Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
 
The time now is Sat Nov 16, 2024 1:50 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)
View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » CF: The Human Pet
contacting the CM
View previous topicView next topic
Page 9 of 13 [191 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13  Next
Author Message
DerKork
Decorated

Joined: 15 Apr 2007
Posts: 174

I checked my emails (yet, he denies me access to newer insights. Bad CM he is.) and I found out that a few words were "shifted" in the cited text (means, they got only 1 ">" in front of them instead of at least 2 and being in a single line).
    * "work,"
    * "must"
    * "two"
    * "assignments?"
(Changes appear in his email from June 17 for the first time. The single letter and sentence part clue.)

No typos included by him instead. (And no correction of mine.)

PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:18 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
sMooTH WuN
Entrenched


Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 936
Location: Boston, MA

DerKork wrote:
I checked my emails (yet, he denies me access to newer insights. Bad CM he is.) and I found out that a few words were "shifted" in the cited text (means, they got only 1 ">" in front of them instead of at least 2 and being in a single line).
    * "work,"
    * "must"
    * "two"
    * "assignments?"
(Changes appear in his email from June 17 for the first time. The single letter and sentence part clue.)

No typos included by him instead. (And no correction of mine.)



i think we're looking for strictly typos.. and it most likely is recent emails..
_________________
www.myspace.com/sm00thwun
E-Mail: Sm00thwunSPLATyahoo.com
AIM SN: Sm00thwun
Now Playing: The Human Pet*, Exiles, Grays Point
Waiting for: Invasion2, WITG?


PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:09 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
El Neil
Unfettered

Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 348
Location: UK

i dont know if this is significant but the cm responded twice to my youtube vid:


Quote:
Tough crowd tonight. Ok, I get the messsage. Phase two begins in two videos.



Quote:
Tough crowd tonight. Ok, I got the message. Phase two begins in two videos.


the first one was 5 mins before the second. notice the extra "s" in "message"?

on the other hand he might posted twice because the comments need approval and he might have thought it didnt register the comment the first time he clicked.

neil


EDIT: he also changed "get" to "got".

PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:16 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
YamiYumes
Boot


Joined: 09 Aug 2007
Posts: 66
Location: West Virginia

Don't know if this was by my own stupidity or not, but I tried contacting the CM via samdeercotSPLATSPLATgmail.com and I received a message back saying that there was no known user.

So am I doing it wrong, or has he deleted his gmail?

(By the way I'm new. Long time lurker first time poster!)

EDIT: Good lord, I feel like a moron. Nevermind. Just read over on FET that the SPLAT=@. My bad.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:21 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
sMooTH WuN
Entrenched


Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 936
Location: Boston, MA

neil, the cm is meticulous with his content.. i doubt those typos are accidental.. he probably posted twice to get our attention..

i think it may go along with the other typos we were talking about...

so far its:

"y", "u", "wor", "s" and "e" (or.. get, prolly "e" though..

you worse? hm...
_________________
www.myspace.com/sm00thwun
E-Mail: Sm00thwunSPLATyahoo.com
AIM SN: Sm00thwun
Now Playing: The Human Pet*, Exiles, Grays Point
Waiting for: Invasion2, WITG?


PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:22 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
YamiYumes
Boot


Joined: 09 Aug 2007
Posts: 66
Location: West Virginia

Well, I just got my e-mails with the CM going, and I must say, he's very interested in betrayal, it seems.

Although I've practically spilled my guts, he hasn't responded yet. Go figure. Laughing

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:17 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Wabonan
Entrenched


Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 1185

lol he emails me even though he knows im a strong supporter of eric.. i really don't think hes afraid of betrayal

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:56 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
YamiYumes
Boot


Joined: 09 Aug 2007
Posts: 66
Location: West Virginia

Wabonan wrote:
lol he emails me even though he knows im a strong supporter of eric.. i really don't think hes afraid of betrayal

I was thinking more along the lines of (if you think of the affair type thing) Sue's betrayal to him. But again, I could be wrong. lol

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:19 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
wittious1
Boot

Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 61

 
My response from CM was strange.

I have been lurking for several months now because I didn't discover this arg until around April, and it took me a very long time to catch up, as I was trying to follow along without reading or watching the CMs Videos out of order, by the time I got to your sins for my sins the story had moved on and you all were waiting for the August video, but I decided to contact Deercot anyhow.
In my first correspondence with the CM I wrote, in part:
The quote: Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
is one of many translations/interpretations of the opening tercet of Dante's La Commedia Divina, The first of three canticas: Inferno.
The translation that you used was written by Henry Longfellow.
What made you decide on that particular interpretation of the opening lines from Dantes Divine Comedy? Is there more meaning there than we are seeing? I have yet to find any reference to that quote that fits in with the other hints or codes.

