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[Miss Mental Health]

Possible ARG - Solo Mobile-sponsored?

[Pauloulou]

Haha. While I highly doubt these are ARGs, they are definatly entertaining. I believe they're just fake sites to promote Solo phones (or Harmonic Transmission Devices) and are just silliness. Chadland is kind of creepy...especially all the hidden cameras those nutso girls planted in his house. The Murrayans is just a spoof on New Age cult things, complete with the many requests to send your credit card number. "Falling....Falling like flakes of dandruff." Silly, but unfortunatly, probably not a game!

[misery_of_pain]

WHOIS on http://www.chadland.ca/ brings up

Status: EXIST
Registrar: Webnames.ca (UBC Research Enterprises Inc.)
Registrar-no: 70
Registrant-no: 1225585
Domaine-no: 1240248
Subdomain: chadland.ca
Renewal-Date: 2006/06/06
Date-Approved: 2005/06/06
Date-Modified: 2005/08/09
Organization: Solo Branding Inc.
Description:
Admin-Name: Mrs Van Tu Duong
Admin-Title: Domain Names Manager
Admin-Postal: Solo Branding Inc.
Law
1000 de La Gauchetiere West, Suite 4100
Montreal QC H3B 5H8 Canada
Admin-Phone: 1 514 7869356
Admin-Fax: 1 514 8704833
Admin-Mailbox: trademarksSPLATbell.ca
Tech-Name: Mrs Van Tu Duong
Tech-Title: Domain Names Manager
Tech-Postal: Solo Branding Inc.
Law
1000 de La Gauchetiere West, Suite 4100
Montreal QC H3B 5H8 Canada
Tech-Phone: 1 514 7869356
Tech-Fax: 1 514 8704833
Tech-Mailbox: trademarksSPLATbell.ca
NS1-Hostname: ns1.webnames.ca
NS1-Netaddress: 216.21.147.137
NS2-Hostname: ns2.webnames.ca
NS2-Netaddress: 192.73.5.105

and WHOIS on http://www.joinmurray.org/

Domain ID:D106546484-LROR
Domain Name:JOINMURRAY.ORG
Created On:06-Jun-2005 19:03:27 UTC
Last Updated On:06-Aug-2005 04:14:57 UTC
Expiration Date:06-Jun-2006 19:03:27 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Network Solutions LLC (R63-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:39559117-NSI
Registrant Name:Solo Branding Inc.
Registrant Organization:Solo Branding Inc.
Registrant Street1:1000 de La Gauchetiere West, Suite 4100
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Montreal
Registrant State/Province:Quebec
Registrant Postal Code:H3B 5H8
Registrant Country:CA
Registrant Phone:+1.5147869356
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+1.5148704833
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant ********************@worldnic.com
Admin ID:39559118-NSI
Admin Name:Van Tu Duong
Admin Organization:Solo Branding Inc.
Admin Street1:1000 de La Gauchetiere West, Suite 4100
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Montreal
Admin State/Province:Quebec
Admin Postal Code:H3B 5H8
Admin Country:CA
Admin Phone:+1.5147869356
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin ****************@bell.ca
Tech ID:39559117-NSI
Tech Name:Solo Branding Inc.
Tech Organization:Solo Branding Inc.
Tech Street1:1000 de La Gauchetiere West, Suite 4100
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Montreal
Tech State/Province:Quebec
Tech Postal Code:H3B 5H8
Tech Country:CA
Tech Phone:+1.5147869356
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:+1.5148704833
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech ********************@worldnic.com
Name Server:NS53.WORLDNIC.COM
Name Server:NS54.WORLDNIC.COM

This one also comes with a disclaimer saying that you wont use the information for unsolicited phone calls, emails etc blah blah. (that's why I left out the emails)

I like this murryans site cuz you get brainwashed hehe that's pretty neat. Looks like some quirky marketing for Solo mobile, and I can't find anything unusual yet, but I'll update if I find something.

Ok I found this in the source on chadland, the only reason I noticed it is because it was in green, which usually means it's hidden secrets in the source.
<!--
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<td><*img src="Images/Global/photosChadPerforming.gif" border="0" usemap="#video"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Click on photos to see Chad performing</p>
</td>
</tr>-->
<!--
<tr>
<td height="50" align="center"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('Send-to-a-Friend.htm','send','width=450,height=450')"><*img src="Images/en_CA/tellafriend.gif"></a></td>
</tr>-->


asterix added so you can see what's there
and I cant actually find those pictures on the main pages (unless I'm being totally blind)

[Miss Mental Health]

Note to self:

If the game seems so fiendishly clever you can't even figure out how to start...
It might not be a game.

After a little while I started to suspect this myself, but nice work, and I think I'll keep an eye on it, to see if anything changes

*kicks back and waits for OC to start*