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Myers House Pre-Show 2 10/31/2002
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Neo_Geo_84: 09:15:00IT IS HALLOWEEN!! đ Woke up early, bought my pass, got my access key code in my email. The countdown clock on the main page is ticking down. Let's go!!
Pentium4_Power: 09:25:20Just upgraded my rig to a Pentium 4 with a GeForce4 graphics card. I've got the Dangertainment window maximized on my 19-inch CRT. If anyone lags tonight, it's not on my end.
SpookyGirl_02: 09:34:10Happy Halloween everyone! đģ I didn't sleep at all last night. Did anyone see Freddie's final blog update? The pictures of the contestants in their head-cam gear look so cool!
GoreHound_Y2K: 09:45:10Yeah, those little helmet cameras look like something out of a SWAT movie. I hope the night-vision quality is better than it was during the tech beta last week.
Haddonfield_High_02: 10:08:20Yo, the school board didn't cancel the 5 PM curfew for trick-or-treating tonight because of this show. Parents are furious. The whole town is on edge.
Linkin_Park_Dirge: 10:20:20@Haddonfield_High_02 Curfew? What are they afraid of, a guy who hasn't been seen in twenty-five years? The Haddonfield police department is stuck in 1978.
Haddonfield_Local_02: 10:22:00They are afraid of copycats, you ignorant kid. Every October, sickos from out of state come here trying to look through the windows of that house. Tonight, Freddie Harris is giving them an invitation.
X_File_Guy: 10:24:10Speaking of copycats, did anyone ever find out the truth about that private school stuff out in California back in '98? The feds sealed those files so fast. Some people on the boards swear it was the real Myers tracking down Laurie Strode.
GoreHound_Y2K: 10:28:20@X_File_Guy Oh please, why the hell would Michael Myers buy a bus ticket to California? He's a local Haddonfield ghost. That was 100% a copycat kid who watched too many news broadcasts.
Scream_Queen: 10:32:00It wasn't a copycat. My cousin went to Stanford and said the crime scene photos that leaked on IRC looked exactly like his old style. And what about that sanitarium incident in Northern Cal last year? The nurse got her throat cut. That's his signature.
Matrix_Reloaded_02: 10:35:50@Scream_Queen Yeah, and the rumor was he finally caught up to Laurie Strode in that asylum and threw her off the roof. I don't buy it though. If she actually died, it would have been all over CNN.
Myers_Was_Framed: 10:40:00Exactly. No body, no crime. The media reported she fell, but the local California papers never showed a coroner's truck leaving the facility. They probably put her in witness protection because they know the real Shape is still dormant right here in Illinois.
Linkin_Park_Dirge: 10:44:40Wait, Laurie Strode was living under a fake name out west? This is starting to sound like a bad direct-to-video movie script. Next you're gonna tell me she's Freddie's secret investor lmao.
Haddonfield_Local_02: 10:49:10You kids sit there typing your little theories on your keyboards like these are fictional characters. Laurie Strode was a real girl who lost her entire life to a monster. Whether she's hiding in California or dead in a ditch, she deserves peace, not to have her childhood home turned into an online game show.
Chas_M: 10:51:50But seriously. Frosted tips? Who the hell was GoreHound talking about?
GoreHound_Y2K: 10:53:20@Chas_M DUDE SHUT UP I GET IT I WAS LOOKING AT A CASTING PAGE FOR AN MTV SHOW IN ANOTHER BROWSER TAB OKAY
Slasher_Flick_Fan: 10:56:50LMAOOOO GoreHound is never living this down. Anyway, does anyone know if Jen is single? Asking for a friend... đ She looked fine in that interview clip on the front page.
Matrix_Reloaded_02: 11:02:30@Slasher_Flick_Fan Dude, she's locked in a house with frosted tips. Pretty sure you're out of the running lol.
Buffering_God: 11:16:40Nora, if you're reading this, the stream authorization server is acting up. I tried to log in to verify my web-pass and it gave me a 503 Service Unavailable error. Don't lock me out tonight!
Tech_Nora_Dangertainment: 11:25:00@Buffering_God We are cycling the authentication keys right now to prevent brute-force entry. If you have your email receipt, your code will work when the pre-show stream starts at 6:00 PM. Do not panic.
X_File_Guy: 11:47:00Just saw a post on a true-crime Usenet group saying the local Haddonfield cops are refusing to detail officers to the Myers house tonight. Freddie had to hire a private security firm called 'In-Strobe Security' or something.
Chas_M: 11:58:20Rent-a-cops? Perfect. If a bunch of rowdy college kids try to storm the lawn, those guys are gonna run away instantly. Tonight is gonna be a circus.
