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Marrec
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Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 303 Location: Las Cruces, NM
I doubt they'd send out something as valuable as an i-Pod. It'd alienate their fanbase and destroy the co-operative aire that ARGs are built on.
Of course, as a hopeful 333ist, it'd be rad if it was an i-Pod.
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:15 pm
Rob_Riv
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Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 350
JebJoya wrote:
My spec is that they will be sending out 333 iPods with messages on, and this is all to advertise apple.
We can but hope.
Jeb
I just get the feeling thatApple might be the sponser anyway... but still good idea
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:16 pm
djrazz
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Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 250 Location: Groom Lake
Rob_Riv wrote:
JebJoya wrote:
My spec is that they will be sending out 333 iPods with messages on, and this is all to advertise apple.
We can but hope.
Jeb
I just get the feeling thatApple might be the sponser anyway... but still good idea
no no no it would be an ipod photo with picture clues on it ....
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:21 pm
Morning_Star
Boot
Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 19 Location: London
or maybe the new gamecube...its not coming out for about...a year...but like the ipod theory we can hope, lol
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:22 pm
Violet
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Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 217
it's sooooo unfair! Just solved it v quickly, dead proud of myself, but the page is now closed 'due to overwhelming response'. Late meeting at school, so only just got to my emails, am soooo unhappy, so unhappy! damn damn damn!!!! I check my email so much every other day but today! arg!!!!
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:32 pm
chrome_halo
Boot
Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 55 Location: Bedfordshire UK
parcel Or it could be washing powder samples, who knows?!!
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:34 pm
Atrophied
Entrenched
Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 1133 Location: 53742E 4A6F686E27732C 4E4C00
Re: parcel
chrome_halo wrote:
Or it could be washing powder samples, who knows?!!
omfgwtfbbq
that'd be so wrong, but an amazing marketing campaign for 'Tide' (or whatever the UK equivalent is)
I hope that those who got in the first 500, but not the first 333, will get something. Even if it's just a postcard I know for a fact that I haven't got into the top 333 people.
Anyone who gets a spare souvenir would be welcome to send it to me
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:38 pm
charliee
Greenhorn
Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Halstead, Essex
Call me cynical, but i bet the parcel will come from firebox as they have the resources to send them all and they had a clue in their catalogue and us all registering our names and addresses will put us on some big mailing list where we will get bombarded with junk mail and so forth for ever.. i don't know how data protection law stands between worlds!!
still hope i'm one of the 333 though!! isnt it exciting
also did anyone notice that the location on the address form was already filled in as london (i dont live in london)...
C
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:32 pm
Spankit
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 219 Location: Hooville....Wahoowa!
I did notice that the location was already filled in. It said Charlottesville for me, which is right.
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:44 pm
charliee
Greenhorn
Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Halstead, Essex
maybe it's all been predetermined by the unique reference...like those readers digest prize draws...
did anyone else get places filled in that did not relate to where they actually lived? maybe that means something, i mean, I dont remember telling anyone that i lived in london so how could they just guess that (apart from the fact it wasnt right!)?
C
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:53 pm
number9dream
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 222 Location: Newcastle, UK
My form was filled in with a nearby place that i used to live in...spooky!
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:02 pm
prufrock
Boot
Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 24 Location: Seattle
yeah, i remember being confused that it caught on that I'm in Seattle -- and not that I'm in the metro area, but in the city itself. Seems like the only place I've told the ARG group is on these forums... but I doubt they would go and pick that up from everyone's profile?
Anybody out there a crazy spam artist and want to tell us how you could get a city from an email address?
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:03 pm
Spankit
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 219 Location: Hooville....Wahoowa!
Well i just figured they got my city because I used a University of Virginia email address, which is in Charlottesville.
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:05 pm
GateKeeper
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 156
It's probably based off of where either your IP or your mail server's IP is registered.
It's not really all that important though..
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:09 pm
fimacmo
Veteran
Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 136
Yes , I think it's IP based - mine actually said null as did a lot of others.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:33 pm
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