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niobexrev
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 		how do you know it's all hosted by serverbeach. Yes, I went to severbeach.com and saw a lot of similarities (red hat logo) but no ush. Where in any of the USH websites is serverbeach linked with this ARG.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 8:44 pm
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skeptical
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 		Edited IRC Chat Transcipts
I have edited the 1st and 2nd Chat transcripts to remove non relevant posts and to allow easy comparison between the first and the second. Here is the 1st one from 10/7:

1st Unfiction IRC Chat By Casesar and Texel – October 7th, 2003 [08:21 to 08:24]
(Non relevant posts by Solanar, Elrick, Bakunyu, Cams, RoCket8, Damaged, and John_Constantine have been removed as well as time stamps)

*** Joins: Caesar(0cfc9a3eSPLAT3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com)

*** Joins: texel (444d3b7eSPLAT3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com)

<Caesar> [SCANNING]

* texel leans against the wall.

* texel looks around.

<Caesar> Hey.. Cloak_. You there?

* texel grins.

<Caesar> Yoohoo.. Cloak.. i been looking for you..

* texel whistles softly, like calling for a little pup.

<Caesar> Can you believe this lamer, tex?

<texel> I can tell they are very l33t.

<Caesar> Oct 7 18:05:52 bgp01388465bgs.brodwy01.nm.comcast.net[68.35.127.21])

<Caesar> Cloak, stay the hell of my server.

<Caesar> and since you like to snoop so much, maybe you can figure out what to do with this..

<Caesar> http://www.theaquapolis.com/urchin/carelessly.graffle

<Caesar> oh.. and statik..

<Caesar> nice work.

<Caesar> later.

*** Quits: Caesar (Quit: CGI:IRC)

* texel smiles.

<texel> Toodles.

* texel takes one last long look around. Heh.

*** Quits: texel (Quit: CGI:IRC 0.5.2)

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:19 pm
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AnthraX101
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 		Server beach is out of game, they are the ones hosting the servers that this game resides on.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:20 pm
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skeptical
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 		2nd Edited Chat Transcript
This is the 2nd chat and reads so much easier now:

2st Unfiction IRC Chat By Caesar,Texel, Aurelius, Aurora, Sever, and Einstein–October 10th, 2003 [12:58pm Pacific]

(Non relevant posts by absolut, Dyslxic3, mOnk, BrianEnigma, sp3culum, Styles, p33r, moatie, absolut, and name have been removed for clarification)

caesar (d1998e31SPLAT3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com) has joined #matrix

texel (d1c11de0SPLAT3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com) has joined #matrix

aurelius (SpiritNetSPLAT3223f75b.354f3b3c.spirit.nom.br) has joined #matrix

aurora (524518cbSPLAT3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com) has joined #matrix

<caesar> Heh.

<aurora> hey caesar

<aurora> first to the spot again

<caesar> First to the spot.

<caesar> Roll call.

<texel> texel is here

<aurelius> 64

<caesar> I don't think the people who are tracking our actions are even close.

<texel> this seems like a good spot caesar, wher'd you find this one?

<caesar> The stegging on the archives is unbeatable.

<caesar> texel: have you talked to beth lately?

<aurora> nice, quiet here

sever (SpiritNetSPLAT3223f75b.354f3b3c.spirit.nom.br) has joined #matrix

<texel> has she responded with her report on yesterday?

<caesar> Sever: late as always, haha.

<caesar> texel: nope, we'll just have to wait.

<aurora> was waiting for the pizza Wink

sever has quit (Client exited)

einstein (SpiritNetSPLAT3223f75b.354f3b3c.spirit.nom.br) has joined #matrix

<caesar> have you seen what she did with her account on Aftwork?

<texel> checking now

<texel> hrm, activity picking up. caesar, how secure are we here?

<caesar> uh.. as secure as we need Wink

<caesar> hey name, have you seen the database?

<aurora> how's the wind today?

<caesar> http://www.jakoinc.com/innovations/poultry.htm

<einstein> the wind is southerly.

<texel> what is keeping the others?

<caesar> einstein: surely you jest.

<aurora> ah good

<caesar> texel: you don't think they got caught up by the NFA?

<aurora> i am but mad north by northwest

<aurora> but when the wind is southerly

<aurora> i know a hawk from a handsaw

<caesar> poultry is the solution

<caesar> the new users haven't realized it yet.

<texel> 64 was mentioning extra heat

<aurelius> only through cunningham

<aurora> i told him to upgrade the firewall, texel

<einstein>yes, cunningham.

<caesar> heh! did you see 64's hair at the meet & greet last night?

<caesar> yikes! Smile

<texel> lol

<aurelius> Razz

<texel> whens the backup meet again?

<caesar> texel

<caesar> I'm detecting some interference

<texel> i know i know... i've got a crap memory, and I hate keeping records...

<aurora> are you sure this is secure?

<caesar> perhaps we should move to the secure irc server..

<texel> secure? i thought you said this was secure.

