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[Trailhead?] "Project Blackstone" - Starcraft II ARG?

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looknohands119
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Joined: 06 Feb 2013
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[Trailhead?] "Project Blackstone" - Starcraft II ARG?
A possible Starcraft II ARG being run by Blizzard Entertainment

This is a cross post from the TeamLiquid.net forums for what looks to be the start of an ARG titled "Project Blackstone" which looks to be somehow related to Blizzard Entertainment's game, Starcraft II. Thanks to JuicyJames on the TeamLiquid.net forums for the original post.

"Back in November Blizzard registered a few new domains, among them a mysterious "Project Blackstone". People speculated it could be Diablo 3-related, but with the site launch it is clearly SC2-related.

What could this be about? Is this some type of Heart of the Swarm alternate reality game similar to the ones Valve has done in the past?

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blackstone/login

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On February 06 2013 15:09 CSL_James wrote:
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On February 06 2013 15:07 Varanice wrote:
On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:
From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor

To:

Blackstone Research Staff

Welcome!

Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours."

I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above.

How did you get this?

Guy on reddit found out the password is: Y7_$0>0k_3<$m

On February 06 2013 15:13 Nerevar wrote:
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On February 06 2013 15:06 CSL_James wrote:
From:
Dr. Helek Branamoor

To:

Blackstone Research Staff

Welcome!

Esteemed Colleagues:It is my profound pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Project Blackstone. Hold your heads high, people. You are now members of a select team, a group that has been handpicked by top officials in Dominion intelligence and approved by Emperor Mengsk himself. You will be the front line in scientific research dedicated to the protection and expansion of our empire of man throughout the Koprulu sector.I am sure that many of you have questions regarding the nature of your selection, your brisk arrival, and the expected duration of your stay. That information will be made available to you when I see fit. Until then, please familiarize yourself with the facilities and get to know your peers. The badge issued to you upon your arrival will trigger automated guidance lights running along the floors, so be sure to keep it on your person at all times. Hallways marked with green lights will indicate the path from your quarters to your designated workspaces. Hallways lined with a flashing yellow light are off limits, and represent potential danger to unauthorized personnel. Hallways lined with a red light should be avoided at all costs, and your presence there will guarantee a speedy execution. Please restrict your movements to the approved areas only.Again, welcome to Project Blackstone. I look forward to making your acquaintance at the barbecue in the (green-lit) social lounge this evening at 1900 hours."

I'm assuming that the "colleagues" are those pictured in the image I linked a few posts above.

Additionally, there are these mesages:

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RE: Welcome!

My Dear Dr. Branamoor,

Imagine my surprise upon finding a "Reply All" option at the bottom of your warm and informative welcome note. I am uncertain if you intended this as encouragement to me and the rest of your honored guests to engage in open discourse or if you merely forgot to remove the option. Regardless, I am certain that I am not the only member of this exciting new team with a less-than-favorable opinion of your recruitment methods. I consider myself a patriot and supporter of the current regime, and so a simple invitation from your department would have resulted in my speedy, dutiful, and voluntary acceptance of this new opportunity. It certainly would have been much more cost-effective than sending one of your uncouth ghost agents to haul me through the broken glass of my imported colonial Teredelle windows at some ungodly hour in the night. I didn't even have time to pack a toothbrush.

Please consider this a gentle reminder that you can attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.

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RE: Welcome!

Esteemed Colleagues:

Your digital correspondence is now locked down. Please run further communication through the approved private channels, and limit your messages to topics of pertinent research and findings. Upon further consideration, I have decided to cancel this evening's soiree so that we can get right to work.

We have been able to acquire several specimens of larval zerg for our first procedure. I had hoped to present them with some surprise and fanfare at the barbecue by delivering them in a serving bowl at the center table; that is the sort of humor and friendly levity that I had wished to engender in our team. But now that opportunity has been soured by this unfortunate display of ill spirits by Dr. Ayers. I ask you all to consider how quickly one negative comment can ruin things for everybody.

Well, what's done is done. Our xenospecialists will find the larvae sterilized and prepared for dissection in Biolab 2. Previous studies have uncovered some surprising similarities between the zerg larva's pluripotent cellular structures and our own embryonic stem cells. We are interested in finding a means to both arrest the obligatory asymmetric replication (the astounding healing factor) of the zerg, and adapt it (in some measure) for our Dominion soldiers. I would invite other members of the research staff to observe the dissection and participate in any post-mortem discussions regarding analysis and possible weaponization of what we uncover.

Report to your assigned workspaces immediately.

And again, welcome!

Dr. Helek Branamoor, PhD

On February 06 2013 15:11 Shade_CsT wrote:
LOOK WHO I FOUND ON TWITTER !!

https://twitter.com/RedellQuinton
https://twitter.com/HelekBranamoor
https://twitter.com/Adjutant3327
https://twitter.com/VeraLangridge
https://twitter.com/LeahAMartine
https://twitter.com/PamelaGFoster
https://twitter.com/TalenAyers
https://twitter.com/LeeTreicher
https://twitter.com/DanielRothfuss

It's them !
Blizzard is having fun"

The thread for Project Blackstone on the TeamLiquid forums is here:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397234

There is a Reddit thread on r/starcraft that people are using to communicate about it as well: http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/17zgcf/blizzards_newest_websiteproject_project_blackstone/

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:01 am

netsua98
Unfettered

Joined: 22 Dec 2011
Posts: 449
Location: Florida

Just now looking through the site awesome I'll stay for this one.

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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:00 pm

iandaking
Veteran

Joined: 09 Apr 2012
Posts: 73
Location: Vancouver, BC

Access denied for me. Has the password been changed?

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:49 pm

Greginvan
Boot

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 40
Location: Vancouver

Adjutant 33-27 V3.1974

listed in the webpage:

details here:
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Adjutant_33-27_V3.1974

~~~~~ Merged into existing topic. Please be more careful and post "replies" rather than new topics. Smile

Thanks ~ Pixie

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:49 am

Littleloki
Boot

Joined: 31 Aug 2012
Posts: 34

Checking out the source code for the log in screen nets some pretty strange results including some ASCII Art for Project Black Stone, It also includes a block of text (Featured below) stating [REMINDER] REMOVE THIS COMMENT BLOCK BEFORE CODE DEPLOYMENT!
### [REMINDER] POSSIBLE EXPOSURE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION!

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:29 pm

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