Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Thu Nov 21, 2024 10:15 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
[Trailhead] Failtech
View previous topicView next topic
Page 73 of 160 [2394 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, ..., 158, 159, 160  Next
Author Message
Gimme20dollaz
Unfettered


Joined: 13 Nov 2010
Posts: 643
zeighy wrote:
Anyways, who are these hacker people?

<.<
>.>
(walks away, whistling)
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Yep, I took matters into my own hands again. But hey, at least there's no chance of a repeat of Episode 3...yet.


PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:15 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
duke9509
Entrenched


Joined: 03 Apr 2011
Posts: 812

 		Ugh.
Why???

What do you hope to achieve by frying LAINSY?
(just curious as to your motives)

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:47 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
the layton mobile
Guest


 		"Took matters into your own hands"?
Do you mean you wanted to force them to do something? If so, why take out the only thing people were actually interacting with right now?
And if it really was you, you do realize that these people probably have a storyline and schedule to stick to, one which probably doesn't include you?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:55 pm
 Back to top 
punxtr
Die Hard Try Hard


Joined: 17 Jul 2010
Posts: 2994

 		It has nothing to do with him.
_________________
Info on an old avatar of mine: http://punxtr.tumblr.com/post/17467830903/xmandelbrot

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:07 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
duke9509
Entrenched


Joined: 03 Apr 2011
Posts: 812

 		What doesn't? The "Reclaimers," or the PMs' plan?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:10 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
punxtr
Die Hard Try Hard


Joined: 17 Jul 2010
Posts: 2994
duke9509 wrote:
What doesn't? The "Reclaimers," or the PMs' plan?


G$20 didn't cause them to cut us off from LAINSY himself. Last time he said he broke LAINSY, he actually did nothing except get himself targeted by LAINSY. It doesn't seem like he's actually altering the game as much as he thinks.
_________________
Info on an old avatar of mine: http://punxtr.tumblr.com/post/17467830903/xmandelbrot

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:16 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Gimme20dollaz
Unfettered


Joined: 13 Nov 2010
Posts: 643

 		It's been days since they responded. Should we be worried?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:40 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
zeighy
Unfettered

Joined: 10 Jul 2011
Posts: 368
Gimme20dollaz wrote:
It's been days since they responded. Should we be worried?


Well, their OOG email did they they will be busy until September, so I do not wonder why they can't respond to emails... Which is probably also why they cut us off from LAINSY since maybe no one could actually reply to emails... so just sit down and relax.... Stop messing things up and be patient.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:10 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
posse
Unfettered

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 448
Location: Las Vegas, NV

 		I think we can still communicate with the characters -- I had sent a reply to Ryan Bruno's email and asked about Emily Rain. He responded just now:
Quote:
Sorry if it took me long to respond, I don't check my email as much as I should since I'm the boss around here. Anyways, Emily Rain was once my boss. She's a very fine lady who was smart and very critical in thinking. However, you might have already got some information from LAINSY and have already known she's missing. If not, then there's spoiler for you. Up until now, even I don't have a clue to where Emily went. I suppose only one person knows this more than anyone else, and yep, that would be Genus. He was a very good man, although he might have gone cuckoo in the recent events, but I can't blame him. There's just so much that happened to him that I can't even start to comprehend it myself.

Anyhow, thanks for the interest with your help about the hackers. I think we got this issue under control. Everyone in the company just decieded to ignore them since they can't do any real damage to the company, as far as we can tell. We still have the sites locked out from external access, so there's not much to worry about. Plus, their interest in LAINSY is laughably crazy as we at FAILTECH are the only ones who can operate her. For one, Klein Energy who supplies the custom power cores to LAINSY is a FAILTECH company, so handing over LAINSY is just a stupid idea since you can't use LAINSY without her power cores. Plus, the entire LAINSY kernel is custom made to run only in LAINSY specific hardware that we designed ourselves. It can never run on any other hardware. No other company can match the processing power LAINSY has and requires. And for reference, we even shared some details on LAINSY's processing power on our Facebook page.

So yes, we're happily ignoring them and that Emily Rain is still missing, most probably, only Genus Orein is the only one who knows what happened to her.

Not much information here from what I can tell.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:36 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
punxtr
Die Hard Try Hard


Joined: 17 Jul 2010
Posts: 2994

 		I haven't emailed Dan in a while. Dan is still my buddy in this ARG, so I naturally tend to ignore people that have hurt him. Genus scares me, as he seemed to open up to me in email, but a little too much. When he told me what he was doing to the CIA, I shuddered. The man is in it for himself, just like Xander, and possibly Dan. I'm still not sure what else Dan could be up to, but I hope it isn't anything worse than putting Genus into a psych ward.
_________________
Info on an old avatar of mine: http://punxtr.tumblr.com/post/17467830903/xmandelbrot

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:44 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
zeighy
Unfettered

Joined: 10 Jul 2011
Posts: 368

 		One thing I can tell... each major character so far has some sort of crazy in on their own way...

PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:00 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Gimme20dollaz
Unfettered


Joined: 13 Nov 2010
Posts: 643

 		I'm dumping all of the E-mails I've sent, so you guys could get a better perspective of the events. They'll be in order. I lost some of the responses to most of them, but..*shrug*.
7/24/11
Code:
I am a member of the expert team that's helping you guys with the situation. I'm curious about what exactly you guys DO. Your website says that you're a software company, but I don't know many software companies that have arctic bases and develop deadly toxins. I know that most of the details will inevitably be classified, but I'd like to know so I can help you more easily.
-[Witholding name to protect identity]

7/28/11
Code:
Now, I don't know much about artificial intelligence, but this question has been bugging me so much that I just had to ask it. Does Failtech have any safety precautions in case LAINSY becomes self-aware, i.e. like Skynet? Or is that impossible?

8/2/11--now we're getting to the good ones
Code:
I am transferring some data to you so that you can apply the updates faster.
It is as follows:
4d 7a 6b 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 55 67 4d 7a 45 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 4d 67 4d 7a 49 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 55 67 4d 7a 59 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 51 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 4d 67 4d 7a 49 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 55 67 4d 7a 45 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 4d 67 4d 7a 49 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 7a 63 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 7a 63 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 4d 67 4d 7a 49 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 55 67 4d 7a 45 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 4d 67 4d 7a 49 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 55 67 4d 7a 63 67 4d 6a 41 67 4d 7a 6b 67 4d 7a 63 3d
It is encrypted, so it may take a while to activate.

Regards,

Codename G$20

Code:
I'm going rogue. I've sent a command to LAINSY encrypted with a trojan virus that will infect her systems. By the time you read this, it'll already be too late. Why am I doing this, you're wondering? Well, to quote Anonymous, a group of hackers that I admire, it's 'for the lulz'.

Say your prayers.

Regards,

Rogue Agent G$20

Code:
OVERRIDING FIREWALL...///
OVERRIDE SUCCESSFUL..///
ENTERING LAINSY NETWORK..///
ENTERING EARTH GALACTIC STATION SUB-NETWORK..///
error! Access prohibited w/o Level 10 clearance!
PICKING VIRTUAL LOCK...///
VIRTUAL LOCK PICKED...///
PROCEEDING WITH CORRUPTION....///
...///
...///
...///
CORRUPTION SUCCESS;//-ERR0r!wa=fhi=asefhwa=8hdoaspdwsgw0=ghw9hsidfagsieyrgfsifgb29-3fcgw-c

Code:
OVERRIDING COMMAND TERMINAL LOCKOUT...///
...///
...///
...///
...///
OVERRIDE SUCCESSFULL...///
COPYING CORRUPTED FILES INTO MIRROR...///
...///
...///
...///
FILES COPIED...///
ENCRYPTING CORRUPTED FILES WITH FIREWALLS...///
SUCCESS...///
ENCRYPTING FIREWALLS WITH FIREWALLS..///
...///
...///
SUCCESS...///
to quote War Games, "The only way to win is not to play."

Reply: Lainsy
Code:
LAINSY SAYS: HEY YOU HUMAN. YOU THINK I CAN BE BROUGHT DOWN JUST LIKE THAT?

What would you think if the Earth Galactic Station's primary weapon locks down on your location and fired? Oh, and yes it has at least a 20km radius when fired from up there. SO nomaater you try to run. YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM ME. NEVER.

Reply: 'me'
Code:
Ooh...I'm SOO scared!! (/sarcasm)
ACTIVATING SURPRISE IN 3...///
2...///
1...///
That slight lag you just felt? That was a result of the 'primary weapon' you threatened me with being destroyed by a counter-mechanism that I prepared just in case the initial hack failed. Never underestimate a human, bitch

Reply: 'me'
Code:
Oh, and just in case THAT didn't work, I'll warn you; I am currently using a laptop in a public park, surrounded with innocent civilians. You can't kill me without violating Asimov's Rules Of Robotics. Loopholes, bitch.

Reply: Lainsy
Code:
LAINSY SAYS: SORRY THE LAWS DON'T APPLY HERE NOW

Reply: 'me'
Code:
ALRIGHT, I'LL APOLOGIZE IF YOU STOP TALKING IN CAPITAL LETTERS. THAT IS WHAT AN IMMATURE 12-YEAR OLD DOES.