<aurelius> the cheshire is coming

<aurora> caesar - rigel?

aurelius (SpiritNetSPLAT3223f75b.354f3b3c.spirit.nom.br) has left #matrix

<texel> i'm getting activity. 1 hr other location.

<caesar> texel: firewall assured me

<caesar> he's usually trustworthy

texel (d1c11de0SPLAT3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com) has left #matrix (run. )

<aurora> texel, message understood

<einstein> 80 N 16 W, new coordinates.

<caesar> I think we're being tracked

<caesar> meet in one hour on aquapolis

aurora (524518cbSPLAT3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com) has left #matrix (matrix are you the hawk, or the handsaw?)

<einstein> understood.

caesar (d1998e31SPLAT3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com) has left #matrix (et tu?)

einstein has quit (Quit: SpiritNET(R) - BadSpirit Corporation(C) 1987 Inc (EOF))

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:20 pm
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Monki
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 		Hmmmm..
The one thing that is bugging me that is making me not completely shut this out is the fact that the one guy is named "Firewall" which fits perfect with that one picture...

That alone is enough for me to not remove it from the evidence.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:28 pm
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skeptical
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 		Texel and Caesar have the same id's in the first and second chats:
"_________@3fd056b1.f4f1334.marzconsulting.com"

Aurora also has a similar id in the second chat.

In the first chat, Caesar provided "real" information about files on the aquapolis server when chastizing Cloak for breaking into his server.

The "characters" Einstein, Sever, and Aurelius have the same web id's:
SpiritNetSPLAT3223f75b.354f3b3c.spirit.nom.br

Texel and Caesar "interact" with Einstein, Sever, Aurelius, and Aurora but ignore all other posts in the chat room by other users.

There is one exception where Name asked "Any new news?" and Caesar said "Hey name, have you seen the databases." All other IRC users appeared to be ignored during this session.

Both IRC Chats are looking VERY legitimate and part of the game IMO.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:41 pm
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 		80 N 16 W is Iceland... I remember that there was a game of thematrix.com (the one that you play with nabuchednezzar, and was just available for a few days) in which a member from TLFC and MFN gave a hint that we should look for a bottle of coke at Iceland...

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:47 pm
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 		It was me that posted above, I forgot to log in Embarassed

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:50 pm
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Nehmi
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 		Wasn't the place that they sent people who started having independant thoughts in Brave New World Iceland? Coincidence?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:03 pm
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skeptical
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 		80N 16W - Corrected Post
http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=80&lon=-16

80°N 16°W

Greenland : Østgrønland
30.0 km (18.6 miles) ENE of Kap H. N. Andersen (Cape), Ostgronland, Greenland


This confluence has not been visited.
Type: Water: 22 km (14 mi.) from land
Our data indicates that land will appear over the horizon by at least 0.72 degrees, or 1.39 times the angular width of the moon. Whether it is visible may depend on atmospheric conditions, the quality of your camera, and the distance of your camera above sea level.
Directions: In the ocean, but with a view of land

http://www.confluence.org/showworld.php?minlat=70&minlon=-26&size=20&link=V&new=&scale=2#MapImage

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:04 pm
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 		what about her i.d. on Aftwork, is that woth somethin?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:46 am
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skeptical
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 		Aftwork
If this is a legit "in game chat" then Aftwork might refer to Beth's after work hobby project called www.little-boxes.net. They do talk about checking out the archives....

PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:24 am
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yanka
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 		I'll make 2 observations here:

The chat includes, as far as I can tell, one girl - Aurora. However, the files that we got today would suggest that a (the? don't know how many there could be) girl's name should be Silvia.

This guy Sever - his name (unless it's missplelled "server" Wink ) means "north" in Russian, and they are making references to north in the chat.

Given that "they" know that we doubt the legitimacy of the information obtained from iirc, would they really post it there? About an hour (or was it 2?) after this "conversation" began, they gave us a REAL clue - the new image. So, I would tend to disregard stuff on chat etc. unless it provides real clues (like the graffle file) in favor of means of communication that we know are legit.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:25 am
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Giskard
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Yanka wrote:
So, I would tend to disregard stuff on chat etc. unless it provides real clues (like the graffle file) in favor of means of communication that we know are legit.


My thoughts exactly. I had hoped that they would have given us a hint in someway though... for example through the "Silvia"-files, to let us know these IRC visits where (il)legit... they could have made a reference to it in the "chat" through the txt files...

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 		They gave us a hint that it was legitimate by the following:

texel: "64 was mentioning extra heat"
aurelius: "only throught cunningham"
aurora: "I told him to upgrade the firewall, texel"
einstein: "yes, cunningham"
caesar: "hey! did you see 64's hair at the meet&greet last night"

My proof/speculation of why the IRC2 is legit:

Beth admits to getting caught by Katherine Cunningham while looking at files in Marcus Ormonds office while the meet and greet is either started or about to start....see email to Phillip in his Metadex account. As far as I can tell Phillips email was updated several hours after this chat.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:16 am
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