[arg_discuss] Disclaimers

[Brian Clark]

So let me give you some advice from the "dark side" so to speak, as someone
who has gotten those calls from men in dark glasses and still isn't afraid
of managed controversy as a palette useful in some situations.

In general, make sure that law enforcement doesn't have to solve any puzzles
to figure out how to get in touch with you: domain registry transparency is
a good first step. Not only does it send the message "nothing to hide here"
but it helps ensure your first contact might be by telephone.

In general, cooperate fully with their requests if you can as a good
citizen: you want them to write "harmless prankster" in your file. This
means if you CAN cease and desist, do ... that's the ultimate indie fallback
on liability.

Those two general rules will get you through most of your encounters with
cyber-savvy law enforcement, but won't protect you from something silly or
threatening utilized in a dead drop or live event. I keep assuming, though,
that once they put "harmless prankster" in your file they stop calling, but
that doesn't seem to be true.

-----Original Message-----
From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On
Behalf Of David Flor
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 6:42 PM
To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG
Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] Disclaimers

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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