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[META] Trackstick.com leveraging off TLR
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mr.judkins
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 		[META] Trackstick.com leveraging off TLR
Official sponsor, or jumping at promo opportunity?
There is now a banner ad on the official Trackstick website which reads: "USE TRACKSTICK TO FIND THE LOST RING".

The page you click through to would suggest to me that they're not official sponsors, or they are, but really have no idea how the tracksticks fit into the story:

trackstick site wrote:
Players were recently instructed to create city-scale "labryinths" using Tracksticks as proof of their movements through phantom mazes around the world. In the mythology of The Lost Ring universe, these labyrinths work in the same way as some believe crop-circles do, in that they are cosmic symbols pointing to clues or artifacts. Players will actually and go and find these artifacts using clues and the information recorded by their Trackstick. In the spirit of omphaloi (an ancient system of navigation similar to GPS), Tracksticks will record a player's creation of a city labryinth by showing them their paths on a satellite map. These paths will become signs to finding the location of given objectives in a mission.


WTF? Very Happy

I'm tempted to get in touch with them and provide them with a somewhat more accurate description... anyone want to help put one together?

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runeix ftlr
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 		lol, u think they'd work ask how to explain it before putting it up Rolling Eyes .

i reckon just explain it as you would to someone whos just starting.
and for someone who has no idea whats going on its a pretty good description

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jasper
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 		It is seriously hard to explain this stuff to people! It might be worth giving the trackstick people something better to post just to keep from having to un-muddle anyone who found their way to the game from there!

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danteIL
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 		My guess is that Chapter 26 of the Codex explains how we have to increase our synchronization by drawing crop circles and phantom mazes...

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Soda
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 		lol that's pretty funny! They seem to not kind get what we are doing Very Happy very funny.

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 		I'm confused - how different is their description, exactly, from reality? It didn't seem that off to me.
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jorgeguberte
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 		Wow,i feel like an alien, making those crop marks. hahahaha
Awesome advertising for them! Very Happy
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Khaos
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krystyn wrote:
I'm confused - how different is their description, exactly, from reality? It didn't seem that off to me.


well, for example, this part is totally off :

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find these artifacts using clues and the information recorded by their Trackstick


Trackstick doesn't give any information to find artifacts. That's the artifacts that talk about cities labyrinth for which we need Trackstick.
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lhall
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Khaos wrote:
krystyn wrote:
I'm confused - how different is their description, exactly, from reality? It didn't seem that off to me.


well, for example, this part is totally off :

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find these artifacts using clues and the information recorded by their Trackstick


Trackstick doesn't give any information to find artifacts. That's the artifacts that talk about cities labyrinth for which we need Trackstick.


Spec lies ahead:

What if that's a spoiler for what'll happen next? I know ostensibly these are to do giant knots in an omph net, but what if they do end up revealing a location for something? Not an 'artifact' as we know them (which are the Codex pages) but clues to finding the sculpture rings that Eli talked about?
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jorgeguberte
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lhall wrote:
Khaos wrote:
krystyn wrote:
I'm confused - how different is their description, exactly, from reality? It didn't seem that off to me.


well, for example, this part is totally off :

Quote:
find these artifacts using clues and the information recorded by their Trackstick


Trackstick doesn't give any information to find artifacts. That's the artifacts that talk about cities labyrinth for which we need Trackstick.


Spec lies ahead:

What if that's a spoiler for what'll happen next? I know ostensibly these are to do giant knots in an omph net, but what if they do end up revealing a location for something? Not an 'artifact' as we know them (which are the Codex pages) but clues to finding the sculpture rings that Eli talked about?


It makes a lot of sense to me. Kai said he'd send a Trackstick AND some Agonothetai gear. Maybe the answer is in the gear...all the receivers need to put the pieces together, i don't know..something like that.
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runeix ftlr
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jorgeguberte wrote:


Spec lies ahead:

What if that's a spoiler for what'll happen next? I know ostensibly these are to do giant knots in an omph net, but what if they do end up revealing a location for something? Not an 'artifact' as we know them (which are the Codex pages) but clues to finding the sculpture rings that Eli talked about?

It makes a lot of sense to me. Kai said he'd send a Trackstick AND some Agonothetai gear. Maybe the answer is in the gear...all the receivers need to put the pieces together, i don't know..something like that.


i think it more likely that the other 'stuff' is the tattos and stickers the japan team got, but i could be wrong (btw whats the lead time on recieving the trackstick after kai says he'll sned one?

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mr.judkins
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 		I'd recommend dropping him a PM asking for the FedEx tracking number. I see the NZ trackstick is currently in transit in Honolulu...

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Canzonett
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 		According to our team captain AUZ505, the Munich trackstick has arrived already two days ago ...

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VictorSueiro
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 		The BA trackstick was the first to arrive to the destination city (two days after kay posted about tracksticks)... but, the trackstick is still in customs officess Sad
Kai told me that i will be receiving it in a few days...

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runeix ftlr
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 		thry tried to deliver it today, but i wasnt here and its a long weekend. they will try agian on tuesday and i have left instructions for them.
as i have thrusday off i should get a whole day to use it!

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