Code:
UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A START..///
SECRET WEAPON DEPLOYED..///
SENDING SPAM TO lainsy..///
.../
.../
.../
DELIVERY SUCCESSFUL..//

Note: this next part was after Lainsy was ejected
Code:
This wasn't my intention.
Err, think think think...
ACTIVATE EMERGENCY AI!!!!!

8/3/11
Code:
Apparently, I caused LAINSY to go rogue. At least, that's what other members of my team said. Not true. Someone (or some people) masqueraded as me. One minute I was on my computer typing, the next minute my head I was locked in my own bathroom with a note taped to the mirror saying, "TELL FAILTECH THAT THEY'VE ANGERED THE WRONG PEOPLE." After I managed to pick the lock to the bathroom door (my kidnappers[?] took the turning thing that locks/unlocks the door off the knob somehow), I saw that they posed as me and LAINSY had been ejected. I don't know who these people are, but I want them apprehended as much as anyone else does. To help make up for this misunderstanding, I have composed a replacement AI in case LAINSY is still unstable. It's a bit primitive, but hey, C++ has its limits.

Regards,
(the real) G$20
Attached file: REPLACEMENTAI.exe

8/4/11
Code:
I'm glad you guys were able to fix LAINSY. If the other members of the expert team hadn't help intervene in the events of Tuesday, the time desync would've killed us all. BTW, how much does she remember about the....incident? I'm just asking because I'm worried about her finding ways to kill me.

Regards,
G$20

8/20/11--'The Reclaimers'
Note: Reclaimer emails will use quote tags, while normal emails will use code tags.
Quote:
HACKING INTO FIREWALL....
....
HACK SUCCESSFUL!
WARNING: DEFENSE MEASURES TRIGGERED.
(Well well, I see you improved your security. But it's still no match for me.)
USING COUNTER-DEFENSE MEASURES...
SUCCESS.
ENTERING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS...
....
....
ERROR PASSWORD REQUIRED.
(Password: bittrip)
ACCESS APPROVED.
ENTERING INTERCOM SUB-SYSTEM.
COMMAND?
(play_nevergonnagiveyouup.mp3)
COMMAND APPROVED.
ENTERING COMPUTER SUB-SYSTEM.
COMMAND?
(override_display_hackedbitches.txt)
COMMAND APPROVED.
(Back, and stronger than ever)
-GaMZ33

Quote:
Hey, it's $G20 again. It's been a while since I contacted you and the others, ever since those intruders used my computer to 'break' LAINSY. I programmed a burglar alarm to my house, so that won't happen again. Anyways, what did I mi5555555555555555555555555555-ERROR-EXTERNAL INTRUSION--555555555555
GReeTiNGS, FaiLTeCH.
We aPoLiGiZe FoR THe iNTeRRuPTioN.
WHo aRe We, You WoNDer?
We aRe Legion, FoR We aRe MaNY.
We WiSH To oFFeR a CoMPRoMiSE.
GiVE uS THe Ayfg TeCHNoLoGY THaT You aRe uSiNG To PoWeR YouR AI, aND We WiLL TeLL You WHaT HaPPeNeD To THe oNe You CaLL Emily Rain.
FaiL (No PuN iNTeNDeD, HeH HeH), aND We'LL 'aCCiDeNTaLLY' LeaK YouR CoRPoRaTe SeCReTS. We'Re SuRe THaT THe GoVeRNMeNT WoN'T Be PLeaSeD aBouT WHaT YouR CoMPaNY uSeS THeiR FuNDiNG oN.
We Do NoT WaNT To Be YouR eNeMieS, FaiLTeCH.
You'LL HeaR FRoM uS aGaiN SooN.
iN FaCT, oNe oF ouR LaCKeYs iS HaCKiNG iNTo YouR PRiMiTiVe FiReWaLLS To MaKe ouR PReSeNCe KNoWN.
THiS TiMe, YouR 'experts' WoN'T HeLP You.
We aWaiT YouR ReSPoNCe.
5555555555555555555--END INTRUSION--5555555
ss? I was told by the other members of my team that Emily Rain might help us, but that she's also missing? Anything I can do to help?
-Agent $G20

8/21/11
Reply: Lainsy (first Reclaimer Email)
Code:
LAINSY SAYS: INTRUSION COUNTERMEASURE

Due to the previous intrusion, all access has been sandboxed and your recent intrusion does not affect anything. Congratulations in playing with the sandbox system. YOuc an't even tell the difference.

