Daddrobit
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Posted - 2014.08.01 07:26:00 -
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This is my personal best theory behind 514.
Being that the game Dust 514 is developed in China and he Chinese culture puts great meaning and symbolism behind their numbers, I decided it was only logical to try and find the meaning of 514 symbolically, rather than say try and find page 514 in one of the lore books, or look up Bible/Koran/Torah/etc. passages that are labeled 5:14. This is what I found and I think it fits quite well with the theme.
5: Five stands for luck and its five blessings: wealth, happiness, longevity, luck, and prosperity, and the five elements: water, fire, wood, earth, and metal. It can also be a negative number and stand for 'not.'
1: One stands for beginning, origin, creation, and energy. It may also mean loneliness.
4: Four is largely considered an unlucky number as the pronunciation of the number is a homophone with the word 'death.'
If we look at the individual we might conclude a few possible meanings:
A) Blessings create death. Possibly meaning that the blessing of becoming an immortal has allowed us to kill and die without recompense.
B) No origin/beginning death. Possibly meaning No beginning, only death? Or maybe no beginning or end?
But the numbers can also have a different meaning when combined as well, so lets look at that.
51 means 'I want,' so that 514 might very well mean 'I want death' or 'I want to die' which might be the case after dying repeatedly in such nasty ways for so long.
14 is one of the unluckiest numbers meaning 'Guaranteed death' so that 514 in this case may mean 'No guaranteed death' alluding to your immortality.
And finally there's the number 514 itself, which when pronounced sounds like 'I Will Die' or I Am Dying.'
So there you have it. That's what 514 means. You're welcome.
O.G. Pink Fluffy Bunny
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Daddrobit
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Posted - 2014.08.01 07:42:00 -
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Nocturnal Soul wrote:It's said time and time again that it's pronounced 5....1....4 not 5..14 and not 514. Sorry to burst your crystal balling chap.
Yes, and when you say five, one, four in Chinese, it sounds like Wu Yao Si which is homo-phonic for "I will die" In Chinese.
O.G. Pink Fluffy Bunny
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