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200 Comments:

Blogger The Penuels said...

First...

9/20/2006 04:42:00 PM  
Blogger engineer27 said...

Fast enough, I guess.
It's been fun.

9/20/2006 04:42:00 PM  
Blogger Lost in Portugal said...

I hate to be the carrier of the bad news...

9/20/2006 04:42:00 PM  
Blogger engineer27 said...

Admin,
Don't suppose we're going to get that interview with "Other Girl" now, huh?

9/20/2006 04:43:00 PM  
Blogger engineer27 said...

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9/20/2006 04:43:00 PM  
Blogger The Penuels said...

Don't worry...DJ Dan's won't be the last podcast of the Lost Experience. :)
We hope to tie it all together with our final Lost Experience Podcast next Thursday. We will be accepting 30 second or less RANTS in mp3 format for our first and only "Talk Back to TPTB" section. More info coming soon but for now know that we won't be allowing profanity. :)

9/20/2006 04:45:00 PM  
Blogger The Penuels said...

Other Girl is hard to nail down. Lot's of email tag with little result.

9/20/2006 04:46:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

i hope the djdan podcast ties up all loose ends. but, that seems impossible right now.

9/20/2006 04:47:00 PM  
Blogger Capcom said...

Well folks, forget about being 'Ralphied', we've been 'X-Filed' as I feared! But to quote Ralphie anyway, "Son of a bleep!" :-p

They should have done the entire thing backwards, then we would have had all the fun parts from the beginning, at the end at least.

Big wet raspberries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And excuse me ABC, ..."for those SAVVY enough to collect the clues..."???????? When were we not always DAYS ahead of the clues and the HE release???!!! Huh? Huh? OK, time for the pitchforks and blasters Fenris! :-|

I hope they have a customer survey for this game, mwahahahahahaaa!

9/20/2006 04:49:00 PM  
Blogger The Penuels said...

jewels,
I just know that I'm thinking profanity when I think about all those unanswered questions! (JK)
I really have a feeling that this podcast & final video are going to give us at least SOME of the satisfaction we've been hoping for.

9/20/2006 04:50:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

i just read that the djd podcast isnt the end of TLE. It just gives us a clue to rb's final vid. the vid will be the end of TLE.

9/20/2006 04:50:00 PM  
Blogger Lost in Portugal said...

I think the game will resume after the first six episodes!

9/20/2006 04:51:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=16581

9/20/2006 04:52:00 PM  
Blogger Jay said...

WHAT?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

9/20/2006 04:54:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

maybe phase 4 was wia.com and phase 5 was the conversation between malek and rb.

9/20/2006 04:54:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

screw you abc interns. i hope none of you get credit for your co-op's!

9/20/2006 04:55:00 PM  
Blogger The Penuels said...

This is a GUT FEELING. ABC just decided it wasn't worth it anymore from a marketing perspective and is pushing our friends (THE CREATIVE MINDS) against their wills to wrap this thing up more quickly than originally planned. I feel like they may have had other plans for WIA.com but were forced to adapt and make some changes to close down shop. I can't imagine all the ins and outs of "the business" out there in L.A. but I'm sure it's a mess and I bet their budgets are tighter than we'd all imagine.

I want to believe that the creative minds (like Javi & company) are still our friends and still WANT for us to have a good experience. I'm going to try to be grateful for all the cool things that happened this summer and forgot about the areas where I'm still left wanting.

Whatever happens or is happening...I met a bunch of cool people, learned a lot of new skills, dove deeper into Lost mythology, and have a lot more to look forward to Season 3 because of what happened this summer!

9/20/2006 04:57:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

or maybe there is no phase 4 or 5. it could just be a 3-act structure like we originally thought. wia, the convorsation could have just been extra?

9/20/2006 04:57:00 PM  
Blogger Lost in Portugal said...

sean: I guess you're probably right...

9/20/2006 05:01:00 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

DJ Dan will be on harvestradio.com
You stream it live...

9/20/2006 05:01:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

i assume they will be taking the live calls again?

9/20/2006 05:03:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

Where is this information from?

9/20/2006 05:06:00 PM  
Blogger Passafist said...

I'm going to side with admin on this thing! WIA at least to me seemed like the final proving ground. TPTB could use the Apollo bar pictures to prove that "The Experience" was a success. That it was reaching out not only to the core diehard audience (or P1's that's what we call them in radio) and penetrating the genral public (P2's). My guess is a only a thousand hits in two months was probably not what TPTB and corperate were thinking to be a success.

Too Bad!!!

9/20/2006 05:07:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

I'm with you, Admin. I can't believe the creative minds that wrote Acts 1 and 2 would want it to fizzle like this.

(Found out the graphic on front was clickable. Thanks.)

9/20/2006 05:08:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

the number is 1-800-942-4704.

i keep it in my cell phone speed dial.
seriously.

9/20/2006 05:09:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

passafist: Uh huh, maybe TPTB thought that they'd get to 1000 bars a lot faster but didn't count on so many going to the unaware.

9/20/2006 05:09:00 PM  
Blogger Passafist said...

They wrote....

The multiplatform interactive phenomenon "The Lost Experience" will come to a climactic close on SEPTEMBER 24 (8:00 p.m., PT, 5:00 p.m., ET), with a live worldwide radio internet broadcast hosted by the renegade DJ Dan.


Is this a typo? how can the podcast be live at 8:00 PT and 5 Eastern Standard?? Wouldn't it be the other way around or am I admiting to my ignorance??

9/20/2006 05:10:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

Hey, at least we'll get more video - "announce a link for the final video clue revealing the truth behind the actions of the Hanso Foundation"

9/20/2006 05:10:00 PM  
Blogger Capcom said...

Well, after feeling like a baby that had it's candy taken away from her, I took a mental cold shower. Whew. Now I'd really like to say that no matter how TLE sails off into the sunset, I could not have imagined that I would meet as nice, intelligent, and funny a bunch of people as you all, on my first summer of retirement! And not only that, thanks to the Admins, we get to continue the community after it's over and there is still a Pollyanna silver lining to the dark cloud of the TLE withdrawals to come. Yay! Sniff!

9/20/2006 05:11:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

i wonder if the vid will come with cast/credits. or if that will be separate.

9/20/2006 05:12:00 PM  
Blogger Ange said...

I am not going to cry about DJ Dan being the end. It has been fun, and also not fun, frustrating, and exciting at times, but really I am just ready to be done. I just wish I didn't have to be done at a ridiculous hour on a work night...okay a little cry...I am done now.

9/20/2006 05:12:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

Hey, anybody willing to put together a "Best of TLEC" comments? There have been some doozies on here. FYSB has really been on a roll the last few weeks. :-)

MTP: I'm with you. They aren't asking for e-mails nor are they sayign they'll deliver more information later so we can call in. Nor is it advertised as live.

9/20/2006 05:15:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

R.I.P.
The Lost Experience
May 2, 2006-September 24, 2006

We will never forget the joy (and frustration) you brought into our hearts.

9/20/2006 05:16:00 PM  
Blogger Passafist said...

The full press release states this information....
The multiplatform interactive phenomenon "The Lost Experience" will come to a climactic close on SEPTEMBER 24 (8:00 p.m., PT, 5:00 p.m., ET), with a live worldwide radio internet broadcast hosted by the renegade DJ Dan. The broadcast will also feature a special in-studio guest and announce a link for the final video clue revealing the truth behind the actions of the Hanso Foundation. DJ Dan's previous broadcast gave clues leading to the Sri Lanka video, which unveiled the meaning behind the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42. To listen to the broadcast, go to www.abc.com.

http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=092006_01#
........

