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Noah Boddy Dead And Buried or How An ARG Sold Out

Wasn't playing it anyways, but come on...stopping the game to try and salvage a cash opportunity? Tsk, tsk,tsk......

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Team Noah Boddy, with considerable sadness and regret, must present
you with the following announcements. We wish to first thank you for
your loyalty, your drive, your interest, and your continued
perseverance in following both the story and plot unfolding before
you and the hints and puzzles of the game. We feel very honored to
have had such outstanding interaction with you, both in game and out
of game. You are an excellent and wonderful group and we hope that if
nothing else, we have contributed to the forming of sustained,
amicable and cooperative friendships and a truly unified group as a
whole. Thank you.

Now� For the tough part...

As we have stated from the beginning, NoahBoddy.com's plan has been
to two-fold: to integrate a compelling and interesting plot together
with a fun, exciting and worthwhile contest. Since it's inception,
Team Noah Boddy has created this game to be adopted and enriched by a
sponsor, production company, or game company as well as expand itself
into greater interaction and productivity through the development
team.

It may be also apparent at this point that not only has no official
sponsorship taken place (despite numerous meetings and agreements),
but also the decrease of available team members (all volunteers who
have since had to move on to paying positions) has impacted the flow
and format of both of the main aspects of the game. The game has
continued to be somewhat experimental, and has been kept alive by a
remaining dedicated few, who through spare time and out of pocket
expense have continued to provide what we hope has been an enjoyable
aspect of your online gaming experience.

With all that being said, it saddens us to have to inform you that
the current Noahboddy.com game must be brought to a definitive close.

Over the course of the next few weeks, the Noahboddy.com website will
be reformatted to provide you with a comprehensive consolidation of
weekly hints, solves, and clues, as well as a synopsis of what would
have bound those clues together toward the final solves.
Unfortunately, we will no longer be able to sustain the puzzle
portion of the game for tangible prizes, but please believe us when
we say that each and every one of you absolutely deserves a grand
prize for the loyalty and effort that you have put into this game.

However, there is some good news in the midst of this announcement.
The closing of the game is not due to a lack of prizes, lack of
willingness to continue to run a game (we're as hooked running it as
you are playing it) and definitely not due to lack of interest of the
players involved.

There has been serious and continuing interest from an outside
production company to develop the Noah Boddy story into a screenplay
format for series or feature potential. Obviously, this is a huge
opportunity for the creative talents of the team. The unfortunate
side effect of such an opportunity is, first and foremost, the
necessity to halt any continued unfolding of the storyline. It is a
matter of preserving the suspense and outcome of the story involved,
and also a matter of preserving the intellectual property of those
who were most involved in the story development, but now wish to take
their story to potentially lucrative levels. A great portion of the
negotiations regarding the story was an interest in the secrets not
yet revealed.

This does unfortunately leave our story as a cliffhanger, which will
certainly be as disappointing for you to deal with as this decision
has been for us. It is the Team's hope that the players who have
stuck with us for so long will understand. And we want you all to
know that we are aware of how much we owe to your dedication and
resolve. As a matter of fact, it is the plan to utilize any revenue
that is created to return to the site with future stories, puzzles,
and ARGs. As it stands now, the Team must focus on the possibility of
taking the current story to a new (and hopefully larger audience)
format. Time management, organization, and consistent game flow are
key to the success of any game, and we do not want to continue with
anything less than our full-undivided efforts. We respect you as our
players to not short change you with anything less�and if we started
immediately with a new story, we would be doing just that.

We will keep the out of game message boards intact and will reformat
the site to provide a synopsis and wrap up of our beloved game, and
we will continue to keep you updated with whatever the next project
is we have in the works.

We also plan on keeping the Yahoo Groups community up and running. It
is an important community to us and to you that we do not wish to see
fade away. We hope to keep you posted on future projects via that
community, via any alternative means you prefer, or not at all if you
so choose. The websites, emails, and message boards will remain under
the care of Thea, and she may be able to assist with any questions
that you may have in regards to these decisions. If the questions are
of significant importance, further info may be shared with the group
as a whole. Send her any changes of your status in the group, or
whether you would like to be more or less involved in the community
that remains.

Again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your participation
in our endeavor. Although we did not end up with what we initially
planned, we went quite far with what we have, and have you all to
thank for it.

Any thoughts or feedback, however long or short, are entirely
welcomed. Feel free to (obviously) bring to the group as a whole, or
to present to Thea at theaSPLATnoahboddy.com.

You will see a few more announcements as we wrap up. We hope you had
as much fun playing as we have had creating, and that you peek in
every now and again to see we have anything new in store for you.

Best Regards,
Team Noah Boddy

Another one bites the dust....

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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 7:33 am

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