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jwxo
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Joined: 03 Jun 2016
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PL4YGRND

Someone has been spamming this channel all over /x/ on 4chan. Not sure what to make of it, because I've never really done an ARG before.

https://youtu.be/wT9af6CvChA

PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:14 am
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badgerlicker
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Joined: 26 May 2014
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Took a quick look

Looks like the PM created a forum, a twitter, a tumblr, and a reddit account.

In the youtube bio, it is said all of these are inactive except for the forum. Huh.

There's one more upload, not sure if it contains anything of substance:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKmev9pkoSc[/youtube]

There's an email, too. TheRemnantsofPL4YGRNDSPLATgmail.com

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:02 pm
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RequiredToMove
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Joined: 06 Nov 2016
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I really feel like more people should know about this. It's really pretty interesting when you delve into it.

One of the things I found out about this is that there's another channel "in the the story" that is actively trying to divert people away from the main channel. They come off as... sort of a pissed off old member of "PL4YGRND" I'm thinking.

Here's that channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgkp8OH6Ifoe-WCTRoTub1g

I'm not sure about unfiction's policies with posting other forums, but there is an official forum that "The Protagonist" is very active on.

Here's the link to that: http://pl4ygrnd.proboards.com/

I occasionally lurk on there, and lately it seems like things may really start picking up soon.

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:53 am
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nooneimportant77
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Watched the videos, read the forums. Can't say I found anything terribly interesting. I didn't watch any of the allegedly related channels videos, so, maybe there's something to be "uncovered" in there.

In "Scott - 03" there's some motion tracked text on the ground that says "im just a cool guy", obviously added in post production. Probably something.

EDIT: Ok, so... Some probably useless things I've gathered- Seems like there's some kind of time travel gimmick, or people just being super attached to nostalgia. The protagonist mentiones dates a lot, and how one of the videos was post dated. On the forums he said something along the lines of "there'll be more in the future which is funny because this is about the past".

FormerAdolescent also has problems with the date set on their computer, somewhere in 2003. And they not so subtly hide the use of wayback machine to visit websites in the past. Also they have visited the website zone 62, which I haven't looked at much. They also replace numbers for letters a lot while typing.

A post by the protagonist confirms that "former adolescent is number 2"

Red highlighted words in his posts so far are "LOOKOUT too long never 5"

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 3:16 pm
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ComputerGuide
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Re: I really feel like more people should know about this. I

RequiredToMove wrote:
I really feel like more people should know about this. It's really pretty interesting when you delve into it.

One of the things I found out about this is that there's another channel "in the the story" that is actively trying to divert people away from the main channel. They come off as... sort of a pissed off old member of "PL4YGRND" I'm thinking.

Here's that channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgkp8OH6Ifoe-WCTRoTub1g

I'm not sure about unfiction's policies with posting other forums, but there is an official forum that "The Protagonist" is very active on.

Here's the link to that: http://pl4ygrnd.proboards.com/

I occasionally lurk on there, and lately it seems like things may really start picking up soon.
i don't think this "FormerAdolescent" dude is apart of this ARG because check his new videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JelQlGqmWWo&t=107s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOptZFnubFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXsoxvX-OeA&t=5s
i think hes some really bad leafy copy. or probably a lolcow

PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:36 am
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RequiredToMove
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Joined: 06 Nov 2016
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Re: I really feel like more people should know about this. I

ComputerGuide wrote:
RequiredToMove wrote:
I really feel like more people should know about this. It's really pretty interesting when you delve into it.

One of the things I found out about this is that there's another channel "in the the story" that is actively trying to divert people away from the main channel. They come off as... sort of a pissed off old member of "PL4YGRND" I'm thinking.

Here's that channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgkp8OH6Ifoe-WCTRoTub1g

I'm not sure about unfiction's policies with posting other forums, but there is an official forum that "The Protagonist" is very active on.

Here's the link to that: http://pl4ygrnd.proboards.com/

I occasionally lurk on there, and lately it seems like things may really start picking up soon.
i don't think this "FormerAdolescent" dude is apart of this ARG because check his new videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JelQlGqmWWo&t=107s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOptZFnubFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXsoxvX-OeA&t=5s
i think hes some really bad leafy copy. or probably a lolcow

At this point, it's already confirmed he's a part of it.

As for the clickbaity videos, I'm pretty sure that's the point. It's almost like social commentary on what the YouTube community is these days. His character probably doesn't know any better and just wants to do whatever thing is new, cool, and trendy. He definitely seems immature in his characteristics.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:39 am
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ComputerGuide
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Re: I really feel like more people should know about this. I

RequiredToMove wrote:
ComputerGuide wrote:
RequiredToMove wrote:
I really feel like more people should know about this. It's really pretty interesting when you delve into it.

One of the things I found out about this is that there's another channel "in the the story" that is actively trying to divert people away from the main channel. They come off as... sort of a pissed off old member of "PL4YGRND" I'm thinking.

Here's that channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgkp8OH6Ifoe-WCTRoTub1g

I'm not sure about unfiction's policies with posting other forums, but there is an official forum that "The Protagonist" is very active on.

Here's the link to that: http://pl4ygrnd.proboards.com/

I occasionally lurk on there, and lately it seems like things may really start picking up soon.
i don't think this "FormerAdolescent" dude is apart of this ARG because check his new videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JelQlGqmWWo&t=107s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOptZFnubFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXsoxvX-OeA&t=5s
i think hes some really bad leafy copy. or probably a lolcow

At this point, it's already confirmed he's a part of it.

As for the clickbaity videos, I'm pretty sure that's the point. It's almost like social commentary on what the YouTube community is these days. His character probably doesn't know any better and just wants to do whatever thing is new, cool, and trendy. He definitely seems immature in his characteristics.
also this HyberThermal dude has nothing connected to this ARG just letting you know because i don't want you mistaking that hes apart of this ARG. he also made a video about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01uP-E102II

PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:16 pm
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nooneimportant77
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I don't think hyperthermal has anything to do with it either, I think the game is just so slow moving that it's easy to start lumping people in with the story.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 2:51 pm
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RequiredToMove
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Joined: 06 Nov 2016
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nooneimportant77 wrote:
I don't think hyperthermal has anything to do with it either, I think the game is just so slow moving that it's easy to start lumping people in with the story.

Yeah, we've pretty much figured that FormerAdolescent is the only former PL4YGRND member with an attached screenname so far.

I'm guessing The Protagonist is going to unveil the others at some other time.

PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 10:14 am
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