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Story Ideas – The Lost Ring and the 2008 Olympics – Part One
By Deb Gallardo
Today I came across a fascinating story that I, at first, thought was an upcoming movie because it has an excellent movie trailer. It turns out, however, this is something far bigger, more interactive and imagination-sparking than a movie could possibly be.
From The Lost Ring’s how-to page:
“The Lost Ring is …an alternate reality game — an interactive story you help tell, by piecing together clues online and in the real world.”
- join any time
- free to play
- easy to catch up on what’s happened
- uncover a secret nearly 2,000 years in the making
- join forces with other players online
- help save the worlds during the 2008 Summer Olympics
Here’s the gist of the story:
Six young people awaken in various parts of the world with no idea who they are, how they got there, and why they are each tatooed on one arm with a phrase written in Esperanto which means: Find the lost ring. They were all dressed in exercise uniforms and wearing strange blindfold-like goggles. Physical exams reveal they all have the physical condition of Olympic athletes.
“Ariadne” awakened in a labyrinth in the middle of a cornfield in South Africa. She is the English-language character. The others are German, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and French. Add to this mix an expert in the history of the international games, who, at first, is reluctant to get involved with the mystery.
There’s a wiki on the story here that will take you wherever you need to go, including the six blogs where you can interact by leaving your own comments.
You can even take a personality test to determine your ancient strength. Here’s the symbol for which type I am:
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