[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

@sovereignskies – I’ll do a search through the domain to check. Which list are you referring to?

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

@endlesspictures – I’m not sure we should look into it too much. It seems to me like it was made to draw attention to where the phone number used to be, at the top of the comments.

The fact that they’re copy/pasted from known ASCII artists, including their signature combined with the fact that later code uses “spooky” variables (see examples copy/pasted below, pulled from site code) implies that it was mood setting done by someone who is trying to make the source sound “scary” in a way that isn’t consistent with the rest of the OOA’s media. Perhaps outsourced to a third party or some sort of OOA intern who didn’t understand the mood they were going for?

“Spooky” code examples:

1.
<!– contain the evil –>
<div class=”container” style=”z-index:800; “>

2.
<!– bondage cables: bar1, left –>
img src=”/images/rope-long-piece.png” />

3.
//a glitchy wiggler for the underworld
function glitchywiggler( target ) {

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[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

As an addon, the “signatures” under some of those ASCII art pieces are of well known ASCII artists who do a lot of letter-art like this. B’ger and Kangaroo are two of these artists

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

I just received a call confirming time and location on Saturday. Has anyone else gotten anything like this?

Also, has anyone else gotten called today or am I unique in that regard?

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

@endlesspictures – No info, just told me why I was contacted and that something was going down on Saturday. So I’m headed up to LA from San Diego in the morning so I’ll be hanging out all day, if anyone would like to grab a beer or anything.

I found that it was actually a little hard to hear in the beginning because there was a significant amount of background noise, like a droning sound. However, I heard everything that the voice said

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Just got my call. To anyone who hasn’t gotten theirs, there is still hope! Just answer when someone with no caller ID calls

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

The closest I found that matches what you’re looking for is the email confirmation that word press automatically sent us after signing up for the newsletter, but there’s no phone number there, only an email address.

Otherwise, nothing on the tension domain matches that description

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

@sovereignskies – I’ve been tracking page source and expected behavior for some time now. Can you clarify what “certain things” are edited or not accessible? I may be able to assist if you are more specific with what you’re looking for

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

@humanoid – not everyone, but certainly a majority. Tension started in L.A. And seems to have a focus there

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Yes I will, this topic will be used to coordinate on Saturday

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Agreed. And while it is important in some way, Gatekeeper5 has explicitly told us that “The book is not the way”.

Perhaps implying that something about it is important (excerpts from the back portion were used in a hidden page) but the book itself is not important?

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Many have reported in the half hour range. It should be noted, however, that there is no guarantee that Saturday will be anything like Consultations

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Absolutely. And @mike was so kind to offer his card for the security deposit

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

@endlesspictures – What time was that? Keep us updated on the second call, yeah?

[Sean (@TheGilded)Moderator]

Translation is through Base32 -> ASCII – “Does anyone discuss OOA on slack?”

Yes, we do. I believe @mkarrett is in charge of it, contact her for an invite.

If you’d like to practice your puzzles, go here

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