsons' episode where they learned to ignore all the advertisement monsters.

[rodox_head]

I'm sticking with the thought that nothing major is coming out.

If I'm wrong, yay more boc. If I'm right, yay I get to feel smart for once. It's a win/win.

[Orbited insanitarium]

I'm sticking with the thought that nothing major is coming out.

If I'm wrong, yay more boc. If I'm right, yay I get to feel smart for once. It's a win/win.

Should've added a Ralph "I'm in danger" gif at the end of this post for comic effect, cos now the townsfolk have rallied, they have pitchforks and they ain't happy.

[rodox_head]

I'm sticking with the thought that nothing major is coming out.

If I'm wrong, yay more boc. If I'm right, yay I get to feel smart for once. It's a win/win.

Should've added a Ralph "I'm in danger" gif at the end of this post for comic effect, cos now the townsfolk have rallied, they have pitchforks and they ain't happy.

So be it.

[luminousdusk]

To be fair we are only trolling ourselves

Yes and no. They know we are watching everything. The hidden channels, easter eggs, what not, are something they know we are looking out for. Replacing the black profile and banner pics is the thing that I can't wrap my head around. Why bother?

The black banner and profile pics could just be a throwback or continuation of the old black box on their website if you are familiar with that - a placeholder

I think we must try not to be hypervigilant as a community, if something changes or there is news we will find out about it one way or another

A watched kettle never boils as they say

[rodox_head]

Has anyone ever bothered to ask MDG about all this nonsense?

[Echelon]

Has anyone ever bothered to ask MDG about all this nonsense?

I don't think MDG responds to anything unless he has a direct issue he needs to address. He's sort of like a very choosey Batman.

[rodox_head]

Has anyone ever bothered to ask MDG about all this nonsense?

I don't think MDG responds to anything unless he has a direct issue he needs to address. He's sort of like a very choosey Batman.

I consider this a direct issue, because this guessing game Merry go round bullshit of "clues" and YT accounts is getting on my nerves and almost appears to be on others as well if the last few posts amount to anything. I have half a mind to DM him just to get a definite answer as to if any of this shit means anything or not. At the very least I can say for myself that it's a bogus marketing tactic that makes them look like asses if my opinion means anything.

[Echelon]

Has anyone ever bothered to ask MDG about all this nonsense?

I don't think MDG responds to anything unless he has a direct issue he needs to address. He's sort of like a very choosey Batman.

I consider this a direct issue, because this guessing game Merry go round bullshit of "clues" and YT accounts is getting on my nerves and almost appears to be on others as well if the last few posts amount to anything. I have half a mind to DM him just to get a definite answer as to if any of this shit means anything or not. At the very least I can say for myself that it's a bogus marketing tactic that makes them look like asses if my opinion means anything.

Maybe he'll respond to you if you raise the issue, but I dunno if he will. I think the issue needs to directly affect him or BOC for him to care.

But honestly I don't get the weird shennagans online either. None of it, aside from the likes, is substantial to mean anything. It does kinda feel like trolling or seeing how they can get attention without doing much of anything.

I do firmly believe a new album is coming out (maybe soon even) but I do not get how this social media type shennagans factor in or if there is a point. (maybe to keep us talking?)

PS:
All those alternate Hell Interface accounts are weird as hell. I wonder if they actually own all those

[luminousdusk]

Yeah I don't believe the bros are behind it

As stated in HS statements and maybe a couple of interviews - they don't bother with social media or bother much with the Internet in general

I said this a few pages ago so sorry for repeating myself again but I think Warps social media specialist, also known as a social media strategist is behind this. All large companies have them

Its Warps way of keeping us interested, keeping us all talking and guessing in these darkest of days, while the bros remain silent as ever with no fan interaction

[Orbited insanitarium]

but I do not get how this social media type shennagans factor in or if there is a point. (maybe to keep us talking?)

Oh most definitely.
Perhaps to the average listener of boards, the social media likes and small changes may seem to them quite disinteresting. And it's only when a 1000+ pages topic dedicated to documenting/in depth discussion of online shenanigans comes along, that the average BoCcer begines to look at the smaller picture (so to speak!)

My opinion has always been that this is a loop, in which, you either need to find the loophole that gets us LP5 or be that casual average BoC listener from above.

Hope you don't mind me getting Philosophical on your ass Echelon. I either put the "passion" in "compassion" or the "pathetic" in "empathetic"

(I speak of the average BOC fan hypothetically though, I doubt there's such a person who hasn't read bocpages back to front without gleeful interest or has orange tattooed on them. That guy just doesn't exist. Cos I've been there, done that and got the T-Shirt. )

[Echelon]

LD: I think you are right that it isn't them. It's definitely a marketing strategy that fits in with their personality of being cryptic and sinister. If we at least get some reward for this internet shennagans, I'd be happy.

OI: That's quite a concept, mate! Finding a loophole in all this white noise that leads to the new album is pretty crafty. An optimist like me would like to think that's how's this works, but I'd need more evidence.

I guess Peter Gabriel and BOC both have some sort of 'long game' going on right now with their elusive next album and as fans we do have to be patient. Sucks for me because those are my favorite musicians