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[Charlotte] [PM Chat] Questions for the PMs

[dashcat]

I think you covered all my questions Addie

[Caseys_Mom]

Although I didn't play this one with you guys, I followed the whole thing... and absolutely loved it. I would like to know if the PM's enjoyed the whole thing as much as we all did. Were they happy with how things played out/did they accomplish what they intended? And most of all.... will they do another one!?

[amandel]

Readily understand how those deeply immersed must have tons of questions. Since I just skimmed along...

Want to thank the PMs for their boundless creativity and generosity, Rowen for her masterful Guide, all the posters for their clevah, cluey work and PostLarval for making me ROFL during the *heebie jeebie* Sacrower Wald tour.

[PostLarval]

I want to know why I just woke up in a cold sweat from a dream in which an army of blue cats stormed into a German Disneyland and stole everything out of my hotel room

Maybe that's not a question the PMs can answer...

Dr. Krotzler? Got time for a session?

[danteIL]

A couple of questions that occurred to me:

What was the deal with the notebook page? What possible relationship did it have with anything? Why all the research on HMM-Models?

The logic of the story still doesn't make sense for me at all. An attempt at a summary (some of these questions overlaps with addlepated's list, above):

In spoiler text if you haven't read the book

[addlepated]

Dante, I think your B theory has a lot of merit.

[enaxor]

[Tresbien]

Had some meta questions so posed them to Sebastian Fitzek in an email. If you haven't read the book yet, don't read the park in spoiler tags.

[E.Y.E. Spy]

My question: Could you summarize and explain this whole thing, 'cause I'm totally lost...

[Tresbien]

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[PinkCloud]

