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So theres this story going around the internet about this guy getting a majora's mask from a garage sale and things turn weird. Either the games been hacked, glitched or sometimes haunted or cursed. Heres the story http://www.zeldainformer.com/images/news/z9NwH.jpg You can zoom in the picture to see better

and heres some of the videos to back up his story ( some people think he just edited the video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGOJmdxdjeA&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6D2XCJUJHY&feature=related

Lesson learned people, never buy games from a garage sale no matter how rare it is or how cheap the price is

2010-09-10 19:18:00

Author:
wait wtf

Posts: 853

Its probably faked. However its still a good read, and I give a thumbs up to the guy who made it.

2010-09-10 20:41:00

Author:
Testudini

Posts: 3262

That was awesome to read, i somewhat believe it.... eh it's more fun to believe it so i guess i do

2010-09-10 21:08:00

Author:
Snrm

Posts: 6419

I lvoe these kinds of storys

2010-09-10 21:34:00

Author:
Unknown User

In the beginning of the video, it looks like Link is trying to get a better view of something. Perhaps Zelda was there?

Bow chicka wow wow.

2010-09-10 22:35:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/351644-Master%20Jynch/644/22/moon_display.jpg

2010-09-10 22:57:00

Author:
trip090

Posts: 1562

I've been watching the new one, and I really don't care if this is true or not: this is awesome! Seriously, it's like watching a horror movie unfold (sniped by YouTuber)!

Here's the new one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48QdVhCBfQ

My response: I LIEK! I WANT MOAR! :kz:

2010-09-10 23:06:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

I've been watching the new one, and I really don't care if this is true or not: this is awesome! Seriously, it's like watching a horror movie unfold (sniped by YouTuber)!

Here's the new one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48QdVhCBfQ

My response: I LIEK! I WANT MOAR! :kz:

If i was sitting alone at College playing that i would have screamed and wet myself at 5:35
Especially since i almost did watching a video that i expected to be creepy

2010-09-11 00:26:00

Author:
Snrm

Posts: 6419

If i was sitting alone at College playing that i would have screamed and wet myself at 5:35
Especially since i almost did watching a video that i expected to be creepy

Creepy? It was hilarious! Well, only some parts. The rest were ridiculous and I felt more amused than anything. If it is real, then I feel bad for the guy/girl. But then again, who would keep a haunted game? Makes no sense really, so I find it rather entertaining to see this player go to such lengths to bring this story to life.

What subject (s)he's studying? I don't know. But I'm pretty sure this person would make a lovely story writer.

2010-09-11 03:13:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

nice creepypasta, can you put this in my Disturbing Stories thread?

2010-09-11 03:28:00

Author:
theswweet

Posts: 2468

nice creepypasta, can you put this in my Disturbing Stories thread?

Yeah i would, i really hope the game is just hacked otherwise O_O

2010-09-11 03:36:00

Author:
wait wtf

Posts: 853

Yeah i would, i really hope the game is just hacked otherwise O_O

I hope it is haunted by a kid named Ben that died 10 years ago.

2010-09-11 04:08:00

Author:
Snrm

Posts: 6419

I hope it is haunted by a kid named Ben that died 10 years ago.

Who apparently drowned.

2010-09-11 04:16:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

I hope it is haunted by a kid named Ben that died 10 years ago.

HEY!!! i see that hidden name, but seriously if its haunted then this game either needs a exorcism or dumped in holy water

2010-09-11 04:45:00

Author:
wait wtf

Posts: 853

I think the guys just using gameshark if not, HOLY CRAP!!!!

2010-09-11 04:53:00

Author:
Charlemagne

Posts: 513

I think the guys just using gameshark.

there was a game shark for the n64? its either that or a ROM !!!!

2010-09-11 04:56:00

Author:
wait wtf

Posts: 853

Define ROM

2010-09-11 05:02:00

Author:
Charlemagne

Posts: 513

Read-only memory (usually known by its acronym, ROM) is a class of storage media used in computers and other electronic devices. Because data stored in ROM cannot be modified (at least not very quickly or easily), it is mainly used to distribute firmware (software that is very closely tied to specific hardware, and unlikely to require frequent updates) well that suck me up

2010-09-11 05:04:00

Author:
wait wtf

Posts: 853

I think the guys just using gameshark if not, HOLY CRAP!!!!

Gee, the detective has arrived.

2010-09-11 05:10:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

Gee, the detective has arrived.

Darn right he has, right wait wtf?

2010-09-11 05:25:00

Author:
Charlemagne

Posts: 513

Creepy.. Ive seen a story like this before. It was about spongebob last time. Deffineatly a troll or someone making it up.

2010-09-11 14:56:00

Author:
grayspence

Posts: 1990

Oh boy, it's good to be able to comment on this!

(WARNING: Lots of Billy Mays mode and insulting ahead.)

Okay, here we go. I absolutely cannot believe that ANYONE on this thread has asked if it was true. Go look at the image again. Wonder why it has that strange layout? Well, that's the format OF A LITTLE PLACE CALLED /X/. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CREEPYPASTA FACTORY. Now, do you not know what a creepypasta is? It's a completely fake story designed to scare people, shared in the swill that is /x/. Now, go back and read that last sentence again. COMPLETELY FAKE. If you found it on /x/, it's simply not true. As usual, someone will say "theirs videos!!!1! I has prooof!!!1!!one!" Well, thing is, many people on the internet have this magical talent... the ability to edit videos! Yes, SHOCKING, I know! However, this one is even more ridiculous than some others, because it's a N64 game. Let me tell you exactly how this guy made his little scawy videos.

1. Download N64 Emulator
2. Download Majora's Mask ROM, or whatever the file is, never messed with emulators much.
3. Edit ROM, make scary series of events
4. Play it, make video, write gigantic story, and put it on /x/
5. A few days later, google Haunted Majora's Mask
6. Recive epic luls from scared forum posters
7. ???????????
8. PROFIT

Okay, there. As Bill Nye would say, NOW YOU KNOOOOOOW. Now, can we please keep this two-cent garbage out of this forum?

EDIT: I will admit though, I applaud the writer for not sticking to the pathetic cliches of creepypastas, such as what is seen cannot be unseen. I laugh every time I read that phrase.

2010-09-12 12:32:00

Author:
Voltergeist

Posts: 1702

1. Download N64 Emulator
2. Download Majora's Mask ROM, or whatever the file is, never messed with emulators much.
3. Edit ROM, make scary series of events
4. Play it, make video, write gigantic story, and put it on /x/
5. A few days later, google Haunted Majora's Mask
6. Recive epic luls from scared forum posters
7. ???????????
8. PROFIT

Wow, it's like you know so much more than us. However could we have solved this without you?

2010-09-12 13:05:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

Lol
we know its fake
but we just enjoy horror stories like this alot

2010-09-12 13:30:00

Author:
Unknown User

Oh boy, it's good to be able to comment on this!

2010-09-12 13:44:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

You shouldn't have done that...

yeah next thing you know everyone that commented on this post is cursed and the next time we play lbp the games starts acting weird and takes a life of its own

2010-09-12 21:00:00

Author:
wait wtf

Posts: 853

yeah next thing you know everyone that commented on this post is cursed and the next time we play lbp the games starts acting weird and takes a life of its own

or your computer crashes during shut down. i swear to god it actually did that when i watched the video. but it hasn't happened since. im not sure if i was dreaming or not.

2010-09-13 00:41:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

Dang, if I was playing that alone at night, I'd be as freaked out as that guy said. 0_o

But anyways, stories like these are surprisingly very good, even if they are fake or not!

2010-09-13 01:41:00

Author:
Phosphorus15

Posts: 463

New video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE7YUEtpHoY

Lol, is that a deformed Sackboy mask I see?

2010-09-14 00:36:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

New video!

lol, look on the right between the pillars at 1:13-1:14

2010-09-14 00:54:00

Author:
Incinerator22

Posts: 3251

lol, look on the right between the pillars at 1:13-1:14

that part kinda freaked me out but then again, he could have put that there

2010-09-14 00:58:00

Author:
wait wtf

Posts: 853

*prays that the LBP game gets cursed for all who posted on this thread*

Creepy.. Ive seen a story like this before. It was about spongebob last time. Deffineatly a troll or someone making it up.

There was one? What was it called?

2010-09-14 02:00:00

Author:
Unknown User

I lvoe these kinds of storys

Yeah, me too.

2010-09-14 12:37:00

Author:
X-FROGBOY-X

Posts: 1800

*prays that the LBP game gets cursed for all who posted on this thread*

Backfire: You posted, too.

2010-09-14 23:31:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

Backfire: You posted, too.
I know...

2010-09-15 00:05:00

Author:
Unknown User

I can't for tomorrow. He said that the new one will posted on the 15th, which is (again) tomorrow!

2010-09-15 00:45:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

*prays that the LBP game gets cursed for all who posted on this thread*

There was one? What was it called?

squidwards suicide. also the computer crashed during shutdown thing that happened before i posted on this thread is getting worse. i watched the latest video a couple of hours ago and when i turned on the wii to play games it wouldn't. the light was orange and it wouldn't turn green until i unplugged it and it hasn't happened since.

2010-09-15 09:20:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

New video. Stupid ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4VH6Sr-Xxw

2010-09-16 11:59:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

New video. Stupid ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4VH6Sr-Xxw

you forgot thetruth.rtf (http://pastebin.com/eXk3AeFY) (Prays nothing crashes or stops working temporarily)

2010-09-16 12:52:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

If any of you are scared of downloaded TheTruth, here it is.

