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r.m
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 		Re: Weird...
Chaddy_T26 wrote:
Also, the "Unexpected pots is missing a bunch of letters. How does that fit??


The unexpected pots are missing a bunch of letters (even though the menu clearly listed Alphabet Soup) because the cook was out of his ABC pasta. So he used regular old noodles instead.

Actually the 112 post missing letters have been discussed. Check out http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29801&start=885 .

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multipsychoapopheniosis
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 		More today from Rich
From Super8news:

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Oh i'm sorry my name is Richard Vane Peter. Im one of many Exec. producers signed on to the project. The reason i'm contacting you bloggers/fans is because you're falling behind. As this movie progresses it seems everyone can't get past the ".DEVICE" issue, when the information and clue's to its location are right in front of you. We have a schedule in which we need this information to further develop & it seems everyone can't seem to go further. Im not mad at you guys b/c you're not the only blog thats stuck. However you do seem to be able to have more success than others…So 2 things!

1. When the next trailer for the movie comes out the Device will be in it, it will be your jobs to find it. Analyze it & name it.

2. If thanksgiving comes and goes and no one proceeds further I will give you 1 clue, so look at my previous notes and instead of asking where or what ask how and when. Like when would you hear a toadfishes call at night? what time at night? does it coordinate with a particular lunar or moon cycle that might be on a calendar and oh I don't know maybe matching up days on the calendar with previous years that coordinate with the movie as far as years/months/days and maybe just maybe you will find something!?

GoodLuck.
-Rich


Why I think this is dubious:

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1) Oh i'm sorry my name is Richard Vane Peter.


... Well I could be wrong, but if you were mooching for a Paramount producer name, then this is a very early google hit:

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/paramountpresents2006x03x01x06



.... And yes, that's "Richard Vane" , "Peter S. Seaman" - schoolboy error. Infact lucky old rich is directly next to another Peter in the latest indy flick so pretty easy mistake to make. IMDB Richard Vane = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888994/

As for the rest, strikes me as pure speculation and educated guesses:
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1. When the next trailer for the movie comes out the Device will be in it, it will be your jobs to find it. Analyze it & name it.


Hmmm.. Stab, but hey, just in case I'm wrong, let's cover myself....

Quote:

2. If thanksgiving comes and goes and no one proceeds further I will give you 1 clue


Richey baby, I wish you were real (and I'd love to be proved wrong) but sadly I honestly doubt it Wink

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Melodyman
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 		When an ARG hits a dead end and the Argonauts just arent getting something the PM's have planted but we havent found, they will not contact us directly but will use less direct hints to lead us where they want us to be. And I dont believe there has ever been a PM that gave their name..??

The Prime Directive of sorts..

Anyway, We got the chat figured out last week, so how far behind could we be?

Blue Lion?=Foul Ball..

and, if we have the info to get past the .DEVICE already in front of us, why do we have to wait until the next trailer comes out to solve it??

Panty Waste..

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Xeno Lambrose
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 		Tell us more, Dick, Rich, Richard, Peter, Pete, Rick, Ricky
My take:

"Oh i'm sorry my name is Richard Vane Peter." [We're sorry too, Dick, but either that's what your parents (he, he) named you, or you absconded with.]

"Im one of many Exec. producers signed on to the project." [Is this some cryptic message—Im (M 1) instead of I'm one? And "one of many"—[aren't you special?]

"The reason i'm contacting you bloggers/fans is because you're falling behind." [and you wouldn't want that—sorry Dick, we'll try harder next time!]

"As this movie progresses it seems everyone can't get past the ".DEVICE" issue, when the information and clue's to its location are right in front of you." [That is, everyone but you, Dick, and the information and clue's to its location are [I'm sure you meant, "is"] right in front of us?" You mean like on the monitor/screen, Dick, or the mirror, or our noses? Please be more cryptic next time, Dick; we live for this kind of thing.]

"We have a schedule in which we need this information to further develop & it seems everyone can't seem to go further." [Boy, we're REALLY sorry, Dick, for being such morons, not further developing your precious information and all, and not one of many Exec. Producers signed on to the project like you are—we'll try harder next time; we promise.]

"Im not mad at you guys b/c you're not the only blog thats stuck. However you do seem to be able to have more success than others…" [Wheww, for a moment there I thought we had made you mad at us—thanks for the reassurance—now we can hold our heads high, and if you're referring to Super8 News where you posted, there a great bunch of guys (and gals, and in-between), but why not take a stab at Unfiction where your credibility will not be so easily swallowed, (pardon the pun) hook, line, and stinker?]

"So 2 things!" [Only 2 Dick? And we so had our hopes up!]

"When the next trailer for the movie comes out the Device will be in it, it will be your jobs to find it. Analyze it & name it." [Aye, aye, captain! Does it count if there's a commercial before/after the trailer for Maytag washing machines? Would that be a device that we should consider? Never mind—back on track; analyze it & name it! Will it matter if we name it and analyze it first—will we be deducted points, or does it have to be in the pacific order you command? We need clarity—we don't want to slow down your schedule for this information to not progress, heaven forbid!]