Scream_Queen: 12:19:10Four hours until the pre-show countdown. I'm ordering a massive pizza and getting comfortable. I don't care if it's fake or a prank show, this is the most exciting thing on the web all year.
Darkness_Falls: 12:36:40The sun is already starting to dip below the tree line in the Midwest. The air is cold. You all treat the name Myers like a movie title. By midnight, you will understand why the old man who locked him up never smiled.
GoreHound_Y2K: 12:45:00And there's our daily dose of doom from Darkness_Falls! Wouldn't be a Dangertainfield thread without you, buddy. Happy Halloween!
Neo_Geo_84: 12:50:00Just got back from grabbing lunch. The countdown clock says less than six hours until the pre-show stream goes live. The traffic on the main page must be hitting a wall, it took me three tries just to refresh the news feed.
SpookyGirl_02: 12:55:40Hey guys, my friend just drove past the Myers house on her way back from the grocery store. She swears she saw someone tall in a dark jumpsuit walking along the tree line near the old Lost River drive-in field. Do you think Freddie already has actors out there doing stunts to scare people?
Chas_M: 01:00:20@SpookyGirl_02 Tell your friend she's completely full of shit lol. The Lost River drive-in has been abandoned for years and it's like a mile away from the property line. Why would an actor be wandering around an empty field at 1 PM?
GoreHound_Y2K: 01:05:00Exactly, it's just local paranoia. Everyone in Haddonfield sees the Boogeyman in every shadow on October 31st. It's a town-wide mental illness.
X_File_Guy: 01:10:50I don't know, a roaming actor makes sense if Freddie is trying to film B-roll footage for the opening intro package. Build up the atmosphere, make it look like 'The Shape' is stalking the perimeter.
Tech_Nora_Dangertainment: 01:18:20If anyone sees our field crew out there, please do not approach them. On a separate note, if anyone from the local Haddonfield area found a gray Pelican hardware case near the alley dumpster, please return it to the production trailer. We are missing a secondary audio receiver block.
Buffering_God: 01:24:00Lmfao Nora lost her equipment already. High-tech digital frontier, ladies and gentlemen. Someone probably stole it to sell on eBay.
Matrix_Reloaded_02: 01:28:20@Tech_Nora_Dangertainment Wait, is that a real missing gear report or is this part of the game? Are the contestants gonna have to find the 'stolen audio block' inside the house for a prize? Because if so, that's a pretty clever way to get the chat involved.
Scream_Queen: 01:35:50Ooh, an alternate reality game element! I bet it's a plant. Nora plays the stressed-out tech director, Freddie plays the hype man, and we're all falling for it hook, line, and sinker.
Tech_Nora_Dangertainment: 01:43:20@Matrix_Reloaded_02 No, it's not a game. It's a $400 piece of equipment that went missing between the motel unpack and the house setup. If an intern misplaced it, they're fired.
Linkin_Park_Dirge: 01:50:50Nora sounds genuinely pissed off, guys. Maybe the Boogeyman needed a spare wireless receiver to listen in on the contestants lol.
Pentium4_Power: 02:00:00Just saw three new handles pop into the user list. This room is starting to fill up early. Freddie's promotional emails must have just hit everyone's inbox for the afternoon blast.
Slasher_Flick_Fan: 02:12:00The closer it gets to 3 PM, the slower my connection is getting. I can feel the internet collectively logging on. I'm telling everyone in my house to stay off the phone line until midnight.
Darkness_Falls: 02:25:00You think it's a game because it's behind a glass screen. You think a missing box is a riddle. The house doesn't take equipment, it takes tools so you can't scream for help when the door locks. Enjoy the broadcast.
GoreHound_Y2K: 02:30:00And there it is! Darkness with the creepy monologue right on cue. Grab your popcorn, boys, the real pre-show has begun.
Neo_Geo_84: 03:00:00Three o'clock check-in. The user list on the sidebar is scrolling so fast I can't even read the names anymore. The hype is officially real.
Slasher_Flick_Fan: 03:07:00Did anyone see the new aerial shot Freddie uploaded to the media page? They set up the main production headquarters inside the garage. Wait... since when did the Myers house have a garage? I don't remember that from the old news clips.
GoreHound_Y2K: 03:12:30@Slasher_Flick_Fan It didn't. Freddie's crew probably built it or the county added it years ago for storage. It looks totally out of place next to that old dilapidated house, but I guess Nora needs somewhere to put her fancy server racks.
Matrix_Reloaded_02: 03:18:20Honestly, the whole house looks totally different depending on what picture you look at online. I saw a true-crime forum thread last week where a guy swore the Myers house was a massive gothic mansion with a giant stone tower in the backyard.
