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[tomtom224]

[Trailhead/Game Jack?] gamem8ker

[Vega]

Funny. I've been doing the same thing. And it's up:

10:57:35 PM Vega: I spent about an hour wondering how I knew this screenname.
10:58:09 PM Vega: Then I had to google it--and the fact that I still had it--and that someone was still ON it made me laugh.
10:58:29 PM Vega: Congrats, gamem8ker. You did your good deed for the day.
10:59:06 PM gamem8ker:
10:59:34 PM Vega: Better than "no comment.", for sure.
11:00:09 PM gamem8ker: I hated that as much as anyone else, but rules are rules.
11:00:23 PM Vega: Sure you've still got a set and a half to follow.
11:00:30 PM gamem8ker: I wasn't supposed to be a part of the challenges at that time, but this time they're making me an integral part.
11:00:46 PM Vega: Good to know. This summer?
11:02:25 PM gamem8ker: No, as soon as I get told a secret phrase.
11:03:14 PM Vega: It's out in the open now?
11:04:17 PM gamem8ker: It's up, I have the link, but not the password to get in.
11:04:35 PM gamem8ker: Someone is supposed to contact me with a secret phrase. They have the password but not the link.
11:05:13 PM Vega: First I'm hearing of this. I've been out of the game since Colonies, but...you'd think it'd be more widespread--you've been on a couple days now, right?
11:06:01 PM gamem8ker: Yes but I can't tell anyone what the link is until I get contacted, so it isn't "open" officially.
11:06:19 PM Vega: So the game is not afoot, persay, until "someone" contacts you?
11:06:40 PM Vega: Someone being predesignated and not just anyone?
11:07:31 PM gamem8ker: Correct, but I won't know who it is. I'll know they're the right person because they'll give me the secret phrase. I know the link and the phrase, they know my screenname, the phrase, and the password, but not the link.
11:07:38 PM Vega: ((Gamem8ker is still available on twitter, if you think that could be useful at all.))
11:07:44 PM gamem8ker: Confusing, but they had to make it this way.
11:07:56 PM Vega: Yeah. I understand.
11:08:06 PM gamem8ker: I'm not on Twitter so that's not me.
11:09:18 PM Vega: Yeah. No one's got that, so don't worry. I was just remarking.
11:10:09 PM gamem8ker: Oh you meant to register the name. No, that's ok. Sometimes a little misleading can lead to the truth.
11:10:43 PM Vega: Or it can lead to someone trying to mess with the game.
11:11:58 PM gamem8ker: This time around they won't be able to. The way it's set up is fascinating in it's complexity, and the reward at the end is something I still can't believe they're doing.
11:12:11 PM Vega: Really? Interesting.
11:12:35 PM Vega: Will you be announcing when it starts? or is that something we have to stumbleupon?
11:13:31 PM gamem8ker: No announcements.
11:13:42 PM gamem8ker: It could have already started.
11:13:59 PM Vega: I thought you said you were waiting on a phrase?
11:14:25 PM gamem8ker: There's really no reward for spreading the word. If only one person figures it out and completes it, so be it.
11:14:30 PM gamem8ker: I am.
11:15:16 PM Vega: You said the link would be active when you received the phrase, which one person, predesignated knows. If we're setting up for "that", it can't possibly have started for US.
11:15:58 PM Vega: I'm in for whatever, but colour me confused.
11:16:18 PM gamem8ker: I didn't mean it could have started and you just don't know about it. I meant it could have started by now, when I receive the phrase, meaning no formal announcement or dependence on any specific dates.
11:16:29 PM Vega: Oh. I understand.
11:16:46 PM Vega: So I'm going to have to keep bothering you day in and day out, you're telling me?
11:17:13 PM Vega: After Saturday, I'm game.
11:17:38 PM gamem8ker: I'm sure if you're a part of Unfiction, you'll figure it out eventually.
11:17:50 PM Vega: I haven't been to unfiction since Colonies!
11:17:59 PM Vega: Have to remember what my username is.
11:23:33 PM Vega: Got it. ANd hey! Someone's talking about you!
11:24:03 PM gamem8ker: who?
11:24:31 PM Vega: how many conversations are you running at once right now?
11:25:33 PM gamem8ker: four.
11:26:13 PM Vega: That limits it, I suppose. One of the three is a unfiction poster.
11:27:30 PM Vega: What was your role in OurColony?
11:28:00 PM Vega: I remember you were dropping hints that tripped people up rather than helped. Is that a valid statement?
11:29:29 PM gamem8ker: I didn't give hints at all. I wasn't supposed to as I was never meant to communicate with Colony members through here, so all I could do is guide them, and a lot of "no comment"-ing.
11:29:41 PM gamem8ker: This time around they're making me an integral part of the whole thing.
11:30:27 PM Vega: You mentioned. AIM going to be an integral part of that?
11:31:00 PM gamem8ker: One on one collaborating.
11:32:13 PM gamem8ker: What we found is that with previous challenges, 5% do the work, and the rest just follow along on forums and reap the rewards. Not possible this time.
11:32:48 PM Vega: Yeah. I was going to say that that's an ARG trait.
11:32:59 PM Vega: Collaborating with you?
11:34:04 PM gamem8ker: Not only me, but I still don't know who the other big players are.
11:34:15 PM gamem8ker: I guess once I get told the secret phrase and the password I'll know more.
11:34:21 PM Vega: I see.
11:34:27 PM Vega: No colony work this time, though?
11:34:43 PM Vega: Or is teamwork possible?
11:35:03 PM gamem8ker: real teamwork is possible.
11:38:00 PM Vega: Hm.
11:38:31 PM Vega: So is it meant to be more competitive, then?
11:38:42 PM Vega: Or will the 5% that all do the work reap the rewards?
11:40:59 PM gamem8ker: Whoever puts in the work reaps the rewards, and once people find out what the rewards are, participation will be at higher than 5%.
11:41:18 PM Vega: So it's not a "Top 10" then?
11:41:45 PM Vega: The worst things about games are when only a select FEW get the prize when a LOT of people have done the work with them.
11:44:21 PM gamem8ker: Exactly.
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[OmegaX]

Sounds fake, between the 'unbelievable reward', the fake gamem8ker, and the idea of stopping us from collaborating the way we usually do (which effectively blocks anyone outside the eligible area from even following along). Nevertheless, I'll lurk it until a)we know it's fake, b)it starts and clue-sharing is discouraged, or c)we know if I'm in the eligible area.