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songofthephoenix
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What I'm saying, is that they are creating a game for us.


This is not a game.

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 		They are trying to make it look like a game... so we will do their bidding. Wink
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 		Maybe this all some extra-dimesnsional practical joke. When we find the cube it's going to say GOTCHA in big letters.
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DrumMajor wrote:
Maybe this all some extra-dimesnsional practical joke. When we find the cube it's going to say GOTCHA in big letters.


After a year in the making, that has been seen since first print. I hope not.

/me starts digesting and google'ing....
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 		Maybe they're not recruiting players. Maybe they're recruiting people to help find the cube. That's why in-game characters Sente and Dinah (or xxxx, if you prefer) are discussing all this. I think they're actually talking about their efforts to get as much help as possible, rather than their attempt to recruit players for Perplex City. Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see anything in the emails that couldn't be explained as Sente talking about his helpers, rather than the PMs talking about their players.
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 		I am reminded of that old quote which keeps getting dragged up, where the PMs state they have "very unusal partners".

Well, Sente would be a pretty unusual partner. You know .. that whole working-hand-in-hand-with-a-character-in-the-game-created-by-me.... this is sort of ... unusual.
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 		If I'm not mistaken, wasn't the "unusual partner" one major source of real-life funding? Sente, being fictional, might not be the best person to go to to back your new ARG. Clever idea, though.
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 		For this 'game', a few things make me more confident than usual that it is just a game, which we won't go into. But sooner or later, someone somewhere could use a clever ARG for a more sinister purpose, and for me, that thought always leaves any game with a strange sense of distrust for it all.

I mean, with the lack of evidence to the actual cube storyline, what if the story took a completely different turn at some point? What if we found out that the story was actually hiding the 'real' story, and who knows what that could be?




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 		KSG:

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Maybe they're not recruiting players. Maybe they're recruiting people to help find the cube. That's why in-game characters Sente and Dinah (or xxxx, if you prefer) are discussing all this. I think they're actually talking about their efforts to get as much help as possible, rather than their attempt to recruit players for Perplex City. Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see anything in the emails that couldn't be explained as Sente talking about his helpers, rather than the PMs talking about their players.


very post modern and makes the most sense to me!
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Mikeyj wrote:
KSG:

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Maybe they're not recruiting players. Maybe they're recruiting people to help find the cube. That's why in-game characters Sente and Dinah (or xxxx, if you prefer) are discussing all this. I think they're actually talking about their efforts to get as much help as possible, rather than their attempt to recruit players for Perplex City. Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see anything in the emails that couldn't be explained as Sente talking about his helpers, rather than the PMs talking about their players.


very post modern and makes the most sense to me!


i agree. reading it in that vein would fit nicely. but still, i think the tone of the emails are a bit too 'light' for a people who have just lost the most precious artefact in their culture.. but hey maybe sente found beston's cellar... Laughing

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 		Yeah, KSG, that makes the most sense. After reading their conversation again. And also, they'd have to keep themselves undercover, hence the crypted messages. I think all the "clouds" are for simply remaining anonymous.

Anyway, sthing that seems to justify KSG's theory:

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On 4 Mar 2005, at 12:05, Sente wrote:

xxxx mentioned the NY suggestion. It seems perfectly appropriate.

I'm anxious we don't spend any more time on this than necessary. As you know,
pressure is intensifying now. It's important we remain focused on key objectives.

S


Spec, but maybe it makes sense:
xxxx seems to be the boss of Sente - she [cant explain, buti have to think xxxx is a she] pulls the strings, she gives us sente the snippets, etc. if the cube is so important to them, then it's possible that the perplexian government / city counsil is involved in finding it, right? And also, it seems like that she [he] just shows up sometimes, sends sente the commands, and then disappears back in the mist. Why i have to think this, is because all that e-mailing was done on one day... Dunno, it is simply spec.

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 		By the way, there seems to be more than one name that has been blanked out with xxxx - see the following snippet:

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On 4 Mar 2005, at 14:27, xxxx wrote:

Fair point.

Makes sense to do something in London then.

xxxx suggested doing something with a webcam? That way people who...


Unless xxxx likes referring to themselves in the third person....maybe its Elmo from Sesame Street Very Happy
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spaceXplorer wrote:
By the way, there seems to be more than one name that has been blanked out with xxxx - see the following snippet:

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On 4 Mar 2005, at 14:27, xxxx wrote:

Fair point.

