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Rekidk
*whew* I think I've finally found all the important links on the new site. Smile

Personally, I think it's going a little too fast for me, but I like it. We're definitely getting a wide variety of updates and opinions from everyone (players and characters alike), and I think that by the end we're going to have some great ideas floating around.

Anyways, have you all subscribed to the podcast? It was only briefly mentioned in this thread. I was wondering... Is it IG or player-created material? The way it's linked seems IG, but the content seems player-created. Hm.

Also, great job to everyone who's created content so far! Smile

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 5:56 pm
rose
Can we wait a little while to decide if it is a waste of time or not? I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do, but I think with all ARGs, you sortof have to basically decide to go with the premise and see where it takes you. I've always been taken somewhere I didn't expect, and I've always gotten impatient with what was happening in a game or a story at some point along the way.


I'm not sure I'll post much, but I don't really care about the scores in a game anyway. But I will follow along and add my attempts to do whatever stuff without oil I can think of doing.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 5:07 pm
nitefoll
WolfHawk wrote:
Mine is still not showing up. I sent them an email about it yesterday but haven't heard back from them. That's why I wonder if they sort through all the postings and just display certain ones.


I posted 2 blogs today, but only 1 showed up. Both were relevant to WWO so not sure what the criteria is for getting something onto the site Sad

EDIT: lol, now THAT'S customer service Smile thanks PM's

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 4:12 pm
WolfHawk
Mine is still not showing up. I sent them an email about it yesterday but haven't heard back from them. That's why I wonder if they sort through all the postings and just display certain ones.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:24 pm
cissmiace
Weezel wrote:
cissmiace wrote:
Great, Im also now not getting credit for what I submit Crying or Very sad


Well I think it's only the case if you supply the wrong password.



It was the right password. I emailed them about it. Both articles are on the front page, but arnt credited to me here:

http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/outside.aspx

Edit: Wow they fixed it already Shocked impressssssive!

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:55 pm
Weezel
cissmiace wrote:
Great, Im also now not getting credit for what I submit Crying or Very sad


Well I think it's only the case if you supply the wrong password.

It's kinda weird. I submitted last night, and it showed up today around 11am EST. So it went through. The voice message I left at 7:30est was up by 8:30est. I guess it really depends on the editors, as it's certainly not blindly automated.

My voice message got attributed to the wrong person though, because I guess they try to listen to who you say you are, and go from there, and they misheard my name as "diesel". I sent an email to clarify it, so hopefully that will go through too.

The voicemessage made its way to the recent stories, but the blog entry didn't. So I don't think every entry is making its way to the front page of recent items.

Still trying to figure out what makes it where.

.W.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:50 pm
cissmiace
Great, Im also now not getting credit for what I submit Crying or Very sad

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:34 pm
Weezel
Losing your Password
Just wanted to let you know, when you submit your articles, you have to submit your Netizen username and password.

*IF* you forget your password or it doesn't work, you can have it sent to your email, BUT it gets reset to a random string. The email tells you to then login with that new password, but there isn't a formal login section on WWO -- so you wind up having to use the random pass to submit.

I actually sent them an email asking if there was a way to truly login and update your password. It would be nice to be able to update your email etc. also.

.W.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:25 am
coffeegirl18
Re: Have I missed something here?
Lysithea wrote:
Slyfox wrote:
I keep feeling I've been set the following assignment.

Quote:
"Using the internet, library or other references sources as a starting point, write an essay on what it would be like to live in a world where suddenly there is an oil shortage. You should write the essay from your own personal perspective and that of your immediate family and friends. You should try and describe what you might do, or plan to do, in order to adapt to the problem.

Extra credit will be given for the use of alternative media sources such as audio and video.

All entries will be assessed and the best work will be posted on the class notice board at the end of each day"
I concur. WWO feels very much like a school assignment. (and I bet that some teachers are having success with it - good on them)

However I am not at school anymore and I want WWO to be more than a series of weekly writing assignments for the next month.


I know exactly what you mean. I joined up with WWO because I figured it'd have a good mystery behind it while we read about the oil crisis. I'm unable to play constantly as I was (finally got a summer job) but I still want to see where it's going. I'd love to have to crack some codes or something but I don't think that will be the case. It's a lot less ARG and more of a social experiment.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 10:03 am
Lysithea
Re: Have I missed something here?
Slyfox wrote:
I keep feeling I've been set the following assignment.

