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[jabroni]

Yep I have flash too and it won't load for me either.

[Leyton Stone]

Ok I just got the video back up and running. [Im assuming time's running EST as it's now noon and it was back up?]

I analysed the video best I could and made out WHAT I was able to from it... Some words I've put [something] to cover because I just couldn't make them out... Sorry guys. Now first you'll get the image I've uploaded which has the same picture for Subspot as I posted on the previous page; and then it'll say "Begin Broadcast" or something like that and as I said you have the woman from the very first countdown page and this is what she says on the video.

[jabroni]

Hm, maybe it has to do with using too much bandwidth? This time the page took forever to load, then finally went to the "You need flash" message. I'm not sure if it matters but it's 1pm est time not noon because of daylight savings.

[Leyton Stone]

[jabroni]

It used to be around that time but last year they moved daylight savings up a few weeks. We just started it Saturday night/Sunday morning. It sucks because my clock adjusts itself for DST but now its always a few weeks late.

[fuz]

did anyone find out WHERE this website is hosted/linked from originally? if it's a UK site, then maybe that is why we, americans, are having trouble viewing the video...dunno...just a thought.
and, if all of this was supposed to be some new online game/arg, then why does it make it so hard for people to actually investigate the information? i really am beginning to think that this is an advert for something, like a game or movie,, but the "makers" are having technical difficulty with their website now. it makes a lot of sense, especially if they planned on a viral movie/game being leaked to spur interest in it...but they got more than they could handle??...i'm second guessing myself a lot here....i want to see this new info so bad i took my laptop to work so i could access this forum..
if this isn't something totally awesome, i'm never using the internet again...

[fuz]

 

[cyberdork]

D'oh!

[Stormalong]

fuz, you appear to have guessed correctly. The site is blocking access to anyone outside the UK (based on their IP address). I'm in Canada, and have been getting the same "you need Flash 9" message that alot of people are getting. I was finally able to access the site via a proxy service (http://www.freeanonymousproxy.net/) which is located in the UK. (Uncheck the "Remove scripts" option).

The problem appears to stem from the fact that the geoblocking isn't working correctly. If you view the source of the page you see it trying to load a flash file called "interface/Problem/Geoblock.swf", but if you try to get it you get a 403 - access denied message. So I presume that those of us outside the UK were supposed to get a little flash movie telling us we have been blocked, but its broken.

We could use the proxy listed above to get to the site, but since they went to all that trouble to block us out, they clearly aren't interested in us playing so I wouldn't waste your time.

Given that the BBC is doing the same kind of geoblocking on the Torchwood game, I wonder if it might be related to that.

[spysect]

Weird thing is. I am from London and cannot access the website

Bit weird of a Londoner cannot access his own country's website XD

EDIT:
I can get in via the FreeProxy Site. Seems we like take remote control to a computer there, which may count for the lag? :/ You get like 2 minutes before it shuts down (then you have to wait for 12 hours before you can get in again) and this is what I got.

PublicNet, the first link is the video of the woman.
SearchNet, search for subspots, comes up with a UK map.

[Leyton Stone]

[Leyton Stone]

[oraclle]

[Leyton Stone]

Yeah that theme isn't God save the queen (I'm from the UK) but it is a British style anthem. But that flag is The Union Jack.

Sidenote. Even though I haven't accessed the site in ages I'm still getting the failed vid.

[oraclle]

Here is the video.

It does sound like the bit at the end of the anthem, just before the last "Go-od saaaave thuuh Queeeeen!". It gets as far as "...o-ver us. Go-od...".

I'm still getting the access failed flash too. I wonder if the broadcasts will only be happening at mid day? If so I'll have to take my lunch early. I tried to get on the site today but the work computers don't have flash installed so I'm left with dial up, *ugh*.

Time for sleeeeeeep...