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[MrToasty]

[Siffblu]

[Sasori]

[DougBThree]

One other interesting thing about the wikipedia entry on the Tanner crab is that it was created in June of this year. It's not a fictional creature; there are plenty of other references to this crab elsewhere on the web, but I just found it odd that this wikipedia page was created during the month before the teaser was released.

[Melampus]

Just for our own reference, I got this from an old post on another thread...

6/14/91 - Jimmu drilling station opens
9/14/92 - Suizei station opens
9/11/92 - Annei station opens
9/18/92 - Itoku station opens
2/25/95 - Kosho, Koan, Korei, Kogen, and Kaika stations open
11/7/98 - Suijin station opens
1/30/01 - Suinin station opens
5/17/03 - Keiko station opens
3/15/05 - Seimu station opens

Another possibility for the number/password is that they're specific to some person, i.e., if each extension is for a different Tagruato office or employee, then they would have individual passwords for each extension. So, we should look for a password that's specific to whichever person's extension we're using (assuming we find such a number). On that note, who's mailbox are we looking for? Nicole Phillips? Ganu Yoshida? If it's Ganu, or some sort of Special Projects Division, then I'd vote for "Noriko" as the password. I mean, she's got to play into this somehow, right?

Also, speaking of gene sequences:

[nauttebayo]

I need help 'cause i'm a little lazy.

[Ashmodean]

Long time lurker stepping out of the shadows for a moment...

Maybe the Roman numerals are the mailbox# and the words are the password. So for mailbox 3 the password is "dumbo". Could be way off but I thought I would throw it out there.

[Nighthawk]

Ah, so I see we've moved on to hacking PHONE SYSTEMS now... This can't end well...

[Caerwiden]

[JFTeran]

[Nighthawk]

Thanks for the warning; I had my team of three writers preparing a response. Well, two of them anyway... third one's on strike.

Let me post the question out there: has there been in the past any ARG/ARE that has used a "phone system needing code to advance the game" method? I understand there being a recording, but have codes been needed in order to get more information from the phone system?

Also, think about it people... I know they're a big company, but do you seriously think that Paramount Pictures would set up an entire, standalone phone system for this purpose alone? The recording is provided by a service; I think we've established that. I'm willing to bet that Nicole Phillips is a Paramount employee.

[MrToasty]

[nauttebayo]

I think PMs need to make some kind of fail-safe for situations like this...xP
Although maybe if there's gonna be an in-game response like you said it will be now, due to our little chats with Togashi/the receptionist. (mostly hinoai tho :3)

[Mikeyj]

I think that if this was a legitimate puzzle in an ARG that puppet masters had set up for people to solve then there would be a logical in game solution that would make sense when we worked it out.

Reasons why I don't think this is in game and that you probably shouldn't attempt to get in to the account:

This is not an ARG (though I think that's probably too definitive a statement given the state of the ARG definition).

There haven't been any puzzles to solve so far - why start now with something this ambiguous?

There is no evidence of puppet masters responding to players, there is no stage management if you like. That would be required for a puzzle of this nature.

What do people with more experience of ARGs than me think?

[Euchre]

 More experience?