Six Degrees of Alternate Reality

August 31, 2006 9:47 AM

Have You Seen This Man? With nothing but a photograph to go by, players of Perplex City need your help to track this fellow down.
posted by evilgenius (22 comments total)

HOLY SHIT THAT'S ME
posted by brain_drain at 9:50 AM on August 31, 2006

Cindy Kim: Have you seen a Korean guy around here?
Hippie Student: Yeah, only when I open my eyes though.
posted by jimmythefish at 9:55 AM on August 31, 2006 [1 favorite]

The CIA should try this.
posted by leapingsheep at 10:01 AM on August 31, 2006 [1 favorite]

Card 256: Billion to One

This is a silver card in the water set worth 64 Perplex Points

So far no players have solved this card, though there have been 229 failed attempts at solving it

This card has been rated by 7 players and on average it was rated "Too Hard"


Meh.
posted by Pastabagel at 10:04 AM on August 31, 2006

this Perplex City....it vibrates?
posted by casconed at 10:23 AM on August 31, 2006

And today on cynicalfilter we feature the usual hijinks as thousands of people all over the Earth click links in a rush to prove they, and they alone, have already seen the True Wonders That Exist, and you teeming masses are behind the curve. You of dishwashed hands and overwashed clothes, are not cool.

But, I say to those in a headlong rush toward Ennui, that you've moved too fast and too far. Your madcap lemming run will never end in a glorious Wyle E. Coyote dance, twist, and poof.

You've rushed so far ahead of the curve you've merely found the ass-end of The Line. Wait your turn. Shuffle Your Feet. And, ocasionally, when you hear the far-off "OOhh, and Ahhh," mutter to your friends that you, once, long ago, when the Internet was merely swimming in Al Gore's balls, You. Saw. It. First.

And it was "meh."
posted by ?! at 10:48 AM on August 31, 2006 [2 favorites]

This x ... it vibrates?
posted by jpf at 10:50 AM on August 31, 2006

OOHHHHHH.... perplexity!
posted by sonofsamiam at 10:58 AM on August 31, 2006

Just as importantly, the cards introduce you to the characters and story of Perplex City itself - and that's where things get interesting how we make money.

What?
posted by prostyle at 11:07 AM on August 31, 2006

Technically, it should be 6billion2one. Or did all the wars going on get really bloody in the last week?
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 11:16 AM on August 31, 2006

betcha a billion to one evil genius likes to drink pepsi blue.
posted by slater at 11:27 AM on August 31, 2006

P.C. players love the brute force approach
posted by bhance at 11:30 AM on August 31, 2006

why don't you just ask adrianhon? (via Jobsfilter)
posted by davehat at 11:31 AM on August 31, 2006

They should've accused the man of some heinous crime. Mobs need a surface justification to act; this just throwing the question out there. This would be a lot more effective if it was 'Have you seen this baby eater?'
posted by nixerman at 12:00 PM on August 31, 2006

Nope, it's Billion2one... he's part of a set of hextuplets
posted by hatsix at 12:15 PM on August 31, 2006

it could be a billion to one... we've established that he's asian.... wait, nvm. waaay more than a billion asians out there.
posted by alon at 12:25 PM on August 31, 2006

The only reason this post is interesting is to show that someone at PerplexCity studied viral marketing.
posted by vacapinta at 12:25 PM on August 31, 2006

You know, he looks just like that guy, you know, that guy who was in that thing that time. Yeah, that's him.
posted by JanetLand at 1:07 PM on August 31, 2006

This ecstasy doth unperplex.
posted by Eyebeams at 1:30 PM on August 31, 2006

for the record - i love perplex city. I think the cards are beautiful and it's fun. so all you haters can suck a lemon.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:31 PM on August 31, 2006

Well, with six billion, and then six degrees of separations, or if everybody knows six people... wait no, still not Billion to 1
posted by Navelgazer at 1:33 PM on August 31, 2006

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:44 PM on August 31, 2006