[arg_discuss] Disclaimers

[Geneviève Cardin]

I think you should keep it as realistic as possible.
There's always a few signs in the game, that let people know it's  
actually a game.

In The Rivard Project, we had a blog almost shut down because  
authorities seeing that the words : Cosa Nostra, Kennedy,  
assassination, FBI and CIA were appearing on a same place, regarding  
a mission taking place in Texas, France and Canada, flagged that  
something strange was going on. That fact got people more involve in  
the game.

You'll sure have people freaking out, but I think the first thing  
they will do, to check if there's really something bad going on, will  
be turning on the TV to CNN, or listening to radio.
If there's nothing there about a chaos or something horrible comming,  
they'll figure out it's something stages for a game.

But, it's always hard to tell, what people might say or do ...

Good luck !

Geneviève Cardin
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On 08-09-12, at 18:42, David Flor wrote:


> Hey everyone, got a question out of curiosity.

>

> For the upcoming game "Superstruct", I'm in the process of creating  

> a new website and some other things that fit in to the game. My  

> concern is that I'm designing it to be as realistic looking and  

> plausible as possible (I'm going to have a hard time disbelieving  

> it myself), which is fine for people who are aware of its existence  

> in the game. But if someone chances across this not knowing it's a  

> game and, well, they might panic. And I might soon be getting  

> knocks from my door from men wearing dark glasses or lab coats.

>

> But I'm hesitant to put a disclaimer somewhere on the site because  

> it violates the TINAG a mentality. Granted, given the choice of  

> violating that or being taken too seriously I go for the former,  

> but I'm curious how some of you handle situations such as this. How  

> realistic is the fear of being taken literally and seriously, and  

> what measures do you take to safeguard you and would-be believers?  

> Or does it really matter?

>

> Thanks!

>

> Tnx & Rgds...

> David "Nighthawk" Flor ( dflor71 at gmail.com )

> Darklight Interactive ( http://www.dlimedia.com/ )

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