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vpisteve

Geez, um. It looked like the same barcode to me. Embarassed

Mmmmmm. Foot.

Whoever's behind this must really hate my guts.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 1:26 am

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krystyn

I think if we chatter enough and get this thread to thirty pages, we will begin to heal the wound of the Oct. 1st image. Assuaging grief through Schadenfreude might just be part of the process for this ... Wink

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 1:34 am

Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:09 am

vpisteve

Received this email this morning:

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:06 pm

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Cyfre · Boot Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 63 Location: Tampa FL

So, let me get this straight. Project MU: Part Two? I don't know if my reality can take the strain. I just have too many real life things that will have to take a back seat to all of this.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:04 pm

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TJ229ER

Can somebody do a recap of what happened in the last 7 pages? I wasn't follwing this but now it sounds very intersting with that last E-mail recived.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:15 pm

Wolf · Decorated Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Posts: 292

Here's a really, really short version.

We (the PMs of Project_Mu aka "the Metacortex game" from last year) started getting different e-mails on October 1 (coincidentally the date Mu went live last year) from some of the characters we had left alive but hidden within a "safe zone" at the end of the game. Each e-mail had numbers in the subject line.

(edited to add: We appear to be the *only* people who got these e-mails...apparently the characters overestimated our brain power, heh...and we were eventually "nudged" towards posting a thread here)

After much manipulating, the numbers formed a URL, which contained an image from our game with a certain phrase highlighted, "lessons to learn," and a riddle.

The answer led to lessonstolearn.net and we're finding random bits of puzzles and solves there.

For me, I think I'd be helped by a little more "story" to frame the puzzles than what Steve got today, but maybe that means more story is coming.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:30 pm

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Deneb · Boot Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 35 Location: South Pole

Krystyn's missing letters anagram to

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:02 pm

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TJ229ER

So wait someone other than the Metacortex PM's are running a sequel to the Metacortex game. Wow.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:07 pm

krystyn

It's more like a tribute, albeit a really freaking cool and fun one! Very Happy

Oh, dude, I was playing with anagrams a bit, and I really wanted there to be a 'Caesar's Cologne,' but there weren't enough C's, for example.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:00 pm

Caterpillar

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**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:21 pm

krystyn

Wait, Caterpillar, how did you get from

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:22 pm

Caterpillar

Sorry I guess I missed posting a step:

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:49 pm

rasputin1072

Hey, i just noticed something. There has been a logo for underscore hoting on all the ingame sites. I just thought that the PMs used the same host for all their sites. However, i just tried cliking on the logo and got a mesage that the site doesn't exist. Is there just an error in the link?

**Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:31 pm

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Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

No, it just links to underscorehosting.com, like the "official" in-game sites linked to. Except that it isn't up anymore, what with the game being over. Seems right to me - stubbornly authentic-ish, if that makes any sense. Does that make any sense?

[edit - no point in double-posting:]

It seems that the metadex in the ARGN MU graveyard isn't working. Crying or Very sad

Fear not, for I happen to have a screenshot of MLO's original metadex profile (from back when I was arranging all this as a narrative...I have lots of random screenshots). Pic attached. Why is sad!Marcus cracking me up? Heehee. The "buy better sunscreen" was from Wongmo, right? Someone asked him if he was 64? Heh, how long did it take us (using that "us" very loosely) to solve that thing? I think I need some reassurance now that there's no such thing as base1995.