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Macavity
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 		Gone But Not Forgotten
Possible ARG . . . discovered through Kingdom of Loathing, of all places o.o
So, this past Saturday, I received the following K-mail from a KoL player calling himself "GoneButNotForgotten":

Quote:
From GoneButNotForgotten (#1729779) (reply) (quoted)
Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 11:04PM

(link) http://profile.myspace.com/398080212

It will all happen again.


Thought nothing of it, until yesterday morning, when I find this in my KoL inbox:

Quote:
From GoneButNotForgotten (#1729779) (reply) (quoted)
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 09:34AM

(link) http://profile.myspace.com/398080212

Do you remember him?



I can't remember exactly what my response was, but it was something along the lines of "Bet he would've found these useful", and I sent a blue-frosted astral cupcake, cursed dirty joke scroll, and gatorskin umbrella along with it.

To which I got the following reply:

Quote:
HOW DARE YOU! He is dead and you give him cupcakes? No one understands him, but me. You spit on his grave. I don't know why he bothered with you people. I guess to give the people a chance. Or maybe so the world would know him. If that is case then he has failed, I must make his name known. If that is not the case, at least I can kill with out you people. So this is your last chance. Find out who Todd Glassman is or I go on without you, and you will never know the lives you could have saved.

You acquire an item: blue-frosted astral cupcake
You acquire an item: cursed dirty joke scroll
You acquire an item: gatorskin umbrella


To which I promptly replied that no, I didn't know who this Todd Glassman guy was, and explained why I sent the items I did (umbrella for protection, scroll for dealing with trouble, and cupcake for finding things) . . . then pondered that maybe, since "it was all going to happen again, maybe they wouldn't have been all that useful after all."

Now waiting to see what Mr. GBNF has to say to that.
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natas
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 		He was born Feb. '66, and died July '06 and yet he was only 49 years old? And his last login was today? This is some weird shit.

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anotherpilotdwn
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 		what is this? is it being followed?

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Macavity
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natas wrote:
He was born Feb. '66, and died July '06 and yet he was only 49 years old? And his last login was today? This is some weird shit.


Plus, the character was created on the 19th . . . all this practically screams ARG to me.

(Side note to anotherpilotdwn: I am, and I'm wondering if any of the other folks in the UnFiction KoL clan got this.)
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natas
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 		any idea what the "398080212 " means on his profile ID?

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Macavity
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natas wrote:
any idea what the "398080212 " means on his profile ID?


Well, considering the two identical MySpace links he sent me have the same number string at the end, I'd wager it's related to that.
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natas
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Macavity wrote:
natas wrote:
any idea what the "398080212 " means on his profile ID?


Well, considering the two identical MySpace links he sent me have the same number string at the end, I'd wager it's related to that.


Those number strings are what I'm talking about. I was wondering if they had any meaning.

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cigarman
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 		go to the profile and check out the messengers blog thats where the story is gonna be i think "Foily!"

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Tenshi Akui
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natas wrote:
Macavity wrote:
natas wrote:
any idea what the "398080212 " means on his profile ID?


Well, considering the two identical MySpace links he sent me have the same number string at the end, I'd wager it's related to that.


Those number strings are what I'm talking about. I was wondering if they had any meaning.


The 398080212 is his myspace ID. They are system generated at the time of the accounts creation. Kinda like a count of what number account it is.
Each ID has both a number and a name, if they added the name.

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natas
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Tenshi Akui wrote:

The 398080212 is his myspace ID. They are system generated at the time of the accounts creation. Kinda like a count of what number account it is.
Each ID has both a number and a name, if they added the name.


Thanks for clearing that up. I had a hunch that it was random generated, but not sure at all.

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Tenshi Akui
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natas wrote:


Thanks for clearing that up. I had a hunch that it was random generated, but not sure at all.


No problem Smile Glad I could help.

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natas
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 		I shot off a PM to both Todd Glassman and The Messenger, but no replies as of yet.
/me crosses fingers

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plugs
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Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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Location: Behind you.

 		Ohhhooo. Am curious. am loooong term KOL player (not in unfiction clan, can't spread myself everywhere, y'know) so anything related always makes my ears prick up.
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Xfonic
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 		Anyone notice...

The only other friend he has is "The Messenger", whos profile pic is of Hermes (Greek Mythology)..

Wiki states a few things:




"Hermes is a messenger from the gods to humans, sharing this role with Iris. An interpreter who bridges the boundaries with strangers is a hermeneus. Hermes gives us our word "hermeneutics" for the art of interpreting hidden meaning."

"Hermes also served as a psychopomp, or an escort for the dead to help them find their way to the afterlife (the Underworld in the Greek myths). In many Greek myths, Hermes was depicted as the only god besides Hades, Persephone, and Hekate who could enter and leave the Underworld without hindrance"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes


*Shrugs* Who knows maybe the start of something else? Interesting read none the less =)

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Carcharocles58
Boot


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 		Seems Messenger is 100 years old, and hopes we're his hero.
His about me text:
Quote:
I will never be forgiven. I hope that I can work though you, for I can not work alone. I am only the messenger.

Hope this is a game. Haven't played one yet. Very Happy

EDIT: Anyone else read that weird blog post on the Messenger's page? It hints that there was another site. Continuation of a game, maybe?

EDIT EDIT: The newest blog post says that his friend needs to be stopped.

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