So the podcast will be up on ABC.com not radio harvest. It looks like the podcast itself will broadcast twice once at 5 for the east coast and then again at 8 for the west.

AS for live call in's we can't know!!

9/20/2006 05:18:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

Actually, passafist, I think they calculated the ET time wrong. They put three hours earlier when it should be three hours later.

LOL! They screwed up again!

Also, I really think this show will be taped like his first ones. In other words, it would have been done by Friday morning, but we now have to wait until Sunday night, even though it will already have been recorded

9/20/2006 05:20:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

well, they will have a "special guest." this can be rachel, malek, peter thompson, mittelwerk, or alvar himself.
im not ruling out hugh mcintyre either.

9/20/2006 05:21:00 PM  
Blogger Passafist said...

It's either that or they messed up big time in the press release. Because only in Bizarro world can it be 8pm on the West Coast and 5pm on the East!!!

9/20/2006 05:22:00 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

I feel like I want to cry....
It's so sad that this is all ending so soon. Now I need to find something else to do to occupy my time during work...I am looking forward to TLC, but nothing will be as involved as this game was. Man it's been a long summer...

9/20/2006 05:24:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

Exactly but after RB's blunder with the DJ Dan time on WIA.com - either is likely! I'm voting on they calculated the time wrong.

9/20/2006 05:24:00 PM  
Blogger Passafist said...

The lost mobisodes come out during the hiatus between the fist half of season one and the second. Those shoulkd be fun!!

9/20/2006 05:25:00 PM  
Blogger MissMegs said...

I'm with you Ryandrumz. I'll miss this, frustrating as it may have been. At least I'll still have hundreds of chocolate bars to mail if I get nostalgic.

9/20/2006 05:26:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

passafist: I saw your theory on TLC. Love it! Although I would think that rumors of that character's demise would have been more prevelant. The character doesn't seem to be leaving the show permanently so maybe it's something awful but not permanent?

9/20/2006 05:28:00 PM  
Blogger Capcom said...

Dr. Spongey is going to be upset, that's for sure.

9/20/2006 05:32:00 PM  
Blogger thinbluemime said...

I feel satisfied with the Lost Experience. I learned how to decompile flash videos, I learned how to convert flash videos into avi format and I learned how to upload to youtube (note: dont use opera, use exployer) :)

Really though, it has been fun, and TLEC group is one of the nicest, AND intelligent I have met online.
I do not say this casually either. I have had a computer since 1979 and been online since 1998. Met lots of ppl, but am thankful for the humor, good nature, diverse beliefs, and the "work together spirit" of this group.

I hope we all can keep The Lost Community alive with season 3 starting in 2 weeks.

OK, nuff of the mushy stuff...somebody pass me the Chili Dip and another Beer :)

9/20/2006 05:34:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Well, if whereisalvar didn't turn out like they planned and they're ending it because of that, it sucks that they're punishing us by throwing together a crap ending and washing their hands of the whole experience. They don't give any credit to the players who were sending candy bars all over the world to make it work. And they clearly didn't count the tens of thousands of hits the sponsor sites gained.

I really like this group and this forum, but ABC should have stuck to its commitment. We held up our end of the bargain.

9/20/2006 05:35:00 PM  
Blogger TheeGoblin said...

aaah and im gunna miss it cose of the time difference :(

9/20/2006 05:37:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

If you can't make the broadcast, the good news is that the download (maybe for the broadcast but definitely for the final video that it reveal) will be really slow when all of us access it at the same time. So waiting until it's a reasonable hour and everybody else has already had their turn has its advantages.

9/20/2006 05:43:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

tptb are going to read this thread and see we dont really want the game to end. they must be crazy by now. "jeez! what do these people want already?!"

but in all truthiness, i must say that despite a few planning errors. (ok. a lot of planning errors.) i had an overall good time.

but i feel that if you are going to do something as complicated as an ARG, you don't want to half-ass it. you want to go all the way. at points, it felt that tptb were just rushing this thing out.

wv: attacky

9/20/2006 05:44:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Rachel confessing all on DJ Dan about her dead mother and her relationship with Alvar and her romance with Malik just has such a Jerry Springer sordidness to it.

9/20/2006 05:45:00 PM  
Blogger TheeGoblin said...

is there going to be one last podcast to say goodbye

9/20/2006 05:47:00 PM  
Blogger TheeGoblin said...

hehe i already put it on mi fav list :D

9/20/2006 05:54:00 PM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

rfr4ever said... PS Where was it established that there were two broadcast times?

This is what the beginning of the press release actually says. Click on the picture on the front page to go to the news release.

The multiplatform interactive phenomenon "The Lost Experience" will come to a climactic close on SEPTEMBER 24 (8:00 p.m., PT, 5:00 p.m., ET), with a live worldwide radio internet broadcast hosted by the renegade DJ Dan. The broadcast will also feature a special in-studio guest and announce a link for the final video clue revealing the truth behind the actions of the Hanso Foundation. (Someone also posted this above.)

The current DJ Dan page announcing the Sept 24th broadcast does not ask for e-mails, telephone calls, and does not mention radio harvest. It looks like this will be just another pre-recorded podcast that they happen to be giving us the time when they'll post it online.

No where else besides the new release 8:00 p.m., PT, 5:00 p.m., ET is there any indication of a second (and earlier broadcast. IMHO TPTB calculated the time difference wrong. It should be 11:00 pm ET.

Also I agree with the acts the way you laid them out Idaho Girl. Admin has confirmed that there will be a final TLEC podcast.

Hope that sums it up. Night all!

9/20/2006 05:56:00 PM  
Blogger Ange said...

WTK is back on AIM and his new away message says: William can't come to the computer right now; you could say that he's tied up at the moment.

9/20/2006 05:56:00 PM  
Blogger Capcom said...

Heh-heh, just had a thought. When some TV shows were cancelled in the 1990s, the fans mailed in certain objects representative of the show, to the network, in protest to bring the shows back. Sometimes it worked. I suggest that we (at least those of us who didn't get Apollo bars) send irons to ABC, with a note that reads as follows:

"Dear ABC, Please accept this little iron in lieu of my not being able to participate in the Apollo give-away, therefore skewing your advertising experiment which was actually ruined by bad venue/handout planning, Apollo bars being wasted on non-Lost/TLE fans and thrown away, and the general disarray of the handout project in general. Because of this I was unable to put my picture on the WIA website and be counted as a TLE fan."

Little plastic irons can be found in the toy section of stores. :-)

9/20/2006 06:00:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

William T. Kilpstrick. whatever happened to him anyway?

9/20/2006 06:00:00 PM  
Blogger sean said...

anyway. i have to go.


but hey. maybe thursday, friday and saturday will be jamed with clues.

dont get your hopes up though.

