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haffastrider
Boot

Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 39

Had an idea

Instead of Nathan, I emailed Alex Winterson. Winter...son, can fix anything as per J's first email to me. Waiting for reply and will let you all know....

[/spoiler]

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:42 pm

catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 4109
Location: Silicon Valley, CA

U-Media trail continued
progress!

haffastrider wrote:

Instead of Nathan, I emailed Alex Winterson. Winter...son, can fix anything as per J's first email to me.

I found Alex Winterson in the memberlist. I'm glad i registered for their forums! A PM to his inbox got me an answer to the question in the riddle, and with that reply*, I had the 4 quotations necessary. The next step is described in this post, which is on the visible public forum:
http://www.feelbelieve.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17&p=89

After sending the 4 quotations to Ed, i got a reply** which sent me back to the homepage. It looks different for me now -- does it to the rest of you? The content seems to be the same -- wish i had saved a cached copy -- but there are different bolded words now, indicating yet another hidden URL.

If this final step is available to everyone, then solving the trail as individuals isn't crucial. Either way, I'll go ahead and post the rest of the trail solution in the morning.

Right now, I would like to:
a) create a spreadsheet with ALL of the employee information, gleaned from their forum profiles and posts,
b) register the IRC channel #umedia for our brainstorming and spec'ing pleasure,
c) advocate moving this thread out of Timewasters.

*(later posts in this thread have reproduced the answer.)

**(returned to add the text of what Ed replied to me when I sent him the 4 quotations, after Alex gave me the last one)

entangleded wrote:

glad you enjoyed it.
everyone one right, though that seems insignificant now.
can't stop for a chat, alas.
there's too much to be said
and precious little time at all
ghosts tread behind me, you see.
i fear for my wife, my life, my meaning?

I didn't rereply, and haven't tried to communicate with him since then.

_________________
meh. whatever.

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:29 am
Last edited by catherwood on Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:01 pm; edited 2 times in total

haffastrider
Boot

Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 39

I got it!
Alex's email

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Certainly. I have this to say:

"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from
you. -B.B. King"

Good work.
Alex

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:30 am

haffastrider
Boot

Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 39

Re: U-Media trail continued
progress!

Catherwood,

c) advocate moving this thread out of Timewasters.

In total agreement

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:37 am

haffastrider
Boot

Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 39

Just one more thing

Does anyone know what that mysterious writing in the UMedia logo means?

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:55 am

RedHatty
Unfictologist

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 1428
Location: x��Jy��VJvk

I see the new words too

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Now advance to the the southern pole

Which lead to

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

http://www.feelbelieve.com/go.php?id=thesouthernpole

And here we go!!! The page says:

Quote:

Dear Holly,
I don't have much time for this, or I'd hide it better. I need to know that you'll read this. I've had to break back in to get this up here - I couldn't log in to the server from outside the village. Yeah. I left the village. It's a long story that I don't have time to tell - someone has snitched me out to Maxwell and they'll be onto me soon. If it's not already too late. Jesus, Holly I hope you're safe.

They've been keeping us in the dark. Keeping us burrowed away like some sweatshop while the real business goes on out there. They were never waiting for us to perfect a synthetic trope. They've been preparing for launch for months. They are going to use our research to present their real, human tropes as synthetics. They're ready to launch now. BB's played us for fools. And now that he knows what I've seen, it won't be long before - well. I've seen where they keep them. Do you remember our first set up, Hol? The way it stung when we took samples? Imagine a room full. A hangar.

I need you to get safe. I'm coming to look for you again as soon as I finish this, maybe you're in the lab. Working late. I'll find you bent over Cecil's controls like nothing's wrong. If anyone else reads this, back everything up. Get everything off base, get it hidden and keep it safe. People need to know what they are doing.

I think I hear a car outside.

I PM'd Holly and sent her the link

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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:34 am

catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 4109
Location: Silicon Valley, CA

Re: Just one more thing

haffastrider wrote:

Does anyone know what that mysterious writing in the UMedia logo means?

Yes, it is just the Japanese way of writing out the pronunciation of "U-Media".

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:13 am

catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 4109
Location: Silicon Valley, CA

dramatis personae
cast of characters, U-Media employees, etc.

---------------------
in the I.T. department (presumably all in the Edinburgh office):

alex, Alex Winterson, Systems Administrator, new blog
miriam, Miriam Robinson, Systems Administrator, likes Firefly/Serenity among other things, (phone Ext 42), new blog
Nathan Awesome, Nathan Dickinson, attended a conference in Glasgow, gave us his email and phone Extension=31

---------------------
in the Marketing department (presumably all in the Edinburgh office):

freddiebrody, Frederick Brody, Public Relations, age 35
kareen, Karen Green, age 27, interested in celebrities, works on the 4th floor
katyacar, Katya Carson, makes coffee
snigel, Sean Nigel, Promotional Design & Marketing, age 26, enjoyes darts and Oasis

---------------------
in the Sales department (presumably all in the Edinburgh office):

monad, Simona d'Ardennes, Assistant Sales Adviser, age 27
robertgreen, Robert Green, Sales Manager, age 34, golfs
Veronica, Veronica Rabais, Sales Manager, age 39, has a daughter Jessica, and a dog named Sloop
(no forum nick), Jacob (no last name),
(no forum nick), Tobin Moorehead, (male)
Ulli, Ulrike Grietz, Sales Advisor, age 34, has family in Frieburg, craves petit creme coffee, links to his blog

