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I've other crew members with me...
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casius black
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I've other crew members with me...

I was wondering if anyone has thought of increasing the number of crew members by creating fictional charcaters? Sometimes when you mention that there are other crew members with you they get their rank and cell numbers taken down too perhaps we can trick melissa into thinking that there are more than one of us at the phone. They seem to like the idea of us creating groups and teams. I was thinking that we can maximise this in a couple of ways...
1. Get other friends or Family members to join you with their phone numbers ready
2. Get numbers and ranks from forum users to tell mellissa (or create your own if you have a few cell phones!) the problem is mellisa likes to talk to them directly so you would either have to have the members on another phone or pretend to be them with a script...

anyway i just wanted your thoughts on it, may be fun if you are unable to get to a phone booth for the call and would like to participate...

PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:50 pm
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Kali
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Having been that second crewmember, I'm not sure it would work. I think you'd have to be VERY good at changing your voice. Plus there's the fear that, if you failed, she'd get mad at you, decide she can't trust you and <click>.

Also, if there's a max number of crewmembers they're going to allow, you'd be taking a live call away from some other worthy individual in another part of the country. But how likely is it that there'd be a max number anyway, so go for it. Just make sure you can answer all those phones correctly when the time comes.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 5:51 pm
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RandMod6
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I agree w/ Kali: if Melissa realizes you're pulling a fast one, I don't think she'd see that as the action of a dedicated crew member, but more likely one of a conspirator. Furthermore, I'm not sure that adding fictional charaters gains anything (aside from being an interesting experiment w/ AI). You are free to draw your own conclusions, but I think that the reward for teamwork bit refers to increasing ILB visibility (also good fot the META) and fostering community.

As far as getting friends, family, etc involved: GO FOR IT! Teamwork is what brings this to life.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:11 pm
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Phaedra
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Faking crew members

I'm not sure if votes matter here, but in case they do...

I would say it's a Bad Idea.

Kali is right: if there are a limited number of "crew spots," creating a fake person is tantamount to depriving a real person of their chance to talk to Melissa. And I think it's contrary to the teamwork ideal that the PMs, through Melissa, seem to be trying to foster.
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chulo333
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I actually thought of signing Pdk up (seeing as how he helped everyone out with passcodes over the phone) but i didnt get a chance to ask him if it was ok, so i decided i shouldnt do it without his permission. If i get another live call next week, i'm definitely signing another person up (now that i'm crew, i have no need to worry about changing my voice. I just wont mention that i'm already crew). If Pdk wants, i'll sign him up. Otherwise i'm signing up my friend Rob who has caught axons for me on the days i couldnt make it.
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johnny5
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May be hard this week, with the picture thing and all.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:25 am
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RandMod6
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faking the image of phantom crew

It's called photoshop Smile or if you prefer, the Gimp

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