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lindz · Boot Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 17 Location: UK

I want to join in!

**Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:50 am

Axys Denyed

There's no required knowledge for ARGs. Anyone can join in. That's one of the beautiful things about the genre. Even if all you have to contribute is a bit of spec here or there, you're still part of the community. If you want, you can join us in #syzygy or just lurk around here. I'm sure you'll find something you can help with eventually. Until then, glad to have you around

**Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:17 pm

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Re: I want to join in!

**Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:26 pm

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GuyP

Don't be put off by the hardcoreness of some of it, because hey - I can't do any of that stuff either. Personally, I happilly follow along by enjoying the game itself and occasionally joining in with a bit of speculation on the forums, appreciating the work of the puzzle-geniuses from afar. Certainly, you shouldn't feel like you can't play because you can't compete with the best of the best - otherwise 95% of us wouldn't be here!

So my advice is to hang out in General/Updates and enjoy the story, join in some of the more accessible discussions - when it comes to puzzles, part of the goodness is admiring the whipsmart folks that find an elegant solution (or hacking the program to bits!) you know you'd never have got in a million years.

If you have any more questions, feel free to contact me using the array of buttons just below this post. Welcome aboard!

**Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:41 pm

Seej · Unfettered Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 614

**Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:18 pm

JebJoya · Unfettered Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 679 Location: UK

One of the interesting things that I've found in playing ARGs is how quickly you learn a load of tricks that can come in useful in solving puzzles and such. I only started playing these over the Easter holidays, and I started by posting manically with wild speculation over storyline progression, and getting rather obbsessed with one particular clue-which-wasn't-actually-anything-of-the-sort...
/me hangs head...
Anyway, over time (what, 3 months?) I'm now involved in about 4 or 5 games at the same time, and am even throwing in a couple of useful ideas (I got a couple of solves myself in the Seen James? game, which I was rather proud of Very Happy

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So, in conclusion, lurk around, post random posts as and when you like, jump into IRC (irc.chatsolutions.net #syzygy, also available here) and chat to us all, we're generally friendly, or overfriendly if drunk Smile

Umm, yeah, if you want any help with anything there is a row of buttons below, as GuyP said, so MSN/AIM/email/PM me if you have any questions Smile

Have fun!

Jeb

EDIT: OOOH! POST 500!

**Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:58 pm

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lindz · Boot Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 17 Location: UK

Thanks for your support - glad to know I'm not the only one without a PHD in code cracking! PerPLex not perSPex! I knew that - DOH! Embarassed

**Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:40 am

Leeravitz

If you're like me, you can just write endless speculations and digressions in high - flown language that everyone else on the boards can complain about. It's good fun Wink

**Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:05 am

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I think we have found the Ebay 333 seller...

**Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:13 pm

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