9/20/2006 06:05:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

I hope that TPTB wouldn't see our "complaints" as a request to end the game. If we weren't interested, we would have just faded away. Seems like the vast majority of our complaints were for MORE game...more clues, more puzzles, more videos, more challenge. We wanted to keep playing. I wish that they would have seen that as an opportunity expand the game. In marketing, there is a term "early adopter". These are the first people to try a product and, if they like it, help a product succeed as the more tentative people learn from the experiences of the early adopters. We were the early adopters for this type of interactive experience. By playing this out to the end ABC would have benefited from our satisfaction. Sadly, they wrote us off. I'm afraid it may be a while before they try this again if they deemed this a failure and left us bummed out at the same time. I think a big chunk of players will think twice before investing the time again if there is no payoff.

9/20/2006 06:06:00 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

WTK has been captured by THF, and he's all tied up...We need to rescue him!!! LOL

9/20/2006 06:09:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Ok, I'm starting to act a little too much like a junkie who's being forced into rehab against her will.

I can empathize much more with Locke after he found that other hatch and was convinced of the futility of the button. I've been hitting f5 faithfully for months now and it's a shock to not have to anymore.

*looks over her shoulder for the hidden camera*

*twitches a little as she eyes the f5 key*

9/20/2006 06:18:00 PM  
Blogger Scoutpost said...

Who was Liddy Wales? and I want to know where missing organs and parthenogenesis fit into the picture.

ABC should make "I Survived the Lost Experience" t-shirts available in the ABC store. I feel I need some sort of compensation. LOL

9/20/2006 06:21:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Liddy was one of the board of directors of the hanso foundation. We never got a picture of her or a bio. It was on the original THF site.

9/20/2006 06:25:00 PM  
Blogger Scoutpost said...

Sorry FYSB- yes I know that...I just wanted to know who she really was and why her pic wasn't there. Figured there was significance to that.

9/20/2006 06:27:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

I think "parthenogenosis" is a metaphor for Rachel's unhappy childhood growing up without a father.

Isn't that sweet?

9/20/2006 06:30:00 PM  
Blogger Ange said...

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9/20/2006 06:31:00 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

We hear ya Belly, and it does suck...You, Thrasher, and of course David have done an excellent job with this blog and we bow to you..."we're not worthy, we're not worthy!!!"
You guys made TLEC the place to be for this ARG. Hey, maybe you'll get a call from ABC when they do this again...

9/20/2006 06:32:00 PM  
Blogger Fenris said...

posted this in the previous thread by mistake (I'm doing 6 different things at once, my brain is struggling, lol)

Had a chat with "WTKFleet" on AIM.

[23:48] fenris: You gonna top him?
[23:48] *** Auto-response from wtkFleet35: William can’t come to the computer right now; you could say he is tied up at the moment.
[23:49] fenris: by top I mean kill, obviously.
[23:49] fenris: Unless Rachel is up to some kinda kinky action with William there. Hehe.
[23:51] wtkFleet35: Hello
[23:52] wtkFleet35: Who are you? Are you one of William’s friends?
[23:52] fenris: Kind of.
[23:53] fenris: I'm a friend of a friend
[23:53] fenris: What is going on? Is that William?
[23:53] wtkFleet35: Who I am is not important.
[23:54] wtkFleet35: Are you one of Rachel’s friends?
[23:54] fenris: Yes, I am.
[23:54] wtkFleet35: Let me give you some advice my new friend.
[23:54] wtkFleet35: You need to shut down your computer
[23:54] wtkFleet35: Forget about William
[23:54] wtkFleet35: Forget about Rachel
[23:54] wtkFleet35: And most of all
[23:54] wtkFleet35: Forget about Hanso Foundation
[23:55] fenris: Woah. Is that a threat?
[23:55] wtkFleet35: I would also advise you never to mention this conversation to anyone.
[23:55] wtkFleet35: Now run along.
[23:55] *** "wtkFleet35" signed off at Wed Sep 20 23:55:29 2006.

9/20/2006 06:34:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Here here, ryandrumz! Our admins rock and made this board a really fun place to be. You guys kept us enthusiastic and encouraged us to think positive when we got a little gripey. (and belly, we did notice when you said good morning to us. it was a really nice thing to see that every day!)

I suspect that's where a lot of this anger and disappointment is coming from. If I had just played this game by myself, it would be no big deal if it was over. I've had such a good time logging in here every day and following the discussions and having the opportunity to express myself and to be challenged and laughing at all of the jokes.

Thanks to everyone, admin and poster alike!

9/20/2006 06:41:00 PM  
Blogger Fenris said...

Shmoo. Yeah. I think it must have been an in joke because they *knew* the first thing I'd do was post it here. ROFLMAO.

9/20/2006 06:42:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Fenris, I hope you'll understand if we all keep a safe distance from you. You're clearly done for. And it's sooooo hard to get spattered blood out of my dry clean onlies.

9/20/2006 06:45:00 PM  
Blogger The Penuels said...

william,
confused. I thought you had to go 8 minutes ago?

9/20/2006 06:54:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

Wow! Just got home and I'm stunned. So this is it guys...left dangling over a cliff by TPTB! I never expected complete answers to all of our questions (Lost producers NEVER tell you everything), but this just seems so abrupt. It's like the powers over TPTB said: "Enough! You've gone over budget....35,000 participants are not enough to warrant anymore of this thing. Close it up NOW!"

I'm with Admin: The Lost producers are probably just as pissed off as we are. It's not their style to end this so abruptly. I truly hope they are not ultimately responsible from this stupid ending.

With that said, I don't for one second regret getting involved in this experience. I've said it many times over the summer that this is the first time I've ever done anything like this, I've learned sooooo much about my computor and how to do geeky stuff, and, most importantly, I've "met" the best group of people that understand this obsession. What a great community! Sure there have been moments of great disappointment...but we've all stuck together and got through it. We've wished each other happy birthdays, anniversaries, great vacations. We've worried when someone was sick or wasn't posting for a while. The Lost Experience was a fantastic experience. We might be slightly disappointed right now to the news today, but all in all, I haven't used my old noggin like this for a long time and enjoyed every moment with this community.

A really big thank you goes out to the Administrators of this blog. Thanks to David for sticking with it when things looked bleaked. Thanks to Thrasher and Belly for stepping up to the plate to help David out. You all were on top at the fast-moving times, and kept us going during the lulls (a little too many for a lot of us). Thank you again!

Looking forward to the final podcast, David.

9/20/2006 06:59:00 PM  
Blogger Ange said...

There were a few of us that chatted with WTK...although he said the exact same thing no matter what was typed in response.

Also I HEART BELLYOFDESIRE, and it isn't a day until you say good morning....just saying.

9/20/2006 07:05:00 PM  
Blogger Capcom said...

I wonder if we will ever find, somewhere, a listing of all the people involved in the various stages, websites, programming, event planning, etc. for the TLE? Maybe someone can find buried deep inside the ABC online-sub-sub-sub-files, some kind of flowchart that might list all the planners and their respective responsibilities and such. Or if we ever meet up with an ex-intern........just take them out for a few beers and get the scoop. :-)

The information would be interesting, if only to see who got assigned to what, and if indeed, the Lost-PTBs had very much power over the small details, and how much control the financial ABC-PTBs actually had.

9/20/2006 07:13:00 PM  
Blogger Passafist said...

admin,

can you e-mail me the specifics of the podcast when you know them. I'd like to make you one last Podcast intro!!! WORD UP!

9/20/2006 07:20:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

Hye, egyptoricanqt! Great to see you finally here, even though there's only a few days left! Saw your pic on WIA, too! You better keep posting in the Lost Community blog! LOL Once you get started you can't stop!

WV: Loadk!

