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# nah he's a spoof account
like riverghost
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:03, archived)
# and Dave the Hat


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:03, archived)
# don't be silly, DtH is two spoof accounts
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:05, archived)
# Why you . . .
*jowls wobble indignantly*


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:06, archived)
# I sometimes
wonder if I am the only real person here, and the whole thing has been created to entertain me.

*dons tinfoil*
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:07, archived)
# entertain?
shirley you mean 'control'...?
(I helped save b3ta! Ril3y is a brit abroad.. bring on the Stella / Asahi, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:08, archived)
# Don owns a lot of tinfoil hats
I suspect a conspiracy!
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:09, archived)
# we are all retired spambots
now give me your money
(I helped save b3ta! Finite "Aardvark sorted out my shit!" on, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:09, archived)
# how do you explain the spazz before you joined?
It's a mystery.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:09, archived)
# it was placed there by God
to test our faith
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:10, archived)
# Haha
Well said!
(I helped save b3ta! Cassius Kray floats like a butterfly, stings like a trout, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:12, archived)
# Ha!
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:19, archived)
# Ah,
well that was all part of the masterplan.

They create all these accounts, muck around for a couple of years, and then someone sends me an e-mail with a picture prominently sporting the b3ta.com tag and I think, OOoh, I'll check that out.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:11, archived)
# Before b3ta I was drawn into a website back in 2000ish
called twentythree - now that REALLY was a strange site perfect for conspiracy lovers to try and work out. Pretty much that site led me to B3ta initially.

The best thing about it all is that now the site www.twentythree.co.uk/ is just some default low fi fish and chip shop website - like in the movies when you try and take someone back to show them the conspiracy and it's all been tidied away like it was never there. So they won't believe you and think you are crazy!

But then as you walk away dejected the camera lingers on one remaining piece of evidence that you missed.

www.twentythree.co.uk/bosch.html


Edit: Synchronicity was a huge aspect of the 23 thing, which is what the reply I make below alludes to happened when they live event was cancelled.

Just before this thread I posted this reply to a links thread www.b3ta.com/links/288362
"3. Fractal time and the I Ching
* 10,000 years ago humans began domesticating plants and animals.
* 500 years ago we invented the printing press.
* 100 years ago we began driving automobiles.
* 50 years ago we invented the computer.
* 30 years ago we landed on the moon.

Okay, but by that reckoning 20 years ago we should have landed on Jupiter. 10 years ago we should have begun riding unicorns and by now we should have evolved into care bears."

A few hours later this is posted on the links board - www.b3ta.com/links/MIT_Technology_Turns_Humans_into_Carebears

!!??!! Oh god why do these things happen to me so much? :)
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:18, archived)
# 'I like this'
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:20, archived)
# That has just proper shat me up
:(

EDIT: And clicked. I want this on the popular page :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:20, archived)
# That's either the scariest thing ever
or some very very very clever marketing for a fish and chip shop!
(I helped save b3ta! Ril3y is a brit abroad.. bring on the Stella / Asahi, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:22, archived)
# Oh it was sooooooo much more
the messageboard was on a site called theclothesstore so there was if any the viral marketing side, only it was more just the owner of that site was friends with the people behind it and let them use the hosting.

Now, looking back I see it as an incredible ARG that wasn't an ARG like you know now because the term wasn't coined and it had no marketing function. It was just straight up mysterious. The KLF got me interested in the 23 thing and the illuminatus trilogy, but i wasn't deep into it all. It was something interesting though.

There's so much to this site and story I could write a book on it.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:27, archived)
# Heh
Google thinks that this page is similar:

www.amazon.com/Key-Everything-Classic-Lesbian-Poems/dp/0312118422

Fantastic :)
(I helped save b3ta! brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:34, archived)
# Damn I was trying to keep my pen name
a secret
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:22, archived)
# Here is a post of an event that totally blew peoples minds
www.theclothesstore.com/ubbzs/Forum8/HTML/000885.html
(the link above is different to the text in this post, the rest of this is background to let you know just how bizzare the events in the post were)

The site had a live chat thing you could use and people would shoot the breeze in there, on the 23rd of each month events started to happen. It was imposible to tell who was part of the site and who was just a participant. There was one person though - Scribe - who was the voice of the site. There'd be occasional webcasts of audio and choppy webcams of odd things.