"If thanksgiving comes and goes and no one proceeds further I will give you 1 clue…" [Will you give us an extra clue because Helloween has come and gone?]

"so look at my previous notes and instead of asking where or what ask how and when." [How about asking "who, when, where, and why?" Will we be deducted points for considering those questions?]

"Like when would you hear a toadfishes call at night?" [Look, Dick, when toadfishes start calling me collect, no matter what time of the day or night, I always refuse the charges—they're sneaky little rascals, and they never reimburse the phone charges!]

"what time at night?" [Are you taking into consideration that I live on the left coast and we're ready to set the clocks back an hour, or does it matter? Are toadfishes on universal or daylight savings time? Come on, we live or die for this!]

"does it coordinate with a particular lunar or moon cycle that might be on a calendar and oh I don't know maybe matching up days on the calendar with previous years that coordinate with the movie as far as years/months/days and maybe just maybe you will find something!?

[Alright you had me until that last part—you mean we're going to have to go back to 1979 and extrapolate what the best time to see rare fish were then? I think we'll wait for your next brilliant clue!]

"GoodLuck.-Rich" [Thanks Rich, Richard, Dick, Peter---whoever you are for wasting our time!]

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richiev
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 		"When the next trailer for the movie comes out..."
So we are falling behind on a clue that hasn't already been revealed?

"Oh I'm sorry my name is Richard Vane Peter."
No way a producer would reveal himself as a clue giver upper. That's just tacky.

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Melodyman
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 		BTW.. For the record..
When the PDP11 is asking for the DEVICE, this usually refers to an external device from which to pull the requested info.. such as an external disk drive or some other device.. Since the TU52 is a dual tape drive unit and we have seen the one Braegen 14 ext drive already, it is a possibility that the device is the 2nd tape drive or something like that which we have not been shown yet..along with most of whats in the PDP11 already waiting to be unlocked.

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 		Just to clarify... I had decompiled the Flash about a week ago, and I'll reiterate what I've said several times here: strictly from a coding standpoint, there is no correct answer. The code doesn't even check for the answer's validity, no matter what you type in.

Secondly, someone "behind the curtain" would never... repeat: NEVER... come out like this and state "you're stupid and late, so I'll help you."

J. J. Abrams would make sure that person never worked again. Ever.



If there is a lag in the game's progress, the proper way to advance it is one of two ways:

1) Provide an "in game" hint so that the players could progress.

2) Have one of the PMs pretend to be a player that, miraculously, comes up with the answer.



I'm not a fan of #2 above, but I have reason to believe that's happened before and we simply didn't know it.
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richiev
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Nighthawk wrote:
Just to clarify... I had decompiled the Flash about a week ago, and I'll reiterate what I've said several times here: strictly from a coding standpoint, there is no correct answer. The code doesn't even check for the answer's validity, no matter what you type in.

Secondly, someone "behind the curtain" would never... repeat: NEVER... come out like this and state "you're stupid and late, so I'll help you."

J. J. Abrams would make sure that person never worked again. Ever.



If there is a lag in the game's progress, the proper way to advance it is one of two ways:

1) Provide an "in game" hint so that the players could progress.

2) Have one of the PMs pretend to be a player that, miraculously, comes up with the answer.



I'm not a fan of #2 above, but I have reason to believe that's happened before and we simply didn't know it.



Agreed Nighthawk!

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Adm_BlackCat
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richiev wrote:
Nighthawk wrote:
Just to clarify... I had decompiled the Flash about a week ago, and I'll reiterate what I've said several times here: strictly from a coding standpoint, there is no correct answer. The code doesn't even check for the answer's validity, no matter what you type in.

Secondly, someone "behind the curtain" would never... repeat: NEVER... come out like this and state "you're stupid and late, so I'll help you."

J. J. Abrams would make sure that person never worked again. Ever.



If there is a lag in the game's progress, the proper way to advance it is one of two ways:

1) Provide an "in game" hint so that the players could progress.

2) Have one of the PMs pretend to be a player that, miraculously, comes up with the answer.



I'm not a fan of #2 above, but I have reason to believe that's happened before and we simply didn't know it.



Agreed Nighthawk!

Seconded!

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 		The motion is hereby passed.

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 		REPLY
Thank you! I'm new to this style of game but it makes the most sense that if we lag there would be a bone thrown and not a steak.

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 		Tell us more, Dick, Rich, Richard, Peter, Pete, Rick, Ricky
Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
Thanks Xeno, That was f-ing GREAT!!!

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 		That take was way too long and useless imho. Don't give the bastard attention; keep walking; nothing to see here folks.
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 		Load of crap
Oh and so yeah, apparently to another guy who "works for the movie as a key grip" named john, rich is blind and he is not only really an exec. produceer, hes also telling the truth.

-Jason

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