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vpisteve
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Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 2441 Location: 1987
Trailhead video? ARGN received this today.
Quote:
From: Alex Peterson [wrldofm@yahoo.com]
Subject: The World Of M Wishes You Safety.
Message: Be prepared only for the inevitable.
Attached was this .avi
It's a video of a (static?) computer screen with the text: Look for a new mystery From the Not-So-Friendly World of M
Go for it, guys.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:23 pm
PokeKiller
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Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 216
Re: Trailhead video?
vpisteve wrote:
It's a video of a (static?) computer screen with the text: Look for a new mystery From the Not-So-Friendly World of M
Technically, it says:
Quote:
Look for a new mystery
From the
Not-So-Friendly,
World of M
With a line of really small text underneath.
EDIT: Hmm...
Look here ...
Two things lead me to believe they're connected.
1) Alex Peterson was one of the characters in Project Ashcroft 2, Mantis's last ARG.
2) Whoever this guy is, he obviously isn't from this world.
?
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:40 pm
C_Brennan
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Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 236 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Perhaps what we have here is the crazy, wrong, wacked out, and disturbing World of Mantis ? *Insert scary theme music here*
It could be fun. I'm up for crazy, wrong, wacked out, and disturbing today, especially since I can never seem to get in contact with DomeCentral for City of Domes access, and I need a decently odd game.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:42 am
Tiny
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Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 502 Location: Cincy, OH or there abouts!
World of M must be the guy's handle. So it's saying, Wait for a new mystery. from "Not-So-Friendly" another handle, not describing the World of M. Oh and the last word on the really small line of text looks like "Productions" as in, the last part of company's name in a copyright legal mumbo jumbo tag. Heh, my two bits.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:50 am
Darkstar
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 256
I got an email too, with what I believe to be the same video. The text of the email was slightly different though:
Quote:
Conspiracy is a means to an end.
That was it. Hope this turns out to be good.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:47 am
Brain\Storm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Hazlehurst, Georgia USA
So, Mantis...
What have you got for us this time?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:41 am
ItWasntMeISwear
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Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 503 Location: Illannoys, USA
How long of a wait? I've never played one of this Mantis' games so I don't know how long he/she (?) produces trailheads before actually starting the game. What type of timeframe are we looking at here?
Also, I've fired off an e-mail to try to figure out what the text at the bottom of the screen says. It's written in font size 5, so I doubt I'll get an answer. But hey, worth a shot.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:27 am
Caterpillar
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Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1887 Location: cem's otherbody
World of M reminds me of those
<!..........................m....................>
comments in the SC of 2-3 games, can't remember which ones and I'm not sure if looked exactly like above. The first time I saw it was in the ancient mythology one that went bust ".......'s Journey?" (Sorry memory is crap)
Always wondered what the comment meant and found it even stranger that it was seen in another unrelated game....
Is there another super sekrit coding reason for that comment that I'm unaware of?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:14 am
sixsidedsquare
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Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 409 Location: 60E
Here's a question, why is a 320x240 res avi, thats less than a second long, over 2MB.
Is it just because it's uncompressed, or is there more to it than meets the eye?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:22 am
filmy
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Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 49 Location: Martin, TN
Anyone have the software to see whats written at the bottom of the vid? I'm going to give it a try but I don't expect much.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:05 am
terminalskeptik
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Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 351 Location: Onboard the Groovy Purple Derigible
Could this http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=167776#167776
be related?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:26 am
Russell
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Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1571 Location: London
Check out the second post in this thread
I cant clear up the smaller witing at all which is annoying me!
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:27 am
Darkstar
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 256
New email to me about an hour ago:
Quote:
The Mantis Has You.
D.I.D.
"Yes, we're all okay now..."
Hmmm.
EDIT- Oh, the subject was 'Free My Mind'
Something tells me that this is a parody.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:39 pm
Last edited by Darkstar on Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:50 pm; edited 1 time in total
Saevitia
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Alex Peterson <wrldofm@yahoo.com>
Subject: The World of M Welcomes You.
Text: Aliens don't exist, if that's what you're thinking.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:42 pm
labfly
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i am "running" from the city of domes..
the world of M
may be the sanctuary that i'm seeking!!
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:14 pm
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