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iconsumer
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Can we get a summary of the characters on myspace? Their current relations, activities, etc... for newcomers such as myself and such... Anything compiled and updated on the interconnections between characters, including where they are in the trailer, what they are doing now / have been up to, etc (for instance pictures would be great, as I'm uber-confused on who is who and what is what... and also people related to Tagruato corp in what ways and how.... all I know is Rob works for them, but apparently there is speculation about other people involved?).
Seems like something like that compiled together would be _very_ helpful in figuring things out, especially for those of us who don't have a ton of time to learn the back story thus far on our own.
Pretty please?
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:35 am
keeno_82uk
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best looking at This topic and forming your own summary
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:26 am
brettoniasam
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I'm beginning to suspect that Rob might not be the only one of the "Slusho Seven" who works for Tagruato/Slusho.
We know that:
*Rob works in marketing for Tagruato (he admitted it in an email to Colbyrook)
*Lil works as an HR rep for Penguin Publishing
*Hawk is an unemployed bum leeching off Lil and Rob
*Lena is an assistant at Atlas Talent Agency
*Beth is a program trader at Citigroup
We *don't* know where Jamie or Hud work, or their occupations. Could they be part of the Tagruato Family of Fine Companies as well...? It might go a long way toward explaining how this odd group met and became a circle of friends...
...and if, as I suspect, Teddy is from Tagruato also, then it could explain how Jamie met him...at an office party, or just at work...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:00 am
iconsumer
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Man. We need more people emailing them with some IG-style chit chat to see if anything comes to light!
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:04 am
keeno_82uk
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i think we should get some females/males of a similar age to send them some IG messages saying they think they are hot and stuff and asking for more info about them to get them to disclose some stuff.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:22 am
jojo
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:46 am
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iconsumer
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jojo wrote:
This sounds like a good time to start using the wiki someone set up a while ago (see the stickies in this forum for the link)... there's so much disorganized info flying around, its no wonder that people are confused. I can see why it stalled because nobody was really sure this was an ARG and nothing was happening, but now that things seem to be picking up, maybe it should be reconsidered. Asking newcomers to sort through 80 page threads is a pretty big barrier to entry when we really want to use the collective brainpower to solve these things. I'll try to add some stuff, but it would take me a month to get it all on there, I think, so I'd hope others will help- even newcomers posting new info as they learn it would be helpful, since this has been going on for months now and I've probably forgotten some of the details that might be important now.
Word!
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:48 am
Finch
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I just sent a message to Jamie. I used her attendance of Ithaca with a minor in photography as my springboard. I asked how here employment opportunities have looked since graduation.
Question to get me up to speed: Has anyone had a confirmed reply from any of the Myspace "Slusho 7"? Searched blogs and forums for hours and couldn't find anything. Also I see their friends lists are much bigger since way back when I first checked, are fans being added when they send friend requests now?
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:42 pm
keeno_82uk
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HUD's comic blog had an update and replies recently. The reply was yesterdays date.
not had any replies to any of mine yet.
Might try commenting
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:45 pm
W-Three
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I've tried requesting friendship, haven't got anything yet. Also sent a message (wait for a response for that too).
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:46 pm
jojo
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Hey guys -- trying to help out here and maybe save you all some time.
When the myspace websites were first launched, they accepted friends apparently first-come-first-serve or according to some unidentified criteria, but each hit a fixed number and stopped accepting. To my knowledge, no new friends have been accepted since then. I've been watching the numbers, they have either gone down or stayed the same.
As far as communicating with them, the only way to talk to them that I am aware of is to mention things in their profiles, which they sometimes reply to. But its no guarantee that they'll answer you. For instance, Lily has responded to questions about House of Leaves (a book in her profile), and Beth and Rob have responded to lateral riddles. But it's very hard to get them to respond to the questions you really want answered, they'll just ignore you if you get too close to home.
EDIT: For example, you can see some of the coversations people have had with the characters here: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20764
which isn't as oppressive as the myspace thread.
These are my observations, anyway. If you have better luck, please post and let us all know!
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:54 pm
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Finch
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I don't know if you guys knew this yet but if you look in your "sent" folder in Myspace you can at least tell if a message has been opened by the recipient. If it has been opened it will be matked as "read", if it hasn't it will be marked as "sent". Might be usefull to determine if the content of what we are sending is the reason for no responses or if these just aren't even being opened. Which could mean then that we need to have a certain word or phrase in the subject line.
Also, anyone try to contact any of their OOG friends and see if you can use them?
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:59 pm
Ecks51
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brettoniasam wrote:
I'm beginning to suspect that Rob might not be the only one of the "Slusho Seven" who works for Tagruato/Slusho.
We know that:
*Rob works in marketing for Tagruato (he admitted it in an email to Colbyrook)
*Lil works as an HR rep for Penguin Publishing
*Hawk is an unemployed bum leeching off Lil and Rob
*Lena is an assistant at Atlas Talent Agency
*Beth is a program trader at Citigroup
We *don't* know where Jamie or Hud work, or their occupations. Could they be part of the Tagruato Family of Fine Companies as well...? It might go a long way toward explaining how this odd group met and became a circle of friends...
...and if, as I suspect, Teddy is from Tagruato also, then it could explain how Jamie met him...at an office party, or just at work...
Since we've confirmed Colby to be a fraud, We don't know where Rob works.
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:00 pm
CloverfieldClues.com
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OOG friends are just fans like you and me. What good would that do? The only "real" information you will be able to get will be from the "Slusho 7".
Finch wrote:
Question to get me up to speed: Has anyone had a confirmed reply from any of the Myspace "Slusho 7"? Searched blogs and forums for hours and couldn't find anything.
Yes there was a thread here somewhere where people were posting their conversations with the characters. It seems they will talk to you about non-1-18-08 related stuff.
I have talked to Beth several times about TV shows and surfing.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:02 pm
brettoniasam
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Ecks51 wrote:
brettoniasam wrote:
I'm beginning to suspect that Rob might not be the only one of the "Slusho Seven" who works for Tagruato/Slusho.
We know that:
*Rob works in marketing for Tagruato (he admitted it in an email to Colbyrook)
*Lil works as an HR rep for Penguin Publishing
*Hawk is an unemployed bum leeching off Lil and Rob
*Lena is an assistant at Atlas Talent Agency
*Beth is a program trader at Citigroup
We *don't* know where Jamie or Hud work, or their occupations. Could they be part of the Tagruato Family of Fine Companies as well...? It might go a long way toward explaining how this odd group met and became a circle of friends...
...and if, as I suspect, Teddy is from Tagruato also, then it could explain how Jamie met him...at an office party, or just at work...
Since we've confirmed Colby to be a fraud, We don't know where Rob works.
Yeah.
I was leery of the Tagruato connection, too...but I *do* think there's a damn good chance that Rob works for Slusho's marketing. That would explain how Hawk is already drinking Slusho (according to his blog) -- i.e., Rob gets promotional items from his company (like Slusho samples and T-shirts) and Hawk "borrows" them.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:09 pm
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