MOIR AKIK

[moxco]

I have been searching through AO's .ddv files. Although I have failed to decipher any understanding from them I have, however noticed that nearly all the files repeat the key words; "MOIR AKIK". They may be mixed up with other jibberish but they're always there. Does anyone know what this could mean?

[Nate]

I can't, but I'm sure Max will have an entirely plausible answer for you.

[Taco]

DDV? are they the cutscene ones? and have you been opening them in notepad or something?

[Wil]

As promised.

Moir Akik is the original name for Abe, back when they wanted to make the terrorist aspect of him all the more obvious. It was decided that this should be downplayed at the beginning to make audiences more sympathetic to Abe. It was also thought it might be racist to use a Middle-Eastern name to imply terrorism.

[moxco]

Are you serious?

[enchilado]

Max is always serious...

[moxco]

Well Max has got a very unusual sense of humour...

[Xavier]

This is probably some internal variable linked to the way the video is encoded. I don't think it's pointing to anything really relevant.

[Leto]

When I was studying the pixels in Paramonia, I noticed a piece of graffitti on one of the huts in the background, and from what I could read of it it said "1am l0rn", and underneath it "suchmi dik". Does this mean anything to you people or is it just pixel artefacts?

[enchilado]

It's the ancient Mudokon language for "I am your God; do all you can to please me."

[Xavier]

Cut the spam guys...

[STM]

I thought abes name was going to be Abraham Lure

To answer Leto, Lorne Lanning does quite a few signatures I think throughout the game but I don't know what that other bit means.

[Josh]

Abe had a lot of other names before he was called Abe.

[Wil]

That story with Abe's almost-names takes place in Oddworld Inhabitants. Lorne wrote proto-Oddworld stories years before the company was founded.

[STM]

yeh but Abe was maybe going to be changed back to Abe Lure but people in the office put Abe sticky notes everywhere in San Obispo or San Luis wherever it was at the time.

[Wil]

Yes. Although, actually, no, that's not quite how the story goes.

[STM]

i mena in there office

[Josh]

You mean the story about how people at OWI thought Abe was going to be called Monkfish despite all the drawings having ABE on them?

Aberaham Lure was a concept name that was changed when they made him ignorant of his spiritual heritage. Lure being a referance to him beong a fisherman.

(Read page 34 of the Art Book)

[Paul]

I have been searching through AO's .ddv files. Although I have failed to decipher any understanding from them I have, however noticed that nearly all the files repeat the key words; "MOIR AKIK". They may be mixed up with other jibberish but they're always there. Does anyone know what this could mean?

Every file is split into a "chunk" each chunk has a header which will look like:

MOIR - Ddv file
ANIM - Sprites
BITS - Cam back ground image
PALT - Pallet
PLBK - Recorded demo
SEQ - Back ground music
...
etc

Edit: Seems there is "VALE" too - http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php/Odd...es_Oddysee_DDV

[STM]

Max your terrorist idea has been destroyed

[Wil]

It's just a coincidence.

[STM]

ahh