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[Trailhead?] Face the Horror
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CarnageBlack
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 		*pouts* But I wanted solitary! *chuckles a bit*

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comadarkvale
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 		recieved in email just now for people who didnt sign up
Dear friend...

I write this letter to you under a great deal of pressure. I have been hiding in the shadows, trying to tell to you the truth, but they found about it and now they are coming for me. The last recording that I recovered is now available and nothing was the same after it... Bertrand was the first and then came many others. Including myself...

You have to come to the Hanwell Mental Institute. I know this is happening to you as well... If you are not convinced yet, please, I beg you to watch the final session:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn0PDYOOaMw&fmt=22

This is the last you will hear from me...

-Lenny
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sirpoins
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Kristyn wrote:
I'm sure the two of you can share it. Razz


Thanks Kristyn Razz
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comadarkvale
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 		the facethehorror web site now says announcement coming july 9th
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Nighthawk
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 		And there's a 4th subject video that I wasn't aware of.

And Senscape has a Twitter: http://twitter.com/Senscape
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AzureWolf
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Nighthawk wrote:
And there's a 4th subject video that I wasn't aware of.

And Senscape has a Twitter: http://twitter.com/Senscape


It's new, I got the same email as coma above to both my alternate and reg emails.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=714115#714115
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Nighthawk
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 		On their Facebook page, if you "Like" Senscape, they have an "Exclusive" tab that shows four hand-drawn characters:

http://www.facebook.com/Senscape?v=app_4949752878

- Lenny
- Ellis Hawthorne
- Hodgson
- Crawford

Also it may be worth noting that one of their "Wall Pictures" is the box from the game Suspended by Infocom (probably their coolest box, and one of the hardest games they ever made), which hints at the game they're working on being along the lines of interactive fiction.


ETA: And if you guys at Senscape are reading this, you should turn off directory browsing...

http://www.senscape.net/files/exclusive/

(There's nothing new there, but still)
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natas
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 		They added a bg image to the Hanwell site. I doubt it means anything. but who knows. Maybe they thought it just needed sprucing up.

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courtknee
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 		This is the reply I got when I emailed regarding my insane mother:

Quote:
Dear Courtney,

Thank you for your rich letter. You have stated your case very well. We would be happy to have your mother among us and I can assure you that she will be treated and healed in no time -- I'll see to it personally. Patients exhibiting delusions of abductions have not been common in my experience, but I am sure that we can fix her... by any means necessary.

The institute will be ready to accept all admissions on July 9th.

With kind regards,

Dr. Andrew H. Miller
Head Director
http://www.Hanwell.org
andrew.millerSPLAThanwell.org


I added the bold to that text..wondering what methods of "therapy" they offer.

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Didz
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 		After I got my reply, I sent off another email asking them if they'd like to explain my symptoms and what facilities and methods they offer.

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Didz
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 		Senscape twitter:

"People are actually requesting admissions to the Hanwell Mental Institute. For real!"

I guess they don't check this forum lol.

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Kaetlin
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 		Sounds cool. I'm in. I sent a message to the admissions address asking about if they would take a child. Still awaiting a reply.

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Wiktorpolak
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 		I wanna in ^^ This looks fun, i'm getting to it right now.

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AzureWolf
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 		[meta]
After seeing their reactions on twitter I sent an email to infoSPLATsenscape.net explaining what uF is and a few other things got a nice response and the long and short of it is that given our interest, they're going to incorporate ARG elements into the game/pregame. (Yay!)

Full emails below:

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My email, included for context:
Hey,
(Not sure who to send this to so i'm hoping it will find it's way into the right hands)

Just wanted to let you know i think you got more than you bargained for with the youtube videos. There is a movement out there called "Alternate Reality Gaming" that deliberately blurs the lines as much as possible between fiction and reality, a forum full of lots of people who play these games got hold of your youtube account and the email you sent out regarding it. They thought you were doing one of these games, so they sent you what appear to be fully fleshed out requests for admission to your institute in order to "play along" with you.

You can see the majority of these posts here: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29765 most of the people also posted the emails they sent you, which should give you an idea of who is coming from the uF forums.

If you are aware of ARG's and such then I apologize, I got the impression from your twitter that you're surprised by our actions.

Lastly, if you should wish to contact us I should inform you that as the perceived PM (Puppetmaster) of this game, you are not allowed to post in that thread, under the unfiction Terms of Service (This is something thte mods of unfiction take very seriously) Your best method of contacting us then is passing a message through me which I can then post for you as META information, or to spacebass the admin of unfiction, or any of the other site admins.

Anyway you've gotten a lot of good publicity here, and your game looks very promising.

Azure


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Hey Azure,

It's good thing that you warned me about the TOS, as I was planning to post in your forums after learning about them! I certainly wouldn't want to spoil the party Smile

I vaguely recall reading a bit about ARGs a while ago but never got in touch with an actual site until now. Unfiction is huge, very active, and thus we are very glad to have caught your attention! It was always my intention to create this fantasy surrounding the Hanwell Mental Institute, and so I've replying emails in character even before I knew they were "made-up". To tell you the truth, I imagined that some of them were intended to get more information about our project, ie: a couple were from online publications, but others felt eerily real. Keep in mind that I've received (so far) nearly 40 emails of this kind, so I doubt that *all* of them are coming from Unfiction.

The project itself is a traditional point-and-click adventure game, of the cerebral type with no action elements. It's going to be very scary and that's all that we're ready to say before the announcement in July 9th Wink

So by all means, feel free to play along with this, and do tell your forum members that it's been a terrific ride so far, and this is only the beginning. You don't need to apologize, on the contrary: this incredible interaction with the "fake" institute has given us a great idea and I can tell you that we're intending to "blend" these requests into the game itself -- so I guess that you could say it will become an ARG of sorts.

Also, you can tell your readers that I'm replying their emails with actual clues about the plot of the game!

Thanks for being in touch, and speak to you soon.

All the best,
—
Agustín Cordes | Director
Senscape Interactive


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comadarkvale
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 		Nice work.
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