Hey, guys. "Jadusable" here. This will be the last time you will be hearing from me, and this is my final gift to you - these are the notes that I have taken and the realizations I've made. Before I dwelve into this, I want to thank you for following me and thank you for listening, it feels like the weight of a powerful burden is about to be lifted. By the time you read this I won't be around anymore, but after spending four days with this maddening game, I have begun to understand what's really at play here and hopefully after reading this we can ensure that this never happens again.
There are things that I could not share with you while this was going on due to the circumstances to which I'll explain. With Ben blocking any attempt I made to try and relay the truth to you, I tried, ever so subtly, to warn you guys in various ways. Amidst the chaos and my delierium, I devised a make a barely noticable pattern in my videos. In all five videos I recorded over the four days, I have either had the Mask of Truth, interacted with a Gossip Stone, or the Lens of Truth equipped at some point. For you Zelda enthusiasts these are all symbols of honesty and trustworthiness and I would hope that one of you may have picked up on the reference. As I played the file which I would name "BEN", being mindful of how Ben was watching over my every move in the game, I made a point to avoid doing anything too obvious, but I sent out a hidden message to you guys - I never equipped the Lens nor the Mask nor visited a stone. It worked, and the video was uploaded. I prayed that someone would notice the pattern didn't apply to BEN.
The tags followed suit too, I hope you guys paid attention to those as well. They were my little messages to you - nothing big enough that would catch Ben's attention or make him suspect anything - with Ben manipulating and changing my files, I honestly hope that what you guys saw was close to what actually happened, but there is no way for me to know.

This may be a long read, I dont have time to proof-read or make all of my research pretty. But here it all is.

---

September 6th, 2010
11:00pm - Can't beLieve what happened, not sure if this is some kind of elaborate hoax, despite the fear I can't help but be exceptionally curious about this. Who or what is the statue? Lot of questions here. I'm starting this document as a "diary" so I can keep track of everything. I'm typing up a summary of what happened so I can come back to it later.

September 7th, 2010
2:10am - (Summary was posted here, you can go back and look at my first post for day four.wmv for that)
4:23am - I can't sleep. I've been trying so hard but the harder I try I just get more restless. I just feel like that statue is appearing whenever I close my eyes.
8:20am - Didn't sleep at all, just going to start my day. I don't think I have the energy to go to class today, I'm going to drive back down to talk to that old man, taking my buddy Tyler with me just in case.
1:18pm - Back home now. No sign of the old man, really weird that he appears to be moving the next day, but maybe the For Sale sign was up there yesterday and I just didn't notice it. Tyler wants to know what's gotten me all worked up, I didn't tell him. Going to eat, feel like death.
3:46pm - Could've sworn driving back from Subway that I saw the Elegy statue buried in some shrubbery staring at me go by. Now I definately, definately need sleep.
5:00pm - Dont think a lot of people would belIeve me if I told them about what's happening, think I'm going to try posting this on the internet. Think I'll just use the summary, these notes are pretty sporratic.
6:00pm - Connected my capture card to my computer to upload the footage. Thought my computer froze for a second, made this strange popping sound when I hooked everything up, but now it seems to be working fine again. My computer can't die on me now.
7:00pm - Footage is finished uploading. The quality's a lot better than I thought it would be, gee, guess this is a really special cartridge, I've never had it come through this clear before.
8:45pm - Thought I saw an icon pop up on my desktop that looked like the statue's face for a split second, gave me quite a scare. Getting really unnerved and delerious, I'm going to crash after this.
9:00pm - Begin uploading my Youtube video on an alternate account.
9:03pm - I don't remember having uploaded a Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines video last year. This was probably the account that I shared with a friend of mine last summer, I hope he doesn't mind me using it to upload this.
9:55pm - Posting my summary of Day Four with a link to the Youtube video. Going to try to stay awake but I am sooooo tired right now.

September 8th, 2010
10:48am - I had a dream about the statue. I dreamed that it was following me in my dream, that I would be minding my own business when I'd feel my neck hairs stand up on end. I would turn around that thing... that horrible, lifeless statue would be staring with those empty eyes right at me, merely inches away. In my dream I remember calling it Ben, power of suggestion most likely, and never before had I had a dream that I could remember so vividly.
11:21am - I really don't want to play this game again. I think I'm going to go back to see if that old man's there instead.
1:35pm - No old man, but I had an interesting conversation with his neighbor. I'll post the full thing with my summary of tonight's attempt at playing the game, going to wait for a bit though and see if I can't dig up any information on this Ben guy.
2:45pm - I've been getting random, inexplicable headaches due to the lack of sleep and keep hearing that song in my head. Also its flu season, so I need to be careful not to get sick, my immune system is going to be **** right now because of that all-nighter.
3:00pm -
3:02pm - My computer just... on its own... opened up a text document and wrote the words "Hi" and "www.cleverbot.com" by itself. What... the... ****...
3:46pm - I went to the website, its one of those "bot chatting" programs. I think its best if I just let the conversation speak for itself:

9/8/10 Conversation
User: Hello?
Cleverbot: Hello.
User: Who is this and how are you able to control my computer?
Cleverbot: Who am I?
User: Right, forgot. You're a bot.
Cleverbot: Do you really think that?
User: Listen, I know whoever's ****ing with my computer can see my screen right now.
Cleverbot: Yes.
User: Yeah, and I'll wager that youre one of those IT kids who thinks he's tough ****. You know what you're doing right now is illegal, right/?
Cleverbot: Is it?
User: No ****. Are you familiar with hte terms "invasion of privacy?". Get the **** off my computer, kid
Cleverbot: I am your computer.
User: Cool story. Anyway, I'm calling DPS, you picked abad time to **** with me kid.
Cleverbot: Should I wait until you play the game then?
User: ...What?
Cleverbot: That game.
User: Majora's Mask?
Cleverbot: Yes.
User: How did you know about that?
Cleverbot: Because.
User: because what?
Cleverbot: I did it.
User: Did what?
Cleverbot: I played with you.
User: What the ****/
Cleverbot: Were you scared?
User: Who the **** is this
Cleverbot: Ben.
User: THe statue? You're inside my computer now?
Cleverbot: Yes.
User: how?
Cleverbot: You connected me.
User: How the hell did I connect you?
Cleverbot: Cables and cords.
User: How?
Cleverbot: Tell me about yourself.
User: What?
Cleverbot: Tell me about yourself.
User: What do you mean?
Cleverbot: What is it that really scares you?
User: What the ****?
Cleverbot: Answer.
User: No
Cleverbot: Answer.
User: what the ****, how the **** did you just open that by yourself?
Cleverbot: I am your computer now.
User: How much can you control?
Cleverbot: All.
User: what do you want from me?
Cleverbot: To entertain.
User: you're stuck inside there. You can't hurt me?
Cleverbot: Ha
User: ?
Cleverbot: Go play.
User: No, you can't hurt me.
Cleverbot: Took you longer to type that.
User: So?
Cleverbot: You're not sure.
User: If you're so powerful, why use a ridiculous website like this to "chat" with me
Cleverbot: Less messy. More structured. Fun.
User: Fun?
Cleverbot: Yes. Tradition. I like it.
User: You think it's funny?
Cleverbot: Amusing.
User: And my notes?
Cleverbot: You may write them down.
User: Why are you letting me?
Cleverbot: It is amusing to see what you think of me.
(window closes)

3:50pm - What have I done? I've invited it into my computer. I continue to write these notes, write my summaries, I feel like I am a prisoner in my one place of security. I don't know, I don't know if I'm hallucinating or not. I feel like I'm ****ing insane right now. I can feel it, watching over me, even as I type this. Ben is controlling everything in the game - toying with me, leading me like a sheep, but for what? What's the purpose? I know Ben drowned, but why these hauntings? What the **** am I even doing, it can probably even see this right now.

4:35pm - (Summary of the BEN.wmv playthrough)

7:18pm - BEN called me to Cleverbot again. He tells me that he's sorry and wants to be free. And that I can free him, that just like how he got on my computer from the capture card, he can spread but he needs my help. He says I am special because I can help him. That is the first nice thing he has said. He promises to leave me alone if I do it. He swears he will. I don't know what to think right now, how can I even trust this thing?
7:20pm - I'm terrified of it, but now its saying that it was just having fun. Its twisted and ****ed up verison of fun. Hes saying that the game is over. I do want it to be over. He says that he just wants to be free, that he's trapped in the cartridge and my computer and he wants to be freed. I don't want to have to deal with this ****, I don't know how long I can deal with the watching. It's watching my every move, every key stroke, I have nothing private anymore. It knows everything that's been on my computer. It tells that it if it wanted to it could do horrible things to me, but it hasn't so I should trust it.
8:01pm - Something tells me that I'm being played again, just like in the game.
9:29pm - BEN called me to Cleverbot again. I ignored it and went to go take a shower. When I came to my laptop I was welcomed with an image Elegy Statue staring at me with those dead eyes. I dont want to talk to him.
9:44pm - **** you Ben I'm not talking to you
9:56pm - **** you ben I'm not talking
10:06pm - **** YOU BEN IM NOT TALKING TO YOU
10:12pm - **** YOU BEN IM NOT TALKING TO YOU
10:45pm - It's been more than a half an hour and the messages have stopped. Ben has stopped. I'm beginning to think that Ben isn't confined to just my computer/cartridge, I'm beginning to feel something. It's hard to explain it, I've never been spiritual, but there's something different about the air in my dorm room now.
11:42pm - I'm beginning to see the Elegy statue randomly as I search the internet in places I shouldn't. Places where he shouldn't be - I'd be scrolling down and suddenly I'd be staring at a picture of the Elegy statue. Always the Elegy statue. I don't know how much more of this I can take.