9/20/2006 07:30:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

I will catch up on all of these great comments tomorrow. But I wanted to say that I am going to attempt to get on with DJ Dan and I am going to stay up to listen to the grande finale. I am with you all to the end, my Losties, my Friends!!

9/20/2006 07:38:00 PM  
Blogger Ange said...

I'm with Thrasher...I was here at the start I will be here at the end...even if it means being tired at work on Monday. I feel a little like camp is over!

9/20/2006 07:43:00 PM  
Blogger Kenzie said...

I think that it's kind of sad. I've been coming to this site every day for a while now to see what was going on. I feel like a part of my life will be missing now.

*sigh* :(

9/20/2006 08:02:00 PM  
Blogger thinbluemime said...

fenris forgot what hanso did to the Black Dahlia (wink)

BTW, did you see the movie fenris? Did you like it?

9/20/2006 08:27:00 PM  
Blogger thinbluemime said...

I still want to know what olivia newton john and jim croce had in common.......or was this another "what did one snowman say to another snowman joke"? that gets answered in season 12?

9/20/2006 08:31:00 PM  
Blogger Capcom said...

I would really like to know what the purpose of the Golden Oracle bars was.

Do we know?

9/20/2006 08:39:00 PM  
Blogger Cecy Ayumi said...

Guys,
Stop posting those cheesy goodbyes. I'm gonna cry! It's like we (lurks) have been watching a whole drama with maven, ryandrumz, fysb and everyone... *sob*
So please, let's not end the game like this. Actually, i need to apologize 'cause i was so stupid in my last post! Even if TLE was disappointing sometimes. We had fun! And also, let's not expect anything from DJ Dan's podcast. It could be great. It could suck. We never know.
I just don't want this final weekend to be bitter.

(Oh, yeah. Can you understand what I'm writing? Am I making sense? Thanks for all the patience.)

9/20/2006 09:04:00 PM  
Blogger Totengraber said...

Hey all,

I'm pretty tore down that fling is over. But I'm happy to have run across this here blog, the folks here are the best. It was mighty fine to meet y'all losties at the Dallas Apollo Shindig. I'll be lurkin' over at TLC and hope this bunch will stay together for season 3.

Perhaps TPTB will start up some "experiance" for next summer. I'm already makin' arrangments fer Comic-Con. There's always somthin' Lost there.

Dig Y'all Later

9/20/2006 09:07:00 PM  
Blogger thinbluemime said...

OT - kinda

time for the land of nod for me, but hoping fenris catches this.

The Black Dahlia has had me interested for some time now due to the extended link to James Ellroy's birthdate, and that date's connection to the Lost Numbers (by my reckoning).
http://users.newblog.com/thinbluemime/?post_id=1035

On September 16, 2006 - Coast to Coast Live did a show on the Black Dahlia with author Steve Hodel, who claims his father was the murderer of The Black Dahlia. Here is the link to CTC and links to Hodel's site and book.
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page1640.html

If you can get your hands on this interview with Hodel, it is fascinating. A man with an IQ higher than Einsteins, who was an evil genius........AND a Father and Son Tragedy....


Niters all!!!!!!!!!!!!

9/20/2006 09:09:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

ok am i right the DJ dan podcast is this sunday???? And HOW D U LISTEN TO IT!!!! and any1 kno wat time itll b on in the east coast of the usa??? THX

9/20/2006 09:19:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

PLZZZZZZZZZ TELL ME I MISSED DA LAST LIVE 1 and i really wanna hear dis 1

9/20/2006 09:25:00 PM  
Blogger Totengraber said...

Thinbluemime said:
If you can get your hands on this interview with Hodel....

Hodel was on Coast 2 Coast AM for 2 hours last Saturday. Yeh, The Black Dahlia, pretty creeepy stuff! I can dig it.

9/20/2006 09:27:00 PM  
Blogger Skick said...

Hey,
Sorry everyone I have been on vacation for a couple of weeks so I am doing a massive catch-up right now. I am sorry if any of this has already been brought up but, wasn't there talk of a new blog or chat group continuing on after this? Also, I have asked this before but wanted to throw it out again, is there any one here living in Seattle? I would love to meet up and chat about LOST and the Lost Experience, e-mail me or post if you are down. And lastly, OMG was that ever the wrong time to go on vacation, I am still reeling from it all. OMG.
Skick

9/20/2006 09:27:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

I kind of feel that camp is over for the summer, and we're all at the buses saying our goodbyes! We all promise to keep in touch!

Well, we definitely can because The Lost Community Blog is up and running and will be there to dissect each LOST episode. Maybe we can figure out how this ARG fits into what's going on in S3.

9/20/2006 09:45:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

OK i found out how 2 watch it but DOES ANY! KNO WAT TIME IT IS ON ON THE EAST COAST OF THE USA!!!!

9/20/2006 09:45:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

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9/20/2006 09:49:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

I've been thinking about those comments saying that the game is over because of the complaints and I'd like to respond.

Remember early in the game, when we had the really cool Persephone hacks? I thought the heavy water one was especially awesome. And when we had to go to the CIA factbook. We were all very excited and enthusiastic and posted very positive "feedback" to TPTB.

TPTB set a pretty high bar there in the beginning with Persephone. And I honestly liked the Rachel story. It was fun following her and supporting her.

We only started to complain when TPTB didn't keep up that initial standard. So yes, we did point out flaws and inconsistencies, but we also gave a big woohoo when they pulled off something cool.

I will not feel guilty for responding when I felt like things were going awry and neither should anyone else. A company should view a complaint as an opportunity to open a dialogue to work toward a satisfactory outcome. Sometimes TPTB did listen to us...remember when Rachel responded to our "what the heck is going on with this newspaper article?" They realized they made a mistake and found an in-game way to respond.

For whatever reason TPTB is powering down this weekend. I truly do not believe it is because of any negative comments made here or elsewhere. There were 37,000 people on HE. Maybe 50 are regular posters here. Our comments may have been reviewed by TPTB, but we are way too small of a sample size to shut this down. This was deemed an interactive experience, so we shouldn't feel bad for interacting.

C'mon, give me a big ol group hug.

9/20/2006 09:52:00 PM  
Blogger Totengraber said...

Hey Cam794,

DJDAN Is at 8pm PDT 9-24, that's 11pm EDT.

9/20/2006 09:52:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

kk THX ALOT totengraber man idk im gonna b able to stay up fo all of it + i got skool the nxt day DAM IT! well theres all ways iTunes. but still i would like to b there wen its live. :*(

9/20/2006 09:55:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

tot....i said group hug and i meant it. now say it back.
;>)

9/20/2006 10:00:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Also not having to do wit TLE but with the show,i read somthin bout on da season 3 poster the actors and actesses eyes r differnt colors than on the show. like Josh Holloway's (Saywer) eyes r blue on da show and........ wel idk on da poster but i tink Mathew Fox's (Jack) eyes r brown and on da poster there like blue and orange or somthin like dat. Any1 find this weird?????

9/20/2006 10:01:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

Great sentiments, FYSB! Whenever something went "wrong" in the game and we let TPTB know it, we were very interactive. We tried desparately to make sense of the error, analyzed it, dissected it, and demanded explanations. Come one, didn't we have a great time? Didn't we keep coming back for more? (Although we did seem to lose some regulars along the way.) Didn't we all turn on our computor first thing in the morning to check in and see what was new? I may be slightly disappointed as this game winds down, but we all knew it would end sooner or later. It's just a little sooner than we thought.

