Posted: 25th November 2006 01:52
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The Caves of Narshe forum community has seen a number of very interesting and amusing new users. There's the Kimono^_^Kitsune the Japanophile, The Green Mage the aspiring author, Inque the capitalizer, and chou the obnoxious jerk. Just one thing you should know about those four....
Each of them was a staff member posting in disguise. This is where the contest comes in - we will be awarding Amazon.com gift certificates to anyone who can correctly guess the true identity of those four users. Each of them is one and only one unique staff member - no staffer did more than one fake, and no staff member shared a fake with any other staff members. The prizes will be Amazon gift certificates ranging from $20 to $30, depending on how many perfect entries we receive, but we will guarantee that at least one user will win one, even if no one gives a perfect entry. We'll stop accepting entries and determine the contest winners two weeks from today's date. If you aren't sure who's a staff member and who isn't, then check the staff link here - any current staff member on that list is a possible candidate. To enter, just send an email to contests@cavesofnarshe.com, with a subject line of "CoNtest". Your entry should clearly and concisely show who you are and what your guesses are, sort of like this: laszlow's guesses chou is Rangers51 Kimono^_^Kitsune is Tiddles Inque is Neal The Green Mage is Mr_Thou Now, I'll give you an extra hint and say that the above entry isn't 100% correct. Aren't I generous? Anyway, have fun! You guys didn't actually think chou was for real, did you? -------------------- |
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Post #136556
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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:02
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 530 Joined: 21/5/2005 Awards: |
Edit Post deleted This post has been edited by MetroidMorphBall on 25th November 2006 04:08 |
Post #136557
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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:02
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Chocobo Knight
Posts: 141 Joined: 19/10/2006 Awards: |
what the heck i am not a fake account.
-------------------- moetsuki moetsuki motoranai yakusoku no basho jouzu ni habataku watashi wo mitsumete |
Post #136558
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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:11
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Black Mage Posts: 190 Joined: 19/5/2004 Awards: |
:< Well, I tried it, I don't know how good i did. anyone wanna try and beat me?
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Post #136560
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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:13
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Quiet, chou.
To MMB: You weren't supposed to know the others were fake. If it was blatantly obvious for every one of them, I don't think it would have been nearly as fun. We really bothered because we wanted to give our loyal forumgoers something to do besides posting for a little while. Discussing weird new members (come on, they're ALL weird) certainly went on both here and in chat, and now the payoff is that one or more lucky person/people is/are going to get some free stuff from Amazon. There are no other fake accounts. The four described are the only four ever created by CoN staff, or at the very least the only four my aging, addled brain can recall. Oh, and I should note that nobody needs to worry; nobody who is now or has ever been on the staff is eligible to win any prizes here. This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 25th November 2006 02:15 -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #136561
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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:20
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 488 Joined: 30/3/2006 Awards: |
Added my reply to the mix too...I knew Kimono was too spunky and random to be real, now if only I had an excuse for myself.
-------------------- This is a webcomic and gaming blog where I rant about nonsense. Enjoy. I was a soldier, now I just play one in video games. |
Post #136562
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Posted: 25th November 2006 02:24
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Palace Guard Posts: 2,591 Joined: 17/1/2001 Awards: |
I wish I could vote, but obviously I can't. Good luck to all the people guessing. The staff worked hard on this and had a lot of fun with it, and that's really the point of this contest, for people to have fun, both members AND staff.
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Post #136564
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Posted: 25th November 2006 03:51
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Holy Swordsman Posts: 2,154 Joined: 9/10/2005 Awards: |
UGH. I knew it. I knew there was something fishy here with chou! But I'd never think that there'd be more than one 'alternate account'! Well, at least this is a creative idea for a contest.
You guys suck. xD -------------------- |
Post #136568
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Posted: 25th November 2006 05:44
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Disciplinary Committee Member Posts: 564 Joined: 2/7/2004 Awards: |
Thanks for another great CoNtest
I must say that the 100k post CoNtest was almost a joke, since all I had to do was checking the number of posts at specific dates, the average number of posts per day, then calculate the date. I remembered wrong a number (by 1-2 days) which screwed up completely my calculations and because of that DP also won. But now, NOW that's a real challenge, I doubt I can tell with accuracy who played who. So if Sabin would be Kimono, then Mr Thou would be chou, and Hulk my grandmother...!? Good luck to all of you, you'll need it. Let's get STARTED! -------------------- Sayonara |
Post #136575
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Posted: 25th November 2006 05:54
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Given that the cat is out of the bag now, don't you all feel a little bit sheepish about the whole Chou being moderator debacle? Botched joke as it was, it amused the hell out of me.