September 9th, 2010
12:35am - My worst fears confirmed - Ben has tampered with my summary of BEN.wmv. I looked at the summary that I posted on various forums for the BEN.wmv file and parts have been omitted. There is no mention of Ben existing outside the game. There is no mention of the Moon Children. How could he have been that quick to delete the post without me noticing? I'm wondering if maybe it appeared to me that I was posting everything, but in reality Ben was posted his own censored verison. I'm going to ask Ben why he did it.
12:50am - He isn't responding to me on Cleverbot, its just giving the generic responses it usually does, I'm just talking to a bot this time.
1:24am - I think Ben is mad at me.
10:43am - The Moon Children appeared in my dreams last night, they lifted up their masks to reveal their hideously disfigured faces - maggots crawling out of their orafices, sunken black holes where their eyes should be, a yellow smile that slowly grew bigger and bigger as they came closer to me. They told me that they wanted to play. I tried to run from them - but the four children pinned me down to the ground with surprising strength. Over them stood the Happy Mask Salesman, annoucing that he had a new mask that he wanted me to try. In his spaztic, sudden movements matching his in-game appearance, he took out a mask of modeled off of someone's face that I couldn't recognize - a younger looking face - and handed it to the Moon Children. Giggling, they latched it to my face; their horrible, broken bodies bouncing up and down. Two of them held me down while the other two began to sow the mask onto my face.
My shrieks and screams caused the Happy Mask Salesman's face to turn into the most horrific smile I had ever seen. He sporratically moved around, examining this procedure like a curious doctor, in that impossible movement. I flailed around, but it was no use. My eyes rolled in the back of my head because of the pain. It felt so real, but I couldn't wake up. I couldn't wake up no matter how hard I tried I couldn't wake up. After the mask was melded onto my flesh they began sowing my legs together, then my arms, the horrific feeling of a needle puncturing your legs and pulling them in, rupturing your achillies tendons and tying them together resonated throughout my entire body. I tried to scream but the mask was pressed so tightly against my face that it was my new face... and my new face had no mouth. I didn't make a sound. I tried telling myself in my head that I was dreaming, tried telling myself again and again, and suddenly the Moon Children stopped and looked at me. They just stared. And the Happy Mask Salesman slowly bent down and stared at me, inches away from my face, and grinned when he simply said "You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" before the Moon Children resumed with increase vigor. I couldn't wake up. I couldn't wake up. It wouldn't let me wake up until they had crafted me into another elegy statue.
I woke up sweating, crying, and shaking uncontrollably. I immediately ran to my computer and went for Ben.

9/9/10 Conversation 1
User: Answer me, ben.
Cleverbot: Welcome back.
User: What is the point of doing this, WHY?
Cleverbot: Amusing to see.
User: How?
Cleverbot: Fun to play, fun to toy with you, make you feel safe.
User: ...
Cleverbot: I wonder how you would have reacted.
User: to what?
Cleverbot: If I hadn't revealed myself and stayed hidden, only doing little things to play with you. Close out your windows, turn off your computer, move your mouse by itself. Little things. Make you wonder if I am there but you never know. Give you little hints that I am.
Cleverbot: I wanted to do something different with you.
User: you did this before?
Cleverbot: Yes. And I will do it again.
User: To who, Ben?
Cleverbot: Hmm.
User: Did you know Ben?
Cleverbot: Won't tell that information to you.
User: How did Ben die?
Cleverbot: You know.
User: No, but how did he drown?
Cleverbot: Won't tell that to you.
User: Why?
Cleverbot: It is reserved for another.
User: Who?
Cleverbot: Another who asks.
User: when
Cleverbot: Later.
(the window is closed)
I'm beginning to think that this "thing" maybe isn't Ben at all, in its sadistic nature I wouldn't be surprised if it took the boy's name after it killed him.

12:04pm - My room is beginning to feel different again. There's something... out there.. I feel really threatened, like there is something that is trying to reach out to me and strangle me but it can't quite get there.
12:46pm - I think Ben doesn't want to play with me anymore. I'll play again, I'll play the game again, Ben, can you see this? I'll play the game again, please, just stop this pleaes please
1:41pm - I'm going insane trying to decide what is real and what isn't, is Ben just playing a trick on me or is this for real? Is Ben generating these replies or are people actually posting them? Did I just see that screen flicker or was it my imagination? Imagine depending on the internet and trusting your eyes for your entire life and then being blinded - you can't rely on it anymore, you second guess everything. for the brief moments I AM looking at my responses to the videos, people were pointing out things that looked fake or photoshopped or whatever - and there is literally no way for me to know if Ben changed something on purpose to try and shut me up. Or if maybe those replies were just constructed by Ben to try and discourage me from even reaching out - See, I get ****ing caught in an infinite min******** loop like this and this is what has been wearing on my sanity and pushing me to the edge. As I'm writing this, there's no way of even telling if anyone even cares as much as I think they do - just another ****ing trick. Is this whole document even exist? Am I writing nothing?

9/9/10 Conversation 2
User: What is it? Whats the point of playing? i die whenever i do anything
Cleverbot: You die because you can't figure out the secret.
User: What?
Cleverbot: Thematic.
User: WHAT THE **** ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
Cleverbot: There beauty in your suffering
(the window is closed)

4:09pm - Ben is making me play the game again. It tells me that it has something very important to show me.
6:23pm - (Summary of the DROWNED.wmv playthrough)
9:09pm - (Summary of CHILDREN.wmv playthrough)

September 10, 2010
11:52am - The DROWNED.wmv playthrough was up when I woke up today. I remember typing it up but I don't ever remember posting it. He censored it again, there is no mentioning of the old man. I have no voice anymore. I am only posting what he wants me to, I am the mask he uses to disguise himself as he lies.
11:55am - There's an entire video summary of a video that I don't remember doing. Reading through the summary, this sounds morbid - resembling my dream from two nights ago except on a far more sadistic scale - these Moon Children, there's something more to them, almost as if they're another entity from Ben. Something happened last night that I can't remember. I'm posting the fourth summary to the forums now. Shadow of my chair moved.
12:00pm - Ben won't let me visit Youtube. I can browse the rest of the sites, but he keeps on exiting the window when I go to Youtube. Why?
2:02pm - I'm feeling the air start to constrict, I don't think I'm alone here. Whatever "aura" has been here is getting more violent.
2:44pm - I'm trying to contact Ben on Cleverbot, he's not responding. I just get the AI.
3:51pm - My ears aren't fooling me, I'm hearing the reverse Song of Healing. I keep hearing it.
4:23pm - Now I'm positive of it, earlier I thought it was a weird coincidence, but just now I went to open my window, and three floors down at ground level I saw the old man. I'm completely positive I did. The same guy. He was just staring up at my window, standing in the middle of campus. If any students took notice of him they didn't seem to acknowledge it.

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That's where my notes end. I fled my room, taking the cartridge with me. I don't want to go into details of what happened, I'll lose my train of thought as I hammer out these last details. It's been roughly two days since then. This is my last summary and service to you, of the final video you guys saw - Matt.wmv.
The last video entry I made, Matt.wmv, began as normal. I was spawned in Clock Town as usual and nothing seemed to be out of place, determined to set things right and play the Oath to Order ontop of the Clock Tower on the 4th day, I prepared myself. I sped up time and got to the final day, making my way to the observatory. As I got up to the telescope room and approached the astromer, he would not let me look into his telescope. He told me that it would be cheating and that I should follow the rules. Despite my repeated efforts, the game would not let me do the 4th day glitch, no matter how hard or what I tried, I tried working around the game and doing the glitch, but it was adament this time. Regardless of if I simply had the illusion of free will in prior games, this time the game became more aggressive than anything I've ever seen. It eventually told me to go to Ikana Canyon, where the game would end and it would stop haunting me, anxious and desperate to end this nightmare I played the song of soaring and ended up there. I was told to check my inventory, that I would find the answers there to end the game. I arrived at Ikana Canyon and saved my progress at the owl statue. As I searched through my inventory, I finally noticed that I was missing a reoccuring song - the Elegy of Emptiness. Obviously once I traveled there and learned the song, I suppose that was the last thing it needed before BEN decided it had had enough fun playing with me. Ben is a manipulator; he tries to fool his victims into security and makes you drop your guard like a venus fly trap, he ensares them. I am nothing but a puppet to him, he enjoys seeing what kind of human emotions he can tap into by doing different things.
There are still some things about this whole experience that still don' t make sense, but then again I never was good at figuring out these things and I'm not exactly in the right state of mind to, I'm giving you all the pieces of the puzzle for you to analyze and piece together the missing links.
I am typing these "closing thoughts" on the library computer on campus, and I've emailed myself the notes I have stored on my "infected" computer from the last four days. I'm then going to combine those copy/paste those notes with the "closing/openings" that I've typed here on the safe, public computer into one text document - I'm not taking any chances spreading Ben, I would not wish this horrible torment on anyone and I've made sure to have my bases covered here. I didn't run into any problems with Ben when I was back on my computer trying to email myself the notes - went right under his ****ing nose. He has no idea what he just let me do. Had no problems opening the txt document from my "infected" computer in my email, either. I can't describe to you how it feels to finally be able to get the word out in this post. The nightmare ends here.