Quote:
"Using the internet, library or other references sources as a starting point, write an essay on what it would be like to live in a world where suddenly there is an oil shortage. You should write the essay from your own personal perspective and that of your immediate family and friends. You should try and describe what you might do, or plan to do, in order to adapt to the problem.

Extra credit will be given for the use of alternative media sources such as audio and video.

All entries will be assessed and the best work will be posted on the class notice board at the end of each day"
I concur. WWO feels very much like a school assignment. (and I bet that some teachers are having success with it - good on them)

However I am not at school anymore and I want WWO to be more than a series of weekly writing assignments for the next month.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:50 am
cissmiace
Re: Have I missed something here?
Slyfox wrote:
Personally, at the moment this ARG is feeling like a creative writing class at school.

I keep feeling I've been set the following assignment.

Confused


Yeah exactly. And its a great educational thing, wonderful, but whats worrying me is this: Because of my illness, I find it really hard to write things (I cant explain anymore than that without wasting 10000 pages of forum on my illness xD just know I have M.E. ) . I found it so difficult to do the posts I have done, and I was chuffed with myself for what I managed to do, but when I saw the rank thing, I just felt really deflated, because physically, I cant keep doing it. Sad

I think its an incredible way of getting people involed on a educational level in schools, but as with the majority of big name ARG's it is US focused, and I'm not sure about anyone else in the UK but I found it difficult to find relevant oil information focused on the UK.

I hope this diddnt come across as a rant, I dont mean it too. I think its a great idea and excersise - just not if your ill and English Laughing

chrisjill86 - I agree with you about the website, to me it looks like a government one Laughing

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 5:53 am
Slyfox
Have I missed something here?
Personally, at the moment this ARG is feeling like a creative writing class at school.

I keep feeling I've been set the following assignment.

Quote:
"Using the internet, library or other references sources as a starting point, write an essay on what it would be like to live in a world where suddenly there is an oil shortage. You should write the essay from your own personal perspective and that of your immediate family and friends. You should try and describe what you might do, or plan to do, in order to adapt to the problem.

Extra credit will be given for the use of alternative media sources such as audio and video.

All entries will be assessed and the best work will be posted on the class notice board at the end of each day"
Confused

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 4:16 am
Slyfox
Re: What happens now?
Abilor wrote:
I'm getting schizophrenic in terms of my gameplay. The professional part of me signed on because this is a virtuous project, and I sincerely believe that US energy policy is FUBAR. So I am participating in the project in that worthy sense, the political/blog/wiki sense, and recommending it to other faculty and students I am in touch with.

The part of me that will forever be a 15 year old playing dungeons and dragons in a basement full of swords, crystals, and R.A. Salvatore and David Eddings novels wonders, however, what happens here on out in terms of puzzle gameplay? Is there a "plot" we're going to be uncovering, problems to solve, codes to break, clandestine web sites, etc.? The reason I ask is that I'm having a great time playing sectorseven as well, and I'm wondering... Well, I'm just wondering. What do the rest of you think?


I think day one is a little premature to get despondent Laughing . Having read through the rest of the posts I agree that this ARG may be a little different but I'm sure it will still have a strong narrative running through it. I'm sure the puzzles will come it just might be that they are not the type of puzzle you solve with stegdetect. One puzzle we've already had was to translate the message left by everySunday.

This ARG is well sponsored so there will have been a 'budget,' expect to be surprised.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:55 am
ararejul
yeah lollipop it has. she went to go meet nico and then came back with footage...and papers?

i hope she posts up the papers. i honestly think this is more than just a social experiment since the creator talked specifically about how the characters fate were up for us to determine. i think it will be like an ARG but more like an ARG that is like those "decide your fate" books you used to play as a kid.
...or at least that's what I'm hoping.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:08 am
coffeegirl18
Re: Question about posting our stories
jegger wrote:
Dark_Ryder14 wrote:
Do we have to submitted every entry we make to WWO on our Blogs?


Yep. They can keep better track of the entries that way.


I made a few in the pre-game...I think I'll post those as well.

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 12:15 am
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