The Beta Delay Is A LIE
The Secret World community is freakin brilliant. I was one of the sheep who bleated their disappointment on August 26th when Funcom announced that signups for their upcoming MMO The Secret (TSW) had been delayed. Fool.
Late afternoon today, a series of tweets from @thedarkplaces began. I immediately started to doubt my naive conclusions. Was the Beta delay a conspiracy? Was the whole Official Funcom statement an elaborate ruse?
http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/secret_war_and_beta_registration_delayed
Was this a faux announcement? A red herring possibly born in the spirit of the secret society based themes of the game?
A quick look on the TSW forums only made me more skeptical. Sure enough, a few brilliant people in the community had started to unravel a mystery based on the non-sensical tweets @thedarkplaces. These people really amaze me. I’m new to ARGs, and extremely intimidated by the ARGs that have transpired over the last year waiting for TSW.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game
I watched in realtime as the following thread interpreted the Twitter feeds, and eventually unlocked a piece of the puzzle towards TSW Beta.
http://www.darkdemonscrygaia.com/showthread.php?t=20587
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like this in the genre. Ragnar Tornquist, TSW’s creator and his team at Funcom have really outdone themselves. I’m really excited to see how this all transpires. One can only hope that after TSW launches, events like this still remain commonplace. You want something to revolutionize the MMO genre? This is it folks.
NOW LET ME IN BETA! Please.