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15:00:21 <Patrol> Hello everybody
15:00:25 <Lovek> guide?
15:00:28 <PinkCloud> hello!
15:00:28 <DavFlamerock> I got my postcard a couple days ago
15:00:31 <SebastianFitzek> Hello!
15:00:32 <DavFlamerock> 'twas awesome
15:00:37 <labfly> hey patrick!
15:00:39 <Addlepated> Howdy!
15:00:39 <ineffabelle> thx rowan and PC
15:00:40 <Lovek> found it
15:01:05 <Luthien> hallo sabastian
15:01:17 <Lovek> bllluuuuueee
15:01:22 <labfly> hey sebastian
15:01:26 <MrsMeme> hello Sebastian
15:01:27 <SebastianFitzek> hello luthien, nice to be here
15:01:29 <Hareishan> hiiii!^^
15:01:39 <Lovek> house
15:01:43 <unconscious> hey hey sebastian
15:01:45 <Girlzquad> hallo sebastian
15:01:46 <Tresbien> welcome all
15:01:53 <Kajarinin> hi sebastian!
15:01:54 <Addlepated> Sebastian, Twilight wanted us to tell you hi from her - she couldn't stay for the chat
15:02:05 <Daya> so?
15:02:09 <PinkCloud> now, tell us EVERYTHING )
15:02:13 <DavFlamerock> hahaha
15:02:15 <DavFlamerock> do it
15:02:28 <labfly> was it all an illusion?
15:02:28 <Patrol> Great to see you all here
15:02:42 <Kajarinin> Hi Pat!
15:02:44 <Patrol> So we don't want to make a closed pm chat, if that is okay for you.
15:02:48 <Tresbien> thank you Sebastian and PM team for this experience
15:02:57 <SebastianFitzek> I have to thanki
15:02:58 <Addlepated> yes, thank you thank you
15:03:00 <MrsMeme> hey pat
15:03:04 <enaxor> Thank you all for everything
15:03:06 <labfly> yes fantastic!
15:03:06 <DavFlamerock> woooo awesome PMs are awesome
15:03:09 <SebastianFitzek> I have to thank you for partizipating
15:03:10 * PinkCloud is applauding
15:03:15 <Daya> ohje Englisch
15:03:23 <ineffabelle> yayz!
15:03:24 <Luthien> yes daya in english
15:03:32 <Chixor1> Congratulations on an awesome game
15:03:37 <Daya> ok i try it
15:03:38 <SebastianFitzek> I try my best
15:03:46 <DavFlamerock>
15:03:55 <Patrol> Thank you all. You were great
15:03:55 <Addlepated> this is where all the Germans apologize for their perfect English
15:03:58 * PostLarval raises a pint and applauds
15:04:02 <MrsMeme> yayz we'll see some denglisch
15:04:03 <DavFlamerock> lol Addie
15:04:07 <Daya> where is my dictionay?
15:04:11 * ineffabelle gives a standing ovation!
15:04:27 <Patrol> do we want to start with some questions now?
15:04:42 * DavFlamerock sees no reason not to
15:04:43 <SunnyD685> wat ti the theme of this arg
15:05:13 <Addlepated> Okay, well, someone *cough* on the forum posted a big list of questions
15:05:13 <Hareishan> daya:http://dict.leo.org/ ..... this helps
15:05:27 <SebastianFitzek> the theme was ment to be the sequel of the novel therapy
15:05:29 <Daya> thanks Hareishan
15:05:34 <Girlzquad> thx
15:05:37 <ineffabelle> ooh
15:05:46 <Addlepated> I don't know if you have anything that you can say that will answer any of them, or at least knock a few down
15:05:49 <Daya> But i think its not so difficult
15:06:03 <Luthien> im confused....
15:06:16 <nawoR> I'm mostly curious right now as to who was real and who was a product of Ivan/Viktor's mind
15:06:21 <Addlepated> right
15:06:23 <PinkCloud> me too!
15:06:27 <DavFlamerock> ^^this
15:06:35 <labfly> were all the characters illusions for we the audience as well as ivan's mind?
15:06:47 <Daya> why are you confused Luthien?
15:07:06 <SebastianFitzek> most of the characters in the game were ivans delusions - but not all of them
15:07:35 <Tresbien> which characters were real?
15:08:15 <SebastianFitzek> obviously verbitzky was real; and me
15:08:21 <DavFlamerock> XD
15:08:27 <Girlzquad>
15:08:32 <Addlepated> Not Penny?
15:08:32 <Hareishan>
15:08:34 <Addlepated>
15:08:40 <DavFlamerock> there is no penny
15:08:41 <SebastianFitzek> and daniel, the travel agent was real, too
15:08:55 <Jason> Hello...this is Jason from New York City
15:09:02 <SebastianFitzek> and there was one other character which was real
15:09:03 <DavFlamerock> hey Jason!
15:09:16 <Tresbien> Ivan/Viktor
15:09:20 <labfly> the dog?
15:09:23 <PinkCloud> hihi
15:09:26 <DavFlamerock> THE DOG D:
15:09:28 <Tresbien> ha
15:09:30 <PostLarval> Was it it PinkCloud?
15:09:41 <Tresbien> no she's another delusion
