ARG: Tranquil Valley-Responses

[endgame] It's over

ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:57:47 +0000

Yeah, that sucked, but it was still great to hear from him. I jumped with relief that he was okay. Great job.

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ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:03:35 +0000

Yeah... due to personal reasons I couldn't get more involved in the game, when I really really really wanted to. So I did your Andrew stuff, and that small voice acting part for the game. Too bad USTICE HAD HIS BLOODY PHONE OFF!!! Lol.

Leo and I made bets that night, and Leo said the only one who would pick up was Sydney. Wouldn't you know he was right?

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ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:22:27 +0000

In case you didn't hear it from me directly, thanks guys. It was fun. Its a shame that we didn't get to see everything that you had in mind, but I had a great time with it.

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ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:47:08 +0000

Lboomer, sorry, but since the game was over, why not give the word? :)

One thing I do enjoy out of it in the backdrop is all the work and time into the story. Sadly, not everything went into full potential, but it was still valiant. The puzzles were also set to remain in story context rather than simply throwing random puzzles round.

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ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:44:17 +0000

Nightmare Tony

Remind me to smack Lboomer or myself, but DS was the original name as we knew it amongst PMs as Project DarkSky.

Tony, of course I knew what DS stood for, I just wasn't sure if it was info that we wanted to share or not, so I made a bit of a pun out of it.

On another note, I would like to thank those of you who stuck with the game despite of the problems BTS. It was a weird but wonderful experience for me, and hopefully we provided a little entertainment for you all in the process.

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ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:14:34 +0000

and the Mortid chip, mind control. That was one strong story advance, dude.

Storyline wise, the cult hidden in teh Mortid center, using patients for sacrifices to bring back their great one. And no, the church was NOT involved.

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ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:05:43 +0000

"Help" and "behind the scenes" are sort of strong words to use.. I wish I could have helped more, excellent job ben!!

(At least I came up with the name Andrew Grey. That little bit, I am proud of. :-D)

Y'all rock,
Your favorite Neo impersonator

nothing to see here

Guest@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:01:41 +0000

Spammers suck.

** edited -- jamesi

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ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 02:33:44 +0000

Remind me to smack Lboomer or myself, but DS was the original name as we knew it amongst PMs as Project DarkSky.

By the way, you guys were great on the watch. I had some puzzles ready to roll into the game, but things got kinda...well,, interesting all around.

Nightmare Tony, the lurker :)

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ustice@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:20:20 +0000

