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[DPizzle]

[ScarpeGrosse]

[DPizzle]

Im not saying that i fully believe the site is In Game, or anything like that, but it just seems that the elder players are trying to shoot any and all ideas about the plausibility of said blogs. I think that countless posts about the fact that the blogs are not In Game, and we dont need to pay attention, etc, etc. are only causing younger players like myself to get angry, and retaliate, because the elder players seem to want to stop us from doing something, rather than allowing us to make our own mistakes. Isn't one of the things that makes these sorts of games fun is the exploration done on ones' own? Lets be honest, I am not the smartest player here, but I will tell you that repititious posts about ignoring something only makes it seem more inviting and necessary. If you want to state that it is pointless to look at a site, do so, but it is entirely unneccessary to repeat it multiple times, in multiple threads.

[crazedcow]

damn right dpizzle, you are definitely not the smartest person on these forums

sorry for my angry post earlier against you, hitshermark, being new to these forums i was not aware that [out of game] was the appropriate heading for this thread. i know you are a mod, and therefore have supreme power, all i'm asking is a little TLC when informing the public about a topic that i find extremely interesting, such as these blogs. for example, instead of a post that says something like "The blog links to the Official site, but the official site does not link to the blog. Therefore it is unofficial and very likely out of game.", which just sounds so harsh, maybe you could just add in a little line like "Have fun exploring this anyway!"

Before pleading to return this thread to an on topic discussion (although that probably isn't necesary, there are tons of other threads regarding posts on the blog by now) i just want to apologize again, i was just a little frustrated because of my ignorance. you mods do a great job keeping everything organized and little ol' me spending all of my days browsing through these forums.

[thebruce]

And don't look on 'elder players' as necessarily more intelligent/wise, or people who look down on the 'young'... they are more than likely simply more experienced in the ways of ARGs. Usually if an 'elder', as you say, suggests something may or may not be, as per how things typically are in the arg world, more often than not it'll be right.

And definitely, definitely a warning - be careful how you speak to mods on their own terf
As is consistently reiterated - have fun, explore anything you want - but for the betterment of the community, game advancement, organization, what-have-you, there are rules and guidelines in place to make the system 'work' at its best. As players, there are guidelines we follow, and as unfiction members, there are forum rules and guidelines we must follow as well.

So don't be discouraged, it's like innocent until proven guilty (only the other way around, or something) - everything is considered OOG until it's officially linked to something known to be in-game. That's not to say any new ideas are wrong, which is why we have the grey 'speculation' area - but that's generally for thoughts and ideas. When it comes to a specific entity, like an person, website, or object of some kind, there's no grey area - it's either in-game or out-of-game, based on the spec that it might be in-game. Then if the spec is verified, it'll be in-game...

so in a sense, your spec is that these blogs are in-game, but until they're officially shown to be ingame, they're OOG... so don't take it personally , that's just how we work

cool?

(ok that was long-winded, apologies )

[baobab]

Adding to Speculation...

[insectofloyalty]

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[DPizzle]

Hey, I like this guy. That is true tho, the regular rules do not seem to apply, as all this is is a list of challenges we go through, to get at different rewards. Nothing else seems to be at all like a normal ARG to me.

[Wainamoinen]

Oh... my dear: HitsHerMark... be patient with these nOObs! (sigh) For they think they know more then you (a wise and experienced player/MOD) would...
Let them waste their time on silly OOG nonsense!
Ignore the "insects" and the others who think this is not an ARG... but we seasoned players know that no ARG is the same and that there is no rule on what an ARG should play like.
HitsHerMark my friend... I'm sure they'll catch on pretty soon here...

-Wainamoinen

[HitsHerMark]

[DPizzle]

fair enough. see, you can be civil when you like! jkjk. anyways, i think that the blogs are probably going cold, since i havent heard anything new since we missed that chance with the hotdog place in philly or whatever. as far as the post about n00bs knowing more than the MOD, absolutely wrong thinking there. I know she knows way more than I ever will, but I would rather learn all this stuff myself, than get told that its pointless to look at it.

[noideaforausername]

personally, i'm taking the blog like this: unless the site is linked to through ourcolony.net (gor instance, the gamem8ker putting up a clear reference to it in a puzzle, or any other means that highlight it), then i'll be treating it as out of game. However, that doesn't mean i'm not curious about it. So i'll still keep checking in on this thread to see if there are any developments. But i think it's only fair if we all pool together and adivse others when we thnk there's a wild goose chase about to kick off (i've been doing it on other threads too, like the one where the high-res picture of the Ferrari is being meticulously deconstructed).
But yeah, it's all said with love and a smile:)

[Bonusuk]

Anyone noticed the msn spaces blog?