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[Trailhead] Apocalypse of MoP / Cr0n
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mrshomersimpson
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njberry wrote:
got this message on MOP

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Hi all,

I borrowed a camera from Quentin, one of the MOPAIN guys, and attached it to my dog Princess this weekend at the park and she went swimming with it. I have uploaded it to the MoP YouTube so you can all see it, I probably shouldn't use the MoP channel for this but Quentin said they use it to share videos all the time so why not! Anyway the video reference is: PACteDrsWL8

Hope you like it, I think its awesome!!!

Sandy Spencer
Logisticians Director


this is the video Razz

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PACteDrsWL8[/youtube]


see above post.. we solved all this or previous page post

here is my post again from earlier for those that dont want to scroll back

mrshomersimpson wrote:

pffft FINALLY!

le cry*

le relief*

le ded*

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3_R18VpAtU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWUpcYZPVKc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY2mfj8Y84M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WigcpNDRJYY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUGzUxpZp8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSMLb-Z-trI



what a charming place to visit... Confused I know where I'm going on my next holiday.. Shocked

now quick lets all burn that wall of text in celebration of never having to look at it again! le happy.



also thanks fer!! (( ))

PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 1:32 pm
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njberry
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my bad, trying to catch up atm Razz ill read better before i post in the future

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Elethamei
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Oh, it was youtube urls! Clever. And I was just playing around with different cypher tools Bang Head
But that's some seriously disturbing footage. Poor Jean Crying or Very sad

I'm pretty proud of myself, because I managed to solve 9 codes on my own \o/ Though I still have no idea what codes 10, 11, 23 or 24 are.

Well, this has all been fun, but it still didn't get me excited over filling forms again Razz
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kira1000
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Hope no-one liked Sandy too much, because she is going bye bye, just like Jean Baker did.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:07 pm
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Datango
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Congratulations to the stalwarts who are sticking with this.

I baled 4 weeks ago so have achieved zero TRUST since then but am still ranked number 14 in the last performance period so there can't be that many still participating!
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blaujay
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Datango wrote:
Congratulations to the stalwarts who are sticking with this.

I baled 4 weeks ago so have achieved zero TRUST since then but am still ranked number 14 in the last performance period so there can't be that many still participating!


I also dropped it and am ranked 14 with 0 trust, so can we deduce that 13 people are still participating? it's interesting to know the exact number. I also went a couple periods with 0 trust during part 1 and was ranked in the low 20s. I find the premise of the project - the reliability/provenance of online data - interesting and important, but I'm not all in for six months of weekly grinding. (I realize the forms may be fun to others, but to me it was too much repetition and not enough reward.)

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kira1000
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EDIT: nevermind

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njberry
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i am still playing but forgot it was a review soon so i spent all my trust buying docs for the cron missions Laughing

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zac
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I just started playing, this is one of my first ARGs. I'm a bit disappointed to see most people here seem to have stopped playing because I'm quite enjoying it.

I'm trying to play catch up now though, I'm up to the American Express part of Dark Earth, but I need to earn more trust before I can continue. I've run out of documents in the pool so I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:08 am
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mrshomersimpson
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There was a ton of stuff leading up to why most of us stopped. You should have a check back a few of us gave some valid reasons. My fave probably being the "giant game of spot the difference"

I think I'm pretty much just about to run out of patience. Like i am literally just about there... I think what they are trying to do with the study is epic and more power to them.. but there are some things that i think could have been massively improved again see previous posts.

wall of text code after wall of text code after giant wall of text code leading to more wall of text codes has kinda a) isolated me as a player - as well as a few others i know who are not master code crackers Wink @bluejay still not living that down Wink and b) became rather annoying rather quickly

So yeah I'm pretty much there. We'll see what happens.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:37 am
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lyndaclark
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Latest code

I'm really stuck on the latest code. I recognise that it's similar to code 10 from Operation Cluster Mine, but even with the solution to that one, I still have absolutely no idea how to decipher it. Even trying to work backwards, I can't figure out how whoever worked it out did it.

I don't mind looking through evidence and trying to work out missing pieces and so forth, but with the exception of the Youtube one, all the codes have me totally stumped. Sad

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mrshomersimpson
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Yeah so I think this morning was the straw the broke the camels back - me being the camel ( not literally obviously) and MOP being the straw.

I had been speaking with another agent. I wont mention names but it was an agreed communication we decided to send as a joint communication - this morning after literally driving myself to 3am distraction with those codes (which i eventually solved) received an email from mop which was less than polite. I dunno who was in control of the mop email system this morning but wow they got some nerve talking to me like that. If they want me to "pay the piper" then I shall by not continuing to correct their numerous errors.

I sent them a more than capable of handling myself email back. Lets face it I can probably be just as rude to them as them to me.

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It is peculiar to receive an almost verbatim email from two operatives, don't you think? Are you clubbing together now to try to force a point?


OF COURSE WE WERE!

otherwise why would we both have done it!


I can and will continue to communicate with anyone i see fit to do so in however which manor i see fit to do so. If i want to use PM or Skype or email then its my right to do so and no amount of rude mop email ( which im sure the other agent received too) will convince me otherwise. I am irked right now. very irked. Perhaps they should have seen the joint effort as a positive rather than a negative.

I am pretty much tired and fed up now. I have been stuck on red for ages. Last month i trounced every form literally not a single error. I'm starting to think this "special status" doesn't exist as i know of other agents who have applied through the form ( lets not go there again) and still not received either.

