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bermuda653
Boot
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 30 Location: 90265
Majestic: Happy Birthday, Kendra. For those of you who got far enough into Majestic to find Kendra's amazon wishlist -- and who are so lazy as to not have removed it from your amazon friends list yet -- you might have noticed that last Thursday, March 13, was her birthday.
On a whim, I sent Kendra an e-card (and cc'd one of the PMs). I thought I'd pass on the reply.
SugarJonez wrote:
Hi 'Muda!
Thanks for remembering Kendra's b-day Ah, Kendra,
we hardly knew ye.
The Scamorama piece was hilarious -- thanks so much
for sending the link. I'm forwarding it to a lot of
the old Majestic crew
I'm not sure if I told you what I'm up to now -- I'm a
designer at There (www.there.com ), a new online
social/play space. We're a couple of months into our
public beta: if you're interested (our site has
screenshots and press links), please do sign up
Hope all is well with you--
The link she mentions, Scamorama , is a piece of humor I discovered while trying to locate Kendra's email for the card. It's a collection of Nigerian 419 Scam baiting, and this particular exchange used names & contact information from Majestic (in character, no less) to keep the scammer busy for almost a month.
An entertaining read, and you can see what Kendra is up to these days!
_________________'muda
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:42 am
Varin
I Have No Life
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 2456 Location: South of where I used to be
speaking of Majestic I was playing it and even though it had it's problems I had every intention of finishing it. I hate to leave a game unfinished. Right near the end when they had announced that the game was going to end I had switched credit cards, so my Majestic account got dropped. Long story short I missed the end. Does anyone know of a guide/synopsis online anywhere? Or can someone fill me in?
_________________"I still miss him to this day and probably always will." - Todd Keeler, Chasing the Wish
"meta meta meta, I made you out of play..." ~ j5
Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 6:22 pm
NashCarey
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Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 102 Location: Nierstein, Germany
Missing Majestic I wonder if the someone would ever give this another try to the level of Majestic. If Sept 11 never happened and the game didn't get suspended, who know how the ARG world would of turned out. MAybe majestic would of been a bigger success.
_________________Hegemony is another word for hypocrisy. -- me
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:44 am
Yliandra
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Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 114 Location: Quad Cities, IL, USA
Hi guys. I hope that someone will someday back a game as big as Majestic again, or at least as big as Majestic could've been. They didn't follow through as much as a lot of us pre-launch people hoped, but it was still a great start to making a fully immersive ARG.
In the meantime, I'm trying my hand at Aware and Zyzygy. Gotta take what we can get.
Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 1:24 pm
Varin
I Have No Life
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 2456 Location: South of where I used to be
Hi Yliandra! Now, I don't know if this game is going to be any good or not, but see this thread for a Majestic-type game that is due out in the U.S.
I'll probably play just to try it out and give it a review.
_________________"I still miss him to this day and probably always will." - Todd Keeler, Chasing the Wish
"meta meta meta, I made you out of play..." ~ j5
Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 1:36 pm
Pluvius
Boot
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 50
Re: Missing Majestic
NashCarey wrote:
If Sept 11 never happened and the game didn't get suspended, who know how the ARG world would of turned out.
Majestic was having problems even before 9/11. The puzzles were too easy, the plot too non-interactive, and the episodes too short. Customer dissatisfaction was high, and EA didn't seem to care. It's very doubtful that 9/11 did anything more than accelerate Majestic's demise, especially since most Majestic players were done with that month's episode before that day.
Rob
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 2:14 pm
vpisteve
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Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 2441 Location: 1987
In my opinion, 9/11 was just a convenient excuse for them to pull the plug.
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 3:46 pm
NashCarey
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Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 102 Location: Nierstein, Germany
I was a Virgin You see, Majestic was my first. I believe an ARG is always best the first time.
Do you remember the movie "The Game"? Everyone was like, "is this your first?" "Your first is always your best."
Just remember that everytime you meet a newbie. You help make the experince better by remaining positive.
_________________Hegemony is another word for hypocrisy. -- me
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 4:32 pm
vpisteve
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Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 2441 Location: 1987
Oh, don't get me wrong. I really, really enjoyed Majestic, dispite all of its problems. Very innovative stuff, a little too linear for me, but they really gave it a good shot.
I think they were the first to bump up against the hard realization that subscription based games of this sort just can't generate the number of players needed to be viable. Everyone points at Everquest as proof of concept, but I really think this is apples and oranges.
To the startup subscription-based ARGs, we salute you:
Majestic
Search 4 E
TerraQuest
Oh, and Kendra was hot.
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 5:25 pm
Varin
I Have No Life
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 2456 Location: South of where I used to be
Re: I was a Virgin
NashCarey wrote:
"Your first is always your best."
Just remember that everytime you meet a newbie. You help make the experince better by remaining positive.
Good point Nash.
Majestic was my first too. Did you finish the game? I never have been able to find anyone who can tell me what happened in the end.
_________________"I still miss him to this day and probably always will." - Todd Keeler, Chasing the Wish
"meta meta meta, I made you out of play..." ~ j5
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 10:17 pm
vpisteve
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Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 2441 Location: 1987
I finished, stayed to the bitter end.
Funny thing is, I don't really remember how it ended. All I remember is that Joe Pantoliano showed up, we all went "ooooooh, Joe Pantoliano!" and then that was it.
Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 11:47 pm
ramiles
Unfettered
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 362 Location: Chicago
I stayed till the end.
I was a Beta Wave 2... Loved the Game despite its down falls..
What happned was Joe played a reporter, he was supposed to meet someone to pass on some info, but never showed up...
He disappeared and know one knows what happened to him.
and thats when they pulled the plug and left you hanging..
_________________The TRUTH lies beneath the LIES
The Consparicy Theorist
Now Playing: BodyMindChange & Extrasolar XRI
Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 12:07 am
vpisteve
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Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 2441 Location: 1987
Ah yes, I remember now.
Talk about no closure!
_________________
Making the world a better place, one less mime at a time .
Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 12:34 am
Varin
I Have No Life
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 2456 Location: South of where I used to be
that's it? They left you hanging? That sucks. I think I remember seeing a video from Joe and then I stopped playing. I guess I didn't miss much.
_________________"I still miss him to this day and probably always will." - Todd Keeler, Chasing the Wish
"meta meta meta, I made you out of play..." ~ j5
Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 9:53 am
NashCarey
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Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 102 Location: Nierstein, Germany
Agreed The end was very bad. But for a few days, I was pleased with it. It left me with more questions. I thought to myself, "Does this mean a sequel?" Then read stuff that Majestic cost EA a bunch of money, and likely wouldn't be done again. Most thought of it as game before it's time, or interesting way to tell a story not worth telling.
_________________Hegemony is another word for hypocrisy. -- me
Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 12:57 pm
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