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[LIVE EVENT] Encom Conference?
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dbalschi wrote:
Slash film has a good write up about the event as well...
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/03/tron-legacy-viral-flynn-lives-group-invades-encom-press-conference-in-san-francisco/


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Alan Bradey (played by Bruce Boxleitner)..


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 		Criticism of the press event and questioning the campaign in general - from Cinematical: "Is the 'Tron Legacy' Viral Campaign Working?"

...I knew this would happen.
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KevsterSD wrote:
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Ihatebees498 wrote:
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Did anything ever come of those posters? The blacklights revealed a bunch of stuff, right? That there were three posters? And a bunch of numbers hidden across them?


I posted info that the blacklight posters they handed out could be the same posters from last years San Diego Comic Con (SDCC). Just like at SDCC, four posters were handed out three posters had blacklight codes and one was a blue-ish poster with no codes. I posted the codes from one of the posters (2of3) I picked up at Flynn's Arcade, and they matched poster 2of3 that was handed out at the Encom event. Checkout the posts starting around 3am on April 3 for additional details.


Correct me if I'm mistaken... but didn't we not have an encom 2 of 3 poster? We only had the other two, and the codes from 2 of 3 from SDCC matched one of the other two. Could there still be something different?


The codes for the SF & SD 2 of 3 posters matched. Re-read the thread. Padiwan confirmed it at 3:32am, April 3. I suggested there could still be a chance there was still something, but the consensus was it was a dead end. But, for giggles, here are the codes from poster 1 of 3 from San Diego, can someone with poster 1 of 3 from SF compare? From top to bottom:

9C - 3C
9P - 5P
3l - 4l (not sure if it's "i" or "L")
4R - 9R
5P - 5O
5O - 8O

Also, this is how the codes were used last year. Note, the codes relate to coordinates on a map that was given to the scavenger hunt participants. No map was given in San Francisco (at least no one has fessed up about getting a map). The coordinates revealed the location of Flynn's Arcade.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/24/comic-con-tron-legacy-viral-the-hunt-for-flynns-arcade/



Padiwan's pictures of "1 of 3" earlier in this discussion show the same codes found in this list of the SD poster codes... disappointing for sure, but glad the posters did find a new life in the hands of some people not able to get to SD for the Con this year. Now... what's next??


So, it's settled. Now that we've compared two of the three posters whe can conclude with a high degree of certainty that The posters from SF are the SAME as SD. They should have realzed folks were going to go into analysis mode when they saw the codes. Which is irresponsible on their end and just plain mean, but people got FREE posters, so that was nice.

Now, we wait for Space Paranoids!

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thebruce wrote:
Criticism of the press event and questioning the campaign in general - from Cinematical: "Is the 'Tron Legacy' Viral Campaign Working?"

...I knew this would happen.


Yeah, the media really didn't proceed with a 'Tron Legacy Viral backlash bantor' in an according fashion, though the timing of the ENCOM Conference may have been off a bit. Especially when you could tell that when Alan said, "I knew this would happen", that was the cue for FlynnLives ORG to rush the stage...but communication wires got crossed and Alan had to cover up the snafu, which he did pretty good with having wife Cindy come back out onstage. You can't really blame human nature when it comes to becoming a 'horse's ass' at the end of their 'self-motivated high expections' not being either fulfilled COMPLETELY or to a point where it's not consistant to satiate that thirst for a prolonged amount of time...from Disco Music to current day technological distractions, they can NEVER be appeased!

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They should have realzed folks were going to go into analysis mode when they saw the codes. Which is irresponsible on their end and just plain mean!


Whozzawhazzit?! It was irresponsible of them to give out free posters? I'm not sure why anyone expected to find anything new. If the posters had been a new design I would have thought maybe there would be a new clue, but I'm not shocked to find they are leftovers from SDCC since they were the exact same poster. If 42E does the same thing every time this ARG is going to get old real quick. Could you imagine getting posters at half a dozen events between now and December and the only difference between them was the black light ink messages?

I understand some people are annoyed that they got worked up thinking there would be new clues, but 42E never implied the game was going to be driven by the exact same posters with different messages. Sometimes we have to calm the inner fanboy down and look at it logically. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying to not check, I probably would have too but I would have done it expecting to find the same message. Maybe that's just me though...

Besides, I'm just happy we all got another crack at them, those posters are sweet.

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FSURobbie wrote:
confusion wrote:
They should have realzed folks were going to go into analysis mode when they saw the codes. Which is irresponsible on their end and just plain mean!


Whozzawhazzit?! It was irresponsible of them to give out free posters? I'm not sure why anyone expected to find anything new. If the posters had been a new design I would have thought maybe there would be a new clue, but I'm not shocked to find they are leftovers from SDCC since they were the exact same poster. If 42E does the same thing every time this ARG is going to get old real quick. Could you imagine getting posters at half a dozen events between now and December and the only difference between them was the black light ink messages?

I understand some people are annoyed that they got worked up thinking there would be new clues, but 42E never implied the game was going to be driven by the exact same posters with different messages. Sometimes we have to calm the inner fanboy down and look at it logically. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying to not check, I probably would have too but I would have done it expecting to find the same message. Maybe that's just me though...

Besides, I'm just happy we all got another crack at them, those posters are sweet.

Yeah, I was one of those people who stayed up all night solving, and even though it's disappointing to find out it's an old puzzle, I'm glad they didn't let the posters go to waste.
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 		Also, this has been a very event-driven campaign. Usually once the event is complete, there's nothing else. The 'little puzzles' as it were, usually show up before and leading up to an event (online or live). I wouldn't necessarily expect handouts and swag from an event to lead to something else, at least other than recaps or overviews... that may change, but so far that seems to be the pattern. Expecting more only means you're setting yourself up for disappointment more, imo...
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 		Re: [LIVE EVENT] Encom Conference?
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JamiroFan2000 wrote:
Especially when you could tell that when Alan said, "I knew this would happen", that was the cue for FlynnLives ORG to rush the stage...but communication wires got crossed and Alan had to cover up the snafu, which he did pretty good with having wife Cindy come back out onstage.

