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[VIDEO] Entry #28
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TheBioGuy
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Manateeluvr, were you even ON the 27 board? Critical mass is a long way off, baby.

As to the few saying that Jessica is Sarah... sorry, but honestly, now that we've gotten a clear image of her, and her voice has been heard, they are clearly not the same person. Believe me, I was in your shoes last video, but they are clearly different women.

Anyone else proud of MH for introducing an apparently main female character?

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Verdegrand
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am I the only one who finds it odd that jay doesn't talk about the return address on the package he received in entry 26? Why doesn't he start with that?

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SkyLarkin
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^ I'm betting that Jay already followed up on the address during the seven months he can't remember. But that does bring up a good point: if Jay doesn't remember anything past Entry 26, he should still be wondering about Alex and Amy, right?

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SadlyChamo
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You know that Twitpic "Smile for the camera" and there was that circle with 2 x's maybe one of them is Jay and the other is Jessica.

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Dray
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Shit, the two 'x's were chromosomes: a female! They were hinting all along~!

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Jaytenthousand
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StereotypicalName wrote:
Though this is completely unlikely, I think crazy theories are usually welcome.

What if Jessica knows EVERYTHING about Jay, and is playing dumb? She followed him to that hotel, as known what he has been doing the past 7 months, and more!

Like I said, very unlikely.
Oh, you want a crazy theory do you? How about this: Totheark is in control of the slenderman. Think about it: He posted a video where the slenderman walks right up to the camera with little distortion, and he continued posting videos. TTA is the real operator, because he is in control. Slendy is actually a robot that TTA controls, hence why Slendy doesn't move very much, and when it does, it's always slow! TTA is actually insane, and that is why he's doing all of this. It's a sick game, kind of like SAW but scary. With mental torture. Masky is just his minion to do all of TTA's grunt work. /insane, but strangely plausible theory. Happy now?

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DavFlamerock
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Dray wrote:
Shit, the two 'x's were chromosomes: a female! They were hinting all along~!

Oh god!

>GeneticsDav facepalms

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Zrob
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New here, but not to MH

Dunno if this has been mentioned before but...

Hey, remember that binary clock stuff with YAMA? What were those numbers again? Could they possibly be a link to the passcode for the safe??

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distilled
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The amount of speculation which went with E#27 I think we can safely assume that we will be on this thread for the next 300 pages:

Mysteries in E#28:
The bag - who packed it?
The pills - for whom?
The KEY - for what?
The safe - what code?
The safe - what's inside?
The safe - who locked it?
Jessica - who is she?
Jessica - how does she know Jay?
Jessica - wtf is happening in her room?
+ many more.
(pages atm: 22)

Mysteries in E#27:
Jay - where has he been for 7months?
(pages atm: 44)

Yeah, I think we've got a while to go yet.
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Brumaster
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its been 5 days since the release of entry 28 and jay still hasnt updated his twitter!!!!!

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Mr.Beyond
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[quoteNew here, but not to MH

Dunno if this has been mentioned before but...

Hey, remember that binary clock stuff with YAMA? What were those numbers again? Could they possibly be a link to the passcode for the safe??[/quote]

It's been mentioned before, but kind of dismissed in that YAMA always seemed like it wasn't the real solution to that puzzle as it is. However, I do think some TTA codes are worth bearing in mind. He does seem obsessed with 0, zeroes.... but i think 0000 either has been tried already or has been suggested already. Seeing as the clock was binary, maybe the passcode to the safe is some combination of 1's and 0's?

Also, it's most likely been mentioned, but 1123 or 2311 might be worth trying as it's the daye J "woke up".
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Sachael
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Brumaster wrote:
its been 5 days since the release of entry 28 and jay still hasnt updated his twitter!!!!!


Normally I wouldn't be the type to whine about a lack of MH activity - these guys have lives to deal with and these videos don't make themselves, after all - but it's starting to bother me now for the same reason that Jay being a shut-in for pretty much all of last winter bothered me.

