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rosssei · Kilroy Joined: 21 Feb 2011 Posts: 1

[Trailhead] The Black Helix

**Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:56 am

demonpunk

The countdown has begun! On 25th February we will be launching one of the largest Alternate Reality Games to come out of Northern Ireland. Over the period of four weeks we will engage players into an interactive narrative full of games, phone calls, real world tasks, live events and much more.

Players will ultimately become part of an unwritten story, as once the ARG is complete we will be publishing the story as what we believe to be the worlds first crowd sourced novel, writing itself as the game unfolds.

If you think you have what it takes, join the cause now to be kept in touch and don't forget the clock is ticking!

Join the cause! @ Black Helix

This does sound pretty cool. I like the idea of making a novel out of it. I'm definitly down.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:12 am

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**Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:33 am

jotadinero · Guest

Hmmm, I'm in the Midwest too. I hope I can see some action on this one.
Just my luck that not one, but two ARG's are starting up, just as I become interested in them! Very Happy

**Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:56 am

operator0013 · Boot Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 62

Yeah I'm in the south but I still have family in Northern Ireland maybe I can bribe a cousin to be our American rep.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:44 pm

Agent Verne · Veteran Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Posts: 79 Location: UK

Sweet.

I'm not in Ireland, but I am in England so I'm kinda nearby. Hopefully there may be stuff going on in England as part of it.

**Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:55 pm

knarF

**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:50 am

cyng · Unfettered Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 366

really??? no one is going to bother with the background image....Oh, if I must:

**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:01 pm

hwoami · Boot Joined: 11 Feb 2011 Posts: 17

**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:28 pm

cyng · Unfettered Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 366

ahaha....as i mentioned, that was the background image (http://www.theblackhelix.com )

....I did type "levels adjusted in photoshop" in the description of the image, but perhaps I should have explained it more clear in my message body

basically, I just hit "auto level" and that's what i got; I did try to play with the levels manually and dicked around with contrast and such, but it didn't turn anything more than the auto level's did

changing the resolution did not help with detail

the only discernible words I could make out were the sounds of hamburg logo, and Rwanda Clove? with a 204 degrees and 400 beside it

**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:24 pm

Rich Reder

Re: background image

**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:29 pm

operator0013 · Boot Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 62

took the liberty of isolating and making some adjustments so the lettering was more visible. I'd normally be able to clean it much more but the fact its a gif file and not a jpeg puts limitations on color correction.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:53 pm

Rich Reder

powers behind the the throne?

**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:08 pm

Zobot257

...TOTALLY getting in on this. I'm too far away to participate in the local ARG, but if I can follow virtually I'm totally going to.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:41 pm

Tio! · Boot Joined: 10 Dec 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Brazil

Shirley it has potential.
Will keep an eye on it.

Apparently, none of the people I met on previous ARGs (PIE Theory or Love Letters, anyone?) is aware of this. So I'll be screaming about it.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:48 pm

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