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**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:43 pm

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the42guy · Veteran Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 108

I'm not writing or planning an ARG.

Or am I?

<maniacal laughter>

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:20 pm

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jamesi

IMHO (and it is indeed humble) any PM that wishes to 'out' themselves should feel free to do so. Knowing that NashCarey is heading up AWARE means very little to how I will play the game. Any PM that wants the curtain to remain closed will do that as well.

That being said, if anyone ever outed a PM that didn't want to be outed, well, that's a whole 'nuther story and something like that would probably lead to something bad.

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:20 pm

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joebrent

Problem is, it's really hard to get people psyched about your ARG unless it's attached to a movie or a tv show. So if you are starting from scratch, and you have limited funds, you might be forced to out yourself or risk doing so to hype your project. So it's hard to blame PMs who do so.

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:25 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:15 pm

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yanka|tage · Guest

I think what joe was trying to say is that informing people that your game exists can be problematic. Either you build the game around things people search for (metacortechs; or, for example, something like blueant.com from "Pattern Recognition" would probably be enough to start a game), or a PM has to come to a place like unFiction and announce it (the game, that is), in which case his/her identity is somewhat jeopardized. I realize that there are probably plenty of options in-between, but it seems that they would mostly revolve around somehow providing information to known ARGers. If one wants to "market" a game to the populace at large, the effects seem to depend on how hot the topic of the game is (read: how likely people would be to stumble upon the trailhead) - such as a hit movie, or book, etc.

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:14 pm

vpisteve

Let me take this opportunity to point out another avenue of promotion:

Simple 'leaks' to the Unfiction or ARGN Rumors depts. can be very effective as well. Anonymous tipsters can add to the mystery of a game, if done effectively.

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:21 pm

bill · Unfettered Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 614 Location: Tampa

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:33 pm

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vpisteve

Oops, yes. Didn't want to speak for Bill, but he's spread many rumors about me already. Wink

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:35 pm

addlepated

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:39 pm

dnbmathguy · Veteran Joined: 11 Nov 2002 Posts: 87

There is always the tried and true method of having someone "anonymously" coming forward and saying, "Hey, my friend found this website, I dunno what it's all about." That's how Plexata started. A variant of that was used in Lockjaw, "Hey, I'm writing something, check out my website!"

**Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:09 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:08 am

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rumors?

**Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:14 pm

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