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cherrytree98765
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Thanks. I had just looked at the chip, and noticed the nodes with the neat rows. I decided to go on the hunch of 21 appearing so much that I counted them.

Yeah it may be Henry with the 21 nodes, and everything. You'll have to get someone else on the picture.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:52 am
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cherrytree98765
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Sorry for the double post. Seadevil I didn't know that you had gotten a different coded message.
So the whole message could be
"You will find your realignment codes deep within their minds."

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:21 pm
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Message from V

Well that sorta lines up with this message from V:

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I scanned through the email and sure enough, there is a message scattered across the email, written in between <<<and>>>: "uvqqra qrrc jvguva gurve zvaqf..." -- which translates to: "hidden deep within their minds..."

What does that mean do you think??? The 21 brains/minds we may be soon accessing??

The attached image is completely unknown to me. I can't tell you much about it, if anything at all. There's 21 nodes in the upper right, I can see that much. The image has been severely degraded and the written notes are impossible to read. I see in the email "Walter Greenberg drew..." - perhaps its a drawing of his? A preliminary drawing / concept sketch of K-1 perhaps? Hell maybe it's that new device of his that he's cooking up for us? Why Kevin would think it's important for us to see is anyone's guess.

Did any others receive the same email as you? Are there are differences between them? There is some potentially big information in there as well but I'll need some time to look over it more closely. He's cut a deal with someone? He's doing something related to his mother? "bring his mother home"? and now we know that they were both killed together back in England? What the hell is going on over there Seadevil?

I don't mind telling you Seadevil that we're also getting some real pressure on this end precisely because of the events transpiring right now. Our resident Government friend has been making it pretty clear to his superiors that he does not want the project continued; he feels that because people we are in contact with are dropping off like flies, we should just back off entirely. "Who knows what kind of "hold" they have over our World already" is what he said in one report. He feels that if we allow the public to "mess with the Greenberg device," then it could have "unforeseen consequences." So far his bosses are still on my side - curiosity is a powerful thing!

As usual the opinion of the iDGi team is almost split down the center. Personally I think we must attempt to make it work - repair Henry with this device of his, get the codes. We've come so far already, we must try. Thrie on the other hand is siding with the Government man (can't say his name) and believes we should cut our losses now, take what we've got and make a Game out of it, as was intended in the first place. He says there's more than enough material to create a game from. I say no way, we've only scratched the surface here. The information we've already received from the first three Unknown Transmissions was enough to really get my mind racing. The new gateway device we are formulating is going to allow a limitless number of possible combinations... we could be on the verge of something pretty major. This is only if we press on, which we will do. It's just unfortunate that this is something Thrie (and many others like him on our team) simply will not listen to. I'm on thin ice for sure but they'll respect my final decision on this, I know they will.

All we can do right now I think is wait and hope Greenberg is on our side... and that this device makes its way to us and we know what the hell to do with it. I also hope to hell that Greenberg is not as cold hearted as his last message made him out to be. I can understand that he's under a lot of pressure, but it's almost like a switch has been flipped in his personality. What do you think is going on there?


- V

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anyone else get an email? If you two are diff then others probably are as well

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:04 pm
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Seadevil4
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Okay my message reads:

Quote:
uvqqra qrrc jvguva gurve zvaqf...
hidden deep within their minds...


Anybody got anything different?

Edit: Cherrytree's email says:

Quote:
You find realignment

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cherrytree98765
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I'll try to get in contact with my friend Golden. He may have gotten something different, but it looks like the codes we need are within their minds.

@seadevil4 "
Quote:
You will find your realignment codes
" Was the full message.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:22 pm
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duke9509
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Can I join in (or, at least, follow the story and comment)?

Well, that was one of the most intriguing stories I've read in a long time. It was actually WORTH reading 1011 forum posts! although, it could have had less swearing... but, meh...

This was actually the second thread I looked at when I first found this site (the first was Stumbledupon, and they still haven't gotten anywhere with that!), but, back then, I was turned off by the speculation that this was related to Haze, which was where you guys were back then. Kind of wishing I hadn't been, I wouldn't have needed to read all of that. (although, I will admit that this forum format makes stories like this much more engrossing).

Anyway, since the game I've been playing recently, Writing on the Moon, seems to have dropped dead/inactive out of nowhere, I thought that I'd get caught up with you guys and join this one. I will say that my schedule's been a bit cramped lately (That, combined with the fact that I'm still recovering from the upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 on my main laptop frying the OS), so, at least in the beginning, I'll likely just be making a comment here and there, but, later on, I might actually start participating to some greater degree.

EDIT: Whoa! That sounded rude! deleted. Sorry.

