Possible Tie In?

wstabeo · Post by **wstabeo** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:09 pm

This is more than likely off the topic of the puzzle....but I'm not sure where to put it. This morning I found the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisb4jGl2FM

Because of the codes, I assume it is part of the ARG somehow, right? Perhaps not? At any rate, the people in the background...there is someone behind the tree and they appear to be arguing perhaps.

And what's up with the symbol?

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:12 pm

wstabeo wrote:This is more than likely off the topic of the puzzle....but I'm not sure where to put it. This morning I found the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisb4jGl2FM

Because of the codes, I assume it is part of the ARG somehow, right? Perhaps not? At any rate, the people in the background...there is someone behind the tree and they appear to be arguing perhaps.

And what's up with the symbol?

looks like someone is playing the game in character as a fan. I don't think its a gamejack or a seperate arg. Just looks like a message to bree. And The reversed watcher symbol reminds me of "who is watching the watchers,"

mike879 · Post by **mike879** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:02 pm

wstabeo wrote:This is more than likely off the topic of the puzzle....but I'm not sure where to put it. This morning I found the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisb4jGl2FM

Because of the codes, I assume it is part of the ARG somehow, right? Perhaps not? At any rate, the people in the background...there is someone behind the tree and they appear to be arguing perhaps.

And what's up with the symbol?

The second part decodes to "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and youknowit." a quote from Men in Black. Not sure if it is related to this though.

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:05 pm

mike879 wrote:
wstabeo wrote:This is more than likely off the topic of the puzzle....but I'm not sure where to put it. This morning I found the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisb4jGl2FM

Because of the codes, I assume it is part of the ARG somehow, right? Perhaps not? At any rate, the people in the background...there is someone behind the tree and they appear to be arguing perhaps.

And what's up with the symbol?

The second part decodes to "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and youknowit." a quote from Men in Black. Not sure if it is related to this though.

Keep this thread ON TOPIC. Thank you.

wstabeo · Post by **wstabeo** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:13 pm

covedweller wrote:

Keep this thread ON TOPIC. Thank you.

It showed up around the same time and has codes in it. It is reasonable to ask if it is related or not. Is it related to this puzzle? I'm guessing not...but I think it's a bit nasty to simply tell us to stay on topic when we're tying to determine if it is on topic or not. This is especially true with them both having movie references.

'Jes sayin.

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:17 pm

wstabeo wrote:
covedweller wrote:

Keep this thread ON TOPIC. Thank you.
It showed up around the same time and has codes in it. It is reasonable to ask if it is related or not. Is it related to this puzzle? I'm guessing not...but I think it's a bit nasty to simply tell us to stay on topic when we're tying to determine if it is on topic or not. This is especially true with them both having movie references.

'Jes sayin.

Until explicitly noted in-game, our YT universe is limited to official LG15/OpAphid/Tachyon/10033 YT accounts.

Anything else wreaks of gamejack or random confusion!

wstabeo · Post by **wstabeo** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:23 pm

covedweller wrote: Until explicitly noted in-game, our YT universe is limited to official LG15/OpAphid/Tachyon/10033 YT accounts.

Anything else wreaks of gamejack or random confusion!

That's totally fair! As a "newbie" that should be a bit more clear...I've spent days reading about the ARG here and I'm still confused, and when you add the fan creations/spinoffs, it all starts mushing together.

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:31 pm

covedweller wrote:
wstabeo wrote:
covedweller wrote:

Keep this thread ON TOPIC. Thank you.
It showed up around the same time and has codes in it. It is reasonable to ask if it is related or not. Is it related to this puzzle? I'm guessing not...but I think it's a bit nasty to simply tell us to stay on topic when we're tying to determine if it is on topic or not. This is especially true with them both having movie references.

'Jes sayin.

Until explicitly noted in-game, our YT universe is limited to official LG15/OpAphid/Tachyon/10033 YT accounts.

Anything else wreaks of gamejack or random confusion!

