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[SEENSTEVE] Weird IM, Anyone seen...Steve?
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Ehsan
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 		The End!
Thank you for playing Project Phoo (a.k.a Seen Steve, Cybexez, The Parody ARG, or The one with pixies!)

Before you start throwing things at me, give me a second to let you know what this is all about. :-)

Project Phoo is a recruitment campaign. A couple of weeks ago I got an idea for a new ARG, or at least for a new way to make an ARG. Frustrated by the lack of quality in recent games, I wondered why "the good people" stopped making games, and their answer was always the same. Not enough time, too much work, etc. etc.

Others showed signs of creativity, but most people who tried had no idea what they were getting themselves into. They tried doing things in small groups, or even alone, while the task at hand required the efforts of many more.

So it struck me, to make a good game, you really need a lot of good people, even if each one of them takes care of a little part. How can you get all these people to come together and make a game?

Enter Project Phoo. What was only supposed to be a stupid blog followed by a recruitment request turned into a parody mini-ARG. I didn't lose sight of the ultimate goal though, I wanted to get the people who understand the jokes. The people who knew what all the references were about and cared enough to play along, because those people--you--understand what ARGs are all about.

And hence, the Collaborative ARG Creation Process (err.. you get the idea). Do you feel that you're up to contribution a little part to a large ARG? Do you want to write a character and leave it at that? How about just making a few puzzles? Got more time, why don't you take over this website here and run it during the game? Even if you don't have any skills you might want to playtest a couple of pages or even donate some money for running the servers.

Basically, I want everyone to get together an make a game. You can contribute as little or as much as you like.

I won't go into all the details here, if you're interested just PM me and I'll notify you when things get started (skills audit, collaborative website, more details, etc.).


Let me know if you have any questions about the game itself, I'll be more than happy to answer them :-)

Thanks for making this fun to make. Please accept my satire with a grain of salt, and my apologies if I offended anyone. Steve, thanks for being such a great sport and hope you enjoy your swag ;-)


Life, for Earth.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:13 pm
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Wiser
Decorated


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 251
Location: 127.0.0.1

 		AHAHAHAHA!!!!
Quote:
[13:14] <missphinx> so what's on question 20...
[13:14] <Wiser> source shows
[13:15] <Wiser> www.cybexez.net/pheephiphoophum/<MyRealName>.htm
[13:15] <missphinx> hm.
[13:15] <missphinx> http://www.cybexez.net/pheephiphoophum/Ehsan.htm
[13:15] <Ehsan> :p
[13:15] <Wiser> :O
[13:16] <missphinx> Smile
[13:16] <Wiser> oh you butt


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fatherloss
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Joined: 24 Jul 2005
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 		Check it out.
Look slightly familiar?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:55 pm
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weephun
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Joined: 25 Aug 2004
Posts: 908
Location: Fuquay Varina, NC

 		I guess I really shouldn't have expected anything but an implosion. At least I had phun. Wink

Thanks for the lauphs!
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:45 pm
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celina63
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Joined: 28 Sep 2002
Posts: 909
Location: San Diego, CA

 		/me returns from Festering in NYC to this...

... and dies laughing!

Ehsan, just one word....


BRILLIANT!

So SO much fun... poor Steve though, we were pestering him all weekend. We even approached Krystyn at one point to "accuse" her of being behind it.

BRAVO!

C
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grilox
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 		Note: If you click the little white page icon in the message at the "the end" webpage, it goes to a broken link.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:27 pm
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jshall
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Joined: 05 Sep 2004
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Code:
<!-- ok it's good to be thorough, but seriously, there's nothing here. It's over :-) Until next time -->


Check the source code on Project Phoo page..... Looks like there might even be a next time
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:29 pm
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grilox
Boot

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 		I guess I should be more specific.. The broken link leads to http://www.cybexez.net/pheephiphoophum/theend.htm

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:40 pm
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Ehsan
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 		That's just an artifact because the page was called theend before I decided to make a final puzzle with my name.

There's nothing more to see, really Smile

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:50 pm
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aliendial
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Joined: 29 Sep 2002
Posts: 3438
Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.

 		Very entertaining. Really. Very Happy And just as well it imploded (in a controlled and generally well-planned way), cuz we were fending off so many games and beers at argfest we didn't have time to check every time that countdown reset.

Next time, just come to ARGFest!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:04 pm
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Giskard
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Joined: 07 Oct 2003
Posts: 2066
Location: Chicago

 		I'd like to second aliendial and celina, brilliant game you served us here Ehsan, had lots of laughs and the end... even more brilliant Very Happy Thanks!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:38 pm
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Ehsan
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 		Hey! Well, Thanks Very Happy Just seeing everyone's response really made this worthwhile!


I though I should announce the temporary project page here:

www.soogees.com/phoo/

No need to PM me if you just want to get more info, it's all there. If you'd like to join, click on sign up and fill in your details.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:23 am
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krystyn
I Never Tire of My Own Voice


Joined: 26 Sep 2002
Posts: 3651
Location: Is not Chicago

 		cybexez is timing out, so I can't see this hilarious credits page I keep getting told about, but I WILL SAY ONE THING:

I totally pinned Ehsan for this. Steve and several others can corroborate this, from chatting about it this weekend. Out of all the suspects it coulda been, he was the -only- one I was sure of.

Heeeeeeeee, awesome.

And when people stormed me at the Pioneer bar over the weekend and demanded to know, "Who gives a sh*t about Steve?" I look confused and said, "...I do?"
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hkdl
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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* hkdl has joined #unfiction
* ARGbot sets mode: +v hkdl
<ProfMoriarty> Morning, hkdl
<ProfMoriarty> Any good trailheads this weekend?
<ProfMoriarty> ...
<hkdl> Errr
<ProfMoriarty> Why do I always bite for the old jokes?


<hkdl> Well...actually....yes


*shakes fist*
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Ehsan
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 		Archive is (finally) up.

http://www.soogees.com/stuff/seensteve/

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