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[Trailhead?] Council on American Heritage
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Shizzire
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Peeking behind the curtain

You can peek a little. Don't hate me! This is spoilered on purpose! You have been warned!

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I noticed the obvious serialization of the PNGs from the hidden clues in the game, and dug up a few more with little effort
wk=week m=message ph=phase
Week 1
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk1_m1_ph1.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk1_m1a_ph1.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk1_m2_ph2.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk1_m3_ph2.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk1_m4_ph3.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk1_m5_ph3.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk1_m6_ph3.png
Week 2
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk2_m1_ph1.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk2_m2_ph1.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk2_m3_ph2.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk2_m4_ph2.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk2_m5_ph3.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk2_m6_ph3.png
Week 3
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk3_m1_ph1.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk3_m2_ph1.png
http://zooglio.com/assets/img/uploads/wk3_m1_ph2.png

Either they stop at Week 3, or Ken gets caught, or the enoon app gets "controlled" by the CAH, or they haven't written that far ahead (my guess).


IMHO, the "app" is most likely the mobile version of "enoon"? Razz

And did anyone "accidentally" see the "Cynthia Espinoz" on facebook? Most likely OOG, but Shocked Silly
http://www.facebook.com/people/Cynthia-Espinoza-Amorin/693422600

PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:37 pm
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docwho2100
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Hmmm interesting, I do want to go back and look over the items you mentioned, it seems those items may provide more, for now, of a story rather than puzzles, but who knows...

Also wondering about the actual even that we pieced the article together to find out about...

luci wrote:
some stuff snipped

Apart from that...
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Interesting that Bill Yarrow left portland for uganda, when everyone has established what a nightmare quarantine will be when he gets back. I'm wondering if there's some significance to the dates on the flights - Cynthia arrived from Miami first on the 19th Sept, then Bill left for uganda on 25th Sept, then Ken arrived from Chicago on the 31st.

Perhaps Bill passed on some crucial information to Cynthia then left the country so he couldn't be caught by CAH? Cynthia passed it on to Ken?

What if the Red zone is actually now completely safe, but the US pretends it's still plagued so it can continue it's racist and protectionist stance on immigration?

Am wondering if there's significance in the numbercode on the boarding pass, or that they're all flying with Stratus Air. Only link online I can find to a company called that is this hypothetical presentation http://www.cooper.com/journal/2009/07/stratus_air.html for a tech savvy future boarding pass that also includes full itinery and passport information. I don't think it's connected to the game.


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docwho2100
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Is anyone going to the Jane Addams hull house event in Chicago (http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/_programsevents/_upcomingevents/_2011/_human%20Trafficking/apr14.html) - I was looking and it seems April 14 has a number of human trafficking events scheduled around the US - http://law.niu.edu/law/organizations/law_review/symposium_2011.shtml and http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=vfcosudab&oeidk=a07e3i6a6793bde0893 and http://www.flyernews.com/articles/id/6671

I guess the week of April 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness week


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the event that you find out about by piecing together the three parts of the article.


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Shizzire
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Am I the only one getting the "This Video is Private" message for the "Good Day Every Day" episode 1?

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Jezebel the Nun
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There's an anti-human trafficking thing going on in SF, too.

http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/news/2011/02/22/get-trained-to-fight-slavery/

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haha ok I just noticed that zooglio searches will return wiki page hits (with all the answers) Very Happy funny
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docwho2100
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hehe that is good - a community sourced part of the game Wink

thebruce wrote:
haha ok I just noticed that zooglio searches will return wiki page hits (with all the answers) Very Happy funny


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chelbelle
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From email
Quote:
America 2049" players are activated as agents for the Council on American Heritage, headed by Jefferson Williams II (Garber), and tasked with the capture of alleged terrorist Ken Asaba (Perrineau). Over 12 weeks, "America 2049" players will take on missions and face challenges based on human rights themes including immigration, race, sexual orientation, sex trafficking, religion, labor, national security and more.


We are all agents on the same side I guess. Seeing all these social themes should be interesting...

