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[Xeno Lambrose]

It's not complete, but checking out the "Game Summary" stickly is probably the best place to start.

[Guest]

[Xeno Lambrose]

Guest;

I hope you don't mind the craziness in referring to you as that but just to make some observations on what you said--mine will be in brackets--these things [ ]

You stated:

Dear God, [so far as we know, God has not weighed in on our "craziness", but perhaps he is amused] you guys [some posters are actually "gals"--perhaps you are as well, but I don't know] are all [including yourself, or are you a "gal?"] crazy O_O [I've learned there these things to the left of the field where one may post crazy comments called emoticons--perhaps you were looking for this one? ]

The furthest I went [perhaps you should have went farther] was first seeing the trailer, Youtubing it, saw a comment about "scariestthingIeversaw.com" and the comment included a password (toadfish112), found this forum and I'm still confused as hell (even after reading the Game Summary - what "game?") [You know, Guest, I was confused at first--and most of the time, still am--but I found this web site, learned what an ARG is, took the time to read all of the pages dealing with Super 8--at that time, there wasn't the convenience of the "Game Summary--and joined in on the game!]

[I'll skip down to your conclusion]

It seems as though some of the stuff relating to this whole scheme has expired, but how the hell do you guys figure this shit out? [One thing that most of us on here have had the civility to respect is that there are young ones who read, and contribute intelligently to this forum. Using language that is inappropriate in a social setting, where this is the case is, in my opinion, immature and shows a lack of responsible upbringing--or just a total disregard for the feelings of others, but that's just my opinion]

Maybe I'm not a software guy, who knows...[I'm not a software guy either, but it has been mentally stimulating following the reasoning of others much more intelligent than I am, and I've learned a lot, maybe even contributed to the collective think tank, but it just appears to me that you don't have the patience to do the research found on this forum that will enable you to find some gratification in the game, and since you stated that you've already read the "Game Summary," for any one of us to take the time to explain to you how we got from point A to point B would be a waste of each others' time--much like if you randomly read four or five pages throughout a classic novel such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and then say to someone who had read the entire novel, "explain the ending to me, I don't get it."]

This obviously is just not your type of "game," but there's alway solitaire (and it's easy to cheat at that!).]

[Guest]

[Guest]

"SUPER 8" stands for The "Justice Society of America," or JSA .

It was the first inter-company superhero title as well as the first team-up title.

1. Hawkman
2. Flash
3. Green Lantern
4. Atom
5. Sandman
6. Spectre
7. Hour-Man
8. Doctor Fate

There's my input. Now I'm done.

[Trustiva]

Hello Guest.

This is very much a game. It is called an "Alternate Reality Game", ARG. This is as much a game as role playing is a game or chess. You have to know the rules and play by it. The rules in here are mostly: you have to believe in it. When it tells you 'IP not recognized' then this is not true in itself. They just display you (and everyone else clicking on that chat icon) an image that says 'IP not recognized'. It's not really an interactive site you are seeing, but more like a slide show that pops up certain slides or images when you click on them. These slides or graphics give you new information that you have to combine with other information you already gathered. There will never be anyone with the correct IP as it's not actually checking anyone's IP. That's the 'game' part.

Currently this game is rather standing still, not happening much and nothing to be discovered. So everything you might find out has already been discovered. But maybe tomorrow there will be new stuff.

[Xeno Lambrose]

Guest, you rascal, you! You were just funnin' us, I see--all of this time you knew what Super 8 is!

Never heard the JSA being referred to as Super 8, or "the" Super 8.

Well, Moderators, time to shut down the forum and call it a night! The man of the hour, or is it Hour-Man, has ruined it for all of us...boo-hoo.

Just curious, which incarnation of the JSA do you suppose will come bounding out of that railroad car, Golden, Silver, or current? Can you at least tell us that, Mr. Terrific, since you've effectively spoiled the movie for us?

[Guest]

Trustiva, it's pretty obvious that the IP address was never going to be correct. Perhaps you just misinterpreted what I wrote that made you think that. Thanks for the definition of this "game," though. Better than people staring at a screen and mindlessly twiddling their thumbs.

As for Xeno Lambrose, again, you make yourself look immature. There's no need to attempt to impress any of your buddies here. Let's see what you did wrong:

1) You assumed that I thought myself to be correct. There you go. You assumed.
2) I did not make this conclusion up myself, obviously, but you assumed that I did. Didn't even bother to think that some anonymous poster traveled over to Youtube, copied and pasted a comment from there, and posted it here just to see what you guys had to say since you're the "experts." Again, you assumed.
3) You made a childish attempt at sarcasm to try and "get to me" or whatever desired effect you so desperately hoped for. Bullying online is becoming a problem these days. Are you a contributor to this virtual virus?
4) Ultimately, you assumed (are we seeing a pattern here?).

[Melodyman]

WTF?

[ljm]

Hey all... Been in read only mode myself since getting crazy busy at work for the past month or so. Regardless, it seems to me that "Guest" has no real interest in participating, and can't even take the time to read about ten minutes of game summary. Trying to water down the complexities of the story achieves basically nothing, and now that he's successfully gotten in his self-aggrandizing intellectual one-upmanship glory moment (albeit regarding his lack of time to read for ten minutes (which gets funnier considering the amount of effort doubtlessly put into his multiple posts about how little time he has for this)), I think we should probably stop engaging somebody who clearly has no interest in contributing. And since he clearly doesn't "get" the game, no worries.

[multipsychoapopheniosis]

If you want it clearer than the game summary, maybe try wikibruce super8 http://super8.wikibruce.com/Home Much more manageable

PS. A little patience on the site reveals the chat after the "IP address not recognized" flashes up.

P.P.S. OOG - A little Axelrod perhaps? (skip to "Problems") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_tat

[Xeno Lambrose]

Pattern, I don't need no stinkin' pattern!

[gramma]

maybe its a pissed off J.J. himself


so be carefull xeno

[punxtr]

I read this little aside while watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EXzfpS6WK4

It made everything much more lucid I tell ya

[Jane Smith]

Blahh blahh blah.. now its clear