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Ready Player One: The global bestseller and now a major Steven Spielberg movie

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Couch, Aaron (July 8, 2020). " 'Ready Player One' Book Sequel Sets November Publishing Date". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 8, 2020. Ernie Cline Reportedly Writing Ready Player One Sequel". slashfilm.com. January 16, 2015 . Retrieved May 2, 2017. For Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One, success is measured in DeLoreans and geeked-out fans". venturebeat.com. August 2012 . Retrieved February 7, 2017.

James Donovan Halliday a.k.a. Anorak the All Knowing: The creator of OASIS. His avatar's name is based on a British slang term for an obsessive geek. His character was initially inspired by Willy Wonka who Cline described as a "rich eccentric holding a fantastic contest". Cline used the personalities of Howard Hughes and Richard Garriott, and placed Halliday's birth year around the same as his own so that his pop culture interests would coincide with Cline's "and the other middle-aged uber-geeks I know". [11] [12] Lussier, Germain (March 21, 2016). "The Author of The Martian Wrote Ready Player One Fan Fiction, and Now It's Canon". gizmodo.com . Retrieved April 16, 2018. Three Hidden Keys Open Three Secret Gates | Ernie's Blog". Ernestcline.com. June 5, 2012 . Retrieved July 7, 2012. In the year 2045, climate change, war and poverty have ruined most of Earth’s societies. Most people find escape and relief in the OASIS, a multiplayer online game with thousands of different locations, including games, online shopping, and even a thriving school system. Most people in the world have OASIS accounts, as there are no recurring fees and it offers an escape from the real world. The creator of the OASIS, James Halliday, has left a contest that will transfer the ownership of the OASIS and its parent company to whoever finds his Easter egg. Since the company is worth billions of dollars, many users have been trying to figure out the clues that lead to Halliday’s Easter egg for years.

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Before long, a subculture is born. Those who participate in the hunt are known as “gunters”; although there are always some gunters boasting that they are on the edge of a breakthrough, years pass and nobody finds anything, and most people lose interest in the hunt. Suddenly, in 2045, Wade—an 18-year-old living in a trailer park on the outskirts of Oklahoma City—appears on the scoreboard. He will now tell the story of what happens next.

Contest Winners Level Up In The Ready Player One Easter Egg Hunt". Giant Freakin Robot. July 11, 2012. Serle, Rebecca (August 17, 2011). " Ready Player One: An Interview with Author Ernest Cline". The Huffington Post . Retrieved March 5, 2023.Cline worked with co-screenwriter Zak Penn and with Spielberg to create a modified set of trials for the film, including a new opener: an astonishingly vivid, high-speed car race through a virtual city. The second trial still involves Wade visiting an Oasis-based reproduction of a classic movie, but it’s not WarGames. Instead, he has to navigate through a terrifying virtual version of The Shining’s Overlook hotel, complete with spooky twins and an elevator full of blood. “WarGames didn’t seem quite right because, although it’s a great film, it’s not that visually arresting. We wanted a movie with a unique and familiar environment,” says Cline. “We made a list of possibilities, and when Steven saw The Shining [on it] he lit up. That was one of the most fun [things about] of working on the adaptation – cooking up this Shining funhouse tribute, and getting to see my hero geek out.” Coll, Kevin (June 21, 2010). "Cool Novel Ready Player One Gets Publishing Rights and Movie Deal". Fused Film. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010 . Retrieved February 13, 2021. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) The OASIS is shaped like a Rubik’s Cube, with 27 cubed “sectors.” Travelling across one sector at the speed of light is expensive and takes 10 hours. Avatars can gain experience points—XPs—by completing quests and fighting NPC villains. However, these don’t exist on Ludus. With difficulty Wade has managed to raise his avatar to the third level by briefly hitching rides to other planets and earning XPs there; however, no gunter is considered serious until they reach the tenth level.

In “Level One,” Wade Watts describes his adventures trying to win Halliday’s contest. He is a high school student who lives in trailer park in Oklahoma City. Since he lives in poverty and has poor social skills, he dedicates his life to being a “gunter” (egg hunter). Since the contest was announced, no one has made any meaningful progress. Gunters are OASIS users who have not given up on finding Halliday’s Easter egg. Wade’s online avatar, Parzival, and Wade’s friend Aech spend almost all of their time looking for clues. Poppe, Nathan (February 1, 2018). "Why isn't Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' movie set in OKC?". NewsOK . Retrieved April 4, 2018.Wade receives an invitation to Morrow’s 73rd birthday party at the Distracted Globe, a zero-gravity dance club. He and Art3mis dance together, and he confesses that he is in love with her. Art3mis dismisses him, emphasizing that they don’t actually know each other in reality and that their relationship has led them to neglect the hunt. Suddenly, Sixers begin shooting up the club; Morrow vaporizes them and the party resumes, but Art3mis leaves. Sneider, Jeff (January 13, 2010). "Eason to rewrite 'Player' script". Variety . Retrieved March 25, 2015.

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