Introduction to Rowan's Guide to Vaporlofts

This is my personal guide to Vaporlofts. I created it simply so I could get a better sense of what is going on. If you don't like it, don't read it. I won't be hurt.

Resources Available

This guide is also in no way meant to take the place of sites such as Unfiction Forums. In fact, I'm pretty sure this guide will always be lagging behind the forum, so if you want Up-To-Date information, go there. If you want to read one person's experience with this ARG, you've come to the right place.

Conventions Used

In order to keep the guide organized and to aid in looking for specific information, the following conventions will be used throughout.

All links to in-game sites will be posted in Green.
All links to other sites, such as UF or the Wiki, will be posted in Red.
All broken links will be posted in Gray and fixed when an alternate link is available.

When you see this symbol: § it means that there is additional text available. Just click on it and the text should drop down below.

(I've tested this with both IE and Firefox, so if you are using Netscape, I can't guarantee it working at this time. Sorry. If it doesn't work, please let me know and I'll try to fix it so it does.)

Notes have been added to some of the passages when applicable. The notes, which apppear in a smaller font prefixed by Note:, are not a part of the original text and are for reference only.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks go out to the people at UF and the players in #vaporlofts. They have done an excellent job in keeping up with all of the new developments and this guide wouldn't be half as detailed without their help.

The overall design of this guide is based upon the Cloudmakers Guide written by Adrian Hon. If it wasn't for this amazing guide, I never would have found ARGN, Unfiction or this ARG. This guide to the ARG The Beast is a must read for anyone interested in ARGs. I've also borrowed heavily from my previous guide to I Love Bees, so if you've read that, you should have no problems following along.

Miscellaneous

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I do welcome comments, especially if you find blatant errors such as typos, broken links, and site problems. However, please don't start emailing me going "Why haven't you put up such and such information/spec/whatnot?" or "When is this guide going to be updated?" While I will try to put up all hard information (i.e. things gathered directly from in-game sites), I will not be running wild with speculation. And I honestly have no idea when the guide will be updated. I only usually work on this a few hours a day, in between trying to catch up with all of the posts and the ideas swirling around on IRC. Just be patient. You'll see something eventually.

If you do need to reach me, you have a few options. One is contacting me on irc.chat-solutions.org under the nick Rowan. If I don't respond, it's because I'm not at the computer. You can also email me at Rowan.Lambelle on gmail. I'll try to get back to you, but I'm notorious for never returning emails. Just remember, it's not you, it's me.