I really enjoy watching the Groundsman videos (because.. fit) and when you get a nice guy on the email its awesome! there is one person who responds who is really funny but other than that.. I'm struggling a little with other aspects.

However i will roll with it because... game. Also i can give as good as i can get Wink

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blaujay
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What's this about codes similar to Cluster Mine? Are they in the documents at MoP when you reach a higher trust level? All I have available to me is the Dark Earth mission, with two old sections and two new sections, and of course all of the speeding tickets and poop citations I care to click on as a low level MoPper.

@mrshomersimpson Indeed, and in-game maybe MoP management are just meant to be rude and unpleasant people? The optometrists and neurologists in those videos with Jean were flagrantly rude, at a minimum. Not good patient-oriented care, I must say.

I should backread the forum, but are you talking about trying to reach the violet trust level that is implied by the level of the documents cr0n sent us to steal? Maybe all of the perfect forms in the world can't get you there, maybe you have to do something else that will be apparent later. Or maybe it's not really possible to reach for orchids/volunteers. Red glass ceiling on the job!

I hear you about the Groundsman, but the last thing I need is a conspiracrush with a tinfoil hat, so I remain aloof. Although I guess it's not paranoia if he's right... Cool

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mrshomersimpson
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wait...

tinfoil hat?

I didn't get one!!! Wink

as you said not long ago...

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I also dropped it and am ranked 14 with 0 trust, so can we deduce that 13 people are still participating? it's interesting to know the exact number. I also went a couple periods with 0 trust during part 1 and was ranked in the low 20s. I find the premise of the project - the reliability/provenance of online data - interesting and important, but I'm not all in for six months of weekly grinding. (I realize the forms may be fun to others, but to me it was too much repetition and not enough reward.)


I thought you would understand more than anyone the frustration of not enough reward? since its what led you to quit the game?

You should probably read back in the thread however i doubt it would help much, most of my communication on this game is via Skype

there was a code recently I managed to already crack it - which was a nice change..

If anyone wants the spoiler i will copy paste but im guessing most already have solved it.

You are quite new to this game right? Because there is loads to go into if you are. The special status has been a bug bear of mine and rightly so for a long time now. I will pm you with some more info if you require.
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kira1000
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mrshomersimpson wrote:
wait...

tinfoil hat?

I didn't get one!!! Wink

as you said not long ago...

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I also dropped it and am ranked 14 with 0 trust, so can we deduce that 13 people are still participating? it's interesting to know the exact number. I also went a couple periods with 0 trust during part 1 and was ranked in the low 20s. I find the premise of the project - the reliability/provenance of online data - interesting and important, but I'm not all in for six months of weekly grinding. (I realize the forms may be fun to others, but to me it was too much repetition and not enough reward.)


I thought you would understand more than anyone the frustration of not enough reward? since its what led you to quit the game?

You should probably read back in the thread however i doubt it would help much, most of my communication on this game is via Skype

there was a code recently I managed to already crack it - which was a nice change..

If anyone wants the spoiler i will copy paste but im guessing most already have solved it.

You are quite new to this game right? Because there is loads to go into if you are. The special status has been a bug bear of mine and rightly so for a long time now. I will pm you with some more info if you require.


I too got a rather rude e-mail this morning, to know that MoP keep stalling and making excuses in order to keep from going through with these ideas because they could "jeopardize" the whole story that the PM set in place. They do not seem to care about what the players think or how they treat the story, I thought that the point of ARGs was to tell a story that could adapt based on player's actions as many others have done, but this seems more like an online game of "spot the difference" rather then a proper ARG. check out the message I got:

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Firstly, Cr0n is a mosquito in the room, they are an ant on the patio, a mere annoyance. We' will deal with them when we are ready.

Secondly, you approached us with theses schemes and plots. On the same point, the wheels of power turn slowly, surely you can understand why there are concerns about trust. This relationship has not been tested. For all we know you could be playing us right into the greasy hands of the groundsman.

Regarding your question about the cypher in your previous email, MoP is not in the habit of letting every department within MoP know the answer to secret codes, you can see how this might cause problems? Because I didn't write the code I have no idea what the key is, requests have to be sent, will be ratified and returned to be ratified again, before I see their contents.

As I said in a previous email, performance reviews are pending. As I or any of my colleagues are not directly involved with the specifications of said performance review, I have little or no idea of their timescale.

Lastly, how do I know you're not already running to Cr0n? As I've said above.


The fact that they accuse me of being a traitor to them when I was one of the ones that revealed Jean Baker in the first place and have revealed many cr0n plans over the time I have been playing should stand for SOMETHING, but instead they decide to ignore my warnings entirely and LET themselves fall victim to cr0n's attacks (this includes cluster mine, I tried warning them and telling them to shut it down over the weekend whilst cluster mine was on, what did they do? ignore it even though I had PROOF that it was true which I showed to them.

I am working with a fellow agent in my plan, so what? They can not tell us not to talk to our fellow co-workers and they need to learn to adapt rather then saying stuff like "performance reviews are pending" which they have said TWO TIMES NOW, how many reviews does it take to understand that someone is ready for the special rank, they try telling us that we could get it (hell even the groundsman said he would HELP us get it) only to keep stalling and lying tells me that the PMs do not know how to handle change.

@bluejay I recommend that you play the game a bit longer before jumping to conclusions about how MoP acts, it is one thing to be generally mean but another entirely to accuse, lie and try to tell players who they can and can not talk to. Also, you asked about the higher forms having more codes - NO they don't, that was part of a one time mission - the higher forms are just nodes and more nodes and no other codes

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