Realistically, when TPTB and THEIR Powers That Be critique this they'll probably conclude that the numbers (not THOSE numbers) don't add up. Over 35,000 might have registered at HE, but the actual everyday playership is much smaller than that. It always comes down to the bottom line doesn't it?

9/20/2006 10:05:00 PM  
Blogger Totengraber said...

Gimee a big ole hug y'all!

(hugs everyone)

9/20/2006 10:06:00 PM  
Blogger Cam794 said...

Well off to bed fo me c u all lata

Cam :-)

9/20/2006 10:06:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

HUG HUG HUG!

9/20/2006 10:07:00 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

thank you tot. much better.

and thanks maven,

and cam, here is a terrific place to go for time changes.

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

9/20/2006 10:11:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

Those pesky voices: Welcome back! WOW...2 months away! Yes, TLEC really did a great job of posting all the clues as they came in! Anyone could get up-to-date quickly or refresh their memories and double check something.

You might not know that there's a new blog set up to discuss Season 3: The Lost Community. Check it out. We don't have to say goodbye!

9/20/2006 10:35:00 PM  
Blogger maven said...

Wow, Antecedent! Go great to hear from you! Glad all is well! Real life does have a way of taking precedence over some things, right? LOL
Looking forward to you checking in at TLC once S3 starts. We really, really missed you and your great insights!

9/20/2006 10:37:00 PM  
Blogger Kimber said...

Hey, I have enjoyed this website and all the posters,chatters and of course the admins'. Belly, David and Trasher you have made this site easy to work with and that made it fun. Doesn't mean I am not going to wake for this phase. So you all come 9/23/06 in Dallas, Tx.

9/20/2006 10:46:00 PM  
Blogger NobleLawyer said...

I'm with admin's general sentiments (with a little bit of bellyof desire thrown in).

Overall I choose to remember the good parts of this game. It did fizzle out at the end, but I don't blame the creative minds behind LOST for that.

Since it has fizzled out, I am frankly glad TLE is ending. I also hope that they do not beat this dead horse when Season 3 begins.

I do hope this community continues so we can discuss the show, because ya'll have been the best part of all this.

I wouldn't mind TPTB trying to resurect this ARG during the breaks in the show though.

As far as the DJ Dan podcasts - it doesn't appear that there will be call-ins since last time there was more advance notice.
I think it will be the ROT guys, Malik and Rachel calling in.

Now if Alvar or mittlewerk called in.......that would be interesting!

9/20/2006 11:45:00 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

Lot to read, but all I have to say is...
WHATS UP ANTECEDENT!!! I remember you from way back in the game...
Laters

9/21/2006 12:05:00 AM  
Blogger JoAnn said...

Oh my gosh.... I drove 2 hours, then took a 45 minute BART ride to San Francisco, just to get to the Apollo/Acura event and find out only the 1st 150 people got into the VIP section!! We were too late! So my brave daughter started going up to strangers and asking if they would give her their Apollo Bar. Guess what!! It worked! So now that everything is over, I have my Apollo bar and big whoop tee doo. We did take some "tourist" shots that I will try to upload.

We didn't find any other TLEC people but there was one guy from the one of the other blogs. All in all... we made the best of a bad situation and had fun.

Was anyone else there?

9/21/2006 01:07:00 AM  
Blogger Scoutpost said...

Checking back in before bed and realized I missed all the group hugs! *tear* I love you guys! *late group hug to everyone*

9/21/2006 01:11:00 AM  
Blogger JoAnn said...

Nite nite all... I posted a few pictures of our SF Apollo Adventure on my blogspot.

http://jr615.blogspot.com/

9/21/2006 02:25:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Hi Guys,

I know you'vs all gone to bed but hopefully you'll read this in the (your) norning.

Just wanted to say I agree with you all. The TLE has been great and I am sure it is ABC and not TPTB that have ended but I don't care from the ashes of TLEC the Phoenix of TLC has been born. In the past one things that has put me off online chat is the flammers and trolls but TLEC has been a revelation, no flame no trolls not flame just a great bunch of people.

You know I'm note even upset that I will not be able to hear DJ Dan because I know you guys will be there for me, listening.

Anyway enough sentiment, I will be recording a short MP3 for the podcast.

time to do some work I guess...

9/21/2006 03:30:00 AM  
Blogger InEnglandAndLost said...

I've been away for a while, I came back, saw that everyone who has registered with HE.com has had an email... I bloody well haven't!!!

And gutted that it's over so soon! What time will the final podcast be here? 3am!?

9/21/2006 03:49:00 AM  
Blogger picsel said...

yeh 3am for me too on a huge day as i have a school half day at school then spending the rest with my gf and a bunch of other things, completely on the wrong day, please extend it ffs as idont want to miss a live finale.

Do you think the podcast was changedbecause ABCtold them to finish it with the podcast?

9/21/2006 04:02:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Hi InEnglandandLost...


Nice to see you again

I got the email from Rachel but not at the same time as the guys in the US!

I haven't worked out what time the podcast is over here but it is in the early hours of the morning. Oh well I won't be staying up. I'll read about it at work on the Monday mornign I guess and listen to it on Monday night.

Nevermind - 2 weeks till Season 3 starts...

9/21/2006 04:02:00 AM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

OK, last minute shoutout for casting call on DJLENA...(this DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU THRASHER! we all set!)

Now, whoever has these credentials can maybe still get in as a caller:

1) YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MICROPHONE

2) You have to be willing to record yourself at this time. (I know of easy to use and download software)

3) you have to come up with your own idea for either funny subject.

**just email me at lenaw70@yahoo.com with idea and or recording!**

www.djlena.com

(sorry David, I dont mean to sound like a commercial just trying to get lots of TLEC peeps on! LOL)

9/21/2006 04:06:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Hi DJ Lena

Whens the deadline?

9/21/2006 04:30:00 AM  
Blogger Fenris said...

Hey all.

TBM - I haven't seen it yet, but will do at the first oppertunity of that you can rest assured! Thanks for the other info too.

FYSB - There were strange lime green helicopters outside my flat last night. You think I should be worried?

Capcom - I'm warming the blasters

Belly - Was pretty automated, but was still way cool to be the first to get it (AFAIK). I never got anything from the ROT guys so this was kinda cool.

9/21/2006 04:40:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Hey Fenris,

you've got me thinking we've had a British Army Lynx helicopter buzzing us at work the last couple of days, they keep circling the building.

Could it be Hanso?

Wow this reminds me of hanging out on alt.alien.visitors in the early 90's when people would post about being followed by Men in Black :P

9/21/2006 04:51:00 AM  
Blogger InEnglandAndLost said...

***Spoiler-ish***

I guess most of the guys in the UAS have seen this, but brit peeps... if you want a sneak peak at a scene from S3...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hABzxZSVnL0&NR

9/21/2006 05:15:00 AM  
Blogger InEnglandAndLost said...

USA even - damn my big fingers!!!

9/21/2006 05:15:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

We had a big discussion on thi sa few days back, pretty interesting stuff.

I don't know if it's just me but when ever I paly the clip the audio is way out of sync

9/21/2006 05:26:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Hi 2Sweet2bsour

Nice to hear from you, whilst I would like to be optimisitc, I think that the 24th will be the end as it was an official ABC statement.

