I got passed an interesting link about an ARG. I haven't had a chance to sink my teeth into this, so I'll just post some relevant info that I've skimmed from the thread where discussion is occurring: http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1288971
There's a bit of speculation going on about it what it may be exactly related to, but so far no one knows for sure. A number of videos reference a "Chief", so some have speculated Halo, another references an NIN song, suffice to say, no one knows yet.
SockFC said:/x/ said:/x/,
There's a youtube channel called Pronunciation Book (youtube.com/pronunciationbook) that, since like 2010, has been uploading simple videos that are just 1) black text on white screen and 2) a voice pronouncing the text. It has dozens of millions of total views, and is pretty well-known (I first saw it back in 2011, and there's a parody of it that intentionally mispronouncs words).
A few days ago it started posting numbers, starting with 77, and counting down each day. But instead of pronouncing the numbers, it is saying sentences like "I have been trying to tell you something for a thousand days". I am very rarely creeped out any more, and I guess this isn't really "creepy" but it certainly is unexpected.
I refuse to believe that this is marketing, because no one would make a fake business literally for years just to market something. I also refuse to believe that this is a troll, because if so, I tip my hat, he's been doing it so long.
TLDR PronunciationBook, a channel on youtube, has apparently been trying to communicate through single words/phrases since 2010.
/x/ has organized a Google Doc for this, which should help out if you've just now wondered what the fuck is going on. View it at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UamrCTSCj7IleTVnxNn2mCGX7AsLC-AlOGAYghsKZA0/preview?sle=true.
They've also put together an IRC which you can find over at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#76Days
Here's a log of most of the videos for those who don't feel like watching them all http://pastebin.com/xwjjZMur
Derp Y. Mail took the liberty of constructing a video which will hopefully give you most of the backstory of this ARG. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8yxDctT--8
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Wii60 a post there noted a connection between certain videos:
There's a bit of speculation going on about it what it may be exactly related to, but so far no one knows for sure. A number of videos reference a "Chief", so some have speculated Halo, another references an NIN song, suffice to say, no one knows yet.