If we shape tension, then let's create!

Are we shaping Tension? Or are we given that illusion?
I do think that our actions will have consequence. I suppose that means WE are controlling the experience. Does this reveal that maybe they aren’t as in control as they say they are…?

That is a really helpful explanation. Thanks Sean :))

I THINK A FERRARI WILL BE GIVEN TO ME AND THE TAXES PAID IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

We shape the experience in how we react to the game, but I don’t think it’s respectful to start passive aggressively demanding what we want. This isn’t about getting what we want, but what Tension wants us to experience …..

Getting a Chaos Magic vibe from this post

So, I do think that GK4 will return, BUT –

I’m kind of secretly hoping for a sort of longer descent into madness of GKIII for a bit…maybe I’m a bad amoral person, maybe I’m changing my mind, I honestly have no idea. I’m curious. I want to see more. I think that it’s the fact that I want the *darker* and the arrival of Tension 2.0 seemed to threaten that, so I was pretty damn psyched that III returned, even if he killed my BFF. I miss Aleister, btw.

So, yeah, me applying to meet GKIII the other day had me thinking some interesting things about myself last night.

@jeromy unless you had a different letter sent to you from elis I thought he was anything but condescending.

I’ve only been active for a few weeks (outside of the lurking I did), but every post of yours seems to be about complaining.

Maybe I am just misreading your tone, but you appear to be a grown man. There is a lot of struggle in the world right now a lot to get upset about. For me, this doesn’t fall into that category, I’m here personally because this is fun.

Again, only me talking, but I have never expected they owed me anything, including explanations.

Peace to your mother, off to work! blargh….

@sovereignskies
I just want to add that it seems to me like they are making there way through the questionnaire slowly implementing our answers to the questions into the narrative and gauging our reaction to the changes in the storyline. Recent events have me thinking about the question about “interdimensional beings”.
I’ve been busy with work lately and have not dedicated as much time as usual and some other ARG games have been circulating all occupying my attention. I have a strange feeling they are connected.
This idea kind of sounds like that power of prayer and group meditation stuff I’ve read/heard about.

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I’ve only been a part of Tension for a few days and I’m already balancing what I thought it was with what it actually is. I’ll admit, I thought a few hours after I signed up I’d start getting creepy phone calls and disconcertingly specific emails about my life. What I’ve come to appreciate about the whole experience is that it’s more like a Mark Z. Danielwiski book rather than an action movie. We have to work to see the complete picture and get the whole story, and I think we’re all the better for it in the long run.

@jeromy – I’m concerned that you’re fixated on a part of Tension that you disagree with, which is only a part of the experience. Tension has, since moment one, repeated variations of the idea that you only get what you put in. To some, that means recruiting. People have gotten increased amount of interaction with Tension solely by recruiting and spreading the word. That’s okay, that’s certainly one way to be noticed, but it is NOT the only way to do so.

Others, like myself, have done essentially nothing other than just post on the forums. You do NOT need blind faith in the OOA or anything in order to be noticed here. Kim (@electric_hippo) has been noticed repeatedly and she certainly has no allegiance to the OOA. All that The Powers That Be ask is activity. Talking about things that have happened, theorizing about stuff that will happen, even just talking about what you do and do not like about Tension, these are all ways to get noticed.

However, many people will not view this necessarily as fair. This isn’t a trade. You don’t get a phone call after X number of posts or recruiting Y number of people. The Experience has a whole lot to talk about. Those that talk about it sometimes get pieces that further the story. Those that recruit others to talk about it sometimes get pieces that further the story. Those that help others get started after joining sometimes… you get it. If all you want is to do the minimum amount of work to get a phone call or a face to face meeting then you’re going to be sorely disappointed because it doesn’t work that way.

@jeromy I have found that to a large degree Tension is what you make it. Yes, “they” provide us with a fascinating framework that I appreciate deeply, but there is more to it by means of our own creativity, ingenuity, and willingness to explore and make connections. Connections not only within the stories presented but also with each other.

Maybe this Experience just isn’t for you.

@thegilded beat me to most of those points, but I’m responding anyway.

@jeromy, I thought Tension were really upfront and honest with you, publicly, about what this is and isn’t, and that if you didn’t like the way they run this experience, you are free to leave. You responded in kind, acknowledging the points made.

You’ve made clear that you don’t want to make the same leaps of faith people here have, and I might be misunderstanding your tone, but the way you just mentioned Mike almost seems disparaging. This doesn’t ingratiate you further into the community.

You don’t seem to enjoy this, and you don’t want to engage without moaning about it, so why stay? There are many other experiences opening up that might be more to your taste.

@jeromy I’m still trying to wrap my head around what you’re looking for? In order to be included, you have to participate. There are participants that have been here since the beginning that have never even had a personal interaction. You’ve already gotten a direct response from one of the higher ups in the organization/experience directly addressing your qualms, and you’re still complaining about.. something? about not wanting to trust or be devoted?

You’ve been told time after time that you have to give to get. You don’t go to a movie and expect to pay for your ticket at the credits and only if you liked it. Just like you need to pay Tension with your participation, your trust, your time. Tension is what we make it because without participants, there’s no experience.

We’ve been given a beach and some sand, and if you’re not building the castle, you don’t get to tell someone they’re using the wrong shovel and that you don’t even like sandcastles.

You triggered @gatekeeper3. Don’t listen to him. He is but the buzzing of flies to us.

@jeromy you do a lot of complaining! geezz, for someone who doesn’t seem to like this thing much you sure spend a lot of time here.

maybe they don’t engage you because your idea of engagement is complaining about how you aren’t engaged.

I don’t know, maybe I am just rambling. I’m in ATL – odds of them picking me is slim to none, but I love reading all the insane nonsense they do.

@jeromy – dude you’re an Ellis magnet. Your very presence seems to summon him out of the ether.

I agree with Sean and I’ll add that, like you, I’m not even in California, and have had a TON of interaction and participation. AND I’m not a kool-aid drinker. I profess no faith in the OOA and have gone on record saying that I don’t trust its motives. They’ve been very generous with me.

OFFS Jeromy.

The Tension Experience and the OOA are two separate things. Which one are you complaining about?

@jeromy – Ah, now that is an absolutely fair concern over the OOA and one that many others shares as well. To that I would argue that a huge if not the primary goal of The Tension Experience is not to recruit for the OOA but rather for the whole experience.

Even if you think that the OOA is lying to you and deliberating misleading all of us, there’s a lot going on here. Just helping with puzzles, with theories, and with just talking about what’s going on with Addison, III, the OSDM etc is more than enough to get you noticed and do not require allegiance to any entity at all.

Some do ally themselves with one faction or another around here, and the factions themselves may ask that of you but you don’t have to in order to get anything out of the Experience. The Tension Experience and the OOA are not precisely the same thing, it is possible to be part of Tension without being a part of the OOA yet

Bye Felicia!

😂😂😂😂

Here’s my attempt at a metaphor.

Tension is like Portal.

The OOA is like Aperture Labs.

Portal is NOT a marketing tool for Aperture Labs.

May GK3 strike me down otherwise, but it is wrong.

Do you, boo