OFFICIAL "WTF DID I MISS?" COPYPASTA-UPDATED 8/23/12!

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>for information on the events that occurred in August, please see: http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6638/deathgripsnolovedeepweb.png

>September 13, dgnldw33 sends an email of a current news article labeled with "1:". Read here: http://pastebin.com/03PgMMY1
>September 14, I (iGod Nano) receive an email informing me that I have been added to the mailing list in order "to ensure the wider dissemination of important information"
>A few hours later, a second email/article (labeled "2:") arrives. Once again, current news. Read here: http://pastebin.com/AmRcUqkR
>September 15, a third ("3:") email is received appearing to be another short article, but this time, the article had no source and so was not current. Most likely a "future article" pertaining to "the Event" Read here: http://pastebin.com/ZhzTT1W2
>Several hours go by and 3 "forwarded" emails (labeled 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3) from dgnldw33 come in.
>The forwarded emails are a conversation between two entirely new characters(?), named Ian and Heather, talking about "plans for the 23rd". Read 3.3 containing full conversation here: http://pastebin.com/3YyGTSHW
>Ian's TorStatusNet account is soon discovered - http://lotjbov3gzzf23hc.onion/index.php/ian33
>Ian updates his TorStatus with the word "Resource" followed by a series of other posts including "3.3.1, 3.3.2"
>a new file, resource.zip, is later found on the OnionFileshare host, but it is passworded
>DGNLDW33's TorStatus posts a "Tip of the day: remember to use secure passwords on all your web accounts, especially given the kind of people on the onion network."
>Ian's email account is promptly breached (protip: his pw was 'dgnldw33')
>In his email account, an email sent to Heather with just the word "passw0rd" is found
>May be worth noting here and now that the emails between Ian and Heather that were forwarded from dgnldw33 were nowhere to be found in Ian's account. They were likely deleted or maybe never existed at all.
>"passw0rd" turns out to be the password to the resource.zip archive containing resource.txt file with just "Q_omP8usNdw"
>Always !HumanCDqFw, unbeknownst to many of the other participants, decides to send an email to Heather as Ian saying "everything has been compromised / we need to move this to somewhere more secure"
>DGNLDW33 posts two new updates on TorStatus: "6f 74 70" and then "#nolovedeepweb"
>"6f 74 70" is hex code translating to "otp"
>"Q_omP8usNdw" entered into one time pad cipher with "nolovedeepweb" as keyword yields "D_abB8zoKzs"
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_abB8zoKzs
>numbers featured on the flyer (1348387200) in the video shows to be a unix timestamp for the date "September 23rd, 2012 08:00:00 GMT (03:00:00 AM EST)"
>location of the payphone, which is 2722 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 near a Rite Aid and Ben & Jerry's, is tracked down via Google search
>pins !YIVORPwWjs volunteers to check out the payphone, finds the area exactly the way it is shown in the videa, snaps some pics, and takes the flyer. Nothing of special interest was found.
>September 16, email/article again, this time current. Read here: http://pastebin.com/mCAxvcbJ
>at the same time, a response from Heather to Always Human's email (sent as Ian) comes in with "?? / Just make sure you're where you're supposed to be"
>With me (iGod) as Ian, I reply with "I'll do my best, but I'm not so sure where I should go from here. / what are your suggestions?"
>September 17, response from Heather finally comes in sounding highly suspicious of this email from Ian
>Taking some suggestions from other /mu/tants into account, I (as Ian) email Heather back and forth and Heather grows more dissatisfied with the replies and more suspicious. Transcript of emails here: http://pastebin.com/N1Vd4AAv (slightly modified to be easier to follow)
>Always Human emails heather with subject "Ian's account has been compromised. Stay Alert" and body "The Ian you've been messaging isn't who you think / I would advise you withhold any sensitive information"
>Heather forwards the email to Ian asking "What's going on?  Do you know who this is?"
>I reply "I have no idea who that is. I told you something was up. / we need to in private ASAP
>More emails to Heather from other /mu/tants come in...
>Heather becomes increasingly freaked and inquisitive
>entire transcript, transcript here: http://pastebin.com/E2CkzQcX (again, modified to be read easier)
>Heather announces her account closed and severs contact with Ian
>We're left to assume that the time and place of the meeting Ian and Heather discussed is at the payphone at 3AM EST
>a handful of /mu/tants now plan to go there at the designated time and place
>one of them, by the name of laneylotek, plans to make a live stream of the events or at least record it
>On September 22, Ian33 posts a new update on his Torstatus with: "tip of the day 504: no matter how much you want to, you can never be somebody else... but at least u can be their friend!!!!"
>Later that evening, the stream from the payphone goes live and the adventure is underway. You can view the recordings here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dgnldw33