I had a different impression, both at the time and afterward. The Flynn Lives folks had been specifically instructed not to rush the stage while Alan Bradley was speaking. The "Plan of Attack" section on the Operation Tron site even says: "Then, we'll listen to what Alan Bradley has to say about Encom's latest product (could be cool – let's cut him some slack)." It seems clear that the spectators were meant to let him finish and exit gracefully before doing anything. [META]No doubt at least one motive was to ensure that Mr. Boxleitner had as safe and controlled an experience as possible.[/META]

When Alan said, "I knew this would happen," I thought that the teleprompters had gone out or something, depriving him of the end of his speech. When Lora came out to join him, it was on her own initiative, not because Alan signaled her -- in fact, when first she got his attention he immediately stopped trying to say anything to the audience and said "What?" in a tone of voice that seemed very hopeful, as if perhaps she was bringing him with new instructions or updated information or some other way to save him from whatever had gone wrong.

Later, after learning that the helicopter jump had been planned to interrupt Alan's speech, I think I understand what his comment may have meant. As a long-time professional actor, Bruce Boxleitner knew that something could go wrong with the timing, even if it somehow never occurred to anyone else. I was, and still am, extremely surprised to learn that the PMs had no backup of any kind, and had apparently never even thought it advisable to consider any sort of contingency plan.

Don't get me wrong. I do not fault the PMs for trying to plan an impressive stunt. I give them major props for getting Bruce Boxleitner there in person, and an extra hat-tip to whoever it was (Disney, 42, a bunch of rabid fans, whatever) who arranged to involve Cindy Morgan. And I'm certainly not complaining about the fact that this live event existed in the first place. But for crying out loud, to give poor Mr. Boxleitner NOTHING to say or do if something went wrong and the stunt had to be delayed? Not even to write the end of his speech for him? I'm sorry, but that ain't right.
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Those were my exact thoughts as well.
Props to Cindy for trying to rerail the dialog based on what she's been made aware of regarding the game.
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FSURobbie wrote:
confusion wrote:
They should have realzed folks were going to go into analysis mode when they saw the codes. Which is irresponsible on their end and just plain mean!


Whozzawhazzit?! It was irresponsible of them to give out free posters? I'm not sure why anyone expected to find anything new. If the posters had been a new design I would have thought maybe there would be a new clue, but I'm not shocked to find they are leftovers from SDCC since they were the exact same poster. If 42E does the same thing every time this ARG is going to get old real quick. Could you imagine getting posters at half a dozen events between now and December and the only difference between them was the black light ink messages?

I understand some people are annoyed that they got worked up thinking there would be new clues, but 42E never implied the game was going to be driven by the exact same posters with different messages. Sometimes we have to calm the inner fanboy down and look at it logically. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying to not check, I probably would have too but I would have done it expecting to find the same message. Maybe that's just me though...

Besides, I'm just happy we all got another crack at them, those posters are sweet.


Totally agree with you! I missed out on these posters the first time around when I was at Comic-Con and glad I got another chance to pick one up!

And besides, with so many clues and puzzles in things like this, you have to know that putting in the time, effort, and even risk, in all of it will not always lead to something successful. It's part of the fun, it's part of the challenge, and it's our own doing. Very Happy

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FSURobbie wrote:
confusion wrote:
They should have realzed folks were going to go into analysis mode when they saw the codes. Which is irresponsible on their end and just plain mean!


Whozzawhazzit?! It was irresponsible of them to give out free posters? I'm not sure why anyone expected to find anything new. If the posters had been a new design I would have thought maybe there would be a new clue, but I'm not shocked to find they are leftovers from SDCC since they were the exact same poster. If 42E does the same thing every time this ARG is going to get old real quick. Could you imagine getting posters at half a dozen events between now and December and the only difference between them was the black light ink messages?

I understand some people are annoyed that they got worked up thinking there would be new clues, but 42E never implied the game was going to be driven by the exact same posters with different messages. Sometimes we have to calm the inner fanboy down and look at it logically. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying to not check, I probably would have too but I would have done it expecting to find the same message. Maybe that's just me though...

Besides, I'm just happy we all got another crack at them, those posters are sweet.


you forgot to quote the rest of my message "but people got FREE posters, so that was nice. "

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you forgot to quote the rest of my message "but people got FREE posters, so that was nice. "

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 		I need to trade my haul from Wondercon Flynn Lives!!!
please help
Hey guys I am new to the forum but an old friend to TRON.

I am an animation student in San Francisco and TRON is the reason I got into animation.

My brother and I have even restored several TRON arcade machines and there are probably few who have spent more money on TRON than me and my brother combined.

I am not a rich guy but I have always worked so most of my supplemental income in life has gone towards computers, star wars, or tron.



I went to the Operation Tron even and got several of the posters for my collection.

I got a blue one with the orange sign notifying people of the event.

I got a regular blue one.

3 black ones

1 of 3

2(2 of 3)

I need 3 of 3 and will trade my best copy of 2 of 3.


I also have extra wondercon "Flynn Lives" shirts and pins for the person who trades me.

And if you have a full set of the 3, I will trade a 1983 Mint Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight, unpunched in c-9 condition.

If sent to the AFA it would get at least AFA 75.

We are framing all of these posters right next to our TRON arcade machine and I am dying to have the full set.

I will drymount them so if there are creases that is ok as long as they aren't crazy obnoxious and crack the ink.

Please help.

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