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CaptainZ
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lirath wrote:
Well, Des, Gala and GracesMom are all utterly unconvinced by the translation. 'too many words for that'. My take - are you sure it wasn't the translator saying he'd get the translation to us tomorrow?! I think Snake eyed was just discussing 'get it, got it, good vs. get it, got it, great'

After all, he says:
[8:20:37 PM] snake eyed says: not at all, I'll do my best

Just curious Smile I think the translation's coming tomorrow...


I think your right Lirath. I believe you guys misunderstood what he was tryin to say. "Get it, Got it, Good" is a american saying. i think he was just making the connection and mentioning how he had heard it before.

Tomorrow he will hopefully deliver the actual translation and hopefully we will find out some useful info.

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since the above conversation fits in-game I've posted it to the WWO LJ.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:49 pm
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OrangeForAHead wrote:
So since worldwithoutoil.org says "This Is A Game," let's all agree here that it's Out Of Game?


Personally, I think it's firmly in-game. It has little blips of meta (eg. bottom of 'world without oil' link), but a lot of the info has been IG and important (eg. Nico chat). On top of that, the little button in the upper-right hand corner says, "made by dessum9," which would be very odd to say if it was meta or OOG. Finally, on the 'teach' page, it says that it was compiled by Gala (and someone else, can't remember who right now). So long story short, you don't need to worry about referencing the WWO page (in my opinion, at least).

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Had a chat with Gracesmom. It was very comfortable. I was doing other stuff in the background and felt like we were just having a pleasant conversation, like real people. Whoever is playing her in chat, good job. Smile

Quote:
GSAs I Dont Know: Hey, gracesmom!
gracesmominnh: Hi!
GSAs I Dont Know: I havn't talked to you since...
GSAs I Dont Know: Well, the whole Nico thing.
GSAs I Dont Know: That must've been... Nerve-wracking, to say the least.
gracesmominnh: heh, the "thing" is still going on
gracesmominnh: oh you mean the meeting

GSAs I Dont Know: Wink
GSAs I Dont Know: I know
GSAs I Dont Know: Yeah, the meeting.
gracesmominnh: I was so nervous! but Tom is great he made me feel alot better about going
gracesmominnh: hes 200 pounds of muscle and scary badass face

GSAs I Dont Know: lol
GSAs I Dont Know: Nico wouldn't touch you w/ Tom there, haha
GSAs I Dont Know: did nico tell you what company he used to work for? just curious if he was wiling to share that info with anyone.
GSAs I Dont Know: id hate to get him in more trouble
gracesmominnh: he didn't mention the name, just called it "my former employer"
GSAs I Dont Know: ah
GSAs I Dont Know: so do you think that his 'former employer' is whats causing the crash?
gracesmominnh: could be
gracesmominnh: or maybe they know about it and they didnt want anyone else to

GSAs I Dont Know: that would be strange
gracesmominnh: and Nico told us and screwed up whatever deal they had going on
GSAs I Dont Know: hm
GSAs I Dont Know: imho we need to figure some stuff out asap, and we need to know what Nico is doing for real.
gracesmominnh: yeah
gracesmominnh: Uncle Frank has a theory but it involves Masons and something called the...triluminari? I think hes teasing me

GSAs I Dont Know: the illuminati? lol
GSAs I Dont Know: freemasonry.
GSAs I Dont Know: Dan Brown would have a field day. haha
gracesmominnh: thats it! lol
GSAs I Dont Know: have you read the da vinci code?
gracesmominnh: I watched the dvd
gracesmominnh: I did not believe that that French actress had the hots for Tom Hanks
gracesmominnh: he looked awful in that movie

GSAs I Dont Know: haha
GSAs I Dont Know: i hear that he was really against the point of the movie, tom hanks i mean
gracesmominnh: I guess they paid him enough to get over it
GSAs I Dont Know: money does lots in this world...
GSAs I Dont Know: Especially w/ big oil.
gracesmominnh: yeah
GSAs I Dont Know: maybe nico's company is being paid to keep quiet?
gracesmominnh: I saw some news thing somewhere that Mobil/Exxon are still raking in major profits
GSAs I Dont Know: Figures.
GSAs I Dont Know: -_-
GSAs I Dont Know: We drain our wallets while they get rich.
GSAs I Dont Know: Supply and demand... And if Nico's right, supplies are going waaay down on the 30th.
gracesmominnh: well thats why we need to work together
GSAs I Dont Know: Smile
GSAs I Dont Know: You've seen RedHatty's blog, right?
GSAs I Dont Know: She does a great job. That really helped me prepare.
gracesmominnh: not lately but I did read the posts she did about her experience during Hurricane katrina
GSAs I Dont Know: i cant imagine how horrible that mustve been
gracesmominnh: I know! I was glued to that LJ afterwards, it really was amazing how they were able to stay online running generators
gracesmominnh: it was stuff like that that made me agree to help w/8tsoc

GSAs I Dont Know: yea
GSAs I Dont Know: it mustve been awkward at the denver airport... just some random guy comes up and tells you about a disaster. how could you be convinced to join?
GSAs I Dont Know: well anyways im really glad you decided to join.
gracesmominnh: it was clear that he knew something
GSAs I Dont Know: how?
gracesmominnh: Gala talked to him for hours
gracesmominnh: and she was convinced
gracesmominnh: and I just trusted her