Makes sense to do something in London then.

xxxx suggested doing something with a webcam? That way people who...


Unless xxxx likes referring to themselves in the third person....maybe its Elmo from Sesame Street Very Happy


"This email conversation was brought to you by the letter X." Very Happy
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spaceXplorer
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 		Thought it might be nice to show the Dinah print-out in chronological order, otherwise its quite confusing to follow (then again, maybe nobody but me cares anymore):

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On 4 Mar 2005, at 11:16, Sente wrote:

Please confirm your plans regarding the final two video slots. xxxx mentioned
you had been investigating some alternative strategies. I see no harm in
changing tack.

S

On 4 Mar 2005, at 11:49, xxxx wrote:

Hi Sente

I agree. We were actually talking about this last night. I think xxxx mentioned
the New York idea to you? Everyone over here seems happy with it.

This only leaves one slot. I'll get back to you later - I'll go and ask the others if
they've had any new ideas on this.

xxxx

On 4 Mar 2005, at 12:05, Sente wrote:

xxxx mentioned the NY suggestion. It seems perfectly appropriate.

I'm anxious we don't spend any more time on this than necessary. As you know,
pressure is intensifying now. It's important we remain focused on key objectives.

S

On 4 Mar 2005, at 14:27, xxxx wrote:

Fair point.

Makes sense to do something in London then.

xxxx suggested doing something with a webcam? That way people who can't get
to London can still see what's going on.

One of the guys from the office could be on the bench outside this pub or sitting
in one of the windows above it:

http://www.fujiint.co.uk/street/index.html

He could then give the text fragment to anyone who approached him with a
password??

This is the text by the way:

LOST. The Cube. Reward.

in its own right. We are committed to ensuring its safe return." He was not
available for further comment.

Possible motives for the theft remain unclear. A ransom demand is seen as one
likely development, as the Cube, whose value is almost incalculable, could not
be sold on the open market. John Ha, owner of the Ha Gallery on the Mobius
Strip, conjectured that the Cube may have been stolen "to order" for a wealthy
collector.

Academy insiders told reporters today that security has been notoriously lax on
the night of the winter ball, the high point of the Academy's social calendar, One
high-ranking Academy official who preferred not to be named, remarked,
"Security's a joke on ball night. The Academy focuses all its

perplexcity.com

On 4 Mar 2005, at 14:31, Sente wrote:

I'm not happy with the reliability of that webcam, do you have any other
suggestions? I have a SFC meeting now, let's discuss this later.

Thanks

S

On 4 Mar 2005, at 14:51, xxxx wrote:

Abbey Road perhaps?

http://www.abbeyroad.co.uk/virtual_visit/webcam/

xxxx

On 4 Mar 2005, at 19:16, Sente wrote:

Yes, that seems acceptable.

Who are you going to send?

S

On 4 Mar 2005, at 19:26, xxxx wrote:

Not sure yet.

I've been thinking that it would be nice to give the people that turn up something
extra. Problem is we haven't really jot time to plan anything more elaborate at
this stage. I'll have a think on it tonight.

xxxx

On 4 Mar 2005, at 19:29, Sente wrote:

My team is still here. I think the scribes would enjoy coming up with something
for this. I'll get back to you shortly.

On 4 March 2005 at 19:42, Sente wrote:

Very simple, but potentially interesting to our attendees:

...code...

Rather than presenting it in any elaborate format, suggest we simply pass this
email conversation on wholesale.

S.

On 4 Mar 2005, at 19:59, xxxx wrote:

What a cool idea, I love it. All we'd need to do is sanitize our email exchange by
removing reference to things like xxxx, print it out, and then give it to whoever
turns up on the day (I'm now thinking Dinah should do this btw!) This could be
the last email of our exchange we publish.

Unless of course you follow this one with a witty reply that our hard-core webcam
and ground ops friends would enjoy.

xxxx


On 4 Mar 2005, at 20:02, Sente wrote:

I hardly think that's necessary.


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anyone any ideas what the SFC meeting might be that XXXX had to go to?

SPEC
I wondered if it might be Search For Cube. If there are a whole team of people working on this there might be a steering comittee, who for example - plan the overall strategy. If so, they may well be using an acronym, either because its easier than saying it each time, or because they don't want others who aren't involved to know what a meeting is about.

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