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[Burrito]

Not much happened tonight, eh?

Anyone have any idea on how we can "trap" the planted player? Since none of the contestants know each other, we can't use them against each other to dig up the truth..

I almost feel like we're stuck waiting for one of them to trip over their own feet so we can progress. The questions aren't really getting us anywhere, since the plant will just lie anyways.

I emailed Elizabeth asking her what she would ask about if she had an anonymous proxy (us) to ask through.. crossing my fingers and hoping that I'll get a reply that we can actually make use of.

[Erasmus X]

Tried that as well. Still haven't heard back from her though...

[Erasmus X]

Ha, I just noticed that the quote on the ARG page is attributed to Bubezleeb - Beelzebub backwards. Nice one Natas!

[Leyton Stone]

[Erasmus X]

Heh, it's just nice to see these little...easter eggs, you know?

[Leyton Stone]

Yeah but... Natas is @ work lol, he isn't the PM

[Dirt Diver]

I thought of a way to try to trap some of them. When they answer questions in chat we need to keep track of the answers. Then we ask them again at a different time and see who screws up their answer.

[amandel]

[Dirt Diver]

[amandel]

To Catch a Thief....like the Hitchcock flic.

Update at TINAGPD Weblog which sorta reinforces your idea.

[Dirt Diver]

Dang, they stole my idea.

[Dirt Diver]

A chat with silvia

Dirt_diver: Bye silvia

Silvia: ByeS

Silvia: Any one still here?

Silvia: Yeah It reminds me of a Joke: Q) Do all fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time"? A) No. Some begin with " If Elected I will..."

Dirt_Diver: I glad you believe in civic duty and yeah I don't care much for it either.

Silvia: Yes I did. My husband died to make sure we can vote. I think it is my duty to vote. I just don't like listening to politicians or people talking about politicians.

Dirt_Diver: If I may ask did you vote in this years election?

Silvia: No not really.

Dirt_Diver: Gotcha, so are you big into politics.

Silvia: My husband used to watch them all the time, I never cared for them. I just remember that quote.

Silvia: He is a commentator on One of those Sunday Morning Political Talk shows. I forget which on. Face the Press or Meet the nation something like that.

Dirt_Diver: who is george will?

Silvia: At least I think George Will said that.

Dirt_Diver: My thoughts exactally

Silvia: I see. Like George will said: If you are a pessimist you are always either right or pleasantly surpirsed.

Dirt_Diver: And you didnt hurt my feelings

Dirt_Diver: Its a lot better

Dirt_Diver: The way I see it, If you expect the worst then when something good happens.

Silvia: Im sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I still want to talk to you. Are you still here?

Silvia: Wow, you really are a glass is half empty kinda person aren't you?

Dirt_Diver: Business, crime, who knows?

Silvia: I mean if he wants Ben to win lets say, why not just give him a check and be done with it?m

Silvia: I suppose. But again why would he?

Dirt_Diver: Yeah but he could still lie about the results, since nobody else see's them apparntly.

Silvia: He explained that a secure email address would be provided for voters, that each voter can vote up to 10 times.

Dirt_Diver: I want the prize to go to the most deserving person, not somebody the producer wants.

Dirt_Diver: Idk yet but i'm trying to get to the bottom of it.

Silvia: I suppose the voting could be rigged, but why would someone do all this just to rig the vote? it doesn't make since.

Dirt_Diver: How did he explain it to you?

Silvia: The money that is not the voting. He explained the voting.

Dirt_Diver: I just think that the voting could be bias.

Dirt_Diver: Hm.. okay

Silvia: He never really explained it to us, well at least he never explained it to me.

Dirt_Diver: I'm still thinking that something fishy is going on with the voting system, that the producer will not let anybody else see the votes or count them.

Dirt_Diver: Yeah according to him its somehow based on interest.

Silvia: He said it was close to a Million. But we wouldn't know what this prize would be until Saturday

Dirt_Diver: Good, hey did don ever tell you what the maximum prize ever awarded was?

Silvia: Im ok, how are you?

Dirt_Diver: How are you doing today?

Silvia: Hi Dirt

Dirt_Diver: Hey silvia


I'll try to get more info

EDIT: I cleaned up the chat to make it easier to read.

[amandel]

Interesting convo, Sherlock! May I ask you a favor to "unspoiler" the chat? Having probs catching the entire convo this way. Thanks....

[Dirt Diver]

[Tresbien]

Very nice job on your conversation with Silvia Dirt Driver. I'm quite surprised she didn't understand the implication of fraud in this process (either she's lying or not the sharpest knife in the drawer.).

To add to what amandel said, I wanted to note for our newbies that we generally use the quote tag for conversations or clues and the spoiler tag only for solves. It's just to allow people to work out a puzzle solution for themselves if they like.