15:09:46 <SebastianFitzek> the dog is still alive
15:09:48 <labfly> ))
15:09:48 <PinkCloud> hihihi
15:09:49 <enaxor> there was no lazy bitch?
15:09:50 <Jason> Jimmy...the IT guy
15:09:55 <Tresbien> hooray for the dog
15:10:04 <Addlepated> who else was real?
15:10:20 <dashcat> hehe --> ex
15:10:23 <PinkCloud> anna? delusion? how could we hear her on tape then?
15:10:37 <SebastianFitzek> i can't tell you who else was real, because that would be a spoiler
15:10:44 <DavFlamerock> heh ok
15:10:49 <Girlzquad>
15:10:49 <nawoR> a spoiler? a spoiler for what?
15:10:53 <Luthien> oh yes the SPOILERS hahaha
15:10:54 <PinkCloud> ah... ok
15:10:54 <DavFlamerock> Therapy
15:10:57 <Addlepated> hmm
15:10:58 <Lovek> is the game not over? heh
15:11:04 <PinkCloud> we should have a spoiler PM chat, too
15:11:04 <Hareishan> uuuuh spoiler XD
15:11:10 <DavFlamerock> lol PC
15:11:25 <Jason> So when I picked up the brochure was I supposed to eat dinner or just pick up the book lol
15:11:26 <Tresbien> we have a room for that Sebastian #therapyspoilers
15:11:57 <labfly> were the voices on the tape supposed to be voice's of ivan's dellusions or ours
15:12:07 <Daya> ok i´m confused too
15:12:10 <Patrol> have you ever seen a tv documentation about someone with more than one personalities?
15:12:18 <labfly> sybil
15:12:33 <Patrol> some of them tend to speak in different voices.
15:12:47 <PostLarval> ooh. cool
15:13:00 <PinkCloud> so, did Ivan really live in San Diego?
15:13:20 <labfly> three faces of eve-ish
15:13:26 <nawoR> Those are some very different voices.
15:13:27 <Patrol> if you like to check the tapes again, you will see that the voices do not overlap at any time
15:13:52 <DavFlamerock> FFFFFFFFF that's creepy
15:14:00 <Daya> i think i'm on the wrong place
15:14:15 <Jason> So what happened with the Central Park drop?
15:14:26 <Hareishan> daya:why? too boring?
15:14:43 <PinkCloud> and 08:32? and san diego zoo?
15:15:04 <Daya> no ....
15:15:24 <MrsMeme> what was particularly challenging/unexpected in planning about doing part of the game in the US?
15:15:57 <Daya> but i don't know about the game
15:15:59 <DavFlamerock> that's 3 questions guys
15:16:02 <Patrol> ok, one after another, sebastian is currently writing an answer to one of the earlier questions
15:16:05 <SebastianFitzek> yes, ivan lived there, he imagined to have a practice
15:16:11 * DavFlamerock recommends letting them answer them
15:16:28 <PinkCloud> sorry!
15:16:35 <Jason> sorry
15:17:00 <MrsMeme> sry
15:17:21 <Patrol> oh no, i just wanted to inform you, that the answers will come
15:17:28 <PinkCloud>
15:17:46 <DavFlamerock> yeah but once you get like 7 questions piled on each other you start forgetting which questions go to which answers
15:18:09 <DavFlamerock> or questions get forgotten ;_;
15:18:31 <Patrol> the event in the san diego zoo was supposed to take place in the first period of the game
15:19:50 <PostLarval> What would have happened there?
15:20:02 <Patrol> we wanted to have a little live event at the sun bear forrest and left a message at P. Martins place (the one that pinkcloud and rowan found later in krotzler's room, but they weren't supposed to find it there)
15:20:29 <PinkCloud> what kind of event?
15:20:29 <enaxor> so it goes with best laid plans
15:21:01 <Tresbien> hope we didn't give Daniel a panic attack
15:22:25 <SebastianFitzek> we planned a live meeting in person where you were should have gotten another dictaphone
15:23:02 <SebastianFitzek> the same dictaphone later was found by PostLarval when he did the walk
15:23:15 <Tresbien> we thought so
15:23:18 <PostLarval> Ah, I thought so
15:24:29 <SebastianFitzek> so good job, thanky PostLarval, we crossed both fingers that you were successful and stayed up all night
15:24:34 <Addlepated> So we still have questions about the Central Park drop and 20:32
15:24:53 <PostLarval> Welcome =)
15:25:00 <DavFlamerock> brb changing classes
15:25:20 <Patrol> There was a little package waiting in the central park ... The little girl's dress.
15:25:23 <Addlepated> and PostLarval also found some kittens new homes while he was on his walk!