PS: I may or may not be one of the fakers... or am I? -------------------- "When I turn the page The corner bends into the perfect dog ear As if the words knew I'd need them again But at the time, I didn't see it." ~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear |
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Post #136576
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Posted: 25th November 2006 06:32
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Disciplinary Committee Member Posts: 619 Joined: 2/4/2004 Awards: |
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh my god, You guys just made my year. Christ, I can't stop laughing.
Alright, I'll try and guess. Wish me luck. -------------------- "We're not tools of the government or anyone else. Fighting... fighting was the only thing I was ever good at, but at least I always fought for what I believed in." - Frank Yeager (a.k.a. Grey Fox) |
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Posted: 25th November 2006 07:14
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The best part of this is that chou isn't in fact a user we have to hear any more from.
I need to go back and read some of Inque's posts before submitting an entry. -------------------- Hip-Hop QOTW: "Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac" "Game Theory" The Roots |
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Post #136583
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Posted: 25th November 2006 08:14
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Pretty cute, guys . My guesses are in the e-mail.
This post has been edited by Galsic on 25th November 2006 08:49 -------------------- |
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Post #136586
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Posted: 25th November 2006 11:20
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Three out of four of those false accounts were made on the same day. Interesting.
A genius idea for the CoNtest. I'll be sending my ideas along soon, after i've done some more research. |
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Post #136592
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Posted: 25th November 2006 12:13
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Wow, I thought chou was just another user who wanted to get some crazy ideas off his chest. But a mod!? I've always detected a kind of love/hate relationship between him and R51 I just thought The Green Mage was like, 7 years old or something... Kimono was a total shock, I liked her! Never even came across Inque. Thanks to the Mods for the effort in doing this.
-------------------- Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind. Me on the Starcraft. |
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Post #136597
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Posted: 25th November 2006 13:39
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Staff Emeritus Posts: 914 Joined: 23/6/2001 Awards: |
Oops.
I had guesses but can't enter. Creative thing to do. XD Whee! -------------------- ..DDR..Maine.. ..Hikaroo-chan no Deviantart.. <Tiddles> And I love how people suggest "Why not call it my great name?????" when their name is clearly the worst thing ever. <Tiddles> "How about ; Mozilla Xplorer & Mozilla Xpress." <Tiddles> How about you die in a fire? |
Post #136603
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Posted: 25th November 2006 14:15
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Cetra Posts: 2,336 Joined: 1/3/2004 Awards: |
No entries from me.
Standing ovation to the CoN staff, however, for this. Absolutely ingenious! One of the best pranks I have ever seen on any forum anywhere. Ever. I would also like to point out that I was the first one to suspect that chou was an alt account. My guess at the time was Josh, though I'm now leaning towards Nealio. Excellent job, CoN staff. -------------------- Join the Army, see the world, meet interesting people - and kill them. ~Pacifist Badge, 1978 |
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Posted: 25th November 2006 16:28
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Quote (Hamedo @ 25th November 2006 09:15) No entries from me. Standing ovation to the CoN staff, however, for this. Absolutely ingenious! One of the best pranks I have ever seen on any forum anywhere. Ever. I would also like to point out that I was the first one to suspect that chou was an alt account. My guess at the time was Josh, though I'm now leaning towards Nealio. Excellent job, CoN staff. Thank you, though most thanks need to go to Laszlow (and also our four mystery participants, of course). Funny that you're willing to talk about it but not actually attempt to win a prize, though. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #136607
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Posted: 25th November 2006 18:13
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 543 Joined: 5/7/2005 Awards: |
Oh...chou wasn't real? ...I...feel stupid now.
As for Kimono, I thought she was quite amusing, and Green Mage and Inque...well I didn't notice much too weird about them... But I'll try anyway. Oooh, I can't wait for the results. -------------------- Squenix games completed: FFIII FFIV FFVI FFVII FFIX FFX FF Tactics: Advance 2 Chrono Trigger Dragon Quest 8 Dragon Quest 11 Super Mario RPG |
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Posted: 25th November 2006 19:06
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SOLDIER Posts: 810 Joined: 18/1/2002 Awards: |
chou
I'm delighted that you all were confused. |
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Posted: 25th November 2006 19:25
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Actually, what I found most suspicious about chou was that he hadn't gotten himself banned yet.... As for the others, I didn't notice, but now that you mention it...
