Octagon Global Recruiting Revs Up
I got an e-mail in my inbox this morning from the folks at Octagon Global Recruiting. Did anyone else receive the same thing? It reads:
Octagon Global Recruiting, on behalf of the Dharma Initiative, would like to thank you for registering your expression of interest in our latest volunteer recruitment drive.
We will be launching in San Diego on July 24th at Comic-Con International offering select registrants the opportunity to take an exciting aptitude test that will give applicants the chance to demonstrate their unique talents.
The Dharma Initiative hopes you will be able to join us to find out more about their ground-breaking new research project. We will contact you closer to the date with more information.
For those not able to join us in San Diego, Dharma’s full recruitment program will be made available online to registered recruits after July 27th.
In the meantime, the Dharma Initiative urges you to spread the word. Invite your colleagues to join the team at www.octagonglobalrecruiting.com and take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity.
If you can’t view the images in this email please click here
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Thanks to TTS reader Kelly for this tip. After hitting "Reply to All" and sending a message back to "Hans Van Eeghen," I received this message:
Thank you for your email. I am currently on assignment in the field. I will contact you as soon as I am back in the office.
Sincerely,
Hans
Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Dharma Initiative or its subsidiaries unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed.
Yes - I got my email today as well and it says the same thing. I tried clicking the link about “if you can’t view the images” to see if I’d get some clue or something interesting but it was just a copy of the same email.
I’ve been hoping everyday we’d get some clue with the start of this season Lost Exerience game, but I’m now 100% sure we will not see anything until we are closer to ComicCom.
Chico
Comment by Chico — June 19, 2008 @ 10:43 am
Did anyone look at the Cc: on the email? Mine has the name Hans Van Eeghen. Is that the same for everyone else?
Comment by Kelly — June 19, 2008 @ 11:16 am
By the way - if you reply to all, you’ll get two emails back, one in which Hans says he is currently on assignment in the field.
Comment by Kelly — June 19, 2008 @ 11:49 am
Ready for a nice little clue? When you follow this link from the email: “if you can’t view the images in this email please click here”, you get to view the same image, but if you view source, you can see this tidbit in the header: . This doesn’t anything in terms of coding, and was obviously placed there for fun. Now, if you follow this link you will see that the meta tag was a reference to the Mystery Tales #40 as seen in lost: http://www.mysterytales40.com/march-has-32-days-last-story-from-the-mystery-tales-40-comic-book-96555
And yes, I got to this site by googling “March has 32 days”, so I know it’s not official, but still pretty fun stuff. And hey, the obviously put this meta tag in there for a reason. Let the games begin!
Comment by McKay — June 19, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
Sorry, for some reason the header clue didn’t show in the last post. It is Sorry, for some reason the header clue didn’t show in the last post. It is <<meta name=”Alert” content=”March has 32 days” >
Comment by McKay — June 19, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
Crap, still didn’t show, here it is one more time: meta name=”Alert” content=”March has 32 days”
Comment by McKay — June 19, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
I recived and will try and check the “replay all” option.
Thanks!
Comment by Cristian — June 19, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
That Hans Van Eeghen might be an anagram……anybody figure it out yet?
Comment by NL — June 19, 2008 @ 1:16 pm
Nice find McKay! Wonder if it means anything or if you’re right and it’s just for fun.
Comment by TrillianM — June 19, 2008 @ 2:18 pm
I would assume its an anagram, what last name begins with 2 e’s ?
Comment by Tivnuts — June 19, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
Yes, got the Octagon email…and nice find McKay. However, I think there is a bigger picture here everyone is missing.
Besides referring to comic books (and related conventions), the whole Octagon Recruiting thing is about Dharma, right? In my opinion, the Lost crew is revving us up for Season 5. S5 will focus on the story of the Dharma Initiative. How it started, who the players were, what their purpose is, who funded them and how Sun’s dad and Widmore are involved. Taking it further, I’ve stated on this site before, Locke will be the leader of the original Hostiles that Ben eventually joins as a younger lad. How does this happen? Easy. The island traveled back in time/space.
I think we’ll get a few more clues from Darlton re: Dharma folks before S5 starts too.
What will be interesting (of course, assuming this theory is right) is how Ben/Jack and crew get “back to the island”. Do they travel back in time to meet up with Locke or is the island somewhere in the present but at a different location?
Let’s also not forget about the periodic Dharma plane drops that were happening on the island for supplies. While there are many explanations for how they got there, it would seem that Dharma has some sort of “headquarters” on the globe. Perhaps the Dharma have a huge headquarters somewhere with similar technology related to time travel.
Comment by THinIL — June 21, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
I am going to Comic Con. I will post here as soon as I get info. I might even video if I can…
Comment by LockesNotDead — June 23, 2008 @ 2:40 pm
so “LockesNotDead” what happened, surely u should have got back by now???
btw totally havent found an anagram yet lol
Comment by becca — June 27, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
Hey, it looks like this is getting more interesting. I have been reading about it on this site: http://octagonglobalrecruiting.blogspot.com. Is there anything you guys have found about an anagram for Hans’ name?
Comment by Mark — July 23, 2008 @ 12:44 pm