Linkin_Park_Dirge: 03:24:10@Matrix_Reloaded_02 LMAO a gothic tower? What, was Michael Myers secretly Dracula? You're thinking of a completely different house, dude. The Myers place has always been a plain old two-story clapboard house.
X_File_Guy: 03:30:00Hold on, Matrix isn't entirely crazy. I remember seeing a local television broadcast from the mid-90s about some weird cult rumors in Haddonfield, and when they showed the Myers house, it had a completely different front porch and a prominent balcony over the entryway. Did they remodel it or something?
Chas_M: 03:35:20It's a forty-year-old house that's been abandoned and vandalized by teenagers since the 60s. The roof probably caved in a dozen times. Of course the architectural details are gonna look messed up in old photos.
Deckard: 03:41:40The stream infrastructure looks solid from the traceroutes I've been running. Let's just hope the on-site crew keeps the focus on the historical walkthroughs. Sara put a lot of research into her psychology thesis for this event, she really wants to show the cultural impact of the tragedy, not just the cheap scares.
GoreHound_Y2K: 03:47:30Oh look, it's Sara's number one fanboy. Hey @Deckard, did she promise to give you a shout-out on camera if you moderated her chat room or something? Drop the white knight act, we're here to see people get freaked out in the dark.
Deckard: 03:53:20@GoreHound_Y2K I'm just saying she's taking the academic side of this seriously. The technical setup Freddie put together is impressive, and it'd be a waste if it just turns into a silly prank show.
Scream_Queen: 04:00:40Aw, I think it's sweet that Deckard is supporting her. Go Sara! Show the boys how it's done.
Buffering_God: 04:08:20The chat lag is hitting like 5 seconds now. Nora, if you're reading this, please start booting the unverified guest users or the script is gonna freeze my Internet Explorer browser.
Tech_Nora_Dangertainment: 04:15:00MOD NOTE: We are implementing a strict 10-second post cooldown for non-premium accounts to clear database queues. Also, if anyone on the street team has contact with our secondary camera operator, please tell him to check his cell phone. He was supposed to sync the kitchen audio feeds an hour ago and isn't answering his walkie.
Sk8r_Boii_02: 04:22:30Lmfao another missing crew member? First the Pelican hardware case goes missing, now the cameraman is ghosting his job to go trick-or-treating. Freddie's production is falling apart before the doors even lock.
X_File_Guy: 04:30:00@Tech_Nora_Dangertainment Maybe he took a walk down to the abandoned Lost River drive-in field to find that tall guy SpookyGirl's friend saw earlier today lol. He's probably slacking off smoking a cigarette behind the garage.
Matrix_Reloaded_02: 04:37:30Honestly, if I was a local cameraman hired for this, I'd probably steal a piece of gear and split too. The town hates this show, the cops are circling the block, and Freddie is screaming into a megaphone every five minutes. Sounds like a nightmare workplace.
Pentium4_Power: 04:45:00The sun is completely setting now. Just looked out my window and it's getting dark fast. The lighting on Camera 1 (Front Porch) just kicked over to low-light mode. The eerie green tint makes that house look absolutely demonic.
SpookyGirl_02: 04:53:40Omg the front porch light is on!! It looks so incredibly spooky. I can see the production trailers parked in the alleyway shadows.
Haddonfield_Local_02: 05:01:40The kids are out on the sidewalks down the block, but nobody is walking down Lampkin Lane tonight. The parents are keeping them far away from that circus. You city people can watch your webcams, but the people who actually live here know better than to provoke the ghosts of this town.
Linkin_Park_Dirge: 05:10:50@Haddonfield_Local_02 Yeah yeah, keep chanting your curses, spooky grandpa. In one hour the doors open and the future of reality entertainment begins. Go cry into your dial-up modem.
Freddie_H_Official: 05:20:00THIS IS IT, CHAT!! THE FINAL COUNTDOWN IS TICKING DOWN! đ¨đŦ The contestants are officially loaded into the transport van and heading to the Myers house right now! Nora is polishing the data pipes. Make sure your web-passes are activated! The Boogeyman's house is about to become the most watched place on Earth!!! Let's go live!!!
Darkness_Falls: 05:28:20The sun has set. The gates are open. You think you are the ones watching, but the entity inside that house has been waiting for an audience for a very long time. The screen won't protect you from what's coming.
GoreHound_Y2K: 05:35:00PERFECT timing on the doom speech, Darkness! The van is pulling up on the external feed! Booting up RealPlayer now, let's see some terror!!
Tech_Nora_Dangertainment: 05:38:20SYSTEM NOTE: Main pre-show chat room archive compiled and frozen by administrator. Redirecting all active connections to LIVE_STREAM_ROOM_01... Connection migrating...