A grave announcement from Mister Administrator

Indeed, I've had no issues myself with the videos, though I had noticed the curiosity comment myself. Probably just in theme with referring to the Cheshire Cat more than anything, but still worth noting.

Edit: Also Ninja'd but oh well.

edited 20th Sep '12 2:18:46 PM by MaidenGaia

It's not in ruin? Well that won't do.

I just wish these guys would be more responsive.

EDIT: Did some checking, and there don't seem to be any youtube accounts linked to either rEALITY or the Cat.

edited 20th Sep '12 2:21:52 PM by OhnoaBear

"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."

Well, stepping out of the ARG for a moment, the video was probably filmed with a dog model that was modified to have three heads, which is why it was so stiff. Possibly some sort of mechanism to give it some movement, but not enough to make it lifelike (because that's a ridiculous amount of money to do that, and strapping two heads to an existing live dog wouldn't work out well).

Stepping back into the ARG, perhaps he functions as a guard dog for the Fourth Wall, and his becoming less attentive is related to it cracking?

Mr. Administrator tweeted "SOON. SOON. SOON. SOON." on the 2nd, which may mean he saw this coming. His next tweet is on the 11th saying "UNACCEPTABLE.".

edited 20th Sep '12 2:24:53 PM by Goldude

No, you can't eat my soul. Stop asking.

Sounds like we've got the start of a timeline. Can someone contact Joe asking when these videos were filmed?

(I don't really use my YT account, and I don't have Twitter or FB. I'm one of those people.)

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir

What video did the screaming come from? Also, we should look for more hidden messages in the other videos.

Despite the fact that Cerberus was kind of stiff did anyone else take note that he was guarding the door behind him. Sorry if I'm stating a forgone conclusion but i figured I might as well contribute something to this thread

-dramatic music ensues-

The screaming is from the cat video. And no, it doesn't fit into the timeline. But it was uploaded at the beginning of August, so, peeking outside of the game, it's totally a set-up video. So far, we've confirmed that there are no particular leads there, so maybe Joe is just a weirdo.
Coming back to the captcha: the cat said that "the only thing that did matter brought you here" (to him). Considering that it was probably him who sent the Cerberus video (because he embedded the lead, and that nonsensical email stated that he "hates dogs too"), we can trust him on what was important there and what wasn't.

That means that all is left are the characters, and, probably, some videos that we haven't examined more closely. The characters are not responding - not a single one. I'm close to giving up here.

UPD: Just for Fun, look what I've found in my feed: [1]

edited 20th Sep '12 2:41:31 PM by dryunya

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THE EMAIL!

Maybe nothing at all of any use, but what Joe listed as an "e-mail" is "|h@t3D.oG2".

"I hate dogs"

Also, sent an E-Mail to Joe himself. Can't believe that took me so long to think of.

"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."

That was discovered a while ago... However, I'm gonna try and send them an email. EDIT: undeliverable.

edited 20th Sep '12 2:46:31 PM by Star1412

Cat tweeted something: "Who do I follow? the leaders. Not every shadow should make believers. All that glitters is not gold, catching fish is fun, this game is old."

"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."

Ok, now I have to confess that I did that this morning (in our time zone, duh). I've asked him to forward the email with the video, so that I could examine it for clues. There's still no reply, and it's incredibly frustrating. Unless, of course, Joe really is kidnapped by now.

Also, the idea of receiving an email with such an address is preposterous.

edited 20th Sep '12 2:47:53 PM by dryunya

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You never know.

edited 20th Sep '12 2:49:13 PM by Star1412

Can't help thinking that "follow" means "follow in twitter" (and that would be Mr. A). And it's probably wrong.

The Other Wiki could really use Laconic entries.

I think that said tweet may be borne of the comment about "ready to give up" and is telling us we've picked up some red herrings.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir

TO use a terrible comparative, we've trawled the pond and are trying to sort the red herrings from the nuggets of gold.

Well, here's another fish for the pile:

anyone have a hint of what GADEKIŊ-ŊUMMEK might be?

"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."

The cat posted something about red herrings tasting like rabbits a while ago. Aren't rabbits hunt by dogs? Also I started to follow some of you guys on twitter

CLEO KDB?

Doesn't seem like there's much to learn from him—Google "Cleo KDB" doesn't turn up anything relevant, and neither does a search on his name. He's almost literally a cipher.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir

@ #265: If he is still following us, that is. despair

Let's sum up our possible leads:

• Videos
  • Cat video - creepy, but probably unrelated
  • WTF episodes 1-3 - I think they are just there to set context.
  • Update - shit gets real
  • WTF episode 4 - Cerberos, leads us to the cat. Left behind the unused letters and the Plague Doctor, who we seem to have forgotten.
• Characters
  • Joe - unresponsive
  • Cat - cryptic, not very talkative today
  • Creepy shadow guy - has common goals (except for the whole 4th wall crashing thing), doesn't seem to provide any info.
  • Mr. Administrator - haven't heard from him since he pointed us to that thread.
• Fiction
  • Myths (Cerberus)
  • Alice In Wonderland
  • Wizard Of Oz
  • Whatever the hell those unidentified characters belong to

Are we missing something?

edited 20th Sep '12 3:04:18 PM by dryunya

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Cleo remembers me of Egypt. What famous cat do we have there? The Sphinx, a guardian of riddles.

@ Victin: You're Sadly Mythtaken on that—it was the Greek Sphinx who was a highwayman (woman? thing?) that toyed with her prey with a riddle. The Egyptian Sphinx was, to my knowledge, a symbol of Pharonic power. Kinda like the Roman eagle. 'sides, I think if they were talking about Cleopatra there'd be something clearer than "KDB."

I can't help but feel that the plague doctors are important, but I feel like there's something we missed in the first three videos as well. However, the only thing out of place I can find is a Suspiciously Light Patch of a window in the Slendy video, during the pan-away that ends up with Slendy leaving.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir

Let's try to be logical.

Mr. A sent us to investigate the last WTF video for signs of the 4th wall decay. So we did. We found a pretty fictional Cerberus and Cheshire Cat's twitter. That means we did find something. The logical thing to do is to report to Mr. A and await further instructions.

The problem is, they have already found each other on twitter, as well as the anti-reality guy. From a TV Tropes agent's standpoint, our job is done, but the game obviously goes on.

Laconic: What the hell are we looking for?

The Other Wiki could really use Laconic entries.

When they (the doctors) were brought up to the Cat, he seemed pleased and he quoted a rhyme that tells us to to watch our step (more or less).

"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."