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[ACWE] Closed... or is it?
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goatman
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 		[ACWE] Closed... or is it?
I hope that I'm not taking too much liberty with this post. My intent is not to offend anyone, nor upset an already difficult situation. However, much has happened over the last few days and I feel it needs discussing.

Yes, the email content that Chewy posted is real. It appears that ACWE has ended. There's been a lot of talk since some of the PM's came out from behind the curtain (is that the proper lingo?). Some people are very upset. Some people said it was inevitable. I don't feel that the reasons behind why it's come to an end are as important as how we, as the players, choose to deal with it.

This was my first ARG. I'm not a PM. I'm just a player. I'm not even a very good player. But about two weeks ago I signed up because it seemed that ACWE was still in its early stages. I felt I had an opportunity to get involved easily and quickly. I read through the forums and tried to follow everyone's input as they worked through past puzzles and story elements. In less than 36 hours I was posting on the forums, contacting in-game characters and even solving one of the puzzles!

As it stands now, we reached a critical point in the story. We nearly finsihed all of the postcard puzzles that were sent out and/or uploaded to the acwe website. And we discovered the location of some of the posters. It's unfortunate that we couldn't continue this through to the end, but such is life. Things happen.

That being said, I'd like to avoid posting endless logs of chat room content. I'd rather summarize some information I've gathered in the last couple of days.

1) The original PM assured me that the prize winners will receive an email soon regarding the contest prizes. I do not know what will be discussed but expect some communication soon.

2) I asked the original PM to share with the community a summary and/or outline of the complete story as it was intended to play out. Should this occur it will most likely appear here in the unfiction forum.

3) There are 6 postcards yet to be solved. The postcards were sent out and there images were uploaded. I've archived them and indexed them HERE. I hope that some of you can swallow the bitter taste of this and assist in solving the remaining puzzles.

4) The solutions to the postcards were intended to lead us to posters placed near real life locations near players. These posters had additional puzzles on them that required solving and would help us discover an even greater puzzle. I know that when all 16 posters are arranged in a certain way, like jigsaw pieces, that they reveal a map, and presumably another puzzle. There are 16 posters total and 6 of them have been revealed. The remaining 10 need to be discovered, either through actual footwork or by further communication with some of the original PM's. I'd love to see us stick it out, find the last 9 posters and solve all of the remaining puzzles.

At least two PM's are willing to assist us in indirect ways. Perhaps I'm being too resilient about the whole experience, but as I said, this was my first ARG and I'd really like to finish what's left of it before it is completely forgotten. I've had a blast so far. I've learned so much in just two weeks thanks to everyone here. You've all been so courteous and polite and shown a wonderful sense of teamwork that I've rarely seen in any other online community.

So... if anyone is with me, let's do this! Let's finish these postcards, dicover the remaining posters and put this dog to rest in an honorable fashion! What do you say? Let's show the community that we're able to rise above defeat and come out better for it!

Thanks everyone! It's been a wild two weeks so far! I can't wait to see what else the ARG world has to offer!

goatman

Special thanks to josiah for organizing a list of the postcards and related posters I used for my index. Thanks to Kender, freshness, enaxor, teh_lisa, chewy and the rest of the acwe regulars who helped me along in my first two weeks as an ARG player! I hope everyone in the community is as friendly and helpful as you all have been!

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:15 pm
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 		It is a real shame about what happened to the game - I was really enjoying it - I've been playing PPC for a while, but at the moment it's a bit overwhelmed with new players and I've found this game easy to get involved with. I've also really enjoyed talking to you guys in chat.

In the letter that Chewy posted, the PM says that they would like to continue the game in 2 weeks.... have you had information to the contrary? Or is it worth waiting around for a bit.

I totally agree about finishing off solving the postcards for completeness sake. Also, where did the 7th poster come from? There are only 6 on posterlog.html - plus Jack said that the 16th poster he would give us - that must be the one from the Netherlands that went AWOL, so we will never probably get that.

Finally: Do you think this means that Sarah isn't going to marry me like she promised?
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josiah wrote:
In the letter that Chewy posted, the PM says that they would like to continue the game in 2 weeks.... have you had information to the contrary?


A couple of the PMs dropped into the chatroom last night and said that the game will not be continuing in 2 weeks. There may be some sort of puzzle trail put together to facilitate the solving of the remaining puzzles.
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goatman
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josiah wrote:
In the letter that Chewy posted, the PM says that they would like to continue the game in 2 weeks.... have you had information to the contrary? Or is it worth waiting around for a bit.

Varin wrote:
A couple of the PMs dropped into the chatroom last night and said that the game will not be continuing in 2 weeks. There may be some sort of puzzle trail put together to facilitate the solving of the remaining puzzles.

That's correct. One of the PM's specifically talked about creating a puzzle trail with the remaining puzzles. However, when we began to discuss our progress on the postcards, it became apparent that we were much further along than he had suspected. I didn't get the feeling that there were many puzzles already created after that point, so I can't say for sure.
josiah wrote:
Finally: Do you think this means that Sarah isn't going to marry me like she promised?

I can say with almost 100% certainty that Sarah won't be marrying anyone. Krysten, the actor who appears as Sarah, might still be interested.
josiah wrote:
Also, where did the 7th poster come from? There are only 6 on posterlog.html - plus Jack said that the 16th poster he would give us

Yeah, I had noted 7 were done because 1 was missing and was going to be revealed to us automatically. But that may not be the case anymore. Edited the original post to say 6 of 10 done. Sorry for the confusion.

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 		Well, on this note I guess its time to say that I'm sad that the ARG had to end on such a low note, and I'd like to thank the PMs for their efforts. I enjoyed it, and despite the flaws, loved all the efforts put into it.

Any chance for a full PM-list?
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Chewy wrote:
Any chance for a full PM-list?


No, some people have requested that their names no be mentioned due to different reasons. Be the reasons 'right' or 'wrong' I agreed to uphold that one wish. They are free to come forward and post themselves if they wish. Feel free to send any questions or comments to me and I'll reply to the best of my ability. What I will not do is finger point, so keep any questions within the context of the project and not who did what, how, or why. In that respect I will only answer for myself and I'm willing to answer anything I am completely 100% aware of or had involvement in.
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