To which he replied:

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Deercot <samdeercot>
To: Juli
Sent: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:06 am
Subject: Re: Dantes Inferno

Juli-

Welcome to my story! Yes, you are correct - there is much meaning behind that statement. It applies to so many people that I know. You will understand everything in time, but first - tell me about yourself...


Codemaster

I replied and would prefer not to post it here, as I decided to share details of my life that are extremely personal, and which I had hoped would get his attention. However, on the 8th, the next response that I got seemed to be OOG. He didn't speak cryptically or reference the game at all.
I do not know if anyone else sent their initial correspondence after the August video, " How to make a NASTY (and FUNNY) video response," so I am curious as to whether this is normal or not. Would you advise that I respond in kind? Or push him to reply in a manner that is relevant to the game?javascript:emoticon('Confused')
Confused
Thanks,
Juli

I just realized, that for whatever reason, this post previously did not contain all of my copied text. The italicized text is what was missing.
Juli

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:25 pm
Last edited by wittious1 on Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:53 pm; edited 1 time in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Wabonan
Entrenched


Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 1185

hey no the CM is actually cool...even he knows we aere adversarys...he sends me emails like that too... lol

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:35 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
wittious1
Boot

Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 61

Wabonan wrote:
hey no the CM is actually cool...even he knows we aere adversarys...he sends me emails like that too... lol


Okay good that is a relief. He does still occasionally send emails that are game relevant though doesn't he?

Juli

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:17 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Cassie07
Boot

Joined: 05 Aug 2007
Posts: 12
Location: Kent, OH

I figured if I build up some trust, the IG stuff will come in time. I did, however, casually ask about the latest video (after chastising him for not contacting me lately). I just asked if Eric would lie in his answers or not. Basically, I want the CM to keep Eric honest; it'll help us out if he does.

But yeah, about talking to him, just chat it up for the most part, I guess. That's what I'm doing.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:44 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
wittious1
Boot

Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 61

Cassie07 wrote:
I figured if I build up some trust, the IG stuff will come in time. I did, however, casually ask about the latest video (after chastising him for not contacting me lately). I just asked if Eric would lie in his answers or not. Basically, I want the CM to keep Eric honest; it'll help us out if he does.

But yeah, about talking to him, just chat it up for the most part, I guess. That's what I'm doing.


All right. Good. When you say that you chastised him for not contacting you in so long, I was wondering, is there an average turn around time that any of you have noticed? I have been very lucky, I would guess, 24 hours between first and response then 48 hours, then 24. If you don't get a reply for a while do you usually write again? I want to keep him interested in talking to me but I don't want to become annoying. He may only have responded so quickly because I really stroked his ego and raved about his genius.
I have been wondering about the questions for Eric; if we ask him a question that may compromise himself will he tell the truth? Then today you addressed that question directly. But, If I may ask; What precisely did he say that convinced you Eric would be honest? For example there is a big difference between, "I will allow Eric to answer honestly." and "I will guarantee that Eric will answer truthfully."
Juli

PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:16 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
sMooTH WuN
Entrenched


Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 936
Location: Boston, MA

for all the new people that have been getting responses from the CM, check his reply for typos in -YOUR- paragraph.. not in his specific reply but in the mail you sent him.

See if anything is changed from the original version you sent him, there have been 3 people so far, including myself, that have gotten mails back with typos that we dont remember writing, and after checking, realized it was actually he that had done it.

check em, and get back to us..
_________________
www.myspace.com/sm00thwun
E-Mail: Sm00thwunSPLATyahoo.com
AIM SN: Sm00thwun
Now Playing: The Human Pet*, Exiles, Grays Point
Waiting for: Invasion2, WITG?


PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:34 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
Wilkeking
Veteran


Joined: 10 Jul 2007
Posts: 70
Location: Washington State

He's taking a while to respond to my last email. Sometimes he replies next day, sometimes almost a week. I'll probably send him something tommorrow if he doesn't respond.

Has he ever discussed other players with any of you in his emails?

Frig, I'm tired.... Coffee

PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:17 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 9 of 13 [191 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » CF: The Human Pet
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group