A few days ago "gramma" on unfiction posted a screenshot that showed a new icon in the bottom tool bar on the STIES (Scariest Thing I Ever Saw) website, but I couldn't get the icon to appear for myself so I didn't post about it. After reading a comment from Jason here on the site I decided to dive a little deeper into this new icon and see what I needed to do to get it to appear. It turns out it was pretty simple, all you have to do is click the left arrow in the bottom toolbar and the icon appears. Now, a lot of people on unfiction still claim that the icon does not appear for them after clicking the left arrow and that may happen for a lot of you, but rest assure that we're not really getting any further into the viral than you guys since the button doesn't do anything that I could see.
The icon itself resembles a chat bubble with a hash tag in the middle of it. Most of you are probably familiar with the hash tag symbol from using twitter (#), but many of you may not realize that it's also very prevalent in the IRC world (Internet Relay Chat). If you're not familiar with IRC, it's a chat tool that was very popular in the 90's and even into the early 2000's, but it seems to have died off these days with all the other means of online communication. Within the program there were different "channels" or chat rooms, that you could could join or create to talk to people within. These channels were always proceeded by a "#". So for example if you wanted to join a channel about music you would have to type "/join #music" which would then open a new window for the music channel. Now I'm not even sure that IRC has anything at all to do with what's coming from the Super 8 viral, but I'm going to guess that this "chat" bubble that's now appearing will launch some sort of IRC simulator within the STIES site, what it will do I'm not sure, but as usually I'll keep you updated on everything surrounding it and if you notice something before I do, please leave a comment.
yeah you probably have to put scariestthingieversaw.com/#_______
but what could it be?
/#ari85
btw Josh Minker is such an 90’s kid.
yeah, the way he talks and all… but what I was wondering was; Josh Minker was born in 1963, right? so that would make him SIXTEEN if he were to be a character in the movie, which takes place in 1979. So either he failed 2 years of school, is a minor teenage character in the movie, or he has nothing to do with the viral whatsoever.
Well, trying to log into irc.scariestthingieversaw.com through mIRC yielded no results. Same with irc.rocketpoppetteers.com and also irc.super8-movie.com
But that doesn’t mean they won’t have a server up and running soon. It doesn’t take much.
Once again, I tried playing around with the ports, which sometimes works. Went through the usual 6665 to 6669, also 5555 and 7000. No results.
But if the site does launch an irc simulator, port 6667 may be of interest.
I tried getting onto scariestthingieversaw.com/#ari85
Irrelevant information I’m sure, however, near the search bar, where there are usually the dashes (—– -), its now #ari85. If you were to try that with any other code such as sties.com/#expcnv or #Braegen14, the dashes would still appear.
By the way, thanks for putting my name in the post. Dunno why, but it’s pretty cool.
I was doing some snooping around and found this;
http://redcozmo.blogspot.com/
whaddaya think
personally, I don’t think it’s real.
The truck in the viral was probably carrying the computers and the student information was hacked by whoever is talking about taking down a site and finding the guys father
not a bad prediction.
http://jjabramsprojects.blogspot.com/2010/09/super-8-principle-photography-begins.html j.j. abrams blogspot doesnt “reveal” anything but is interesting…..
As interesting and exciting as it is to see this new button added to the site, it just seems like there are a lot of loose ends that have not been resolved.
1) The .REENTER device command
2) The origin of the sound bite
3) .COMT command
4) . BAS, .WRK, .TXT files
I’m assuming at some point everything will fall into place, but it just seems like with every new puzzle piece we receive, the other ones are pushed farther and farther to the end of the line. Or have I missed something?
Has anyone entered “.REENTER” when the prompt comes up where you can enter “.EXEC EXPCNV.” I get a new prompt that says “MOUNT CONTINUE? Y/N.” When you enter “Y” you get a New prompt that asks “DEVICE?” after that I’m lost.
@Pariah yep, old news, we’ve been working on that device code forever. no offence meant.
