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By: How True Blood Sucks in Viewers (via Wired.com) « News Bite

How True Blood Sucks in Viewers (via Wired.com) « News Bite — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:02:21 +0000

[...] for more!True You may recall a buzz back in 2008 when various bloggers began receiving mysterious dead language mailers and posting about them. These mailings served as the beginning of a marketing push for HBO’s True [...]

By: SXSW 2011: Fan to Fanatic: True Blood’s Marketing Hook | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:19:50 +0000

[...] readers may recall a buzz back in 2008 when various bloggers began receiving mysterious dead language mailers and posting about them. These mailings served as the beginning of a marketing push for HBO’s True [...]

By: Deanna Holdershaw

Deanna Holdershaw — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:03:51 +0000

Looks a lot like Gregg Shorthand to me…

By: Hannah Gorley

Hannah Gorley — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:54:16 +0000

What does it say directly under U.S. Postage 59

By: Be on the Lookout for the Red Seal | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network (beta)

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:18:46 +0000

[...] and author of the 7th Son trilogy, notified ARGNet and UnFiction of his discovery, linking to a detailed post about the package including pictures of the contents on Flickr and a video describing the [...]

By: D from S in G

D from S in G — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:33:08 +0000

Sorry, but am i the only one who sees a series of noses in quite a number of the black symbols?

By: Katra

Katra — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:54:30 +0000

Anyone notice the new tatoo that Angelina drew on Brad Pitts back? Arkkadian?

By: Trekkie

Trekkie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:35:17 +0000

Agreed. The source on the Chishio.jp page has some big clues in it (found this before I read all the posts and am just confirming above post).
__________________________________________________

s.pageName=”HBO: True Blood: Pre-Premiere: Chishio”
s.server=”hbo.com”
s.channel=”"
s.pageType=”"
s.prop1=”HBO” // channel
s.prop2=”Original Series” // category
s.prop3=”True Blood” // show
s.prop4=”Chishio” // content
s.prop5=”" // subcontent
s.prop6=”" // season
s.prop7=”" // episode
s.prop8=”" // actor
s.prop9=”" // special
s.prop10=”"
s.prop11=”"
s.prop12=”"
s.prop13=”"
s.prop14=”"
s.prop15=”"
/* E-commerce Variables */
s.campaign=”"
s.state=”"
s.zip=”"
s.events=”"
s.products=”"
s.purchaseID=”"
s.eVar12=”"
s.eVar13=”"
s.eVar14=”"
s.hier1=”HBO|Original Series|True Blood|Pre-Premiere|Chishio”
s.hier2=”HBO Global|” + s.hier1;

By: Jothebulb

Jothebulb — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:18:37 +0000

http://www.charlaineharris.com/trueblood_press.html

The source code of the .jp page points to an upcoming HBO series.

By: Aticus vôn Draven

Aticus vôn Draven — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:46:34 +0000

the language it is written in is called Akkadian cuneiform. revenantones.com has the same exact “TB” logo in their address bar as well as on a “vial” of synthetic human blood. TB stands for “TruBlood” which, True Blood is the name of a new HBO series premiering in September of this year, which ironicly has a synthetic blood in it called True Blood which allows Vampires to bypass the feeding of humans. The series is to be based of some novels by Charlaine Harris.

The forums of the Revenant Ones seems to be passed off as a legit forum as some of the members have hundreds if not thousands of posts, however it can also be said that it is a mere publicity stunt to get people to watch the series, in either case i will be watching it, as well as keeping tabs on the events of “TB” for myself, as well as everyone of you here. I am about to open up a forum on my website dedicated to the keeping of ever one posted and up to date.

I hope this info helps people.

By: darkvampiricprincess

darkvampiricprincess — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:21:23 +0000

how about put it under blacklight and see what comes up or different kinds of light to see is something is hidden?

By: What Is "TB" And Who Are The Revenant Ones?

What Is "TB" And Who Are The Revenant Ones? — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:48:18 +0000

[...] Novelist J.C. Hutchins Video – His video explains how he received the letter [...]

By: Dawn Krantz

Dawn Krantz — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:52:35 +0000

O.K. I have received the EXACT same letter as you have (the envelope and everything) and it freaked me out for a little bit. I am a Law Enforcement Officer and I am not in the entertainment business. Sooooooooo What do I have in common with you? I subscribe to Fangoria magazine and that’s it. Do you subscribe there?

By: The Mystery of the Red Seal Letters

The Mystery of the Red Seal Letters — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:13:02 +0000

[...] A few days ago, people all over the net began receiving cryptic letters in the mail. The envelopes contained sheets of paper covered in what appears to be text in an ancient language and everything is marked with a red seal with a TB logo. Novelist JC Hutchins was one of the first to post about it and you can see a video and more detailed photos of the red seal letter here. [...]