GSAs I Dont Know: did you know her b4 the denver airport?
gracesmominnh: because she and Inky were so good to me and Grace
gracesmominnh: no! we met there

GSAs I Dont Know: it must have been fate that you all met there
gracesmominnh: it was amazing
GSAs I Dont Know: Smile
GSAs I Dont Know: gala's quite the leader.
gracesmominnh: she is
GSAs I Dont Know: are you scared?
gracesmominnh: more nervous I think
gracesmominnh: its hard to be scared w/o knowing what exactly we should be scared of

GSAs I Dont Know: I really feel like I want to find out what's going to happen... But I know that as soon as I know, it will have happened... So I really don't want to find out.
gracesmominnh: heh
gracesmominnh: I hear ya
GSAs I Dont Know: How is grace doing?
gracesmominnh: shes great--she keeps me going
GSAs I Dont Know: Smile
GSAs I Dont Know: Have you explained to her what is happening? Not to scare her or anything, just to keep her aware.
gracesmominnh: I just tell her simple stuff that she can understand
gracesmominnh: we need to save gas so we dont go in the truck unless we need to
gracesmominnh: we're starting a garden so we can have veggies if the store doesnt have them
gracesmominnh: we need to turn out lights when we dont use them
gracesmominnh: etc

GSAs I Dont Know: thats cute. ive never met her, but i can just see her reaching up with her little hand and turning out the light. its really neat how everyone can do their part in this.
gracesmominnh: yeha
gracesmominnh: yeah
gracesmominnh: Im sorry Im tired

GSAs I Dont Know: oh, of course.
gracesmominnh: ttyl ok?
GSAs I Dont Know: i didnt mean to keep you up.
gracesmominnh: np
GSAs I Dont Know: talk to you later. Smile
gracesmominnh: good night!
GSAs I Dont Know: night!
gracesmominnh signed off at 11:41:39 PM.


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I had conversations with both Sharon and Gala. There wasn't a whole lot worth repeating, but the conversations were very nice. I'm very impressed with their 'realness'. I mentioned to both the concept of the community being able to hide Nico or arrange a false trail and both seemed interested in that as a possibility. I told Gala all she had to do was let me know.

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I too talked to Sharon. nothing worth mentioning just casual talk. baseball and what not came up. Talked about Nico for a little while. she mentioned that he had discarded his cell phone, credit cards, etc. (anything that could be traced) So i suggested that since he ditched that stuff he should pick somewhere and lay low.

Not sure if its important or not but...

"Captainz2005: yeah. i wonder how hes getting around without those things
gracesmominnh: he said there are still payphones around, and he used public internet when he could find it
gracesmominnh: his friend in Maine gave him some money"

So apparently he has a contact in Maine. don't know if its of any importance but thought id mention it in case.

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ararejul wrote:
so has anyone asked why iniscool's photobucket pictures are all named eclipse07?


There is an aim user called Eclipse07, but I've gotten no reponse, and they immediately logged off when I attempted to chat to them?

May be OOG?
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I had the same thing happen to me Nitefoll...Hmmm?

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nitefoll wrote:
ararejul wrote:
so has anyone asked why iniscool's photobucket pictures are all named eclipse07?


There is an aim user called Eclipse07, but I've gotten no reponse, and they immediately logged off when I attempted to chat to them?

May be OOG?


yeah sadly when i tried to search more about it it's a very common name due to the eclipse and what not. it'd be pretty hard to figure out what's oog and what's not.

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Iwondered if he had an amateur interest in astronomy. Perhaps that is why he called them eclipse 07?
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Translation

Sorry I jumped the gun all. But here is the translation of A Message For Nico:

- Look, I've used every contact I could. You sent Andreas on a wildgoose chase... Very funny... Now I'm left holding the bag/ in a no- way situation/ in a pickle too. Just make your point clear. At a certain moment the company weakened/ yielded its position drastically. We are at your side. We claim that a wise move. But your support will make a big difference. Espesially if you are there to protect her.The door is closing, Thomas. Get inside or you'll get stuck on the outside... in the cold... for a very long time.


Andreas? ANDREAS! Who is Andrea? And why does she refer to the listener as Thomas? And: "especially if you are there to protect her." Protect Grace? and who protects her, Nico or Thomas? Lot's to mull over, but there's the info.

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Thanks for the translation. I admit that the use of pronoun "she" is confusing. Do we know much about Every Sunday?
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rose wrote:
Thanks for the translation. I admit that the use of pronoun "she" is confusing. Do we know much about Every Sunday?


Picture, video, and Youtube profile is about it.
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I was also wondering why he used iniscool as a name to post his photos.

I think that anyone who logs off right away after you IM them is a real person and not a character in the game. Matching AIM names with characters doesn't seem too straightforward in this game. Smile

I hope we find out some more on Monday.
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But your support will make a big difference. Especially if you are there to protect her.


That sounds a bit ominous, given that she is specifically mentioned in the video, should we suggest Gracesmom (Sharon) that she may be in danger (and Nico), perhaps that is why he specifically asked to meet Gracesmom to pass on further information?

Or not, don't want to spook her, more than she already is?
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I talked with her this afternoon and brought up the 'protect her'. Sharon's not worried. She and Des have discussed it and feel like it refers to someone 'back home'.

She seems to be in a good mood Smile

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