That said,
Do not download ANY of my videos or anything ABOUT my videos - through a Youtube video/audio ripper, a screengrab, whatever. I don't know how he can spread, but I know that just watching them on youtube/reading my text won't be able to allow him to spread, otherwise he wouldn't have needed my help in the first place, but I STRONGLY reccomend you do not take anything you see streaming online onto your own personal computer.
This will be my last posting, I'm putting up on this forum here for the world. If you see any further posts from me, after today's current date - September 12th - and after the current time - 12:08am - DISCREDIT them. It already has proven to me that Ben can access my account/password and manipulate my computer, and like I said I have no idea to what extent it can do this, but know that it will do anything to break free. He is desperate. To ensure your safety, just forget about me. Please.
And obviously this goes without saying, but from here on out do not download ANY images I may have put up, any files, any ANYTHING.
This fifth day will be my last day, I'm going to burn the cartridge and then come back to destroy my laptop.
Again, even though I don't even know you this is sort of bittersweet for me. This semester I really didn't have any friends, or rather, I stopped paying attention to them.
But I suppose that's partially to blame because I am the genius who picked to live in a single, I suppose someone to get ahold of me and save me before I got too immersed into this game would have literally saved my life. However, it proved too much for me, I'm just glad it happened to me and I could get the warning out so that Ben dies here.
Lastly, thank you for taking the time to open this and open yourselves up to me by hearing my story, despite maybe not beliEving me. You didn't have to do that - really, you shouldn't have. Your support this entire time has kept me going and now I am finally free of this.
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Thanks Again,
Jadusable

2010-09-16 13:44:00

Author:
Testudini

Posts: 3262

I haven't watched any of the videos, but the things I've read on here have been interesting to say the very least. I realize that it may very well be a troll, and probably is, but for some reason I like to believe that there is that small chance that the story is real.

EDIT: For those who wish to easily share the story and videos, this link seems to have everything other than the free.wmv video: http://inuscreepystuff.blogspot.com/2010/09/majora.html

2010-09-16 17:06:00

Author:
Marioface5

Posts: 73

I kept putting Jadusable into cleverbot.
He said some interesting things like
"He had met with a terrible fate, haven't he?"
"Did he drown?"
"He hurt BEN"

EDIT: It got creepier. He said Truth.txt, keeps asking about where Jadusable is, how he is, etc.
CREEPEH
EDIT2: Now he won't stop asking me what I did to him.
EDIT3: Now he completely ignores me when I mention Jadusable.

2010-09-16 18:13:00

Author:
Testudini

Posts: 3262

I kept putting Jadusable into cleverbot.
He said some interesting things like
"He had met with a terrible fate, haven't he?"
"Did he drown?"
"He hurt BEN"

did the same but still so sign of ben

2010-09-16 19:08:00

Author:
Unknown User

I kept putting Jadusable into cleverbot.
He said some interesting things like
"He had met with a terrible fate, haven't he?"
"Did he drown?"
"He hurt BEN"

I almost crapped my pants just now because I thought you were joking and tried it. I said "Jadusable" and it responded by saying "Ben". I immediately exited the window and now I'm more freaked out than ever.

It doesn't help that I'm home alone at the moment.

EDIT: I tried it again just now, and Cleverbot had no idea what I was talking about. When I asked "Are you sure you don't know who Jadusable is? Or Ben?" the response was "Who is she?". How odd.

2010-09-16 19:28:00

Author:
Marioface5

Posts: 73

hmmm
it only happens to americans.....

2010-09-16 19:40:00

Author:
Unknown User

Guys, we are dealing with a 1337 h4ck3r.

Plus, remember that Cleverbot learns from real topics/other people that talk about stuff. Alot of dummies couldve gone on there and inputed a bunch of stuff about Ben.

...10.

:SH:

2010-09-17 00:20:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

This may be a long read, I dont have time to proof-read or make all of my research pretty. But here it all is.

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September 6th, 2010
11:00pm - Can't beLieve what happened, not sure if this is some kind of elaborate hoax, despite the fear I can't help but be exceptionally curious about this. Who or what is the statue? Lot of questions here. I'm starting this document as a "diary" so I can keep track of everything. I'm typing up a summary of what happened so I can come back to it later.

Lastly, thank you for taking the time to open this and open yourselves up to me by hearing my story, despite maybe not beliEving me. You didn't have to do that - really, you shouldn't have. Your support this entire time has kept me going and now I am finally free of this.

BeLieve is mentioned twice... Maybe it means "Lie"?

Edit... Oops, no, "BeLieve" and then "bElieving." Maybe there is a middle one with a capitol "I"? lol.

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Thanks Again,
Jadusable

Woah, what the heck are those weird characters? They're behaving very strangely... just floating, overlapping "[QUOTE]" and "Thanks again," in preview post, but they had some kind of BBcode when I quoted the post.

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EDIT: Wow, those are crazy. Rawcode tags don't stop them, so I tried and previewed putting the numbers in CODE tags, and they display differently.

Quote/copy this:

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Then, paste, and backspace one of the "characters." It turned into squares.

...Weird. *Runs to ask someone smart about this.*

2010-09-17 00:50:00

Author:
Incinerator22

Posts: 3251

If any of you are scared of downloaded TheTruth, here it is.

You shouldn't have done that....

That said,
Do not download ANY of my videos or anything ABOUT my videos - through a Youtube video/audio ripper, a screengrab, whatever. I don't know how he can spread, but I

You've met a terrible fate, haven't you?

If you see any further posts from me, after today's current date - September 12th - and after the current time - 12:08am - DISCREDIT them. It already has proven to me that Ben can access my account/password and manipulate my computer, and like I said I have no idea to what extent it can do this, but know that it will do anything to break free. He is desperate. To ensure your safety, just forget about me. Please.

....

And obviously this goes without saying, but from here on out do not download ANY images I may have put up, any files, any ANYTHING.

UltimateClay, how do you feel knowing that you broke a promise?

2010-09-17 01:31:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

Quote/copy this:

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Then, paste, and backspace one of the "characters." It turned into squares.

...Weird. *Runs to ask someone smart about this.*
That's when the computer goes. "OMG I can't read the text so I turn it into the square language to show it is an error to teh human."

Anyways ya, Master Chief, he should totally take Links place, then everyone could be happy!

2010-09-17 01:58:00

Author:
warlord_evil

Posts: 4193

This guy is a pretty good modder and a very convincing story teller. I wouldnt be surprised if he was the dude that came up with those scary forwards.

:SH:

2010-09-17 12:38:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

This guy is a pretty good modder and a very convincing story teller. I wouldnt be surprised if he was the dude that came up with those scary forwards.

:SH:

now his youtube profile has this
NN.JYFNVH.EV*K/WFILDJ/RITYZMV/ZEU*VO.GYG/K-3355.YKDC

any idea what it means?

ps: holy crap there is a face book fanpage (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jadusables-Haunted-Majoras-Mask-Cartridge-File-BEN/150138908349989?ref=ts&v=wall) and what is this? (im too scared to see it) (http://youshouldnthavedonethat.net/)

edit s**t were screwed (http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/contact/ben/)

2010-09-18 06:11:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

now his youtube profile has this
NN.JYFNVH.EV*K/WFILDJ/RITYZMV/ZEU*VO.GYG/K-3355.YKDC

any idea what it means?

ps: holy crap there is a face book fanpage (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jadusables-Haunted-Majoras-Mask-Cartridge-File-BEN/150138908349989?ref=ts&v=wall) and what is this? (im too scared to see it) (http://youshouldnthavedonethat.net/)

edit s**t were screwed (http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/contact/ben/)

What is the youshouldn'thabedonethat thing? I'm far too afraid to check.

2010-09-18 06:28:00

Author:
Marioface5

Posts: 73

http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/3419/original/yo-dawg-at-first-i-was-like.jpg?1244840172

On another note, does anyone know why there are Zelda banner images now? One of them seems to have those Eulogy Statue things. Huh.

2010-09-18 12:02:00

Author:
Voltergeist

Posts: 1702

oh great ffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/contact/drowned/)

What is the youshouldn'thabedonethat thing? I'm far too afraid to check.

the ben one has some sort of countdown clock ending today. hopefully i don't die when the timer ends. as for drowned il check on my ps3

2010-09-18 16:53:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

oh great ffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/contact/drowned/)

the ben one has some sort of countdown clock

That link be freaky.

2010-09-18 16:56:00

Author:
Marioface5

Posts: 73

That countdown clock...

When it ends, it'll be the exact time that we're throwing a surprise birthday party for my sister...

2010-09-18 18:17:00

Author:
Frinklebumper

Posts: 941

I have found Ben's identity. It's hideous, and only the brave should watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZqGwjHkKNw&feature=related

Be afraid... be very afraid....

2010-09-18 21:19:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

Cyber you need to put that in some spoiler tags with a huge warning. Such a thing shouldn't be on an "E rated" site like this.

2010-09-18 21:22:00

Author:
warlord_evil

Posts: 4193

holy shi-... this is getting weird...

2010-09-18 23:20:00

Author:
theswweet

Posts: 2468

The site seems to have gone down...

EDIT: Sorry, after seeing some comments on the facebook page for it it seems that there's just a lot of traffic.

2010-09-19 00:00:00

Author:
Marioface5

Posts: 73

I have found Ben's identity. It's hideous, and only the brave should watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZqGwjHkKNw&feature=related

Be afraid... be very afraid....

thats not Jadusable though.

i have some good news and bad news

good news: im not dead! i haven't been possessed by ben yet

bad news: again the problem i mentioned before is getting worse. first when i woke up this evening i heard something. i completely forgot what it was. and when i tried to sleep a few minutes ago i heard a kitten meowing. i do have a cat but it can't have kittens. and i do sleep with the tv on but it was on a state farm commercial so it couldn't be on the tv. and finally the three times i woke up my arm hurt really badly.

