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Kandiman
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 		Just sent this:

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My search for the answers to the 'What Is 51?' riddle has lead me to a website. What can you tell me about 51 Marketing, based at 51mktg.com? And why the false address and telephone number in Dallas, TX?

This mystery has me curious. As a marketing consultant, I don't understand why a marketing firm would choose to use a false address, and connect it to a site registered in "Viral City"

Why all the secrecy?

Kriss


Awaiting a reply. Will contact the 51mktg.com address shortly also.

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Kandiman
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Hmmm, I must investigate this as well. Thanks.


Is 51mktg genuine or a red herring? Jackers? Or did we just find it too soon?

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Nighthawk
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Kandiman wrote:
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Hmmm, I must investigate this as well. Thanks.


Is 51mktg genuine or a red herring? Jackers? Or did we just find it too soon?


Not "jackers"; they're hosted on the same server. The odds of doing that with separate accounts on GoDaddy are astronomical, and GoDaddy will laugh in your face if you ask to be on a specific server.

As for whether it's too soon or not... If it's not meant to be found, don't put it up. If a site's live and addressable, it's never too soon to find it.
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church
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 		new post on whatis51 twitter acc

hmmm a formidable foe has awaken. i shall take down the Cleaner and the Fury Wink #whatis51

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Kandiman
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 		Cleaner, obviously, is @Cleaner7, Fury could be @YourRustySpoon, who cleaner claims is the real detective behind their efforts. Both Cleaner and Rusty work for an xBox magazine, so I guess they're OOG?

Incidentally, we appear to have started following the game two days late. Would be cool to track the trailhead down...

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Nighthawk
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 		Tweets go back to August 7th, on which he makes several references to something happening five days from then, and clues to something we haven't seen or haven't discovered...

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tomorrow should be fun. but 5 days after that should be even more fun
(Posted August 7th)


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and on the 5th day, another clue was revealed
(Posted August 8th)


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i am creating, i am planning, i am days away.
(Posted yesterday)


Five days would be on August 12th-13th, depending on your frame of reference.

List of who he follows is a who's who of gaming sites, covering all consoles, production studios, developers, genres... everything. He denies knowing who Bungie is and makes passing reference to Bioshock.
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Bob904
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 		Gang,

I have just been randomly moving the dice around on the page, and it produced a cowntdown clock at the top! Has anyone else seen this yet?

It currently says:

23 days 20 hours 27 minutes 12 seconds

EDIT: I can't see all of the dice because it is bigger than my current screen resolution and some of the dice are off screen to the left. I can tell you that I could see the 2-8 dice combo on the right of the screen that was mentioned earlier.

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Nighthawk
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 		As I mentioned earlier, the countdown timer ends on September 4th.

For those that are impatient and lazy (like me), you can see it clear as day if you view the source.
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Bob904
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 		HA! I much prefer the lazy way! Sorry, I missed your earlier post.

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thebruce
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 		For anyone still not sure, this is the result of the 'hotspots' (twitter in the lower right)

spoiler. meh.
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church
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 		new twitter from whatis51

welcome to all the new followers. 51 owns you now Smile

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v4^b0
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 		Count me in.

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NightAria
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 		Maybe the dice pairs are dates? 13th 18th 23rd 28th?

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Nighthawk
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NightAria wrote:
Maybe the dice pairs are dates? 13th 18th 23rd 28th?


Actually, that makes sense! The 13th would be the 5th day since his initial posts.
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 		that could be a good call nightaria

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