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[Troy McClure]

[ARG?] www.bewaresamfisher.com Splinter Cell ARG

[JohnLynch]

Thanks for posting. Although obviously there's no immersion in this one

[theronin23]

Well the ubi main page for splinter cell states the new game will not be out until spring of 06 so this very well might be some kind of viral marketing/ARG to lead up to the game

[Turambar]

And look at the thread "Pen Pals" at the official forum (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/2771048463/m/3011047173).

It's Sarah Fisher (Sams daughter) on the picture, but it is an ARG or not?

[miss_seph]

omg our search begins in November?!?!! OMG is Sam missing??

[Troy McClure]

Game Begins!

[Hellion88]

So, the phone number dissapeared from the bewaresamfisher site, and a "register now" link appeared on the opposite side of the page... but the registration is in a foreign language (presumably Spanish).

On a side note, I happened to save the phone number; it is 1-877-731-7437. I think the message has changed, although I can't be sure, but it didn't ask me if I wanted to keep playing this time (the "KEEP FOLLOWING" message did appear promptly after I hung up, though).

[Troy McClure]

Nope, still the same message, which i guess i will give a brief descritpion of, It begins with touch tone phone sounds, 3 of them, then two men talking about "Jane" bringing in another man, one then asks if fisher is really that good, and say if he is not they will kill him.

[Recoil]

Hey guys, Recoil from the penny-arcade forums here, we just discovered it this morning and I think we've definitely got a couple leads.

We've made contact with someone who's definitely an actor, a company called Fisher Sales, and we've got a couple more phone numbers, too.


Start reading, if you're interested:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=203461

There's definitely more than meets the eye, here.

[miss_seph]

[another edit to semi-trout myself ]

I rang the number (shhh don't tell my work) just now and listened to a conversation between two guys.
The gist of the conversation went

guy1) jamie's out, he's (blahblahblah)
guy2) blah blah - do we really need another man?
guy1) if this fisher guy is as good as jamie says he is, he might be able to help us
guy 2) if not we'll kill him (as troy said inan earlier post)

I"ll dial again and listen again shortly for more information, but at the end of the conversation an automated voice asked if I would like to continue monitoring the conversation via sms, and said to say yes. so I said "Yes" and it said "you will hear from us shortly" and hungup.

I tried for a second time on my mobile and said yes, we'll see if their automated system can reach across the world and work out how to automatedly take the 00 out of my number.

btw - anyone internationally wants to call it from their mobile, the number is 001-877-731-7437

[edit - no sms as yet]

[Stouffer11111]

More than one message

[Raider]

I can't seem to register, the paper keeps falling to the ground. hmmm

EDIT: Fixed- I hate using IE, but I guess I have to for this one.

I want to join in on this one.

I love the books and the games for Splinter Cell and I have alot of background knowledge of the series.

[CreativeEmbassy]

Heh, the only real ARG that I've played through from beginning to end and did everything in between was Wildfire Industries. Though I'm doing some of the stuff with Last Call Poker, there's waay too much information to be able to see everything. Even as little immersion as they have so far on this website, I got the SMS that I'll be notified on launch. I need to play another ARG.

Count me in on this one.

- CreativeEmbassy

[Raider]

Here's a few facts about Sam Fisher's DD214 (Military Discharge papers) I've been in the military and I'm pretty good at reading orders:

-- Most importantly, the effective date of the DD214 is Sep 4, 1968, not recently, as what has been thought by many.

--He was an E5 when discharged (he served for 2 years and 11 months) E1 to E5 doesn't happen that fast unless a soldier is extremely good. Which brings me to my next point...

-- He recieved a Distinguished Service Medal while serving in the Navy as an Intel Analyst. He also had Advanced Weapons training.

-- The word, "Dishonorable" in block 13A. looks to be bolder and "newer" than all others (Using photoshop, you can see this.)

It is common for soldiers to switch from one branch of service to another. Or from a branch of service to another form of government agencies (e.g. CIA, Secret Service) In that case, the soldier must first be discharged from the original branch, then they can be sworn in to another afterward.

With all this in mind and being a fan of the book, here is my summation on just this document:

Sam Fisher joined the Navy after 2 years as a political science major. In almost 3 years of excellent soldiering the CIA recruited him based on his exemplary skills with intel and knowledge of politics.

He was discharged from the Navy (not dishonorably) and joined the CIA, then later, the NSA. Since the DD214 is printed on Third Echelon letterhead, one would think that the "Discharged" stamp is from the third echelon offices. One would also think that the "dishonorable" text editing is from there too.

So, he may have left 3rd Echelon on his own and this DD214 is simply a way for the NSA to cover their "You don't exist" policy.

Or, he may not be out of NSA at all...

[Raider]

Next thing: Sarah's picture

It is a completely digitized photo, not real of course. Why??

It is also marked to suggest that it had been folded and unfolded several times, as to suggest that someone, possibly Sam, had kept this on him during several missions.