The TLE was a big experiment, fun for us and useful research for the sponsors.

But hey after DJ Dan we get the final video and then it's only a week until Season 3 :)

9/21/2006 06:05:00 AM  
Blogger DJ Lena said...

UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES!

DJ LENA

enjoy...more tomorrow!

PS. dark angel:
needs to be recorded by Thursday 9pm so get to cracking LOL! Its seriously late here, so off to bed! nighty night folks!

9/21/2006 06:15:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Hi Superdifey

Sorry for the confusion, Yes I know Carlton, Damon et al work for ABC but what I meant is that the decision to end this may have come from ABC Executives rather than the creative team behind loss. Carlton & Damon have often bemoaned th epossibilities of ABC either cutting this short or dragging things out.

I think we shouldn't be to quick to attack these guys who have done a great job at trying something completely new when it is quite possible some ABC Exec, or the accounts dept or even one or more of the sponsors that have caused it to end.

Lucybob - good to see you back - long time, no see - hows Barnsley?

9/21/2006 06:42:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Weezknight -

Big Congratulations - being a dad Rocks... I have two boys and the sleepless nights, explosive nappies etc really are all worth it ;)

Dark Angel aka Daddy to Jack and Ben

9/21/2006 06:53:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Well I'm off to lunch....

see you in a bit

9/21/2006 07:09:00 AM  
Blogger Passafist said...

Speaking of Apollo Bars, I just went to Ebay and take a look at this!!!


http://cgi.ebay.com/5-Apollo-Candy-Bars-Lost-Experience-Where-is-Alvar_W0QQitemZ230031279311QQihZ013QQcategoryZ201QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Awww Man! A Hundred Bars of Apollo Chocolate. That's Awesome!!!

9/21/2006 07:11:00 AM  
Blogger Joseph Finchum said...

All I have to say is this...

I have not yet heard the sad sounds of the fat ladies voice and we all know what that means.

9/21/2006 07:42:00 AM  
Blogger FYSB said...

ummm...Fenris...i would stay away from your windows, gather up all your small appliances, start making a video and pray the IT guys shows up to save the day.

best of luck to you.

*thinks a flat will be coming available quite soon*

9/21/2006 07:49:00 AM  
Blogger Your Mother said...

All right, I know I'm a bit late on all of this, but

1) Belly, David and Thrasher - I expect you all might be tired of hearing this, but thank you so much for creating and maintaining the blog. It really opened up a totally new facet of the game. Coming on here everyday and interacting with everyone is what made the game for me. Thank you so much.

2) FYSB - Group hug!! Who wants to plan the first Dallas Lost watching party?

3) I have to agree that the game appears to be coming to an abrupt end ... and I personally would've liked for it to end with something that wasn't just Audio, but as long as it answers our questions, I think I'll be ok.

and 4) Thanks to everyone on this blog that made coming here so much fun and a part of my daily routine. I look forward to seeing ya'll on TLC!

9/21/2006 08:02:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Grrrr....

Genuine fans don't get bars whilst sharks sell them on Ebay at $10 each! He's already sold one for $16. sounds like a prime candidate to be one of the 30% - anyone got TVM's number - Fenris?

9/21/2006 08:06:00 AM  
Blogger JB said...

Okay, I have been reading through all the posts on here and I have to add my two cents. I have posted to this board a few times but am mostly just a (daily) lurker. I have to say that I loved this ARG. I remember how excited I was when I first heard about it and the first time the commercial for the Hanso foundation came up, I was up for hours trying to get into the phone number. I admit there were parts where I got frustrated with the game or felt that it was dragging but I still managed to make TLEC the first place I stopped every morning (even before coffee or email!).

I have loved reading the comments in here, watching people figure out clues together, theorizing on the meanings of the game and the show. I feel like I know each one of you and would get a little thrill when I would see your pictures on WIA because I could finally match a face to the name. This game and all of you here have helped me through a very hard summer. My husband left two weeks ago for a year of duty in Iraq. I don't know how many other military families are out there but the months leading up to a deployment are very hard, filled with sadness and anxiety. But I was able to spend a little time (okay a LOT of time) playing this game and laughing at the jokes in here and the Apollo bar give away gave my husband and I one last thing to do together before he had to leave. It is something that we still mention every time we talk because we had so much fun that day.

Thank you all for being so kind and wonderful and posting all the answers to the puzzles so that I didn't have to spend my ENTIRE day on the computer, just 10 hours or so :) I am looking forward to the Lost Community web site and hope to take a more active part in posting there.

Jen

9/21/2006 08:09:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

TVM - Thomas Verner Mittleverk - pony tail wearing evil meglomaniac, de facto head of Hanso and all round bad guy (probably)

9/21/2006 08:10:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

I'm sure it'll be available as a podcast / MP3 like the last one was.

9/21/2006 08:15:00 AM  
Blogger CattyGirl said...

I had a great time with the Experience this summer. It wasn't perfect, but at least we didn't have a Lost dry spell for months.

I just wonder... Is this because we didn't buy the Jeep compass? One thing is for sure - everytime I see a Jeep advertisement in my magazines, I'm looking for clues. ha.

9/21/2006 08:20:00 AM  
Blogger CattyGirl said...

I just looked at that ebay auction... burninator787 wants $50 for 5 bars. That is crazy. I hope there are no bids. Anyway... back to hugging.

9/21/2006 08:26:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Cattygirl -

You're just looking for clues in Jeep Ads! I keep having to stop myself looking for clues at work. A while back I saw someone with a bag on the London Underground that had a few of the numbers written on it, I was really curious until I realised that the chances are she wasn't a clue!

9/21/2006 08:38:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Oh Don't mention seperation anxiety - my 11 month old son has a major case of seperation enxiety at the moment - it drives my wife mad!

9/21/2006 08:49:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Hi Jgz350 - all quite at the moment, although it would be nice to get a teaser before the 24th!

9/21/2006 09:07:00 AM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

I do not want to say goodbye to any of you. Since we have TLC I feel like many of you, and you know who you are will be there contributing to wonderful dialogue around Lost and the continuing mythos. So I feel no need to say goodbye. But I will say thank you, thank you to all of you who have been here, no matter when you started or how much you commented. This game and experience would be nothing with out all of you. So, thank you! I look forward to TLC and also the show. I hope that someday some of us from all over th eplanet can meet up and hang out. I know I really want to go and hang out with Lena, Fenris, Pzy, Ange, Pharma, Maven, David, Belly, Ora, FYSB, Ded and LHorse just to name a few. This is like accepting an Emmy, there are so many people to thank and you will certainly forget someone but those of you that I chat with almost everyday know who you are.

Off to work!

9/21/2006 09:09:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

i'm not sufering separation anxiety for tle. fact is, i check stories of the lost and the lost community before i check in here every morning. what frustrates me is that tptb have squandered the potential this game had. act 1 and to a lesser degree act 2 were incredible. check into any of the major forums and you'll see that some really amazing people were cracking open this fascinating story tptb was telling. but it kept slowing down, getting less information out to us until it gets to the point that all we'll get is a dj dan podcast covering a few high points of the story and ignoring about 95% of the unanswered questions. why? did they just get bored? did the arg cost too much? did jeep sever the contract? we haven't heard from sprite in ages! their new sublymonal ad campaign was awful and the only people following it were from this game. you know what abc, if you produce a bad product (by farming it out to interns), expect to get criticized. but if you decide to just give up, it's worse still.

