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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 4310
Location: Des Moines, IA

Guessing that the numbers should be read as:
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Lat/lon 29.651466 -84.887246
MAP
Lands on St. George Island.
Going to Street View, looks like that is the location of that board in the FB pic.
STREET VIEW
So... what's in the box? (Aside from garbage bags. Or maybe near the sign, under the walkway, etc.)


PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2015 11:59 pm
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bobdamnit
Boot

Joined: 06 Dec 2013
Posts: 66

In another ARG, we have had decent success offering up $20/gas on Reddit for anyone who lives near enough to go check it out. We usually appoint a "handler" or someone to talk on the phone with the person while they search. We usually post in the cities sub-Reddit or the nearest cities sub-Reddit with an explanation of where/what it is, provide any images of street view, coordinates, and a description of what we think should be there, if available. Don't offer too much, or people get greedy and take the money and say they didn't find anything.

Hope this helps!

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 5:10 pm
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docwho2100
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Joined: 21 Sep 2010
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bobdamnit wrote:
In another ARG, we have had decent success offering up $20/gas on Reddit for anyone who lives near enough to go check it out. We usually appoint a "handler" or someone to talk on the phone with the person while they search. We usually post in the cities sub-Reddit or the nearest cities sub-Reddit with an explanation of where/what it is, provide any images of street view, coordinates, and a description of what we think should be there, if available. Don't offer too much, or people get greedy and take the money and say they didn't find anything.

Hope this helps!


Is there a reddit for this?

PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2015 7:16 pm
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wadewatts
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I tried posting here: http://www.reddit.com/r/ARG/comments/3500r1/dream_collection_agency_we_need_help_with_this/

no luck really

PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2015 8:52 pm
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HappyPhantom
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Joined: 16 Jul 2011
Posts: 297
Location: TX

I'm putting the word out too but nothing so far... I have a few friends in Florida, I'll see if I can get one of them to take a drive.

PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2015 8:04 pm
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docwho2100
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Here is a general collection of the Dream Collection Agency Telephone system options - has anyone called and left a dream or job inquiry? http://argonauts.wikia.com/wiki/Calling_the_DCA_telephone_number

PostPosted: Fri May 08, 2015 8:31 pm
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wadewatts
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Joined: 24 Apr 2015
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Whatever happened to the coordinates?

Was anyone able to make it to Florida? The link above is cool! Lot's of things I didn't know. Cool!

PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 9:34 pm
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hunteress1114
Boot

Joined: 15 May 2015
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This is interesting and I'm in Florida but over 300 miles away.

PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 1:42 pm
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afternoonofthefaun
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Joined: 17 May 2015
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I did it all. Left a dream, signed up for text updates, applied for a job (name, number and email) and tried to contact a representative.

After I pressed 3 to sign up for the texts, the phone hung up and I was immediately sent two identical texts saying, "Always Awake. dreamcollectionagency.com"

After trying to contact a representative, the music played for a while and then the call hung up. Instant text stating, "You will be contacted shortly by a service representative. Always Awake." and a link to their site again. Another one, exactly the same came about two minutes later. Curious to see what happens!

PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2015 1:26 am
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docwho2100
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If you follow the DCA CEO John Titor on Facebook, he posted an overview video a few days ago.

afternoonofthefaun wrote:
I did it all. Left a dream, signed up for text updates, applied for a job (name, number and email) and tried to contact a representative.

After I pressed 3 to sign up for the texts, the phone hung up and I was immediately sent two identical texts saying, "Always Awake. dreamcollectionagency.com"

After trying to contact a representative, the music played for a while and then the call hung up. Instant text stating, "You will be contacted shortly by a service representative. Always Awake." and a link to their site again. Another one, exactly the same came about two minutes later. Curious to see what happens!


PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2015 4:21 pm
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gordiangray
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Joined: 17 May 2015
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Evaluation Forms / John Titor and GPS / Video

Howdy, folks. In addition to everything you have already unearthed, I have the following to toss in:

1) I filled out the evaluation form wadewatts mentioned. I found it by combing through the John Titor Facebook page. Haven't heard anything back yet. Here's a link to the form:

http://dreamcollectionagency.com/dream/with/us/

2) Those GPS coordinates that MrToasty obtained for us are in East Point, Florida. If you're not familiar with the John Titor legend, he was a person who popped up on various message boards back in 2000 and claimed to be a soldier from the year 2036. He said he came from a military base near Tampa, FL. Since John Titor is also founder of the DCA, perhaps this is pertinent. Perhaps not. I reckon it's possible lucid dreaming as a form of time travel could come in to this somehow.

