Hi, I'm Chad Haefele.
Oh, I guess you want more. I live in Chapel Hill, NC at the moment. And no, my hair isn't quite that poofy.
You're still here? Hmm... Well: I'm a librarian at UNC Chapel Hill, devastatingly handsome, and
For more about me and this site, click here.
I never thought I’d give in and start playing online poker.
Now don’t write me off yet! It isn’t quite what it seems…
LastCallPoker.com is more than just a poker site. It is in fact a newly launching Alternate Reality Game, or ARG. If you haven’t heard of this before, think of it as a completely immersive world, in this case created through clever web sites and voice mails (so far). I was fortunate enough to take part in the ILoveBees ARG last year, a leadup to the release of Halo 2. Great fun, and I’m looking forward to another experience. Here’s the relevant wikipedia for more background information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game
Yes, you can play poker on the site. Its all for fake money, so no pressure. And a bunch of people are doing just that, seemingly oblivious to the deeper gameplay. (Their flash-based poker client is actually pretty nice) There’s also a mystery involving the dead owner, a valuable gun, murder, betrayal, gang conflicts, a crashed cell phone network, and more!
The game is still in its early stages, so feel free to jump aboard! A bunch of players congregate and discuss in the Unforums.
I’m playing the game under a pseudonym – here’s my profile. Add me to your quicklinks list if you join up! And no, the picture isn’t of me. There’s a preselected set to choose from.
ARGs are still a relatively young genre, the first major one being a promo for the movie A.I. So here’s your chance to be a part of something emerging. And at the very least, you’ll pick up some poker skills.
update: fixed Unforums link as per comments
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Tab · 9/29/2005 at 3:37 pm
I joined Last Call and added you as a quicklink. I’m still very confused about what everything means, as there are no explanations on their website. Hopefully, information will come my way soon! This looks very cool. The topic on Unforums on Last Call says that it doesn’t exist.
Admin comment by Chad · 9/29/2005 at 3:53 pm
whoops, Unforums seems to have moved the topics into a different organizational scheme. Here’s the corrected overall link, I’ll update the main post too. Thanks for the catch!
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?c=22
If you’re looking for a crash course, try this more specific section of the forums, “quick reference”:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=162
What’s your name on Last Call? I’ll add you as a quicklink too.
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[...] As part of a puzzle for the Last Call Poker game I mentioned before, I managed to look up and trace back a Flickr picture to its poster’s account. I didn’t run into a guide on how to do it, despite searching for one. So now I set out to create what I wish I’d found. [...]