Lonelygirl15

[Jeromy]

Here's my response to Immortal1 and his series of non-questions questions.
http://one.revver.com/watch/256395/flv/affiliate/85821

My favorite so far.


His question
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtrOTGAbrCU

[Esteed]

Oh my god! I'm laughing so hard I'm in tears here!

[trainer101]

You were right the first time. It's a genre which incorporates various mediums.

EDIT TO ADD: With an ARG, one can never fully enjoy the experience just by watching the videos. While you can understand it from the sidelines, you never experience the full effect until you "Immerse Yourself".
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[Jeromy]

ahhh. I see that you are right, and I stand corrected. Genre using various mediums.

[trainer101]

Ah, you responded before I finished my fancy shmancy edit.
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[Jeromy]

excellent Edit btw

[immortal1]

Jeromy-
Interesting response. First I want to clarify that my question and this post are not meant to be malicious, convey any ill-will nor in any way be confrontational. Snarky? Maybe, but who doesn't enjoy good snark? I'd like to explain my thought process behind my comments and questions.

Firstly, I winced when I saw your request not to discuss plot "holes." Why? Because it struck me a bit as like a quarterback giving an interview after game and saying "you can ask me about the touchdowns I threw but not the interceptions."

Why am I so hung up on the pidgeon? Since the theme is revelations I have one myself. I've taken the class at UCLA Extension for Story Analysis for Film and Television- to my knowledge it still the only class offered that teaches how to do script coverage. I've also put in a year writing development notes for a script consulting service and did 2 three month tours writing coverage for Sundance Labs. Does that make me an expert? Of course not but I do pick up on things others may not. The pidgeon is the inciting incident for the story. For those that don't know the inciting incident or catalyst is what drives the main character to action, it kicks off the plot and is a moment in time that diverts the main character from the path they were on in life. It has to be believable. You ask ten people if they play a disk that said "read me" that was in an envelope slid under a door and I'm pretty sure 9-10 people would say yes. Would they pick up a pidgeon with a note? Maybe between 2-4. Why's it important? Because it's a first impression. Instead of being open to everything that follows, now I am skeptical. Now maybe it's revealed later. Maybe there's a coup filled with pidgeons with notes and the very end of the story shows girls all over the country opening their doors to pidgeons waiting with notes revealing this is how the hitman/killer has been luring his victims. But for now your asking me to take it on faith and I just not sure viewers of lg15 have any to spare.

Why Maddison? Same problem, any good faith I may have had in the bank to give a story has been given to the main story. You don't have to say the reason but viewers need to know that a reason exists. "Trust the story, not the storyteller." Have you earned the viewers trust enough to earn this good faith in return? I don't think killing the main characters helped that cause any. I could almost see killing one because that raises the stakes much like when the Creators killed off Bree's dad. I suspect they aren't dead because then your viewers would shield themselves from becoming too attached to whatever characters you introduce next but I'm sure you've considered that.

Last question is basically does the story take a backseat to the game? I always suspected PMs create games and then fit the story to the game and if this is the case maybe some rules that apply to storytelling wouldn't apply. You seemed to suggest something to that effect but certainly from this response and others there seems that there is a need to allow for improvisation so the story does become secondary at times.

Now I infact do have 3 ongoing lg15 projects:
1) Dr. Immant, which was one of the first attempts at trying to participate in the interactive storytelling offered here.
2) The Flock, which started off as a video challenge to encourage and help viewers make their own characters that was successful enough to try and make a story out of.
3) A project in which my particpation has not been outed and that I have chosen to remain behind the scenes.
Feel free to snark away all you want. This could very well turn into a mutual admiration society around here and I think we should strive for something between haters and kiss assers. I wouldn't hold anyone who puts out a project to any standard I wouldn't hold to myself or to make a long story short:

I know you are but what am I?

[Jeromy]

lol. Your last line was hilarious.

Plot holes do not equal interceptions at this point. If I was a year old serial and we not only had holes from the first chapter but 20 more chapter worths of holes, then your questioning would be more than justified. From my vantage, your illustration breaks down because I'm deliberately leaving holes to be filled. To me you seem like somebody who wants to know the end of the movie ten minutes in.

Pigeon vs letter. This is a good exploration In Game and not Out.

Why Maddison. Another good exploration InGame and not Out.

To be honest, you don't seem to be following the plot closely. For instance, why a pigeon is used has been discussed by the community and I've read a few VERY good reasons why Mr.Zipp opts for pigeons over more traditional forms of communication.

To answer your question, I picked plot first over puzzle.

When I get some time, I'll check out your work.

Jeromy

[robtomorrow]

Jeromy,

This is something I wrote relating the to the pigeon early on when I was being more critical, before I came to appreciate the game/story that you were telling.

[immortal1]

[TheeBerean]

[Jeromy]

[marlasinger]

jeromy's my hero. he has balls. i like balls. that's a team america quote. i actually like boobs.
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The Bree Solution.
http://one.revver.com/watch/330795

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[robtomorrow]

[kellylen]