Dharma Secret’s LOST-n-Found: A Blog Dedicated to the T.V. Show Lost

Well, lucky for us, the ARG people didn’t take Labor Day off. On Sept. 4th, the Retrievers of Truth forum was updated to include a thread in which the members discuss sports.

This clue used in conjunction with a Verizon ad from an August issue of Entertainment Weekly directed gamers to richerdeeperbroader.com.

When gamers got to richerdeeperbroader.com, they found that a new link (A baseball; keeping with the sports theme from the ROT forum) had been added to the site.

By clicking on the baseball, gamers were redirected to the “Breathe Sports” page on which the frag code “quarantine” was found by clicking on the bleachers to the right of the stadium.

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On August 18th, a new thread was added to the Retrievers of Truth forum in which BroadBandBeatnik and Fiberoptician leave clues, “take a tour” and “listen for a change” that direct gamers to a new frag code.

This hint led gamers to Richerdeepbraoder.com where, as directed by the hint on the RoT board, they clicked on “take a tour” in the lower right of the page.

This then redirected them to the “Experience Movies” page. Gamers found that by clicking on the speaker at the lower left, a recording plays of a woman’s voice saying “vaccine”.

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On July 27th, a new thread was added to the the Retrievers of Truth forum, in which supposed defector BroadBandBeatnik returned to the forum.

In this new thread, BroadBandBeatnik claimed that he did not accept a job from the Hanso Foundation, and that he had been at Comic-Con for the last week.

As evidence, Beatnik provided a picture supposedly take of him while at Comic-Con, which poses the question, if Beatnik didn’t post the Hanso clip on Broadband Stories, then who did? Among other things discoved in this thread is a mention of the Beatbox Mixer page on the Verizon site, which does not appear to have anything ARG related at this time.

Return of the Prodigal Son - 07/27/06

BroadBandBeatnik: Yo yo yo. What is up everybody?

IobiSeeingYou: TRAITOR on the premises!

Fiberoptician: DSL, I hear buzzing. Quick, get my bug spray.

BroadBandBeatnik: Huh? You talking to me?

Fiberoptician: Yeah, you and your half a kilobyte brain cell.

IobiSeeingYou: Are you logging in from some Hanso retreat out in the Pacific? Fishing for inside information? You are dead to me. D E A D. Someone unplug him.

BroadBandBeatnik: Sheesh, what’s the hostility for?

DSLerator: I’m gonna shut this board down if you won’t stop hacking into it.

BroadBandBeatnik: Hey, what did I do?

IobiSeeingYou: Jeez. He’s practicing his acting skills. Got an explanation? Well, I don’t wanna hear it.

Fiberoptician: Your log-in time is about to expire. You have 5, 4, 3 seconds left to evacuate…

BroadBandBeatnik: HEY! Seriously now! Call it quits. I’m gone for a week and you all freak out on me? I thought we discussed it earlier this month! Yeah, I’m sorry you were all too busy working on the Beatbox Mixer.

DSLarator: Yeah. Day and night. For 5 months straight. Nice of you to notice.

Fiberoptician: *drum roll* And……GO! Boom chicka boom click clack clack.

IobiSeeingYou: Geek.

Fiberoptician: And proud of it. I got skills. I practice in front of the mirror.

IobiSeeingYou: Can we get back to the point, please?

DSLerator: Beatnik, you’ve been excommunicated.

BroadBandBeatnik: Why?! Because I’m the slacker that got a few extra days off to attend biggest and coolest event of the year. So sue me. I’m not sorry. Comic Con ROCKS.

DSLerator: You went to Comic Con?

BroadBandBeatnik: No to Ethiopia. YES I WENT TO COMIC CON.

Fiberoptician: Oh yeah….. Now I remember… He did tell me one day over lunch.

IobiSeeingYou: I don’t believe it. Prove it.

BroadBandBeatnik: Here. (http://www.retrieversoftruth.com/users/BroadBandBeatnik/htdocs/images/ thats_me.jpg) That’s the back of my head.

Fiberoptician: That is the back of his head.

BroadBandBeatnik: So there.

IobiSeeingYou: Fine. But if you were at Comic Con, who uploaded Mittlework to
Broadband Stories?

Fiberoptician: Good question.

Although intriguing, many have noticed several discrepancies in Beatnik’s story. First is the difference in time. Beatnik’s departure was announced in the “How’d you like a Greasy Pork Sandwich in a Dirty Astray” two weeks ago, yet he claims that he had only been gone a week. The second discrepancy is the questionable authenticity of the picture he provided. In particular, the fact that there is no way to verify if it is him, The general age of the people in the room, and that the room they are in does not resemble any of the rooms used during Comic-Con.

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On July 21st, the Retrievers of Truth password was changed again. By using the same method as the prior two passwords, the new password can be found embedded in the source code of the cover page.

By using a Base 64 translator, gamers found the new password, “Steinbeck” (Case sensitive).

It was also reported that members of ROT were contacting people on AIM, and giving them the clue “Pedro Armendariz”. They indicated that gamers needed to; “focus on his work, not his life”. It didn’t take long for gamers to figure out that he was in a movie adaptation of “The Pearl” written by John Steinbeck, titled “La Perla”.

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On July 19th, the password for the Retrievers of Truth site was changed. Although, this is the second password change in three days, there does not seem to have been an update as of yet. This password can be found through the same means as the previous one. First, find the sequence in the source code of the site, then use a base 64 translator to extract the password: “E72CDBF5-94FA-465C-BE5D-0138AE32E38BANDNOITDONTMEANNOTHIN”.

It is apparent from the message in this password (and no it don’t mean nothing), that at least one of the programmers has a sense of humor.

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