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[tinag222]

Pirate Master Really Cut Adrift

[tinag222]

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[aliendial]

It's odd that it hasn't gotten much play in the news, but you get a fair number of hits on her death in google news, including the TV station in her town. And a variety of smaller newspapers that presumably checked before they published, plus TMZ. I think it's real. Maybe CBS is playing it down to avoid looking like they would try to profit from the publicity her death would bring?

[skullpanda]

This is the one in the wikipedia article. It seems to be a local one, to her I mean. That one and another one from Reno peg her as a deputy district attorney first and a reality show contestant second. Since I'm nowhere near there, I have no idea how legit these ones actually are, but they seem to be the real thing. The only thing that bothers me is that very few of the sites that come up on search agree on the date. But that can be explained away by the fact that it's the internet. It's also weird that the big news guys haven't picked it up. Maybe the show wasn't popular enough.

And I guess maybe the sentiment in the myspace stuff seemed fake cause it was. They could have just been acting how they thought they were supposed to act.

That's just my take on it. I could easily be wrong. I haven't developed any ARG senses yet.

[zizka]

 

[catherwood-offline]

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[Palm]

Sorry to hear all of this. I checked the Wiki article and right under the death announcement of Cheryl, it says "Contestant Azmyth Kaminski was on the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, where he was being hung". Odd to mention being hung. Also it sounds a little strange - he was an actor? I thought he was an average everyday person recruited for the show.

[skullpanda]

Well it was at the start where a lot of people were hung. You don't have to be an actor to be cast as an extra. Sometimes you just have to show up.

[sMooTH WuN]

alot of actors go on reality tv shows claiming to be a regular joe shmoe so people can relate to them, rather than have people think they are there only to further their own careers.


i agree with zizka though. if this is real, the last thing anyone involved would want is random people trying to contact them asking if its a game.

the circumstances are suspect though, i agree.

it is possible she was bipolar though, which would explain how she could go on my space one second, and kill herself the next. i know plenty of bipolars who are happy go lucky one second and want to die an hour later. plus the fact that her boyfriend killed himself probably didnt help it much.

well thats my two cents! ::steps off soapbox:: later people

[tinag222]

Thanks for the feedback. Even I don't see anything that looks like an actual "trail" - this was more that the event being portrayed just didn't seem too legit on its surface.

I am a little curious why CBS would cancel it. I watched the full episode videos in a few hours early on and was totally into it. It was amazingly well done, well thought out puzzles or challenges, and they didn't do that lame ego BS those on Big Brother do. The contestants on PM had to do some rugged stuff....and the players seemed to have the intrigue about them as far as playing this game for all it's worth. Plus, it was just fun to watch. It originally aired May 31 this year. If you got a few hours to kill, pull up the videos and watch - for a reality tv show, it really sailed over most of them out there in being worth watching. CBS is on drugs.


After a few shows, suddenly CBS changes nights and then BAM it's exclusively online. A week later - last one, suddenly it's just cancelled. A couple days later, this contestant is found dead.

I think it was Joy's ms page where someone said they heard a rumor she hanged herself. Several other player pages had references to people hanging themselves. Even Cameron Daddo (host, MC guy) has a demo reel on his ms page and right off the mark he's playing a character in a courtroom talking about his wife hanging herself.

Not all of the players have ms pages but it was just curious to me that very few of the ones who did even mentioned it. Nessa posted on three, Cameron and the CBS ms page mention it, Joy's did. The others not a word mentioned.

Here's her comment to Ben on the 25th of July:

Jul 25 2007 7:20A

Just checking in with my favorite SC man! No matters what happens with the show you are the best and I'm so glad we made the bond we did......your life has just begun and you will prosper no matter what.....keep that beautiful smile and be well, love CherylK


Two things, one mentioned before: she leaves a comment on her own page.

Jun 23 2007 10:59A

why thank you my beautiful African Sister......love you lots, ck

Maybe ms changed things up but since I've had one, you don't get to make comments on your own comments section.

