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cyng · Unfettered Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 366

[Social] Introductions

**Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:33 pm

SamuelofR247 · Decorated Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 271 Location: OMA

Very good, and thank you Spacebass! Gah, now I'm gonna have to check an entire board for our updates. j/k...Not a bad thing at all lol...

Anyhow, SamuelofR247 checking in. I may start a new topic just for people new to CFG to get the hang of things past, present and yet to come so keep an eye out here on this board.
A little bit about me, I'm currently fully immersed in ConspiracyforGood so I probably won't be found in any other ARG's for a while. I've made myself a twitter account that's pretty much just for CFG right now so if you'd like to follow me and keep an eye out for updates it's;

http://twitter.com/SamuelofR247

If you check me out there, you'll see many other members (following/followers) who are actively involved in CFG as well, even characters too.
Thanks for reading and if I don't see you here then.....see ya in the CFG chat!

http://conspiracyforgood.com/chat

**Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:06 pm

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Stefan · Boot Joined: 03 Jul 2010 Posts: 17

Okay, first of all, you should know, that there's nothing to know about me.
Why... i have no past, related to ARG... i'm involved for round about 4 days now. But I like it.
If you want to know, what I'm looking like .. check the videos on youtube Razz

I'm too old to be called young and too young, to be called old. I'm in the middle of not anymore and not yet. I seek the new, I like experiments, I try to understand...

For further questions, I d like to refer to the oracle of delphi. I bet ... oh no, my docter has asked me, to stop gambling.

Cya.. at worlds end ... or in hell!

**Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:56 pm

Rinflame · Boot Joined: 03 Jun 2010 Posts: 25

Rinflame 101

**Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:05 pm

BlueMouse222 · Boot Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 39

Hey there. My name is BlueMouse222, but I go just as easily as Blue Mouse. I am a guy, just for reference, and I live in the Northeast US. I can cook pretty well. My politics are well off to the left on both axes.

Pasted from my CFG intro thread:

Hello, my name is Paul. I hereby donate a little of my time, but all of my skills.

I can code a little.
I am good at math.
I have a quick and analytical mind, I can learn quickly, and memorize well.
I live on the East Coast of the United States, and may be able to attend events or drops in the Northeast.

As proof of my skills, I hereby donate the following knowledge to the CFG community at large: the CFG logo is, in fact, a trefoil knot, commonly known as an overhand knot.

http://katlas.math.toronto.edu/wiki/Trefoil

Anyway, I'm happy to help with anything, if I'm able. I can even go to events, if they're not too far away.

I've got a bit of an ARG history: I played through the second half of PXC (my first ever) and participated a lot in Exoriare. I've lurked on a few others. I know the basic ARG tools, and can recognize their usage.

I look forward to freeing the CFG from BB!

**Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:20 pm

JLopez

oh... hai guyz. icanhazfriends?

Mmm.

I am Phyx, Phyxmeister, Teh_Phyxinator, Phyxius, Physlice, PhyDeCoeur etcetera, etcetera, etc. etc. . . dot dot

W♥uld Yo♥ ♥ike t♥ pl♥y ♥ g♥me?
Wink

**Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:41 pm

skudzy · Boot Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Posts: 24 Location: London

Hi guys, a certain person insisted I post an intro so here it is. Smile

Discovered CFG 3 days ago through the Mainframe Liberator and got drawn in. A lot to catch up on and working my way through it.

Looks like a lot of hard work has been done already and I hope I can be at least slightly useful in future puzzles! Got a computing background so might be able help out with that kind of stuff.

Other than that I am twenty-something and live in London so looking forward to the events coming up soon. Very Happy

**Posted:** Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:19 pm

Rinishness · Boot Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 48 Location: New Jersey

Hey! I'm Rin, known as Claramata on the CFG forums and chat. I'm mostly a lurker, but I'm interested in digital literature and this is a fun thing to do. I'm thinking of writing my senior thesis on ARGs and other forms of interactive storytelling so this isn't just fun for me! It's research!

**Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:52 pm

cyng · Unfettered Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 366

cool rinishness

what's your major??

**Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:06 pm

TechTaylor · Boot Joined: 16 Jul 2010 Posts: 15

Hi! I'm TechTaylor... I'm based in London working in the Streaming Media industry. Been lurking and occasionally playing ARG's for years.
I'm kinda out of practice though... wouldn't even have known about this if one of my friends hadn't called me to find out what I thought of it so far... long story short: I love it and want to help any way possible!

**Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:53 pm

cyng · Unfettered Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 366

awesome techtaylor!!

if you need any help we are in the chatroom alot...ah, i see you found it!

**Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:43 pm

Rinishness · Boot Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 48 Location: New Jersey

@cyng I'm an English major with a focus on writing and composition theory. My idea for my senior thesis involves examining the rhetorical strategies that are needed when there is an immediate audience response and when audience can change the outcomes of the story. Actually, if anyone knows any who's run a game (obviously not for games still going on I wouldn't want anyone to peak out from behind the curtain), I would be interested in interviewing them to see how the process of story creation and presentation is effected by the audience.

Ya'll probably think I'm nuts now, don't you?

**Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:40 pm

cyng · Unfettered Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 366

i don't think that is werd at all, claramata

i have a huge academic interest in args

if you haven't checked out jane mcgonigal's site avant game out, already, i'd strongly recommend this page for a starter reading list: http://www.avantgame.com/writings.htm--i would definitely also research "rhizome" theory and how it relates to narrative...( i hope i don't offend you if you already know all this already, i just get excited about talking the "theory" end Very Happy

)

currently i am being mentored by a well known writer (a former prof of mine), and I did a presentation for her on arg's at her Experimental Writing class at my university....she got so keen on the idea, she wants me to work on an experimental cross-media platform/participatory narrative along for an art's festival that she's on the committee for coming up in September

so i don't think you're nuts at all...just a bird of a feather

Very Happy

p.s. anytime you want to talk theory or bounce ideas off of, i would LOVE to

**Posted:** Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:53 pm

Rinishness · Boot Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 48 Location: New Jersey

Cyng that's a fantastic site! Thank you! I'm working with my boss on how to adapt elements of digital storytelling and gaming into learning environments, because I've found myself learning far more about critical thinking and analysis from games like CFG than I have sitting in a classroom and we want to see if it might work as an educational tool... think about it, a game based on a college campus that gets students from all disciplines together and sharing knowledge in order to solve a mystery.

EDIT: Speaking of sources that discuss ARGs in an academic way, Cyng, have you looked up Henry Jenkins from MIT? He's got some interesting things to say about participatory culture and new media.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:40 pm

Prowler · Boot Joined: 25 Jul 2010 Posts: 15

Prowler

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:07 pm