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[Pixiestix]

uhm... I mean obviously, we will all have to wait and see once launch happens... but the more i read about this, the less it looks like an ARG in the sense of any type of game, and the more it looks like another attempt to broaden the genre of alternate reality. That's great, honestly, but not an arg. From what i've been reading, it is going to be a pure player based, blog/journal oriented, write as if this is happening.

I do hope i am wrong, because a game with meaning would be great...

[rose]

From what I've heard this is a game and not just a group blog exercise. I'm looking forward to it. And I want to know how we will sail to ARGFest London.

[Dasro_Kast]

[RedHatty]

[konamouse]

[Insane24Seven]

Time to start taking swimming and shark fighting lessons to make ARGFest next year ...

[labfly]

[Rogi Ocnorb]

Noah: "Yeah... What's a cubit?"

[AprilAWZ]

[Esteed]

Well, I figure, always plan for the worst.

Which is why I have a large binder with the word "Z" on it locked in my closet. Just in case. Y'know. >.>

Seriously though? I think it would depend on how sudden the situation came up. If it were gradual? Yeah, human society may not be the most adaptable thing in the world (ironically enough) but we'd be able to get the concept through the collective skull that, "Hey, we need a back-up plan, guys!" But if it were sudden?

All hell. Seriously, human society en masse rarely deals very well with sudden, lifestyle-changing shock. Factioning, paranoia, fighting and possibly small-scale wars would all probably break out over the remaining reserves of oil (as undoubtedly people would still have some in their gas tanks and cars) and then when that ran out? Yeah, then people would realize that they should've been figuring out the right way to do things instead of running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. But by then it'll be too late and most of us will be SOL.

[Rogi Ocnorb]

"Understand the procedure now? Just stop a few of their machines...throw them into darkness for a few hours and then sit back and watch the pattern. They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find......and it's themselves."

Rod Serling: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

[SpadE]

At the bottom of the page, there's a starting plot synopsis.
The text in the screengrab talks about "8TSOC (8 to save out country)
The man who leaked the info (our antagonist, presumably) is Nico
I'm jumping in. This will be my first real game (playing through Heroes 360, but that doesn't count), so I'm excited.

[RedHatty]

The concept of a world without oil is a very scary one. Many people have never considered how they would survive heat/cold without eletricity. Even oil or coal furnaces rely on electricity to move the warm air through the vents. The city lines that transport our water also rely on electricity. It is more than a travel option (gas cars). All industry wuold come to a standstill & of course, we wouldn't have use of our computers anymore either (no electricity).

Survivalist training is good to have, even the most basic skills, but without a way to communicate with others that you are trying to meet up wioth..... Life could be very dangerous. Society would devolve quickly.

All in all - sounds like this should be an excellent game about a real potential future.

[missphinx]

No oil? I would seriously be missing plastic. Or at least cheap plastic.

Looking forward to April 30!

[cb_vicious]

Yeh, I'm in... this is something that really interests me. I've always wondered how life would be without any petroleum based products... and it's not really possible for me.