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GuestUser17
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 		Sorry - I totally forgot about these. I've been too busy catching Pokemon and translating Alien languages.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:58 am
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mmhernley
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 		Thanks - couldn't find the third upload anywhere. Would also consider dropping this in the subreddit (r/specorgcorp) because it seems like they've only got copies of the first two videos.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:48 pm
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Ketchup_Keith
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 		I want to fill out a questionnaire to get more involved but to be honest the amount of personal info is worrisome.

To anyone in here who's filed papers with the Corp, how much were you truthful and how much did you fabricate? How healthy did you make yourself seem?

My assumption is that they're looking for unhealthy specimens to "improve" with their product

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:48 pm
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Syfrix
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Joined: 08 Jul 2016
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 		@GuestUser17: Cheers for the uploads, I was afk for a few days and missed them live.

@Ketchup_Keith: I made everything up. My character is pretty boring and normal, still got "accepted".

PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:44 am
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Ketchup_Keith
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 		TV Spot #4 just came out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TzBzgmBGv4). About 4 seconds in there's a QR Code on the hay bail. it leads to this link: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/4u16kw/i_found_a_picture_of_a_cult_gathering_at_my_old/

The user that posted that (only 11 hours ago)? Doug Horry. The one who was excommunicated, and this is a picture he found at his "old workplace," AKA Spectacular Organic Corp

More morse code in the upper left at the 10 second mark. Translates to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
WE KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING.


Edit: Based on the picture Doug Horry posted, the secret SpecOrgCorp logo (besides the avacado eye thingy) is definitely the scarab, and the "cult" either made or is worshipping a crop circle in the same shape. Looks like they also have a bit of a motto: "Above All," Supero Omnia. Doug specifically pointed out that the date of the picture (October 24th 1926) is the day of the stock market crash before the great depression... could this proto-SpecOrgCorp have had a hand in that??

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mmhernley
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 		also some morse code at the bottom of the screen, too. translate?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:20 pm
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Ketchup_Keith
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 		Nice catch. Damn, I thought I got everything... the bottom got hidden by the control bar thingy. Here's the translation for the bottom three lines:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR
NEEDLES IN HAYSTACKS.

I'm guessing that's a hint for the QR code leading to the reddit post


I PM'd Doug on his reddit profile trying to get some information out of him, I'll let you guys know if I get a reply.

EDIT: Well I finally got around to looking up October 24th 1926 and it turns out that that was the date of Houdini's last performance. Still not much of a lead but it's interesting (and if it's unrelated then it's a cute little nod), at the least. Other than waiting for a new update I think this Doug Horry account is our best bet for learning anything new for now.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:52 pm
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MrDTW
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 		So I discovered the Executive Board Announcement on the Spectacular Organic Corp website and started googling the names of the high-ranking officials listed. The lead researcher is Clive Nicoli who shares his name with the name of Adrian Brody's character from Splice. Also ,Martin Brundle, the name given for the CEO is the name of the protagonist from The Fly 2. So I'm pretty convinced this isn't a legit company.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:54 am
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Ketchup_Keith
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 		Reply from Doug Horry
Earlier today Doug responded to my PM to him on reddit. Sorry it took me so long to post this (happened about 3 hours ago), it's been a bit of a busy day for me.

Quote:
Hello.
I have seen the videos. I actually played a significant role in the research for the informational GM Juice videos.
When I joined the company, I was tasked with developing a juice that contained the MAXIMUM number of vitamins and whilst still being efficient. I was excited by the prospect and felt like my research was going towards something that could really help a lot of people.
Again, for confidentiality reasons, I can't explicitly disclose what led to my differences with the company. But, what I can tell you is that it had a lot to do with ethics. It started with watching animals endure violent stomach cramps and diarrhea, and it got much, much worse.
Following my initial dissociation with the company, I lingered around for awhile. I provided them with lots of advice in regards to the aspects that I condoned because, bluntly, the pay was good. Really good. However, during those months, I caught wind of certain things that I really wish I hadn't. Things that I do not feel safe posting online, even in a private message.
I have also recently discovered the codes in the videos. I was unaware of them until they were brought to light by all of you. All of the things that bothered me with Spectacular pertained to ethical differences. But, after finding the codes, I think the discovery of the cult picture may imply something more grave about the corporation than I ever had knowledge of while I worked there.
I will keep digging.
Stay in touch and contact me if you come across anything significant. I will do the same for you and others who are wary.


6 minutes later another message:

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Also, be careful with this information. It is sensitive. I do not know how much they still know of my whereabouts. I move around a lot, but they are good at keeping tabs. Really good.
The last "TV Spot," I fear, could have been directed at me ("we know you are watching" and the QR code to my post of that picture), and it was only broadcasted on their channel 12 hours after I posted the picture here.
Be careful.


Because he's asked me to be careful with this information, I confirmed with him that it would be okay to post this for all you to see. I also let him know that his help was very much appreciated and that we'll let him know as soon as any discoveries are made.

Two hours after the last two messages I received this one as well:

Quote:
Also - I have recently discovered that the names of those on the board may be entirely fictional, despite being the same names I saw on signed confidentiality agreements. If this is indeed the case, it may nullify the agreements and I could tell you a bit more...would still have to be off the grid somehow though.
I will let you know once I do some more investigation.