15:25:59 <Addlepated> Patrol, I'm thinking our coordinates might have been wrong on the Central Park solve?
15:26:35 <Patrol> there were some numbers missing on the first try, but the second one was allright. the package was waiting at the bottom of a trunk.
15:26:59 <Addlepated> so we really did need someone with a GPS
15:27:52 <Patrol> hehe, that may be an answer to the other question about problems in the us. We were not sure about you having no GPS.
15:29:00 <SebastianFitzek> the challenging was the intensity of the game ...
15:29:09 <SebastianFitzek> the time difference ...
15:29:46 <SebastianFitzek> the language (as you sometimes realized)
15:29:47 <SunnyD243> would yall mind giving me the website to catch up on the game story I would love to help PM
15:30:11 <SunnyD243> i dint giet it last time i was on just a mo ago
15:30:21 <Addlepated> Sunny: http://www.wonderweasels.org/charlotte/guide.html
15:30:30 <Addlepated> This is the PM chat - it's all over now
15:30:37 <SunnyD243> thank you addie
15:31:03 <SunnyD243> right I was under the impression yall were going to do another one
15:31:12 <SebastianFitzek> luckily some of the main characters were of german origin, so their accent was sort of believable, hopefully ...
15:31:26 <Hareishan> i'm tired......byebye guys......byebye bastilein see you at oskar-helene-heim!!!^^ byyyyyye!
15:31:37 <Girlzquad> bye hareishan
15:31:39 <nawoR> I had no problem with the German accents in the game
15:31:41 <Daya> bye
15:31:47 <Tresbien> I didn't either
15:31:53 <PinkCloud> I could'n tell
15:32:05 <Addlepated> no, and any teasing we did was friendly
15:32:18 <Addlepated> just like the wild dogs
15:32:32 <enaxor> and mob with torches
15:32:34 <PostLarval> or the flamethrowers
15:32:36 <labfly>
15:32:38 <Tresbien> pitchfork
15:32:39 <PinkCloud> hahahaha!
15:32:42 <Patrol> hahaha
15:32:43 <Addlepated> it was just because we wanted more! more! more!
15:32:45 <SebastianFitzek> btw all characters were mastered by one person. this was incorporated to transpost the singularity of the main characters illness
15:32:58 <PinkCloud> really? wow
15:32:59 <PostLarval> nice touch
15:33:02 <Tresbien> that makes sense
15:33:12 <Addlepated> can you say who the writer was?
15:33:16 <enaxor> very nice touch
15:33:39 <SunnyD243> that is awesome one person doing all the personalities
15:33:43 <SebastianFitzek> it was patrol ...
15:33:51 <labfly> nice job
15:33:53 <PinkCloud> nice i miss penny!
15:33:55 <Tresbien> nice job Patrol
15:33:57 <nawoR> very nice job, patrol
15:34:00 <Chixor1> well done
15:34:04 <Addlepated> that was awesome
15:34:18 <SebastianFitzek> he was the pm in nyc. and thomas (verbitzky) was the pm in san diego
15:34:19 <SunnyD243> how long did this game run
15:34:21 <MrsMeme> good job!
15:34:31 <varinphone> Nice job!
15:34:47 <Patrol> thank you *gets red in the face*
15:34:48 <Addlepated> is your face red yet, Patrol?
15:34:49 <Addlepated> hehe
15:35:13 <nawoR> So how annoyed were you with us during the live event when we refused to drive the correct way through the woods?
15:35:21 <PinkCloud> hihihi
15:35:26 <Patrol> the game was played for about six weeks
15:35:29 <enaxor> awesome job to both
15:36:02 <Nenja> naend
15:36:12 <PinkCloud> hej nenja
15:36:12 <Nenja> neee...nabend
15:36:15 <Tresbien> would Verbitzky have handed off the recorder at the zoo then?
15:36:21 <Nenja> Hello Pink:)
15:36:22 <SunnyD243> right on I wish i wouldnt have missed it but the information yall are giving is very very helpful
15:36:58 <Nenja> Hello ppl....Aloha Sebastian:)
15:37:03 <SebastianFitzek> believe us, the biologist with the camera you met in the forrest was way more afraid than you ...
15:37:22 <dashcat> hehe
15:37:29 <varinphone> Was the biologist real??
15:37:31 <nawoR> Because we ran away screaming and he couldn't?
15:37:37 <SebastianFitzek> because he was surrounded by eight hogs when you came along with you cars
15:37:48 <PinkCloud> right!
15:37:49 <labfly> eeek
15:37:51 <DavFlamerock> someone DM me what I missed?
15:37:52 <Addlepated> oh no!
15:38:06 <SebastianFitzek> that was why he was so annoyed when you drove by
