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@windup: Dang, good catch on the Lenny thing. Seems Port isn't quite ready to merge into this one yet.

I almost want to say that 'demolay' doesn't have anything to do with the anagram, just because it leaves us with such limited and useless words for the rest of the letters. But I guess I wouldn't know how to narrow it down otherwise.
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I adjusted the levels a bit in photoshop and it becomes apparent what letters we are supposed to focus on.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:01 pm
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Pure META?

ARG or NOT
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22193

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Ok people, the game official reached WTF levels:

I emailed JDM today asking for another bone. Here's his reply:

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You want another bone? How about this for a goddan bone.

Let's say you tell me who the FUCK altered that flyer? (Right-O you got me, I obviously watch you and the other meddling kids online - big shocker, eh??)

Let's get on the level here -- all the fun rhyming and stuttering bullshit aside -- those flyers (38 were posted) were NOT altered like that before going up.

This is twice in two days that soebody has thrown shit in the gears -- and it's soebody who knows a hell of a lot ore about what's really going on than your little forum is letting on.

Do not push me


Looks like we have a little feud between Kade (who I assume is responsible) and Metheny (who I assume is the PM).

ARG within an ARG? I think I can officially say what the FUCK is going on.
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feels like world wide wrestling - grudge match

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The 'second' time? When was the first?! During the first TT conversation? I still can't figure out what 'rule' we broke!

D:
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syntacticAtrocity wrote:
Ok people, the game official reached WTF levels:

I emailed JDM today asking for another bone. Here's his reply:

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You want another bone? How about this for a goddan bone.

Let's say you tell me who the FUCK altered that flyer? (Right-O you got me, I obviously watch you and the other meddling kids online - big shocker, eh??)

Let's get on the level here -- all the fun rhyming and stuttering bullshit aside -- those flyers (38 were posted) were NOT altered like that before going up.

This is twice in two days that soebody has thrown shit in the gears -- and it's soebody who knows a hell of a lot ore about what's really going on than your little forum is letting on.

Do not push me


Looks like we have a little feud between Kade (who I assume is responsible) and Metheny (who I assume is the PM).

ARG within an ARG? I think I can officially say what the FUCK is going on.


Wow... I wonder if all 38 were removed/altered. That would be a new one to me.

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JDM wrote:
... goddan ... you and the other meddling kids online ... soebody ... soebody ... ore ...


I think we were already at WTF levels, now it's just nonsensical... Cut everything from that email except; "meddling kids" = constant epithet for the "mystery machine" gang by the bad guys on the Scooby-Doo show. Ties in w/ "scooby snacks" ("I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids!") Also looks like his "m" key is failing, because it dropped out 4 times that I counted.

meta - We're getting a long way from the bits of the rabbit hole that enticed me in here. Close to throwing in the towel.

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New post at http://portking.blogspot.com/.

6 of Lovers. From Wikipedia:
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The Lovers represent the impulse that drives us out of the Garden, towards adulthood. Sometimes, that impulse manifests as curiosity (Eve, Pandora, Psyche); sometimes it manifests as sexual desire (most horror and teen movies); sometimes it manifests as duty (a soldier heeding the call). Whatever it is, once we have stepped past the threshold, there is no returning to the garden.

The Lovers is associated through its cross sum (the sum of the digits) with The Devil, Key 15. He is often the source of the impulse, or that thing inside of us that responds to it. The Devil's energy is absolutely necessary, absolutely deadly.

The Lovers also represent raw desire.

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Grady Martin
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Three words missing the letter m, one twice

goddan
soebody
soebody
ore

m m m m
M M M M

(that's making me hungry)

Hi Windup - in preview I see you're one step ahead of me

But seriously, this ARG, or project, or mindfuc*, feels tainted - I've just read some old threads on the RI forum that have left rotten tastes in my mouth.

It'll take plenty beers to get right.

I'll give links if anyone is interested, though you can probably find those threads on your own.

