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 Fri Nov 15, 2024 4:34 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 » Meta » General META Discussion
The True History of ARGs: A One Act IRC play by Ross Witwado
Moderators: imbri, ndemeter
View previous topicView next topic
Page 1 of 1 [10 Posts]  
Author Message
SirQuady
Unfettered


Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 576

 		The True History of ARGs: A One Act IRC play by Ross Witwado
aka, "oh GAWHD this broken mirror shard hurts"
Quote:
<RungeKutta> I invented ARGs back in odd 5
<RungeKutta> during the gold rush
<RungeKutta> pappy and me, we was gettin bored
<RungeKutta> well and Ol Onesey
<RungeKutta> we called him Ol Onesey because he only had one eye, one lip, one tooth, one arm, and one leg
<RungeKutta> anyway, Ol Onesy, Pappy, and myself we was bored up the hills of nevadah
<RungeKutta> and one day I says to Onesy, I says "Onesy, I've been kidnapped"
<RungeKutta> and Onsey said to me "What in da tarnation you be goin on bout?"
<RungeKutta> So I says to Onesy again "Listen here, we gots to save me. I got to thinkin if you solve this here cryptogram then you be findin out who kidnapped myself."
<RungeKutta> And Pappy piped in then and exclaimed, "Hey there you two. I may not be a regular James Clerk Maxwell (Einstein had just barely published his work on he light quantum) but if you done kidnapped yur self then why you dun know who kidnaped yurself??"
<RobMagus> well sheeeit it was abvusly due to quantum flucatashuns, but of course pappy didn't know nothin bout that stuff
<RungeKutta> So I said to Pappy, "Listen here you old timer, I just be invented this here thing I call a Super-real Fictional Narriatve With Logical Puzzle Plot Point Gaming."
<RungeKutta> Well let me tells you all, Ol Onsey thought that was the funniest thing he ever did hear cuz he be guffawin til the moonshine was opened. After getting drunk he yelled out that I was dumb. "Hey there you dumb mule, that was the stupidest thing I ever heard. What you be callin it? Shucks I can't remember it. Argggg you f*cker. "
<RungeKutta> Just then I thought, "what a great idea!"
<RungeKutta> "I'll call it an ARG but what the hell should it stand for."
<RungeKutta> Fast forward about 80yrs and the acronymn had a definition.
<RungeKutta> And now you know the rest of the story.
<RungeKutta> (also I died a day later when I skipped out on paying a whore and her pimp killed me with a shard from a broken mirror)
<RungeKutta> ~FIN~


No, his name isn't really Witwado. Great name though, aye?
_________________
There once was a [person] from [place]
Whose [body part] was [special case].
When [event] would occur,
It would cause [him or her]
To violate [law of time/space].

PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:32 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
LordIllidan
Unfettered


Joined: 16 Jun 2007
Posts: 737

 		You, my good sir, won half the internet. Would you like the left or right half?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:02 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
highwind767
Unfettered

Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Posts: 501
Location: In the skies

 		The good stuff always happens when I'm off working on something...

PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:35 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
SirQuady
Unfettered


Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 576
LordIllidan wrote:
You, my good sir, won half the internet. Would you like the left or right half?


Well, I'll have to split it with RungeKutta, so i'll take the inner quarter of the left half, and he can have the outer quarter of the right half. Capice?
_________________
There once was a [person] from [place]
Whose [body part] was [special case].
When [event] would occur,
It would cause [him or her]
To violate [law of time/space].

PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:23 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
LordIllidan
Unfettered


Joined: 16 Jun 2007
Posts: 737
SirQuady wrote:
LordIllidan wrote:
You, my good sir, won half the internet. Would you like the left or right half?


Well, I'll have to split it with RungeKutta, so i'll take the inner quarter of the left half, and he can have the outer quarter of the right half. Capice?


Understood. Please allow 7-8 business weeks for shipping.

Also, by accepting this offer, you agree that we are not liable for any mishaps that occur during shipping, such as the truck getting jacked, the Apocalypse, or the truck mistakenly ending up in the middle of a battlefield.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:40 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
faeryqueen21
Unfictologist


Joined: 25 Sep 2007
Posts: 1348
Location: Pasadena, CA

 		But I thought Al Gore invented ARGs?
_________________
Make your wallpaper work for you with http://www.photostacker.com/

PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:53 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
LordIllidan
Unfettered


Joined: 16 Jun 2007
Posts: 737
faeryqueen21 wrote:
But I thought Al Gore invented ARGs?


ARGs are not a dump truck. They are like a series of tubes.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:11 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
SirQuady
Unfettered


Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 576

 		The ARG are not like a series of tubes, The ARG are like plush finger puppets of female anatomy!
_________________
There once was a [person] from [place]
Whose [body part] was [special case].
When [event] would occur,
It would cause [him or her]
To violate [law of time/space].

PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:04 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
LordIllidan
Unfettered


Joined: 16 Jun 2007
Posts: 737
SirQuady wrote:
The ARG are not like a series of tubes, The ARG are like plush finger puppets of female anatomy!


I cried tears of joy reading all of that. That's potentially better than shoving twinkies and ho-hos down my gullet.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:31 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 4751
Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth

 		Bah... Only ten pages... Amateurs...
_________________
"Omne ignotum pro magnifico"

PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:42 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 1 of 1 [10 Posts]  
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Meta » General META Discussion
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