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[Chance]

Lipps Leroux - This is My Milwaukee?

[Bernard Black]

I sure hope TIMM becomes active again. I had been reading on all kinds of ARGs for months - and when I finally decided to get active on TIMM, it seemed to have stopped - even though I had accepted Cool Dog as my saviour.

[Chance]

[FacianeA]

As far as I can tell, it cannot be completed as dialed. I'll keep my ear to the ground, though.

[Chance]

Kind of wish we could get a confirmed restart or something. This is kind of lame.

[FacianeA]

Okay, so here's something. I found this post from Sarah Brin, whose tumblr I just happen to follow.

http://dinosaurparty.tumblr.com/post/3098028812/a-reasonable-haven-this-is-my-milwaukee

As you can see, the mystery number is there in the extension. Furthermore, there's a comment at the bottom of the page from an anonymous someone simply called C., which struck me as a bit odd. (Chuck Jagoda, perhaps?)

"There's nothing more beautiful than function! A friendly instructional to help citizens move is wonderful, but what if a whole world were crafted the same way ... precise, overwhelming, and playful? Let's explore new cities! What happened before? Reserve a table for five, and hit the dance floor when we're done."

The way it's worded seems like it could possibly be from someone involved with the game? It reminds me of the story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges where a group of individuals so fleshes out a fictional world they've created that it literally begins to bleed into the real one. Maybe this is a hint as to the artistic intent behind TIMM?

Either that or some cool guy just got way colorful with his language and I'm way too excited because I still love this freaking game years later.

[Bernard Black]

[FacianeA]

Me too. Wouldn't that be incredible?

[Bernard Black]

[FacianeA]

Gosh, let's just hound Lipps and see what else we can get out of her. At this point, whether it's a sign of a restart or not, it's the closest we've been in a while to anything resembling a puzzle, or activity, or really any sign of life for TIMM.

Also, should we move this thread, someone?

[Bernard Black]

[FacianeA]

Good enough for me. So let's see what we can make of this, ASSUMING IT'S IG FOR A GAME THAT HAS BEEN DEAD FOR TWO YEARS. (Gosh, I'm pitiful.)

"There's nothing more beautiful than function! A friendly instructional to help citizens move is wonderful, but what if a whole world were crafted the same way ... precise, overwhelming, and playful? Let's explore new cities! What happened before? Reserve a table for five, and hit the dance floor when we're done."

The first few sentences are pretty straightforward, and still remind me of that Borges story, and are maybe hinting at the fact that it's an ARG? Kind of like a TINAG wink?

It gets really odd for me at "Let's explore new cities! What happened before?" This, to me, can be one of two things: A hint in a new puzzle for us to solve, having to do with the disaster that messed up the world of TIMM, OR this is not IG and a fan is just wondering why the game died.

Finally, the last sentence, to me is similar. Either a hint, or a very spirited person playing along with the game and encouraging the people who made the game to keep on going.

So let's say, maybe we need to rewatch the video and look for clues in the nightlife segment? Or let's harangue Lipps some more and see if we can get anything out of her.

I still just can't shake the feeling I'm beating a dead horse.

[Bernard Black]

[FacianeA]

Boy would my life be made better by that.

[coldcola]

regardless of whether or not this is a restart or just someone playing along, the more people we get back in the game the higher chance we have of figuring this whole thing out, so i say spread the word and let's see what happens