15:38:24 <PinkCloud> that just added on to his character perfectly
15:38:26 <amandel> OINK! hehe
15:38:35 <labfly> annoyed = swine fear
15:38:42 <dashcat> lol
15:38:44 <enaxor> lol
15:39:00 <Addlepated> Okay, I'm dying to ask something
15:39:02 <enaxor> hogs are scary
15:39:08 <Addlepated> Uh... Isabell?
15:39:09 <Patrol> verbitzky was not meant to be a live character in the game at first
15:39:16 <SunnyD243> that is soooo arg
15:39:54 <labfly> why the change for verbitsky
15:39:57 <Patrol> there was a young lady waiting with the dictaphone at the zoo
15:40:48 <PostLarval> Oh man. I had to dig in the dirt instead of meet a young lady... =(
15:40:48 <enaxor> so then we would have assumed it was Penny?
15:41:09 <Tresbien> Julia/Clare?
15:41:57 <labfly> verbitsky in wig?
15:42:05 <Tresbien> lol
15:42:05 <DavFlamerock> XD
15:42:06 <PinkCloud>
15:42:10 <Patrol> well, for verbitzky...
15:42:12 <MrsMeme> lol
15:42:17 <PinkCloud> whigitzky
15:42:25 <labfly>
15:42:25 <enaxor> lol
15:42:39 <Tresbien> the Josy wig
15:43:06 <Patrol> the room of krotzler was supposed to be discored around 5 pm on saturday
15:43:35 <enaxor> at the hoteL?
15:43:42 <PinkCloud> oh! verbitzy was just decorating it and we surprised him?
15:43:44 <Patrol> but then the reception made a terrible mistake
15:43:52 <PinkCloud> no way!!!
15:43:52 <enaxor> ah
15:43:52 <nawoR> Oh no.
15:43:59 <Patrol> and mixed up the keys
15:44:19 <varinphone> Oh no!
15:44:21 <DavFlamerock> WOW
15:44:23 <SunnyD243> the best laid plans of mice and men
15:44:23 <DavFlamerock> that's hilarious
15:44:27 <Patrol> while the room to be prepared
15:44:33 <enaxor> you guys did a great job making it work
15:44:41 <PinkCloud> that is so funny
15:44:57 <Tresbien> so that was the delay at the door
15:44:57 <PostLarval> Ha, and PC and rowan just busted in a stole everything =)
15:45:01 <PinkCloud> that's why he was annoyed
15:45:06 <Nenja> good night all...time for bed:)
15:45:13 <labfly> nite
15:45:17 <Tresbien> night Nenja
15:45:18 <PinkCloud> bye
15:45:18 <Patrol> when thomas was in the room he could see the crowdgathering before his door via the kythe channe
15:45:27 <PinkCloud> omg
15:45:28 <nawoR> That's hilarious
15:45:35 <SebastianFitzek> night night
15:45:37 <labfly> ohme he must have been freaking out
15:45:38 <MrsMeme> loool
15:45:40 <SunnyD243> how funny
15:45:46 <PostLarval> lol
15:46:06 <Patrol> so he pushed himself against the door and develope a new masterplan
15:46:08 <Patrol>
15:46:19 <Tresbien> hilarious
15:46:20 <DavFlamerock> wow that's so weird!
15:46:21 <PinkCloud> awesome
15:46:28 <Patrol> thats's how verbitzky suddenly came into play
15:46:29 <varinphone> :0
15:46:34 <DavFlamerock> heh
15:46:41 <PostLarval> wow, nice save
15:46:45 <nawoR> He did a great job with it.
15:46:48 <Addlepated> it's not a bug, it's an opportunity
15:46:50 <labfly> great work
15:47:17 <PinkCloud> so the lady who worked there, she was not in the plot?
15:47:34 <Patrol> no, she was really working for the hotel
15:47:46 <Addlepated> seeing the crowd gather on the channel - I can't imagine... I would have crawled out the window or something
15:47:54 <nawoR> So that must be why we got left items in the room we weren't supposed to get.
15:48:02 <nawoR> Addie: it was the 3rd floor
15:48:09 <Addlepated> ...or not.
15:48:11 <Patrol> ves, that was what thmoas thought of in the first place
15:48:20 <Patrol> jumping out of the window
15:48:23 <Addlepated> hahaha
15:48:33 <Addlepated> how much do you love your art??
15:48:36 <Tresbien> poor guy
15:48:37 <PinkCloud> then he opened the wine bottle
15:48:47 <DavFlamerock> XD!
15:48:58 <PostLarval> glad he didn't
15:49:01 <SunnyD243> hee hee hee
15:49:32 <Tresbien> kudos to Thomas for handling it so well
15:49:36 <PinkCloud> so Rowan and me were supposed to each get a key to a room, and later directed to room 312?
15:49:51 <Patrol> yes
15:49:56 <Patrol> !
15:50:08 <SebastianFitzek> i am very glad. writing / storytelling was something i always wanted to do
15:50:38 <PinkCloud> how would you have sent us to 312?
15:50:46 <DavFlamerock> left a key in your actual room?
15:50:49 <Addlepated> especially improvisational storytelling, huh?