/end rant

9/21/2006 09:09:00 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Just popping in, haven't read a lot of the thread so far. But let me just say, in defense of The X-Files...

We're getting "Twin Peak"ed. This feels (as David said) like the plug got pulled by the money side and not the creative side.

9/21/2006 09:16:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Hi Oxillini,

It would be shame if the TLE experiment failed because ABC gave up on it, rather than the participants.

Theres probably some poor intern fresh out of school whose been given TLE as a side project between making the coffee and doing the filing and their now cowering under the weight of the bad vibes from all the forums...

Seriously though it would be interesting to hear a serious (ie not Damon and Carltons normal podcast) review of TLE from ABCs point of view. What they got from it, what their expectations were, how it changed etc

9/21/2006 09:18:00 AM  
Blogger ib4uc said...

Well, it's ending on the 24th. See you all in another life, brothas... TLC that is.

9/21/2006 09:27:00 AM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

GOOD MORNING TLEC!!!
I heard some great news!!! McDonalds is thinking about serving breakfast all-day!!! MMMMMMM McGriddles, here I come.
Well, Thrasher is right. TLC will be here and it's way too early to say goodbye. Well, lets see what we have in store today...

9/21/2006 09:30:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

dark angel: that's why i don't understand the appearnce of them just giving up. a week ago, someone popped in on the comments to ask about using materials from here as a teaching aid. i think the arg is brilliant from a marketing standpoint. i'm serious about that sprite campaign being terrible. they ran an ad before a movie i was watching, talladega nights maybe. my wife leaned over and said "what the heck was that, that ad is going to give someone a seizure." but i sat there rapt, looking for a friggin clue. do we have any tv advertising folk in the community? what do you think this whole arg cost to put together. the burden was shared by monster.com, sprite, jeep, verizon, hyperion (who made money on the books), entertainment weekly, people. these are not mom and pop operations, they have ad dollars. how many more players would we have needed to do this the way it should have been done?

9/21/2006 09:30:00 AM  
Blogger Ange said...

A few final thoughts on the Unanswered Questions Thread:

Here

9/21/2006 09:34:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Ryandrumz - all day breakfast is good? Mcdonalds makes TVM, GWB amd OBL all looklike a good guys, I don't know how anyone can eat that crap let alone support McD!

Oxillini - that's it, WHY? It would be nice to get some answers once it's all over. Maybe a few questions in the VIP section of the Fuselage might get a response.

9/21/2006 09:40:00 AM  
Blogger JoAnn said...

Good Morning.. back to the real world this morning. Had a little fun in San Francisco and go an Apollo bar! Got my photo submitted but it is not up yet. I did manage to get so uploaded to my blog thing here. Best of all... spending time with my daughter and being silly taking pictures around SF with my Apollo bar!

9/21/2006 09:48:00 AM  
Blogger stacey said...

Cheers and hugs, all...got a foreshadowing the what "the end of the experience" will be like when I had to drop out this past week or so because of The Real World (tm), and didn't realize how much I would miss everyone. No matter how the game itself went, meeting everyone here, on ITE, and in Ninja's crew was the best part.

My non-LOST [would that be found?] friends still don't understand why I would stay up until 5a chatting with everyone online, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat...

-- stacey/tiredcynic

9/21/2006 09:48:00 AM  
Blogger DharmaChick said...

Good Morning, All!

Happy 106th Birthday, Joop

9/21/2006 09:50:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Stacey,

I know what you mean it is very hard to explain TLEC to non-TLECers. To be honest most of my colleagues think I am hard at work when I am sitting here chatting on TLEC :)

9/21/2006 10:13:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Good morning everyone! I'm so glad to see all the positive words about what a great time we really did have this summer meeting everyone and experiencing this game together. Sure, we're all a little disappointed in the abrupt ending...but we all knew it was going to end sometime. Apparently we will now get some vital information from the podcast and last video that, hopefully, will explain all and satisfy us. Exposition is not the same fun as uncovering clues and solving puzzles and theorizing, and I'm sure we'll still have a zillion unanswered questions.

I for one am ready to move on to Season 3! We'll all still be together over at The Lost Community!

9/21/2006 10:30:00 AM  
Blogger FYSB said...

mmmmm....Sonic....i'd take out an entire Sri Lankan village for a foot long chili cheese dog.

9/21/2006 10:30:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

The best burger I had was in the French Quater of New Orleans 1lb of prime steak mince topped with chilli - real American food not like the flacid fat filled garbage they shovel out at the likes of Burger King of McDonald's.

9/21/2006 10:41:00 AM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

SONIC!!! We don't have those around where I live in Southern CA...I've always wanted to go. The commercials looks like they have some great stuff...MMMMMM Tater-tots

9/21/2006 10:44:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

So, um what are Tater-Tots?

9/21/2006 10:49:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

The food in New Orleans rocked, unrotunately my wife had Morning Sickness when we were in New Orleansd so she didn't eact much, but boy did I make up for it.

I liked the food in Houston too, mmmmn

9/21/2006 10:52:00 AM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Tots = Delicious Fried Starch

or if you prefer wiki's definition:
Tater Tots, also known as "Tots", is a registered trademark for a commercial form of hash browns, a side-dish made from deep-fried, grated potatoes. Tater tots are widely recognized for their crispiness, cylindrical shape and small size, similar to a miniature C Battery.

Tater Tots are commonly found in the U.S. in cafeterias and school lunch-counters, as well as the supermarket frozen food aisle and some fast food restaurants. In Australia, they are known as 'potato gems' or 'potato pom-poms' (also used in the UK and New Zealand). McCain Foods Limited calls their line of tater tots Tasti Taters. In some restaurants, they go by the moniker "Mexi-Nuggets".

Tater is a word considered humorous, possibly somewhat childish; Tots may have been derived from their diminutive size, or because they are often served to

9/21/2006 10:52:00 AM  
Blogger maven said...

Wow, fysb, that was very educational! I have very fond memories of Tater Tots...being formerly a tot myself. LOL

9/21/2006 10:58:00 AM  
Blogger Dennis said...

RyaNDrumZ said...

SONIC!!! We don't have those around where I live in Southern CA...I've always wanted to go. The commercials looks like they have some great stuff...MMMMMM Tater-tots

Yes, but you have In-And-Out... so it all balances out :)

9/21/2006 11:01:00 AM  
Blogger k.barrick said...

Tater Tots are also popular at Taco John's pseudo-mexican fast food places... potato ole's they're called there.

I miss them.

And I'm currently dying in my graphic design class.

Dying I'm tellin' ya.

9/21/2006 11:04:00 AM  
Blogger Chris Procter said...

Thanks FYSB

Aah, now I know, we call them Croquettes (French I guess).

9/21/2006 11:06:00 AM  
Blogger Scoutpost said...

Dennis said...

Yes, but you have In-And-Out... so it all balances out :)

This is absolutely true...I've had both Sonic and In and Out Burger and In and Out wins in my book! I looove In and Out Burger.

Oh- morning everyone!

And DarkAngel- I used to live in Houston- yes they do have good food there! I miss TexMex!

9/21/2006 11:07:00 AM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

Dennis - Very true. In-and-Out rocks. Iv'e always wanted to go to White Castle as well. After seeing Harold and Kumar, I've always wanted to go...

