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Title: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Goober5000 on February 05, 2009, 11:42:54 pm
Phoenix was an alternate reality game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game) created to promote Silent Threat: Reborn.  It was "announced" by the ST:R trailer (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=56878.0), in which the number 162 (corresponding to the forum id) was briefly displayed in the same manner as the www.ilovebees.com link in the Halo 2 trailer.  A total of 56 people discovered the Phoenix forum and were treated to a series of puzzles and forum posts that revealed background information about ST:R.

Phoenix's story concerns Aadarsh, an employee of GTI, who becomes concerned about GTI's corruption and behind-the-scenes maneuvering and sends a series of transmissions in an effort to make his discoveries public.  Through an unexplained temporal phenomenon, these transmissions from a GTI facility in the year 2335 are interpreted as new threads on a hidden HLP forum in the year 2008.  This same phenomenon eventually allows HLP forum members to view the GTA "holonet" and gain access to additional tools they can use to discover the GTI's secrets.

Here are the threads in chronological order:

The Phoenix story was written by Goober5000, who also played the Aadarsh character and invented the Vasudan language.  The Galactic Holonet was designed and coded by chief1983.  Ransom Arceihn produced the end-of-game flash animation and wrote the Ross 128 briefings; and Galemp rendered the personal log video and created the Vasudan font.  Ace and Setekh rendered the two puzzle images.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: phreak on February 06, 2009, 02:39:56 am
The phoenix game was a nice twist for a campaign release.  I think I saved the day by being the only one with a FS1 strategy guide.  I never did scan the pages that illustrate the stars.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Goober5000 on February 06, 2009, 02:45:32 am
Well, I know at least one other person had the guide, and at least one person ordered it, so it wouldn't have been too bad if you didn't have it.

But yeah, I think people would appreciate the page scans. :)
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Galemp on February 06, 2009, 05:19:10 am
You didn't mention/credit the Skype thing anywhere.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: chief1983 on February 06, 2009, 10:03:17 am
Go go gadget Galactic News Network!
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Goober5000 on February 06, 2009, 11:14:16 am
You didn't mention/credit the Skype thing anywhere.
That kinda falls into doing "real world detective work" in "Running out of time".
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: chief1983 on February 06, 2009, 02:56:55 pm
He might mean you didn't really credit the voice actress.  Of course half the guys know who she was already anyway, stupid google.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Goober5000 on February 06, 2009, 03:39:58 pm
Oh.  Well, the Skype people were listed in the voice acting credits for ST:R.  Holonet Monitor, Captain Larson, Commodore Stone, and Frank were all Phoenix roles.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Antares on February 06, 2009, 05:10:54 pm
Who made the ST:R trailer, Goober?
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Galemp on February 07, 2009, 12:01:49 am
Which one? :nervous:

If you mean the one that was hidden on the Phoenix board... that wasn't a trailer. :p
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Tahna Los on February 07, 2009, 06:31:38 am
Is the password to get into the holonet still valid?  Because I perused the board and found the "isaac.stone" account.  Can't use it to log in.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Goober5000 on February 07, 2009, 04:00:15 pm
Read the subsequent threads to find out what happened to that account. :)
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Tahna Los on February 07, 2009, 09:43:28 pm
well yeah, I find out that the isaac stone account is deactivated.  Andreas Rybak is not there either.  And neither is Estevão Figueira.

Oy.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 08, 2009, 07:26:27 am
Oh, so it really was Setekh's image after all. :)
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Mobius on February 08, 2009, 09:55:46 am
A total of 56 people discovered the Phoenix forum and were treated to a series of puzzles and forum posts that revealed background information about ST:R.

how did you count us? By reading our posts? ;)
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Goober5000 on February 08, 2009, 01:33:46 pm
By doing a database query, as I said in the other thread.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Mobius on February 19, 2009, 04:36:44 pm
I remember a thread whose name was a reference to a WWI Fokker Triplane, but I don't see it in the list...
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Snail on February 19, 2009, 04:49:09 pm
I remember a thread whose name was a reference to a WWI Fokker Triplane, but I don't see it in the list...
EXACTLY what the hell happened to that? IIRC it had the login details for rybak.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Galemp on February 19, 2009, 05:39:31 pm
He was made into an unperson. You would have been too, except the GTI Internal Security Agents can't time travel.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Goober5000 on February 19, 2009, 10:08:06 pm
EXACTLY what the hell happened to that?
This (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,60358.0.html).
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: FSW on April 01, 2009, 07:13:32 am
Sigh...
For a moment I thought the country filter was part of the mystery.
It's not.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on April 01, 2009, 08:45:11 am
There's also a word filter in play. :D
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Mongoose on April 01, 2009, 11:30:23 am
*sings along with Rick's dulcet tones*
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Grimper on April 02, 2009, 06:00:35 am
Bleh it won't let me access the database inconsistency thread anymore....

In regards to the prize...what the hell could be better than a full release of ST:R? A HTL Hades just doesn't cut it.
The only thing better than ST:R I can think of is.............................

FreeSpace 3

 :nervous:
*ducks rocks*

Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Snail on April 02, 2009, 06:31:57 am
A trip for two to Uganda.
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on April 02, 2009, 07:32:46 am
EXACTLY what the hell happened to that?
This (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,60358.0.html).

Which is gone...
Title: Re: [OOC] An overview of Phoenix
Post by: Grimper on April 03, 2009, 12:04:50 am
2 posts and I havn't been crucified yet >.>