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YourFriendlyNeighborhoodR
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MensVenatus wrote:
<Meta>

Anyone else impressed that whoever is running this game must have tossed out their initial ideas about how to start the game and gone with a current event?

Unless they had something to do with the birds...duh duh duhhhhh...


Didn't wanna say it first, but I agree. Claiming to be a part of something so dubious is a risky but welcome surprise.

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CalebH2010
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Nighthawk wrote:
Did everyone get TWO assignments?

I got two different assignments: one from Nelson Fuller and one from Brad Leard.
I got two assignments as well, from Fuller and Leard. My guess it that we just send the completed "assignments" within an email to the respective email addresses? I was thinking about doing them in word and then sending an attachment.

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girlwhoruledtheworld
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Nighthawk wrote:
Did everyone get TWO assignments?

I got two different assignments: one from Nelson Fuller and one from Brad Leard.


I received two emails as well, however I'm signed up for Development headed by Brad Leard. While Fuller is head of Research, perhaps it was a mistake?

PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:14 am
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ilookedinthebox
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 		They haven't sent me mine yet. this is worrisome..

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 		I sent an email to Marty Huritz to ask which one takes priority or if he has other plans for me. Figured it was the proper thing to do.
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vvcephae
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 		I got both - I remember earlier there was something about us being placed in both areas we requested on our applications, but that on the Agents page we would be listed under our primary choice.

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CarnageBlack
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 		I got one from Brad and one from Nelson, reading them now.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:17 am
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eolith
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 		My emails:
Development:

As this is OOG, I feel safe enough posting this here:
Quote:
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CLASSIFIED BRIEFING / INTERNAL USE ONLY
////////////////////////////////////

On Monday, December 27th, five SAVER Corp researchers flew to Little Rock Arkansas where they were to witness a trial run of a new device a group is shopping to various companies.

Our researches witnessed the test.

The weapon was said to allow an agent to blast a large area, approximately the size of a medium sized home, with an undetectable agent. This agent could not be seen, or smelled. It could not be detected by “almost any device we have today” and as such, when it was demonstrated to our people, we could not confirm the claim.

The group tested this upon a large red-wing blackbird habitat and our researchers witnessed a large number of casualties almost immediately. Many birds were inspected shortly after the event, and all were confirmed dead. Additionally, they all seemed to have taken various forms of blunt force trauma, despite visual evidence that no such trauma had occurred.

Our company is very interested in the device for it’s potential as an area denial weapon, but no decision about a purchase was made at that time either way. Our researches stayed in Little Rock waiting for a second meeting that was to take place on Sunday the 2nd. The group never showed up though. What did occur that day was the dramatic deaths of thousands of birds in the town of Beebe some 30 miles to the North, as you have seen in the news.

We were tracking the group after our researchers initially met. They flew to Baton Rouge Louisiana the next day after showing the device to our researchers. We know they were not in Arkansas again after the 28th, so they were not there the day the birds fell over Beebe.

TASKS
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1) Submit a design for such a device. It could be a drawing, it could be a description, it could be anything. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Can’t think of anything? Think of what such a device could be called. This task is due by Saturday the 15th at Midnight (EST).

2) If you can’t think of anything at all, or if you simply want to help more, consider helping the MEDIA department with their first task...

Using Twitter, send messages that hint we are working on something big. Our usual contacts will approach us quickly and the bidding will begin. Here is one example example...

I’m working with @savercorp to develop a new area denial device. Safe on the environment, and non lethal! #saverdev

Be sure to include each of the following 3 phrases in any related tweet you send...

1) @savercorp
2) area denial device
3) #saverdev

Do not include the word “weapon”, or anything about it being for sale. Do not spam these messages either. I want these sent over the next week (between now and next SAT), but each of you should only send 3-4 messages over the course of that week. Also, please re-tweet any message from @savercorp on the subject you might see (there may not be any, we’ll see).

Promotion Ranks
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For your active involvement in these tasks, you will be rewarded with promotional rank increases. The amount of participation in the tasks above will dictate the number of ranks you earn.



and Research:

Quote:
Agents,

Please see the briefing below...

////////////////////////////////////
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING / INTERNAL USE ONLY
////////////////////////////////////

On Monday, December 27th, five SAVER Corp researchers flew to Little Rock Arkansas where they were to witness a trial run of a new device a group is shopping to various companies.

Our researches witnessed the test.

The weapon was said to allow an agent to blast a large area, approximately the size of a medium sized home, with an undetectable agent. This agent could not be seen, or smelled. It could not be detected by “almost any device we have today” and as such, when it was demonstrated to our people, we could not confirm the claim.

The group tested this upon a large red-wing blackbird habitat and our researchers witnessed a large number of casualties almost immediately. Many birds were inspected shortly after the event, and all were confirmed dead. Additionally, they all seemed to have taken various forms of blunt force trauma, despite visual evidence that no such trauma had occurred.

Our company is very interested in the device for it’s potential as an area denial weapon, but no decision about a purchase was made at that time either way. Our researches stayed in Little Rock waiting for a second meeting that was to take place on Sunday the 2nd. The group never showed up though. What did occur that day was the dramatic deaths of thousands of birds in the town of Beebe some 30 miles to the North, as you have seen in the news.

We were tracking the group after our researchers initially met. They flew to Baton Rouge Louisiana the next day after showing the device to our researchers. We know they were not in Arkansas again after the 28th, so they were not there the day the birds fell over Beebe.

TASKS
============

1) Setting aside the fact it would have required them to rise from the dead, could the initially effected birds have flown 30 miles North in 7 days?
2) Would that be normal for a bird of this type, to suddenly change locations?
3) We heard this group may be associated with any number of known, or even unknown doomsday cults. We want to know where our money could be going so if this is true, who are the most likely cults to be behind this. Who has the size and financial backing to have such a device made (if any).
4) If the birds are rising from the dead, we may need to consider a device that can appropriately deal with such entities. Ideas would be welcome.

Your findings should be in to me by next Saturday, the 15th at Midnight (EST).

Promotion Ranks
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For your involvement in these tasks, you will be rewarded with promotional rank increases. The amount of participation in the tasks above will dictate the number of ranks you earn.


Get to it.

Nelson Fuller
VP, Research
SAVER Corporation


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YourFriendlyNeighborhoodR
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 		I only got one, but I was only in Development. But I tweeted as per the Media requirements, so I'm sure I'll get something out of that.

EDIT: Wait, I lied, I got another email for Research.

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MensVenatus
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 		Yeah, I got two as well
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Lankylurkr
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 		I got the two messages. Rather interesting development, especially about the "zombie birds"

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stryper2000
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 		I got my email as a researcher,

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WTG
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 		I received two as well.

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girlwhoruledtheworld
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Lankylurkr wrote:
I got the two messages. Rather interesting development, especially about the "zombie birds"



Quote:
4) If the birds are rising from the dead, we may need to...
It's a little creepy. O.o

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eolith
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 		the whole dead birds thing must be terribly fortunate for this game

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