for what it's worth

ok, fine

Somebody has to do it.

I'll take one for the team.

WHAT IS ARCHAVIDA?

putting archavida to bed

We've all been suspicious of archavida since day one. (Okay, so I wasn't around for day one, but many of you were. So humor me.) And based on recent developments, I think it might be time to count them out entirely.

1. The WhoIs info is pretty random -- some dude named Harry Smith in England.

2. As Shemyaza pointed out in a recent comment, and as I had noted a while back, the site has been updated and they're now asking for a preposterous amount of personal information, including a resume and a photo. Is this an attempt at parody?

3. The icing on the cupcake: Neurocam has updated its disclaimer page to include the phrase "Neurocam is not Archavida." We were all waiting for that one, weren't we? ;)

Perhaps even more entertaining, though, are the other additions the Cam has made to its disclaimer page in the past month:

neurocam is not a security company
neurocam is not a joke
neurocam is not an ARG
neurocam is not illegal
neurocam is not dangerous
neurocam is not addictive
neurocam is not Extreme Chemical Solutions LTD
neurocam is not anything to do with genetic engineering
neurocam is not anything to do with genetic manipulation
neurocam is not a rare disease
neurocam is not viral marketing
neurocam is not multilayer PBS drilling registration software
neurocam is not confined to the internet
neurocam is not confined to Melbourne Australia

And I was so damn sure it was that drilling registration software.

culled from archavida's source code

This string of numbers was commented out at the very end of the source:

1104288685

I'm sure it's a code/clue of some sort, though there's some grumbling that it may not be relevant. Of course, if NC is a game then this could be reverse psychology, and if NC is a social experiment then "unauthorized" participation is still a valid part of the experience. Albeit a potentially boring dead end, if Archavida is just a bunch of kids fucking around, with no plans to continue their self-created role in this mystery.

Also of note/interest in the source:

meta name="description" content="archavida global operations portal"
meta name="keywords" content="archavida, operatives, global, operations, time, neurocam"
meta name="Generator" content="Mambo - Copyright 2000 - 2004 Miro International Pty Ltd.  All rights reserved."

I'm off to post this stuff on unfiction, see if they want to play with it. Especially those numbers. I hate numbers.