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Zazaban
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Cryotruth
Esso ARG

http://www.cryotruth.com/

This started awhile ago, but I forgot to post it. Embarassed

I believe it's based in Vancouver.
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Wastedump
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intresting

this is intresting.... I'm in

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OmegaX
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Been seeing commercials for this on YTV recently. Looks odd, but interesting. Revolves around a slushie-type drink (which really exists, it's not just a 'prop' for the campaign) - pretty stupid basis for an ARG/viral, but looks cool overall.
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Re: Cryotruth
Esso ARG

Zazaban wrote:
This started awhile ago, but I forgot to post it..


yeah, but if you simply look down the index of this forum, you'll see 4 threads started by someone else about this game last week.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19773 for example

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aliendial
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Heh - at least this thread wasn't started by a shill. I vote we keep this one.
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Wastedump
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I agree

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Zazaban
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Re: Cryotruth
Esso ARG

catherwood wrote:
Zazaban wrote:
This started awhile ago, but I forgot to post it..


yeah, but if you simply look down the index of this forum, you'll see 4 threads started by someone else about this game last week.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19773 for example
I posted this more than a week before those other topics and was completely ignored.
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Re: Cryotruth
Esso ARG

Zazaban wrote:
catherwood wrote:
Zazaban wrote:
This started awhile ago, but I forgot to post it..


yeah, but if you simply look down the index of this forum, you'll see 4 threads started by someone else about this game last week.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19773 for example
I posted this more than a week before those other topics and was completely ignored.


It's true, this thread is older than that linked one!

EDIT: An ARG about a slushie is officially awesome.
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konamouse
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Is it an ARG, or is it just a story advertising the slushie?

Don't take anything personally, Zazaban. You post the site and let us know it's there. Folks take a peek and decide if they are interested or not. Maybe at the time there was nothing much to discuss.

It's not a contest to see who finds something first, or finds the most trailheads. It's a service to post something new. It's a bonus if it turns out to be a game. It's still great if it's a website that is interesting to poke around and see what they are showing us while advertising the beverage. It's wonderful if it turns into an ARG (but seems that direct advertising websites are more like Extended Realities - but that debate is ongoing in the META threads).
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Shadaraman
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konamouse wrote:
Is it an ARG, or is it just a story advertising the slushie?

Don't take anything personally, Zazaban. You post the site and let us know it's there. Folks take a peek and decide if they are interested or not. Maybe at the time there was nothing much to discuss.

It's not a contest to see who finds something first, or finds the most trailheads. It's a service to post something new. It's a bonus if it turns out to be a game. It's still great if it's a website that is interesting to poke around and see what they are showing us while advertising the beverage. It's wonderful if it turns into an ARG (but seems that direct advertising websites are more like Extended Realities - but that debate is ongoing in the META threads).


ARG or not, this is one of the most entertaining things I've seen in a long time.

"To make sure the minds of the world always remain free, I have developed this new frozen drink."

I don't think I've ever enountered more effective advertising. I want Space Slushies!
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catherwood
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Re: Cryotruth
Esso ARG

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It's true, this thread is older than that linked one!


whoops! My apologies. I saw this thread getting bumped by a reply and it looked new to me; i didn't properly look at the date of the first post, and just assumed the whole thread was new.

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Shadaraman
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Mmmmm, brownie Smile
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battlecat
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Do you think that Cryo can counteract the effects of Parapin?

Just curious.

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cryotruth?

Hello, my daughter and saw those YTV ads...nice job!
However we visited 3 of the five or six Esso stations here in the province of NL Canada that supposedly had this Cryo slushie and neither of the attendants at these stations knew wtf i was talking about... jest sayin!!??

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Tien_Le
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That was fun poking around the site. Thanks
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