15:50:52 <Tresbien> so that was a busy day of storytelling on the fly
15:50:54 <Patrol> I will forward the kudos to Thomas, since he is sick right now
15:50:54 <SunnyD243> It sounds like I missed some wonderful times
15:51:13 <Tresbien> and send get well wishes, too, please
15:51:17 <nawoR> So would he have shown up at the lake on Sunday night?
15:51:18 <PinkCloud> yes please
15:52:07 <Patrol> No, that door opened with the event on saturday
15:52:39 <nawoR> It was nice he was there, shouting directions at us
15:52:41 <Patrol> so part of the ending tooka new turn
15:52:53 <Patrol> thanks again to the receiption!
15:52:58 <Addlepated> lol
15:53:27 <Tresbien> how did you stay calm Patrick?
15:53:56 <Addlepated> The artifacts - the notebook page, brain logo, and Rorschach blot - did we miss anything in them (or anything else)?
15:54:25 <SebastianFitzek> btw i would like to point out that rowan really did a great job by writing the diary of events. thank you very much
15:54:32 <Patrol> I wasn't really. I tried to phone Thomas and to skype ?im to get out of the room, but there was no chance
15:54:52 <Tresbien> oh dear
15:54:58 <nawoR> You're welcome Addie should also be thanked because she's the one that asked for the guide in the first place
15:55:22 <Addlepated> I was too lazy to make one.
15:55:39 <DavFlamerock> lol
15:56:00 <Patrol> oh yes, rowan. that is a really great guide. Thank you very much. It was also very good for us And thank you addie for asking for that guide
15:56:23 <Patrol> For the artifacts
15:56:35 <nawoR> I have to say that Patrick was always very calm, professional and charming when I spoke to him on the phone.
15:56:54 <enaxor> thank you all for setting a new bar for ARGs in the future
15:57:34 <Patrol> while ransacking the hotel room there was still a hint left that was not found (Russian Bread)...
15:57:47 <enaxor> we're all waiting to see what the May specials will be on Thatchandsons :p
15:58:14 <nawoR> Where was the bread?
15:58:15 <PinkCloud> russian bread?
15:59:00 <Patrol> for the notebook page and Krotzlers research...this is sort of a Flash Forward like the Sarah Lucas cross in the Sarcow Forrest
15:59:42 <Patrol> Russian Bread is some kind of sweets
15:59:59 <PinkCloud> russenzopf?
15:59:59 <Tresbien> what was its purpose?
16:00:00 <nawoR> we could have had candy?
16:00:09 <Patrol> the cookies form letters
16:00:21 <PinkCloud> ah the cookies! right
16:00:22 <PinkCloud> darn
16:00:23 <SunnyD243> OH how clever was that
16:00:25 <Kajarinin> so, will there be another book of you published in the US, Sebastian?
16:00:29 <labfly> code cookies!
16:00:30 <nawoR> i didnt even see the cookies
16:00:35 <PinkCloud> i didnt wanna be that greedy
16:00:42 <Tresbien> haha
16:00:43 <nawoR> but I was too worried Verbitzky was coming back
16:00:55 <DavFlamerock> heh
16:01:07 <PinkCloud> what would they have spelled?
16:01:09 <Tresbien> that's what I expected, too, Rowan
16:01:14 <SebastianFitzek> it depends on the success of therapy (book) in the us ...
16:01:21 <DavFlamerock>
16:01:45 <enaxor> oh, I was hoping Splinter would be released in June here in the US
16:02:11 <Daya> Old Lady goes to bed. so i say good night and bye.
16:02:12 <Kajarinin> was it successful till now?
16:02:32 <labfly> goodnight
16:02:39 <PinkCloud> bye
16:02:40 <SebastianFitzek> but i think it's going to happen. publishers are always a bit afraid of paying the translation costs, especially right now during the crisis which infected many publishers ...
16:02:50 <MartinAggett> could you attribute any additional sales to the ARG?
16:03:27 <SebastianFitzek> well, splinter might be the next one, but maybe it will take a little bit more time
16:03:45 <labfly> wait, what about the mystery writer blog guy? random?
16:03:48 <enaxor> thanks for answering that
16:04:02 <Tresbien> Dana King
16:04:08 <DavFlamerock> oh yeah Dana King
16:04:14 <labfly> yeah, dana king
16:05:08 <SebastianFitzek> to be honest, there were only a few books released (3500) so you can hardly measure any success. but it started very slow in and with a little amount of books in germany, too
