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FROM: Scott Mitchell, futuresoldier@ghostrecon.net
TO: Undisclosed Recipients
MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: Summary (Part 5)
As this blog series draws to a close, I've learned and understand some of the different perspectives and how passionate some of the fans are about the series.
I think there are a few key events that really divided the community and left it where we are today. The obvious and probably most damaging event was the cancellation of Ghost Recon 2 for PC. Obviou
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MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: The “Futuristic Technology” argument (Part 4)
In the fourth part of the ongoing Ghost Recon old vs. new debate, the focus will concentrate on the evolution of high tech weapons and gear throughout the series and discuss the merits of the "Futuristic Technology" argument.
There are certainly other issues that are commonly mentioned in the old vs. new debate, but none as pr
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MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: The “Ubisoft Money Making Agenda” argument (Part 3)
While there have only been a handful of takers actively participating in the “old vs. new” debate, I think the discussions have been engaging and (surprisingly) peaceful. The thread is getting a lot of views and, if nothing more, at least it gives us all something to think about and discuss while we wait for more intel from
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MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: Little Brother or First Cousins.
I've spent the better part of the past two days playing the new Splinter Cell: Conviction game and I often find myself wondering if this is a preview of what Ghost Recon Future Soldier might be like. Conviction was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and Future Soldier is being developed by Ubisoft Paris. While those are two different development t
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MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: Concept Art Analysis
The new concept artwork that was mentioned a few days ago is back and would seem to suggest that G4TV got a little trigger happy and posted the pics before they were supposed to. While many of these pics were included in the various press releases that were provided yesterday or the day before, I am posting this as a separate blog to discuss them, or at
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TO: Undisclosed Recipients
MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: Press Release Summary
On April 12, 2010, Ubi Kimi, the Community Developer for Future Soldier, released some information regarding Future Soldier pertaining to the mechanics of game play. This news was posted on the front page of www.ghostrecon.net and a forum thread was created to discuss it. Additionally, a number of media outlets posted their individual press releases fro
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MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: Official Xbox Magazine Summary
This bit of information (again, none of it is really new) comes from the May 2010 issue of Official Xbox Magazine. I’ve read the article a time or two (or five) and was going to wait on posting anything about it, but with all the other press releases that came out yesterday piled up on my desktop, it’s time to get something on the street about
GRFS Old vs. New Debate Part 2 - The "Ghost Recon" argument.
I'm going to open with a disclaimer first because, of all the various parts of this blog series, I think this will likely be the most controversial. One of the things I admire about www.ghostrecon.net is the mature audience that, for the most part, can carry on a civilized debate (I'll be the first to admit I'm guilty of getting out of line from time to time, so I'm certainly not pointing fingers). I enjoy discussing and debating th
We interrupt this broadcast to bring you this public service announcement.
I wanted to take a moment and clarify a couple of issues and make a few points, so I am going to step out of character for a moment and address these “real life†or “real world issues†I suppose you could call them, that have sprouted up lately.
Scott Mitchell, as most of you are probably well aware, is a fictional character that appears in Ghost Recon and EndWar. Mitchell is described as "a consummate soldi
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MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: Ghost Recon Debate (Part 1) - The "Tom Clancy" Argument
The “Tom Clancy†argument.
One of the arguments I have seen used in the various debates about old Ghost Recon vs. new Ghost Recon reads something along the lines of, “How would Tom Clancy feel about the direction Ghost Recon has taken?â€
The question, the way it is posed, suggests that Tom Clancy woul
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TO: Undisclosed Recipients
MEMORANDUM
SUBJ: Ghost Recon Debate - Introduction
Distinguished Guests, Forum Regulars, Fellow Warriors, Friends and Staff,
I am writing this memo and placing it in my blog, because discussions of length in the forums are often disregarded or misinterpreted. If you want to read it, great. If not, that's fine too. There are a number of points I would like to make, but I don't know that I
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FROM: Scott Mitchell, futuresoldier@ghostrecon.net
TO: Undisclosed Recipients
SUBJ: Flash Traffic of Unknown Origin.
1. A most unusual file file was forwarded to me from an anonymous source. While we are still trying to track down the identity of this person to validate the contents of the file, we are also evaluating the contents and interpretation of the screen shot.
