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[addlepated]

Game Over

[djzombie4567]

This sucks cause I liked the story and I thought it was going ok

[Guest]

WORD!

This was the first ARG in at least three months that I enjoyed being a part of...

[dmax]

And, apparently, she closed it simply because of a misunderstanding.

In the chat room, she lost her voice and thought she was kicked. She PM'd me to ask what happened but I was away. Then she went on unfiction and said that she was done.

[Duckie]

Just thought I'd clear things up a little for those not on my email list... thought I shudder to return here, it was only half the problem. Here's the email I sent out. I hope it explains things a little.



QUOTE:
Sorry, guys. No, its not Sarah... at least, not the one you've been talking
to. This is your PM
and I quit.
I'm sorry.
We've had a great run, and I enjoyed it, and interacting with you has been wonderful.
May I explain a little about why this happened?
I'm seventeen years old. (you don't have to believe me) and running this was too much for one person, I'm sorry.
The plan was to write an interactive portion to the novel I'm writing for a
class. That was all. thirty minutes a day after school, writing.
And I lost control of it.
I ignored other things so I could talk to you, or write, or think about
where the heck the story was going (I left that a little open so you could
really change that). College Apps, Bio tests, all of it I found myself
placing after the ARG.
Unfictoin was my downfall, really. My account got banned, I was silenced in the chat room devoted to my work. And its when I realized that I'm not a Puppet Master, I'm a person who wants to know what people think about my story, to motivate me, to make me think that maybe, just maybe a career in writing would be something I can do, something where people will like what I write.
But I had to ask you, indirectly, through a character. Do you realize how
sick that is, to keep track of all your various hidden identities on the
internet, all to talk to the same people? Thats WRONG, PM or not.
And I could never, ever be me. Which was what this was all about, ME
interacting with people. In the end, it was I who became the puppet.
Don't get me wrong. For the most part, I wouldn't trade the time I had
interacting with you lovely people. But it was too much.
When I no longer had a way of being Haracy, I lost all contact with what
people REALLY thought, and that was the whole reason I put this online, and emailed unfiction.
And I can't go on.
Thank you all for playing with me, it was nice.
But I need to move on with my REAL life.
****
I don't want to give away the story... I think I will still post it online,
unless you people at ARGn spam the hell out of it, which I guess you have
every right to, me ending short an "ARG"
I'm keeping SarahKiddo open for a while more, in case you guys have
something to say. I'll try to avoid Unforums, because that really just
hurts.


---"Sarah"
---------------------------------(End Quote, cuz I can't figure out the tags)

I just want to say, it was my story, and on my terms. PART (not all) of the problem was that my interaction suddenly had rules to it, and I respect them. But in that moment I realized I had no more control over the story, especially in real life.
If you have anythgin to say, feel free to email me. I'll keep the account open a bit longer.
"Sarah"

EDIT: DJZombie, it was fun. I don't know if you emailed me or not (hard to keep track of aliases) but I know I enjoyed playing with you (and "Buffy" too).
Your names will all stay up on Hiding's blog.

[djzombie4567]

Hey Sarah I did e-mailed you a couple of times actually Hiding didnt have a nickname for my so...

[Fi]

Hi Sarah,

I haven't been playing your ARG at all, but I've heard a bit about it through other people. It sounds like you were doing a really good job, and it's a shame you felt you had to end it. Doing an ARG seems to be about putting in more work than you could imagine, and then a few hours more For one person I'd say that'd be very hard, especially if you're in class most of the day. Stick around on UF, though, and you're bound to meet other people with whom you can form a PM team.

[miss_seph]

Well, all I have to say is that you were doing a really good job, and I was quite enjoying this.

So you should definitely feel proud of yourself, you had me spending work time staring at pictures scratching my head.

anyway, thanks for giving me the time to do the work i get paid for again

[OmegaX]

Well, that sucks, I never got a chance to play but I was starting to enjoy the story as it was shaping up. Of course, you have every right to do this, since it is, after all, your story, not ours.

[DreamOfTheRood]

Somewhere, Robert Smith weeps for this game.