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[Trailhead] Apocalypse of MoP / Cr0n
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kira1000
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hopefully, especially since I applied for the special rank too, the message I sent to get that response was:
hello, I would like to know how to apply for the special rank, it could help me infiltrate cr0n or plant false evidence in the documents to give them the semblance that everything is ok, giving you a warning before most of their agents gain access. Judging from the sheer number of agents they have it could be useful to throw them off the MoP's trail a bit, foiling their "operation dark earth" that they have planned. It could also help me warn you of anything that cr0n could use against you as proof of any "misdeeds" that the MoP may or may not have done. I ask one thing though, please try to examine my form carefully unlike what happened with Angela Mac's (number 2 in the ranking) form, she applied and filled it out correctly, however for some reason the form was quoted as being poorly filled out.

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mrshomersimpson
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kira1000 wrote:
hopefully, especially since I applied for the special rank too, the message I sent to get that response was:
hello, I would like to know how to apply for the special rank, it could help me infiltrate cr0n or plant false evidence in the documents to give them the semblance that everything is ok, giving you a warning before most of their agents gain access. Judging from the sheer number of agents they have it could be useful to throw them off the MoP's trail a bit, foiling their "operation dark earth" that they have planned. It could also help me warn you of anything that cr0n could use against you as proof of any "misdeeds" that the MoP may or may not have done. I ask one thing though, please try to examine my form carefully unlike what happened with Angela Mac's (number 2 in the ranking) form, she applied and filled it out correctly, however for some reason the form was quoted as being poorly filled out.


telling you tho kira im really angry now..heres for why.. we spend most of the time covering up mistakes for MoP and yet to say that i need anger management and im not diligent enough to fill out a form implying im some kind of idiot? nahhh im not having that - its below the belt and wrong. Every other PM i spoke with regarding the matter agrees, its below the belt and wrong...

Its not only wrong its hypocritical! how many forms a day do they get wrong and we cover it up? i just lol

PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:47 pm
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fernandocarulli
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got 2 mails

Got to mails from Mop.

First I wanted to know what happened with Jean Baker:

Quote:
Jean has taken some Garden Leave at one of our Homes of Happiness. She is relaxing and enjoying some time away from work. I believe she has been having some aromatherapy sessions to relieve her stress.

Thank you for your enquiry.


Then I wanted to know what "Proudly watching you since 1872" on the Mop website means. I got this:

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Hi Fernando,

it's nice to have found someone who is as interested in history as I am! Here is a short text about the founding of the Ministry and why it came to be. Those must have been exciting times! Very Happy

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Ministry of Provenance - History.

Telegraph.

The birth of telegraph signaled the initial ideas of the creation of the Ministry of Provenance. Telegraph had been on the horizon since 1825 when the British inventor William Sturgeon revealed an invention that laid the foundations for a large-scale evolution in electronic communications. In 1830 an American Joseph Henry demonstrated the potential of William Sturgeon's electromagnet for long distance communication by sending an electronic current over one mile of wire to activate an electromagnet which cause a bell to strike. In 1837 British physicists William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone patented the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph using the same principal of electromagnetism.

However it was Samuel Morse who successfully exploited the electromagnet and bettered Joseph Henry's invention. While a professor of arts and design at New York University in 1835, Samuel Morse proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. He used pulses of current to deflect an electromagnet, which moved a marker to produce written codes on a strip of paper - the invention of Morse Code. The following year, the device was modified to emboss the paper with dots and dashes. He gave a public demonstration in 1838, but it was not until five years later that Congress funded $30,000 to construct an experimental telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore, a distance of 40 miles.

Six years later, members of Congress witnessed the sending and receiving of messages over part of the telegraph line. Before the line had reached Baltimore, the Whig party held its national convention there, and on May 1, 1844, nominated Henry Clay. This news was hand-carried to Annapolis Junction where Morse's partner, Alfred Vail, wired it to the Capitol. This was the first news dispatched by electric telegraph.

Both the British Parliament and the American Congress realized the potential of telegraph as a means of fast and mass communication. The Ministry of Provenance was created initially to track documents sent by this new system and to act as a safe guard, not only to the telegraph system, but also to these democratic governments too.

Military intelligence organisations on both sides of the Atlantic didn't really exist before 1909 the birth date of the British MI5 and 1942 the creation of OSS in the USA. The Ministry of Provenance was set up in 1872 to counter the imperial expansionist ambitions of Spain, Russia, Germany and France. The best way to protect free citizens is to monitor all electronic communications, thereby preventing any espionage before any real damage is done. Hence the Ministry's strap line "Proudly watching you since 1872".


Have fun Smile

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kira1000
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Just got the form that you have to fill out to get access to the highest rank, it asks for A LOT of personal information, a little too much if you ask me. WHY would an ARG want your employment information, military service, care about your passport status, spouse's name etc. The fact that they can tell if you put in fake information and they want the truth about YOU and not your persona for the story makes me wonder what they need such info for. if anyone is interested I have an image of the form and can upload for you to have a look at. Definitely backing out of this section and staying a citizen helper.

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Elethamei
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Yeah, I got the form too and I'm gonna give it a shot tomorrow (because now it's late and I'm tired).
I'm just interested to see if they accept mine.
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fernandocarulli
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my thoughts bout that form with the personal data:

Based on my conviction pm dont want/need the personal data of the players for the game I could imagine, they want you to ask cr0n what to do bout that form. maybe they can hack into mop system as they do it all the time with the cases to prepare their database with some fake data you can enter in your form later so there aint no errors or discrepancies later.