As I said earlier, I never noticed who Inque was, but The Green Mage was pretty noticeable. Maybe because of which forums and what topics I frequent. And Kimono Kitsune was also pretty darn obvious. In my being high off the election, I was imagining her as a sort of "swing vote" between the sensible and the crazy, but...oh well. Edit One more thing: What about Phoenix and Hikaroo? This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 25th November 2006 19:50 -------------------- current games (2024-02-19): Fairy Fencer F ADF Pokémon Perfect Crystal finished so far this year: Gato Roboto drowning, drowning New Super Mario Bros. TMNT 3: Radical Rescue tabled: Lost Ruins |
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Post #136636
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Posted: 25th November 2006 19:36
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Wow. Well, I definitely feel stupid now. Massive props for having me completely so annoyed with someone that I didn't even bother to think it could be a prank. In hindsight, I really should've suspected something, as generally Josh wouldn't let someone as idiotic as chou's "persona" continue posting.
I've got some idea, so I'll probably participate. -------------------- Okay, but there was a goat! |
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Post #136639
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Posted: 25th November 2006 19:39
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Crusader Posts: 1,405 Joined: 17/1/2003 Awards: |
XD
I love it. I'm prolly wrong, but what the hell, my reply's been sent. Shut up, chou! XD -------------------- "I fell off the mountain of words at around the 10,000ft mark. Tell my family...they owe me money." -Narratorway "If you retort against this, so help me God I'll shove any part of your anatomy I can find into some other part. Figuratively, of course." - Josh "We have more, can deliver tuesday." - Del S Good old CoN |
Post #136641
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Posted: 25th November 2006 20:37
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Black Waltz Posts: 933 Joined: 30/5/2005 Awards: |
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Post #136650
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Posted: 25th November 2006 22:00
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 530 Joined: 21/5/2005 Awards: |
I have to admit, when I learned about chou I was pissed. But like I told Rangers in PM, I don't think that would've been my reaction except for things going on irl.
I had a feeling chou was fake but never would have guessed a staff member. I second whoever said Kitsune was nice and they liked her, and didn't pay much mind to the Green Mage or Inque. Although I do remember Inque saying some pretty idiotic things... What the hey, I might throw my guesses in later. But def a well-planned prank. |
Post #136657
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Posted: 25th November 2006 22:32
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Quote (Glenn Magus Harvey @ 25th November 2006 14:25) Edit One more thing: What about Phoenix and Hikaroo? Um, what about them? -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #136660
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Posted: 25th November 2006 22:56
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Cactuar Posts: 266 Joined: 13/11/2006 Awards: |
Haha, I wouldn't never figured chou was a fake user... There are only a few people like that in the world and sadly, those people have the Internet... Gee, I feel kinda dumb now...
-------------------- "You underestimate the strength of a Jedi's mind, Brejik. A mistake you won't live to regret, " -Bastila Shan(Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) |
Post #136665
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Posted: 25th November 2006 23:05
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Lunarian
Posts: 1,249 Joined: 25/5/2005 Awards: |
Eh?.. Hell, I thought chou was just the average jerk who'd wander into some random forum to piss people off. Hmmm... Four of them are four staff members... Tough nut to crack.
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Post #136666
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Posted: 26th November 2006 01:37
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Chocobo Knight
Posts: 141 Joined: 19/10/2006 Awards: |
my guesses are rangers (inque) neal (green mage) and hikaroo (kimono).
i am not a fake account. that part of the contest is just a joke. i think the joke has gone on long enough i am a real person and i find it very offensive that youre continuing to make light of me like this. -------------------- moetsuki moetsuki motoranai yakusoku no basho jouzu ni habataku watashi wo mitsumete |
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Posted: 26th November 2006 02:00
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Red Wing Pilot Posts: 543 Joined: 5/7/2005 Awards: |
Under the circumstances, chou or whoever you are, I'm not inclined to believe anything any of the four of you or any staff says till the CoNtest's over.
-------------------- Squenix games completed: FFIII FFIV FFVI FFVII FFIX FFX FF Tactics: Advance 2 Chrono Trigger Dragon Quest 8 Dragon Quest 11 Super Mario RPG |
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