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oli
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Wulf74 wrote:
To those of you who have received a login - was it specific to your name? I'm asking because I'm curious if it would be possible to login to say Barkley's account - hack it - but would need to know how the username's are formatted.. i.e. jbarkley or jbarkleySPLATtiercorporation.com or barkleyj .. ? Any help would be appreciated.


Login was my full email address, password was a random string of characters.

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oli
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 		Here is another creepy video that, randomly, seems to appear sometimes:

http://tiercorporation.com/coeus/V_I_D/Watchwhatyousay.mp4

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Wulf74
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 		Creepy new video
Since I haven't heard back from Barkley yet, I decided to take a chance and emailed Kerrigan stating I'd lost my password. Confused I never actually applied for a job through Kerrigan because of the response I got from Barkley.
Anyway, I received a short email with my new password. I logged onto the system and enabled both Signal_Discrepancy001 and Violet.N_SERIAL_X__ both of which show they are at 16/18.

Once both were enabled the static video turned into this:
http://tiercorporation.com/coeus/V_I_D/Watchwhatyousay.mp4

I'm still hoping to hear back from Barkley about this other opportunity..

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heh - @oli - next time I'll make sure to refresh the board before I post Embarassed
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 		I also tried to get a login with the "I lost my login data" - but never got an answer.So I contacted them trying to apply for a job but just got this response:
" Your message has been received and forwarded to the proper office. If you have any further questions/do not receive a reply within 4-5 business days, please messageM. Kerrigan

Thanks,
TIER Corp.
TIER CORP
Making the world a better place, one advancement at a time. "

Still in waiting mode....
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kira1000 wrote:
I have a feeling that this is a revival of an old ARG. I remember being followed by a "stop the activation of STAR LATTICE" page on twitter a couple of years ago (bout the time I started out here on uF) but it died down.


I'm new to the forum and checked this ARG for fun. Spoilers ahead, with info on how to find out who is the puppetmaster.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

1) This is a revival of a podcast/(arg?) The Haven Chronicles (THC), with the same names (TierCorp, Barkley, Coeus, ...). Google finds several pages on the topic on Facebook, Twitter etc. by the creator of THC (by name and by nick). Currently he is cursing how hard it is to be a puppetmaster.

2) The tweet mentioned by kira1000 gives a link to Star Lattice console http://reddactgame.com/TINAG.php, and the game site reveals the same author.

3) Using the https protocol on the website www.tiercorporation.com redirects it to the puppetmaster's own site, which is a nick used in this forum.


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kat324
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 		Looks like there have been some more updates to the site. I logged in this morning and it shows which agents have been active. Looks like I'm agent 6? Anyway, hopefully we can get one more person hired so we can get those last two levels enabled.

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Elethamei
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 		I asked Kerrigan what the project is really about, how many things are there gonna be before the system gets going and why some of them are disabled. Here's his reply

M. Kerrigan wrote:
Sure thing,
To be honest, I'm not exactly sure what this project is about. I'm literally the lowest man on the totem at TIER--and from the looks of it, I might be out the door some time next week (lovely, right?). But From what i can tell, there are about 36 systems that need to be activated in total. Some of them can only be activated if others aren't activated and others can't be activated unless others are. Other than that, I'm just the keymaster here.


ETA: I think I'm agent 4?
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Wulf74
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Elethamei wrote:

M. Kerrigan wrote:
Sure thing,
To be honest, I'm not exactly sure what this project is about. I'm literally the lowest man on the totem at TIER--and from the looks of it, I might be out the door some time next week (lovely, right?). But From what i can tell, there are about 36 systems that need to be activated in total. Some of them can only be activated if others aren't activated and others can't be activated unless others are. Other than that, I'm just the keymaster here.

ETA: I think I'm agent 4?


Not sure what it looked like earlier, but there are now several "active" agents. Agent 2 is repeated as being active several different times. And with the exception of Agent 28 - the rest are all single digits. I may have missed something, but I didn't see anything that would identify me as one agent instead of the others.

As to figuring out how to enable certain processes, and having to disable others to make it happen is going to be difficult - as all we've seen anyone able to do so far is just enable. At present we have 2 more processes that make it look like we need just one more person to enable them [17/18]. Perhaps it'll give our next clue.
Has anyone been able to de-steg any of the video clips to find anything that might be hiding within?
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Elethamei
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 		^ Well, every time I log in, on the top it reads "AGENT 4 NOW ACTIVE", so I figured that's me. And I think everyone has a different number there.

Wulf74 wrote:
- as all we've seen anyone able to do so far is just enable.


Umm, I don't about you but I've had to choose every time if I want to enable or disable something. I've enabled everything so far, but I don't know about the others.
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Wulf74
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Elethamei wrote:
^ Well, every time I log in, on the top it reads "AGENT 4 NOW ACTIVE", so I figured that's me. And I think everyone has a different number there.

Wulf74 wrote:
- as all we've seen anyone able to do so far is just enable.


Umm, I don't about you but I've had to choose every time if I want to enable or disable something. I've enabled everything so far, but I don't know about the others.


I thought it might be the Agent number at the top of the list as well - but when I logged in a moment ago, Agent 4 was still at the top. Even after refreshing several times.

My access rights see to be much more limited than most then. I was only able to enable the 2 bottom processes - and never any option to disable anything else. Strange..
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kat324
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 		Just logged in again and agent 6 was at the top, so pretty sure that's how it is supposed to work. Maybe both of you were logged in at the same time? As far as the enable/disable, if I remember correctly from last week, the first user (1/20) has the option to choose either one and then the rest just fill up the remaining slots.