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To follow up on the last post - The main company running the project Breakthrough (the email name used is Restore Fairness) - sent out the email below - it would seem those who mentioned the level of the ARG were correct - this is a mainstream awareness campaign using an ARG and other formats - so for hardcore ARG gamers I suspect this may not be the pace/structure you are use to (as evident by the comments here and people finding stuff early and so on...)

There is a Restore Fairness Blog you can subscribe to - http://restorefairness.org/blog/ which has more about the game and campaign

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email (only the main body)

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Breakthrough is pleased to announce the launch of our groundbreaking new Facebook-based game, America 2049, (Twitter hashtag #America2049). Already lauded by TIME.com, Wired.com and Salon.com, the game allows players to actively explore how the choices and challenges Americans now face will shape the future of the country, its democratic values and how America defines itself as a nation.
America 2049 features appearances by Harold Perrineau (LOST), Victor Garber (Alias),Cherry Jones (24), Anthony Rapp (Rent) and Margaret Cho (Notorious C.H.O.), who generously donated their time and talents to help Breakthrough put a human face on complex social issues.

Watch the trailer-

"America 2049" players are activated as agents for the Council on American Heritage, headed by Jefferson Williams II (Garber), and tasked with the capture of alleged terrorist Ken Asaba (Perrineau). Over 12 weeks, "America 2049" players will take on missions and face challenges based on human rights themes including immigration, race, sexual orientation, sex trafficking, religion, labor, national security and more.
"America 2049" challenges players to ask: how close are we already to America 2049--and how can we work together, in real life, to build a better future?

"America 2049" is the first Facebook game to integrate the social networking platform with many other resources, online and off: multimedia and interactive features, clues planted across the Internet and real-life events at leading cultural institutions nationwide, including members of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Stay tuned for secret dates and locations across the country.

"Set in a balkanized, alt-reality USA splintered beyond...by fear, bias and paranoia, all the missions will be based on real-world, present-day hot-button issues like sex trafficking, immigration and labor...[T]he timing may be right to click into the world of 2049 and absorb its messages. You might be moved into acting on or learning about an important cause. And that's okay, because your farm or vendetta can wait."-- TIME
Join us in game play and "like" the America 2049" Facebook page.

Share with friends and protect the future of this country.


Thank you,
The Breakthrough Team


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Another email:

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Welcome, Agent.

We hope your first orders at America 2049 are not proving too difficult. We have no concerns, we know we've selected the right person for the job. There is new information, but we cannot share it with you here, as we know the other side is watching. Here's what we can tell you: more clues will be unlocked on Monday, April 11, 2049.

Also, while you were on your mission in Portland, you may have come across scraps of paper about a mission at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago. Find out about the event this week, on April 14, 2049 HERE.

If you're so inclined, please also "like" our Facebook page. Think of it as "extra credit."

Best of luck, Agent.

The Council on American Heritage


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asp agent
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liked, nothing new has come up.

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Irony

So, what do people think of a game promoting civil liberties using Facebook as a primary platform? Especially considering that you have to disable https in order to play?
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Re: Irony

RobMagus wrote:
So, what do people think of a game promoting civil liberties using Facebook as a primary platform? Especially considering that you have to disable https in order to play?


Ha! I didn't think about that, but it's a good point. There seems to be heightened paranoia on both the left and right about government intrusion into private life but little concern about the impact of corporate harvesting and use of personal information.

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Re: Irony

RobMagus wrote:
So, what do people think of a game promoting civil liberties using Facebook as a primary platform? Especially considering that you have to disable https in order to play?


I had noted that too - it isn't practising what it preaches. I have friends who won't use Facebook because of their concerns over privacy (one is an IT security consultant) - FB makes it too easy for identity theft etc. In terms of the game theme, the fact that FB has practices similar to Zooglio, commercialising customer data, etc, I can see a conflicting of game purpose.

Apart from that, I'm one of those stupid people who notes the issue then goes "but it'll never happen to me" and continues to use it.

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>_> somethings happened.

instead of ragging on them for using a well known social platform to spread word of the game, check out the DWF site. new video is up.

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