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 Thu Nov 21, 2024 7:36 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 » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
[Possible Trailhead?] E.S.S/The Order?
View previous topicView next topic
Page 3 of 6 [78 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next
Author Message
j-dog
Greenhorn

Joined: 31 Aug 2009
Posts: 5

 		Double post: sorry web server will not load edit page. Embarassed
googling that email leads me to this http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48169&edit=1 which is kinda strange looking specifically the response from the maintenance dude
Quote:
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

And
[/quote]PHP Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is
deprecated in D:\Websites\ToE\Forum\includes\init.php on line 49
Quote:
ToE? Temple of Evil?


PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:44 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Stæld
Veteran

Joined: 29 Aug 2009
Posts: 105
Location: Norway

 		Spot on, j-dog. If www.templeofevil.com is IG, then you're the man. If not, we're out there, far out there, wandering blindly.

Reading through the bug report you posted, I analysed the directory structure which our man has used. Then I tried www.templeofevil.com/forum -- right on. There's a forum, and it holds posts. I have not yet read anything there however. I will do now to check the likeliness that it is IG.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:13 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
pancito
I Have No Life


Joined: 24 Feb 2008
Posts: 2095
Location: In my happy place.
Whois wrote:
Domain Name:templeofevil.com
Created on: 08-Mar-06
Expires on: 08-Mar-11
Last Updated on: 26-Oct-07


Looks out of play to me...

Whois wrote:
Domain Name:THEORDER.ORG
Created On:20-Feb-2009 02:43:45 UTC
Last Updated On:21-Apr-2009 03:56:43 UTC
Expiration Date:20-Feb-2011 02:43:45 UTC


Possible I guess...

theorder.com, .net, and .biz are also in use but all look legit to me from the whois info.

I like that this is avoiding the entire spam email launch. Nice.

Say Alien Squids, I think Cthulhu.
_________________
Played: VITD, PO, LGLab, "Go 'Pods!" BoL/SiD
$.02: watevahs

TWINKIE!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:54 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
plugs
Unfettered


Joined: 17 Sep 2006
Posts: 430
Location: Behind you.

 		I've been quietly thinking cthulhu too Cool

In a way, I love the fact this is via mail because it really lends some TINAG to the whole thing, but at the same time, I hate the fact I can't join in with that.
_________________
Playing: Not much.
Lurking: Many, many things.
Working on: Something supersecret and awesome.
CONTACT:cloudycalmSPLATgmail.com

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:48 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Boomer52
Decorated


Joined: 15 Sep 2008
Posts: 171
Stæld wrote:
Spot on, j-dog. If www.templeofevil.com is IG, then you're the man. If not, we're out there, far out there, wandering blindly.

Reading through the bug report you posted, I analysed the directory structure which our man has used. Then I tried www.templeofevil.com/forum -- right on. There's a forum, and it holds posts. I have not yet read anything there however. I will do now to check the likeliness that it is IG.


Seems like it probably is not. The content makes it look like it's just a forum used by a small group for misc. discussion (17 members but 4,079 threads). I don't think any PM is going to expect us to comb through 4,000 threads of deviantART and swine flu jokes to find some game clues. (I'm not kidding; in the ten minutes I was on the site, I saw three swine flu jokes.)

www.templeofevil.com/forums leads to a different site, but it's in some other language that I can't even guess at.

EDIT: The second site only has tw threads with zero replies by two different users. And the first thread has a link to porn.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:18 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
paperbound
Veteran


Joined: 16 May 2009
Posts: 135
Location: Texas

 		I'm sending my next letter today - I'm hoping to get more info about the Order. If I get some time later, I'll snap pictures of the letters I've been sent. I suppose I should make it known that I typed them exactly as they're typed in the letters - if he failed to capitalize something, I left it lowercase when I typed it up.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:32 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Caterpillar
Unfictologist


Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 1887
Location: cem's otherbody
paperbound wrote:
I'm sending my next letter today - I'm hoping to get more info about the Order. If I get some time later, I'll snap pictures of the letters I've been sent. I suppose I should make it known that I typed them exactly as they're typed in the letters - if he failed to capitalize something, I left it lowercase when I typed it up.


