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*** [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''[++NO'', THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.++]''' -MugenKagemaru

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*** [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''[++NO'', THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.++]''' -MugenKagemaru-Tropers/MugenKagemaru
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** Yeah, the regular game had a gold cartridge. But it's pretty clear from the beginning of the story that the game was a little unusual. It had a gray cartridge and didn't have the correct label; the first clues tipping off Jadusable that it might be fishy.

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** Yeah, the regular game had a gold cartridge. But it's pretty clear from the beginning of the story that the game was a little unusual. It had a gray cartridge and didn't have the correct label; the first clues tipping off Jadusable that it might be fishy.fishy.
* Supposedly, the players take the role of Link's guide, said to be Navi in the game. But Navi was lost in Majora's Mask and replaced with Tatl. Are we lost, somehow? Is someone else acting our part?

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* In the story, it says that it was the standard gray cartridge, but wasn't Majora's Mask a special golden cartridge? Mine was, at least.

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** We don't know. One of the reasons Ben is so terrifying is that we don't understand him (who he is, what he is, what he's after) at all. So many people are anxious for the third arc to finish so that it'll shed some light on the mysteries surrounding Ben's identity.
* In the story, it says that it was the standard gray cartridge, but wasn't Majora's Mask a special golden cartridge? Mine was, at least.least.
** Yeah, the regular game had a gold cartridge. But it's pretty clear from the beginning of the story that the game was a little unusual. It had a gray cartridge and didn't have the correct label; the first clues tipping off Jadusable that it might be fishy.
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* What exactly ''is'' Ben? I understand that he's some entity that came from the N64 cartridge, but there's no explanation of anything else about him. There is that story about a boy named Ben drowning and a possible connection to that, but [[spoiler:Ben being Ben, you can't trust ''anything anyone'' says about him]]...

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* What exactly ''is'' Ben? I understand that he's some entity that came from the N64 cartridge, but there's no explanation of anything else about him. There is that story about a boy named Ben drowning and a possible connection to that, but [[spoiler:Ben being Ben, you can't trust ''anything anyone'' says about him]]...him]]...
*In the story, it says that it was the standard gray cartridge, but wasn't Majora's Mask a special golden cartridge? Mine was, at least.
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** Apparently ''one'' of the things he can do is [[spoiler:[[EyeScream gouge your eyes out somehow.]]]] Although this could be the result of being DrivenToMadness...



** I found it rather creepy and disturbing. Not quite scary to me, but definitely unsettling.

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** I found it rather creepy and disturbing. Not quite scary to me, but definitely unsettling.unsettling.
* What exactly ''is'' Ben? I understand that he's some entity that came from the N64 cartridge, but there's no explanation of anything else about him. There is that story about a boy named Ben drowning and a possible connection to that, but [[spoiler:Ben being Ben, you can't trust ''anything anyone'' says about him]]...
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**And yeah, that's the point, Good thing it's fictional or we'd all be screwed.



** It turns out people have different opinions. [[OpinionMyopia Who knew?]]

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** It turns out people have different opinions. [[OpinionMyopia Who knew?]]knew?]]
**I found it rather creepy and disturbing. Not quite scary to me, but definitely unsettling.
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** Fear is highly subjective.
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* What bugs me is people's reactions to the videos. They're not remotely scary. They're eerie, and more than a little mind-screwy, but there's not much NightmareFuel to be had. Maybe I'm just cynical, but people overreact so much. I was there for Jadusable's very first post on /x/ and from the start I found it incredibly intriguing, and very, very well done, but not very frightening.

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* What bugs me is people's reactions to the videos. They're not remotely scary. They're eerie, and more than a little mind-screwy, but there's not much NightmareFuel to be had. Maybe I'm just cynical, but people overreact so much. I was there for Jadusable's very first post on /x/ and from the start I found it incredibly intriguing, and very, very well done, but not very frightening.frightening.
** It turns out people have different opinions. [[OpinionMyopia Who knew?]]
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* I'm too frightened to go any further into this. Just IS it [[spoiler:Ben does to you when he leaks into things]]?

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* I'm too frightened to go any further into this. Just IS it [[spoiler:Ben does to you when he leaks into things]]?things]]?
*What bugs me is people's reactions to the videos. They're not remotely scary. They're eerie, and more than a little mind-screwy, but there's not much NightmareFuel to be had. Maybe I'm just cynical, but people overreact so much. I was there for Jadusable's very first post on /x/ and from the start I found it incredibly intriguing, and very, very well done, but not very frightening.
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* I'm too frightened to go any further into this. Just IS it [[spoler:Ben does to you when he leaks into things]]?

