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Below is a list of thread titles and summaries on the Retrievers of Truth message board.
April 12th
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| Thread title: The revolution starts not with a bang but a whisper
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary The group discuss the opening of the board and general server issues.
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| Subtext DSLerator and Fiberoptician imply that Wednesdays will be a significant day for their boards, though the next two posts are dated on Tuesdays.
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April 19th
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| Thread title: I have a bad feeling about this
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| Thread starter: BroadBandBeatnik
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| Summary The Hanso Foundation is discussed for the first time. The group comment on how they visited for a PR stunt, and an email which has been circling around about a conspiracy theory. Fiberoptician seems to doubt the Foundation are actually involved in some corrupt practices.
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| Subtext Presumably N/A
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April 26th
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| Thread title: What are they trying to hide right under our noses
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary Alvar Hanso's photo on the Hanso website is addressed. The group also decide that their board needs to be password hidden, realizing that Hanso's logo and image is one of ying-yang;good and bad.
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| Subtext Alvar Hanso's photo was where Persephone hid one of her flash hacks on May 8th.
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April 30th
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| Thread title: The dog ate my board work
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary DSLerator explains that the new "dog site" will soon be up, whilst the others talk about the new site's web design.
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| Subtext The "dog site" refers to the main ROT site, suggesting that the board was moved and given a cover blog to hide its threads. The "morphing logo" refers to the yellow logo that changes to red after logging in, and the entire flattery about the site could be an in-game shout-out to Hi-ReS!, the company which produced all Lost Experience sites.
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May 3rd
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| Thread title: Pay no attention to that elephant in the room
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary DSLerator is quizzed on who his contact is, and the workers agree on the Foundation's suspicious activities.
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| Subtext Fiberoptician's reference to "Hanso Broadband for Dolphins®" is probably in relation to Joop, an orangutan the Foundation experimented on (along with possibly other animals).
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May 10th
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| Thread title: You'd be amazed at what you can find if you look
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| Thread starter: Fiberoptician
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| Summary The workers discuss the Hanso site being hacked, as well as the password, breaking strain. They also question whether they can trust Persephone.
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| Subtext Though the post was only accessible in June, its date coincides with the start of the Lost Experience, around the time players were also finding these clues.
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May 17th
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| Thread title: Man smart, monkey smarter
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary The Joop section of the Hanso site is discussed, while iobiSeeingYou defends the security of the site.
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| Subtext The discussion of Joop links to a Persephone hack which showed the Foundation taking over their regulatory body, the GWC. FiOS, also mentioned in the thread, is actually a product of the Verizon company, for which all four posters supposedly work for in the game.
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May 24th
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| Thread title: Hanso in da house!!!!
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary Mittelwerk's return to the Verizon office sparks debate amongst the workers.
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| Subtext DSLerator's link is in fact the old Hanso Foundation website. However, information from it is often considered "non-canon" and obsolete as it was produced long before the game's elements were finalized.
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May 31st
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| Thread title: The media is their weapon of choice
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| Thread starter: iobiSeeingYou
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| Summary Iobi points out the legal case surrounding the Bad Twin novel, as well as Hugh McIntyre and his appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
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| Subtext The disclaimer Iobi refers to is in relation to the apparent legal battle of slander launched by the Foundation against the book. The mention of the photo concerns Hugh's image being removed from the site, after the explanation that it was actually of his predecessor (in reality, it was a stock photo used before the McIntyre role was cast).
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June 7th
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| Thread title: The gospel according to DSL
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary DSLerator talks about his childhood while iobiSeeingYou hints at a password.
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| Subtext The site Iobi links to contained the word "parthenogenesis" in the source code. This was the password for a Persephone hack.
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June 14th
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| Thread title: Too legit to quit
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary The workers talk about their now legitimate status as part of the Hanso resistance group, being given a podcast by DJ Dan to distribute.