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Wulf74
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kat324 wrote:
Just logged in again and agent 6 was at the top, so pretty sure that's how it is supposed to work. Maybe both of you were logged in at the same time? As far as the enable/disable, if I remember correctly from last week, the first user (1/20) has the option to choose either one and then the rest just fill up the remaining slots.


Its very possible, and so I've tried logging in several different times. And so far at the top of the list, I've seen Agents 4, 6 and 28. I was going to try and hack Barkleys account again, but my browser has me setup for auto-login. Going to try a different browser..
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 		I logged in again and again it shows on the top that agent 4 is now active and after my last log in the numbers 6, 3 and 11 has appeared in the log.
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 		Emails with John Barkley
Thought you might like to know who we are dealing with, I emailed Barkley using my alter ego Samael. It starts off simple enough:

Quote:
Mr. Leamas,

Thank you for your interest in our site, but could you possibly be a tad more specific as to what it is you are interested in? We here at TIER have a wide spectrum of things that would interest many people.


My reply:

Quote:
Dr. John,

I understand you are currently working on a pill to increase brain power, would not it be better to increase the number of brains you can access at any one time. I prefer to think outside of the box, does this interest you?

Samael Leamas


His reply:

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Samael,

My name is not "Doctor John" it is "Doctor Barkley", and I would very much appreciate it if you refereed to me as such from this point forward.
As for your suggestion, we here at TIER have already considered the possibility of a multi-brain network and concluded that the legal and ethical quandaries that arise with such developments leave the idea, at this moment in time, at just that--an idea. That is not to rule out the possibility of such an advancement in the future, but at this moment in time, we are to stick to the plans.


My reply (you may notice my references to a film, a TV series and a book):

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Doctor Barkley,

Excuse me regarding your name, as for ethical considerations I would of thought that they would apply to a drug (pill) as well. I mean imagine the power of such a drug the possibilities for misuse would be limitless.

Still I am not here to debate your company's ethics that is not my field of expertise, think of me more as a General Specialist with out of the box thinking sometimes known as a scruffy mind. I understand your company is also working on A.I. will you be applying the three laws or something more inline with the company's goals? It always amazes me that if you want to name a A.I. people always return to the Greek gods very rarely a human unless it is music related.

Are you currently recruiting, what is this Distributed Deployment system?

Your company name is curious, are you but a single TIER or perhaps a World of Tiers?

Samael Leamas


His reply:

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Samael,

While it is true that the possibilities for misuse for our drug would be--and pardon the pun--limitless. It is equally true for that of the miraculous. Even assuming the drug were to make its way out into the general public--something that would be far beyond my control--it would give the average man, woman and child the intellect of the worlds greatest minds. Collateral damage is to be expected.

As for the naming of our latest A.I, A small correction is required; COEUS was not a Greek god, but a Titan. It is a small, rather insignificant correction, but one that is needed nonetheless. Furthermore, We had very little to do with naming the creation.


My reply:

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Doctor Barkley,

"Collateral damage is to be expected." - Spoken like a true fanatic.

What exactly are you a Doctor of? Doctor's are meant to heal not do damage.

Titans: Primeval race of powerful deities, Greek origin. Deities are normally gods. They were giants of incredible strength and were also the first pantheon of Greek gods and goddesses. Prometheus was a second generation Titan, he is the god that gave us fire (and humour if you are well read).

Are you recruiting or not?

Samael Leamas.


His reply:

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Mr. Leamas,

Why on earth do you think I would even begin to allow you into my project with an attitude such as the one you are displaying? You're making accusations against me, insinuating that I--and my company--are doing harm?

I am a Doctor of Science, Mr. Leamas--I took no oath to protect the lives of people. If you take even the slightest glance at the history of scientists, it will become abundantly clear to you that I am simply following in the footsteps of my predecessors.


My reply:

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Mr Barkley,

If you wish to surround yourself with 'Yes men', people that will not argue with you and have zero ability to think outside of the box then I wish you all the luck in the world because you will most definitely need it.

All dictators need luck before ultimately being killed, hiding under the road and/or taking their own lives due to the guilt of what they have done to the world. You obviously want to play god as many scientists do but there are quite few throughout history that are examples of exactly how humans should be.

Galileo Galilei, Nikola Tesla, Stephen Hawking, Lois Pasteur, Aristotle, Archimedes, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Johannes Kepler, Michael Faraday to name just a few, all seekers of the truth.

Are you just after the patents and ultimately the money you will rake in don't worry about the average joe in the street who it will affect.

I called you Mister on purpose because you do not deserve the title of Doctor.

I am however still interested in your project and that is business my personal concerns are completely moot when it comes to business.

Samael aka Ruler of the 5th Heaven (Tempter of Eve).


His final reply (I haven't corrected his spelling):

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Samael,

I am not playing God, Samael. God was a fool, God claims that Man is his ultimate creation, and yet man is the single most flawed creature to have ever wander this world. Tesla, Hawking and Darwin are a few bright spots in the map of humanity, but they are dull, dying embers when the light of my creations shine through. You see, Samael, even the most average person--yourself for example--could be come something greater than the White God could have ever imagined. You could not even begin to Fathom the possibilities that I've unleashed.

But fine, be as you will. I am tired of this coorespondse. You want access to COEUS? You can have it.


Seems to me he is a mad scientist with an ego to suit. He did give me a password and username (Does not appear to work on Firefox, okay on Opera).

His reference to the "White God" is curious perhaps he is into the guy downstairs Wink
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Please start enabling again.

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