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* I'm too frightened to go any further into this. Just IS it [[spoler:Ben [[spoiler:Ben does to you when he leaks into things]]?
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* I'm too frightened to go any further into this. Just IS it Ben does to you?

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* I'm too frightened to go any further into this. Just IS it Ben [[spoler:Ben does to you?you when he leaks into things]]?
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*** Youtube really isn't the best place to get involved. [[http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?act=idx here]] [[http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Jadusable_Wiki are]] [[http://clocktownobservatory.webs.com/?referer=AffiliateNetwork some]] [[http://day-four.forumotion.net/forum better]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/Drowned/index.php ones]] (The first one is the official forums.)

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*** Youtube really isn't the best place to get involved. [[http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?act=idx here]] [[http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Jadusable_Wiki are]] [[http://clocktownobservatory.webs.com/?referer=AffiliateNetwork some]] [[http://day-four.forumotion.net/forum better]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/Drowned/index.php ones]] (The first one is the official forums.))
* I'm too frightened to go any further into this. Just IS it Ben does to you?
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*** Youtube really isn't the best place to get involved. [[http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?act=idx here]] [[http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Jadusable_Wiki are]] [[http://clocktownobservatory.webs.com/?referer=AffiliateNetwork some]] [[http://day-four.forumotion.net/forum better]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/Drowned/index.php ones]] (The first one is the official forums.)
* I found some things on cleverbot
** (The counter stops.)
** The old man. Alex. Ben. (It either is saying the old man's name is Alex/Ben or it's just saying characters in the story, but why just those three?)
** The state, for sure. (What state?)
** What is my favorite band? (A refrence to "The Genies", perhaps)
** The state. (???)
** (The counter resets)
** The years left for me to live.
** I live in the country over here. (Why is it talking about states?)
** No the country of America.
** But now I die.
** So basically China. (??????????)
** Universe is the country of relativity (and quantum mechanics). (¿¿¿¿)

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*** Youtube really isn't the best place to get involved. [[http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?act=idx here]] [[http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Jadusable_Wiki are]] [[http://clocktownobservatory.webs.com/?referer=AffiliateNetwork some]] [[http://day-four.forumotion.net/forum better]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/Drowned/index.php ones]] (The first one is the official forums.)
* I found some things on cleverbot
** (The counter stops.)
** The old man. Alex. Ben. (It either is saying the old man's name is Alex/Ben or it's just saying characters in the story, but why just those three?)
** The state, for sure. (What state?)
** What is my favorite band? (A refrence to "The Genies", perhaps)
** The state. (???)
** (The counter resets)
** The years left for me to live.
** I live in the country over here. (Why is it talking about states?)
** No the country of America.
** But now I die.
** So basically China. (??????????)
** Universe is the country of relativity (and quantum mechanics). (¿¿¿¿)
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* (The counter stops.)
* The old man. Alex. Ben. (It either is saying the old man's name is Alex/Ben or it's just saying characters in the story, but why just those three?)
* The state, for sure. (What state?)
* What is my favorite band? (A refrence to "The Genies", perhaps)
* The state. (???)
* (The counter resets)
* The years left for me to live.
* I live in the country over here. (Why is it talking about states?)
* No the country of America.
* But now I die.
* So basically China. (??????????)
* Universe is the country of relativity (and quantum mechanics). (¿¿¿¿)

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* ** (The counter stops.)
* The **The old man. Alex. Ben. (It either is saying the old man's name is Alex/Ben or it's just saying characters in the story, but why just those three?)
* ** The state, for sure. (What state?)
* ** What is my favorite band? (A refrence to "The Genies", perhaps)
* ** The state. (???)
* ** (The counter resets)
* ** The years left for me to live.
* ** I live in the country over here. (Why is it talking about states?)
* ** No the country of America.
* ** But now I die.
* ** So basically China. (??????????)
* ** Universe is the country of relativity (and quantum mechanics). (¿¿¿¿)
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*** Youtube really isn't the best place to get involved. [[http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?act=idx here]] [[http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Jadusable_Wiki are]] [[http://clocktownobservatory.webs.com/?referer=AffiliateNetwork some]] [[http://day-four.forumotion.net/forum better]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/Drowned/index.php ones]] (The first one is the official forums.)