I was hoping they wouldn't make the same mistake again, or at least not right away, but they appear to be doing so, and the longer it goes on the more distracting it gets from what is supposed to be the focus of the story. Marble Hornets' most phantasmal element is no longer The Operator, ToTheArk, or the circumstances surrounding them - but Jay's income!

At no point have we been given any insight into how our stoic protagonist makes ends meet in this tough, recession-plagued world. Nothing about any family, no friends or acquaintances that are still around except for Tim (who Jay wasn't that close with anyway and is obviously suspect), and an apparent lack of employment. Alabama doesn't strike me politically as the kind of place that would run a welfare state for wayward twenty-somethings to go on breaking-and-entering adventures and investigate why they're being plagued by eldritch horrors (although that would be pretty hilarious/awesome.)

But seriously, what gives? Is Jay like Bruce Wayne - alone in the world, but somehow blessed with a truckload of money? If so, what's with the tiny apartment and otherwise ordinary life? I guess I'm nitpicking, but given that the series' central premise requires some pretty heavy suspension of disbelief to become immersed in, it gets kinda frustrating when they also ask us to accept things like plain ol' slacker Jay being able to hide out alone for weeks on end, especially in what appears to be a fairly nice motel.

I'm not complaining for the sake of complaining. I love Marble Hornets, but the slow pace of the production and the effect it has on the story's progression and credibility are hard to ignore, and leaves us with stuff like "I don't know what I've been doing for the last seven months. Oh well, whatever. I'll just hang out in this motel for a week or two in an area I'm unfamiliar with thanks to my phantom income."

I want this to be a constructive criticism, but I don't know what advice to give other than to get more videos and stuff ready ahead of time - and if that's not possible for whatever reason, then come up with some better explanations for gaps in activity. I try to approach most entertainment with the MST3K motto in mind, but chaotic fiction/alternate reality stuff is really all about immersion, and immersion is difficult to maintain when you keep asking your audience to suspend their disbelief further and further.

I'll get off my soapbox now, sorry.

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SadlyChamo
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Brumaster wrote:
its been 5 days since the release of entry 28 and jay still hasnt updated his twitter!!!!!

Yeah he hasn't even said entry #28 uploaded or what not (or least not that I saw)

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lifegospel
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I, too, must make a small speech, but at both the players AND creators.

[rant] Guys, you know we love you, and your ideas. We now know the pure excitement that can only come from seeing a new entry. We've all shat our fair share of brix, and made our share of $20 jokes. (as annoying as they may be.)
But I have to tell you, writer-to-writer, we're not loving the fact that we have to wait 2-3 weeks between each new entry, now, I understand that you have other commitments, but a regular twitter update or something would help keep players happy without ruining the immersion.

and players, people, they have lives. It's just under 3 weeks to Christmas, we're ALL making preparations, give them a bit of space and some time, and before you know it they'll be releasing the freakiest entry ever. Just let them do their thing.
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morscata12
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Sachael wrote:
..At no point have we been given any insight into how our stoic protagonist makes ends meet in this tough, recession-plagued world. Nothing about any family, no friends or acquaintances that are still around except for Tim (who Jay wasn't that close with anyway and is obviously suspect), and an apparent lack of employment...


Jay is probably still a student living off loans, but that's not information he wants to share with the audience. His character's motivation is to use YouTube as a public portal for his findings, rather than as a way for people to get to know him. I think that's why the entries were so sporadic - Jay has a life outside his investigations, and is posting in his spare time.

Assuming his student loans are still being deposited, he has been living within his means. He only paid for hotels for about 3-4 weeks: 1 week after he lost his apartment, 2-3 after he was woken up. That's not too expensive if he has money saved up (which he probably does if he lived in that hole-in-the-wall apartment). He was gone for 7 months, but was in the company of either ToTheArk or Alex. Whoever he was with took care of him, at no cost to Jay.

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