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[Spiritus machina]

A message from NeoPangea's Custodian

[Albany]

The link takes you to Cleo's Pain Emporium, which talks about "one of their own" going missing and that more information will be provided once the password is entered.

Players are suggested to follow the warnings of Ethan Haas and led to his website, which shows a large cityscape. Upon further exploration, a large ball with symbols that light up in a pattern when you click on them appears.

[Musicluver315]

Puzzle

[Albany]

The Second Puzzle

[Hilohello]

Apparently it's related to some RP game. Or something.

That's what it says at the bottom of the Pain Emporium, anyway.

[notgordian]

Either someone is trying to ressurect the game Ethan Haas Was Right, this is a fan-made continuation, or the company behind the original project wants it brought back.

I didn't play the original, but EHWR was a campaign that was initially confused for part of Cloverfied but later confirmed as unassociated.

I'm not sure if the /helpme page was part of the original game -- 80 pages is a bit intimidating to pore through. It might be helpful to look through the archives I linked if you're interested in this, though.

[makeshift_romeo]

Ethan Haas Was Right is related to a PC game titled Alpha/Omega. Don't know what they're trying to do with this though, considering this was all done and finished quite a while ago.

EDIT: search found this
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19952

[Albany]

I think this is just a fan continuation. Duh, it's at the bottom of the first page.

[Nighthawk]

Not this again...

Yes, the whole puzzle thing was part of the original Ethan Haas ARG. "DIVINUS" was the final word in the puzzle, and that wound up getting you a discount on the Mind Storm Labs store for a limited time.

Regina Haas was a character created by Myridean of the AO forums. You can see the announcement post HERE. He also owns the NeoPangea domain, and is part of a "virtual campaign" he is creating (he's even very up front about his "Alpha Omega virtual roleplaying game" in his signature on the forums).

Regina Haas has a MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/regina_haus (note the misspelling)

Myridean, although last I heard was not a MSL employee, has had a close relationship with them. I am hoping that, if he is continuing this, he does have their full support. Or else this might be another NerComm in the making...

For the record, "Spiritus Machina" has also posted on the AO forums: HERE

[Albany]

Well, regardless of whether the PM has their permission, there doesn't seem to be much going on anyways.

The unprotected /images directory doesn't have anything out of the ordinary.

The only advice, after getting to the end of A/O's puzzle trail and getting the password, is to sign up at neopangea.net, and that currently has nothing but a dialogue redirecting people to A/O's main page.

Thanks for the background, though, Nighthawk. I'll keep my eye on this.