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[Analysis] Could that email or IM be a trailhead, or SPAM?
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		I got a reply back, with this link:

http://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/18ev91/strange_days_bad_luck_and_the_notes/

I don't know if it's an actual ARG or just some reddit thing. Eh, it's kinda interesting anyway.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:49 am
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Mehetabel
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 		Ok, I'll be the first one to say it... Do we think this is part of the Fear Mythos? The pictures remind me of The Smiling Man.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:54 am
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S.P.I.
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OhWhatProvidence wrote:
I got a reply back, with this link:

http://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/18ev91/strange_days_bad_luck_and_the_notes/

I don't know if it's an actual ARG or just some reddit thing. Eh, it's kinda interesting anyway.


Interest waning after reading that post, perhaps snobbishly due to the spelling errors, but I am willing to keep waiting for some more stuff to pop up, to see what happens. Should we start a thread for this or is it too soon?

He seems to be intentionally reaching out to you, at any rate. That's ARG-ish. Dunno
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		Mhm. I guess I'll make a thread for it, dunno if it's worth a TRAILHEAD tag though.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:58 pm
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Distraction
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 		Got this in my email last night. April 1st, at 1:11 am

Quote:

All the nobility does
Not by a blame sight, So I done it.
They hadnt stirred.


Turns out..it was Spam
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:05 pm
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Distraction
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 		This isn't an email or IM, but it is something that maybe should be watched, a trailhead to come, maybe?


http://fusible.com/2013/05/lucasfilm-registers-slew-of-domains-for-star-wars-alliance-bothan-spies-order-67-star-wars-rebels-many-more/

Apparently, a bunch of domains were registered by Lucasfilm for Star Wars. It might be nothing, but in ARG world, nothing may lead to something..

So, thoughts?
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bambusar
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 		Not sure if that was posted on UF yet or not...

http://www.05-19-13.com/



Does anybody know what is it supposed to be?

I somehow dont trust those answers: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100817233416AANbL6o

PostPosted: Sun May 19, 2013 6:19 pm
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Distraction
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bambusar wrote:
Not sure if that was posted on UF yet or not...

http://www.05-19-13.com/



Does anybody know what is it supposed to be?

I somehow dont trust those answers: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100817233416AANbL6o


Is it the end of the world again!?!?
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bambusar
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 		disregard http://www.05-19-13.com/
it is an old meme

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/51913-expect-us

i got pranked Smile

PostPosted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:23 am
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netsua98
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 		I just got an email from a shlomo hotopp with two urls and it says it was sent to an address which is not mine. So I am going to assume it is spam mainly for the name and do to the fact it's not my email it was sent to, anyone else agree?

P.S. I am pretty sure I was sent a bogus email with the same sender name a few years back.
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xrmterm
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 		Body/Mind/Change
Multimedia Advertisement or ARG?
I came across this video, and visited the website it pointed to. I still can't tell if it's a fancy ad, an exhibition extension, or a meatier ARG. What I can say is that David Cronenberg, code comments about bathing in raw chicken, GIFs of white noise, not-quite portraits, and site design that would make Jakob Nielsen die then roll in his grave are all making an appearance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAopifw3c9U
http://www.bodymindchange.ca/welcome/

PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:06 am
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catherwood
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 		Re: Body/Mind/Change
Multimedia Advertisement or ARG?
xrmterm wrote:
I came across this video, and visited the website it pointed to. I still can't tell if it's a fancy ad, an exhibition extension, or a meatier ARG. ...
http://www.bodymindchange.ca/welcome/

I take the description at its word:
Quote:
Body/Mind/Change (BMC), a digital extension of TIFF's exhibition David Cronenberg: Evolution, immerses audiences in a "Cronenbergian" world inspired by the film Videodrome, re-imagined for the 21st century and brought to life across three platforms— online, mobile, and real-world. Co-produced by the Canadian Film Centre's Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) with creative direction by Lance Weiler, Body/Mind/Change features plot lines and game mechanics involving biotechnology start-ups, body enhancements, emotional learning systems, and presents the plausible science fiction found in Cronenberg's work as scientific fact.
{bold is mine} Would you call that an ARG, Augmented Reality, or transmedia storytelling?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:57 pm
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Oriza
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 		I just got some weird email from activesystemanalysis[@]yahoo.com.
Quote:
Hearty Salutations!

Some data has been lost concerning SYSTEM A_DATA DELIVERY

Please help to restore SYSTEM A_DATA DELIVERY by restoring the following definitions.

BIAS:

CONDITIONS:

STATE:

UTILITY:

CLARIFY USE OF GBA OR UBA METHODOLOGY

albtcdhewfdgjhaisjckilwmpnkotpcqprbsttsuwvtwgxPyazxarbtcidwepfiglhpihjdkjlgmunxogphqirbsxthuivpwzxty


That last string of text at the bottom almost looks like a code-- it's the alphabet but every other letter has a random letter in front of it.

I pulled out all the non-alphabet letters and got lthwdjasjciwpktcpbtstswtgPaxrrtiwpilphdlguxghibxhipzt, which I can't do anything with.

I think this might be some kind of trailhead but I have no idea what for? I haven't gotten an ARG email in years.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:04 am
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amandel
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 		Hi Oriza. Nice work on separating that über lengthy Laughing letter string and its decipher result looks like a definite trailhead.
letter string solve
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Rot11 reading: we should(u)n't have named (ed)her Alic(c)e. that was owr first mistake.

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Oriza
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 		Jeez. I even ran it through ROT-IT, I can't believe I didn't catch that. I'll just turn in my metaphorical badge and gun now.

It's really damn creepy that the first trailhead I get in years refers to someone named Alice because that is my name. Confused
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