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TTHSK · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:10 am

Portal was me being slightly crazy and trying it for kicks; the Jessica one is placed off on the left of the In Progress page.

Grady Martin · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:03 am

this is a weird-ass coincidence, or the game has taken a new turn, to put it mildly

Starr's blogger avatar is a cartoonish dude flexing his biceps - the image name is Mighty.jpg - i googled "mighty starr" wrestling - and found another wrestling role-play site - the character's name is Johnny Starr

sorry if this is just a coincidence on top of a coincidence

TTHSK - how are you finding those jpgs? i don't see the links

TTHSK · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:48 am

Quote:

One of the headings (when browsing the previous entries) is "CONTENT REMOVED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER /originalwarren..."

The full title is "CONTENT REMOVED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER /originalwarren.html"

It seems the posts on the blog had their creation dates altered; the original post times all seem to end in 00.000 seconds. [from the rss feed]

Edit:
This is intriguing: (dimensions match the photothumb.db image) http://brianbricker.com/portal.jpg (I have the image in case it disappears)

Grady Martin · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:35 am

found a role-playing wresting site when i googled

jessica "arlen rage"

IG?

Grady Martin · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:17 am

G O U A O Y N W E F I E O E N S A D E

remains when BRIGHTMAN ORACLE is removed from

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classical · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:04 am

Awesome catches--that blog seems to be the blog of Hatch's Dr. Bernie, who was the head of the Oracle project. At least, that's my guess.
I can't seem to find any cached versions of the blog, but someone finds something...

The Jessica image intrigues me. Not sure why, but maybe there will be answers later.

Also, I'm not getting anything out of that string of italicized letters. I've exhausted probably every cipher in existence. If someone else wants to try it, BE MY GUEST.

Grady Martin · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:54 am

arlen rage

remember one of the solutions to the sfflyer anagram is

demolay is rage!

TTHSK · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:33 am

On Brian Bricker's contact page, there's this: "usoracleproject.blogspot.com" Content all removed by executive order. Most of the urls seem to have started that way, although I'm looking around... I guess I'll edit this, since I'm helping.

Also, Bricker does seem to be associated with emergency medical stuff; the company for the tmp files (Word properties) is "Reach Mediplane" and the authour is "brian_bricker".

Guesses: He started working on the story while there. The TMP files were an accident. (I think this because there are several files; and the red 'put Queenie background here' is a little weird for something distributed intentionally)

Wild guess: The oracle could be Jenny (Port's Jenny); it would tie things together nicely.

Edits: (interesting seeming things)
The very first url is "http://usoracleproject.blogspot.com/2005/06/im-losing-control-of-project.html"
One of the urls is "http://usoracleproject.blogspot.com/2006/11/content-removed-by-executive-order_01.html"
One of the headings (when browsing the previous entries) is "CONTENT REMOVED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER /originalwarren..."
The blog belongs to "Bernard Starr" with the email "starr.bernard@yahoo.com"
"http://www.brianbricker.com/jessica.jpg" which is an image I can't see on his In Progress page.

BlackandBlue · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:57 am

Good - Whew!

classical · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:37 pm

...okay, Bricker's IG.

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BlackandBlue · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:09 pm

Meta

classical · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:10 pm

Huhhhh. Over 100, my ass. He's probably gotten like, two.
Ok, I take what I said back. That email is much more suspiscious. This was my email and response, btw:

me wrote:

Hello Mr. Bricker--
I stumbled onto your website at brianbricker.com, and I had a quick question that you may or may not be able to answer for me: do you know the Oracle?

him wrote:

Sir or Ma'am;
I'm sorry, but could you be a bit clearer about what you mean?
Thanks!

I guess I'm going to go straightforward this time around and just ask if he's ever written anything about her. Though I'm just waiting to get put onto a block list after this, honestly. :b

Tempestdevil · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:48 pm

i'd like to think it's OOG, but over 100 emails, really? fat chance. there's no more than 5 of us even playing at this point.

3v1L Schwinn · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:39 pm

RE Brian Bricker

classical · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:40 pm

Heheh, actually, I think brianbricker.com is OOG. Got an email back from him--he politely wtf'd at my mentioned of the Oracle.