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Args Merging

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:36 am

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addlepated

Not only are ARGs blurring the line between games and reality, they are blurring the lines between game and game. I always liked crossovers! Smile

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:04 pm

vpisteve

/me totally saw it coming. Wink

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:18 pm

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What this merger/revelation really needed, if it wanted to go the extra mile, was more cowbell. More cowbell would have made it irresistable for any player to jump on board.

Even without the cowbell, though... a neat twist. I'll definitely be paying more attention now.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:34 pm

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Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

Well, there has been the explosion of many a brain. And much confusion.

Secret-keeping meanies. Sad

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:36 pm

Nightmare Tony

And only those lucky ernough to be playing both simultnaeously could survive the brain splatter. But tis still a lovely mind blow....

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:07 pm

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Alzheimers · Unfettered Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 339

Let me join in praising the WI/Syn PMs for their bold and innovative idea. It really speaks well of the community when such a daring move is met with a positive response. It's the support of fans that give them the inspiration to keep on creating great games for us.

Such creativity and imagination, not only in plot but also in design, makes me very excited to see what they might come up with next. Great Job!

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:41 pm

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And let me join in in praising the Strange Dreams PM for doing the same thing that we at WI have done, only earlier in your game and earlier than us. Because I dared to look up to God, and I saw the dreams in the sky, and it was good.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:31 pm

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Nightmare Tony

Which one did SD merge with? I thought it was a redo like Pandora's Next.

And from all of us players now merged...

We're not worthy!
We're not worthy!

(and prostrate ourselves in respect)

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:45 pm

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silverthistle · Veteran Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 106

Redo? o.O Strange Dreams was wonderful! Strange Dreams the sequel merged with Harbingers, the card thing.

By the way, both of you are genuises and amazing.

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:19 pm

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Mega!

I have talked of such craziness before with a few people on IRC Smile

Happy days!

**Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:35 am

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Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

Hmm, I've got a bit of a dissenting opinion on this. I was playing Synagoga (but not WI), and, near the end of its individual run, I was getting a bit disgruntled with it. Two main issues: a) there was very little plot going on, and b) we were only being exposed to a tiny portion of the in-game world. The vast majority of our information about the world came from conversations with two characters (and a blind girl in a tank isn't really the greatest source of info). After the merge, of course, the reason for both of these things became clear. The rest of the plot had been going on in the WI side of things, and that game had access to the rest of the in-game town (we pretty much just knew about what went on in Wildfire's sub-basement).

Overall, it was a neat game, and I had fun. Hopefully I'm not coming off as too bitter here. I just hope that the ARG-merging doesn't become more than a one-time (well, two-time, but I don't know anything much about how the other one went) surprise twist. I think you do your players a disservice when you purposefully only give them access to a small part of the in-game world.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:42 pm