So it seems those fake names may have been a bit more than an meta gag... I'm going to offer Doug what we discovered about the names as well as my mailing address in case he feels more secure using the postal system as opposed to the internet. I'll let you all know what I hear back

EDIT: I just noticed something off about the Spectacular website. Here's a screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/ZuTJW

I don't remember there being a scarab right there on the site... OR the tab saying PEVa (anyone have any idea what that could even mean??)**

I grabbed a pic from the first lottery announcement and yup, things were definitely different: http://imgur.com/a/uHzO4

Alright, I'm spent for now (at least till I get a reply from Doug). Sorry for the wall of text everybody!

**EDIT 2: This might have actually been a mistake on my part. It seems that this link: http://spectacularorganic.wix.com/corporation has the "PEVa" on the tab while this link: http://www.spectacularorganiccorp.tk/ is the one that I was more used to. No clue where I got that first link from but I think they're essentially identical. I'm assuming that the tab titles are just server oddities

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:41 pm
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gwhitehurst3
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Joined: 18 Jul 2016
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 		Horry's Reply
Can you screencap the messages and post this in the subreddit, too? That's a pretty big development for sure and would be appreciated over there I think (I personally check the subreddit more than this thread)

Here's the link in case you didn't have it: https://www.reddit.com/r/specorgcorp/[/url]

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:16 pm
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Ketchup_Keith
Boot

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 		Re: Horry's Reply
gwhitehurst3 wrote:
Can you screencap the messages and post this in the subreddit, too?

You got it pal

https://www.reddit.com/r/specorgcorp/comments/4ug5yd/ive_talked_with_doug_horry/

Sorry if I'm not too active on the reddit page, I'm a bigger fan of the formatting here on unfiction

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:41 pm
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gwhitehurst3
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 		Re: Horry's Reply
Ketchup_Keith wrote:
gwhitehurst3 wrote:
Can you screencap the messages and post this in the subreddit, too?

You got it pal

https://www.reddit.com/r/specorgcorp/comments/4ug5yd/ive_talked_with_doug_horry/

Sorry if I'm not too active on the reddit page, I'm a bigger fan of the formatting here on unfiction


All good! Just nice for people that aren't on here as much. Thanks!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:45 pm
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SomeKindaGhost
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Quote:
EDIT: I just noticed something off about the Spectacular website. Here's a screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/ZuTJW

I don't remember there being a scarab right there on the site... OR the tab saying PEVa (anyone have any idea what that could even mean??)**

I grabbed a pic from the first lottery announcement and yup, things were definitely different: http://imgur.com/a/uHzO4

Alright, I'm spent for now (at least till I get a reply from Doug). Sorry for the wall of text everybody!

**EDIT 2: This might have actually been a mistake on my part. It seems that this link: http://spectacularorganic.wix.com/corporation has the "PEVa" on the tab while this link: http://www.spectacularorganiccorp.tk/ is the one that I was more used to. No clue where I got that first link from but I think they're essentially identical. I'm assuming that the tab titles are just server oddities


I've been lurking both here and the subreddit for a while, madly archiving stuff as I go. x'D I can tell you that the webpage was not like this earlier. You likely got to the .wix.com link from the regular site's "Home" button, which leads there.

Compare to when it was saved on July 23: http://web.archive.org/web/20160723142311/http://spectacularorganic.wix.com/corporation. It didn't say "PEVa" then... wonder what that's about.

EDIT: Huh, that's weird. At first the archived site didn't say PEVa (just "corporation") and then switched when it was done loading. O_o But still, no insect logos
another edit: also i'm tired and not great at internet talking so sorry if my post isn't entirely good

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:45 am
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Ketchup_Keith
Boot

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SomeKindaGhost wrote:
I've been lurking both here and the subreddit for a while, madly archiving stuff as I go. x'D I can tell you that the webpage was not like this earlier. You likely got to the .wix.com link from the regular site's "Home" button, which leads there.

Compare to when it was saved on July 23: http://web.archive.org/web/20160723142311/http://spectacularorganic.wix.com/corporation. It didn't say "PEVa" then... wonder what that's about.

EDIT: Huh, that's weird. At first the archived site didn't say PEVa (just "corporation") and then switched when it was done loading. O_o But still, no insect logos
another edit: also i'm tired and not great at internet talking so sorry if my post isn't entirely good

Hmmm yep the same thing happens for me when I click that link. So, maybe it does have something to do with things but I'm still not entirely positive it's not something being weird because it's a wix.com site or something weird like that...

I decided to dive into the website's code to see if there was a resource image for the scarab that appeared in case it could maybe have a revealing filename. Turns out that both the scarab and the circular design from before (thanks again for the wayback link, SomeKindaGhost) were drawn via pixel coordinates in the site code, so no dice on that angle.

And by the way, your post sounded perfectly fine, no worries. I hope you talk on here more, you sound like you've got some good perspectives.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 11:53 am
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Syfrix
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 		TV Spot #5 is out: https://youtu.be/_FpyzoD9hrE

I've been over the frames and audio, but nothing. Frames would be worth rechecking, wouldn't be the first time I missed something.

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