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[dmax]

The End, beautiful friends, the End

[owler]

the latin is from

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7157

"leaving no trace of our influence through time"

[evilelfmama]

PIc?

[porq]

Dear god, is this the end at last?

[spaceboy]

For some reason, I don't think so. For it to be over, we all have to be murdered. WHO'S NEXT!? INTERROBANG!

[porq]

I say we draw straws and the short straw has to go offer themselves as a sacrafice for them to do whatever they want with them, so we all escape. Or even better, we send a group of people. Genius!

[Dead-Eyes]

Well I'm willing to accept that it's the end, however it doesn't feel like an ending. Not because the ending wasn't happy, if that was just the case I would be satisfied and be able to move on. However there are still quite a few questions left.

It's possible all the information is there, and I'm supposed to fill in the blanks, but it doesn't seem to be that way. Maybe this is how the PM's wanted it to be, making the game more "real" by leaving us without knowing what exactly the Seventh Sons are, but then that leaves me the "then what was the point" kind of feeling. Why wouldn't "Ron" just off Jamie & Co. after they made contact and instead expose us to all this information post that part of the game (about halfway I'd say)? Why did the final pages to the two longest puzzle pages lead to a confession which we already kind of knew and the other to a sort of "Haha biatches" message. But again that's thinking from a narrative point of few and not "reality" where life doesn't always hand you everything and games are played without you winning.

I think my post this far has a negative tone, however I really did enjoyed this experience despite what I've written. Great puzzles and still a great story though I still want to know more. This was my first ARG I've followed from (almost) start to finish, and even though I discovered this game because of ilovebees, I spent more time lurking in these forums. I'm very appreciative to the creators and more-so to the handfull of people here who are smarter than me and able to keep things moving.

Hopefully the PM's will quell my ending apprehensions eventually...or I will be left to contemplate it the rest of my days *imagines PM's smiling*.

[Pixiestix]

[cabalagent23]

A Message From The PMs

[The Watcher]

Thanks for everything, PMs. This was the first ARG I not only followed, but actively partcipated in (200 posts' worth) , and I enjoyed it tremendously.

If there's any dissatisfaction with the ending, it's because the ARG was so good we didn't want it to end!

[RungeKutta]

Re: A Message From The PMs

[RobMagus]

I've got Pirates rehearsal on Sunday, but Sunday evening should be fine. I hope. After 4 PM PST, I guess, will be alright.

[konamouse]

I'd like it to be after 5p PST (since I have to work on Sunday).

Can you please email my hubby (or call) to convince him to let me participate in the chat. Might help if you apologize for my alienation of affection during these past 3 months.

I tried to show him how you sort of included him in the game. And that he could have participated more if he had wanted.

And I swore I would not do any more ARGs this year.

and Thanks Dave (et al)!

[Vid]

4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Central time for me. Any time in between these times is good for me. I have school Monday.

[Dead-Eyes]

Thanks Pixiestix for addressing some of my issues. Those two things are what weigh on my mind most right now. I realize we know what the 7th's are doing, I'm just curious to know why, although it's possible it's just some theory that the 7th son will be some sort of messiah or the next step of evolution or something. While I'm curious to know more about Anne and her family, I think that's cut and dry (she was in the hospital and found out what was happening and kept up her charade and tried to let others know).

About the end of the sites: Yeah after posting that I realized the Unraveling has been around for a while. Also, I wasn't around (damn college/Halo) when you guys broke through the 7th's site so I just saw the transcript of the message here, but looking back again I finally noticed the tracking "thingy".

Man between this, (to quote the guide) "EVERYONE DIES" and the possible bad ending for our protagonist in ILB (Rani's ominous whisper), it's not happy days in ARG world...
I know the Covenant come anyway, but if it turns out to be their fault, that sucks for them.

To the PM's: Thank you for putting this all together. I really did enjoy the game and just because I want to actually be led into the den of the Seventh Sons and have an interview with them, that doesn't detract from the experience

I hope it goes without saying that the transcripts will be available here for the chat. Please!