ARG: Metacortechs Reloaded-New

Metaurchins!

xnbomb@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:26:18 +0000

... is giving a 403 when I try to access it. What gives?

it's a puzzle!

Project_Um Publicity!

krystyn@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:05:27 +0000

An online friend of mine, Bryan Alexander, runs InfoCult (at http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/ ) and on December 3 he posted this:

The Matrix game: a new account
Metaurchins is now hosting a fine history of playing last year's brilliant Matrix game. It's a very good way to explore the game for the first time, or to remember how it went if you played it at all. The viewpoint is that of a player working with the collaborative, one day at a time.

With lots of links.

I met up with Bryan following Mu's run last year. He was keeping an eye on the game's progress and reporting on it every day or two. He's very interested in all kinds of communication and new media.

Congrats, guys!

[PUZZLE] paintover.net

GWing_02@forums.unfiction.com — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:20:50 +0000

Thanks to wongmo we are now looking at:

http://www.lessonstolearn.net/ventimiglia.html

With the relavent frame on http://www.lessonstolearn.net/_cpy/

Discuss.

It can't be real, can it? - Wongmo!

GWing_02@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 05:20:35 +0000

From the tapestry betamaze solve:

http://www.lessonstolearn.net/kudos-go-to-chancesend-and-yeahyeah.html

with a link to

http://www.lessonstolearn.net/wongmore

Wongmo!!! And something to do with time and geography, it seems. Go forth and solve. :D

[PUZZLE] Oh look a mysterious image

GWing_02@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:00:20 +0000

Carrying over from mal-adusted emo baby:

http://lessonstolearn.net/artemidorus.html

It's the alphablockothinger font! Whee!

Sorry, it's actually called Betamaze, and you can see it being talked about in this part of the thread from the Mu game:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=28209#28209

[RABBITHOLE] Matrix-Metacortechs Reloaded?

Wolf@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:18:59 +0000

I got this first of a series of emails on October 1st, ostensibly from one of the elite hax0rs from the Metacortechs game. My favorite actually...

X-Gmail-Received: 755becf77169d3b64005ac5deebb1dd07b600e5c
Delivered-To: spacebass
Received: by 10.38.92.36 with SMTP id p36cs2985rnb;
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:26:06 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.11.119.54 with SMTP id r54mr829980cwc;
Fri, 01 Oct 2004 11:26:06 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path:
Received: from versionspace (host81-134-61-110.in-addr.btopenworld.com [81.134.61.110])
by mx.gmail.com with SMTP id p77si228870cwc;
Fri, 01 Oct 2004 11:26:06 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: none
To: spacebass
From: random
Subject: 7a 2B 2b 2B 1c 2D 4d 3D 31 31 32 35

I quickly drive the crimson stars
But the beasts love through the bright sheep.
Why does the day slide so secretly and brightly?
Why is a salesman?
A door rises quickly above the aging flowers.
The ships rise

Borsch-poo or nothingness...

On October 2nd, I received another from a different hax0r:

X-Gmail-Received: c4515c91029c44016e4cd605bedecd43ae20c5f9
Delivered-To: spacebass
Received: by 10.38.92.36 with SMTP id p36cs4386rnb;
Sat, 2 Oct 2004 09:28:24 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.38.92.61 with SMTP id p61mr2834081rnb;
Sat, 02 Oct 2004 09:28:23 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path:
Received: from versionspace (host81-134-61-110.in-addr.btopenworld.com [81.134.61.110])
by mx.gmail.com with SMTP id 75si2284302rnb;
Sat, 02 Oct 2004 09:28:23 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: none
To: brooke
CC: jnc4, spacebass, andy, feedback@argn, wolf, krystyn, ozymandias_y2k_in
From: breakpoint
Subject: A funny thing happened on the way
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="----=_NextPart_funnythinghappenedontheway"

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_funnythinghappenedontheway
Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed;
charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

A funny thing happened on the way
------=_NextPart_funnythinghappenedontheway
Content-Type: image/gif;
name="tothe.doc.gif"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="tothe.doc.gif"
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==

------=_NextPart_funnythinghappenedontheway--

Today, I got yet another (a bit more impatient this time), along with a voicemail with Scratch's music playing.

X-Gmail-Received: c04bc0e3b350cec38e351f46e1a5bde64cecf2a6
Delivered-To: spacebass
Received: by 10.38.92.36 with SMTP id p36cs5635rnb;
Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:35:08 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.38.171.77 with SMTP id t77mr5248031rne;
Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:35:08 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path:
Received: from versionspace (host81-134-133-35.in-addr.btopenworld.com [81.134.133.35])
by mx.gmail.com with SMTP id 64si2584399rna;
Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:35:07 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: none
To: brooke
CC: jnc4, spacebass, andy, feedback@argn, wolf, krystyn, ozymandias_y2k_in
From: scratch
Subject: XVI.system.quad

um... yeah, hello, anybody home? sheesh, I don't have virtues, remember?! patience is for the weak!!! how do we have to deliver the message to you, spelled out in gold letters with a red ribbon around it?!

with the hell you've put me through, i'd at least hope you'd have noticed our CALL. call me bitter, but I think i've earned at least that much of your oh so valuable time... if you don't get it, spill the word, let others help!

-scratch

Help?

[EDIT: Changed topic title to hopefully attract attention by the right people :P -vpi]

Re-Edit: Stickied by popular request (well popular with me, anyway :)). - SpaceBass

[PUZZLE] mal-adjusted emo baby

GWing_02@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 03:17:56 +0000

Subject line is there so people are not spoiled to this next step. If you haven't gotten through the maze, don't look here yet!!

... are they gone?
OK, looks like our mysterious program is back!

[COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL INTERRUPTED -- SYSTEM HALTED]

K, so I get he's trying to fix himself, failing, and then looking for a particular image with archival data? That's just on a quick pass-through, so I have missed any nuances ...

[PUZZLE]: Dots

spriggan@forums.unfiction.com — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:00:24 +0000

From the background of http://www.lessonstolearn.net/dream.swf :

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/files/dots.jpg

It doesn't appear to be a constellation. It doesn't look like anything, really, except for a random collection of little square dots.

Let's get solvin'.

[PUZZLE] The Walls (3D Maze)

krystyn@forums.unfiction.com — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 06:45:44 +0000

Things to notice:

Truncated letters, large letters in the corners.

I'll work on finding and archiving all of the paintings later.

http://lessonstolearn.net/thewalls.html