I guess what I meant about seeing the actual formatting was [for instance] the blurb from the Professor with the missing words... or the paragraph structure itself. In its current form it will display differently for different folks depending on the setting/sizings used...

... probably nothing, but it's niggling at me... I like to see first hand Wink

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:30 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
j-dog
Greenhorn

Joined: 31 Aug 2009
Posts: 5

 		templeofevil forum looks like a dead end except for this http://www.templeofevil.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766
anyone got a good guess for the language a
[/url]http://www.templeofevil.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1[url]?
clutching at straws once again but hey, it's what we do.
peace and love guys

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:26 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Stæld
Veteran

Joined: 29 Aug 2009
Posts: 105
Location: Norway
Boomer52 wrote:
Seems like it probably is not.
I agree, it seems to be OOG. It is however interesting how both www.theorder.org/forum and www.templeofevil.com/forum leads to the same webaddress.

And j-dog, it does not seem to be any legible language. Far too many vocals and stuff. And accents.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:16 am
Last edited by Stæld on Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:17 am; edited 1 time in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
j-dog
Greenhorn

Joined: 31 Aug 2009
Posts: 5

 		OK, so i say this the order / temple of evil thing is a coincidence and we call off the hounds. This sort of thing is a deathtrap for a fledgling game like this Rolling Eyes .
i emailed the guy after my first post and he is yet to respond.
feel kinda bad for hassling him Embarassed .
i'm pretty open to ideas atm but unless we get a bone soon...
well, peace and love guys.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:49 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
paperbound
Veteran


Joined: 16 May 2009
Posts: 135
Location: Texas
Caterpillar wrote:

I guess what I meant about seeing the actual formatting was [for instance] the blurb from the Professor with the missing words... or the paragraph structure itself. In its current form it will display differently for different folks depending on the setting/sizings used...

... probably nothing, but it's niggling at me... I like to see first hand Wink


Hopefully, I'll have time today to snap a few shots. I don't know why I didn't think to snap them in the first place.

One of the things I don't like about this being in snail mail format is how long it takes! Granted, I've only just gotten enough time to really sit down to form a reply, but as much as I try to claim to be a patient person, I want to know everything right this minute!

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:33 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
plugs
Unfettered


Joined: 17 Sep 2006
Posts: 430
Location: Behind you.

 		Random: I wonder if you were chosen because of your username also?
_________________
Playing: Not much.
Lurking: Many, many things.
Working on: Something supersecret and awesome.
CONTACT:cloudycalmSPLATgmail.com

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:50 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
paperbound
Veteran


Joined: 16 May 2009
Posts: 135
Location: Texas
plugs wrote:
Random: I wonder if you were chosen because of your username also?


Maybe so. Though the "paperbound" refers more to my goals as a writer than anything. And I live here in Texas. And I know a couple of people at A&M. I don't really question "why me?" exactly. I think it's kinda cool. A little odd, but cool just the same.

Hopefully the next letter will have more detail, both about the "beings" (whether they're meant to be squids or something else entirely) and this Order. I'll admit, though, I'm a bit more fascinated with the Order than the creatures.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:49 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
pancito
I Have No Life


Joined: 24 Feb 2008
Posts: 2095
Location: In my happy place.
Caterpillar wrote:
I guess what I meant about seeing the actual formatting was [for instance] the blurb from the Professor with the missing words... or the paragraph structure itself. In its current form it will display differently for different folks depending on the setting/sizings used...

... probably nothing, but it's niggling at me... I like to see first hand Wink


And there are all sorts of ways info can be hidden in format... Baconian cipher, acrostics, word positions, etc.
_________________
Played: VITD, PO, LGLab, "Go 'Pods!" BoL/SiD
$.02: watevahs

TWINKIE!

PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:51 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Silently3k
Boot

Joined: 02 Sep 2009
Posts: 26
Location: In the dark

 		Hi Guys,

Total newbie here (and to ARG - Post number 1!), but I'm in on this one and will help out any way I can from this side of the pond.

Judging by the following quote from the first letter

Quote:
Please contact me through letter only for the time being


It does sound like he is leaving the door open to using other comms methods in the future (such as the net).

PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:35 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 3 of 6 [78 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
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