Our ever-wonderful admin, Danielle, said that she would try to answer some questions about the "Search for 781229" for us, and maybe even set up an interview with the development/admin team.

Posted Fri, 02/20/2009 - 23:18 — dawn4scifi Thanks for your part in keeping the forum up. We are not mad at you just the higher ups who did this to us, and to your IT department.
● But, since they are killing this show will you answer a few questions? I know it was supposed to go for more seasons so were they going to have characters from the ARG appear on the show?
■ Is Mark's last name Cooper?
▲ Were they going to bring back Diekman? Most of us really liked him.
Thank you. I will be able to sleep at night better.
Dawn

Tue, 02/24/2009 - 14:15 — abc family team
Hi Dawn and NYC,

Thanks for understanding. It's a show we all love, and we'll keep these boards open as long as you guys want to hang around (as long as it's within my power to do so).
I'll give you the answers to the best of my ability.

- The ARG was something we did here in the digital department. We weren't sure if they were going to write Cooper and 781229 into the show, but I think there was some talk of it early in the ARG development. I don't think those talks ever came to any solid plans. If you're interested, I can hunt down the producer of the ARG and get an interview about the behind-the-scenes of the ARG. Just let me know.

- Cooper was always just Cooper. He was never actually related to the on-air show. Thrasher lived on one of our desks until his sad demise. RIP Thrasher. Office life was never right for you, proud fish.

- I'm not sure about Diekman or the plans for the show, but....

Let me know about the behind-the-scenes on the ARG.

- Danielle
ABC Family Team

Post any questions you may have about the ARG. Maybe we'll get some more answers!
(I know it's not the same thing as the ARG return, but it's better than nothing!)

Here's what we have so far:

Tue, 03/03/2009 - 15:22 — nycscififan
Tell us about "Anonymous" and their blog comments - were they part of the game?
Cooper didn't seem too certain about whether or not Anonymous was a real clue - did you script this whole thing in advance or did it just evolve as you went along?
What were the "real" messages from 781229? I know the red-colored font reply was one, but were there others?
Did we miss any clues?

Wed, 03/04/2009 - 13:01 — dawn4scifi
Did you and the IT have fun doing the ARG in general? I sure hope so. Some of us loved it!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 00:56 — dawn4scifi
Have NYC, Cnith or I ever talked to one of the plants? Which ones?

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 21:10 — dawn4scifi
I am almost sure I have talked to a few of them. Especially the ones who come on and say "Hey did you see.....? to get us to notice things they put up, like the one who told me 781220 wrote to me on the 781229 blog, in answer to the first message I sent to her from this forum.

Wed, 02/25/2009 - 22:55 — nycscififan
Which "Searchers" were real and which were embedded puppetmasters?
Cipher (TheSuperXero) told me he wasn't a plant and I believe him. Am I wrong?

Wed, 03/04/2009 - 12:59 — dawn4scifi
I think the two who did the Wikki were and the one who made the decode site. And was Stardust? I think not because we actually emailed each other a few times.

Wed, 02/25/2009 - 22:43 — nycscififan
Please tell us who the original madacorp blogger was and the significance of "John Smith."

Wed, 02/25/2009 - 22:42 — nycscififan
What was planned for the Stephen Trager ID on the Madacorp intranet?
What happened to the signups/job applications on Madacorp and Latnok? Were they supposed to create a mailing list for messages?
In ClueTracker 2.0 - what is the purpose of the ever-spinning glass? What's inside it?

Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:27 — dawn4scifi
Question: Is ABC thinking of selling KXY to another network?

Tue, 02/24/2009 - 23:02 — nycscififan
The $64 Dollar Question is .... WHAT THE HECK DID THE "GLITCH" SOUND BITES REALLY SAY?

Wed, 02/25/2009 - 11:45 — dawn4scifi
LOL! NYC.

Tue, 02/24/2009 - 22:59 — dawn4scifi
Hi Dawn and NYC,

Thanks for understanding. It's a show we all love, and we'll keep these boards open as long as you guys want to hang around (as long as it's within my power to do so).
Thank you.

I'll give you the answers to the best of my ability.

- The ARG was something we did here in the digital department. We weren't sure if they were going to write Cooper and 781229 into the show, but I think there was some talk of it early in the ARG development. That would have been a totally unique thing you know.

I don't think those talks ever came to any solid plans. If you're interested, I can hunt down the producer of the ARG and get an interview about the behind-the-scenes of the ARG. Just let me know.
I would like that of course.

- Cooper was always just Cooper. He was never actually related to the on-air show. Thrasher lived on one of our desks until his sad demise. RIP Thrasher. Office life was never right for you, proud fish.
Bubbly Taps to Thrasher.

- I'm not sure about Diekman or the plans for the show, but.... Well, we loved him. He was so comfortable in his Geekiness

... I'm so excited to let you know that Julie has agreed to give us an exclusive interview to wrap up the story and hopefully explain all the things that are kind of left hanging. She's busy working on a pilot for another show now, so we're really lucky to have this opportunity. Thank her for us curious sorts who were going insane here. I can handle the show being gone, but I cannot handle and unsoved mystery!!

Let me know about the behind-the-scenes on the ARG.
I would love to hear about that. As you may have gathered, that was what sparked my mind even more than the show especially when it headed into the fluff vat. Ha ha.

Tue, 02/24/2009 - 23:00 — nycscififan
Awww, Thrasher crossed the Rainbow Bridge?
http://781229.com/coopersblog/?cat=10
He will be missed, but I'm glad he was immortalized on Cooper's site so we could all see him.
RIP Thrasher.

Tue, 02/24/2009 - 22:37 — dawn4scifi
Was Cooper Josh Zuckerman?

Tue, 02/24/2009 - 15:07 — nycscififan
I'd settle for an interview with the developer at this point. Just to tie up the loose ends before the demise.
Let's make a list of questions, y'all.
. The documents from the Madacorp Intranet were so detailed and well-planned, were they part of the Kyle XY research?
. What was the reaction when we figured out the time-turner on the cube puzzle? lol
(I can just imagine: "Oh ****!")
. Does a staffer still owe me an apology for deleting my clues thread FOUR TIMES in one night, or was that just a "too many posts at the same time" glitch?
. Who were the actors/actresses that played the on-camera roles? Are they professionals or students?
I'll think of more later - I'm on my way out.

WHAT ELSE COULD WE ASK THE DEVELOPMENT/ADMIN TEAM ABOUT THEIR SIDE OF THE ARG?