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Regarding the "G" in ARG?
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Eddy
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 		Regarding the "G" in ARG?
What do I get for winning?
Do ARGs usually award prizes? A pot of gold or something for the winner(s)?

Edit: Context.

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Illy
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 		Re: Regarding the "G" in ARG?
What do I get for winning?
Eddy wrote:
Do ARGs usually award prizes? A pot of gold or something for the winner(s)?

Edit: Context.


From my experience, there's usually a prize, but not really in terms of material objects. It's more like the prize you get from, say, beating a video game: An entertaining conclusion to the story (or a cliffhanger :/), and the credits reel XD

Then again, I generally tend to stray more towards grassroots games than company-funded ARGs, so don't quote me on that

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Omega
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 		Re: Regarding the "G" in ARG?
What do I get for winning?
Illy wrote:
It's more like the prize you get from, say, beating a video game

Exactly. It's like when you finish reading a book; your "reward" is the adventure and the experience. Usually only the professionally developed ARGs provide any sort of monetary compensation. Perplex City, for example, offered £100,000 to whoever found the Receda Cube. Currently, the ongoing Dorito-sponsored Triangle Mystery puzzle quest is giving up $100,000 to the eventual winner. Little late to join in on that one, though.
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notgordian
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 		Additional Context: ARGs aren't quite "games" -- or at least not necessarily.

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Nighthawk
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 		Excellent article, thanks!

And there's at least two actively running ARG that does have one or more prizes for the winner(s).

(No, mine's not one of them...)
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Eddy
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notgordian wrote:
Additional Context: ARGs aren't quite "games" -- or at least not necessarily.


Thanks for the article. Cloverfield was my first ARG. I recall a poster dropping in the Cloverfield forum warning us to prepare to be disappointed (with JJ Abrams). I sorta knew what he was getting at. He'd invested himself in The Lost Experience(*), (I'm guessing), gotten in so deep he'd felt he owned/earned a piece of the game (played a not insignificant role?), only for the game to end with a defining silence. That is, nothing, not even recognition.

So that's the caution I'd attach to a Bad Robot ARG, "puppet masters ... giving feedback and showcasing excellent play/work," not included.

Also, thanks for the updated vocab. I've never liked "viral."

(*)I can't actually speak for The Lost Experience since I wasn't there and I'm too lazy to read up on it.

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 		in my last alias i participated in wibs (who is benjamin stove )and some of the people got a print with authenticity certificate (i didnt cos i lived in uk but i did get to fetch my tin foil hat with me "Foily!"

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