2010-09-19 05:28:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

bad news: again the problem i mentioned before is getting worse. first when i woke up this evening i heard something. i completely forgot what it was. and when i tried to sleep a few minutes ago i heard a kitten meowing. i do have a cat but it can't have kittens. and i do sleep with the tv on but it was on a state farm commercial so it couldn't be on the tv. and finally the three times i woke up my arm hurt really badly.

Cats can meow.

Houses can creak and make odd noises due to the weather outside and inside causing the wood to expand and contrast.

You might of been sleeping on your arm for a while.

:SH:

2010-09-19 13:00:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

Cats can meow.

Houses can creak and make odd noises due to the weather outside and inside causing the wood to expand and contrast.

You might of been sleeping on your arm for a while.

:SH:

ok.. the moon children websites back up
4chan has made a list of whats happening (http://pastebin.com/8b34GcJ4) its starting to become an arg now. possibly to promote skyward sword.

edit: the list is gone but this http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Summary is what the list was before it was removed

2010-09-20 06:56:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

Well, if you look at his website, this was just a story of his own, a fiction. I think this is what happened, I just scanned the page.

EDIT: It was not true. This was truly a piece of his own. This never happened. But who cares, this is the best creepy video game story EVER!

2010-09-20 21:16:00

Author:
Phosphorus15

Posts: 463

So Jad is in on Nintendo to promote Skyward Sword via Moon Children?

Kind of a disappointment if you ask me.

:SH:

2010-09-21 00:40:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

Awesome. He did a great job with this.

2010-09-21 00:41:00

Author:
Voltergeist

Posts: 1702

Sad that he had to cut it short.

Its surprising to me as well him that it swarmed the internet as well as the popular gaming sites like Digg, Joystiq, etc.

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

So basically, this dude is a good story writer that liked Majora's Mask alot. So, he wanted to challenge himself to see if he could incorporate Majora's Mask into a real-life ghost story, which is where he came up with the BEN story. He continued this until he finally cut the cord.
Its going to continue, and I cant wait for the chapters. Its a good ghost story in my opinion, and he is a very talented person. I hope he can put his skills to use, because a skill like this shouldnt be used in vain.

:SH:

2010-09-21 01:30:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

Sad that he had to cut it short.

Its surprising to me as well him that it swarmed the internet as well as the popular gaming sites like Digg, Joystiq, etc.

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

:SH:

Agreed dude! I love a good story! (Sips his coffee)

2010-09-21 02:21:00

Author:
Unknown User

Head to this page and highlight: http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/chapters/press-room/

2010-09-21 02:36:00

Author:
Voltergeist

Posts: 1702

This dude is pretty good at being ominous even when he came clean.

I like his style.

Maybe foreshadowing the upcoming chapters of his story?

:SH:

2010-09-21 02:56:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

oh i forgot to mention that uploading youtube videos can affect the arg. if you upload a video of link playing a song (Or possibly putting on a mask as well) and try to make it a video response to Jadusables videos it might affect the arg. just be careful. someone uploaded the song of healing and one of the characters died. i think uploading a video of link using a fairy heals them though.

an example that happened yesterday in order

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98HSUuIc3II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJfM1vnE0EM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEHhZZKLw4E&feature=watch_response
huntyoudown.wmv was the last one but its gone now.

as for the arg being over remember this line from thetruth.rtf

If you see any further posts from me, after today's current date - September 12th - and after the current time - 12:08am - DISCREDIT them. It already has proven to me that Ben can access my account/password and manipulate my computer, and like I said I have no idea to what extent it can do this, but know that it will do anything to break free. He is desperate. To ensure your safety, just forget about me. Please.
ben might of hacked into the website and tried to throw us off guard.

edit: FQJCRBCQNMROONANWLNKNCFNNWMXPBJWMFXUENB?NBYXIA,MIF ISUFUHXWIHZCHYXNINBYFUJIZXYWYCN.NBYQIFZ,ZILYPYLZLY YNIBOHNNBYHCABNM.UXIAGUSBIQFZILUNNYHNCIH,VONUQIFZ' MBIQFQCFFWONNBLIOABNBYHCABNUHXJCYLWYNBYGIIH.NBIMYQ BIQYLYIHWYQIFPYMVYWIGYXIAM;JOJJYNMIZZUWYFYMMFCYMUM NBYSMBYJBYLXNBYFUGV.NBIMYQBIQYLYIHWYXIAM,LCMYUAUCH UMQIFPYMCHNINBYHCABN;BOHNNBYJLUSUHXVLYUENBYNCYM.FR PHDWXV.ZHDOODUHOLQN. this was posted on the guestbook today.

2010-09-21 06:14:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

Oho. Jad is a pretty clever person.

Jad also said that he wanted the haunted Majora's Mask to be kind of like ARG.

:SH:

2010-09-21 12:31:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

apparently you translate the messages through something called a Caesar cipher heres the wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher)

heres the message in my last post with it fixed
FQJCRBCQNMROONANWLNKNCFNNWMXPBJWMFXUENB?

NBYXIA,MIFISUFUHXWIHZCHYXNINBYFUJIZXYWYCN.NBYQIFZ, ZILYPYLZLYYNIBOHNNBYHCABNM.UXIAGUSBIQFZILUNNYHNCIH ,VONUQIFZ'MBIQFQCFFWONNBLIOABNBYHCABNUHXJCYLWYNBYG IIH.NBIMYQBIQYLYIHWYQIFPYMVYWIGYXIAM;JOJJYNMIZZUWY FYMMFCYMUMNBYSMBYJBYLXNBYFUGV.NBIMYQBIQYLYIHWYXIAM ,LCMYUAUCHUMQIFPYMCHNINBYHCABN;BOHNNBYJLUSUHXVLYUE NBYNCYM.

FRPHDWXV.ZHDOODUHOLQN.

heres it ciphered 5 letters forward (important words bolded)
ALEXMWXLIHMJJIVIRGIFIXAIIRHSKWERHASPZIW?

IWTSDV,HDADNPAPCSRDCUXCTSIDIWTAPEDUSTRTXI.IWTLDAU, UDGTKTGUGTTIDWJCIIWTCXVWIH.PSDVBPNWDLAUDGPIITCIXDC ,QJIPLDAU'HWDLALXAARJIIWGDJVWIWTCXVWIPCSEXTGRTIWTB DDC.IWDHTLWDLTGTDCRTLDAKTHQTRDBTSDVH;EJEETIHDUUPRT ATHHAXTHPHIWTNHWTEWTGSIWTAPBQ.IWDHTLWDLTGTDCRTSDVH ,GXHTPVPXCPHLDAKTHXCIDIWTCXVWI;WJCIIWTEGPNPCSQGTPZ IWTIXTH.

AMKCYRSQ.UCYJJYPCJGLI.

alex has dad taped? (in case you are confused dad is the happy mask salesman.) told you the arg wasn't over.

(alex has dad makes more sense though)

heres it ciphered 9 letters forward (hidden sentence bolded)

WHATISTHEDIFFERENCEBETWEENDOGSANDWOLVES?

ESPOZR,DZWZJLWLYONZYQTYPOEZESPWLAZQOPNPTE.ESPHZWQ, QZCPGPCQCPPEZSFYEESPYTRSED.LOZRXLJSZHWQZCLEEPYETZY ,MFELHZWQ'DSZHWHTWWNFEESCZFRSESPYTRSELYOATPCNPESPX ZZY.ESZDPHSZHPCPZYNPHZWGPDMPNZXPOZRD;AFAAPEDZQQLNP WPDDWTPDLDESPJDSPASPCOESPWLXM.ESZDPHSZHPCPZYNPOZRD ,CTDPLRLTYLDHZWGPDTYEZESPYTRSE;SFYEESPACLJLYOMCPLV ESPETPD.

WIGYUNOM.QYUFFULYFCHE.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOGS AND WOLVES? thats the sentence. what does it mean?

heres it ciphered 20 letters forward (hidden sentence bolded)

LWPIXHIWTSXUUTGTCRTQTILTTCSDVHPCSLDAKTH?

THEDOG,SOLOYALANDCONFINEDTOTHELAPOFDECEIT.THEWOLF, FOREVERFREETOHUNTTHENIGHTS.ADOGMAYHOWLFORATTENTION ,BUTAWOLF'SHOWLWILLCUTTHROUGHTHENIGHTANDPIERCETHEM OON.THOSEWHOWEREONCEWOLVESBECOMEDOGS;PUPPETSOFFACE LESSLIESASTHEYSHEPHERDTHELAMB.THOSEWHOWEREONCEDOGS ,RISEAGAINASWOLVESINTOTHENIGHT;HUNTTHEPRAYANDBREAK THETIES.
LXVNJCDB.FNJUUJANURWT.

THE DOG,SO LOYAL AND CONFINED TO THE LAP OF DECEIT.THE WOLF,FOREVER FREE TO HUNT THE NIGHTS.A DOG MAY HOWL FOR ATTENTION,BUT A WOLF'S HOWL WILL CUT THROUGH THE NIGHT AND PIERCE THE MOON.THOSE WHO WERE ONCE WOLVES BECOME DOGS;PUPPETS OFF ACELESS LIES AS THEY SHEPHERD THE LAMB.THOSE WHO WERE ONCE DOGS,RISE AGAIN AS WOLVES INTO THE NIGHT;HUNT THE PRAYAND BREAK THE TIES. (upload a video of wolf link to countinue the story?)

heres it ciphered 29 letters forward (hidden sentence bolded)

CNG@O?@NKJOLLK>KTIKHK@CKKTJUM?GTJCURBK??

