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imbri
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 		UPDATE: email on the CTW status
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract,positive thinking." Albert Einstein


Hello from Chasing The Wish!


As the launch of Chasing The Wish grows closer, we'd like to give you one last update on the game before the curtain of anonymity falls firmly into place. This should be our last "out of game" message and there are a few things we need to address before we disappear.
First, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the truly overwhelming support Chasing The Wish has already received. At last count, we had well over 350 registered players for the game including dozens and dozens internationally, with groups of players in the UK, Canada, Italy, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Croatia(!), and Hong Kong. And more are still registering every day as the word spreads and momentum builds. We've also had over 4 dozen players volunteer to help out in one way or another with the "Behind The Scenes" effort. Since we won't be communicating directly with the players once the game goes "live", this will be our last chance until after the game to thank each and every one of you for your support of this "grassroots" game. We're also grateful for the financial support we've been receiving, from both merchandise sales and direct donations. We are doing our best to make this an experience you won't soon forget and your support in any form will defi!
nitely help. So please take this as a very sincere "Thank You".
We're receiving e-mails every day asking about the start of the game. As you can tell from this e-mail, it hasn't started yet and the launch is still weeks away. We're doing our best to meet our estimated timeframe but, quite honestly, things may slip by just a bit. Before you groan too loudly in disappointment, please understand two things: (1) the numbers we are dealing with are much greater than anticipated and are forcing some adjustments to things already complete, and (2) we are committed to having the game "ready to go" when launch occurs. Because Chasing The Wish is basically an interactive novel that unfolds in real time, it is essential not to have any "downtime" periods like many of the other current games are experiencing. We can promise you that such interruptions will not occur with Chasing The Wish. We can also assure you that if such a delay in starting is necessary, it will indeed be short. It truly won't be long now.
There will also be at least one more major update to the www.chasingthewish.com site before the game begins as we make adjustments to put it more into "stealth" mode. Keep your eyes open as there will be some interesting new things there soon.
In closing, we'd like to suggest a few things that will help make your experience with Chasing The Wish as enjoyable as possible. One important thing is patience - both now in the pre-game and once the game begins. Remember, this is a story taking place in real time so things will take time to occur. Next is research - question and research everything. There are multiple levels of meaning to many elements of the game; understanding them all will give you the best chance of working your way through the game. Finally, be part of a community. There are several communitites/groups already set up to help each other play the game with message boards, guides, and trails in place and ready to go. You can find them from the Links page on the CTW website and if anyone knows of any others, please let us know and we'll add it to the list. One of the great things about this type of adventure is interacting with the other players and helping and encouraging each other through the puzzles !
and plot twists. And, as a little word of advice, there will be spots in CTW where you absolutely need someone else's help.
OK, enough for now. We have much to do. Have faith that every day brings us closer to opening up the door to this strange new world we are creating called Chasing The Wish.
The Chasing The Wish Development team
info@chasingthewish

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Caterpillar
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 		Re: UPDATE: email on the CTW status
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Croatia(!), and Hong Kong..... will defi!nitely help...... through the puzzles ! and plot twists.


Mentioned by kmeyer6393 at Yahoo.

What make ye of the odd exclamation point placement?

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iambemused
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 		The first ! after Croatia I believe is just a show of surprise from CTW about players coming from there.

The other two COULD have some higher meaning, but I doubt it. I've seen randomly placed !s before in messages from a sendmail utility. Basically, the strings of text (i.e. paragraphs) used in the mail were too long and the program broke them up in inopportune places. I've been searching a little on the subject and ran across this:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/forum/General_C8/Perl_Programming_F14/exclamation_point_+_%5Cn_in_CGI_email_P211478/

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Misha
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 		I did not have any oddly placed !'s in the email I received - so this IS probably something that was random from the sendmail utility thingy as stated before.
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RPGgame
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Misha wrote:
I did not have any oddly placed !'s in the email I received - so this IS probably something that was random from the sendmail utility thingy as stated before.


thank you now we have nothing to be paranoid about. Very Happy

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