3) The highly amusing and well-crafted project overview video they posted contains some sort of crypt or overlay between the last two sets of credits at the end. You can find it starting at 3:40. My immediate reaction was braille or Morse, but no. I'll leave it up to someone more qualified. Wink The video:

https://www.facebook.com/TheGoatFarmArtsCenter/videos/1098421570174735/?pnref=story

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:26 pm
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docwho2100
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Re: Evaluation Forms / John Titor and GPS / Video

I noticed John makes a number of cryptic time references and the Pintrest board has a number of charts and images from the John T site.

I started a wiki page for the odd image - http://argonauts.wikia.com/wiki/Dream_Collection_Agency_Overview_video - I captured a set of screenshots, not sure what the markings might mean. Maybe trace them in a photo editor? Or are they just a nod to the Audio person??

Also - the credit music - is it a modified version of the lovely music that plays on their automated dream system?

gordiangray wrote:
Howdy, folks. In addition to everything you have already unearthed, I have the following to toss in:

1) I filled out the evaluation form wadewatts mentioned. I found it by combing through the John Titor Facebook page. Haven't heard anything back yet. Here's a link to the form:

http://dreamcollectionagency.com/dream/with/us/

2) Those GPS coordinates that MrToasty obtained for us are in East Point, Florida. If you're not familiar with the John Titor legend, he was a person who popped up on various message boards back in 2000 and claimed to be a soldier from the year 2036. He said he came from a military base near Tampa, FL. Since John Titor is also founder of the DCA, perhaps this is pertinent. Perhaps not. I reckon it's possible lucid dreaming as a form of time travel could come in to this somehow.

3) The highly amusing and well-crafted project overview video they posted contains some sort of crypt or overlay between the last two sets of credits at the end. You can find it starting at 3:40. My immediate reaction was braille or Morse, but no. I'll leave it up to someone more qualified. Wink The video:

https://www.facebook.com/TheGoatFarmArtsCenter/videos/1098421570174735/?pnref=story


PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2015 7:56 pm
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gordiangray
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Quote:
I noticed John makes a number of cryptic time references and the Pintrest board has a number of charts and images from the John T site.

I started a wiki page for the odd image - http://argonauts.wikia.com/wiki/Dream_Collection_Agency_Overview_video - I captured a set of screenshots, not sure what the markings might mean. Maybe trace them in a photo editor? Or are they just a nod to the Audio person??

Also - the credit music - is it a modified version of the lovely music that plays on their automated dream system?


John's response to a time-related question on Facebook was: "I deal in dreams, not time travel". He's yankin' our chain, what with all the John T. imagery and little hints.

I isolated those weird markings from the video, but found only gibberish when I attempted to use them as an overlay. It may be as you say, just a shout out to the audio designer. I'm thankful for your wiki page though, in case it becomes relevant.

I'm at a loss for now. Outside of the evaluation form, phone calls, location in Florida, and the markings from the video I'm not seeing an other leads.

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noque
Kilroy


Joined: 22 May 2015
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Location: Germany

hey there, hope this is the right place to leave some things i am currently thinking about. i read about a "timetravel" connection and found this: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Technical-Institute-of-Time-Travel/938015739546665
https://instituteoftimetravel.wordpress.com/page/7/
http://instituteoftimetravel.net/

hope i am not to late with this or the timetravel - connection is irrelevant.
i am brand new on this and also not very familiar with the englisch language.
hope you excuse this. and i hope its a hint and no dead end.

PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2015 10:04 am
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Listicle
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Joined: 19 May 2015
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noque wrote:
hey there, hope this is the right place to leave some things i am currently thinking about. i read about a "timetravel" connection and found this: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Technical-Institute-of-Time-Travel/938015739546665
https://instituteoftimetravel.wordpress.com/page/7/
http://instituteoftimetravel.net/

hope i am not to late with this or the timetravel - connection is irrelevant.
i am brand new on this and also not very familiar with the englisch language.
hope you excuse this. and i hope its a hint and no dead end.


There's a thread looking at the Technical Institute of Time Travel:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40808

Looks to be unrelated, but interesting in its own right.

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