Finally, after over a year of slow uncovering, discovery and friendships forming a small community built up around the site, and working out what the hell it was about and what it was there for. Scribe announced a LIVE event and that the people behind it did these live events as a seperate but related thing. We may get to descover some more details, great. A few people from 'the filter' (the chat room) had met up seperately or drawn friends in, but now was the chance for a lot of us to meet up.

This was before b3ta so anyone who's been to their first b3ta bash will know the feeling - only multiply it by 23.

So then this event gets cancelled mysteriously a few days before it was due. Bah it was just a tease. Oh well, several of us decided to meet up anyway in London. At a bar called The Foundry. (with super strong KLF connections)

That's the background, read the post now.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:36, archived)
# There were maybe only about 20-30 people that followed and explored the site
some from America and some as far as Japan. Who knows how many lurkers too.
About 7 or 8 of us were going to try and meet that night.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:09, archived)
# Several others from there also became b3tans
It was a natural progression I think.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:23, archived)
# The thot plickens.
I wonder if they sell jam sandwiches?
(I helped save b3ta! brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:28, archived)
# Yay, dna was where it began.
There were 3 'gates' to work through on the site. I guess nowadays pretty basic puzzle solving, and trial/error. It wasn't meant to be a puzzle people could solve though. that was the beauty. It just was a mysterious garden you could wander around. Finding new areas, new flowers blooming as time went on.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:05, archived)
# Scribe and Alpha and Hooray and iivix, the Karma Mechanic and Pita too, Fnord goes without saying and not neglecting Alostrael, Albert Ross, Pyramid and Flux, Bubba and Linus and who was that other one...
Oh yes -- Penny!

All scattered across the world by the winds of time, like seeds from a dandelion clock with 23 heads. No doubt all germinating new and even more invisible puzzles in our own small way.

I like to think and am certain it's so, that from some strange perspective there's a pattern in where we go.

Remember F., that if you say 'Eris' 23 times, she's sure to hear you. I promise it works, I've tried it. ;)

En passant,

Penny.
(Good Penny, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 23:51, archived)
# Terrific!
The first day in months I spend an hour or so on the main board and I found a Penny I thought i'd lost long ago.

Time to crack open a can to celebrate



(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 12 Mar 2009, 8:14, archived)
# they told me it wasn't cost-effective market research
but this post finally proves I was right
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:18, archived)
# ha ha ha
:D
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:21, archived)
# I'm a bot
... a sex bot

also - I have a very attractive bum so technically I'm a sex bot with a sexy bot
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:09, archived)
# You just made
me sing that in time to 'sex bomb' by Tom Jones..

Cheers
(I helped save b3ta! Ril3y is a brit abroad.. bring on the Stella / Asahi, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:12, archived)
# he just made me sing to the Macarena
well sing, and dance, and strip. I need the money, see
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:21, archived)
# and you didn't do it right
so you only get half pay... if you don't like it, take it up with the stripper's union
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:22, archived)
# you take it down
with the stripper's union, surely?
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:25, archived)
# *tucks 50p in the top of twig's Y-fronts*


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:30, archived)
# I've often wondered that about the whole world, as a child

That, or everyone else is robots
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:12, archived)
# are you saying that's an infantile post?
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:13, archived)
# Just speaking for myself here
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:15, archived)
# You're not the only one Medi :)
I also used to think this. But the thing is, you would never know :(
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:18, archived)
# That's what makes it so intriguing innit
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:19, archived)
# Exactly.
However, we have just accepted it and moved on. We didn't think of it and then give thousands of pounds to Icke :0
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:21, archived)
# and rob
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:05, archived)
# There is no rob
Now stop worrying and get on with your life.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:08, archived)
# who?
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:06, archived)
# who the what?
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:10, archived)
# there are a lot more spoof accounts than you realise.
this very account I'm on is a spoof account. I just never got around to creating a proper one.
(I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:04, archived)
# Hmm...
Do you have a second account?
Mini poll bar
Mini poll bar

Edit: I'm genuinely quite surprised by this so far, I got the impression that most people had a second account, whether used for trolling-type stuff or simply just security.
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:14, archived)
# I barely have this one
... so no
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:15, archived)
# I have 3.
One is the first account I signed up with and forgot the login details, the 2nd is this one and the third was because I was approaching 20,000 posts and wasn't drunk enough to get my tackle out :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:17, archived)
# I really don't like all the spoof account and second account malarky