Reply: Lainsy (second Reclaimer email)
Code:
LAINSY SAYS: HELLO

Your message has been filtered out and was NOT received by Daniel Miller. Your threats to the company do not scare me. If you want to negotiate with me, you can reply to this message and we can talk about things we need to talk about

8/23/11
Quote:
(Gah, these computers are primitive. Ah well, I'll have to compensate).
ENTER COMMAND ==>
REPLACE POWER CORE
access denied. enter security code.
CJLEMONS
security code approved. Processing....
error. power cores are fully operational. you can only remove them if a power core has a crack in it.
REPLACE POWER CORE 5
removing...
removal successfull.
REPLACE WITH SPARE POWER CORE, SERIAL NUMBER 343117
error. Power core is corrupted. Proceed anyway? y/n
Y
Replacing....
Operation successful.
LOG OUT.
Goodbye
-Gamz33

Quote:
Hello again, FAILTECH. Last time we tried to message you, your primitive AI filtered it out. Fortunately, we've encrypted this email, so she can't touch it. Our message will be brief.
We've corrupted one of the power cores.
Cooperate with our demands, and we'll tell you the location of Emily Rain. You can deal with the power core yourself.
Our demands are:
1. 49% of your stock in the stock market.
2. You immediately come clean with your experiments to the public.
3. Replace your AI. She's kind of a bitch.
Again, we don't want to be enemies.
--The Reclaimers
555555I think someone's hacking into our email systems. A word of caution.
-G$20

Reply: Lainsy (first Reclaimer Email)
Code:
LAINSY SAYS: COMMAND DENIED

Sorry LAINSY is currently operating in a terminal only command mode. All remote commands are not accepted. Additionally, these commands would be run in sandbox mode, LAINSY did accept command, due to invalid or erroneous functions or commands.

Reply: Dan (Second Reclaimer Email)
Code:
Sorry, but your claims are inconclusive and impossible since power cores are manually replaced and are non-automated. Plus, power cores do not affect LAINSY, they only power her and do not do anything with her AI. Also, we cannot give out stocks without express permission from the entire board and executive council including approval from the US Anti-trust, European Anti-trust, and other relevant organizations where we operate (which is pretty much everywhere).

Also, we take proud that our AI is the best at handling problems. She's not a bitch. She's just clever. Sorry, we don't mind if you become our enemies. We are not afraid of you. Rather, you should be afraid us.

Daniel Miller
Board of Director, FAILTECH

8/23/11
Quote:
Our patience is wearing thin, Miller. The more your group insults us, the angrier we get, and the more brutal our attacks will be, successful or not. Now we will issue a compromise. Give us the AI you call LAINSY, and we will free Emily Rain. We are holding her hostage.
You are probably wondering who we are, and why we're attacking you.
Long ago, you used to work with a young man, by the name of Jonathon Cree. This was in the early days of FAILTECH. You two had a disagreement, and-resentful-Cree left and created his own company, to rival FAILTECH.
The name of the company?
WIN Engineering.
Yes, it's coming back to you now, isn't it?
We, the Reclaimers, want back what you stole. Jonathon Cree gave you the idea for the Ayfg-technology powered AI, and when he went his seperate ways, you stole it from him.
Now, he wants retribution.
555555555

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I hope this clarifies a few things. Also, keep in mind that I intend for the Reclaimers to be liars, so it'll be hard to tell what they say is true or not.


PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:44 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
duke9509
Entrenched


Joined: 03 Apr 2011
Posts: 812

 		Are you trying to rewrite their storyline, or something?

Not that I don't like the twist your giving trying to give to the plot, but:

a. They probably had their own story written.

b. Isn't this essentially an attempt at gamejacking? Sorry if I'm using that term incorrectly, I'm still fairly new to this site, but I do know it's something generally frowned upon.

c. Even if they like your storyline and use parts of it, it also seems like you're attempting to change the backstory, which has technically already been conceived.

If you want to help write parts of the storyline, why don't you just send their OOG email a message asking to join their team. You seem to be doing more writing than playing, anyway, and, like I said earlier, your ideas really aren't bad.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:01 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
zeighy
Unfettered

Joined: 10 Jul 2011
Posts: 368

 		I don't think they'd be happy to have you in their team if you can't even properly work in team with ushere in the forums.... I've mostly lurked around here, but I had my iwn share of contribution to make me care about this... in fact this is just the arg I've actually signed up to the forums for...

PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:48 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Gimme20dollaz
Unfettered


Joined: 13 Nov 2010
Posts: 643

 		IIRC, when I emailed them to apologize about the events of episode 3, they said that they didn't really plan the story.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:27 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 73 of 160 [2394 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, ..., 158, 159, 160  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Old News & Rumors
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group