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[TRAILHEAD] Lost in the Woods
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jameskmonger
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 		[TRAILHEAD] Lost in the Woods
I was hoping that one of you can help me. I found this picture in my Firefox downloads yesterday but I don't remember downloading it. Something about it gives me the creeps, and I'll be grateful if any of you can get any info on it


PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:48 pm
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		Emailed with a basic "Hello".
Got back:
Quote:

Hello! Thankyou so much for e-mailing me, thankyou!

Googling the- I guess it's a name- brought up http://www.themalah.com/, which is a band, but I don't know how it's related because it's missing the LE.
There were also a few Hunger Game/RP forums that showed up, but also nothing concrete. I guess we could TinEye it, or see if there's any hidden files... I can't really do a stenog thing though, someone else can I'm sure.

i'll edit with the TinEye results.

What was the file saved as? Why did you call it Lost In The Woods? Do you have any idea how it might have downloaded itself, any new sites you visited? It should have told you it was downloading, the window should have popped up.... (I use FF)
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Unless, you're posting the trailhead IC or something, I guess. Which you aren't really supposed to.. at all. Wink Rolling Eyes



EDIT:
Emailing with him, will post entire conversation soon 'nuff.
EDIT2:
Quote:

Hi! Erm... I came across a picture with your email, do you have any info on that? (sorry for the odd question)

A picture? No.. I don't... sorry.

Sorry if I reply slowly by the way, I'm not getting very good signal in here
In where?

I'm not really sure... I got lost a few days ago.

Cabin, shed? Any details? What state are you in? Any idea of the general area, how far you've walked...Where the sun is... (sorry if it's too many questions at once, just trying to help, answer on your own time.)

Are you safe, is there food/phone anything? No like... wild animals or something?
You obv. have a computer, that's good. Does it have a power source or do you need to conserve the battery? Any weapons incase a... I don't know, bears live in the woods, right? Mountain lions sometimes... Big stick, gun/ammo, knife... any furniture in the shed/cabin whatever that you can break... Just in case.

I'm in a cabin in the middle (well, most likely not the middle, but certainly not near the edge) of a forest. I've got my mobile phone and my charger, and there's a generator with quite a large amount of petrol, and it appears to power the house. There's a huge storeroom full of bread, but that's about it.
Okay. Hm. Any rope? Knife? you could try a snare trap if you need some meat... (if you end up there a while, you are eventually going to need some meat.) Water?
Sorry... I'm a bit of a survival/camping nut. Just wanting to make sure you're okay.

I will go to the kitchen and look for some knives. I'm going to leave my phone here on charge, though.

Okay. Get back to me when you find something, just to make sure you're okay.

Nope, nothing. The whole drawer is empty. No knives, no forks, not even a spoon. It's really dark outside though, I'd been sat down in the store room for so long I didn't even notice the time.

Ahhhhh. Uhm, did you try calling 911? They could set up a search party, grid it out... if you've got a landmark like a cabin, you should be able to get found pretty quickly.

Most importantly: Do you have clean water, or at least water that you can purify? (If it's dirty I can help you figure out how to purify it...)

But what if someone's been shot? I might make them lose their life Sad
There are a few bottles of water in the kitchen, they don't taste terrible but nothing's coming out of the taps

Hun, the 911 operators have plenty of resources to both take your call /and/ someone elses. It isn't like someone's gonna call and get a busy signal...
Ah, bottles... That's... good, I guess. Ration it, we don't know how long you'll be out there.
Also, tomorrow- when the sun comes up, make a note of where it is. Rises in the east, sets in the west. That might help us figure... well, something out.

If you don't mind my asking, how old are you?



I feel like I might be poking a few too many holes in this game right off the bat. XD I'm just... I know my survival stuff really well, and this seems like a sort of survival horror, so... yea.

EDIT3:
TinEye came up with this:

http://www.tineye.com/search/2c7dadd9f6d4c641c3ef60ad117a62cfcecc97e9/
...which is special. XD

And more emails, the only things so far being that she/he's 15, in the UK (mentioned 999 instead of 911) and she/he isn't going to call 999 at all. /facepalm

More coming soon, I guess. Eh.
Anyone else playing?

FINAL EDIT: (a few thoughts on the game so far)

I first saw this, and thought "Oooh, shiny poster. This much have production quality." But after finding out that it's quite literally a step-by-step photoshop tutorial with little-to-no changes in design.... And the emails are a bit /too/ scripted (PMs should be flexible!) and the utter refusal to call 911/999- a very common horror movie fix being something like... bad service. But, no, just the character immediately being a derp and not calling. Waiting for an email to save him.
I'm gonna keep going, and it's a good effort for a first game, but storytelling and atmosphere need a LOT of work. Ther isn't any atmosphere at all, no hook aside from 'herp derp lost in woods wanting strangers to help'
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:09 pm
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DrugsRBadMKay
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Unless, you're posting the trailhead IC or something, I guess. Which you aren't really supposed to.. at all.