By: Lejon

Lejon — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:12:03 +0000

Wow, I stop paying attention for a couple days, and suddenly there’s a website, but people still haven’t quite figured out what this is.

Of course, Neither have I.

I did check out bloodcopy.com where they’re showing a video split-screen of the woman doing the gatekeeping and a caller. It appears that she’s looking for something specific (Yes, probably in the encoded dead languages.) Has anyone attempted to actually translate these letter for letter? You know, use simple cryptography with the phonetics to match letter for letter?

Ok, I suppose I should try that myself. So, I’ll practice violin first, then apply gray-matter to the problem.

Let me know if someone solves it.

By: Impel Down » Blog Archive » ARG… matey

Impel Down » Blog Archive » ARG… matey — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:36:49 +0000

[...] Alternate Reality Games, but I was browsing around J. C. Hutchins‘ website and happened upon this post of what he believes to be either an ARG starting up or some pretty elaborate marketing campaign [...]

By: Nycteris

Nycteris — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:50:54 +0000

I am seeing “your” red-seal and text graphic and a link to chishio.jp as a sidebar on lifehacker now.

Sorry if someone already mentioned this.

By: Ken Raymond

Ken Raymond — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:33:46 +0000

I got one of these letters, too. The lettering in mine appears to be a form of cuneiform, possibly Hittite. My wife and I have been trying to decipher it, to no avail. Until we found this site and one other, we thought it was some sort of elaborate birthday greeting; the letter arrived on my b-day.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:16:34 +0000

because your the keymaster? you know like in ghostbusters?

By: Rhoswen

Rhoswen — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:34:00 +0000

Why you think you’re worthy to have access? I can’t remember any questions about worthiness being asked in the books. Maybe the answer is in the 4 coded messages, like a password. Or maybe you could get in if you say that you’ve got some TruBlood (that’s a synthetic blood that vampires can drink instead of real blood). I’ll go check out the discussion at unfiction.com – thanks.

By: Jedediah Coy

Jedediah Coy — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:45:10 +0000

Rhoswen, the gate keeper at RevenantOnes.com keeps asking why we think we’re worthy to have access to the site. Any ideas?
Also, you might want to join us at Unfiction:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25684

By: Rhoswen

Rhoswen — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:37:51 +0000

Sorry for the duplicate post, but I’m a doofus and forgot the link in my second post.

By: Rhoswen

Rhoswen — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:29:16 +0000

I don’t know if it’s useful or not, but here’s a link to the thread I followed at Charlaine Harris’ board. My post there contains links to casting notices that I found online for a True Blood “internet project” (probably what we’re all trying to figure out the clues for) and the casting notices could provide hints for what may play out at revenantones.com and any other show-related web sites like bloodcopy.com. Blood Copy is mentioned in the casting notices. I’ll check back here after the timer runs out tonight and let you know if I was able to get in.

http://charlaineharris.master.com/texis/master/search/showmsg.html?id=48380e0110&Catid=457073b03#m48380e0110

By: Rhoswen

Rhoswen — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:28:42 +0000

By: Rhoswen

Rhoswen — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:12:17 +0000

A post from the Charlaine Harris (she’s the author of the “Southern Vampire” books that True Blood the series is based on) message board led me here. I can’t read ancient languages, but I’ve read all of the books in the Southern Vampire series (except for the most recent one that just came out a few days ago). If there are any questions that the girl at revenantones.com asks that I might be able to help answer, let me know.

By: james

james — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:17:23 +0000

the timer is back up. it will run down at 9′o’clock est tonight. we will see then

By: The Thought Plickens | Stop Embarrassing Yourself

The Thought Plickens | Stop Embarrassing Yourself — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:31:54 +0000

[...] first heard about this from JC Hutchins. His Flickr page has the best images of the red symbols (which I have focused on after failing to [...]

By: Photojoe

Photojoe — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:23:25 +0000

This is something going on in real time, it’s a shame moderation is limiting how we can communicate here.

By: Photojoe

Photojoe — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:12:20 +0000

So, it’s clearly not over. What’s the deal with the lady?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:35:49 +0000

She just said that she has granted a couple of people access to the site…”they must have said something that you didn’t.”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:56:08 +0000

Got to the head of the queue…she could hear me (she held up two fingers when I asked), but I couldn’t hear her. She hung up.

A friend was on Skype with me when I went on (possibly the reason I couldn’t hear her). He got on with her, told her that I had a question for her and asked how I should get in. She said, “That’s not my problem.”

Hmmm….wonder what the magic phrase is?

By: ScreenRant.com

ScreenRant.com — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:51:16 +0000

Yeah, well.. . somebody let us know how it turns out.

Vic

By: Zen_Jewitch

Zen_Jewitch — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:49:50 +0000

Click on the queue button, and you’ll enter the wait to speak to the hottie. She’s the GateKeeper, and it seems that you need to read her the translated letter.

