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[The_Stoned_Ape]

In all fairness the only 'hacks' we are sure of are the HONDA entry and the Proof-Proof-Proof entry which was only up for a few seconds. I personally am gonna keep the 1349 Jennifer,Randy etc. post, the catastrophic event post, and todays megans dead post. Just in case.

[The_Stoned_Ape]

Although I do agree with you DanteIL, this really throws everyone off cause we have no idea what to take as a clue and what not to take as a clue...

[IronJ146]

The only thing I'd assume really hang on to as possible clue is the message (which as of posting is still there).
It's kinda suspicious that Teddy's also unaccounted for, but that could be for plenty of reasons.

[SychophanticDesign]

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[The_Stoned_Ape]

Mugen and I have been theorizing that perhaps the Catastrophic External Event message was signifying Howard entering the bunker due to a Catastrophic event , and the message today is Howard assuming Megan was killed by said event. Just speculation, and trying to make sense of these messages. My big question is if Howard has come to the conclusion that Megan is gone, do we still get FAPT updates, or are we starting a new phase.

[The_Stoned_Ape]

Yeah I also came across the Russian Soviet Satellite COSMOS 1349 which obviously could have a lot of connections to our story, but I couldn't come up with anything conclusive, I don't know what to think about the 1349 Randy,Jennifer,Yui, Ninami post

[The_Stoned_Ape]

and now the Megan message is gone...

[Pixiestix]

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i dunno... with there still being weeks before the movie drops, I would think the big event didn't happen yet in film universe. He has to abduct MEW before the big event, and as of this weekend he was still out there... If the leader boards are that easy to hack, I don't trust anything I'm seeing on them. Especially since if it were real, it wpuld just end the game with the most pathetic anticlimactic moment if that were the case... with the exception of the ammo case, everything from Howard has been for Megan. If he thinks she is dead, or unsaved so to speak, then it's just over. I've had issues with some of the game stuff, but I feel logically, that can't possibly be how they end it.

[ryanj64]

Has anyone tried using a run prompt to run the Cronos software or any other software Howard has mentioned through the game?

I wonder if this game is actually a gateway to his internal system. Not saying we should hack it, rather, a string of codes presented in the random bugs could tell us to do something within the game that reveals what Howard wants us/megan to learn?

[ObFuSc8]

[SychophanticDesign]

Just wondering, has anybody checked the page source on FAPT? If Howard thinks his daughter is dead he might reach out for anybody alive and he left a message in the code there saying he knows megan would NOT look there. Might leave a message there for survivors.. I'm gonna check when I get home.

[JustThinking]

I wonder if the important lesson is that you may have to push someone out the door to survive. Can only have so many people for a certain amount of supplies.

[kosmopol]

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Am I only one on this? I am still confused, why should this survival sim have a leaderboard at all? I mean, Howard programmed it in all secrecy for his daughter. Being paranoid he should hid the access so properly in order nobody else will find it. And in case of sim access abnormalities ParanoiDad should immediately bring it offline with clear message to her daughter about virtual invaders. Not just saying "there are some bugs, perhaps I bring I offline, we'll see".

The meaning of this simulation is - in best case - to show some ingame events. I read it now, Megan couldn't be saved (if this message is not a hack). So in the Alternate Reality 22nd February was already the global cataclysm / assault / Apocalypse.

In the worst case this game should be just a minigame to satisfy hungry gamers with some stuff, which were for me too less of content. But BR does know how kidnap its audience, they are smart and professional, so I suppose we should look to the first case and to read the hints of the game like you read the animal tracks in the woods.

So: 02.22.2016 - Howard is in the shelter, alone. Outside is the mess (at least as Howard suppose). Megan hasn't got to shelter (we must suppose, it's a Plato Cave parable - Howard doesn't really KNOW, what's outside, but he read the signs and think he DOES know).

Aaand: we still don't know about Nate (haven't read the script). Will it be the random surviver like Michelle? Or somebody else? He jas weird charisma.

[untricky]

Sorta makes sense why he would be angry.

He was expecting to live out his days with his daughter, who didn't make it, and now he has to put up with these other 2... who aren't family.

OR they are family and caught wind of Megan's plans and decided to go in her stead.

OR as Good Man says, he saved her (MEW).

[gimlet]

Just to confirm, user on Reddit says Radioman and Radiogirl was them as a legit player.