@CzM Your’re probably right. It’s probably all going to fall into place soon enough.
Personal Notation – I can’t get onto STIES right now, but I had an idea. In the same way that we use .exec expcnv to open the expcnv file, has anybody tried .exec untitled yet? Who knows what/if that will open.
yeah i tried but it said invalid request or somethign like that
I think I have discovered why Josh’s email consists of 1963 instead of 1967, 1963 alphabetically converts into AIFC; Audio Interchange File Compression or something like that.
Are you saying Josh is more likely on a MAC? =P
the text on his blog looks mac-ish…
If Josh was on a Mac, would that be why we’re using an emulator?
Maybe if it were an old school Mac.
Macintosh Classic was a mack brand in the 90’s……but who knows how long they held it back from the public
why does it matter if hes on a mac?
Say, if we’re really going to over anal eyes things, maybe the “mac” has nothing to do with what type of PC he uses, but his favorite food…
Didn’t the “get to know you better” form want us to rate whether we would eat hamburgers every day?
So, it’s not the type of pc, it’s the type of hamburger…
a Big Mac!
thats a good one 😀
wow, people sure don’t like commenting.
really!?
No, just some commenters.
I wonder why Josh Minker isn’t posting anything on HLM lately its been like 1 month. Any ideas whats goin on?
well, he seems to be there to post the calendars, unless that’s automatic. There are some posts on the red cozmo blog.
Yeah, I noticed the red cozmo blog, I wonder if J.J. forgot about HLM. Hopefully we should hear something soon. Btw I’m glad im commenting ive been going on this website since it launched. I just never commented.
maybe he was captured, or he is searching for the coelacanth.
prob, searching for the coelancanth.
I’m thinking that he got into a really big conflict and he’s running away from the government since he has the secret alien footage, but that’s what I think. I also thought that untitled recording was going into a store and recording for proof or something for a secret plan.
Am I crazy??
Yes
Blame Super 8.
Do you even read slashfilm???
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/11/set-footage-from-super-8-and-a-big-cast-rumor/
Set videos + cast rumor!
That cast rumor is really old, I posted info about it awhile ago (http://www.super8news.com/2010/09/21/more-super-8-casting-news/). As for the set footage, I didn’t post it, but there are multiple set videos already in the forum. I was thinking of making 1 post to encompass all of the videos, but I don’t really like posting huge spoilers and clips of the actual filming are more “spoiler-ish” than pictures of the town IMO. But you can definitely find videos in the forum.
lol he set up a spam account.
true that admin, rather watch the movie myself than watch spoilers.
Well you should go check out the real blown up house photo may change your mind
http://www.super8news.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=260
~~~Jane =P
What did I miss while I was away?.. Oh .. I see no updates to the game…ummm they must want me to go crazy >=(
Hummm.. the 13th…
and a Wednesday at that…
New STIES printout admin, 4D and 5O’s last leg.
Awesomesauce, post a screenshot or a picture if you can.
Passsword is now required for the chat icon.
Let’s coordinate our efforst so that we can crack the password faster.
I’ll start wih the following that I’ve tried:
4D&5O’slastleg – wrong
4D&5O – wrong
ford&5O – wrong
IVD – wrong
IVD&VO – wrong
IVD&VO’slastleg – wrong
lastleg – wrong
LIFEISSHORT – wrong
If Mysterio set this up, and if this is intended for Josh and Mysterio and we’re just spectators, and Mysterio came up with the password, he must have conveyed that to Josh in some way easy enough that Josh would understand. If Mysterio is behind this and allowed Josh to come up with the password, what would he have used?
Following have also been tried and failed:
4DOWN&5OVER
4Down&5Over
Nelson
NelsonOscar
OscarNelson
RedOscarNelson
Cartwright
MrCartwright
Mr.Cartwright
Fred
FredCartwright
Joshhlm1963
HLM1963
hlm1963
Good stuff. I even agree with all of it!