I've decided not to actively participate in this any further. Lurk maybe. And so ends my first ARG experience. Happy Trails.

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Not Necessarily

This is totally META and a bit of personal ramble....

Just because there is a real news story used, doesn't always mean that it's intended to be a direction without an end, or using real life for a destructive means. When PMing Kronos480BC, Jay and I found certain existing podcasts that were suitable to give a "flavor" as you might say to the "Evil Empire" that we created as an antagonist to our protagonist(s), even thogh we didn;t create them. A glimpse into what they were about and some ideas of what lengths VGLLC would go to in accomplishing their goals.

In some ways, using real life to spin off/accent an ARG trail is part of the whole idea of blurring reality, and IS the whole concept behind ARGs. In this case, we have a significant clue in "Mason Murders" and the "Who will help the Widow's Son" that is a part of that case. If I was PMing this, I'd probably have done the same thing, IF it served to move the plot and trail forward.

Jay started talking about a string of murders of Freemasons today, and I am trying to google it, but having no luck. Just getting the Mason family that was murdered. However, at this point, I don't know if Masons and conspiracies even play a part, now that we're off with the Salamander cards and this Donnie Darko-esque turn of events.....


And what the HELLO does the Spahn Ranch and MANSON have to do with this? Is anyone sure that Kade wasn't planting misinformation in the chat? I see that twice Kade says that he "has an agenda". That and Meheny saying his posters were altered? I'm confused. Evil or Very Mad

[Edited to add] I have to agree that the 4 Ms missing may be a clue of some type, but where to put it?
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syntacticAtrocity
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let me clarify - i received jack's email on my iPhone. i thought i typed it out correctly, however in the word "goddam" i wrote "goddan". the other missing m's are not my doing.

however, it looks like the PM's have incorporated my typo into their META.

new email from Jack:


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It looks the same...only doesn't have the bolded letters.

Why did you remove the 'M' from my last e-mail? Who are you working for?


The first part is in response to my question asking how the flyer was altered.

The original email from Jack is photosnapped and attached. You can clearly see the the word "goddam" spelled.

Also, I replied to Jack:

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the misspelling of "goddam" was an innocent typo. i was making the post from my iPhone. i know what you're trying to do, and it's not going to work. my friends are too smart for that.

try again, Jacky.

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okay, I talked a lot about meta and such with burrito last night in our IRC chat, and we were going to try and keep some things off the forum, but I come home from work and things have exploded. in light of this, i don't really think it matters anymore, so here goes.

I believe Kade is IG. If he's not IG, then he is legitimately trying to ruin this game, based on who he thinks the PM is. it seems like we've gotten a few more plants, and there's some other stuff going on here that seems to be crossing lines ARGs shouldn't be crossing.

at this point, I don't know what to think. is JDM's angry email IG, or did something really get messed with here? it's very obvious to me that we've got a few plants recently in here, and even more when the game first started. the entire point of this game so far, has been to throw us off, I think. we've been getting misled left and right, fed information that has nothing to do with the game other than backstory, pushed down trails that lead to nothing.. and now this. how do we decipher if we're still IG or not? did Kade modify that flyer to try and ruin the game, or is the "ruining" actually IG? maybe there's some sort of hidden message among the letters that we're supposed to figure out to foil JDM.

i don't really know. at all.

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Mommy, I'm overstimulated. Foily!

But I would like to remind the people running this Experience/Game please to heed this post, specifically: "...once you've posted your initial clue, stop posting about it."

I'm not singling anyone out, but the point of this thing so far seems to be to sow suspicion and it's doing a fabulous job at that! Unfortunately, that means that some of the posts in this thread look suspicious to your fellow posters and mods. So if you're behind the scenes and not posting, splendid. If you are posting, please stop.

Thank you very much!
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reply from TT. the 5th salamander card was the 6 lovers, found on PK's blog.


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HEY!!! Howd you know?????


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