Fifth Dharma Test Now Online
For those of you keeping up with the DharmaWantsYou ARG, you’ll be happy to know that a fifth test has gone live. You can see the e-mail announcing the test below. This one is a Numeric Projection Evaluation that will "assess a recruit’s ability to recognize a variety of patterns in numeric series." Most of the questions are simple math equations, but one of them may require a cheat. This video released by Hans Van Eeghen contains a morse code sequence that should help with that:
One nifty thing about the latest e-mail is that a phone number is buried in the source code. The number, which belongs to Hans Van Eeghen, is 1-323-743-8573. Call it and you’ll hear the following message:
"Namaste. You have reached the voicemail of Hans Van Eeghen, the Dharma Initiative’s Head of Recruiting. Unfortunately I am unable to take your call right now, but I do hope you leave a message so that I may address your inquiry at a later time. Thank you and Namaste."
The e-mail also announces the closing date of the recruitment program, which is October 7. On that date, all tests on the site will become inaccessible. The e-mail goes on to say that all the testing information "will be collated in a personalized Volunteer Assessment Dossier for each recruit." I’m not sure what that means, but hopefully something exciting will happen to extend the ARG for the next few months until Lost’s return.
Amazing…four new posts in a row after weeks without anything…and not one of them is worth reading. Brilliant, guys. Just brilliant.
Comment by Zen Bud — September 18, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
In the recent videos, Hans tells us to ignore the cheats. But with Test #2 we HAD to use a cheat to answer Question #10.
WTF? A bad discrepancy I guess.
Comment by LostInTranslation — September 18, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
Zen Bud: I thought that post about Test 5 was interesting. If you haven’t got anything more constructive to say Zen, you’re better off not bothering to post. You’re entitled to your opinion of course, but really what’s the point of that post? This site needs to be lifted not pushed further down.
LostInTranslation: - erm.. I think that is part of the game..the cheating/hacking thing…? The Black Swan…inside job….?…no?
Comment by scraggletag — September 19, 2008 @ 3:49 am
Scragg, Zen Bud has a point. If you read the comments for the past four “new posts” (to use the term loosely), you’ll see that no one seems motivated to discuss them. At this point, I think it’s fair to say that the regular readers have largely abandoned the site for lack of interest. It’s a damn shame, and it’s something the administrators should have addressed.
Comment by Rufus Xavier Sarsparilla — September 19, 2008 @ 9:13 am
You’re right, Rufus. The complete lack of responses to any of the recent non-content-oriented posts illustrates all too painfully just how many regular visitors to this site have gone away.
Comment by Dan — September 19, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
Mmmhmmm
Comment by DeGroots — September 20, 2008 @ 2:28 am
Wait…DeGroots, are you indicating you agree with the comments above yours?
Comment by Jennifer Pratt — September 20, 2008 @ 8:55 pm