Are you playing?? Have you even heard? the producers of LOST have decided to feed the fan frensy this summer (2006) by playing an alternate reality game. in other words, all over the world, there will be different clues, and players have to come together online to put the clues together and solve the mystery. This is kinda like the game Spielberg et al did to promote AI, but! whatever mysteries are solved through the game will impact the show next season… So you gotta at least keep up with the latest developments!
I will try to post clues on this page as I find them… but really guys… I’ve got this little thing called a life. and my three kids just will not let mommy sit online and play alternate reality games all day.. not sure why not.. guess they kinda like to do things like eat. *S* so if you find something, feel free to use the comment feature to add it!
Here are some links to get you started:
http://www.thelostexperience.com/
http://www.thehansofoundation.org/
http://lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Lost_Experience
**Edited October 6, 2006 to add:
Now that the game is officially over… several things have been learned, about Hanso & his foundation, the DHARMA Initiative, and the Numbers.
The most conscice summary can be found at the LOSTpedia:
http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Lost_Experience
There you will find a nice run-down of the game, the clues, and what each stage of the game revealed. There was some information about the Hanso Foundation, it’s leaders, the DHARMA initiative, and, most importantly, what the Numbers mean.
I believe the most important, must see, item in the game is the Shri-Lanka video. http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Video This is where you see Alavar Hanso, founder of the Hanso Foundation, describing the purpose of the DHARMA Initiative, and telling what the Numbers mean. You will also gain insight into the mind of Alvar’s successor, Thomas Mittlework, as you see him ordering the distribution of a virus disguised as a vaccine.
The Shri-Lanka video was distrubuted in small pieces, but can be found, in it’s entirity, on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PPCCcXarkc
So you don’t have time to watch the video? Well, the numbers are the answers to a kind of Doomsday Prediction known as the Valenzetti Equation. http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Valenzetti_Equation Each digit: 4,8,15,16,23,42, represents one of the ways humanity will cease to exsist. DHARMA is sent out there to find a way to change the equation so that Humanity never ceases.
Other things we learn are that Mittlework falsified his credentials, that he will do ANYTHING to succeed where the DHARMA Initiative has failed.
We learn that Alvar Hanso has something “very unusual” in his blood work. Also, his birthdate makes him 112. Yet he looks 50, 60 ish. Could this mean that he has participated in the Life Extension Program?
pretty wild stuff… and there is lots more to sift through over at http://lostpedia.com/wiki/
So have fun!
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