It appears to be a screen shot taken from Ubisoft's Germany (or what I'm assuming is the Germ
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SUBJ: UPDATE: Future Soldier Live Action Video (HD) Assessment
1. Thanks to HQ and the Charlie Oscar's connections, I got a sneak peak at the HD version of the Live Action Video. (Yeah, okay...the video is available to everyone now - no big deal, I know). It didn't reveal too much over the lower quality version, but there were a few things I noticed.
After looking at the lo-res version, the
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The thermoptic cloaking device in action. Ghost
"30K" cloaks and sneaks by the unsuspecting guards just around the corner. One thing I noticed, the cloak seems to flash and flicker a lot, which is kind of a nice touch, proving that it's not going to render the Ghost completely invisible.
A scope with facial recognition software. Sweet. It also pulls up information regarding the contact and later in the trailer, flashes the "terminate" instruction.
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TO: Undisclosed Recipients
SUBJ: Ghost Recon Future Soldier - Live Action Promotional Video
1. On or about March 19th, 2010, Ubisoft agent code named Ubi Kimi hinted that the next Future Soldier trailer would be released this week. She also released an assortment of pre/post production images indicating the video would likely be the live action promotional video that was previously announced. True to her word, the video
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SUBJ: Ghost Recon Future Soldier – Summary of media coverage and magazine articles
1. Intel on the upcoming Ghost Recon Future Soldier title from Ubisoft is starting to receive press attention from various media outlets including the Official Playstation Magazine and Xbox World 360 magazine. While most of the data hasn’t been disseminated through channels within the United States, the foll
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SUBJ: FINAL: Ghost Recon Future Soldier Teaser Trailer - official hints from Ubisoft
1. On or about March 16th, 2010, a representative from Ubisoft (name being withheld to protect the source) that no more hints were going to be provided in reference to the Future Soldier teaser trailer. In all, eleven hints were released.
2. On March 17, 2010, Ubisoft agent code named Ubi Kimi indicated that
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SUBJ: UPDATE 04: Ghost Recon Future Soldier Teaser Trailer - official hints from Ubisoft
1. On March 15, 2010, Ubisoft representative code name Ubi Kimi released to the public three more hints regarding the Ghost Recon Future Soldier teaser trailer released back in February. This brings the total number of hints released to eleven.
Hint #9
Official transcripts from Ubi source codenamed Ub
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SUBJ: UPDATE 03: Ghost Recon Future Soldier Teaser Trailer - official hints from Ubisoft
1. On March 12, 2010, Ubisoft representative code name Ubi Kimi released to the public three more hints regarding the Ghost Recon Future Soldier teaser trailer released back in February. This brings the total number of hints released to eight.
Hint #6
Official transcripts from Ubi source codenamed Ubi
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TO: Undisclosed Recipients
SUBJ: UPDATE 02: Ghost Recon Future Soldier Teaser Trailer - official hints from Ubisoft
1. On March 11, 2010, Ubisoft representative code name Ubi Kimi released to the public three more hints regarding the Ghost Recon Future Soldier teaser trailer released back in February. This brings the total number of hints released to five.
Hint #3
Official transcripts from Ubi source codenamed Ubi
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FROM: Scott Mitchell, futuresoldier@ghostrecon.net
TO: Undisclosed Recipients
SUBJ: UPDATE: Ghost Recon Future Soldier Teaser Trailer - official hints from Ubisoft
1. On March 10, 2010, Ubisoft representative code name Ubi Kimi released to the public two hints regarding the Ghost Recon Future Soldier teaser trailer released back in February. The hints raised more questions than it did answer them.
Hint #1
Russian Federation - Moscow, Russia.
The first hint relea
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FROM: Scott Mitchell, futuresoldier@ghostrecon.net
TO: Undisclosed Recipients
SUBJ: Analysis and Assessment Report in reference to audio/video file received from Ubisoft.
1. On FEB 09, 2010, a media file was released to the online community promoting the future release of a video game titled Ghost Recon Future Soldier (GRFS). While the clip is just under one minute in duration and displays random images of unsubstantiated significance, our intelligence analysts were a
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