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[amandel]

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[Limer]

So where are we at, have all the known puzzles been solved yet?

[degravedi]

Well, the binary puzzle seems fully solved as there really wasn't anything else in the message to go on.

The newest F8 puzzle has yet to come to a definite end though, at least if the other two trail segments are any indication. At the end of a F8 trail, we usually get some kind of reward. Now, it's possible that the new Twitter account may be updated to allow that to continue, but there's also the possibility that we're missing something.

Also, maybe it's just me, but does anyone else think that this extremely well thought out viral doesn't have anywhere near enough followers? Arguably, other than referring to the Comic-Con booth itself, there aren't any articles talking about this game anywhere (except ARGN, of course, but that's cause they rock ). I can't tell if maybe it's a marketing error on the PMs part and they just didn't think of sending press packets out to some major news sources (cool, themed swag is always an awesome motivator for good press). For something that's actually a form of advertising, I feel bad, like they're not getting their money's worth. I mean, the Serial Huntress Facebook page only has 57 people following it! So uh, maybe anyone who's enjoying this so far can do some good and spread the word?

I've already sent tips to the following, not that more than one person telling them would hurt!
ign.com
bloodydisgusting.com
shocktillyoudrop.com
movieviral.com
firstshowing.net
horrorsquad.com
horrornews.net

So where else? I have absolutely no clue how to go about these things.


Edit: to correct the *lower* number of people watching.

[comadarkvale]

A couple of those sites did mention a little about this game but not much when it first appeared but it could def use more people.I also mentioned it on the Dexter wiki I believe last week but not ti many responded to the thread.

[jabroni]

I haven't had any luck, but just in case this helps someone else find the next step: I have tried finding new twitter, facebook, and drop.io accounts using these keywords: H.O. Yardley, Dynamite, Friedrich Nietzsche, and combinations of those.

Edit: I also noticed this in the source of hoyardley.com. Well, it won't let me print the html here, but basically the class that holds the red dynamite is "C3H5NO33" which is nitroglycerine. Still haven't been able to find a website or new page from these keywords though.

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[degravedi]

I edited my last post; I realized that I was having a dyslexic moment and put '75' instead of '57' followers of the Serial Huntress blog. Of course, I then became totally distressed that I have more followers and I never even say anything that isn't a direct response to a viral campaign!

Seriously, this game has exceptional production values and its puzzles are exactly at the level for average consumers -- obscure knowledge isn't necessary, they're tough but not distressingly convoluted, ect. It may not be as extensive as the (much personally loved) Dark Knight viral but it certainly has the potential to be just as widespread. So what's the deal!?

ETA: a google search for 'dexter "serial huntress"' turns up less than 1000 results (as compared to the 15 million+ something like the 'dexter tv' result gives). Disheartening, seriously.

ETA2: Hah! Well at least that's fun. From IMDB's daily poll:

Which dearly departed but frequently present TV father is your favorite?
The character I would have selected is not on this list. 1628 (25.6%)
Harry Morgan (James Remar) from "Dexter" 1472 (23.2%)
Christian Shepherd (John Terry) from "Lost" 1090 (17.1%)
Nathaniel Fisher (Richard Jenkins) from "Six Feet Under" 884 (13.9%)
John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) from "Supernatural" 843 (13.3%)
Judah Botwin (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) from "Weeds" 254 (4.0%)
William Walker (Tom Skerritt) from "Brothers & Sisters" 125 (2.0%)
Joe's Dad (Bruce Gray) from "Medium" 62 (1.0%)

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[jabroni]

[angelnorelation]

I don't think any of those are bad ideas. I can't see how it could be some kind of coincidence that the class name for the morse coded "dynamite" refers to, uhhh, the key ingredient in dynamite. I didn't even realize you could look at java source coding like that until right now. I am clearly a coding genius. That could be something.

As to the Twitter account, I'm wondering if this one has anything to do but nudge us in the right direction. So far, semperf8 hasn't followed anyone else, indicating that direct messages are not part of that plan. There has only been one tweet. I suppose it's possible that other people have received a DM from semperf8, but it seems doubtful. The formula has to evolve or it would become uninteresting. It is getting more difficult as time passes.

But that's a good catch on the nitroglycerin. I wonder what that means.

[MovieViralDan]

Hi everybody, this is Dan from MovieViral.com. Sorry for the sidetracking, but I was wondering if anyone who has followed the Dexter viral closely would like to guest write for us. We wanted to do one article on the whole thing, so if you are interested please PM me.

Thanks!

EDIT: I found someone, thanks guys!

[rose]

[META] lack of players

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[MICHAELSD]

Showtime has not promoted this past "Dexter Game On", which lead into this and had to have had at least 40,000 players playing. Maybe the crew created this for fun during Dexter's hiatus and the game is made for less than a few hundred people. We'll see. Dexter's popularity is at an all-time high. In fact, the season five trailer was the third top video of the day on YouTube during the week of Comic-Con after being released and a few days afterwards, beat only by stupid videos and no other trailers or promos for a movie or TV show even ranked as high despite the massive amount of trailers released that week.