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[WIBS][TRAILHEAD] Who is Benjamin Stove?
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inio
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 		Alright, this looks interesting. I'm in, for the short term at least.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:33 am
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inio
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 		OOG theory, relating to the why behind this ARG:
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I believe this might be related to The Visiting. My reasons:
  • WIBS: Crop circles (everywhere), UFOs (on debukette), and and much supernatural stuff
  • The Visiting: Sci-fi movie involving an alien epidemic
  • WIBS: first post on debunkette is Aug 12
  • The Visiting: Current US release date is Aug 11
  • WIBS: Significant character named Tucker Darby
  • The Visiting: Significant character named Tucker <something>
I tried to find out what Tucker in The Visiting's last name is, but that's a hard thing to google for.


That last one is almost a little TOO close to be intentional. Sorta like I Love Bees -> I ♥ Huckabees

edit: got the Tuckers' names mixed up
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Falafel
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 		Wow that is a coincedince. It seemed like an ARG more than a viral to me though.

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inio
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Falafel wrote:
It seemed like an ARG more than a viral to me though.


Could still be an ARG, just an ARG more closely tied to the plot.

However, it seems a bit early to be related: a 7-month ARG? I don't think so. How long did The Beast run?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:11 pm
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rose
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 		Then, of course, Tucker is a popular name for characters...as in Last Call Poker or even Red vs. Blue.
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Erica
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 		The three main characters are Carol, Tucker... and Ben. Hmm...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:17 pm
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solfood
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 		on the debunkette page there is a an entry on Crop Circles:

http://www.debunkette.com/2005/08/crop_circles_crock.html#more

and within that entry there is a picture used that is attributed to qr5.org with a link:

http://www.qr5.org/

this is a BAND...wassup with that?

the earliest article on the site refers to two researchers...I'm going to go from there.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:43 pm
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omegagriffen
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 		Looking up the whois for the site shows that it was registered way before the other two sites and by someone completely different.

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Domain Name: qr5.org

Status: CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED

Registrar: Register.com Inc. (R71-LROR)

Expiration Date: 2006-11-08 18:55:29
Creation Date: 2000-11-08 18:55:29
Last Update Date: 2005-12-02 02:56:51

Name Servers:
ns1.readyhosting.com
ns2.readyhosting.com

Extended Information - :
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IP Address: 65.163.26.60
IP Location: United States
Website Status: active
Server Type: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Cache Date: 2006-01-16 20:12:36 MST

Registrant Contact Information:
Name: Sara Langendoen
Organization: Qr5
Address 1: 367 Woodbine Ave.
City: Toronto
State: ON
Zip: M4L3P7
Country: CA
Phone: +1.4166931951
Email:

Administrative Contact Information:
Name: Matthew Maaskant
Organization: Qr5 Production
Address 1: 260-207 Carlaw Ave
City: Toronto
State: ON
Zip: M4M3L1
Country: CA
Phone: +1.4167789750
Email:

Technical Contact Information:
Name: Matthew Maaskant
Organization: Qr5 Production
Address 1: 260-207 Carlaw Ave
City: Toronto
State: ON
Zip: M4M3L1
Country: CA
Phone: +1.4167789750
Email:


I think this is OOG.

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inio
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solfood wrote:
and within that entry there is a picture used that is attributed to qr5.org with a link:

http://www.qr5.org/

this is a BAND...wassup with that?


A source of clipart. qr5.org is OOG as far as I can tell (DNS records don't match WIBS.com and debunkette.com).
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Falafel
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 		Yeah... QR5 seems pretty OOG to me, and how would they make a connection between a site about crop circles (OOG) to some clipart site?

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solfood
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 		wikapedia entry
I haven't seen this suggested anywhere else...from the wikipedia entry:

Nonetheless, the site may also be a wonderful model, an example of what might perhaps come to be known as a blog novel. Written with ongoing discussion and interaction between author(s) and audience, it does indeed bear sembalance to RPGs like Myst. In this early stage all one can do is join in the fun and follow as breadcrumbs are dropped along the path.

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Falafel wrote:
Yeah... QR5 seems pretty OOG to me, and how would they make a connection between a site about crop circles (OOG) to some clipart site?


Maybe they just wanted to let people know about a favorite band!
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 		Btw, just so everyone knows...

I have been asked by Tucker to be a moderator on the BS boards. Basically I'm doing over there what I've been doing over here on several other games. I am not ingame, nor am I privy to any behind-the-scenes secrets, and I don't expect to be, so you don't have to worry about whether or not I'm keeping secrets from you, cuz I'm not. All I'm doing is keeping the boards clean.

If anyone has any questions, please let me know. I do not want there to be any confusion as to what my role is. I'm just a player who got conned into be a forum moderator. Very Happy
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 		But if you do get pulled behind, you'll tell us what you find out, right? Laughing
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audioslave wrote:
But if you do get pulled behind, you'll tell us what you find out, right? Laughing
Only after I stop posting on here and the game ends Very Happy
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