unforum

[rose]

hehe.

And then, of course, we are actually providing a service to the advertisers by providing, free of charge, direct links for the people who might otherwise get too frustrated with the puzzle and drop out.

[Phaedra]

If anyone has feelings about this that they'd like to express that they feel cannot be done justice without an aural component, I'd like to remind you that the ARG Netcast voicemail, 630-274-5425, is here for you.

[addlepated]

They may think that this is a Totally New Concept(tm), but Riddler.com was doing scavenger hunts as early as 1996 (and possibly a year or two before that).

[thebruce]

haha wow, I wonder if they've drafted up another letter since despoiler went live...

I suppose, to be a voice of reason here, a respectable, professional response would be to offer suggestions as to how they can improve their game concept so that the spreading of this free information won't undermine their goals and advertisers' "investments", rather than responding with laughter and criticism...
of course we're free to laugh and criticize in here

I mean it's for their own good right?

[rose]

The ARG netcast has a complaint line that will deal with threats of litigation to unfiction? Are these complaints going to be sent to the Golden Compass people? Are you going to send copies to the advertisers? I don't see how the ARGN netcast helps resolve this unfiction issue any better than, say, a Perplexorum netcast. I'm sure that SpaceBass can take care of threats to his own site.

If I were to try to give them advice I would say:

1. Don't advertise a prize for a million dollars when you don't have it.

2. Don't try to shut down conversation on a game that you expect to be discussed online. Your whole premise revolves around viral - buzz marketing. Shutting down conversation shuts off the buzz.

3. Don't threaten your players. Don't change your rules without notice. Don't hide things in your rules and terms of service.

[IRC1968]

 Hmmmmmmmmmmm

[Palm]

Wildcard winners

[rose]

[konamouse]

You're right, the pieces should cost more in the beginning (because they are out there on the internet for a longer period of time) than the later pieces.

Or, just make them all cost the same.

And having sites that link directly to the host site can only help increase traffic to the client, a win-win scenario. Helps new players navigate around, increasing client exposure.

They goofed and are trying to look good if any potential clients question their methods?

[Phaedra]

[Palm]

Clue 20

[rose]

As for the netcast, I was happy to email several Perplexorum friends of mine might want to join in - they can add a great dimension to the subject. Lhall is available I think. She is in the US. I'm not sure if the offer was extended to them but I'm sure they will take part if it works out.

Don't know why the rolling eyes are necessary. I'm not stupid. I'm not thrilled with the way certain things have been handled on the netcast - like the failure to openly discuss issues from this board as if they never happened. So it isn't exactly a transparent medium, which results in trust issues.

Perhaps I misunderstood the intentions. I know that the netcast has been made clearly a separate "opinion" type show that represents the views of the individual speakers- not that of ARGNet generally. I thought the suggestion sounded like an intention of ARGNet taking the responsibility of representing the unfiction players... you know "we're here for you" and all that... which is, to me, beyond the idea of just expressing the opinions of the people on the netcast.

Maybe if you said we're going to talk about this and you might want to share your opinion as well, I would have understood it better. Perhaps I reacted to the idea of a former moderator of this forum offering to be our spokesperson. *sigh*

[Mikeyj]

[konamouse]

My Take on Phaedra's Suggestion to Call ARGNetcast

[Sam12]

 Re: Future Clues..