It's like a disposable account that can be used to do all sorts of things you'd normally not do, in fear of being banned.
A license to act like an asshole.
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:18, archived)
# I agree with this
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:20, archived)
# well said
... although every one knows you're MY spoof account.
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:23, archived)
# TELL THE TRUTH SHEEPLE!!
WE ARE ALL CATNIPPPPP'S ACCOUNT
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:25, archived)
# Shht you!
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:25, archived)
# and I'm your spoof account
... it's all too confusing.
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:28, archived)
# Speak Dutch to me, big boy
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:30, archived)
# hai jessie
tried gobliiins?
(I helped save b3ta! Zhmei HEY B3TA I WAS ON YOUR DINGY ISLAND AT LAST!1!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:21, archived)
#




no. not yet
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:23, archived)
# Ooooh that brings me back


Unless it's some sort of new drug you're talking about here
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:26, archived)
# a drug, surely
what else can we be talking about?
(I helped save b3ta! Zhmei HEY B3TA I WAS ON YOUR DINGY ISLAND AT LAST!1!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:39, archived)
# i'm surprised by the lack of trolls on /board
which is fine by me.
(I helped save b3ta! Foxglove -- it all ends in tears anyway..., Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:22, archived)
# Back in the day I had to make a second account because this one got messed up
If you changed your name to have an apostrophe it became unable for you to change it back or stay logged in.

In my profile there's a link to what I did in that month off from this profile. I got my first few front pages among other things.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:22, archived)
# oh, harsh
I've had pretty positive responses on the whole in my time here, but a while ago I considered setting up a second account as a social experiment, because around that time I was getting loads of grief about 'well women get fawned over ON THE INTERNET and you get people being nice because you posted 'naked' pictures of yourself'.
To be honest I can see that you get treated with less leeway as a noob, and there is a certain amount of non-serious pandering, but I was very curious to find out once and for all if a 'male' newbie, who has read the FAQ and only makes small mistakes, rectified and apologised for, really would get treated that differently to my experiences.

Edit: Sorry, the link there was that I was curious if I'd get a front page if I was using a different username, and I'd be pretty gutted really.
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:28, archived)
# noobs get away with a lot
as long as they put *some* sort of effort.

However, reposting someone else's work, thats a beating.
(I helped save b3ta! Foxglove -- it all ends in tears anyway..., Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:33, archived)
# Back then everyone was a noob really.
There had been no b3ta bashes so other than some Londonites you just went on by what you saw and liked. I hadn't done that much worthy of a front page until then anyway, but it was nice to fill up the 10 FP's then retire the account. Just as an example - 1 FP was of a streaming webcam of a pub the night of the first mini b3ta bash (not of the pub the b3tans were at though) :)

It is interesting actually, since my other account was Ann Onnymouse. I didn't think about it but some people must have thought I was female with that name. To me it was just a play on words, but maybe it affected some people's view.

I'll admit I treat men and women differently in real life, not exaggeratedly different and not always deliberately, but not the same. On b3ta/the net I just go by what I see, there's no way of knowing either way most of the time anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:50, archived)
# I have a spare account but I don't use it for trolling...
I only use it to keep hold of my username if I'm changing my main account name for some whimsical purpose...

Also - que?
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:31, archived)
# Oof, sorry mate
That's my odd humour, in no way to be taken seriously. It's something I've said for years, and me and the missus are always saying to each other if the other makes a good point we can't be bothered to argue.
I think I may have got it from Monty Python, but the truth of that is lost to the mysts of time :)
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:38, archived)
# Aha cool...
context is everything, sometimes...

;)
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:41, archived)
# keep in mind that people with second accounts will vote twice
(Your watch is still saving for 5K but has learnt about 'nose bondage', Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:33, archived)
# nope, just the one
I don't like duplicity
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:34, archived)
# I don't know much about duplicity
Don't know much phenomenology.
Don't know much about derisive looks.
Don't know much about conspiracy nuts.
But I do know they're watching you.
And I know that 'cause i'm watching too.
Oh what a wonderful conspiracy.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:15, archived)
# haha :D
fabness!
(I helped save b3ta! Kallus speaks for the Spores, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 16:07, archived)
# 4 at the last count
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:20, archived)
# oooOOOooo
/handbags at dawn blog.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:18, archived)