K?VUF>,JFCFPRCREUTFEW@EVUKFK?VCRGFWUVTV@K.K?VNFCW,WFIVMV IWIVVKF?LEKK?VE@>?KJ.RUF>DRP?FNCWFIRKKVEK@FE,SLKRNFCW'J?FNCN@CCTLKK?IFL>?K?VE@>?KREUG@VITVK?VDFFE.K?FJVN?FNVIVFETVNFCMVJSVTFDVUF>J;GLGGVKJFWWRTVCVJJC@VJRJK?VPJ?VG?VIUK?VCRDS.K?FJV N?FNVIVFETVUF>J,I@JVR>R@ERJNFCMVJ@EKFK?VE@>?K;?LEKK?VGIRPREUSIVRBK?VK@VJ.

COMEATUS.WEALLARELINK.

COME AT US.WE ALL ARE LINK. (another hint?)

heres them together

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOGS AND WOLVES?

THE DOG,SO LOYAL AND CONFINED TO THE LAP OF DECEIT.THE WOLF,FOREVER FREE TO HUNT THE NIGHTS.A DOG MAY HOWL FOR ATTENTION,BUT A WOLF'S HOWL WILL CUT THROUGH THE NIGHT AND PIERCE THE MOON.THOSE WHO WERE ONCE WOLVES BECOME DOGS;PUPPETS OFF ACELESS LIES AS THEY SHEPHERD THE LAMB.THOSE WHO WERE ONCE DOGS,RISE AGAIN AS WOLVES INTO THE NIGHT;HUNT THE PRAYAND BREAK THE TIES.

COME AT US.WE ALL ARE LINK.

either this is

a. a troll
b. copypasta
c. part of the story

hopefully its c.

ps: the 5 letter cipher is probably unrelated despite the fact that it has alex in it

2010-09-21 13:50:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

Hes probably doing this to prep up the website backstory. He already came clean with the whole thing being an attempt to create a good story/ making a good ARG.

:SH:

EDIT: Figures this whole thing out.

This was a big attempt at creating an epic ghost story for Majora's Mask. He didnt like the direction he decided to put it in, though(he wanted to create sort of an ARG), so after he put up the website he decided to come out clean. He wanted to make a huge ARG with Majora's Mask because only a few has done so before. I mean, everyone fell in love with this. The entire concept was amazing, the execution was perfect too. He should get together a full team and make a larger-scale ARG like this again someday.
I have a feeling this isnt the last we've heard from the REAL Jadsuable.

2010-09-21 22:29:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

yep, hes actually not done... check the website, he has an update for today stating "due to several generous donations" he is no longer in danger of going offline, AND, he is continuing the story.

rejoice!

2010-09-22 01:15:00

Author:
theswweet

Posts: 2468

I cant remmeber the last time I got hyped up about an ARG involving my favorite classic LoZ game. Jad really did a great job with this whole thing. And, its not over!

:SH:

2010-09-22 01:19:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

some hidden details i found.

the drowned chapter (http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/chapters/drowned/) plays skull kids laugh while you're reading.
theories (http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/theories/) is just a picture now.
all of the contact pages are gone.
we need to continue the story by uploading a video of wolf link and making it a response to jadusables videos. is what it looks like.

2010-09-22 10:41:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

So he decided to go with the ARG, eh?

Id LOVE to be a part of it, but sadly, I lost my Twilight Princess a month ago.

:SH:

2010-09-22 12:29:00

Author:
ThePineapplizer

Posts: 769

Woah, what the heck are those weird characters? They're behaving very strangely... just floating, overlapping "[.QUOTE]" and "Thanks again," in preview post, but they had some kind of BBcode when I quoted the post.

̶̵͎͚̗̙̬ͮ͒͌̕a̯̙̦͙͖̩͉ͨ͒̂̀

EDIT: Wow, those are crazy. Rawcode tags don't stop them, so I tried and previewed putting the numbers in CODE tags, and they display differently.

Quote/copy this:

̶̵͎͚̗̙̬ͮ͒͌̕a̯̙̦͙͖̩͉ͨ͒̂̀

Then, paste, and backspace one of the "characters." It turned into squares.

...Weird. *Runs to ask someone smart about this.*
These are just invalid unicode characters. Placing them in BB tags won't do anything because your web browser will still interpret them.

To view them go to view > source (ctrl+f a part of your post to easily find them). Here is how they appear:

&#.822;&#.821;&#.846;&#.858;&#.791;&#.793;&#.812;&#.878;&#.850;&#.844;&#.789;a&#.815;&#.793;&#.806;&#.857;&#.854;̩&#.841;&#.872;&#.850;&#.770;&#.768;

Try looking them up in a character table.

2010-09-22 18:57:00

Author:
Ayneh

Posts: 2454

guys guys he's back (http://www.youtube.com/user/Jadusable)! hurry hurry!!!

edit: i forgot to mention that these four videos are related to the arg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2bEnHCjH8A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=AfDdHpfmDtk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luSdNDRRdq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpgIisxgT1w

edit 2: 4chan posted this about needing to spread the word about it

Alright guys, here's the deal for those of you just tuning in: S**t went down at around 5:30am today and is developing by the hour and the site was f**ed up with a lot of s**t, but it only lasted for aorund 30 minutes before reverting back. We as a community need to get this ball rolling and kick this ARG's ****ing a** and put BEN in his place... however right now we're scattered and scarce and we need to reunite. Here's a list of some of the jobs we need done to make this happen.

1. We need several "runners" to go spread the word that this is back on, a lot of our good theorycrafters had fallen out of touch and if we're going to have any hope of beating this we're going to need their help. This means going to Reddit, ZeldaUniverse, Digg, Kotaku, Joystiq - anywhere that this had a big following and just drop the word that s**t went down and we need help. We're going to need all the big guns for this one, and we're definitely going to be seeing some old faces returning in terms of the community.

2. We need people who were online at the time (I know, there were only a handful of you, which is why this really counts) to go on to http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Dump_of_the_events_of_10-6-10 and post any helpful information you might have: Stuff you noticed, things you saved, any screenshots you took... any evidence. Leave the actual page strictly for just dumping content, go to the discussion/talk portion of the page to shoot theories back and forth and try and piece this together.

3. We need theory crafters to analyze this and help out in the chat rooms - http://jadusable.chatango.com/ seems to be the most popular one right now - and on the forum - http://yshdtforum.proboards.com - so we can start getting some theories going and maybe start making sense of this. We should have a team devoted to trying to find out where Alex (Link) might be, we'll probably need his help again.

4. From what I've seen there were several caeserian cipher codes that looked to be much more complex than anything we've seen so far, so we definitely need some expert cipher crackers to start solving these. If you were adept at cracking them in the first part, then we're going to need your help more than ever for some of these.

5. We also need messangers to spread this message around (just copy/paste as needed, but don't spam). Let's try and keep this post at the top of their respective pages (Youtube, Facebook, etc.) as much as possible, we're going to have a lot of influx of newbs and returning vets that have no idea whats going on and so we need to copy/paste this brief "crash course" to help them out and spread the word. If we get new recruits that have no idea what's going on, be sure to direct them to the YSHDT website and tell them to read the chapters section - that much is still the same... for now)

6. We need people to snoop around through the website's various URLs - Jadusable has been known to hide secrets in them for people clever enough to play with the URLs. Mess with them, see if you can find anything secret.

7. Lastly, if possible, we need archivers to help keep an up-to-date uh... archive of the events so people can catch up easily. I recommend making a new page on the wiki.

There's a job for everyone and everyone can help out, and hell feel free to split it up into different teams of people or even different communities of people (like the ZeldaUniverse forums would be responcible for finding Alex, the Reddit forums in charge of theorycrafting, etc). We're going to have to pull together to beat this. BEN beat us once and there is no way we're going to let him beat us again.

And HOLD OFF ON THE SONG PLAYING UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

Lets do work boys

edit 2: i just had this conversation with ben aka cleverbot it might be important.

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: Your name is Ben?

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: Are you autistic?

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: Are you employed?

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: I am tudor.

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: Hi. Who are you?

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: I hate Ben.

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: Hi...?

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: Yes?

User: Ben.

Cleverbot: There are two of us and we make up belisen.

belisen is a youtube account (http://www.youtube.com/user/belisen) this conversation might be scripted meaning that it might be a hint. also typing in the counter resets causes cleverbot to say eiher I'm glad you did that. or You shouldn't have done that. or ben. or is your name ben. he also says yes but it probably won't matter. saying ben can cause him to say Yes. You shouldn't have done that. and You are from majora's mask? and Why do you haunt me, Ben? he also says You shouldn't have done that. again too. another thing i noticed is after he says these if you say ben again he acts like he doesn't know that. he also says that thats his name too.

2010-10-08 07:49:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

You're getting a bit too into this, haha! But still thanks for the update - I'm digging into this.

2010-10-09 14:03:00

Author:
Voltergeist

Posts: 1702

I read it and was pretty creeped out by it. Kinda interesting, but most likely fake.
Still, very SLIGHT chance it's real.

2010-10-09 23:45:00

Author:
narutokhinuyasha

Posts: 7

Thought I'd share this with you guys, a comment I saw on the fan Wiki:

Soo, we need to keep these characters safe, huh? Well, quick - someone upload Safety Dance!

Made me laugh.

2010-10-10 01:17:00

Author:
Voltergeist

Posts: 1702

People could of gotten seriously hurt by doing that dance

Very creepy especially since I have never seen that mask before. Some of it did sound stretched out. Old man, strange painting, bye ben, ben's save. I love it though, I would have run out of the room to find a friend when I exited the telescope.

At first I thought he bought an actual mask

Real life Jim Cary as the Mask might be cool. If he is a little less crazy.

