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Manco 01-20-2011 10:22 AM

Why ask questions if you haven't watched them all?

STM 01-20-2011 10:23 AM

I don't know...I thought maybe it was something I'd overlooked.

Manco 01-20-2011 10:24 AM

I think the problem is you "overlooked" about 2/3rds of the series.

STM 01-20-2011 10:26 AM

I better go watch them all again then. Thanks for alerting me to what I'd missed!

OANST 01-20-2011 10:28 AM

I'll put this in here for anyone who wants to get acquainted with the series.

http://marblehornets.wikidot.com/

Click on The Entries, and scroll down to the suggested viewing order. It shows what order the totheark submissions should be sorted into it. The totheark submissions are video responses to specific videos that Jay posted.

T-nex 01-20-2011 12:01 PM

I was reading some of those blogs regarding Slender Man... where people.. sort of.. basically roleplay being a victim. I have to say I really don't like them. It's like they try too hard x_x so I stopped.

OANST 01-20-2011 12:03 PM

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I was reading some of those blogs regarding Slender Man... where people.. sort of.. basically roleplay being a victim. I have to say I really don't like them. It's like they try too hard x_x so I stopped.

Well, why the fuck would you read Slender Man fanfiction? Jesus Christ.

T-nex 01-20-2011 12:08 PM

I was directed to it from the Marble Hornets Wiki..... This thing called "just another fool"... I was a bit confused what connection it had to Marble Hornets, and I quickly found out it had none. It was just people pretending they were in on it X_x

OANST 01-20-2011 12:12 PM

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I was directed to it from the Marble Hornets Wiki..... This thing called "just another fool"... I was a bit confused what connection it had to Marble Hornets, and I quickly found out it had none. It was just people pretending they were in on it X_x

Gross.

Manco 01-20-2011 12:12 PM

A lot of Slender Man series (especially the blogs) are pretty awful; I'd recommend staying away from everything bar Marble Hornets and EverymanHYBRID.

That said, EverymanHYBRID has been pretty awful recently as well.

OANST 01-20-2011 12:19 PM

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EverymanHYBRID has been pretty awful recently as well.

Yes. Yes, it has. Also, they spread their story over too many different avenues. It's impossible to keep track of it all.

And they don't know how to edit. Their videos are boring as fuck.

T-nex 01-20-2011 12:19 PM

I really hope Marble Hornets does not take those blogs into consideration and just do their own thing. Those blogs are just stupid.

I don't know what EverymanHYBRID is :p so i can't speak for that.

OANST 01-20-2011 12:20 PM

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I really hope Marble Hornets does not take those blogs into Consideration and just do their own thing. Those blogs are just stupid.

They don't. They've said that they never let suggestions or blogs change their plans for the series.

T-nex 01-20-2011 12:22 PM

is EverymanHYBRID worth checking out? I can see you guys have become kinda sour on it.

OANST 01-20-2011 12:24 PM

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is EverymanHYBRID worth checking out? I can see you guys have become kinda sour on it.

Not really. But if you're really bored it wouldn't hurt anything.

Manco 01-20-2011 01:15 PM

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is EverymanHYBRID worth checking out? I can see you guys have become kinda sour on it.

It's not terrible, but it's a little hard to follow because the makers decided to incorporate as many different forms of media as possible (multiple Youtube and Twitter accounts, the occasional livestream, a blog and now an email ARG).

It's also lost a lot of steam recently, and the storyline seems to have stalled.

Also like OANST said, the camerawork just isn't up to the same standard as Marble Hornets.

It'll kill some time, though, and there's a couple of really well-done moments (the ending of "Cops Checked, No Body" is freaky as hell).

T-nex 01-20-2011 03:03 PM

You know what's funny(Well not really)... I tried showing Marble Hornets to my sister, but of course, like anything I try to show her, she turned it down in her annoying way just boldly stating: this isn't scary, and just willfully resisting it <.<

Well I guess it's my fault for being there while she watched it. I guess that takes like all the spookyness away. I'm seriously tired of her laughing at everything I try to tell her. Like she even laughed at Dark Crystal X_x because it was a puppet movie. urgh.

Sorry about my rant. Im kinda annoyed at her lately.

OANST 01-21-2011 05:49 AM

I've also realized that showing people Marble Hornets while you're in the room with them severely lessens the creepiness of the show. They really need to watch it alone. At night.

T-nex 01-21-2011 05:52 AM

With the lights off....!

OANST 01-21-2011 05:53 AM

You get the idea.

Dynamithix 01-21-2011 06:26 AM

I couldn't actually watch Marble Hornets for a while because I remember first seeing the Entry #1 at 2 AM last summer. Shit was so creepy I kept lights on the whole night.

STM 01-21-2011 09:12 AM

How cute! No but to be fair slenderman did give me the creeps first time I saw it, I think #6 or #7 was what got me when he's peering through the window!

Manco 01-21-2011 10:03 AM

I submit that Entry #13 is the creepiest - just walkin' round the corner OHGODIT'SRIGHTTHERE

Mac Sirloin 01-21-2011 10:06 AM

Nope, either the one where he's in a park and SM just goes to and fro or the one where the girl finds the camera and SM just fucking appears.

OANST 01-21-2011 10:07 AM

The tape that Jay finds in the tower is pretty damn creepy.

Mr. Bungle 01-21-2011 10:16 AM

The one where Slender Man walked into Alex's bedroom scared the shit out of me the first time.

Also the one with Masky in Jay's bedroom.

Manco 01-21-2011 10:18 AM

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Also the one with Masky in Jay's bedroom.

Entry #18 is worse. "Hey, this house is empty - WHATTHEFUCKNUTS"

OANST 01-21-2011 10:25 AM

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The one where Slender Man walked into Alex's bedroom scared the shit out of me the first time.

Also the one with Masky in Jay's bedroom.

I hate both of those entries because they broke the fiction for me. Slenderman coming into Alex's room was creepy as fuck, but the fake as hell looking blood on Alex's forehead ruined it for me.

As for Totheark, I couldn't understand it. Is he teleporting, or did he take the tape out of the camera, edit it, and then put it back in? If he's teleporting, well, I don't like that. I'm cool with the spatial anomalies that allow Jay to walk through a door and be somewhere completely different, but I dislike the idea of totheark consciously being able to zap himself where ever he pleases. And if totheark edited the video, it seems like a lot of work for nothing. Why bother? Just the fact that he's there in the room while Jay is sleeping is creepy enough without the "I'm here! No, I'm not! I'm there!" nonsense.

Manco 01-21-2011 10:29 AM

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As for Totheark, I couldn't understand it. Is he teleporting, or did he take the tape out of the camera, edit it, and then put it back in? If he's teleporting, well, I don't like that. I'm cool with the spatial anomalies that allow Jay to walk through a door and be somewhere completely different, but I dislike the idea of totheark consciously being able to zap himself where ever he pleases. And if totheark edited the video, it seems like a lot of work for nothing. Why bother? Just the fact that he's there in the room while Jay is sleeping is creepy enough without the "I'm here! No, I'm not! I'm there!" nonsense.

I just assumed the camera was fucking up so badly it wasn't recording properly, so parts of the footage were missing.

OANST 01-21-2011 10:33 AM

But there had never been camera problems of that scale before. Especially not when The Operator is absent.