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mrshomersimpson
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@fernandocarulli lol moot point really.

I agree with Kira.Fully.

I think if its the intentions for everyone to get this form and somehow advance then regardless of info its pretty pointless. What was the point in us snitching on Jean? If everyone was going to get the form regardless?!! I snitched to advance as my game strat. Why else would i have! So if everyone's getting an advancement anyways! I for one will be KEENLY watching what the ministry is willing to except from now on.

The form IMO was too nit-picky. They didn't have to scrutinize it to the extreme like they did IMO especially if it was the intentions for everyone to get this form and somehow advance.

It's shaded my Game-play to be honest. Its actually put me off because of the whole form thing which is really sad because I enjoyed it - it was the thrill of the advancement for me. However now that I cant advance it just all seems like a rather pointless exercise in helping them fix their hypocritical errors while not accepting ours. This is probably the point of the ministry yes but again its a game, they should show SOME degree of leniency. IMO.

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fernandocarulli
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If everyone was going to get the form regardless?!!


I didnt got that form Wink

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Elethamei
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I don't know if everyone is actually gonna get the form. I got it, because I asked if there's a higher clearance levels after the red one. Sandy replied that there is, but not everyone will get there, but she'll give me a chance, because I've performed so well (I've reached the 1# place two times now).
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pmorange
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Hi there I'm new to the forums and new to ARGs but I just wanted to know is anyone still playing this?

I decoded the message from there Cr0n site that reads like this:
I believe i have successfully decoded the top secret document on this webpage.
It translates as
CYPHER 2WR
AGENTS IN THE FIELD; 23rd October 2013
CALL-SIGN ALPNUM CODE
BRODSWRD BD 1663 - 22
FAIRYDUST ZQ 4390-37
EAGLETOOTH - LEVEL 6 CX 3237 - 19

BEACON GK 5690 ZP
SUPRA OL 1368 - HL
CLYTMNESTRA ST 0096 - 79
VASHTA NARADA VN 6419 - 23
JABBA THE HUT TT 7783 - 86
WHITE RABBIT AW 2224 - 33
WILDGOOSE AB 1234 - 98
CHASE XY 5995 -22
REDHERRING OO 0005 - 00
Looks like its signed by R Shipman
Please advise on what i should do with this information?
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pmorange

Groundsman has replied like this:
We believe the list refers to MoP deep research facilities. We have so far been unable to confirm whether this is indeed what it means or what research is carried out there.
The Jean Baker email is also a mystery to us. Was there really a newspaper with a report of the JFK assassination? I think this raises some deep concerns about MoPs operational status.
The Groundsman.

What does he want us to do now the mission is complete, he's bloody cryptic this one.

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mrshomersimpson
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Being fully frank with you here a few of us are close to not playing this one anymore.

Some aspects of this game have been quite confusing and I'm not quite sure why no one else got the email you recieved which actually in itself seems quite troubling to me....

Which leads me nicely to another point... Why did no one else get the message assuming it applies to all agents? Its quite perplexing really. A few of us have been emailing for a while and got nothing to the point where some including myself thought perhaps it was dead so, its a pretty big bolt out the blue.

Unless that was an old email - from the gamecity thinngy? When did you get the message?

Im not sure what you should do with the email as long as its legit you should probably follow it up since you seem to be one if the few getting an actual response.

Welcome btw!
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pmorange
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I messaged about jean baker and the links to JFK on Wednesday last week and on Friday I messages the coded message. The response came today. Is there something we should be doing that we aren't. I find it confusing too, especially as this is my first ARG. Is there any others I should be playing. I couldn't get into black hollow project. X

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Datango
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mrshomersimpson wrote:
Being fully frank with you here a few of us are close to not playing this one anymore.



I completely agree. This game does seem to have stalled and now seems to be little more than a giant game of 'Spot The Difference'. It is now a month since there has been any communication from Cr0n HQ. Perhaps the PM's want this to be a slow burn but at the moment there is insufficient to maintain interest, so I'll probably retire following the next Performance Review on 17 March. Disappointing as I had high hopes for this one.
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mrshomersimpson
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Datango wrote:
mrshomersimpson wrote:
Being fully frank with you here a few of us are close to not playing this one anymore.



I completely agree. This game does seem to have stalled and now seems to be little more than a giant game of 'Spot The Difference'. It is now a month since there has been any communication from Cr0n HQ. Perhaps the PM's want this to be a slow burn but at the moment there is insufficient to maintain interest, so I'll probably retire following the next Performance Review on 17 March. Disappointing as I had high hopes for this one.


I agree and I couldn't have put it better than a game of spot the difference at the moment. It's annoying because its not even a spot the difference game thats rewarded. Once you hit red it never moves or rewards the good reports after red.

I want to enjoy but yeah the lack of communication has been shocking and i have been emailing MoP help every day almost for about a week and nothing - i was also given a task by the groundsman ages ago which i did over a week ago and crOn didn't reply either which IMO was pretty much game for me.

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Elethamei
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Yeah, I've also quit this. I lost interest and never even sent the form applying for a special clearance level or whatever it was.
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