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[META] PPC as an ARG

**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 9:58 am

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Well according to Adrian, we're still in Pre-Game " for a couple of weeks " which I presume refers to the May 12th launch rumour....

i've been active in nearly all the ARG's to date, and they've all taken a different approach - the A.I Trail began with a simple homepage belonging to the chap who was murdered... thats it for background - just the one page! of course the history of that reality was later established but that was one way to do it.

PPC's creators seem as if they want everyone to learn about the history first and call it pre-game, it makes sense to me - and it's a fascinating read! There's no doubt in my mind that nearly all the information that we've recieved in the sentinal or from the academy will be relevant at some stage - already some ties are being made with characters that appear on the puzzle cards etc.

I would recommend reading it -all- at least once, to better understand their world, afterall - think of this as an experience, and try and make the most of it - they wouldn't go through all the effort if they didnt feel it was important Smile

... just my 2cents of course

**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 10:09 am

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Marduk · Veteran Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 121 Location: Atlanta

Check this post.

As you will see, Perplex City hasn't even officially launched yet. So it's very likely at this point that all that is happening is we are being given background information and a taste of things to come. I'm pretty darn sure we aren't missing any puzzles.

**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 10:09 am

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Ehsan · Entrenched Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992

In regards to the pacing of information relative to other ARG's in the past, this is by far the longest build-up we have ever seen, and it's really not usual to wait so long for some action.

The (pre)pre-game started more than a year ago (Feb 2004).. 13 months later on 21 Mar. we got actual website, or what you might consider a normal pre-game. This gave us enough time to digest a lot of infomation and understand what we're dealing with. On 29 Apr. we got several more websites a false alarm because we thought the game finally launched for real, but still nothing. Just more background information, and introduction to the CCG element.

So we're still waiting. Some people say May 12, but I don't know.. we've had too many false alarms..

**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 10:24 am