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[Flaag]

Is it just me who has noticed that Sandman is 2nd on the board? and has just posted on the forum, so this is a pretty moot point......

[riemanns]

Well said, Mr StarkRavingMad. Is there anything in particular I should be doing if there are "characters" around? I know people have said that we should act naturally if we're on the same table as them but, as far as ARGs go, I'm teh noob. Is there a gameplan of any kind? Just record anything important?

[RPGgame]

when are the argn people free I want to do a tournament some time today or tommorow. If there are any buddy that comes in that is not argn we will just sit out till they leave. Lets do something.

[Dorkmaster]

The best thing to do if you see a character, is just treat them as that character. There's no point in saying "SO, PACO... WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT MR. PIKAR?" cuz he can't. He doesn't know anything about him, cuz they aren't connected (at least not yet). So, the point is that you should be yourself, treat the character as the character, and if the PMs want to get information out, I guarantee they will do so.

Beyond that, a little prying (within context) is never a bad thing. for example, the dealer is always fair game, cuz he's the one who got Lucy involved, and he seems to have the omniscient view. So it makes sense to pepper him with questions, when appropriate.

[krystyn]

He's definitely got lots in the muck, but when people tried to pepper him yesterday, he dodged quite a bit.

I'd say, try to be conversational, but listen HARD, and follow his lead if it seems like he's hinting at a topic, or an event. In in-game terms, he's got a plan, from what I can gather, and he needs a bunch of us to help him make it come to fruition. So I am willing to be he's got particular bits of information he's either a) willing to give out as a matter of course, and b) needing to give out, to make sure we're keeping pace with his plans.

[HitsHerMark]

[Dr_Pangloss]

Re: [POKER] Sponsored Tournament/ARG Player?

[Phaedra]

Re: [POKER] Sponsored Tournament/ARG Player?

[krystyn]

Re: [POKER] Sponsored Tournament/ARG Player?

[ThaJinx]

It shouldn't matter who is in it. Whoever makes it makes it, and you have no right to force entry into a tournament that other people have earned their way into because "we" as a community are more important. Get over yourself and play.

[Phaedra]

[riemanns]

One slight problem. I think 7pm PST is about 3am where I live. I rejoice in the glory of being a Scotsman. the happy world of caffeine psychosis beckons...

[ThaJinx]

[Phaedra]

[ThaJinx]

The entire idea is just a little frustrating to me, that's all. If I were enjoying the poker aspect and worked legitimately to get onto the leaderboard, it would really suck to get muscled off because a group of people that that getting information was more important than my enjoyment of a particular aspect of the game. Putting ourselves in a position to undermine someone else's enjoyment of the game shouldn't be an option, in my eyes.

I realize that a lot of people are on either side of this, and I don't mean to come off as overly hostile, but I think that there are more important things than playing this only for us. Judging from the number of Unfictioners that didn't know how to play Texas Hold 'Em last weekend vs. those that did, I'm not so sure we're the absolute in target demographs, and I think that's important to consider.

What I do think would be a nifty idea would be to try to get in on games with people that are on the leaderboard and get them interested in the ARG side of this, if that's at all possible. That way, we're only offering them another facet of the same game, as opposed to stripping of them of what they were enjoying.