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[Pony]

Jsut thought you guys might like to read this

[ForumLurker]

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Am I the only one that just hasn't been seeing Brent lately?

I haven't seen him on AIM in a very long time. Usually I was able to catch him on my way home from work, but...

:/

[Pony]

I have not heard form him since I got that e-mail, I hope that everything is ok, hmmm

[ForumLurker]

Calling out...

[sMooTH WuN]

looks like the same sniper that picked off adam, got brent too.. still a coincidence?!

[Team Brent]

Hey, as by popular demand I stop in.

This isn't over I promise you,
Lately my team has had some issues with college and scheduling and I'm sorry for making you all wait like this, trust me it's been driving ME crazy too.

Expect something in the next day or two and expect a big change soon.

Again, sorry for the wait.

Team Brent

[Team Brent]

One more thing,

We are in NO way related to Adam Worsley nor do I know who is/was running that show and personally I was sad to see it die.

The constant comparisons are quite the annoyance.

Thanks,
Team Brent

[sMooTH WuN]

umm.. umm.. metinks that u wasnt supposed ta do that... now I think thans an UnFictional Warrant for yer Arrest!

But really.. if [The PM of Brent] needed time, [He] should have worked it into the story somehow... by saying Brent went to the hospital, or got arrested, or even took the trip to Europe by becoming a stowaway on a cargo ship and had no means of communication.. all of that is better than leaving devoted players holding their BEEPs in their hand wondering what happened?

Just for future reference.. we are under the ASSUMPTION that Team Brent = A third party.. not a player, not a PM, but a mysteriously ghostly apparition that apparently knows things that will help us!

As for the comparisons.. the PM made a bad move adding Adam Worsley as a friend on MySpace. I dont know how that even came about, but [The PM] instantly started turning the rumor mill himself. Us, the players, being the ever vigilent conspiracy theorists that we are, automatically assume that the two are connected, because WHY ELSE would an IN GAME MySpace profile, have a friend that is - oh-so-surprisingly - ANOTHER In Game profile, for a different game?! Its not completely uncommon for Game threads to merge (IE. Gabriel Lawson / Prophecy of Stars) so of course this is going to be our line of thinking and the comparisons will continue.

ALSO it didnt help that both games seem to have fell off the deep end at roughly the same time.

*Steps off the Soapbox* Whos next?!

[Britt³]

I think you were a little harsh on them Smooth. Sure it could have been worked into the story, but I believe there was problems with "management". Possible the other member kept promising to come back but time just kept going.

Also yes the posting on UF may be in bad taste, but really did they say anything that would directly change the game in any way? No. This is the best place to let us all know that there is a problem and they are trying to fix it.

I also applaud Team Brent for telling us about what happened and they are trying to do something instead of just letting the game just die. Better late than never.

The Adam Worsley thing.. lol That probably could have been handled better. I was determined to connect them. Oh well.

[Giskard]

[sMooTH WuN]

[mycroftxxx]

Oh ack, what a time to discover a game!

FWIW, catching up on this story has made for an amusing couple of days - and meta-ARG theory aside, this game is wonderful to track. (Frankly, as far as I'm concerned ANY game that introduces new people to Jonathan Coulton is a win, completed or not.)

I'm gonna continue to watch this one (I don't really have the time to play anything right now aside from some dabbling in Madison Atkins). Keep up the good fight, players. You're doing an excellent job!

[Sidenote to the PM: In Looking for AV there was a bit of midgame drama as well. The worthy puppetmaster of that game dropped an OOG note for me to relate to the players via an obvious IM screenname. ARGPMOOG is taken in yahoo, but might still be available for AIM if you grab it quick and need a back-channel in the future.]

[analogwatch]

I found out why Brent disappeared like that.

He was kidnapped

He believes that it was G's group that did it - they broke into his house and slapped him awake about ... three nights ago now, I guess, and carted him off. He's pretty sure he met G himself, who questioned him about the locations of the book and the treasure.

Now, the book is safe - it's under a stump in Eric's backyard, and Brent did not share this information, and as he told me, "Blood was my reward for not talking." (I apologize for the lack of quotes, but per usual, this conversation was held on AIM on my cell phone.) He escaped by doing a tuck-and-roll out of their car while it was going about 55, he told me, which kinda stinks. As far as I can tell, he's hiding out at a friend's house, as I gathered by him stating "his internet is really slow" and "we're way out in the woods" yesterday, and today telling me "I'm going to break into my house and get my phone and money." But... why would he have to break in to his own house?

Now, I don't know how much good this is gonna do us, but he's now in possession of my cell phone number (haha, now I'll get weird ARG calls all the time), just in case something big goes down like this again.

Also, he told me today that he's going to email me the text he found before he was 'napped. Of course, when I receive this email, I'll be sure to upload any and all information here for you all.

(edit):Brent gave me the text he found on the "Mary" page. Since he doesn't have a scanner anymore, he just typed out the text.