---------------------
(others presumably all in the Edinburgh office):

randall, Randall McIntyre, forum admin and U-Media Communications Manager
carolinemunroe, Caroline Munroe?, Administrative Assistant, age 33, works upstairs
Rick Mohnburg, Rick Mohnburg, Human Resources Manager, phone Ext: 012
benkessler, Ben "BB" Kessler, Managing Director of U-Media, age 52, enjoys Halo 2, owns a zune
jackrabbit,
geoffk

---------------------
in the Engineering department (presumably all in The Village):

nichtobin, Tobin Schroeder, engineer, female (as opposed to the male Tobin in Sales), has a blog
walking_up, Rupert Walker, chemical engineer, age 26
maxwell*, James Maxwell, Head of Engineering
*(note: this user name was registered on the U-Mforums after players joined in, but the character name is ingame)

---------------------
in the R&D department (presumably all in The Village):

bajramovic, Audrey Bajramovic, Research Specialist, age 32
entangleded, Ed Emerson, Head of Research, age 47, Professor, married to Holly
hobart, Sally "Sal" Hobart?, new blog
marshy, Joel Marshall, age 25
schrodingers_kitty, Jan Mayer, research assistant, age 27, runs her blog, links to a webcomic, hangs out with Rob
(no forum nick), Pete Wilson,

---------------------
(others presumably all in The Village):

rhetorical, Charles Henderson, Biologist, age 52, into Darwin
holly_emerson, Holly Emerson, married to Ed
(no forum nick), Rob., eats dinner with "schrodingers_kitty" Jan

---------------------
Questions:

Are Karen Green and Robert Green related? They're both in Edinburgh. Jan is dating someone named Rob, but they're both confined to The Village.

Are there other factions within the company, or shady outsiders? "A suit was round today, asking to see our samples. Didn't look like a normal corp. body..."

What are "Bertha and Cecil"? Computers or test subjects?

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:52 pm
Last edited by catherwood on Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:53 am; edited 8 times in total

haffastrider
Boot

Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 39

ASked Alex for the Umedia password

Quote:

Haffastrider,

In the light of current events, I suggest you keep your head down. I saw Ed's message in the moderation queue, I'm leaving it up for as long as possible, but it's not going to last.

For what it's worth, the employee password is "umedia" (any fool could guess it). If you can do anything right now, read up on as much as you can before Randall finds out about this and the shit hits the fan.

The data is safe for now.

I swear I had tried that yesterday. So far, not much is different in the employee lounge, but I am still reading.

[edit - email communication is good to /quote, no need to spoiler. save the /spoiler tag for puzzle solves. thanks - kona]

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:12 pm

catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 4109
Location: Silicon Valley, CA

Re: ASked Alex for the Umedia password

haffastrider wrote:

{quoted body of email)

So this was from Alex? (ah yes, you said that in the post subject line, but not in the post body.) How/where did you get his email address? I saw the name mentioned in a personal email to you, but didn't see the address anywhere.

(I'll also assume that one way to derive any character email address is to look at Nathan_Awesome's sig line, where he gives his address as "n.dickinson -at- feelbelieve.com". Any employee should also be accessible via firstinitial.dot.lastname.at. -- is that how you got it?)

Anyway, now it looks like I could go back and see if the puzzle trail is completely described. I had omitted the final step in one of my earlier posts...

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:42 pm

haffastrider
Boot

Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 39

I just did the whole a.wintersonSPLATfeelbelieve.com and hoped for luck, and it worked. Also, just PM'd him for the password.

Not much help though, there isn't that much different in the forum.

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:50 pm

catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 4109
Location: Silicon Valley, CA

haffastrider wrote:

Not much help though, there isn't that much different in the forum.

is there ANYTHING different in the forum? The password really just gives you access to the index of forums under the Employee Lounge heading, but we were already able to access all of the forums and posts under that.

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:52 pm

haffastrider
Boot

Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 39

Well, I am not known for my attention to detail...so, I was covering my bases in case I just missed something...been known to happen.

Edit: I really PM'd Alex to get info on that darn data. I PM'd Holly, Ed....nothing....grrrrrrrr.

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:57 pm

bagsbee
Unfettered

Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Posts: 417
Location: NYC

Re: dramatis personae
cast of characters, U-Media employees, etc.

Very nice work, cath. Have a Pony?!

catherwood wrote:

What are "Bertha and Cecil"? Computers or test subjects?

From the three references to them, they sound like some sort of specialized testing environment rather than subjects.

They sound pretty badass, whatever they are.

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:57 pm

catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 4109
Location: Silicon Valley, CA

Update: Tragedy
Ed and Holly Emerson, exploded and deceased

OMG! "The Emersons will be deeply missed."

http://www.feelbelieve.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33

Scratch two off the cast of characters?

http://www.feelbelieve.com/go.php?id=frontpage

Quote:

At 04:06 (GMT) on the morning of 16.12.06, Professor Edward Emerson, head of U-Media's research and development team, and his wife Holly, were tragically killed in an unforseen accident. Our Engineering and Security departments are working in close tandem with local police to discover the cause of the explosion. We are unable to release any more information until these investigations are completed, but our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased.

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:08 pm

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