The game ended last night with a chat with Andrew and then went imediatly into the PM chat. Here is the PM transcript i don't have the one with Andrew.
Start of #mystery buffer: Thu Dec 23 20:08:14 2004
[19:28] *** Initial topic: C'est fini! || Chat 11/23 7pm EST || New news at TV and TVPD pages || All paragraphs translated || New journal entry from Andrew (x2) || Quige: http://mysteryarg.xwiki.com (anyone can update)
[19:28] TOBI: ( Hojo ) The internet - where men are men, women are men, and anyone under the age of 18 is an FBI agent.
[19:28] *** #mystery was created on Tue Oct 26 14:16:13 2004.
[19:28] JustLurking: lol
[19:28] Kender: who were?
[19:28] LBoomer: For Those that may not know, I am Leo
[19:28] * Sydney_Bristow knows.
[19:28] Hojo: everyone say "hi Leeeeooo"
[19:28] TJ229ER: hi leo
[19:29] JoeUser: hi!
[19:29] bwoch: hi Leo
[19:29] Kender: "hi Leeeeooo"
[19:29] JustLurking: hi leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeo
[19:29] RI_Barnica: hiiiii leaooo!
[19:29] LBoomer: I was responsible for everything that took place from the time Zach appeared to the end
[19:29] Sydney_Bristow: now thats just obsessive
[19:29] RI_Barnica: And who was responsible before that, and why the switch?
[19:30] Sydney_Bristow: And who called me? Smile
[19:30] LBoomer: I had help from Hojo, Bwochinski and Deltina
[19:30] TJ229ER: leo was it your idea originaly?
[19:30] JustLurking: cool
[19:30] bwoch: I barely helped...
[19:30] LBoomer: no, it was not my Idea
[19:31] Hojo: you helped Ben, you invented it
[19:31] LBoomer: That honor belongs to Ben
[19:31] bwoch: heh
[19:31] bwoch: yes this whole thing was my doing
[19:31] bwoch: I feel bad that I wasn't able to bring about a better execution
[19:31] LBoomer: unfortunately Ben had real life step in and take up all his time
[19:32] Sydney_Bristow: Who called me? I'm too interested.
[19:32] LBoomer: Andrew did Syd
[19:32] TJ229ER: you mean he's real!!!
[19:32] TJ229ER: lol
[19:32] LBoomer: yes TJ
[19:32] JustLurking: hehe
[19:32] Sydney_Bristow: ...
[19:33] LBoomer: there were a lot of things that were planned for this that never quite played out
[19:33] TJ229ER: so what was it that was supposed to "get the chatrooms talking" as advertised on RWG
[19:33] LBoomer: hehe
[19:34] bwoch: Well, that I am unsure of
[19:34] * Sydney_Bristow has her 10 bucks on fatal.
[19:34] bwoch: but the story was originally quite different from what you all have experienced
[19:34] Kender: what made it change?
[19:34] JustLurking: how so?
[19:35] bwoch: primarily the fact that I needed to get out from BTS completely due to real life
[19:35] bwoch: and so I turned everything completely over to Leo
[19:35] LBoomer: well, I kind of took over with no idea of where the story was originally planning to go
[19:35] LBoomer: no idea who the villian was
[19:35] bwoch: who has done a fantastic job bringing the story to a provacative end
[19:36] Hojo: I'm still amazed Leo pulled it off so quick
[19:36] LBoomer: Being thrown into the middle of something like this was not an easy task. I was faced with having to completely create an ending of the story that would tie in all of the elements and loose ends that were presented at the start of the game, without really knowing where the original idea was headed.
[19:36] Sydney_Bristow: How long was this supposed to actually last?
[19:36] TJ229ER: when was the original enddate?
[19:36] * Sydney_Bristow thinks there was something wrong with that sentence.
[19:36] bwoch: original end date was the first week in Jan
[19:37] LBoomer: I ended a little early as well to make way for the new games that are now starting
[19:37] TJ229ER: so who was used as a voice actor?
[19:37] JustLurking: oh man.....now I need to find a new game Sad
[19:37] * Sydney_Bristow gives Leo a hug.
[19:38] Kender: we still have the message on the mirror: GSN ER NOZ NA OAV
[19:38] LBoomer: thanks guys
[19:38] Sydney_Bristow: heheh
[19:38] LBoomer: ok
[19:38] Hojo: JL: *cough*pandoranext*cough*
[19:38] LBoomer: if you take that sentance and reverse it
[19:38] JustLurking: I meant GOOD games
[19:38] JustLurking: Wink
[19:38] JustLurking: j/k
[19:38] LBoomer: VAOAN ZONRENSG
[19:39] Sydney_Bristow: ?
[19:39] LBoomer: is enochian for Truth Delivered
[19:39] Sydney_Bristow: no wonder I didn't know it Razz
[19:39] Kender: check
[19:39] *** Silent_Knight_Holy_Knight has joined #mystery.
[19:39] LBoomer: the key left by Marcus to unlock the rest of the puzzle
[19:39] Kender: what about the other keys to the letter?
[19:39] *** Silent_Knight_Holy_Knight has left #mystery.
[19:39] LBoomer: Well, had you gotten the first key ummmmm first
[19:40] Kender: ah, quotes
[19:40] LBoomer: lol
[19:40] LBoomer: yep
[19:40] LBoomer: there are 3 quotes in that first paragraph
[19:40] Kender: yeah, it 'felt' kinda constructed
[19:40] LBoomer: right
[19:40] RI_Barnica: and I blundered about and started fromthe wrong end, as usual!Confused
[19:40] LBoomer: hehe
[19:40] Sydney_Bristow: lol
[19:40] Kender: ah well, we cracked the whole thing Smile
[19:41] bwoch: Kender all puzzles in ARGs are constructed Smile
[19:41] Sydney_Bristow: which just proves were intelligent
[19:41] Kender: and persistent
[19:41] RI_Barnica: but Andrew *is* real, right?
[19:41] LBoomer: yes, I was quite surprised when I checked the boards and saw that the last 2 paragraphs were solved
[19:41] Kender: while the first were not Smile
[19:41] LBoomer: exactly
[19:42] * Kender guesses vigener is done for in ARGs now Smile
[19:42] LBoomer: heh
[19:42] Sydney_Bristow: hehe
