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bboyneko
Boot
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 15 Location: maryland, USA
[OFFTOPIC] Starting to lose interest in this I dunno..so far I don't this game is really matrix related and the storyline is lacking..im losing interest fast..can anyone list the evidence for this being matrix-related? Sloppy coding on for example, the aquapolis flash makes me pretty sure this is just a fan ARG. FAn ARG or Warner Bros Arg (which I find unlikely) so far it really has no story and nothing to hold my interest.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:19 am
rmx
Guest
indeed yeah, i can't see a story as well. It all seems boring. I don't know why I have to investigate all these pictures without any story to make it interesting.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 6:37 am
invfish
Veteran
Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 144 Location: Sydney
story line The story line grows as we go through the game.
We should have someone doing a storyline as it grows.
Not me tho, its late =P But I will give just the very basics.
Metacortechs site
major corporate restructoring. old ceo gone, possibly kicked out, new ceo in.
we know about beth, and mlo.
Beth has a connection with Phil.
Phil does paranormaljournal.
Latest with them, Beth and Phil are talking about breaking into mlo's account at metacortechs.
Someone is missing. Phil introduced beth to someone she hasnt seen in a long time.
We were introduced into a group of hackers. ie paintover.
The hackers know about us.
What are the hackers searching for and who are they in correspondence with ? There is much speculation about this.
we do know that beths archives were hacked somehow and files deleted.
anyone care to add to this or put it all into more detail ?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:34 am
hourglass
Greenhorn
Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 3
the problem at this time is there is no plot
no plot=no story
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:03 pm
ecwilder
Guest
there is a plot... the answers are already known by every one of us... we simly have to wait until the time comes, and we understand our answers/choices
if you're not enjoying yourself don't complain and bring us down, we obviously feel theres more than enough story to keep us here researching.
enjoy the rest of this.... reality.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:13 pm
Dasein
Guest
to me the plot so far is... You have our protaganists Beth and Phil who are friends and have interests in the unexplained and paranormal. Beth works at Metacortex and is also friends with CEO James Avery. Avery disappears and instead of a profile there is a cryptic message and image under his name in the directory. (if we can easily find this, surely Beth did as well).
Beth, with the aid of Phillip and their other buddies in the paranormal decide to find out what Metacortex knows by hacking the site and finding as much info as they can. They end up getting blocked and crashing the server. *when the server goes back online Oct. 1st the game begins for us* They are using the Aquapolis site as a backdoor but still have not been succesful. So, Beth is going to use the direct approach and just go through Marcus Ormonds office when everyone is at the meet and greet tonight. Which brings us to where we are now....
just my take on it
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:15 pm
ecwilder
Guest
i like the majority of your ideas, Dasein, but...
i think Avery was unplugged.. god knows how (maybe he freed himself like Kid)
... and avery is now possibly w/ caesar's gang... say caesar unplugged him...
phil gets the picture of his missing friend,( keep in mind the picture was hosted at paintover.net, thats how we found that site...) so phillip and beth found that site too....
beth and phil CAN NOT be unplugged yet (why would you work at an office every day if you knew the truth?) and therefore are proly not members of this hacker gang....
so theres 2 lil storylines going.....
but maybe phil and beth were sent the missing photos so they'd find paintover..and then find this trail, and chase the rabit down its hole...
another possibility is that the 'hacker group' is not unplugged and beth IS a member...
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:21 pm
ecwilder
Guest
cuz im at a loss on why she thinks this 'video game beta' that she wants to peek at can help her figure out the real world?..
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:21 pm
hourglass
Greenhorn
Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 3
i never said i was bored
i just didn't think there was a plot as of yet
your posts do clarify somethings and show me that there is somewhat of a plot
the longer the game goes on the bigger the plot is going to get i'm sure
so to those that wrote their plot outline i appreciate it and thank you
you made this game a little clearer for me
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:56 pm
Azathoth666
Unfettered
Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 321 Location: OZ-tralia
Just before this one gets locked off, I'd like to thank everyone in this thread on behalf of all of us late-starters. This has cleared up a few things not immediately obvious in the guide, and put events in a bit of a perspective for me.
For the record, this is the first ARG I've been exposed to (having been exposed via a Matrix forum), and coming in over a week late hasn't been easy on the old cerebellum.
Kudos, people.
_________________We don't stop playing because we grow old.
We grow old because we stop playing.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:29 pm
Dyslxic3
Boot
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 23 Location: Bay Area, CA
Azathoth666 wrote:
For the record, this is the first ARG I've been exposed to (having been exposed via a Matrix forum), and coming in over a week late hasn't been easy on the old cerebellum.
Kudos, people.
The cerebellum controls coordination and balance; may have some role in visual tracking of moving objects. Did you fall out of your chair?
Dys
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:22 pm
Azathoth666
Unfettered
Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 321 Location: OZ-tralia
It's more from banging my head against the desk... although I admit I'm expecting a chair-falling-out-of experience when we get to the bottom of this.
Lets also hope that my boss doesn't review my internet usage stats for the last couple of days...
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We grow old because we stop playing.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:17 pm
Strongjuan
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 4
Story line Well being new to all this, I didn't realize how to put the story line together. But coming here (this thread) really makes me want to continue this game...I like the idea that Phil and Beth might be «deconnected» by ceasar's gang...though I actually thought Beth was ALSO !
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:45 am
Makkura
Boot
Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Posts: 12 Location: La Costa, California
mcwilder wrote:
i think Avery was unplugged.. god knows how (maybe he freed himself like Kid)
... and avery is now possibly w/ caesar's gang... say caesar unplugged him...
Is there any evidence to show these hackers are unlplugged? Or is this just your own theory?
Just wondering if I'm missing some big clues, because I never got that. Other than them having hacker-like names, which they should being that they are hackers, I didn't see anything hinting that they're unplugged.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:22 pm
ecwilder
Guest
after reading that recent IRC script im thinking theyre not unplugged.... so i dunno... i lost my grip on the wall... im just tumbling down the rabbit hole right now....
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:29 pm
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