>pins and gang find a new flyer taped to the side of the payphone. The flyer is an ad for classes on defending against cyber hackers. The bottom of the flyer features the number "535-4966". High-quality picture of the flyer can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/SxhpC.jpg
>at around 3AM exactly, phone number is called from pins' cell phone using the (504)-area code from Ian's update. A man answered the phone asking "who is this", to which pins replied as instructed "Ian's friend." The man on the other end then said "go to the Metro Theatre and look for storage" and then hung up.
>pins and gang walk a couple of blocks to the Metro Theatre
>there, a new flyer is found taped to the side of of a USPS mail pickup box. The flyer is exactly the same as the last, but the number on the bottom is changed to "#333333"
>after much searching and a brief conversation with a drunken homeless person, no clues around the theatre are found, and not for lack of effort
>at this point. /mu/ gets MASSIVELY trolled by some asshole leaving files on the Tor fileshare known as sTORage and eventually leading to a video of just a picture feel guy
>at around 5 in the morning, the folks down in NY decide to call it a night and go home
>not too long after, DGNLDW33 posts a new status on TOR saying "good work! remember to buy a copy of no love deep web!"
>filled with tired and bitter disappointment, the rest of the /mu/ community would soon after go to bed
>several days of arguing and speculation on what should've been done and what will happen next will follow
>the theatre and the whole area around the theatre would be revisited several times, but with nothing conclusive turning up
>on September 26th, tripfriend known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince !Headf1obRo sent Death Grips 1.4 Bitcoins along with an email with proof of transaction, essentially as somewhat of a pre-order for NLDW and just to see what happens.
>on September 29th, someone went through the files directory for thirdworlds.net (it has since been restricted, but the files have been logged here: http://pastebin.com/9umQccWt) and discovers two versions of some unreleased material. The two files were "truevulturebare.wav" and "truevulturebare2.wav"
>the only difference between the two is the second one contains more background vocal samples, but otherwise sounds about the same as the first
>he downloaded the files and uploaded the second version to youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N2J4vl2pBY
>immediately after the new track was posted on /mu/, the DGNLDW33 TorStatus posted a new update with "well. enjoy!"
>you can enjoy version 1 and version 2 in mp3 format here: http://www.mediafire.com/?yi4k7pkdtk6i454 and here: http://www.mediafire.com/?nhf7mo9doc2h2bb respectively
>not too long after, /mu/ began perusing through thirdworlds.net's /img/ directory (also restricted now) and came across 5 files essentially labeled "nldw" in various sizes. The image turned out to be a close-up picture of a dick with "NO LOVE DEEP WEB" scribbled along with a Sharpie.
>much speculation on whether the "cover art" is legit or Death Grips is fucking around would follow
>you can view the image in all its glory here: http://thirdworlds.net/img/nldw-1200.jpg [WARNING! NSFW! IT'S AN ERECT COCK! I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH! DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU WHEN YOU GET FIRED!]
>on the evening of October 22nd, a thread was started in anticipation of October 23rd which was only 10 minutes away.
>at the stroke of midnight, a new update was posted on the DGNLDW33 TorStatus reading: "thanks for everything. theres not much more to say. im sure you noticed the schedule got changed around. we hope you enjoyed the album and that you arent too disappointed its not being released today. we really enjoyed doing this game and hope thats mutual! that is all for now. there is nothing inside the theater by the way." https://lotjbov3gzzf23hc.tor2web.org/index.php/dgnldw33
>at that point, the DGNLDW33 TorStatus was subsequently hacked as the password had been changed to something easily guessed. Nothing in the account was actually found, but a series of troll status updates followed. The password had been changed.
>as the thread unfolded, behind the scenes in the super secret ARG-discussion tinychat, a new user that went by the name of "guest" was engaging with the few people who were in there. See: http://i.imgur.com/j3FaY.jpg
>"guest" would pop in and out and, for the most part, just sat back and watched as others were talking, only chiming in now and then to ask some questions like "which Death Grips show are you going to?"
>later, guest said that he was gonna take off "to watch lucky star" (of all things), but not before posting this: http://i.imgur.com/5MIim.png [Refer back to http://i.imgur.com/SxhpC.jpg for comparison]
>he then popped back in a little later "just to drop off a few more things in case we wanted them" and "just to wrap things up". The second poster that was found by the theatre: http://i.imgur.com/kBjxc.png The poster seen in "Ian's camera-testing video": http://i.imgur.com/NInVX.png

and that's it.... now you're all caught up!

updated infographic s̶o̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶e̶, maybe, hopefully! [update: more like eventually...]

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