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[META] Whine about the PMs
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Aces and Eights
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Starblind, I expect he meant "IG secret" not "OOG secret."

Still doesn't explain why they would do that while leaving the rest of the ARG community out in the cold, but it's the distinction between highly dubious claim and complete fabrication. There is some activity still going on, as can be seen in the original TIMM video's youtube comments.

Deathscent, burden of proof is on you.

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taylor
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even if death is lying, at least he gave me a reason to come back here and troll for a few minutes while at work.... Razz

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rose
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huh, I was assuming that the poster here had worked out a confidentiality arrangement with the PMs, and that that agreement prevented him or her from discussing that agreement. I was also assuming he or she knew the PMs or somehow got to know them through the game. That is a lot of assuming, I'm know, but that is all that makes sense to me.
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yy_mouse
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Aces and Eights wrote:

Deathscent, burden of proof is on you.

when you ask someone something that they don't have to answer and they are nice enough to answer but ask you to keep what was said under your hat, do you go and tell everyone on the internet? Neutral
and yeah I'm the mouse he was refering to, he did get an email, and TimM isn't dead yet, and no I'm not going to go over the email, they asked nicely to keep quiet.

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onedreamofsleep
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I call shenanigans.
If it were true, you're being a jackass. You know how much effort we've put into this and how much people care, and you'd be upset if one person was pulling this crap.
If it's a lie, you're a jackass.

Frankly I don't believe you, the lawyer example being part of the reason why. And either way...you are indeed a jackass.

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deathscent
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onedreamofsleep wrote:
I call shenanigans.
If it were true, you're being a jackass. You know how much effort we've put into this and how much people care, and you'd be upset if one person was pulling this crap.
If it's a lie, you're a jackass.

Frankly I don't believe you, the lawyer example being part of the reason why. And either way...you are indeed a jackass.

i don't understand why i'm a jackass; i'm basically telling you the accounts are still active. what's wrong with me telling you that the accounts are active, and trying to reveal whatever information seems passable? i'm not asking you to lose it and go into some retarded frenzy where you can dry hump the PMs, i'm not asking you to kill everyone you know, i'm not being a dick in any way shape or form.
i'm simply, in all honesty, stating that the accounts (PLURAL) are still active. chillax for some time, and check back every now and then. nothing more, nothing less.

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Aces and Eights
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yy_mouse wrote:

when you ask someone something that they don't have to answer and they are nice enough to answer but ask you to keep what was said under your hat, do you go and tell everyone on the internet? Neutral
and yeah I'm the mouse he was refering to, he did get an email, and TimM isn't dead yet, and no I'm not going to go over the email, they asked nicely to keep quiet.


Which, while it is respectful to the PMs and generally the upstanding thing to do, does not satisfy the hopes of the community for some evidence of your claims. That was all I was saying.

Either way, there is evidence that the PMs are still active. The youtube account postings (no matter how trivial) show that.

Also, we don't have any reason to insult either of these posters. We can't say whether they're bullshitting or not, and there are plenty of possible things that could have come up and would only hurt the ARG to have mentioned. "We're holding because Terry Nanny got hit by a car" comes to mind, although it doesn't explain why they couldn't throw some filler content at us. The lawyer example is a poor comparison because it relies on a standard being set ("this information is secret") instead of, say, some kind of crisis coming up and disrupting the ARG, and also neglects the capacity for insiders to leak information outside of any established standards of conduct.

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lhall
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At this point, I'm just going to assume the posters are quite young (ie, "mainly because he lives a good 5 mins bike ride away") and don't know any better. And I will forgive them, because I don't think they're trying to torture us on purpose.

Plus, if the PMs really wanted to get a message to us, there are about a billion different ways for them to do it, including plenty of out of game options. So whatever the email contains can't be that important.

/done being annoyed
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BostonBeats4
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I had a dream the other night that I was at some sort of Funhouse and while inside I found the clues we needed to make the game start moving again. I was so stoked and I couldn't wait to get on here and post what I found. Then I woke up and realized that it wasn't real and the game isn't going to move forward. I still decided to check out if anything happened and saw all this nonsense about people hearing from the PM's that the game was still alive. And then I thought about it

TIMM is not still alive. Even if they are going to try and continue (which I doubt) they have still lost almost every major player on these boards. People were dropping like flies when they had to wait over the christmas lull and now there's nobody left. It'd take a miracle to bring all of that back into the game. I hate to be a downer but its not coming back. I wish it would (actually I wish it never left) but its the truth

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Relia
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BostonBeats4 wrote:
I had a dream the other night that I was at some sort of Funhouse and while inside I found the clues we needed to make the game start moving again. I was so stoked and I couldn't wait to get on here and post what I found. Then I woke up and realized that it wasn't real and the game isn't going to move forward. I still decided to check out if anything happened and saw all this nonsense about people hearing from the PM's that the game was still alive. And then I thought about it

TIMM is not still alive. Even if they are going to try and continue (which I doubt) they have still lost almost every major player on these boards. People were dropping like flies when they had to wait over the christmas lull and now there's nobody left. It'd take a miracle to bring all of that back into the game. I hate to be a downer but its not coming back. I wish it would (actually I wish it never left) but its the truth


Sadly, I too doubt most of the lost playerbase would ever return.

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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:07 am
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bjaardker
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Sadly I think it would take another video of TIMM proportions to get the playerbase back.

Sad Sad Sad Sad Sad Sad Sad Sad Sad

PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2009 11:16 am
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taylor
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all bark, no bite Wink i think if something big came up, all the old players would be back. the allure of the awesome puzzles would be too much temptation.

fwiw, i also believe its dead and have made my peace with never knowing what exactly happened to the ficitous milwaukee. i did that about 2 months ago and a little piece of me died that day. lawl

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deathscent
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lhall wrote:
At this point, I'm just going to assume the posters are quite young (ie, "mainly because he lives a good 5 mins bike ride away") and don't know any better. And I will forgive them, because I don't think they're trying to torture us on purpose.

Plus, if the PMs really wanted to get a message to us, there are about a billion different ways for them to do it, including plenty of out of game options. So whatever the email contains can't be that important.

/done being annoyed

do you want me to say good 5 minute bus/car ride? it won't make too much of a difference; it's all side streets off of a main street.
i'm 19, btw, currently attending to studies at McMaster University's Engineering program. i'm supposed to be entering second year the upcoming winter term, but i'm staying back to raise marks to get into better programs. i could give a full detailed description of who i am, but i'm far too lazy to do so.
and yes, i AM playing pokemon pearl right now. i have an absurd amount of free time now that exams are done.

and again, i'm not saying that there are major updates. if i have to repeat myself because you retards don't seem to understand, i suppose i'll have to: THE ACCOUNTS ARE ALIVE. THAT IS ALL. THEY WILL RESPOND IF YOU POKE THEM.

edit: sorry, trailed off during rant to continue other trains of thought...

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Starblind
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deathscent wrote:
you retards


In case anyone was still on the fence about whether deathscent is trolling or not, there you go. Not like it's even subtle or anything.

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