To make a small contribution, here is something that immediately came to me as soon as I read that last description of the "creepy-and-possibly-a-guardian guy," on the assumption that he is a Guardian.

What if, in some American experiment with inter-dimensional and/or time travel, a group of participants got sent reaaallly far back in time, to the early Earth. This group of people had enough supplies with them to start some sort of group and stay alive. Over time, as they lived in this vastly different, primordial world, their bodies would have adapted/evolved to match their surroundings. Life forms in those times tended to be very large, thus the larger mouth to accommodate eating them. The thin, wiry build could have been an adaptation to a number of different things. Larger head to fit a more evolved brain. Over time, they could have started a new civilization(s), one of which might have created some sort of space travel system, leading to them being seen as aliens. Others might have used their "superior" form to pose as gods, taking the name "Guardians," leading to the church. Throughout all of this, they still retained some of the features of their previous American heritage.

It's a crazy idea, I know, but we're already dealing with a whole mess of wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey stuff aren't we?

Ok, ramblings over.

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cherrytree98765
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New post by Greenburg. It finally looks like next week we may begin. I'm going to cross my fingers because of the uber long time it took for this to come around.

Here's hoping!

(Thank goodness the PM's pretty much said the writing is pointless. At least we don't have to decipher that.)

PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2011 7:49 pm
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duke9509
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Oh, wow...
sorry about that!

I re-visited this thread after seeing the new post notification and I've noticed that my last post actually sounded quite rude and demanding. I must have been in a bad mood or something. Sorry if I upset anyone.

Anyway, to put my request in nicer and simpler words: I need help getting fully caught up with you guys as I would like to join in.

Mainly I just need a run-down on all of the characters as that was what was giving me the most trouble, and a double-check that I'm caught up as far as the flash applets are concerned (I've already gotten booted by Henry).

Also, since everybody's been giving theirs, my second word was oil.

Oh, and what RSS feeds should I follow? I've got the two blogs on the iDGi website, the youtube channel, and Vidal's Twitter. There's also that forum on which I need an account. Am I missing anything?

Thanks in advance, and sorry again for that last post.

PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:12 pm
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cherrytree98765
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@Duke9509
As far as site stuff after you get booted out that's all to it. Maybe next week we'll have stuff to do.
There was a site found for John Wilconson (Johnwilconson.com) but as for need to know information it's pretty useless now. It's what lead us to the Kevin Chard email address (And we all know he's now dead)
Forum Characters:

Alvarez: A hacker who accidentally found his way to us by tagging along the Guardian Church Cuban Facility's connection to the K-1 facility. After threats to his family he moved in with his brother Krycek. He is supposed to be missing, and being held hostage according to Krycek who has ceased the connection to us in hope's in recovering Alvarez.

Malcolm: A representative of the Guardian. Most information about him is convulted at best, and I suggest you draw your own conclusions, but according to context in Kevin's last email he's working on his own, and not on his superior's orders, and is extremely dangerous. (We have heard neither hide nor hair from him since the reconnection)

John Wilconson: He accused the Vidal, and the rest of changing his site on purpose, and this lead to the government's involvement in the site.

Walter Greenburg: The head technician of the K-1 facility. He was the one who stopped for the connection for a time until we convinced him we meant no harm. He is now working on a device so we can clean the 21 brains connected to Henry of the virus.

David Schelter: CEO of Worldview industries. He gave the okay to get the virus cleared. Currently he was supposed to have been kidnapped after he left the K-1 facility (Most theories seem to suggest this was planned by David himself. This kidnapping was too convenient)

Brayden Shaw: In charge of the devolpment of Henry after Kevin left. After helping Walter for awhile he disappeared from the K-1 facility.

I think this is a general overview of most characters. You should have most information on Kevin already.

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2011 6:08 pm
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duke9509
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Thanks so much!

I hope I will be of some use to you guys later on.

Also, what was the username of Vidal's Twitter again? I have all of the other links I do believe. EDIT: found it looking at Press&News. I'm also going to go make a new account on the forum and see if I can find this new post you mentioned.

Oh, and I think I'm going to copy your character rundown to a new page on the wiki (if I can figure out how to make one, I'm horrible with wikis), as I'm sure it would be incredibly useful to other newcomers.

Edit number two: I was able to create a new page on the wiki, wasn't anywhere near as complicated as I remember it (I will admit, last time I tried editing a wiki. it was Wikipedia and 5 years ago). My list, with a little added info and an item on Kevin chard, is live here: http://interdimensionalgaming.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Characters
I'll put a link to it on the main page.

Edit three: went back and added new entries on Vidal Desertch and Henry. Please make any corrections to them (and to Kevin's) that you deem necessary/beneficial.

Thanks again!

