Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:30 am
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
[Trailhead] Aurora 9
View previous topicView next topic
Page 5 of 5 [68 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Author Message
petunia
Unfettered

Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Posts: 616
Location: MS

 		email from Kate
Sorry for the triple (!) post Embarassed , but I've heard back from Kate Brown.
Quote:
Petunia,

things have been busy lately with MC- too, too busy for us to blog. our helpers havn't helped, frankly, they don't seem to care. so me and emma have to do it alone, whuch is very hard, trust me. Smile
and...oh, you can really see that page! sh**! i was hoping i had pword incrypted it...damn! ah well. he doesn't really care anyway- too busy.
ANYway, about the list...yes, JT is James ren Taylor. i don't know wo the other people are...they don't go to my school, i don't hink. some of the names seem very 'made up', if you know what i mean? JT shares his numbers with two other people, i noticed....are they imprtant, do you know? :-/

aww, and thanks for wondering if we're alright out here. things are a hassle, really, but me and Emma are fine. Smile annoyed and frusteranted, but fine. we got back from NYC okay, scratched up, maybe, but okay. you can't really help us out in texas- we travle a lot. a lot, we're going back to nyc soon. Very Happy
i really want a hot-dog now. NYC makes me hngry.

To which I'm replying:
Quote:
Yeah, I noticed JT has the same number as two other people but we haven't got a clue why. I've never heard of any of those other names before, and no idea what those numbers could mean. Sad And yeah, some of the names look weird, and some are almost normal names but it's like they're spelled wrong or something. Idk, maybe JT just isn't that great a typist or he was in a hurry or something. But then he also said he didn't want the list to "fall into the wrong hands" or something, so do you think maybe he put the made-up-sounding names in there himself?

That sucks that you guys are having to go it alone on this, you'd think if people were going batsh** crazy and attacking each other for no reason then somebody would want to do something about it. Sheesh.

Hope y'all's next trip to NYC goes well. I've been there once, never had a hot dog there though. Smile Oh but man I wish I'd thought to get a bagel when I was there! My friend says NY has the best bagels anywhere and there's just no substitute. Now I'm hungry too, gah. Very Happy


More spec: Kate's made a few typos herself, could they be intentional? Some of the names seem off by just a letter or two from being "normal" names.

It's sounding more & more like the MC ARG died out. Maybe Kate will "transfer" over to this one, or maybe it's just a cameo, who knows.

Has anybody emailed or heard back from JT? ETA: OK, I just emailed him, basically begging for mercy. Laughing

PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:36 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Cross_
Decorated


Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 283
Location: San Diego

 		So.. is this ARG not yet active, no longer active, or slow to start !?

PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:47 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
dazeytweeter
Veteran


Joined: 25 Feb 2007
Posts: 92

 		Who knows dude. Add to that nobody has come forward saying they've gotten an e-mail from JT asking what's up. I didn't email him but has anyone else?

Even though the Aurora 9 site is still up I'm guessing the PM just up and quit.

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:26 am
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
petunia
Unfettered

Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Posts: 616
Location: MS

 		Got this back from JT:
Quote:
In order to find out what the names mean, you need to see if they have anything in common. That's the most I'll say.
So the "names" DO "mean" something, then. So at least some of them aren't just names. Still no hint on the (*#&$*@$@ numbers though. Bang Head

And this from Kate:
Quote:
Petuna,

maybe you should ask Jt? i dunno if he knows...but, it's always worth a try.
and yes, i think that maybe he mad up some of the names. i've seen the list anbd some of them look really fake. i'm not sure why, and i don't know if i'm wrong, but this is my theory: some of the names were members of whatever government that made Aurora9, so Jt had to edit them out. :-/ probably wrong though.

but yeah, NYC has the best bagels in the world! Very Happy
oh, and excuse my typingm, i'm not very good.
Kate


Obviously the PM can type correctly, but I still don't know exactly what to make of all those typos. Maybe it's just a hint that they mean something. Other possibilities, just off the top of my head:
- only the names w/ "typos" are important
- only the names w/o "typos" are important
- if we fix the typos, then they'll mean something
- isolate the typos and put them together somehow

I've got a ton of work right now, so I don't know when I'll get around to looking at this as closely as I'd like. I have a feeling the PM is waiting for us to solve her puzzle, and if we don't, she's not so invested in this as to give us much help. I'm curious as to whether this will turn out to be a really difficult puzzle, or just a poorly conceived one.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:01 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
dazeytweeter
Veteran


Joined: 25 Feb 2007
Posts: 92

 		I think it's time to stick a fork in this, petunia. All of the people who were following this actively have not posted anything in over a week and I'll be going on to another game after this last post. The PM has no time for us and likewise with this thread and his game.

Poorly concieved? We didn't get far enough into it to see. It's just this last puzzle makes absolutely no sense. It just looks like JT is making this shit up as he goes along (like Senor Bambos was doing) This game just went nowhere and in record time.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:16 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
massive
Veteran

Joined: 23 Dec 2005
Posts: 111
Location: Colorado Springs, CO

 		The "typos" in Kate's last email:
Petuna -> PetunIa -> I
mad -> madE -> E
anbd -> and -> B
typingm -> typing -> M

Oh man, we're dealing with IEBM's!

... what's an IEBM?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:52 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
Darren Knight
Unfettered


Joined: 28 Jul 2007
Posts: 494
Location: Parsippany, New Jersey

 		OK, this game has been put on hiatus. Here is the official email:

Quote:
This is not an in-game email.

In case you guys were getting worried--the ARG is not dead. However, due to personal reasons Aurora 9 is going to have to go on hiatus for a while. I don't know how long at this point, but it may be a few months. I am very sorry that I can't deliver after all the puzzles and intrigue I promised you, but I do intend to revive this once everything is settled in real life.

If you want to be taken off the list, just send me an email. Otherwise, I am sorry about the hiatus, but hope you can understand. I look forward to continuing the story and puzzle-solving (or starting it, seeing how little I actually gave you before calling a hiatus) once my life has calmed down!

Thank you for understanding.
-JT


Dam, this was supposed to be my ARG til January Sad
_________________

Nicknames: ::Agent 101::
Playing: ::Institute for Human Continuity::
Completed: ::Red Monday::

PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:37 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
ncfriend
Unfettered


Joined: 04 Apr 2007
Posts: 694
Location: Your imagination

 		well, gosh... leave for a wees vacation and see what happens.. Sad
oh well..

pm, hope things go well for you and you're able to come back to us.

off to check my spam folder for weird things.... lol

ncf
_________________
Help me win a contest: Click here
www.wiseoz.com/referredbyNCFRIEND (only one time)
WiseOz is a cool site for riddles, puzzles and games.

PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:26 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 5 of 5 [68 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group