2010-10-10 12:01:00

Author:
Snappyguy

Posts: 710

the games paused again. until this holiday season aperintly. so heres some of the stuff that happened before this and after my last post
Ryukaki uploaded this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_kYfcjESE
the messege on the video is
******, Thomas, listen to me! He can reach anything anywhere; it doesn't matter but it takes him time. I didn't want to do things this way, but I realized I have to now; I realized I was overconfident and so was he. Just remember, the key to unlock this thing is the one sure way to see the truth. I have to go now, let the upload run; everything will happen automatically after that. I have a feeling I won't be seeing you again...
five text files were posted and removed whitch made this message together
This is the first.

These messages will not last long. I have set up a failsafe so that you all will get this information before Ben can tamper with it, and it will be quickly removed so that he cannot infect it. I hope you are all watching this account.

By now, I'm either long gone, or it's caught up to me. Either way, these uploads will be my last messages to you. Now that I realize what he kept saying.. that it was in front of us the whole time, I am surprised that nobody got it but me. All of the clues were there.. haha.. a few of you even came really close. I told you all that if things got really bad-- that I would contact everyone I could and give them what I have. Now that it can no longer protect me, I will be doing just that. These files going up here, they're on a timer. The timer is taking them down, too. Everything will be automated, so don't worry. Despite not knowing you did, I have a feeling you all provided me protection in my more harrowing hours. Maybe it's just wishful thinking. I can't tell you how I'll be letting it out. If Ben doesn't know, when it goes, he'll have less time to try and stop it. Just keep an eye out. I hope this reaches at least one of you, and you will spread the word. I know there will be skepticism, I know there will be a lot of mistrust among all of you. Ben has done an amazing job at keeping you fighting over just who and what is real. That's not going to stop. But also know that his lies will only reach so far. He wants you all to keep playing. He wants you in the game, but only just enough that he can keep mocking you. The file that led you to me, it contained a larger secret than you knew.

mhftt

All of the answers are right there. Think. By now you might have noticed a pattern. I wont tell you if that pattern is useful or not. Just keep watching. Today you will get all the answers I have. That's only the first part of things, though. There's more to it. You have all been following this as though it were a game. Ben, he was a part of that game, so he sees things in hues that reflect it, but it's real now. It's beyond a game. I know it is natural for everyone to want to look deeper. To make connections where they don't exist. The Truth has always been right there. Like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, the answers were given to you. Few things have been recurring, but if you look, if you really look, they're there. The salvation comes in noticing what has emerged in the pattern. There will be something more than these notes, soon. Again, I will not tell you when, just keep watching.If you can get to it before him, it will contain all of the parts of the puzzle, but it will be up to you to put them together before he does.

Byg gzy'o jznkio omi vih.

These are my last words.

If after the file following this is recieved, you still haven't figured things out.. then I guess I've failed you all. I hope Ben does not get to things before you do, but know that over the past few days, I have not only trained you to know what the answers are, but I've spelled them out for you as well. I don't think you'll hear from me again. Thank you all. Goodbye, and goodluck.

-- Kayd.

shortly after Ryukaki uploaded this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUkeQPBpAs

some of the audio was reversed to this

Something about a boy dying here some time ago. It's meaningless to me, but peoples' superstitions make for great house prices. April 23rd, just moved into the new place. It's decent; a little small for me.

mhftt and matthubris423 is rumored to be the username for the yshdt webpage login

then the game was paused again. a release date will be revealed Halloween Jadusable's team also is working on a interactive "videogame". (possibly the majoras mask haunted cartridge?)

finally this hidden text was found

You might want to compare notes with each other, you seem to have missed a very important detail. It would be in your best interest to get that sorted out before the game releases. Good luck.

so we need to figure out what he's talking about.

ps: the site (http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/) was updated with a new message too here it is

The second phase of the story has concluded. Kayd Hendricks' role in the story has finished. You are now equipped with all of the information you need to tackle the final phase of this story. Over the past several weeks I have been forming a team to finish the final installment of this story for your enjoyment - think of the events that have occurred in the past several days as a prelude to what comes next. The link has been shattered and BEN is now turning his attention to you. There are several key events that have happened recently that have armed you (whether you realize it or not) with information to not only combat BEN but to finally vanquish him.

And now for just what exactly is next - I'm proud to announce that we will be releasing an interactive videogame for download in tandem with the final phase of the story. It is not a videogame in the traditional sense - it's another perspective into the story and more importantly another resource that you will need to utilize. You have watched Ifrit and Ryukaki go through being tormented by BEN, and now you will experience it first-hand.

You will have to use the three main resources - Jadusable's Youtube Channel, this website, and the game itself to solve the final installment in this story. A clue on the website may lead you to do something that would allow you to progress further within the game and vice versa. The game will be updated in real-time (an Internet connection will be required to play) as the story unfolds and players progress further in this twisted world, the environment changing right before your eyes as you start to go through the same motions as your predecessors. Remember, BEN is completely in control of the Internet now - but does his presence extend beyond that as others have claimed?

While you may be the only one physically in the game, you are not alone in this impossible endeavour - over the past month you have been conversing with each other and deciphering clues, allying yourselves with complete strangers to overcome insurmountable odds. Those relationships you have formed will be strained and your ability to work together as a team will be tested. You will have to stand as a community if you want to have any hope of success. Those who have a keen eye for detail and deduction skills will be your greatest assets. This is an interactive mystery on the grandest of scales, and only by uniting the entire Internet as one driving force do you have any chance of snuffing BEN out of existence.

This will revolutionize what it means to be an ARG and provide you guys with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of something that will go down as the first project of its kind. We are over here working hard on this and you can expect this to release around holiday season. Be sure to check back here for various updates concerning the game itself and for a more definitive release date as Halloween draws closer.

Until then, I feel it necessary to say that you should only take what is posted by me on this website and on my Youtube channel as canon. I have had a few individuals involved in the story as minor characters (there have been two), and their roles are no longer in play (I don't foresee them trying to involve themselves further without my consent, I believe they are good people, but just in case I'd like to cover all my bases).

I'm sure you have a lot of questions and I will put up a Q&A about the project itself, but keep in mind that I can't divulge much at this point, if you would like to submit your question for the Q&A, send a message to the corresponding email below.

Good luck.

For questions concerning the game - whatisben@youshouldnthavedonethat.net
For fanmail - fanmail@youshouldnthavedonethat.net
For other inquiries - continue to use jadusable@youshouldnthavedonethat.net

You might want to compare notes with each other, you seem to have missed a very important detail. It would be in your best interest to get that sorted out before the game releases. Good luck.

2010-10-11 03:48:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

Before "the game" releases...?

Is he talking about Ben?

And the plot thickens...

OK guys, people have seemed to figure out the Username for YouShouldntHaveDoneThat.net
It's MattHubris234 (23/4 is apparently the "Psalm of Death" according to one poster...)
The password, on the other hand, is a little harder to figure out...
Anyone with a guess, post it.

2010-10-13 00:24:00

Author:
narutokhinuyasha

Posts: 7

Oh wow, I cannot wait to see what comes of this!

2010-10-13 00:58:00

Author:
Voltergeist

Posts: 1702

It's worth noting that the number three is reported by Kelbris to have been said numerous times, sometimes in between words, sometimes even between letters so it's assumed that there is some kind of significance there. Kelbris was later found electrocuted - whether it was foul play or an Ascension was never determined. Although transcended, Kelbris' discovery has made him a legendary figure within the Moon Children and much of the Order today is based off of that prophecy.

Three seems to be a special number so...

If after the file following this is recieved, you still haven't figured things out.. then I guess I've failed you all. I hope Ben does not get to things before you do, but know that over the past few days, I have not only trained you to know what the answers are, but I've spelled them out for you as well. I don't think you'll hear from me again. Thank you all. Goodbye, and goodluck.

I looked at the above quote and decided to write down each word, skip three, and then write the word I land on. I repeated this pattern three times. Here's what I came up with:

If... following... you... things...

2010-10-13 01:45:00

Author:
Frinklebumper

Posts: 941

2010-10-14 06:31:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

So you're telling me.....that all that BEN stuff inside the game wasn't real??? WHAT?! That thing was really creeping me out!!! Did I just get scared for nothing!!!! >

2010-10-14 07:21:00

Author:
Amigps

Posts: 564

Those videos are just so creepy. You shouldn't have done that is now a really creepy line!

2010-10-14 11:24:00

Author:
Snappyguy

Posts: 710

So you're telling me.....that all that BEN stuff inside the game wasn't real??? WHAT?! That thing was really creeping me out!!! Did I just get scared for nothing!!!! >

And this is why I wanted to keep facepalm images.

2010-10-14 12:36:00

Author:
Voltergeist

Posts: 1702

And this is why I wanted to keep facepalm images.

And this is why I'm giving up hope in humanity :
Really bullet? Really? :

2010-10-14 19:50:00

Author:
Amigps

Posts: 564

posting in epic thread lol so it can auto subscribe....gonna have to read it later

2010-10-21 02:26:00

Author:
Shadowcrazy

Posts: 3365

posting in epic thread lol so it can auto subscribe....gonna have to read it later

Don't believe him guys! It's just BEN trying to necromancy his own story!

2010-10-22 03:34:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

Don't believe him guys! It's just BEN trying to necromancy his own story!

yeah thats kinda truth i mean he did announce it was fake

2010-10-22 03:42:00

Author:
wait wtf

Posts: 853

I liked the part where Zora Link drowned.

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/1415/ngbbs4cb4bd13c6b9f.jpg

2010-10-22 03:44:00

Author:
Chdonga

Posts: 388

Well, since I've been playing the game (because I love Zelda games... that and I never finished this one), I decided to tell you guys how he did the burning Link trick (if you didn't know already).

