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'''Preafter''' was an Alternate Reality Game ([[wikipedia:Alternate reality game|ARG]]) about [[ | '''Preafter''' was an Alternate Reality Game ([[wikipedia:Alternate reality game|ARG]]) about [[Uru Live]] which started in [[2000 CE|2000]].<ref>"[https://mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=26876 Preafter mopping up]", thread by Ainia on the MOUL forums. Accessed on November 24, 2019.</ref> | ||
* '''2000''': [[Jeff Zandi|Zandi]] contacts the owners of a billboard in Carlsbad and leases it for one year. He puts on it a picture of a spiral (presumably the Preafter spiral) and a set of GPS coordinates. | |||
* '''2000''': [[Jeff Zandi|Zandi]] contacts the owners of a billboard in Carlsbad and leases it for one year. He puts on it a picture of a spiral ( | |||
* '''2001''': The second [[Mysterium]] is held in Carlsbad NM, at the Carlsbad Inn adjacent to said billboard. Zandi attends Mysterium wearing a t-shirt showing the Preafter spiral. | * '''2001''': The second [[Mysterium]] is held in Carlsbad NM, at the Carlsbad Inn adjacent to said billboard. Zandi attends Mysterium wearing a t-shirt showing the Preafter spiral. | ||
* '''2002''': The [[DRC]] web site and forums open and Zandi posts there a couple of times as himself, though his posts are deleted promptly by the DRC. Zandi then begins to hijack DRC board members' posts and add his own information to them, providing [[explorer]]s the clues to track down the information they had missed at the Mysterium (i.e., Zandi's presence and the clues on the billboard). | * '''2002''': The [[DRC]] web site and forums open and Zandi posts there a couple of times as himself, though his posts are deleted promptly by the DRC. Zandi then begins to hijack DRC board members' posts and add his own information to them, providing [[explorer]]s the clues to track down the information they had missed at the Mysterium (i.e., Zandi's presence and the clues on the billboard). | ||
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* '''October 2002''': Preafter is updated with a new series of clues, leading to a mysterious phone call in Portland OR and a new set of coordinates; the third spiral is found at Turquoise Butte in western New Mexico. | * '''October 2002''': Preafter is updated with a new series of clues, leading to a mysterious phone call in Portland OR and a new set of coordinates; the third spiral is found at Turquoise Butte in western New Mexico. | ||
* '''November 2002''': Zandi's web site once again is updated with new clues which eventually lead to instructions for a meet-up with Zandi himself, after which the fourth spiral is found at the Bisti Badlands/De Na Zin Wilderness. The existence of [[Uru]] is unveiled on the Preafter web site, to which the DRC responds with a frenzy of forum postings about the history of the restoration and how Zandi fits in (and thus revealing the conflict between the DRC and Zandi). | * '''November 2002''': Zandi's web site once again is updated with new clues which eventually lead to instructions for a meet-up with Zandi himself, after which the fourth spiral is found at the Bisti Badlands/De Na Zin Wilderness. The existence of [[Uru]] is unveiled on the Preafter web site, to which the DRC responds with a frenzy of forum postings about the history of the restoration and how Zandi fits in (and thus revealing the conflict between the DRC and Zandi). | ||
* '''December 2002''': Preafter is updated once again with new clues, this time simply asking all the finders of the four spirals to meet up and provide proof of their gathering; after this, Zandi completely revamps the Preafter web site and introduces explorers to the Yeesha hand journey symbol and the task of making their own journey symbols. | * '''December 2002''': Preafter is updated once again with new clues, this time simply asking all the finders of the four spirals to meet up and provide proof of their gathering; after this, Zandi completely revamps the Preafter web site and introduces explorers to the Yeesha hand journey symbol and the task of making their own journey symbols. | ||
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