The Lost Experience Time Capsule...
Welcome! We wanted all our visitors to know that we've abandoned this blog as a "time capsule" or a tribute to The Lost Experience. Many readers and commenters developed a sense of community through the Experience and we wanted to help this wonderful aspect of the game continue on past the summer. To facilitate the proliferation of the Lost community, we've created a new blog dedicated exclusively to episode by episode discussions of Season 3 of LOST. Click HERE to visit The Lost Community. Everyone is welcome to join us!
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Just had to leave one more comment. :)
I'll be posting in TLC tommorow evening. I have a day (ish) lag on episodes (could be a lot lot worse!). But I will be there, late on in the threads.
Bye TLEC!
are we still doing all that last stuff?
Asta la vista! It's been a fun summer.
Thank you Admins for keeping the TLEC site around. I still go back and check out TLE info that surfaced during the game, to put the millions of pieces of the Lost mysteries together.
Who knows, we may get to un-mothball the site, if TPTB ever start giving us more updates on what is going on with Mittlewerk and THF-V.3! Oh yes, and Ms. Blake-Hanso.
Great way to end a great summer and adventure!!! Thanks gang!!!
Peace & Namaste!!
It's been a great summer guys, I know I've been away for a while, but I had to post one last time here at TLEC.
See everyone over at the Lost Community!
Namaste
w0w it has been fun.... i'll keep track of lost seson three on my blog...
see you in a other life brotha
also LAST
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YO cam here well this has been the best summer of my life all of you guys have been sooooooooo helpfull :) im ognna miss this blog but now theres TLC hope 2 see all of you there! so for my last post here...........
Peace and NAMASTE
See you in another life BROTHA!
CAM :)
TLEC, you will be missed. Just wanted to say thanks for this blog Admins...It was fun and we'll see you guys over at TLC. It's so sad that this is over...
NAMASTE TLEC, NAMASTE!!!
: ) Great idea!
I've some thought on Lost you all might be interested in. Essentially, Lost is a Creation Myth for the new millenium. Henry Gale/Ben is the Second Christ, identified by the Christ wound given him by Danielle and the Bros K book - in Dostoyevski's classic the Prisoner is the Christ - Google Quigley in Exile.
Admins, you might want to update the front page with the newest version of LYCGY giving TLE ARG details for the game and its marketing. Very interesting.
Narrim, someone said that MTP shut down his site because he is getting stalked. Scary. Life imitating TLE-art in a way.
The stalker is....Rachel!
LetYourCompassGuideYou.com was changed yesterday. The new page was a sales presentation on running an ARG.
The site has been taken down again, but you can still access the presentation here: http://www.letyourcompassguideyou.com/lycgy.swf
The LOST Experience was an alternate reality game (ARG) that supported Season 2 of the hit ABC television show LOST. The resulting campaign was one of the most complex multi-channel campaigns ever attempted that blurred the line between fiction/reality and offline/online. This experience took LOST fans through a parallel storyline revolving around the fictional organization, The Hanso Foundation.
Storyline Authenticity: Above all else, the ARG should feel real. Cleverly placed product placement can enhance the storyline rather than detract from it by blurring the line between game and reality. ARG gamers tend to resent overt commercialism but are willing to "put up with" and sometimes fully embrace marketing tie-ins as long as they support the game, create intrigue and keep the spirit of the game in play. To present a believable story world or alternate reality, everything within the game reality (e.g. phone numbers, websites, etc.) must react appropriately to reinforce that this is not a game (TINAG). True ARG gamers appreciate and react favorably when the ARG "puppet masters" (game facilitators) go to great lengths to make it seem real.
ARG Intelligence: Maintain role as "Puppet Master" running the game from behind the "Curtain," by constantly monitoring the gamer boards, identifying key gamers, and mining intelligence data from them without revealing yourself while the game is running. Be willing to follow the lead of the gamers. Some of the best content and ideas came from monitoring gamer speculation/theories and then developing content to support the best theories.
Controlled Congruency: Creative and strategic coordination, including cross-promotional opportunities, are necessary among all partners and sponsors. It is imperative that all members of the ARG team/partnership know what the others are doing -- at all times. ARG gamers are VERY savvy and are constantly trying to "break the game" by finding inconsistencies in the ARG execution. The more layers of authenticity, the more they dig. The more they dig, the more layers of authenticity they should find.
Flexibility: Being able to alter the storyline is crucial. The ARG story is broken into pieces which the audience must find and assemble. For example, having the ability to tell some back story first, then execute in present day, and revert to back story at the end allows the game to flow naturally.
Creative Curiosity: Not all of questions need to be answered, and introducing a "red herring" can actually enhance the game experience (e.g. the vintage Jeep TV spot on youtube.com that didn't lead to anything, but did engage the gamers for some time). The key is to balance the dead ends with elements that keep the game moving.
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LetYourCompassGuideYou.com TimeLine
5/17/06
• letyourcompassguideyou.com is launched.
6/1/06
• WTK intercepts the DJ Dan podcast and posts on YouTube painting DJ Dan as a “Sellout”
6/8/06
• The DJ Dan Podcast is removed.
6/10/06
• WTK corresponds with Maestra48
6/19/06
Key Event:
•HansoFoundation.org is taken down, and RachelBlake.com is posted.