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| Subtext Presumably N/A
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June 20th
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| Thread title: The ticking clock
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| Thread starter: BroadBandBeatnik
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| Summary The workers try to implicitly discuss the Rachel Blake video hidden on broadbandstories.com
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| Subtext Reference is made to the pizza outfit Blake wears in her video. They also mention the song title "Last night a DJ saved my life", a possible reference to DJ Dan.
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June 26th
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| Thread title: If you don't get it, you don't get it
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| Thread starter: iobiSeeingYou
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| Summary iobi reveals her new hints and clues.
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| Subtext The answer to the clue is "Wilkommen" (welcome in English), the first word in the first song of "Cabaret." The clue relates to a Rachel Blake video, which required a series of words to unlock.
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June 29th
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| Thread title: Spy me to the moon
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| Thread starter: Fiberoptician
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| Summary Fiber hints about a development involving Mandrake Wig.
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| Subtext Fiber clues to a newsletter release from ROT, which would give the first in a series of code words (which was BLOOD). Using these codes, one could unlock a letter concerning the Spider Protocol.
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July 1st
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| Thread title: The clue's the thing
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| Thread starter: iobiSeeingYou
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| Summary DSLerator jokes about a play he's concocted.
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| Subtext Mention of a waitress is a clue to "check", one of the words that would unlock a Rachel Blake video. SORROW was also significant to the Spider Protocol mystery, being the second password.
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July 3rd
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| Thread title: Now what do I do with all these words?
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| Thread starter: iobiSeeingYou
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| Summary The workers discuss what to do with all the word clues they have.
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| Subtext The four explain to use the words in sequence in a URL. They also mention that the password must be found independently. In reality, the password could be found on Rachel Blake's blog in tandem with the URL reveal.
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July 14th
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| Thread title: How'd you like a greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray?
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| Thread starter: Fiberoptician
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| Summary When a Mittelwerk video is posted on broadbandstories.com, the workers suspect BroadBandBeatnik might have betrayed them.
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| Subtext The Mittelwerk video on the site promoted broadband and all its benefits. It would later be learned that Beatnik was told to upload the video by Rachel Blake, in order to humiliate the Foundation (promoting broadband considering all the hacking troubles they were having).
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July 21st
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| Thread title: 3 will... 3 will... ROCK YOU!
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary Now one member down, the group discuss changing their password, their departed poster, and Korean food.
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| Subtext Hoo-gonchoi is not actually a food, it actually relates to a Korean minister mentioned previously in the Lost Experience. The name was there as a password, and with it one could unlock a Rachel Blake video.
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August 15th
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| Thread title: DSL is on the C-A-S-E!
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| Thread starter: iobiSeeingYou
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| Summary The workers discuss who could have uploaded the Mittelwerk video if it was not BroadBandBeatnik.
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| Subtext Presumably N/A.
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August 18th
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| Thread title: To tell a sleuth
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| Thread starter: DSLerator
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| Summary DSLerator challenges BroadBandBeatnik once again with new evidence that he betrayed the group.
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| Subtext On broadbandstories.com, "taking the tour" led players through the site. Then, clicking and "listening" to the speaker revealed a glyph as part of the hansoexposed.com portion of the game. BroadBandBeatnik also implies that he uploaded the Mittelwerk video on behalf of Rachel Blake.
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August 30th
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| Thread title: Delivering the goods
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| Thread starter: iobiSeeingYou
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| Summary The group receive a package with chocolate inside.
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| Subtext The package is presumably from Rachel Blake as a thank you for their help.
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September 4th
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| Thread title: With the end in sight the team must call the next play
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| Thread starter: iobiSeeingYou
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| Summary With the Hanso Foundation's influence diminishing, Fiberoptician hints at further developments in Rachel Blake's investigations.
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| Subtext Fiber is actually hinting to the location of a new glyph. On broadbandstories.com, clicking the baseball and then the stands on the football stadium flash causes the spectators to hold up the new glyph code "QUARANTINE".
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September 19th (dated 13th on site)
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