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ilovebees/Our Colony/two tiaras
Apr. 20th, 2005 03:45 pmSo, apparently this Our Colony game challenge recently has sparked quite a bit of chaos. Not surprising, really: ARGs and webgames of any ilk tend to create a frenzy when there's a healthy sense of competition and/or common purpose or goal for a large group. However, it seems that Kristen Rutherford and I got caught in some of the crossfire. Heh.
It all started when a new puzzle/image came out: http://www.ourcolony.net/images/challenges/ch1900222589.jpg
Way down by the left bottom corner of the computer monitor is what appears to be a small strip of paper, kinda like a fortune cookie fortune, and it has Kristen's website URL printed on it (and obviously digitally manipulated, much like Woody's eyebrow was not.) Somehow, and not surprisingly, people have gotten onto the bandwagon of assuming Kristen's site to be in-game for Our Colony, and have additionally started confusing the two of us, since our first names are so similar.
Wacky hijinx have sort of ensued:
Oh, dear. The peeps at the Unforums seem to understand that not only does Kristen != Krystyn, but that neither of us have anything to do with Our Colony. I am currently holding two (scratch that, four, now) IM conversations where I am being grilled and suspected of sneaky sekrit colony dealings. It's kinda fun, in a way, but I honestly don't want to mislead anyone, you know? I have been utterly truthful to people about this.
OMG
The Hivemeet. They're referencing the Hivemeet. And the Neofuturists.
And then Kristen forwarded me this (also from the teamxbox forums, but I don't have a URL):
HahahahahahahahahahahahaQ! is actually a typo I made in messenger to Kristen one night, and we liked it so much that we continually use it as sort of a hiccupy, frenetic way of expressing amusement. Heh.
Kristen and I, we're sitting admiring each other's tiaras, and how sparkly they are. Later, we may go hit up Orange Julius for a snack, and go killing people at the Mall with sticky 'nades and glowy swords. As for Our Colony dot net, we have nooooooooooooo clue.
HahahahahahahaQ!
(Oh, and by the way, please please please stop e-mailing and calling Kristen about this. You can also stop calling her agent. They have nothing to do with Our Colony, so please refrain from bothering them. Thank you!)
It all started when a new puzzle/image came out: http://www.ourcolony.net/images/challenges/ch1900222589.jpg
Way down by the left bottom corner of the computer monitor is what appears to be a small strip of paper, kinda like a fortune cookie fortune, and it has Kristen's website URL printed on it (and obviously digitally manipulated, much like Woody's eyebrow was not.) Somehow, and not surprisingly, people have gotten onto the bandwagon of assuming Kristen's site to be in-game for Our Colony, and have additionally started confusing the two of us, since our first names are so similar.
Wacky hijinx have sort of ensued:
http://forum.teamxbox.com/showpost.php?s=aaaee6a473aff3e3c05a1cce97957d38&p=5125674&postcount=200
Re: New Challenge...
OK, let's follow me here for a sec....
www.kristenrutherford.com
-->> Go here do this.....
In the meantime...
join The Traveling Picture Show. See if you can guess which one is me...
OK... Now I went to the link and browsed the Pictures. I've figured out that this is her
http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=entelein
Interesting points.... She live in .... Any Guesses? Chicago!!!
her post name is : Name: Lux et umbra vicissim, sed semper amore
which is translated into.. (Light and shadow by turns, but always love.)
Now back to the "Truth Brings Revelation" quote....
Revelation = Light?
Maybe I'm way off, but see for yourselves.
Oh, dear. The peeps at the Unforums seem to understand that not only does Kristen != Krystyn, but that neither of us have anything to do with Our Colony. I am currently holding two (scratch that, four, now) IM conversations where I am being grilled and suspected of sneaky sekrit colony dealings. It's kinda fun, in a way, but I honestly don't want to mislead anyone, you know? I have been utterly truthful to people about this.
http://forum.teamxbox.com/showpost.php?s=aaaee6a473aff3e3c05a1cce97957d38&p=5125985&postcount=207
Re: New Challenge...
on the glitterbook hive meet site.
theres a few refrences main being :
SATURDAY EVENING: The Neofuturists' production of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind.
notice the main theme of light
also it says
:
FRIDAY EVENING: Dinner with everyone. Possibly karaoke and/or a LAN party. Location and specifics TBA.
SATURDAY: No planned events, although those who are interested may wish to attend the Animecentral 2005 convention, explore downtown Chicago or shop with other beekeepers, play HALO if we didn't do it the night before, or just rest up. ;-)
OMG
The Hivemeet. They're referencing the Hivemeet. And the Neofuturists.
And then Kristen forwarded me this (also from the teamxbox forums, but I don't have a URL):
Ok I might be onto somthing here...
If you see what letters are missing from the grid, the first 2 are H
and Q. Now if you look at the 9th menu option on the Kristen site
under the ARG heading it says something like
HahahaahaahahahaahahahahaQ!
Now firstly I think the sequencing of the a's and h's between the H
and Q is some sort of code. This is because there are 44 a's and h's
and if you count 44 letters from the beginning of the grid, you end up
right at the end of GAMEFIND.
Coincidence...I think not...
Perhaps the sequence of letters obtained from the a's and h's must
then be compared to the marked dates on the calender or sumthin.
This could definitely tie in with our theory on the code sequencing
with the Torrah reference
HahahahahahahahahahahahaQ! is actually a typo I made in messenger to Kristen one night, and we liked it so much that we continually use it as sort of a hiccupy, frenetic way of expressing amusement. Heh.
Kristen and I, we're sitting admiring each other's tiaras, and how sparkly they are. Later, we may go hit up Orange Julius for a snack, and go killing people at the Mall with sticky 'nades and glowy swords. As for Our Colony dot net, we have nooooooooooooo clue.
HahahahahahahaQ!
(Oh, and by the way, please please please stop e-mailing and calling Kristen about this. You can also stop calling her agent. They have nothing to do with Our Colony, so please refrain from bothering them. Thank you!)
