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[October]

Since I'm in Houston, I replied to the Houston ad. The w4w and w4m at the end of these "missed connections" subject lines... Does the craigslist system add them in automatically? I'm assuming they mean woman-looking-for-woman and woman-looking-for-man, in which case we know a little something more about the people she's seeking out.

Email sent:

[Phaedra]

Huh, maybe those Craigslist postings are intended for us, then. But did we find one for Varin's city? (In defense of that theory, these are sort of odd cities to select -- not your normal major cities. No New York, no Chicago, no San Francisco, no LA...)

Okay, who and where have we so far?

Austin:
Baltimore:
Houston:
(Indianapolis: Varin)
Louisville:
Milwaukee: Phaedra
Providence: LouMac
Winnipeg:

So, has our Winnipegian received a package?

[Caterpillar]

[konamouse]

I think that Addlepated is from one of those Texas cities.

I searched and searched but didn't see Las Vegas anywhere. And I don't really expect one since I wasn't active in any of the previous GMD games.

Darn.

[LouMac]

In response to this ad: http://providence.craigslist.org/mis/311564036.html, I sent the following message.

[addlepated]

I'm in Austin. I don't have anything at home, but I haven't checked the PO box in a couple of days. Of course I'll let y'all know ASAP if something shows up.

[rowan]

Scans of all the items I received in my package: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rowan72/sets/72157600085204580/

Interestingly enough, I got a printout of the Providence Craigslist ad even though there is a Binghamton listing.

[halftruth]

This looks very promising. Which is really cool, I've never been able to get in on the ground level of a big name ARG before.

I'm in Baltimore (well, near enough)--should I perhaps reply to the craigslist post, or does that simply mean that odds are good a package was sent to someone in/near Baltimore? I've never really used craigslist before, but I could call her phone number. And I'm female, which matches the ad...

Any idea on the coins, anyone? They look very familiar to me but I can't decide why. Maybe just because they look like old subway tokens.

[Caterpillar]

[addlepated]

Well lookie there, I wandered over to the post office and found swag!

http://gallery.addlepated.net/main.php?g2_itemId=8155

Also wanted to point out that they used "Be seeing you" to say goodbye on The Prisoner.

[celina63]

Thought I'd do a round-up of the craigslist ads found through a search on Google (or found by doing a local search) and who they all (possibly? presumably?) belong to. This is based on who already received packages and the "w4w" or "w4m" in the subject line:

Austin - w4w (Addlepated)
Houston - w4m
Baltimore - w4w
Milwaukee - w4w (Phaedra)
Providence - w4m (LouMac)
Winnipeg - w4m (Jamesi?)
Louisville - w4m

Not found in Google Search:
Binghamton - w4w (Rowan)
Gainsville - w4m (molecularr)
Kitchener - w4m
Lynchburg - w4m
Penn State - w4m
Windsor - w4w

Packages received with no corresponding ad:
Chesterton, IN (Varin)
Portland, OR (Spacebass)

Let me know if I'm missing anything - will update.

C

Edit - (4/17) Added Gainsville and Kitchener craigslists ads
Edit - (4/17) Added molecularr to Gainsville ad
Edit - (4/17) Added new craigslist ads found by erosieo

[konamouse]

Baltimore could be Scrappy.

[Caterpillar]

[ItWasntMeISwear]

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[Killian]

Is this going to be impossible to play for us poor, unwashed commoners who didn't get sent a package?
Poo.
I live close enough to Milwaukee. I would have ran down there to get a package! Especially one with nifty kitty-cat coins!