16:06:05 <SunnyD243> that is wonderful though
16:06:20 <Tresbien> I've heard you need to be in Wal-Mart to be successful now
16:06:44 <labfly> or on oprah (she's needs to arg now that she's bored w/twitter
16:06:46 <SunnyD243> wow that is a sorry statement
16:06:49 <SunnyD243> of the world
16:07:06 <SunnyD243> ha ha labfly
16:07:07 <Lovek> is Oprah done with twitter already?
16:07:17 <Addlepated> Can someone please tell me about Officer Martinez? Was there something I should have said to him that I didn't?
16:07:17 <labfly> that's the rumor
16:07:19 <Lovek> "Everybody gets a Twiiiiiiiiter!!!"
16:07:25 <Addlepated> And who was that on the phone, really?
16:07:35 <labfly> dana king?
16:07:52 <Addlepated> Oh sorry, Dana King came first
16:08:01 <Patrol> Well Dana King was actually chosen because he seemed to be a thriller fan, what he showed with his blog posting later...
16:09:11 <labfly> it was a fun touch & loved that he contacted the authorities - hope he reads the book
16:09:33 <Tresbien> had he lived somewhere else, he probably wouldn't have called
16:10:19 <PinkCloud> and funny that his last name was King
16:10:33 <Tresbien> and Dana like the hotel
16:10:35 <Patrol> But indeed, we always strive to incorporate randomness into an ARG as it opens a lot of unexpeted opportunities you cannot plan in advance
16:11:26 <Patrol> so, we do have twenty more minutes to go for questions and answers. I hope that is allright for you?
16:11:52 <Addlepated> Sure
16:11:55 <PinkCloud> sure
16:12:22 <PostLarval> Since we signed up at the mpu website, and have agreed to participate in a n experiment, is that something we can look forward to? Perhaps in a new game ?
16:12:31 <PinkCloud> I am curious if anything else went different than expected by you
16:12:52 <Tresbien> so we have Martinez and 8:32 questions still
16:14:41 <Patrol> well, it could be worth while to keep an eye on the MPU-site...
16:15:23 <Patrol> Officer Martinez
16:15:50 <MrsMeme> i got to go. thx much for the Q&A gig and to sebastian, pat & tom
16:15:59 <Patrol> He was also one of the many personalities of Krotzler
16:16:50 <Kajarinin> Sebastian, how much were you involved in this ARG?
16:18:05 <Patrol> good night MrsMeme
16:18:24 <Addlepated> I felt like I was supposed to say something specific to him, but wasn't sure what the right password was
16:18:25 <SebastianFitzek> i was involved in the concept and the story, i was the voice on the tape (some people say i have a nice sopran voice
16:19:10 <SebastianFitzek> as you know while the arg was runnig i was on a cruise ship. that's when my team came into play ...
16:19:32 <SebastianFitzek> but in the end i was back on scene in the woods ...
16:19:46 <Kajarinin>
16:19:47 <nawoR> Was it your intention to fly people over to Germany from the very beginning?
16:20:04 <Girlzquad>
16:20:18 <SebastianFitzek> btw, sorry that i had to leave so early but i was terribly tired ...
16:20:34 <nawoR> We understood
16:20:42 <nawoR> We were a bit tired ourselves
16:20:53 <SebastianFitzek> and i did not wanted to find the whereabouts the dogs in my garden
16:21:15 <PinkCloud> oh no
16:21:16 <enaxor> understandable
16:22:33 <Addlepated> Sebastian, how can we make you an offer you can't refuse and get you to come to ARGFest?
16:22:43 <Tresbien> 8:32 or 10:32?
16:22:49 <SebastianFitzek> the main plot points were st in advance, including the end and meeting two of you in berlin to bring the story to an end
16:23:08 <labfly> the entire charlotte team should come to argfest
16:23:09 <enaxor> Patrol will be there, I think
16:23:26 <enaxor> all personalities in tow
16:24:51 <SebastianFitzek> actually i'm already going to a thrillerfest in july (new york), so right now i'm not sure if i can join the argfest, too ...
16:25:08 <PinkCloud> it's just 5 hours
16:25:18 <nawoR> Was there anything you wanted to know from us?
16:25:27 <enaxor> and Oregon is a lot like Germany
16:25:28 <SebastianFitzek> but if not in person i will definitly find another way to be part of this
16:25:35 <Addlepated> oh, and add to the 20:32 question - what was "Dear Ear"?
16:25:40 <enaxor>
16:25:45 <PinkCloud> go addie go!
