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[ARG] THE RIVARD PROJECT
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brodie
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 [ARG] THE RIVARD PROJECT
Official thread.

Mmkay, so, having two different threads for the same ARG is kind of silly, and very dividing. Ergo, everything for TRP goes in this thread, yes? The other two threads can fade into the background.

WHAT WE KNOW (in game)

Jeffrey Cohen is trying to uncover the work done by Lucien Rivard. Or so we think.

The CIA, the FBI and the Cosa Nostra (Mafia) have already judged the case of Lucien Rivard. We don't get a say in the matter. But we can help reveal all the facts to the public before they're destroyed.

The Rivard Project, ultimately, is about uncovering the truth behind the assassination of the United States' 35th president, John F. Kennedy.

Help us, if you can!

WHAT WE KNOW (out of game)

IRC chatrooms:

Team Cosa Nostra
Team FBI
(Do the 'Witnesses' want a chatroom? PM me.)

websites:

The Rivard Project
Another Side of the Truth
Lucien Rivard, Official Website
MySpace
Lucien Rivard @ Wikipedia
The American Trap Movie Website

linked
The American Trap movie. Due out in May 2008. The Rivard Project is definitely promotion fodder for the movie - check out the front page of the movie site.

other

Ads were placed in several different mediums. Crumpled fliers in the Dallas airport; business cards; employment agencies.

Quote:
Location: Montreal, Paris, Austin, Dallas
Salary/Wage: None
Education: Basic knowledge of blogs and social networks
Status: Temp/Contract
Shift: Days, Nights and Weekends

We are looking for efficient and discreet persons for a major international venture. Several positions to fill. Need people to find answers and solve puzzles. Hints has been places in cities in Canada, France and United-States.


We also know that we can win a trip if we sign up for the game.

Everything in the game is written in both French and English.

the registration process

First, when you put your email into www.therivardproject.com, you received an email saying that your application had been received and that you would be contacted in a few hours.

A few hours turned into a few days, then the second email arrived. It prompted you to re-register, giving you a proper log-in into the game. Once again, you were told to wait - this time, for a 'ranking' questionnaire.

This second email also had a link to an mp3, which can be heard here: kill.mp3.

Quote:
Girl: They're gonna...

Boy: What?

Girl: They're gonna kill the President.


The questionnaire arrived several days later. To access it, you had to put your browser security to the very lowest setting (making some people jumpy, *cough*me*cough*). It had several questions, as questionnaires do. When you answered those, you found that your answers were saved to a file and you could edit them any time you want.

You must register by April 10 (my birthday! It's a sign!) to become a member of the team.

oh, that's right! another thing:

We're going to be divided into teams. FBI vs. Cosa Nostra (Mafia). Nothing like a good ol' competition to get the conspiracy theorists going, eh?

and one more thing, recently discovered:

The website Another Side of the Truth, which previously showed a countdown to the date of the 45th anniversary of JFK (22nd November, 1963), now linked to the kill.mp3 and a flashing picture of a woman. In the source code, it now reads:

Quote:
Recruit other agents, we absolutely have to find her ... Spread the word.


And so, the game begins. Post all your stuff here (for now, at least; who knows what we'll do once we're in teams?).

UPDATES

April 11/12: Team-confirming emails have been received (some people received more than one, which is interesting, and some people are on both teams, which is even more so). The teams are, apparently: COSA NOSTRA, FBI and WITNESSES. Check out the IRC chatrooms (above) to meet others on your team! (Except Witnesses. They don't have one. Sucked in! Naw. PM me if you guys want one.)

April 13/14: First Mission received by both teams. Questions seem identical... and one or two are quite difficult... Discuss in IRC with your teammates!

April 14/15: HQs established. Players emailed access emails and passwords.

April 15/16: HQs down? PMs are making noise about governmental interference. Bishop assures us HQs will be working shortly.

April 16/17: Both new HQs active. Check your emails.

previous threads (but don't post in them):
Upcoming ARG (11 pages)
The Rivard Project (3 pages)


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Leyton Stone
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Ok... But see, now we not only have 2 threads; we have three threads.

The one here http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24770 was the original one, should have just asked a MOD to update the title... - I think it's only them who're supposed to 'legitimately' change the titles anyway lol
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brodie
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Yeah, but the other two will fade to the back page if we don't post to them. Besides, this post has a summary. A summary, Leyton! You can't go past a summary.

Is the summary good, do you think? Did I get everything?

(ps. i'm sick of bolding summary, so that's enough of that Razz)
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"One thread to rule them all, One thread to find them, One thread to bring them all and in the darkness bind them..."

Yay!

To get this thread rolling, here is the higher wuality picture from the "another side of the truth" website. Surgically removed from the Flash file, that is.
RivardWoman.jpg
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brodie
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(lol Nighthawk, you nerd Razz [/me is secretly kicking herself for not thinking of that first])

Well. It's a woman. And she's been crying. That led me to think - is it Mrs. Kennedy? But, no, Jacqueline "Jacqui" Kennedy was brunette. So is it the daughter? Again, no, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, it is not. So is it Lucien Rivard's wife, for some reason? There's no information that Rivard was ever married (and he was quite the crook, actually, check out his wiki).

So who else could it be?
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Coffeebean
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questionaire login

I've received my email to answer questionaire.....but have no clue what name I used to sign up..

Is the user name ... name@emailaddress or just a name?

(I did reply to get my password....but of course I don't have much patience to wait)

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brodie
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Just a name, coffeebean - remember the registration form you filled out?
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Find the Lost Ring - "and if we all fail, it's nice to know we have at least .000000001% chance of surviving" (elizabeth123)

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Coffeebean
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thanks....
no i dont remember LOL

I am going to be placed on the short-term memory team for sure Smile

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i'm in. got the questionnaire today and filled it out.. thanks to nighthawk! for the research on that weird code thing.

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will see how this one goes. i may be signing up for a bit more than i can chew...
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 New site

If you look at the source code and look up the IP then it takes you to this website
http://ns38937.ovh.net/giannoni/index.php

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I... don't think that's anything. It's a company in France that was founded in 1993, and it's about buildings and stuff. I'll keep an eye on it, but I don't really think it's part of the game.
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googled the MTL1352 term and came up with a french blog that talks about the game and lists the questions along with answers.

http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=fr|en&u=http://www.dominicarpin.ca/le-projet-rivard-355.html

this link will take you through a google translation of the french page.

THEN:

the comment #21 from Johanne, on the entry contains a link to www.lucienrivard.com

which if you click on while in the googlator, will translate the french for you.
seems to be an in game site with four bios on RFK, Rivard, Caron and Ferrie

under the "useful links" link, the movie's official website: the american trap, some youtube vids i havent looked at yet, but includes the weigman footage; and some other information links.

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Since I'm using someone else's computer that has no destegger on it, would someone else like to run the lucienrivard site through camerashy?
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There's also an English link on the upper right:
http://www.lucienrivard.com/en-ca/home.html

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