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faeryqueen21

I wonder if it went through some sort of filter searching for suspicious words and when it came up positive it automatically got forwarded to the White House. I don't know if it works like that, but ya' gotta love the Patriot Act!

Too bad, I wanted to find out where this was going.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:02 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:20 pm

chuSTAR · Boot Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 59

Awwww...that really sucks.

Seriously, whoever hijacked this should pay. I was really psyched to get started on this too...oh well. I'll check out the next game, definitely.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:23 pm

cissmiace

Well thats just wonderful.

Im a bit annoyed about this, mainly because out of nowhere I get an email talking about god knows what that just so happens to get forwarded to the Whitehouse.
Splendid, just splendid. �_�

I cant, for one, see how those email adresses could of gotten in there 'accidently'.

But maybe thats just me.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:25 pm

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Taluria · Decorated Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 165

If the PM says it was an accident, I believe them.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:29 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:30 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:35 pm

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Taluria · Decorated Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 165

The PM seemed really freaked by it when I spoke to them.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:36 pm

Oriza

Oy vey...*rubs temples*

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:37 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:38 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:40 pm

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Taluria · Decorated Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 165

Never mind, I'm going to quit trying to be the mediator here. Deal with this however you like.

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If there were a form page that asked for email addresses I might understand, as those emails might go unfiltered. But it seemed like this whole thing, and the acquisition of email addresses (which I thought came, for the most part, from the contact META thread on these forums) was a manual process.

So, call me crazy, if I ran across an email that ended in ".gov", I'd be a little hesitant to include it...

But I'll give him the benefit of a doubt and accept how it would be an accident, I guess. A bit careless, but no matter.

This should serve as a lesson to would-be PMs out there; be careful who you mail to.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:42 pm

rowan · Unfictologist Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966

Did the whole stealing of bandwidth from other sites (in the form of mp3s) happen accidentally as well, or was that planned on the part of the PM?

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:44 pm

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I think in essence what could of happened, is they included the emails to make it seem more realistic perhaps?
Seems more plausible that 'zomgz how did they get there'

**Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:48 pm

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