16:26:00 <Addlepated> lol
16:26:41 <unconscious> I have to go to bed now by guys...and see ya when you lecture in Essen Sebastian! (btw2026yeah the people are right2026you have a wonderful sopran voice =P )
16:26:51 <PinkCloud> bye!
16:26:52 <enaxor> addie a term of end"ear"ment
16:26:57 <labfly> night
16:26:58 <Addlepated> nooooo
16:27:05 <SunnyD243> heeee heeeeeee
16:28:34 <SebastianFitzek> yes, there is a important question: is there anything that we could improve while running an arg?
16:29:16 <SunnyD243> ask me if i would like to be a pm hee hee hee
16:29:26 <nawoR> I think Addie made some good points in her one blog posting
16:29:30 <Addlepated> I wish that the pacing had been a little more consistent
16:30:34 <Addlepated> because like I said earlier, I was having so much fun playing, I wanted more
16:30:36 <Tresbien> backup battery
16:30:42 <Addlepated> especially those dippy letters from Penny
16:30:54 <enaxor> lol
16:31:13 <PostLarval> Yes, I would also say the pacing
16:31:25 <Patrol> one last hint...: "Dear Ear" is more or less meant to be a metaphore
16:31:41 <PinkCloud> ah ok, we thought that
16:32:00 <Addlepated> my three particular points in my blog post were the pacing, the lack of participation for non-Berlin players in the finale, and the fact that we had so many questions when the game ended
16:32:41 <Addlepated> but I had a lot of nice things to say, too, so please don't think it was all bad
16:33:08 <Tresbien> coordinating over so many time zones must be challenging
16:33:09 <nawoR> We complain out of love
16:33:10 <PostLarval> On one of those notes, I have to thank you for keeping the rest of us Americans involved by providing the ladies with the Kyte phone/chat. That was brilliant and a lot of fun
16:33:28 <Tresbien> I second what PostLarval said
16:33:32 <Addlepated> yes, I don't think PinkCloud has been the same since
16:33:36 <SebastianFitzek> okay, thanks for the feedback. i hope that i get a change to realize your topics in a next arg
16:33:43 <Addlepated> she's been walking around her house narrating her life
16:33:44 <enaxor> and although in hindsight the hint about putting the parts together made sense for finding Ivan's website, it was a bit vague
16:34:01 <PinkCloud> he!
16:34:12 <PinkCloud> was just on the bathroom, and now i get backstabbed
16:34:14 <PinkCloud>
16:34:18 <Addlepated>
16:34:38 <Tresbien> it was a blessing that PC is so outgoing and can translate
16:34:54 <PinkCloud> it was a blessing i got to go but thank you
16:34:56 <nawoR> she was a life saver in Germany
16:35:03 <Tresbien> this is meta but how would you have chosen which players to go if many had been able to?
16:35:13 <Addlepated> yes, if you fly more Americans over, don't forget that many of us can't drive manual shift cars!
16:35:22 <enaxor> I can!
16:35:26 <Addlepated> lol
16:35:29 <enaxor> lol
16:35:32 <Addlepated> that's not a hint or anything
16:35:37 <Patrol> we thank you very much, that we were able to have a great time with you too during our ARG and now. I'm sorry but we have to close for tonight.
16:35:38 <enaxor> lol
16:35:45 <enaxor> night
16:35:47 <PinkCloud> thank you so much!
16:35:50 <enaxor> and thank you
16:35:51 <labfly> night and thank you again!!!
16:35:52 <Tresbien> thank you Sebastian and Patrick
16:35:53 <Addlepated> thank you very much
16:35:53 <nawoR> Bye Sebastian and Patrick. Thanks for such a great game!
16:35:53 <SunnyD243> sorry i missed it
16:36:01 <PinkCloud> see you all at 08:32...
16:36:04 <enaxor> hope to see you in Portland
16:36:05 <PinkCloud>
16:36:06 <Tresbien> lol
16:36:07 <Kajarinin> thank you!
16:36:08 <amandel> G'nite and many thanks.
16:36:09 <nawoR> And espcially thanks to lett me meet you in person!
16:36:09 <Patrol> of course, pinkcloud
16:36:17 <Girlzquad> thanks and good night
16:36:23 <PinkCloud> bye!
16:36:47 <SebastianFitzek> thank you very much for the great time. goodbye
16:36:56 <PostLarval> Thank yuo, and look forward to playing with you again!
16:36:57 <Girlzquad> bye
16:37:12 <enaxor> Look forward to more of your books
16:37:19 <Addlepated> yes, me too
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