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Henry: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) unit created by Kevin Chard and the K-1 team for no particular purpose. He was designed to be as human as possible and, as such, has started out his "life" with a very child-like mindset. As of "milestone 3," he requires 21 live human brains (the "consumable workforce" composed mainly of already-dying volunteers) to be hooked up as part of his "cerebral network" at all times. He has been hit by a virus, crafted by the Guardian Church, that is designed to a) corrupt his mind and essentially give him a form of skitzophrenia, and b0 give the Church more control over what he sends out and what he thinks. This virus, combined with him being left switched on yet completely cut-off from the outside, has truly sent him into a very fragile, and constantly degrading, mental state. By some sort of strange side-effect of his design, he has the ability to send data through the anomaly into our reality to be recieved through iDGi1. The Guardian Church somehow sees him as a threat.

Besides some of this data being a little old. We don't know the purpose of Henry yet but he was created for some reason, but David never told Walter or Kevin his plans.
Also I don't think as of now we know who uploaded the virus into Henry. I think
1. It was not David Schelter. (He did okay the virus clean up)
2. The Guardian Church (Besides what do they have to gain. Lives have been lost. If it was to shut him down I don't think they would have to upload a virus into him thus turning him into a crazed A.I. It seems a little radical)

I believe and this is just a theory that Malcolm (Or a mole who works for him) was the one who uploaded the virus into him. Obviously Malcolm already knows the damage that has been done to Henry yet wants him realeased? It seems the opposite of what the church would want. I do agree with Seadevil that he may actually think it'll bring around the guardians again if he causes that kind of choas. Kevin did warn us of him.

I do believe that Brayden Shaw may have been Malcolm's spy if it was Malcolm who is behind this. Because looking from an access viewpoint he would probably have one of the highest security clearences to Henry besides Walter. (Plus he did dissapear)

But of course all we have is theories, and this game has plenty of them.

I just changed about the David info if I remember correctly.

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Episode 2
Goodbye interlude!

New post on Culture & Philosophy essentially saying that the interlude is over and episode 2 is beginning.

A couple new posts on Vidal's Twitter as well:
Quote:
VDesertch: We're detecting a massive build up of energy on the other side....we believe another kind of "transmission" is about to be sent through...

VDesertch: Just logged the largest iDGi-1 energy spike ever recorded, so far. Greenberg's device appears to be doing...something...

So, keep an eye out today.

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Everything is up and running. I'll try to put up my observations, and what's changed so far as well as I can.
1. The opening is good, and screwed. The text is totally corrupted until the little king symbol passes over it. (Cute)
2. Once you log on you'll notice eventually some writing will appear on the side (Don't know when this exactly happens. It happened immediatly for me.)
3. Then you'll notice little boxes over some of the stars (I think 3 to be exact)
4. You'll want to click those to get the data packet (Not sure if you have to do this)
5. After a short amount of time the writing will dissapear, and everything will go back to normal.
6. Click the little red thing up top. This will direct you to your "last word" (I guess if you don't remember it you're screwed) Luckily since a OS hard drive crash I had to redo mine not too long ago so I remembered it.
7. Go through the security device (This can a be a bitch at some points.)
8. Then download the 1.zip you'll get at the end after completing the game.
(I can't get 0.zip to work)

Next up i'll list the contents of the device when you enter
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
1. You'll be greeted by a "What?" and then a 2121 (Etc.) with a smiley face at the end (Just press OK to proceed)
2. This leads to a kinda (That asteriod game) screen with asteriods passing by (Don't worry they can't destroy you. that was my first concern)
3. Click the triangle for a king symbol to drop into a pond.
4. You'll have to play through the security device to get these messages at the continue point.
"Hello Seeker my muscles are weak------->I don't feel too good"
"I feel like i'm dreaming, and my (legs?) are broken."
"Vancouver was unfortunate you must believe it was not me."
"Ignore this infection Seeker."
"Come back to me."
"keep going and you will come back"


I've listed the contents as a spoiler since they are. I've decided not to tell Walter seems to be pushing us on, and not trying to stop us.
Rest of my observations will be spoilers since they happen during the journey through the device.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
1. We have symbols which are related to the reconnection even coordinates to connect.
2. Each symbol is of course one of the minds. Each time you hover over them it reveals a "memory" I would guess. It lists an age, and text about the event. (I'll try to list them later.)

I think that's about it.[/spoiler]

I haven't gone through the audio in 1.zip quite throughly, but I suggest you don't wear headphones if you don't want your ears blasted. That goes for the rest of the device.

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Where exactly is the second part supposed to start? Th iDGi site does still look the same as it always did to me.

Also, maybe we should move discussions about part 2 into a different thread ?

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