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ARGN Announce List Subscription Back On Line

January 6, 2005 / Steve Peters

We’ve finished our upgrade to the ARGN Announce List backend, so you’re once again free to subscribe.

This is a very low-traffic email list, reserved for notifications of new games and major announcements only. If you want to be sure not to miss getting in on the ground floor of the next big ARG, this is your best bet.

If you’ve subscribed previously, there’s no need to re-subscribe.

ARGN Chat Client Back On Line

December 10, 2004 / Steve Peters

As part of the ongoing server upgrades, etc. going on around here, we’ve gotten the ARGN IRC chat applet back on line. This is a browser-based IRC client that can be used in lieu of installing a dedicated IRC application on your computer, similar to the applet over at unfiction. This latest version enables connection to multiple channels at once, among other cool things.

So, if you’ve never stopped in to say hello, now’s a perfect time. Simply let the applet load, choose a channel and a nickname and hit the connect button. There’s usually something happening in #unfiction (the general ARG chat area), but there are also dedicated channels for the various games going on.

ARGN Site Migration

November 27, 2004 / Steve Peters

Please excuse any site hiccups you may have encountered over the past few days. ARGN is migrating to its new server, along with all of the acommpanying necessary upgrades, etc. etc. yada yada. The site admins over at unfiction have been working hard as well, reinstalling virtually everything due to some new phpBB forum security exploits.

So, if you’re seeing this, all is well. The old ARGN forum archive will be restored soon, but everything else should be working correctly. If you run into any problems, let us know. We now return you to your regularly scheduled ARGing.

EDIT 11/29: The server migration is completed with the addition of the Forum Archive. We’ve also turned on comments, so we’ll see how that goes.

A Little Upgrade

May 24, 2004 / Steve Peters

We’re in the midst of upgrading the backend of the site, so please be patient as we work out the little glitches that are sure to crop up. The good news is that once this is complete, updates should come more frequently. 🙂

Thanks!

ARGN’s First Anniversary

June 10, 2003 / Steve Peters

A year ago this month, the ARGN site was launched. What started as a makeshift forum to cover when Yahoo Groups went down has become the premiere network of independent Alternate Reality Gaming sites. Combined with affiliates Unfiction, Cloudmakers, DeadDrop, ARG Planet and Martha’s Boarding House, ARGN sites have a combined membership of almost 10,000 people from around the globe!

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already. After beginning by providing player forums for Search4E, ARGN’s forums went on to grow and survive a shill controversy, huge traffic from being featured on the Push Nevada site, and even a Denial of Service attack (we must be doing something right!). Since June of 2002, ARGN has received over 22 million hits.

Over the last year, ARGN has hosted PM chats, interviewed folks behind the gaming scenes, and has been featured in numerous publications, such as the New York Times and Slashdot.

So it’s been quite a busy year, thanks to all of you. And the best is yet to come! We have some very cool things planned for this next year, things you definitely won’t want to miss, so stay tuned!

Thanks a lot, everyone! Here’s to another great year