On a related note, she has a few comments from people sending her sentiments on her loss regarding the show being canceled. But the show's been taped already and she got booted off early on...so she had no vested interest in whether the show made it or not.


Joy posted this:

Jul 17 2007 12:09P

okay....yes new profile update. very bright and eye catching.love you prepare for our jungle book fake adventure. AHAHHHA...boy this should be interesting

---because Cheryl updated her ms page, revamped it to the lime green thing. She's got a lot of pics, no comments but one from Joy, and if someone was to ask me to pick out the person who committed suicide, I can make a safe bet I wouldn't have picked her. Maybe that's more what it is and not so much "gameish" is that she doesn't quite fit the "profile" of someone suicidally depressed. She has no blogs up but was active on her page since her bf committed suicide - he's the love of her life and she gives that brief mention in passing....while she's girl pals with Joy and Joy blogs with this anguish. She just didn't show any of the indicators that ARE ALWAYS there.

Outside that, it's been a week, if they suspect suicide why are they still investigating it? Could be there is actually foul play (in reality here) and a suicide was staged, hence the continued investigation. There's a good reason they didn't close it with a suicide. So maybe that's where the naggy thing is coming from...


The other one is this....if she's dead, how come her last login shows 8-1-08? If it's someone running it, why not mention that - make a blog, thank the supporters and explain the creepy login. Nothing's been changed but one thing: her mood being "crushed"....

It's little things like that that just make me get that naggy feeling.

[Chronus_Valtiel]

This is.... creepy.
Then again, it could be that someone else just logged in to her myspace (say a friend or family member).
The self comment is really strange, though. Like that time that psycho in the Wyoming Incident deleted posts that were impossible to delete (ARG or no, the PM of that crap was insane and very, very, evil).
If it's really and trailhead, then I'm in.... but with immense caution. I'm glad I missed the Wyoming Incident. Hope this isn't the same thing....

[konamouse]

CV - sorry, this would NOT be any trailhead for any ARG. This is from a now-cancelled TV show and it is either a real life tragedy or a very cruel cry for attention.

Further digging along from people posting on her comments:

SeanTwomey posted thisn in her comments:

[rose]

I'm sure that Kona is right. This is a terrible tragedy for her and her family and friends.

[tinag222]

I read the counterpoints and had to agree....then come across this and dammit!! Heheh.

On Cheryl's page on July 24, the 3rd comment down is from a Melissa. So I checked hers out and she's got two from Cheryl on July 24 + 25 - again, this would be 2 days before her apparent suicide:

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CHERYL K Jul 25 2007 6:56A

Don't forget you can still watch on CBS.com under Pirate Master. And at least watch the final episode to see what revenge I can exact!!!!


CHERYL K Jul 24 2007 5:41P

Thanks for your caring thoughts. And CBS isn't my pal right now.....how can Mark Burnett the king of reality shows fuck this one up.......all I have to say is I better get paid!

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I know. I am totally capable of agreeing that obviously "they" would probably not, or at best, did not, air all her dirty laundry or back history and very well just opted to not show that side of things...wanting intervention or making a comment about facing the day or staying strong did not strike me as the evidence of bubbling suicidal tendencies as much as all purpose keep yer head up yay strong grrls rulez sort of thing - they've done that all along. It's also greatly outweighed by the rest of the comments sprinkled on friends pages that she was a little more together and capable, even if there was hard trying days of pain.

Anyway, ok I won't keep bumping this - at this point I'm not so much suspicious she's not dead as much as I tend to consider that if she is dead it doesn't not seem to be self inflicted so I hope they will continue investigating it to be sure....and I say that with a disclaimer of recognizing I'm not personally privy to her personal business or past details. She could've been in therapy for it for all I know - the depictions of her have been distictly mentally stable is what I'm getting at.

Okay...I'm done....but if anymore pirates come up dead then I'm resurrecting this cause NOT....that would be a little too coincidental!

Back to Slusho and slamming my head against the wall!