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[bagsbee]

WHOA!

[PaleFigure]

Oh dang, I always get here too late.

I haven't read through everything in close detail yet, but light-to-medium skimming of this thread has definitely got me excited.
The trouble is, I both want to play it and want to "get my feet wet", as you've been saying.
Ok, so first and foremost, if I can't be anything else, I volunteer to be a 100% in-front-of-curtain player. Even knowing the curtain is there, I'll stick to the outer. Just so you can see how a person with that limitation would handle what you come up with.

But seriously, I'd love to be involved a bit. I know I couldn't handle anything toom eaty or technical, but I do have one suggestion of my usefulness:
Drawing from some preliminary concepts I was tinkering with on the failed Appleseed project (which I know we're not talking about, won't mention it again), I would like to volunteer to be one of the "information feed" sub-characters. You know, someone who isn't directly involved in Main Plot events, but has access to otherwise privileged/secret data.
Basically, I am offering to be the person who has this task:
Get {information x} to {party a}, but kep it hidden from {party b}. Additionally, do not reveal to {party b} that {information x} is even known. Reason: extreme danger to both self and {party a} from {party b}. Solution: hide {information x} within {information y} and release {information y} to public. Make {information y} as banal/innocuous/innocent as possible, to avoid detection by {party b}. Difficulty: revealing to {party a} that {information x} is actually in {information y}, perhaps through subtle hints in {information y} itself.

So yeah, I'm offering to be a cross between Serpent and Nadine Devenish (in her letter-writing at least). Now, I know I'm no code expert, but I figure neither would the character I was playing be. Imagine just a regular schmoe needing to hide info in a simple, freely available source, with no special skill at encryption. They would need to develope "domestic code" , simple little things that tie in with whatever they're using as cover. I would also basically respond to any "in character" email/messages the character receives.

Anyhoo, that's my offer. the player deal still stands regardless, but just letting you know I'm here and keen.[/b]

[BrandonPrice]

I must agree that talking will get you nowhere. Whose idea was this? Okay, that person can call if players get to peak, and if PMs have to provide detailed logs at the end. Divide up the current victims into groups and let us hang ourselves. Have a postmortem after each one, and adjust the overall rules as necessary. If anyone doesn't like it, roll your own.

I mean, really, the more you bitch about policy, the less you're making a game. And the goal is to make an ARG here, right? Or at least, that's what you have to treat it as if you want any semblance of really putting something together. You need deadlines, you need pressure, and you need to know that your name is going on your work, so you better produce.

Motion to get the show on the road.

[mysteryjones]

part of this grand experiment

[MageSteff]

[Flynn]

[Diandra]

It wasn't me

[Flynn]

/me looks up, and shouts "Damn, you chat people, you!"

Seriously, that thread was the first I heard of it. Regardless, so far it's turning out to be fun. For the record, the first thing I've learned is not to underestimate the amount of research required

[MageSteff]

[NashCarey]

Confessions of Dangerous Mind.

[Caterpillar]

[dnbmathguy]

I think the game is now in the development stage, and the reason you're not hearing anything is they're talking game material. Or, they've all fallen off the face of the planet.

[Flynn]

[MageSteff]

[Caterpillar]

Saw this article in my dinky little local paper yesterday and thought of you guys.