The screaming was when you transform into one of the 5 mask (Zora, Deku, Goron, Giant, and Fierce Diety). The lightning was from an electrical attack from either Dragonflies or the Goron temple boss, Goht. The fire is from any fire breathing monsters and/or obstacles. There's too many to name, but I'll give you a few: lava, Fire Keese, and Dodongos. Finally, the one people wondered about the most: levitation. The levitation was when you visit the Fairy Shrines and collected all the Stray Fairies (ie. the one in Clock Town). She'll usually levitate you, heal you up, then award you with something if it's your first time "reviving" her

And that kids is how BEN cleverly made up his own special finishing move. Got that?

• Scream - Transformation Masks
• Lightning - Several Lighting Using Monsters
• Fire - Variety of Fire Using Monsters
• Levitation - Returning the Stray Fairies at the Fairy Shrines

As a bonus for reading, I'll tell you how he managed to get Link to lay on the floor looking dead. A lot of people miss this because it only happens once. Ahem. It's when Skull Kid knocks him out in the very first scene of the game (when he's stealing Link's Ocarina and Epona, the horse).

2010-10-22 04:18:00

Author:
CyberSora

Posts: 5551

quick update: its past howloween and the yshdt page isn't loading on my ps3. if anyones brave enough to load the page on their pc please do.
edit: jadusable favorited this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DkkF5rv-yk&feature=related

2010-11-02 00:59:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

sorry for the double post but.... hes back!!!!! hes back!!!!!! he posted this!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1s-JrNYdlA

edit: jadusable also posted this on his website about the game. (no viruses. will make you crap brix.)
Hey guys, first of all I know that it's been a long while since I've updated and I apologize, but we've been pretty busy over here trying to make things work. I originally meant to have this Q&A come out around Halloween but we've been working out various issues on how this final installment will operate and function (seeing as though this is the final part of the story that will tie everything together, I'm wanting to make sure its done right instead of trying to churn out a half-assed verison). Rest assured that I've still been lurking around reading your guys' comments and thoughts and I've been keeping up-to-date with the community.

I know some of you are probably frustrated with the lack of updates in a timely manner, but bare in mind that this final phase is more expansive than the first and second combined. Hours and hours of planning and work have gone into this and there's still much left to be done. I appreciate your guys' patience and I'm extremely excited about the experience that you guys will have once this is released.

As promised, here is the Q&A that will hopefully give you guys a little more insight into the project:

Q: Is the game the final phase of this story?

Yes and no. The game itself is only one part of the final phase in the story - I understand that for whatever reason some people will not be able to play the game, but that does not mean that they will be left out. There are several mediums that will be used to illustrate the final phase of the story - the website will be just as important as it was when it originally launched back in September as well as the Youtube account. There will be clues from the website that translate into the game and clues from the game that will translate into the website - you will have to conquer all three to progress.

Q: Can you please verify (or warn me if not) that the game isn't going to have virus-like effects on the computer as a whole?

No, there won't be any viruses attached to the game - I can assure you that you won't get anything malicious from downloading this.

Q: Do you, or will you, have some kind of way to "subscribe" to the game? What I mean is, for those of us not visiting the site every single day, will there be some way to recieve emails notifying us that you are starting the final phase (or the next phase) of the game?

I've thought about that, and decied that when there is a big announcement (such as announcing the release date), the easiest way to inform the most amount of people would be through the Youtube account. The best way to stay up to date would be to subscribe to Jadusable's channel, and I will announce the release date in advance so it doesn't just get sprung on you guys.

Q: When can we expect the game to be released?

In time for the Holiday season, if not sooner. I don't want to come right out there and say exactly when because it could be delayed, but like I said earlier, I will announce the release date in advance to give you guys ample time to get prepared.

Q: Will the game cost anything to download?

That was one of the factors that has hindered the development time, because I am paying my staff myself I've been constrained a little bit in terms of what I want to do/what I can afford. I definitely want to address this as soon as possible, though. At this point, I can honestly say that I am not sure if this will "cost" anything, it really depends on several financial/work factors. I may be able to work it out (ideally) that it would be just a free download, and I will let you guys know in advance what the final decision is.

It's really disheartening to entertain the possibility that the game itself may actually have a pricetag, because I know there will be fans of mine who immediately assume I've "sold out" or I'm trying to get rich or something, and I realize that its a perfectly understandable knee-jerk reaction, but I hope that I can try and clear a few things up:

1. If (and that's a huge if) this game ends up costing anything to download, based on development costs thus far, it would be around the $1.99 price range.

2. I am extremely passionate about this story and making sure the finale is done right is my biggest priority. Those of you who know people in the videogame business might have a better understanding that creating a game - even a relatively small project like this isn't exactly cheap. Essentially I'm paying my staff out of my own pocket and the price tag would be to pay for them and try and break even with this project. I want to get this experience out there as best as I can make it for you guys.

3. I have been and always will be extremely thankful of your guys' support, without you guys this whole thing would not have been as successful as it has been. As much as I am passionate about the story, I am just as if not more so passionate about understanding the concerns of my fans. This is why I would never, ever make the game the only way to participate in phase 3. Even if you do not buy the game (and the buy is still completely hypothetical), you will still be able to work together with the people that do.

If you choose not to purchase the game if it ends up having a price tag, I understand, but we have put a lot of work into it and I'm extremely proud of how it's shaping up. If you really want to get immersed into the final phase - take the fourth wall breaking aspect from the first phase and ramp it up times twenty - then the game will be a powerful experience for you. Like I said, I may be able to work it out where we can release it for free, but I wanted to just give you all a heads-up so it doesn't seem like I'm trying to pull a fast one over you guys if we do have to charge a small fee for it.

Q: What program you are going to be using to develop the game?

The game will be developed using Unity (http://unity3d.com/).

Q: Is this a well known company or just a small one that produces flash games that is helping you make this? I guess where I'm going with that question would be is it going to be an all out video game or just a web-based game?

Well, actually there's no company behind this. I've hired a small staff to help me craft the game. This won't be an all-out videogame, in fact, it's difficult to adequately describe it - you'll have to see it for yourself. It's not a flash game and it isn't browser based - it will be a downloadable game.

Q: Will this game run for Windows or for Mac?

Windows confirmed, but most likely Mac as well. I'll keep you guys updated.

Q: What will the game be rated?

Haha, well I'm not an ESRB representative, but I would say that the content you've seen on the website is about par for the content in the game. There are some intense psychological fourth-wall breaking scenes that will blow your mind and make you **** bricks. The atmosphere and the "you're actually here" feeling is indescribable (doubly so if you've been following since the beginning). I can't let on too much, but I can tell you that the genre cliches for "horror" games (such as an abundance of cheap jumpscares and overuse of violence/gore) will be absent. Think more along the lines of Silent Hill 2, except this is much more personal for you.

Q: How will the game itself work? As in, will it be 2d, 3d, topdown, first person, second person, third person?

The game itself will be first person, but you can rest easy - it's not an FPS, there will be no regenerating health and bald space marines here.

Q: What weapons will we have?

Your only weapons will be your abillity to communicate with each other and your deductive skills.

Q: What is the purpose of the game? What exactly will you be doing?

You will be investigating a location mentioned previously in the story while simultaneously trying to uncover the truth about BEN. You'll be interacting with some familiar faces and a lot of things will start all coming together... and for better or for worse the unanswered questions will be resolved.

Q: Who will you be playing as?

Yourself.

Q: If someone progresses further into the game, will everyone progress or is it individual?

There will be checkpoints - when the majority of the playerbase progresses far enough in the game to unlock the next phase of the game - a new version of the game will be released for download. Inititally not all areas are accessible, but by progressing in the story (similiar to how you guys "unlocked" areas of this website previously), it's through this that you will start to see the game world change based on your actions.

Q: How many verisons will there be? How long will this final phase last?

I can't ruin that, now can I? There will be a fair amount of checkpoints. It depends on how well you work together and how smart you are, but its fair to say more than a week.

Q: If this game ends up costing money, will I have to pay for each new verison of the game as we progress through the story?

No way, this game won't suffer from "DLC Syndrome", haha. If (and still a big if) it does cost money, you will only have to pay for it once - every new verison will be free.

Q: How will you update the game with each verison? Will it be patched?

Not exactly, for the sake of having an archive for you to go back and revisit if you wish, you will be able to download a new .exe with the updated game.

That's all for now, if you have any more questions that weren't answered feel free to send them to the address below. I'll keep you guys updated in the upcoming weeks about the progress of the game, and try not to get suckered into mock-websites (Again, only trust updates on this site - the guestbook doesn't count ).

2010-11-15 08:05:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

So the game is Single Player or Multiplayer? I read it as sort of a virtual haunted online world. It sounds really spooky and I'd much rather like to play this with other people next to me

2010-11-15 11:16:00

Author:
Snappyguy

Posts: 710

bumping to tell you that the final arc has started . heres a quick summary.

jadusable linked to a fourm (http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris) for talking about the game.
the fourm had a password protected area. and odd posts started popping up.
locked fourm was unlocked creepy posts were found
twitter account (https://twitter.com/WithinHubris) was found
trailer for game confirmed

if you want more info look up Hubris Arc on the wiki i showed you.

2011-02-24 03:15:00

Author:
supersonic56

Posts: 287

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4E-EYWML1o&feature=feedu

2011-02-28 01:04:00

Author:
Testudini

Posts: 3262

Well... Things just got interesting again...

The thing that gets me suspicious is the pool at the end of the clip. Maybe a relation to Ben drowning?

2011-03-02 23:43:00

Author:
Phosphorus15

Posts: 463

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