Supporting Events:
• WTK posts Video on YouTube Jeep Channel. The synopsis of the video is WTK apologizing to DJ Dan and acknowledging Maestra48.
• Correspondence between WTK and Rachel Blake appears on Rachel’s blog. WTK offers Jeep.com to “Get the word out?”
• WTK updates Letyourcompassguideyou.com with access to the admin folder, which contains additional information.
6/21/06
Key Event:
• Second DJ Dan podcast appears
Supporting Events:
• WTK posts second DJ Dan Podcast on LetYourCompassGuideYou.com. This time, it will be in the admin folder.
• Also in the admin folder is the correspondence between WTK and Rachel Blake that talks about Apollo Candy Bar being a front.
6/26/06
Key Event:
• Rachel Blake video inserted onto Jeep.com
Supporting Events:
• WTK posts a note to support where the video can be found on Jeep.com/en/07compass
• Rachel Blake asks WTK to close H. McIntyre folder as she acknowledges “some new information” (in reference to Digit girl).
7/10/06
Key Event:
• Third DJ Dan Podcast inserted onto LetYourCompassGuideYou.com
7/18/06
Key Event:
• Rachel Blake posts a second video on Jeep.com
Supporting Events:
• WTK posts video on YouTube to look for clues in “two major magazines” or something along this line. (This kind of acts like WTK’s final act as he is goes too far this time by posting in the ad).
7/20/06 - 7/23/06
Key Event:
• Rachel Blake at ComicCon
8/24/06
Key Event:
• Compass Uncharted Concert in NYC (Summerstage)
Supporting Events:
• Apollo Candy Bars distributed at concert.
8/20/06
• WTK informs players and key admins on forums through AOL IM that "I'm on my way out the door. Tell Rachel's friends that soon they will know why I did what I did. I have to go. Gonna take care of of some unfinished business."
• 11:40 A.M - WTK Abducted at Potbelly’s
• 7:07:29 PM - Mystery person starts communicating with players thru WTKS personal AOL IM account, telling them to move on and to stop meddling in the THF personal business.
• 8:57pm - WTK corresponds with RatingPending93 “Help me! Please help me!”
8/21/06
Supporting Events:
• Video of abduction posted on YouTube on 9/21.
• Letyourcompassguideyou.com modified by Hanso
• Missing_organs.zip is released
• OpenersHep.log is updated with a creepy chat session that took place between 1 and 2 am that morning with WTKS captors.
LetYourCompassGuideYou.com "The Playes" comments
I'd never heard of ARG's till The Lost Experience and was blown away by it's scope -websites, telephone numbers, published books, fake newspaper ads.
—— Posted by Annie @ http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2006/05/the_lost_experi.html
It’s the most sophisticated product placement I’ve seen yet. Hats off to Lost and Jeep for drawing me in for 45 minutes and making it time well spent.
——Posted by Deanna Zammit @ http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2006/05/losts_plot_thic.html
"let your compass guide you...... anyone think to check the Jeep website and looking at the new 2007 Jeep Compass to see if there's anything there..... i think it's excellent marketing strategies.. i haven't found one clue but that Jeep compass is pretty nice... lol"
Some interesting "confidential" documents between Hanso Coporation and Chrysler
——Himbo @ http://lost-forum.com/showthread.php?t=39800&page=3
“Thanks very much! Now they're coming to get me?!?!”
I rather like Lost's approach. The advertiser is weaved more seamlessly and believably into the storyline, plus the most important part of those site (subLYMONal & letyourcompassguideyou) are the passwords to additional Persephone messages on the Hanso Foundation site.
I like it.
—— Posted by Seth @ http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2006/05/the_lost_experi.html
Just an observation on sponsors and marketing...."Please Help Me" video was posted on youtube just a few hours ago and has been viewed over 1,000 times.
Other videos on the jeepchannel have only been viewed around 30-50 times, even though they've been up several weeks.
Just a proof point that hiding clues at the sponsor site does drive traffic. I probably know a lot more about the Jeep compass than the average person after combing through their site repeatedly.
——Posted by Fastenyourseatbelts @
http://thelostexperienceclues.blogspot.com/2006/09/clue-142-letyourcompassguideyoucom.html
It looks like TLE will be on again for the summer. Mandrake Wig has a new post on his MySpace page:
I want to thank everyone for joining in and dropping me notes. I do miss you all. Maybe we can have some fun this summer?
Thanks and love,
Manny
am i last yet?
told you manny hinted at it.
however, anyone seeing and hearing the names and company name on the show??
hello!!! same as the site!!!! mittelos, etc.
ha!!! not dead!!
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hey so whats up TLE? anything going to happen this summer?
anybody still out there?
man i would love to see a new ARG going
Roger that WF! Something to pass the time until Season 4.
supper site very good thanks
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i feel so alone
...sob...
Muy buen Blog, felicitaciones.
Soy de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Does anyone still post here?
What's happening here?
http://fullguide.blogspot.com
TLE2!!!
So... shall I ready up my resurrection spell? For this site, of course. I'm really enjoying the new game.
Same, are we going to see this site up again...??? Looking back through this stuff, I realize how much harder the puzzles in the first game were to figure out than the second appears to be, but tons of fun none the less.
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