9/21/2006 11:11:00 AM  
Blogger Scoutpost said...

Thrasher76 said...
I know I really want to go and hang out with...
there are so many people to thank and you will certainly forget someone...

Yes, ME, you forgot me. LOL j/k

I'm really glad this group is continuing on TLC. And I'm glad I'm not the only one with a spouse/sign. other who thinks that I'm a little looney when I talk about T-LEC. My husband even saved a USA Today article for me about the current trend of "friending" online. jeez
I think Totengraber (did I spell that right?) is making plans already for ComicCon next year...I'm really thinking I'm going to start making plans too- anyone else? Start saving $$$ now!

Ok blogger is giving me fits this morning so hopefully this doesn't get posted 3 times!

9/21/2006 11:17:00 AM  
Blogger Scoutpost said...

Well I know I can be annoying but I didn't mean to drive everyone away!

9/21/2006 11:27:00 AM  
Blogger Capcom said...

Dark Angel....."flacid fat filled"...that's good!

Bookpolice....you are absolutely correct, Twin Peaks did the fizzle-shizzle long before the X-Files did! That was very disappointing too, I liked TP alot, until it got too sicko. Don't get me wrong, in spite of all my frustrations with The Files' last two seasons, it's still one of my fave shows and mythologies.

If DJ Dan and the upcomming vid don't answer all our questions, I wonder if TPTB would consider answering our Qs about the things left unexplained at a later time? Maybe they would be open to accepting questions, and then posting the answers somewhere on ABS's, or Speaker's site. I know it's just a game/story, but it started out as such a creative mystery, like a book that you couldn't stop reading. I would like to know how the TPTB had initially determined to unfold the answers to all the mysterious clues that they left undone, if they did intend too.

9/21/2006 11:34:00 AM  
Blogger ib4uc said...

RyaNDrumZ said...
Dennis - Very true. In-and-Out rocks. Iv'e always wanted to go to White Castle as well. After seeing Harold and Kumar, I've always wanted to go...


White Castles are pretty good but they can really mess with your system. That's why we call them 'belly bombers'!

9/21/2006 11:41:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

white castle is friggin awesome! they do stretch across the mighty mississippi too! we have on both sides of the river around st. louis. the reason they don't stretch further is they are not franchised, all corporate owned.

9/21/2006 11:43:00 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

ular98 - There won't be any software conflicts caused by Firefox. It's a perfectly valid alternative browser (in fact, it's my browser of choice) like Netscape used to be. I'm pretty sure it was built off the bones of Netscape Communicator anyway.

Go for it!

9/21/2006 11:57:00 AM  
Blogger oxillini said...

ular, bookpolice: yes firefox was built on the foundations of the once great netscape. hard to believe netscape used to be THE browser, period.

9/21/2006 12:00:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

belly: i'm pretty sure heaven is the only place one can get sonic, white castle AND in $ out. they're all on the same block of the street of gold.

9/21/2006 12:04:00 PM  
Blogger Dennis said...

belly0fdesire said... Has anyone here had In & Out and White Castle?!

Yes. I used to live in SoCal, and now I live in Kentucky so I have had both.

Personally, I think White Castle is revolting. Very greasy and gooey, the buns are mushy - yeech. There might just be something wrong with the one here...

I'd love to make a trip to ComicCon next year... Do we know when it is yet?

9/21/2006 12:09:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

White Castles was invented for stoners! They are open 24 hours and you can eat like 100 of those tasty little sliders!! not that I would know anything about that. But they are real tasty!!

9/21/2006 12:16:00 PM  
Blogger CattyGirl said...

Sonic! I drove over 2 hours just to try the place out. Loved the tots!

9/21/2006 12:16:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

dennis - No, I think you've got White Castle pretty well pegged. The question is simply whether or not you're looking for that sort of thing. It's food designed to defeat the human gag reflex (yum, right?)

9/21/2006 12:22:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

tptb: can we pleeeeaase have something to do today? just make up some love note crap and send it out!

9/21/2006 12:26:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

perfect timing!

9/21/2006 12:27:00 PM  
Blogger The Island said...

Has anyone determined if the WTK comminication on AIM is in game or not? Has there been anything else since the "tied up" reference?

9/21/2006 12:27:00 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

RE-White Castle: I've had the frozen one's, They are so good, especially the Jalapeño sliders. They have them at my work in the vending machine...I've always wondered where I can buy those. THANKS BELLY, now I'm off to Stater Bros'....J/K
No really, this weekend I'm going to buy a whole bunch...MMMMMMMMMM

9/21/2006 12:27:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

it's on like donkey kong!

9/21/2006 12:28:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Re: missing_organs.zip - Mildly interesting, but is it anything new? Maybe I'm missing something.

9/21/2006 12:31:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

so is vialex "the virus"?

9/21/2006 12:32:00 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

Nothing on Wikipedia for "Vialex"...

9/21/2006 12:35:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

nope, looks like a new thf developed drug, then.

9/21/2006 12:36:00 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

The Jeep Compass organ courier service, WOW. That's new for sure...

9/21/2006 12:37:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

funny, didn't see those features on the jeep website!

9/21/2006 12:39:00 PM  
Blogger The Island said...

I was trying to get to the LYCGY.com site, I typed this in

www.letyourcompassguideyou.com

It says the site has been removed with warmest holiday wishes?

Did I type something in wrong?

9/21/2006 12:40:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Yeah, we've seen the term "Vialex" before. It's an in-game drug. We already knew that THF wanted to use Jeep for something. Now we know what the specific job was, and why WTK might have balked at it, but I'm still wondering what's really all that amazing at this point in the game...?

More ARG burnout. Need a big curveball.

9/21/2006 12:40:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

guess you have to order "the hanso package" to get the thoracic compartment. think it comes with a six-cd changer?

9/21/2006 12:41:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

I was in Vegas and my favorite place was In & Out burger...my cousin and I were speakign with them about opening a franchise in the east but the declined our proposal. And new post coming?

9/21/2006 12:42:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

here's the vialex reference from lostpedia.

Text of article page
CAPE TOWN INQUISITOR SOUTH AFRICA Friday, 26th May 2006 HOSPITAL RAID (CONT'D FROM PAGE ONE)

Some of the patients found with missing organs were in a comatose state -- kept alive by heart/lung and dialysis machines. Police investigators have also reported the discovery of a "chilling room" in which recently-deceased bodies were kept just above the freezing point. According to eyewitnesses, industrial quantities of Vialex -- a pharmaceutical agent for the preservation of organs for transport -- were also discovered along with several lots of an as-yet-unidentified chemical marked as "experimental." The hospital -- which has ties to The Hanso Foundation -- denies all accusations of illegal experimentation and organ harvesting, a growing problem in the developing world, but for the families of the victims, the nightmare is worse than any of the charges.

9/21/2006 12:44:00 PM  
Blogger Dennis said...

Something very fishy about page 5. The "fax" looks like it is faded or didn't transmit, but the signature and the black-outs are perfect. Must have been added later.

IF YOU CLICK REMOVED on the www.letyourcompassguideyou.com, there is a link to YOUTUBE!!!!!

9/21/2006 12:44:00 PM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

New Post!

Last!

9/21/2006 12:45:00 PM  
Blogger oxillini said...

guess lycgy.com got SHUTDOWN, eh?

9/21/2006 12:45:00 PM  
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