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*** Youtube really isn't the best place to get involved. [[http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?act=idx here]] [[http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Jadusable_Wiki are]] [[http://clocktownobservatory.webs.com/?referer=AffiliateNetwork some]] [[http://day-four.forumotion.net/forum better]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/Drowned/index.php ones]] (The first one is the official forums.))
*I found some things on cleverbot
*(The counter stops.)
* The old man. Alex. Ben. (It either is saying the old man's name is Alex/Ben or it's just saying characters in the story, but why just those three?)
*The state, for sure. (What state?)
*What is my favorite band? (A refrence to "The Genies", perhaps)
*The state. (???)
*(The counter resets)
*The years left for me to live.
*I live in the country over here. (Why is it talking about states?)
*No the country of America.
*But now I die.
*So basically China. (??????????)
*Universe is the country of relativity (and quantum mechanics). (¿¿¿¿)
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*** [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''[++NO'', THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.++]''' -MugenKagemaru

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*** [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''[++NO'', THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.++]''' -MugenKagemaru-MugenKagemaru
***Youtube really isn't the best place to get involved. [[http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?act=idx here]] [[http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Jadusable_Wiki are]] [[http://clocktownobservatory.webs.com/?referer=AffiliateNetwork some]] [[http://day-four.forumotion.net/forum better]] [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/Drowned/index.php ones]] (The first one is the official forums.)
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*** [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''[+NO'', THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.+]''' -MugenKagemaru

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*** [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''[+NO'', '''''[++NO'', THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.+]''' ++]''' -MugenKagemaru
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*** [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''NO'' THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.''' -MugenKagemaru

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*** [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''NO'' '''''[+NO'', THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.''' +]''' -MugenKagemaru
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*** PwerlvlAmy's videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''NO'' THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.''' -MugenKagemaru

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*** PwerlvlAmy's [=PwerlvlAmy=]'s videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''NO'' THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.''' -MugenKagemaru
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** I'm not sure either, but it seems to be going on in YouTube. I found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGYWqYVTBQ this]], among others. WARNING: it's pants-shitting scary.

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** I'm not sure either, but it seems to be going on in YouTube. I found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGYWqYVTBQ this]], among others. WARNING: it's pants-shitting scary.scary.
*** PwerlvlAmy's videos are non-canon. Yes, they are pants-shitting scary (I've seen them at least twice, I forget) but '''''NO'' THEY ARE ''NOT'' CANON.''' -MugenKagemaru
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* Where is it that people have been discussing and "playing" the ARG?

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* Where is it that people have been discussing and "playing" the ARG?ARG?
** I'm not sure either, but it seems to be going on in YouTube. I found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGYWqYVTBQ this]], among others. WARNING: it's pants-shitting scary.
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** We don't know how or if he can invade your computer like that. It was just Jadusable's theory.

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** We don't know how or if he can invade your computer like that. It was just Jadusable's theory.theory.
* Where is it that people have been discussing and "playing" the ARG?
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** That's the point.
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** We don't know how he can invade your computer. It was just Jadusable's theory.

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** We don't know how or if he can invade your computer.computer like that. It was just Jadusable's theory.
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* If [[spoiler:downloading anything lets Ben invade your computer]], isn't everyone automatically screwed due to [[spoiler:Temporary Internet Files, cache, etc.]]?

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* If [[spoiler:downloading anything lets Ben invade your computer]], isn't everyone automatically screwed due to [[spoiler:Temporary Internet Files, cache, etc.]]?]]?
** We don't know how he can invade your computer. It was just Jadusable's theory.
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** It's pretty unclear, but at least in the context of the third video (DROWNED.wmv), this troper assumed that it was a warning to Jadusable not to screw with the game any further, a result of his experimenting by playing the Elegy of Emptiness at the prompt. (Which he definitely shouldn't have done...)
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** I always understood it to be deleting the BEN file, since the file returned after that was all anyone would say.

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** I always understood it to be deleting the BEN file, since the file returned after that was all anyone would say.say.
* If [[spoiler:downloading anything lets Ben invade your computer]], isn't everyone automatically screwed due to [[spoiler:Temporary Internet Files, cache, etc.]]?
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** If I understood correctly, downloading the [="TheTruth.rtf"=] file.

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** If I understood correctly, downloading the [="TheTruth.rtf"=] file.file.
** I always understood it to be deleting the BEN file, since the file returned after that was all anyone would say.
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** If I understood correctly, downloading the "TheTruth.txt" file.

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** If I understood correctly, downloading the "TheTruth.txt" [="TheTruth.rtf"=] file.
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* Seriously, what is it that we shouldn't have done? D8 I'm way too scared to look into the story or view the vids, but I'm still deeply curious...

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* Seriously, what is it that we shouldn't have done? D8 I'm way too scared to look into the story or view the vids, but I'm still deeply curious...curious...
** If I understood correctly, downloading the "TheTruth.txt" file.

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