Vesuveus wrote:

I just want everyone to know that this whole thing has been a sham; an elaborate plan for these "people" to recruit you to their side for the real purpose of getting rid of ManBearPig.

You have all been fooled by the AlGore-ithm.

You'll never get me! /shakefist

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A:B seemed to make a lot of players happy, so that's good! The acting was good, and the puzzles were plentiful and good (I, of course, enjoyed 'hacking' the Medical Officer's network). The story was kind of weak, or maybe I just feel that way because I lost focus on it. And I'm not real crazy about getting into the realm of ARG's and real life phone calls, etc. Also, using LE characters in more than the most cursory way is a big turn-off for me. Mentioning them during the course of the story is fine, actually speaking for them and making them active participants is not. Because I know it's not true, and therefore it breaks the fourth wall for me.

I really couldn't get into it though, because it was just too time intensive. There was so much to follow up on, so many different threads to follow. Picture a few strings leading into a snarled ball of string that you can't see around to know if there are any other strings leading out, and you'll get a mental image of how I viewed this event.

And because of this, I think a lot of player collaboration was lost. Too many people lost focus quickly and you were left with the few intensely interested parties who had managed to piece everything together from the beginning. There were still a lot of people there at the "end", but I think there could have been a lot more of us. 

For those who had time, it seemed to be great. But for those of us who didn't have as much time, not so great. . .

Hope this helps.

Medical Officer? Who's that? That's new to me.

But also, I personally find any event to be hard to follow if you're not in it from the start. You should have seen MxO in the early days. Everyone loved the glory days, but things were a bit hard to follow back then if you didn't jack in every day. (maybe you were around then, I don't know)

A:B seemed to make a lot of players happy, so that's good! The acting was good, and the puzzles were plentiful and good (I, of course, enjoyed 'hacking' the Medical Officer's network). The story was kind of weak, or maybe I just feel that way because I lost focus on it. And I'm not real crazy about getting into the realm of ARG's and real life phone calls, etc. Also, using LE characters in more than the most cursory way is a big turn-off for me. Mentioning them during the course of the story is fine, actually speaking for them and making them active participants is not. Because I know it's not true, and therefore it breaks the fourth wall for me.

I really couldn't get into it though, because it was just too time intensive. There was so much to follow up on, so many different threads to follow. Picture a few strings leading into a snarled ball of string that you can't see around to know if there are any other strings leading out, and you'll get a mental image of how I viewed this event.

And because of this, I think a lot of player collaboration was lost. Too many people lost focus quickly and you were left with the few intensely interested parties who had managed to piece everything together from the beginning. There were still a lot of people there at the "end", but I think there could have been a lot more of us. 

For those who had time, it seemed to be great. But for those of us who didn't have as much time, not so great. . .

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Dang... so much 'past tense' in your post. lol  It's just getting started, and getting more and more interesting all the time.  We were told this goes through the end of November, so there's lots more to come I'm sure.

There's still time for many to get involved.  Or even re-involved! You don't 'have' to participate in every angle.  But even just helping to solve a puzzle or two, or getting a hint/clue/info phor the rest of us... so you can contribute even a little, CAN be very beneficial. 

I like how you can be as involved or uninvolved as you want to in this event, and still be a part of it.   Especially, now that we have a recap of what's happened already.  No reason to read through hundreds of posts anymore.  That was a great step A:B team.  Phantastic job.

/phormalcurtsey

Phluff

...uhh... that's why I put the word 'end' in quotes. While 10/31/07 may have been some sort of culmination of the story, it seemed to me (and a few others I spoke to about it) to be a bit anti-climactic.

And I thought this was a feedback thread? Just giving you my feedback, for what it's worth.

p.s. Sorry, I got the Medical Officer thing from this thread. If it turns out it had nothing to do with A:B, then just dismiss it.

...uhh... that's why I put the word 'end' in quotes. While 10/31/07 may have been some sort of culmination of the story, it seemed to me (and a few others I spoke to about it) to be a bit anti-climactic.

And I thought this was a feedback thread? Just giving you my feedback, for what it's worth.

p.s. Sorry, I got the Medical Officer thing from this thread. If it turns out it had nothing to do with A:B, then just dismiss it.

Shi+Xin+Feng wrote:

...uhh... that's why I put the word 'end' in quotes. While 10/31/07 may have been some sort of culmination of the story, it seemed to me (and a few others I spoke to about it) to be a bit anti-climactic.

And I thought this was a feedback thread? Just giving you my feedback, for what it's worth.

p.s. Sorry, I got the Medical Officer thing from this thread. If it turns out it had nothing to do with A:B, then just dismiss it.

Yeah...  lol.  Event started on 10/31.  Ends at the end of November.

Yeah? Okay, fine. Guess I've no idea what I'm talking about then and I gave a review of the wrong events. In that case, take everything I said and apply it to all the hype that occured prior to 10/31/07.

Good luck with that, and hope people enjoy it!

 (I, of course, enjoyed 'hacking' the Medical Officer's network). 

Well what can I say other than that I took a break and when I came back I'd missed something interesting for once.  That would be my luck, though I may have come along far to late to get involved this time around, if anything like this happens in the future I'll be sure not to miss it.

I think the Algorithm Black Team have done a fantastic job. The puzzles might for some be to complex and the story to complicated. But the story and the "thrill" you are getting is almost like "The Assassin event" style.

Exellent work!!!