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I am just digging in to the code. There is a possibility there is also something in the images, but I can rule out the password.

A lot of stuff that is already present is annotated with "day1" so I assume that today counts as day 1 which means day 3 is Sunday. Having something big on a Sunday would also make most sense from a marketing point of view I guess. Speaking of things that are annotated with "day1". The following areas are marked with day1 so I assume they will change over time: * Network settings * System Properties * Defragger Also about the emails: In general there is a system in place for loading all the different parts from the server once you click something. There is a dedicated system that is very similar to that for emails, so I would assume emails will also appear in the mail client over time.

So I have a very good idea of what will happen next: On day 3 we will get the password. Once you enter it, the screen will look like this: In addition it will add two items to the "Documents" menu in the Start menu: * For Review: there are indicators that these will be the 4 tracks * Image Approvals: I assume some unreleased artwork or photos or something like that The IDs for the content that is loaded are already there but when you try to load the data from the server it will return nothing. So we have to wait until they are unlocked server side.

For clarification for people who are not familiar with that stuff: That basically reads out the text that is placed somewhere in the HTML code of the website (some element with 'class="day3-nuo"') and then compares whatever you entered with it. That element is not there yet so there is no way to enter the correct password. The same goes for the content that would pop up if you enter the correct password: it is also not present. The class name starting with day3 also strongly suggests that it is indeed time gated.

Just took a quick look and I don't think there is much we can do and it seems to be time gated content. There are ids used that make it sound like it will be daily updated (there is an id that is called "modal-window-networkday1" for example). Will keep digging further though and see if there is more to it. That's just setting the cookie the website stores to expire in 6 months. In general the only files you have to take a look at are the ones that are served from the linkinpark.com domain directly (they all have a name like "custom_js_12....").

You can still put them on a Blu Ray?

I agree that releasing a DVD in 2020 would be a huge joke. Do people still have DVD players attached to their TVs and actually use it? That just made me realise that I don't even have a single device left in my home that is capable of playing back audio CDs. Crazy.

This. There are a lot of people out there who can't afford $500. There are countries where people don't even earn that money in a month working full time. But those people would still feel weird and left out if they can't afford the "hardcore" package. That's why I think there should be a limit to the most expensive version. Probably around $100 which is already pretty high for a lot of people I would assume. Does someone have numbers how much big anniversary releases of other bands cost? I think Metallica and Beatles were mentioned a couple of times here.

If they create a super high quality product, I think it is reasonable to ask for a higher price, but I hope it won‘t be something ridiculous like the Recharged thing. It is going to be a very special release for every Linkin Park fan, and I don‘t think it would be fair to just categorically deny that release to a lot of people who can‘t afford a $500 release. I think they have to find a sweet spot between making it super freaking amazing with crazy stuff in there while also keeping it accessible for the average hardcore fan and that‘s definitely lower than $500.

It is super interesting how people really like one more than the other. I think vol 2 is way better than the first one. I tried to put the first volume on while working and it didn't do it for me while volume 2 feels super great.

The crackling sound seems to be intentional to me. It might be a little bit loud at times though.

The tweet was over a year ago. It is totally possible that they worked on something completely different since then.

No they shouldn't. They have a choice, and if they think spreading their values is more important than a couple of fans then by all means they should do it and use their platform. It is up to the fan what to make out of it.

There are other differences between the demo and the final version besides the collabs and the mixing/mastering.

Yeah they were available in the beginning. I really liked the demo but I am not a huge fan of how Open Door came out. It is just too much going on with all these vocal tracks. Doesn't feel like there was a vision of how the thing is supposed to sound in the end and it got messy. Maybe I have to listen to it a couple of times to get used to it and my opinion will change.

I would love to see the faces of people who think this is a proper album once they hit the final song, which is an absolute masterpiece: Booty Down.

It was random stuff he made up on the go. There is no way you can add anything 😂

You wrote "None of the artists that he signed became successful" which on its own is not true. I've never argued that she got successful because of Mike, but you also never said "None became successful through Machine Shop".

How the hell is Skylar Grey not successful?

I think there was a big misunderstanding here. I didn‘t check the SWR3 page when I read the announcement, but I took a look at it afterwards. It was nowhere mentioned which show the broadcast will be from. On the schedule they had links to different articles/pages for some of the artists and the link on LP went to their gallery of the day when LP played Rock‘n‘Heim. The gallery wasn‘t new or anything. As far as I can tell they just randomly linked galleries of random live shows of a given band they already had on their website. One could infer that this meant that they broadcast songs from there but that‘s not something SWR3 announced so coming out and saying „they lied“ is bullshit. Their official announcement just said „we will play live recordings of these bands during the weekend“. What are you talking about? There was nothing someone had to pay for. Don‘t create more drama if you don‘t even know what happened.

He said it was the VMA's but it most probably was the Billboard Music Awards show. They never performed BID at the VMAs, just at the Billboard Music Awards and the American Music Awards. When comparing both performances the Billboard one looks like it was more chaotic with people running of the stage in the beginning. Edit: Listening to it again. Mike even said "BMA's" 😄 But I think most people misheard it.

I have no experience with that stuff myself, but I would assume that the whole song writing credits thing gets way more complicated and formal once you include that many other writers so the band can't just be like "oh by the way, we are also going to add every other band member as a song writer. Deal with it".

He used it multiple times on stream. In one of the Instagram sessions he speaks about it in more detail.

I really like it and I really like the vocals of Lights. Seems like I am in the minority 😄

Yeah I agree that this was probably planned (which doesn't take anything away from it). I assume it is basically a teaser for a new song we will get soon. His last instagram post is probably a reference to it as well.