By: Brad P. from NJ

Brad P. from NJ — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:43:26 +0000

Nice. Snooty chick on the other end of the line. I’m just another stupid, blood-copy person… Guess I’m not worthy of the ARG. If someone gets in, I would like to know what’s on the other side. Kind of a letdown… Oh, well. Life resumes it’s normalcy.

By: ScreenRant.com

ScreenRant.com — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:31:19 +0000

The countdown on http://revenantones.com has ended and there’s some hottie there on webcam but there’s no audio although it seems like there should be.

Pretty lame and unprofessional IMHO after all the excitement and mystery.

By: BloodCopy » Blog Archive » Mysteries Abound

BloodCopy » Blog Archive » Mysteries Abound — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:47:26 +0000

[...] there’s JC Hutchins, he posted an excellent video of one of the mysterious [...]

By: J.C. Hutchins

J.C. Hutchins — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:55:26 +0000

ROCK ON!!!! THRILLED to see the mystery’s been hacked, slashed and solved. Too cool. Thanks, everyone, for lending a hand here. And ScreenRant.com — thanks for sharing the good news!

By: ScreenRant.com

ScreenRant.com — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:49:44 +0000

MYSTERY SOLVED!!

See the link above. It’s about a new HBO vampire series called “True Blood.”

Vic

By: ScreenRant.com

ScreenRant.com — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:21:51 +0000

BIG new clues on my site:

http://screenrant.com/archives/is-this-a-new-movie-viral-camp-1666.html

Including a hidden phrase, references to a new name and the logo for Revenant Ones.

Vic

By: Brad P. from NJ

Brad P. from NJ — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:19:33 +0000

So, apparently the chair on the site is driven from UStream.

http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/184835

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:55:30 +0000

Another thought: Could the script message be the username/password to enter beyond the countdown timer?

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:43:21 +0000

Seems like there’s been a breakthrough, someone has decoded the message (see http://www.immersionunlimited.com/index.php?topic=2900.0) And the Red Circle is decoded to: revenantones.com, which had the tb logo… When I visited the site, there seems to be a countdown timer… with just over 6 hours left until it hits zero…

By: James Zahn

James Zahn — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:50:20 +0000

P.S. Ads featuring the same imagery and linking to the Japanese site are now being distributed via Google’s adsense. I’ve posted a screenshot of a leaderboard ad from horror.com on my myspace blog.

By: James Zahn

James Zahn — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:41:15 +0000

Mine wasn’t postmarked at all, but it was in a larger outer envelope with an apology from the postmaster for delivering me “damaged mail”. The clear envelope with the stamp on it was torn on one side.

By: james

james — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:19:50 +0000

just an observation. where is the postal printing on the stamp or any where on the envelope?

By: Lejon

Lejon — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:57:36 +0000

Has anyone attempted to decode the barcode on the stamp yet? It’s either Semacode or Data Matrix. Data Matrix is used by the USPS, but if it’s Semacode, that’s potentially 3k+ ASCII characters waiting to be unlocked. There are 2 different codes sequences sitting next to each other on the stamp. I don’t have anything that can read it, though, but there are reader programs available for cell phones available for free on the net.

Unfortunately, I have no input on the translation of the other scripts. Other than to say that this looks like an extremely clever promotion, probably for a movie, targeted at known internet saavy marketeers.

Naturally, I would like to know the outcome.

By: The Red Seal, Chishio or Down the Rabbit Hole | Stop Embarrassing Yourself

The Red Seal, Chishio or Down the Rabbit Hole | Stop Embarrassing Yourself — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:28:38 +0000

[...] first heard about this from JC Hutchins. His Flickr page has the best images of the red symbols (which I have focused on after failing to [...]

By: Jedediah COy

Jedediah COy — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:13:43 +0000

Here’s what I have so far from the red symbols.

Each symbol is three letters, every occurrence of a letter seems to be an exact copy, although sometimes mirrored and/or rotated.

The letter groups as far as I can tell are:

NOT ONE SEN SEC SCO OMC OMR ERM ERV EEV ENV ENA ANN ANT NOT

The Ms could be Ws. The letters are repeated in groups of three so the first three symbols contain N. The second through fourth contain E.

If you continue the pattern (and wrap around the circle for the last two groups) you get:

NESCOMREVENATO (or NESCOWREVENATO with W instead of M)

I see several words:

NES COM REVENATO
NESCO MR E VENATO
NESCO MR EVE NATO

This could be an anagram.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:46:03 +0000

I don’t have time to actually get into this tonight, but figured I’d pass along a website that could be useful for identifying the scripts and then decoding them: http://www.omniglot.com

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:44:17 +0000

Guys, let’s try to centralize this investigation… it seems pretty scattered among blog comment boards and such. I started a thread on an ARG / viral site:

http://www.immersionunlimited.com/index.php?topic=2900.0