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Rewired Mike 8 Apr, 2005 at 9:45pm ET Article published in Tech

As we’ve previously reported, Microsoft has begun to market the next-generation Xbox console via a type of viral advertising campaign that has come to be known as “alternate reality gaming.” The campaign involves a series of challenges.

Join Colony Short-Media.Com. Help us uncover the secrets of ourcolony.net.

1) Head over to ourcolony.net/lounge/
2) Click Join Existing Colony
3) Enter the team pass code: [B]48329283[/B]

Our first challenge is simply to recruit 4 more members at which point we’ll receive a new task.

Source: ShortMedia

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Comments

  1. Komete
    8 Apr 2005 ~ 9:58pm Komete I Joined up and see we have 20 points and ranked #436 we need more 1 more member to move to our next challenge.

    "You're almost there, a colony isn't made up of one but more. grow your colony to 5 to take the next step"
  2. Cyclonite
    8 Apr 2005 ~ 10:02pm Cyclonite I just joined. I think we need 2 more members aside from me.
  3. GrayFox
    8 Apr 2005 ~ 10:27pm GrayFox All joined :D.
  4. TheBaron
    8 Apr 2005 ~ 11:18pm TheBaron LAST " " 0761537082

    use your colony to solve the puzzle
  5. Private_Snoball
    8 Apr 2005 ~ 11:29pm Private_Snoball I joined, and this seems wicked cool. Would it be possible to create a forum for OurColony.net colony members, so we can have posts about trying to solve puzzles and stuff, it would make things much easier.

    Anyway, nice job about the colony.
  6. RWB
    8 Apr 2005 ~ 11:48pm RWB OK, what in God's name am I supposed to do? :scratch:
  7. Rewired
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 12:06am Rewired
    Private_Snoball wrote:
    I joined, and this seems wicked cool. Would it be possible to create a forum for OurColony.net colony members, so we can have posts about trying to solve puzzles and stuff, it would make things much easier.

    Anyway, nice job about the colony.

    There's a forum set up for us here.

    We currently have 15 members signed up and 150 points which ranks us 109. The challenge still says:

    "You're almost there, a colony isn't made up of one but more. grow your colony to 5 to take the next step".

    So we'll have to wait and see. Maybe someone can investigate the links on the frontpage. As of now we don't have any leads.
  8. Squat
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 12:14am Squat
    andfitchandyou wrote:
    There's a forum set up for us here.

    "You're almost there, a colony isn't made up of one but more. grow your colony to 5 to take the next step".
    thats not what it says when I log in. It says:



    Challenge

    LAST " " 0761537082



    Then there is a text box and solve button.
  9. Squat
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 12:39am Squat this number 0761537082 as an isbn number returns

    "Opening the Xbox : Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution"

    This may be the answer of the challange
  10. QCH
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 1:07am QCH :scratch: I joined also...
  11. QCH
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 1:32am QCH BTW... What was the answer to the initial question on the home page?
  12. Rewired
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 1:33am Rewired
    QCH2002 wrote:
    BTW... What was the answer to the initial question on the home page?

    The answer was PLAY.
  13. csimon
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 9:51am csimon LAST " " 0761537082

    Your Colony has already answered this challenge

    Pass along to those you want to join you in your journey. think about who can help you take it all the way and bring them in

    teamxbox is gaining on the brotherhood. ARGolonists: what happened?


    So what next?
  14. BLuKnight
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 10:44am BLuKnight I'm in as well.
  15. fudgam
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 11:09am fudgam I joined.
  16. Squat
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 11:30am Squat Anyone know how the challange was solved? I was thinking the number was an ISBN, but I tried putting in different answers relating to this and nothing seemed to work. Do we know who solved it? :confused:
  17. Medlock
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 11:44am Medlock Joining now...

    EDIT:
    :scratch:
  18. entropy
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 3:23pm entropy Joined, but I dunno what to do...
  19. Komete
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 4:08pm Komete I'm lost as hell 2
  20. Cyclonite
    9 Apr 2005 ~ 8:15pm Cyclonite Yeah. What do we do?! There's nothing else. Hmmm...

    //Edit: Any ideas?

    Challenge

    20000 CMWKTRW. Who?
  21. entropy
    10 Apr 2005 ~ 6:34pm entropy Your memory is lost, your aura is high, your life within an inch, you have one weapon left to finish off the enemy what is it? If you read closely you should know the answer

    huh? And what happened to our forum over there? :confused:
  22. Rewired
    11 Apr 2005 ~ 12:48am Rewired I'm really not thrilled with Ourcolony.net
  23. TheBaron
    11 Apr 2005 ~ 1:13am TheBaron its just a bunch of tricky questions

    I've been trying to figure out the answer to the current one for awhile, its got me stumped

    read the teamxbox faq to see what exactly everything means
    http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=336766
  24. profdlp
    11 Apr 2005 ~ 1:30am profdlp I just joined. That puzzle has got me stumped, too.

    Could anyone post some of the previous challenges? That might give me a better feel for what sort of puzzles they're throwing out there.
  25. 11 Apr 2005 ~ 3:21am arletta well, I'm pretty sure I found the answer, but the exact answer I'm not sure as none of them are working. I'm not sure if it's because it's after midnight and it's just not accepting yet. But for all you final fantasy players, I'm pretty sure they're talking about limit breaks. It all makes sense when you put it together with this riddle.

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