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[duckiemonster]

[Velma]

[psyche]

[noodrez]

Just had a thought, has anyone suggested to kurt (or done it themselves) that the Monica and V mp3 should be sent to the police (or several police agents,, just so that theres less chance we email a 3p agent). They are more advanced than us, they probably have some way of iding by voice. If that is the case, then they will probably be able to ge more info out of the mp3 than we can.

However, I don't want to take this kind of action without some kind of community approval, and probably best to run it past Kurt as well. Don't want an abuse of trust like happened last time with Aiko.

[Angry Jedi]

I would second that motion, noodrez. Has anyone emailed Kurt and/or Violet with this information as yet? I think we should let Kurt know first and see what he thinks about it - I agree we can do without another "abuse of trust" scenario, otherwise they'll be less inclined to listen to us in the future! I won't do anything until I've seen general community approval though (and even then, someone else will probably beat me to it!)

AJ

[BBuck]

If we want an answer to the Cyrus=V question, one way might be to organise a Roll for Damage concert at the Academy. With such a high-prolife event, you'd expect nearly all the Academy staff to come along (with free tickets, perhaps?).

If Cyrus=V and works at the academy, then RFD should spot him (especially if there was a meet and greet with staff before the concert). If he doesn't turn up, then we can form a list of suspects from academy records. Of course, if V doesn't work at the academy, then this won't help.

Caine seems keen to become involved with things, and also to have built up a nice rapport with the Hesh folk at Pyramid the other week. We could suggest it to him through Kurt or Violet? It needn't be a concert, if this would be too tricky to organise, just invite Alejo to meet Academy staff on some pretext.

[Velma]

[sledgecallier]

Velma wrote:

[jojojojo]

Look. We are not the only people working on this. Although I do accept that a large percentage of PPX players are Unfiction users, the game does not revolve around us.

Many others may have contacted Kurt, Helena or the police already. In fact, I'm pretty certain its definite others have already contacted them.

TIAG people, MC will choose what they want to happen, they've a plot lined up of whats to happen next and will pick and chose which emails to listen to.

Just because ryanandrew got slated for sending Kurt to Gillet Rd, if MC REALLY didn't want Kurt to go, they would of ignored him. Its pretty obvious at this point that Kurt was the one meant to go there and start this whole fiasco.

So please, stop the panic, put heads of normality on and think realistically. Is there really any point debating this on this thread?

Also, don't expect much to happen till Friday, MC are in New York this week after all.

[noodrez]

Jojojojo, I think it works both ways. MC have a plot outlined, but if its written nicely, then it allows us players to make decisions, like a good pen and paper RPG. I also expect that MC are donig things like judging plot lines based on player majority, so if say 1 person emails helena, and 2000 people email jurt, then they will work it out as though helena hadn't been emailed (or at least, I would expect them to do so).

Along with that, I think they read the forums here and at other large ARG groups carefully. If they see a poll, or a large proportion of the community agreed on a particular action, then the result of that action will count as the consensus of all UnFiction members as a democratic authority.

Along these lines, I would say its not pointless to have these kind of community votes as they will have influence. But there will be independant parties out there and if the community action here isn't strong enough to sway MC (or they want to add a bit of disension into the mix) then they will be considered on equal footing. This is not a linear story with every conclusion already set in stone, its a game, very much like an RPG with MC having the basic ideas in their head but being guided by our actions.

[European Chris]

[noodrez]

Its easy enough to have a non linear story. Games masters in RPGS manage it all the time. I admit that there probably is a fairly substansial story arc written, and we will probably be nudged along it if we are slowing down. However, just because the end points are set does not mean that the journey is. If we do something stupid, then I have no doubt MC will incorporate it and make sure there are consequences. The corrolary is that if we do something exceptionally smart, then we will probably be rewarded for it.

If it is not run in a fashion at least semi non linear, then there really is not much point playing. A story set in stone with no player variation, in something like this, they may as well just have written a book Hence my thought that it is at least partially dynamic in response to player actions.

[sackofpotatoes]

[UPDATE] Path of Least Time

[jojojojo]

Yes, I do realise that MC are likely to take the majority vote, so for them to take the majority vote, surely everyone needs to mail their own opinions? Not those decided here, or anywhere else.

I was merely pointing out your not going to get attacked by anyone if you decide to email something. You've as much right to mail what you like as any other player.

And of course they read the threads... they have eyes and ears everywhere.

*jojojojo checks behind shoulder...

We've all got minds of our own, and we should abuse this power a little more often...

[noodrez]

lol guess theres no need for the poll I just set up anymore now either.