Password is:
toadfish112
just curious to as how you guessed that???
i know right?
TOADFISH112
But it tells you I.P. not recognized then just sites with an open chat window grayed out
Where did the password come from??
I wonder what’s on the chat, maybe the convo from the print outs?
Name change!!!
i beg your pardon?
the last 5 comments were from my dad’s computer, and i was too lazy to post my real name. This one is from my laptop but they both come from the same place so it doesn’t really matter
Ahh yes toadfish that seemed to be on our minds the otherday =P… and his embarrasing .. web note / proclamation of love =)
Im guessing the 25th …but there is no logic behind it >=)
chat conversation is as follows, read from bottom up:
***chat session ‘2010-10-21’ terminated***
***Guest1 has left***
***Host has left***
[Guest1]: buthow will I know it if I find it?
[Host]: please look now. i’ll be back when it’s safe
[Guest1]: I didn’t understand what you sent before. This is
crazy
[Host]: i’ll share more of what I have and maybe it will help
you
[Host]: please look again. I believe he may have hidden
something that will help us find him
[Guest1]: I think so
[Host]: is there anything inside the cylinder?
Cand a metal cyilinder with three dots on it
[Guest1]: a picture of some guys in front of a building, looks
like a hangar?
[Guest1]: that scrap of film from the canister
[Host]: tyell me exactly what they were
[Guest1]: important how?
[Host]: Those items you were asking abou: the ones your
mother left you: some of them may have belonged to your
father they may be important
[Guest1]: is hein trouble or soemthing?
[Host]: I’m here to help you find your father
[Guest1]: how do you know him?
[Guest1]: ive mever met him
[Guest1]: that doesn’t make sense
[Host]: he needs your help
[Host]: I can help you find your father
[Guest1]: who are you?
[Host]: good. this is more secure.
[Guest1]: hello?
***Guest1 has joined***
***Host has joined***
*** chat session ‘2010-10-21’ initiated ***
Edited this section:
[Host]: is there anything inside the cylinder?
[Guest1]: and a metal cyilinder with three dots on it
[Guest1]: a picture of some guys in front of a building, looks
like a hangar?
I dont know if i’m putting this in blog right but am very new at this. Any how I got a screen shot that might be interesting, at the end of the trailer after the super 8 title, I got a screen shot of the image after it. how do I post it if I cant do it then can someone more comp savvy take a look at it. looks like alien wreckage to me.
Craig Posted on I don’t know if 8 hours of utility there’s much or not. But I wdloun’t buy a HP mini laptop, because first of all it’s more expensive than a normal dimensioned laptop.Not running modern games on high detail settings is a bad point also.
dray 8, if your refering to what looks like a alien sticking out the window.. arm head sideways.. at the end of the reel.. yes we have thrown around that idea ..
we dont know what it is .. most think its the hitch from the train.
You can always post a link from a free image file account
http://img25.mediafire.com/841bb4791c736c2560804464aee36f824g.jpg
Haha aww that’s cute lol
Thx Lee, =) have a look at the others for a laugh =P
http://www.super8news.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=260
WOW!!! Thanks for pointing that out to me. I didnt even see the pointy eared alien at the bottom. it really showed up when i started to play with the contrast. Thanks jane!!!
I see the three dots on him to
3 dots pointy ears?? now I want to see what your looking at =D
on frame at end of trailer right after super 8 title. have to stop it right there in flash of light. since i dont have any kinda manipulation program i just captured screen and put it in ms word, from there I blew it up and adjusted the contrast, then there he was at bottom to the right. a little alien with tripod hands. Since then i had wife and daughter to verify.
Here is a link to a few “we think we see’s” add your shot Dray8
http://www.super8news.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=276
no one has figured out the password for the chat thing yet?
yeah they did that is the chat convo that is posted here
http://www.super8news.com/2010/10/22/chat-icon-functional/