THe only thing I have to say about these comments is the following:

We should stop assuming everything is a gamejack...because everything isn't. The creators have asked us to play along. Theyhave asked us to make fanfiction videos.
Those videos, because OpAphid has become cannon, would also be OpAphid themed.
So my response to all people calling ANYTHING gamejacking now, is stop eing hypocritical. And find another name. I know gamejacking is the common name for ARGs but....this is NOT your common ARG

tigerlilylynn · Post by **tigerlilylynn** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:33 pm

Killthesmiley wrote:
covedweller wrote:
wstabeo wrote:
covedweller wrote:

Keep this thread ON TOPIC. Thank you.
It showed up around the same time and has codes in it. It is reasonable to ask if it is related or not. Is it related to this puzzle? I'm guessing not...but I think it's a bit nasty to simply tell us to stay on topic when we're tying to determine if it is on topic or not. This is especially true with them both having movie references.

'Jes sayin.

Until explicitly noted in-game, our YT universe is limited to official LG15/OpAphid/Tachyon/10033 YT accounts.

Anything else wreaks of gamejack or random confusion!
THe only thing I have to say about these comments is the following:

We should stop assuming everything is a gamejack...because everything isn't. The creators have asked us to play along. Theyhave asked us to make fanfiction videos.
Those videos, because OpAphid has become cannon, would also be OpAphid themed.
So my response to all people calling ANYTHING gamejacking now, is stop eing hypocritical. And find another name. I know gamejacking is the common name for ARGs but....this is NOT your common ARG

Hear hear!

wstabeo · Post by **wstabeo** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:40 pm

Killthesmiley wrote: this is NOT your common ARG

That's what I'm sayin'! How confusing for a newbie to ARGs. There's so many interwoven things going on here that it is really hard to know what is officially "in game" or not. Jonas, at first, just appeared to be another (albeit well done) fan video...but now we know differently.

Thanks for splitting this into a new thread. I didn't want to create it myself and get into trouble.

Seriously, I've been reading around for many days before deciding to jump in on today's puzzle. I'm still totally confused.

Sad Panda · Post by **Sad Panda** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:49 pm

Hey kiddies --

I'm all for fanfiction and good stuph like that (and I think KillTheSmiley is right -- to lump all of them together has 'game jacking' does not really apply in this situation) Buuuutttt .....

Until we confirm that a player is actually part of the interwoven storyline, maybe we should keep stuff like this in the fanfiction section? What do ya'all think?

I won't move it if you guys don't want me to, but Coved also makes a very good point -- intermingling THIS information with OpAphid information might get confusing.

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:52 pm

Sad Panda wrote:Hey kiddies --

I'm all for fanfiction and good stuph like that (and I think KillTheSmiley is right -- to lump all of them together has 'game jacking' does not really apply in this situation) Buuuutttt .....

Until we confirm that a player is actually part of the interwoven storyline, maybe we should keep stuff like this in the fanfiction section? What do ya'all think?

I won't move it if you guys don't want me to, but Coved also makes a very good point -- intermingling THIS information with OpAphid information might get confusing.

oh yea i completely agree this doesn't belong in op forums!!!
But lets try to come up with a better name then "gamejacking"

wstabeo · Post by **wstabeo** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:06 pm

I think that's a good happy medium, actually.

Though I do have a newb request. How do we know something is official or not? Is there some kind of handy reference or cheat sheet? Yes, I know we have the lgpedia...but even that can be overwhelming.

Or, perhaps we have one thread to be used to determin if thigns are officially in game or not? That would be helpful. Honestly, I saw this video today and immediately thought it could be related because of the codes.

tigerlilylynn · Post by **tigerlilylynn** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:19 pm

wstabeo wrote:I think that's a good happy medium, actually.

Though I do have a newb request. How do we know something is official or not? Is there some kind of handy reference or cheat sheet? Yes, I know we have the lgpedia...but even that can be overwhelming.

Or, perhaps we have one thread to be used to determin if thigns are officially in game or not? That would be helpful. Honestly, I saw this video today and immediately thought it could be related because of the codes.

Romance is working on the mother of all FAQs and that will have an index of all in game youtubes and phone numbers. I belive there is a list in the FAQ as it stands too.