[19:42] JustLurking: lol
[19:42] JustLurking: yeah
[19:42] LBoomer: well, I was originally going to vigenere them in sequence
[19:42] * Sydney_Bristow has a good idea for a complicated vigenere puzzle
[19:43] LBoomer: so that you coulndt undue one without solving the previous one first
[19:43] JustLurking: so, vigenere the vigenere, essentially
[19:43] LBoomer: but time constraints led me to make it a bit easier
[19:43] LBoomer: yes JustLurking
[19:43] JustLurking: and we thank you for that Wink
[19:43] RI_Barnica: Man! We'd have been forwever at it that way!
[19:43] LBoomer: heh
[19:44] TJ229ER: so who was the voice actor?
[19:44] LBoomer: Andrew?
[19:45] TJ229ER: yea who was he?
[19:45] Sydney_Bristow: the person behind andrew damint
[19:45] Sydney_Bristow: *damnit
[19:45] LBoomer: hehe
[19:45] LBoomer: That was Deltina
[19:45] LBoomer: Colin
[19:45] TJ229ER: ahh
[19:45] Sydney_Bristow: you're ######## me
[19:45] Sydney_Bristow: whee
[19:46] LBoomer: no Syd
[19:46] Sydney_Bristow: ok guys.. i have to go
[19:46] *** Sydney_Bristow is now known as Sydney_Away.
[19:46] Kender: bye syd!
[19:46] LBoomer: anything else that I can answer for you all
[19:46] RI_Barnica: What about Mortid... was there a password that we just never found?
[19:47] JustLurking: or was that one of the things that was dropped?
[19:47] LBoomer: no, that is one area that had to be cut
[19:47] TJ229ER: what were some of the things you wanted to do but didn't?
[19:47] LBoomer: well, it was to have a database of patients
[19:48] bwoch: originally Mortid was to be far more developed and complicated
[19:48] LBoomer: give you all sort of an insight into Mortid
[19:48] * Kender liked the Morbid street question Smile
[19:48] LBoomer: hehe
[19:48] LBoomer: nice one Kender
[19:49] LBoomer: there was also going to be a site for the cult
[19:49] Kender: any favourite email/chat/board comments by players?
[19:49] LBoomer: hehe
[19:49] LBoomer: that could take all night
[19:50] LBoomer: there were some very creative letters
[19:50] JustLurking: quotes page, maybe?
[19:50] JustLurking: Smile
[19:50] LBoomer: mmmmm maybe
[19:51] Kender: sorry we didn't keep the wiki up-to-date Smile
[19:51] LBoomer: lets just say that some of you were very persistent
[19:51] TJ229ER: lol hello this is officer .... i forgot my password
[19:51] TJ229ER: lol
[19:51] bwoch: ok well I have to go
[19:51] TJ229ER: good times
[19:51] bwoch: I am even now at work
[19:51] bwoch: but before I do
[19:51] LBoomer: thanks Ben
[19:51] TJ229ER: alright by
[19:51] * Kender gives the PMs a round of applause
[19:51] * TJ229ER claps
[19:51] * umphrey cheers
[19:52] bwoch: I would like to give a big thank you to all those who worked behind the scenes...
[19:52] JustLurking: absolutely
[19:52] JustLurking: Smile
[19:52] bwoch: Johnahue42, Nightmare Tony, Neo Homsar, Yliandra, Myssfitz, Fatal, Alexer, Satanis7, Sequoya, Hojo, Deltina, and Leo
[19:53] RI_Barnica: Thanks, to all of you!
[19:53] TJ229ER: thank you
[19:53] LBoomer: Yliandra was great
[19:53] bwoch: everyone did everything they could to make this game succeed, and I appreciate it immensely
[19:53] JustLurking: cheers to all
[19:54] LBoomer: And as far as the wiki is concerned
[19:54] * Kender hides
[19:54] LBoomer: it was still a valuable resource
[19:55] LBoomer: you have no idea how difficult it was to write a complete ending to this story
[19:55] * bwoch praises Leo
[19:55] bwoch: Smile
[19:55] LBoomer: and tie everything that happened together
[19:55] Kender: one more question: what does the DS in ds-arg.tranquilvalley.us stand for?
[19:55] LBoomer: I hope you all enjoyed it
[19:55] bwoch: oooh, how did you find that Kender?
[19:55] LBoomer: hmmmm
[19:56] * Kender is a curious man
[19:56] LBoomer: hehe
[19:57] LBoomer: it stands for Da Secret
[19:57] LBoomer: lol
[19:57] bwoch: Talk to you all later, have a good evening Smile
[19:57] LBoomer: night Ben
[19:57] RI_Barnica: good night Ben, thanks!
[19:58] LBoomer: well, anything else picking at your brains?
[19:58] Kender: yeah, how come the restaurant didn't have any job openigns after anne disappeared? Smile
[19:59] LBoomer: hehe, and why didn't we send an ambulance to pick up Sydney?
[19:59] LBoomer: lol
[19:59] LBoomer: Anne was orriginally only going to be a minor character
[20:00] LBoomer: just something to get the game started
[20:00] * Hojo actually sent an email accepting Syd to Mortid, but Fatal says it was never received...just so you know Syd
[20:03] LBoomer: I came up with her having a hand in Andrews abduction
[20:03] Kender: Thanks for putting us through a good game.
[20:03] LBoomer: I couldnt have done this without the help of Hojo, Ben, Yliandra and Colin.
[20:03] * Kender has to sleep now
[20:03] Kender: bye all!
[20:03] LBoomer: bye Kender
[20:03] LBoomer: trying to rebuild interest in a stalled game is a daunting task
[20:03] LBoomer: I just hope we provided you with a bit of entertainment and an interesting story
[20:03] Hojo: night Kender
[20:03] LBoomer: and unless there are any other questions
[20:05] LBoomer: I don't know if another PM chat is really neccessary, so if you come up with anything else, please post them at Metaunlimited in the Mystery thread
[20:05] Hojo: mind if I post this on Insider then Leo?
[20:05] LBoomer: not at all
[20:06] Hojo: suhweet
[20:06] LBoomer: we may even do a bit of an interview after Xmas
[20:06] LBoomer: were we will announce the Player of the Game
[20:06] Hojo: oh for sure, I'll sit down with you one-on-one if you want Wink
[20:06] LBoomer: great

