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AdamRafinski
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 		 ARG at Dragon Con 2013???
this company looks strange...
I think I found something! might be a new game and i think it has to do with Dragon Con in Atlanta, which is happening soon again. Take a look at this webpage, there is something really wrong with that company:

http://tiamatmedia.com/

PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 10:31 pm
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LOBO247
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 		i sent an email to the address on the site just to see what happens. i wont be at dragon con but im still curious.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:46 pm
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notgordian
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Location: Philly

 		Puzzle on the website, although I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out where to input it:

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Symbols in the bio pages are in cuneiform -- specifically, Ugaritic (as Gepetto's bio so helpfully indicates). Decoding seems to spell out MRGIM, but adding that to the url in the hash format used for other pages doesn't seem to be working for me. Might have gotten one of the letters wrong - I was using http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=d5rar9gjg5 to decode.


Also worth noting: Facebook and Twitter pages.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tiamat-Media/457619694311678
https://twitter.com/tiamatmedia

Only retweet from the twitter account is from a "former employee" of Tiamat Media (one of a handful to list it on Facebook), Tatsu Nami.
http://nami-tsunami.deviantart.com/gallery/
https://www.facebook.com/tatsu.nami.77 Given the fact that her name anagrams to "Tiamat Sun" (and the fact that only one of the employees listed is real / not a reference to something) I'm thinking part of the fiction.

Bio references:

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Margarete Antioch - Saint and dragonslayer. Has a Facebook page with a picture of said saint. https://www.facebook.com/margaret.antioch.5
Gepetto Spielburg - Puppetmaster. Bio includes clue to cuneiform.
Franz Tausend - alchemist / con man
Lola Cueto - painter and puppetmaster (actual puppets, this time)
Celia Pearce - actual person, teaches at Georgia Tech


PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:54 pm
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LOBO247
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 		wow i didnt even realize there was stuff to click on on that page lol

PostPosted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:24 am
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enaxor
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 		MRGIM anagrams to GRIMM. Under the "We" tab they describe their goal as a way to allow their audience to escape this "grimm reality". Could GRIMM be used as a UN or PW under the One tab?

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draghkar
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 		when you go to http://tiamatmedia.com/picturetag/index.php it allows you to sign up..

I got the url from
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their facebook page


it also lists a link to a pressrelease, which is inaccessible

on the main page there are 4 links which could be anagrams:
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tiamatmedia.com/#aogin (under "we")
tiamatmedia.com/#hewdt (under "flow")
tiamatmedia.com/#rtsaa (under "as")
tiamatmedia.com/#qpoot (under "one")

I tried the hash #mrgim, and hash #grimm, but neither works


also, on their facebook page, the following can be found:
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Our second game is called Find Nami. To play this game, follow Nami on twitter, @Nami_Tsu_Nami. Nami will hide all over the convention, giving you clues on how to find her through tweets tagged as #findnami. When you find her, she will give you access to exclusive Tiamat Media content! But find her fast or else she'll move on to her next location!


related?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:25 am
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AdamRafinski
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 		i still don't get it. what's the deal with this company? "live and dream" what sort of slogan is that?

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gamegrrrl
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 		ARG at Dragon Con 2013???
email
LOB did you ever get a reply to the email you sent? What is the address?

Weirdly, I just got an email through a friend that said they are inviting people to march in the parade with them. Has anyone heard anything about that?

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LOBO247
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 		no i never got a reply. and the address is in the top paragraph of that site.

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gamegrrrl
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 		ARG at Dragon Con 2013???
Tiamat Web Site
I also noticed that the banners on the web site are weird and seem to change each time you visit.

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draghkar
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 		on the top banner it now says:

Quote:
I am not a rabbit hole


wonder how to read that espicially when the "a" is set a bit lower than the rest
no hyperlink attached to it though..

soo is it TINAG or not TINAG?

Ideas?
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Adm_BlackCat
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 		There are 9 banner images each with an offset word. Combined the message is:
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imagine a story of sisters and gold and silver


Also, removing the hashtag from some of the weblinks leads to new content.

http://tiamatmedia.com/aogin
A Youtube video "A secret letter in the library, who is Nami.T?"

http://tiamatmedia.com/hewdt
A Tiamat memo from 2008 uploaded to imgur 3 weeks ago.

"404 Not Found"
http://tiamatmedia.com/rtsaa
http://tiamatmedia.com/qpoot
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:32 am
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gamegrrrl
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 		Hey so this is weird. Yesterday when I was in line to get my badge, I noticed this fan sitting on a side table. I did a double-take when I realized it was this same "company" that's in these links. It has some weird symbols in the middle. Is there a way to post pictures on this forum so I can show it to everyone?

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