A primary post is totally within the rules and has already been discussed to death. A second post is where the "no, no" begins. Just thought I would clear that up for ya.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:59 pm
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Akiva
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 		Waiting on an answer to the email I sent. We'll see what his/her response is...

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:47 am
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		She heard voices shouting around... timestamp says about 8AM my time. (Central/UCT-5) (I was at work)
Figuring out what kind of voices, ect, right now:

"It was English, and it sounded more like radio chatter if I'm honest. I couldn't find where they were, I went looking."

Hm.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:58 pm
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		Sorry for Px2. An update!

She went out and got some food, then came back and a few hours later heard some voices again. "Anyone got a sighting?"

She hid for a while, then went out to get a video of the forest to go find the voices again. She's figuring out how to send it to me.

Any ideas? Is /anyone/ playing this game?

-crickets-

:/ okay.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:03 pm
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Stroma
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OhWhatProvidence wrote:
Sorry for Px2. An update!

She went out and got some food, then came back and a few hours later heard some voices again. "Anyone got a sighting?"

She hid for a while, then went out to get a video of the forest to go find the voices again. She's figuring out how to send it to me.

Any ideas? Is /anyone/ playing this game?

-crickets-

:/ okay.


I'm reading it, I don't think there's anything I can add at this time, though.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:37 pm
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		Okay, so she made a YT channel with the video, but for some reason sent me this:

Quote:
http://www.eW91dHViZQ==.com/watch?v=aVl1eEJraHgtT2c=


And then this:

Quote:
you must find c291bmQgdG8gdGhlIGRlYWY= before you find c2lnaHQgdG8gdGhlIGJsaW5k



WTf is this. It doesn't even look like code...... Help peoples? I'm bad with codes. :/
If she's stuck in the woods and NEEDS HELP. why the fuck would she give me the link to the video in code? Gah. This is another reason I hate ARGs with codes. They're always just 'herp derp random code for the sake of a code and puzzle because puzzle', never really a good reason for them to exist....

/rant
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:12 pm
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Crescent
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 		http://home.paulschou.net/tools/xlate/
very good website to help with codes - a simple typing in of the 'codes' given in base 64 [whenever you see= or == at the end, its usually base 64!]
give you the answers...
won't decode - will let you do that - agree with code for code sake - at least make it part of the story...
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		Figured it out, I figured it was base64, just couldn't figure out how the decoder I had found worked. (http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp)

Will bookmark the other one, very helpful! Very Happy

The video however, doesn't seem to be. :/ Watching it again to see.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
you must find sound to the deaf before you can find sight to the blind.
So, we have to find another video somehow? Hmmm. Should I email /him/ back or try to find it on my own somehow?

EDIT: Is this it? http://www.youtube.com/user/sighttotheblind


Emailed asking about
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
"sight to the blind"
, got this back:

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the sight was bad

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 		Sighttotheblind is not her Youtube account, unless she planned this since 2007. Which I hope not, if that is the case, because the story is rather poor.

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 		Yea. We found the second video, he just uploaded it.

could The EYE be involved? The eye in the poster and the flying noises....

I emailed the email in the business card, nothing yet.
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 		Okay, maybe everyone found this but:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://www.youtube.com/user/LETHEMAHLAH?feature=watch This has the two videos, "Sound To the Deaf" and "Sight To the Blind".



EDIT

So the Second Video, "Sight To The Blind", has Closed Captioning and an Interactive Transcript while the first video doesn't. Could that be a lead??
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:51 pm
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OhWhatProvidence
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 		Am I right in assuming that the PM isn't emailing anyone but me?

A friend of mine tried emailing him but didn't get anything back. And I don't think Akiva never heard anything back either? Stroma, have you emailed? Bad gameplay format, PM. Very very bad. Involve others, it's important.

Really, I have a whole list of tips/constructive crit I could give to the PM but I won't both unless he emails me first, because I feel like he'd be ignoring it or would take it as an insult. >< I don't know why, just a feeling.
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 		I sent this email off to Mamoru Security:

Quote:
Good Morning.

The company I work for is interested in changing security firms. Would you be able to give me a brief overview of Mamoru Security and its current contracts?

I look forward to hearing from you.



And received this back:

Quote:
Good morning. We currently only have one current contract, although Mamoru Security has been around for about three years now. We provide security for all sorts of events and venues.

Yours sincerely,
Mamoru Security

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