Another Zach Chat

JustLurking@forums.unfiction.com — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:07:07 +0000

(Note: Bold added by me to draw attention to it)

* Zach has joined #mystery
and the prog I have couldn't find any vigenere alphabet that would produce any of these words
hey zach
Hey Kender
HI Zach
Hiya Jl
any news?
well, we've been in contact with Andrew
he is well I hope?
he seems to be
still upset about what happened to Marcus, though
I would imagine
how are you?
Thats why I didnt want to be the one to tell him about it
still being followed?
occaisionally, yes
otherwise I am good
good
we're glad you're still with us :)
any news?
I have something you might find interesting
we'd love to hear it :)
I went to the holiday party at mortid
as usual :)
er, the love to hear it ..
well, actually I was dragged there by my dad
sorry, continue
hehe...isn't that the way with parents? :)
well, there were enough people there that I was able to roam around a bit
hehe yeah, so it seems
I found the room that Marcus was in.
oi! found any post-its or notes under keyboards?
no, the offices were locked
darn
:)
* Zach has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
crap
ARGh!
hope he gets back soon
perhaps marcus left a clue to the key in his room
i hope so
I hope nothing bad happened to him..
like his dad catching him?
* Zach has joined #mystery
sorry
these computers at school suck
welcome back
you gave us a bit of a scare :)
thanks
phew, you're ok
yeah, school comps are about 6 years old
* Kender though the hooded man got you :(
and like to crash
:-P
anyhow
so, what did you find?
I couldnt go into the room because of the police seal on the door
ok
but I looked through the window and saw some writing on the mirror
ooh...what was it?
it was hard to make out but I copied it down anyways
GSN
ER
NOZ
NA
OAV
* nitefoll_home has joined #Mystery
so, 5 lines of text?
I figured if anyone could figure it out it would be you guys
yeah, 5 lines
* nitefoll_home has quit IRC (Quit: )
hmmm
it was kind of odd that it was still there,
sure does look suspicious, though :)
sure does..
I am not sure why the police still had a seal on the room
but anyways , I am soory I couldnt get anything that was helpful
*sorry
I'm sure it's more helpful than you think
we'll get to work on it right away
your next task is to get us your dad's login ;)
hehe
but no luck
good thinking zach
hehe
good try though
anyhow, I should get back to class
thanks for sharing with us zach!
I will try to check back later
ok
stay safe!
don't be a stranger around here
yep, see you all later
* Zach has left #mystery

New journal entry 12/19

Kender@forums.unfiction.com — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:00:50 +0000

Topic says it all really:)

[SOLVED] Ardmur Numbers (first and second)

kenbo@forums.unfiction.com — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:30:35 +0000

Yup that's the newest one there's a thread about it here

[SOLVED] Ardmur Numbers (first and second)

kenbo@forums.unfiction.com — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:15:36 +0000

Just wondering where you guys got the numbers from?
Cuz when I went to the site and copied and pasted the stuff from the historical link i got this

IHNOPL AYPHU AVYGB WWNXT BXIYX CCUWO LJAEZ OAXNS SYBLI RSLOZ LPTGP JDNJS OIJJQ KSHVM ZRDSS HZNPO YZPRP HZSZA TSCST OLNYL FQJRN MCBJH VQHDD VXXE

???

Andrew is okay!

kenbo@forums.unfiction.com — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:35:44 +0000

So it looks like They planed his escape all along. They hope he will lead them to the key!

http://forum.immersionunlimited.com/viewtopic.php?t=866

http://forum.immersionunlimited.com/viewtopic.php?t=859