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 Thu Nov 14, 2024 4:21 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 » Low-Volume Games
[SCC][VIRAL] takebackthefuture.com
View previous topicView next topic
Page 1 of 4 [47 Posts]   Goto page: 1, 2, 3, 4 Next
Author Message
InsaneFox
Boot


Joined: 27 Jun 2006
Posts: 46

[SCC][VIRAL] takebackthefuture.com
Sarah Conner Chronicles on FOX TV

During the premiere of 'The Next Great American Band' there was a viral ad that started out with a pair of red lights lighting up, presumably robotic eyes, then several flashes of action, followed by 'takebackthefuture.com'. I beleive I have it DVR'ed, but I have not gone back to watch it. On the webside there is a countdown of 1275 days, which is on a mock up of an old analog counter.
The counter is also interspersed with flashes of video.

A quick google search turned up that it's about a new Terminator series on TV called 'The Sarah Connor Crhonicles'. The question is, are they going to do an ARG or not? Or is this just another clever plug?

http://takebackthefuture.com/


edit: tagged for Sarah Conor Chronicles
_________________
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."


PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:52 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
massive
Veteran

Joined: 23 Dec 2005
Posts: 111
Location: Colorado Springs, CO

This also played numerous times yesterday during football and the baseball game.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:01 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Shutaro
Decorated


Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 171
Location: Northren California

I'be been seeing those eyes for about... Two or three weeks, now (during "Kitchen Nightmares", without the URL). I thought it was some kind of halloween promotion, but now that I think about it... They did look sorta like Terminator eyes.
_________________

Playing: Nothing
Watching: Eldrich Errors, Tom Tooman
"Call immdeiately. Time is running out. We both need to do something monstrous before we die."


PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:38 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
Adam C
Decorated

Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Posts: 256
Location: Greensboro, NC

Just so you guys know, it is 127.5 days, not 1,275 days.

The fourth placement counter moves.
_________________
Currently Playing : lmghty_gd, Find The Gold, the pLir

Currently Lurking: The Ruyi Venice Project


PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:41 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
InsaneFox
Boot


Joined: 27 Jun 2006
Posts: 46

I disagree. It is, most correctly, 1274.5 days. The last tumbler, if it is to denote a tenth, is usually inverted colors, or in another color, or seperated by a space or stationary decimal point. And, to that end, it has barely moved since I first looked at it. It is the ones place, no the tenths place.
_________________
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."


PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:51 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
catherwood-offline
Guest


just for fun (and confirmation), I checked the IP address and confirmed that it is a legitimate FOX network server -- and that same IP is hosting http://www.24trailer.com/ for all you fans of Jack Bauer.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:56 am
 Back to top 
Palm
Unfictologist


Joined: 06 Jun 2007
Posts: 1360
Location: North of Key West

Are you all aware that if you wait 20 seconds, there will be a small 5 second trailer type movie that says something like "listen to me" and "help me Meagan". Can't quite make it out.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:01 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
catherwood-offline
Guest


Palm wrote:
Are you all aware that if you wait 20 seconds, there will be a small 5 second trailer type movie that says something like "listen to me" and "help me Meagan". Can't quite make it out.

I got a clip within 10-15 seconds, maybe different? Mine said, "Listen to me" and "It's happening again". I'm loading http://takebackthefuture.com/swf/countdown.swf directly, but that shouldn't matter.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:06 pm
 Back to top 
Shadom
Boot

Joined: 17 Sep 2007
Posts: 41

help me meagan
and
happening again
sounds very similar. Should be the same video. The voice isn't clear so somebody misunderstood.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:25 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
BubbleBoy
Decorated


Joined: 16 Jul 2007
Posts: 271
Location: United States

Some pics from the Flash file.
bione.gif
 Description   
 Filesize   90.13KB
 Viewed   201 Time(s)

bione.gif

bitwo.gif
 Description   
 Filesize   97.05KB
 Viewed   170 Time(s)

bitwo.gif

mapone.gif
 Description   
 Filesize   79.01KB
 Viewed   167 Time(s)

mapone.gif

maptwo.gif
 Description   
 Filesize   47.04KB
 Viewed   2483 Time(s)

maptwo.gif

mapthree.gif
 Description   
 Filesize   57.27KB
 Viewed   171 Time(s)

mapthree.gif


PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:44 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Rekidk
Entrenched


Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 992
Location: Indiana, USA

Well, if it was 1275 a few hours ago and 1274 now, I assume that, indeed, it is 127.4.

That's settled. Smile
_________________
iTube - iTweet - iNetwork

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:38 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Rewind
Boot


Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Posts: 26
Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts

I seen it during Prison break about two minutes ago... I hope it's something good. I'd like to start off with a group instaed of jumping in someything already started

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:44 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Bossman231
Guest


 

If it's 1270 days, that would put the show 3 years away... might be a little too early to start promoting now don't you think?

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:12 pm
 Back to top 
Dan185818
Guest


If the zero time is at a specific hour other than midnight, the number of days could change during the day. Since it says 1273 now, over 24 hours since the 1275/1274, my guess is it is actually days. That is slightly under 3.5 years from now.

Not being a huge Terminator fan, what was the day that the war started or Sarah Conner was killed? Seems to me like it was sometime in 2010 or 2011. Like I said, not a huge fan of the movies (I like them, but haven't watched them multiple times each), so I don't know when this happened according to the story

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:14 pm
 Back to top 
DeadbyDawn
Unfettered


Joined: 16 Jul 2007
Posts: 678
Location: S Mart

Judgement Day

Skynet becomes self aware and starts the nuclear war at different dates for every movie. In the last movie, T3, the nuclear launch isn't stopped therefore, the war against the machines has already begun. The date from that movie was July 24, 2004.
The terminator is sent back in time in the first and second film from sometime during 2029. And in the third from 2031.
I haven't found any significance to 2009, 2010, or 2011.


EDIT: I just ran across info saying a 4th script has been written and could be produced by 2008 or 2009.
_________________
"Good, Bad.... I'm the guy with the GUN!!!"
Playing THEDARTNET
Being dabbed by Jain


PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:53 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 1 of 4 [47 Posts]   Goto page: 1, 2, 3, 4 Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Low-Volume Games
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