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August 28, 2003

MEDICAL RESEARCH SITE STILL A MYSTERY I've been trying to find out more info about that disturbing site that Beta-X posted sunday night, and I'm still no closer to answers than I was 3 days ago. if anything, it just raises more questions. I took the suffixes off the url and the blank page that came up was "Index of /hmklabc" -- I looked around for every permutation of this I could think of, but couldn't find anyting about anyplace called "HMK Lab," "HMK Lab C" or anything like it. I couldn't find any leads on tracking down whoever posted it either. It's very strange to me how the symptoms of the people in these trials are very different from those of myself and the other beta testers I know who have been affected by this game. The testers in the medical lab had a fairly wide range of symptoms, whereas we all reacted pretty much the same way. Their symptoms got worse with prolonged exposure to the game; this is not the case with us, we have experienced blackouts when not even playing the game, or anyh games for a long time. And it's beyond strange how some of them got bruises on their skin with no apparent cause. I have gotten many bruises from these blackouts, but I always assumed they were from the impact of me striking something. Why would vc do somehting like this? Were they trying to get rid of what causes these blackouts, or refine them? What did they change about this game that made the symptoms of those affected so markedly different between january and march? And who is Beta-x? I really wish this person would give me some more details. I haven't had any more direct contact with him -- why can't he give me more info about this place? It's so incredibly frustrating, and it just sickens me every time I look at those photos and think that this monstrosity is being released to the public in a matter of days. But like I said before, this battle's not over yet. Posted by beta-7 at August 28, 2003 02:28 PM

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I don't think this helps, but all I have found is an HMK (Henry M. Kuerer) who is an ocologist at UC San Fran that does research on LABC (locally advanced breast cancer). HMK is also the NYSE symbol for Hallmark. I don't think they maintain mind control laboratories :) Did you do a WHOIS on that IP? Looks like a proxy. Search results for: 216.120.243.164 OrgName: HostRocket Web Services OrgID: HRWE Address: 21 Corporate Drive - Suite 203 City: Clifton Park StateProv: NY PostalCode: 12065 Country: US NetRange: 216.120.224.0 - 216.120.255.255 CIDR: 216.120.224.0/19 NetName: HRWEBSERVICES NetHandle: NET-216-120-224-0-1 Parent: NET-216-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: DNS1.HRNOC.NET NameServer: DNS2.HRNOC.NET Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE RegDate: 2002-08-08 Updated: 2003-05-16 TechHandle: JR1716-ARIN TechName: Reyes, John TechPhone: +1-518-371-3421 TechEmail: john@hostrocket.com OrgAbuseHandle: JR1716-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Reyes, John OrgAbusePhone: +1-518-371-3421 OrgAbuseEmail: john@hostrocket.com OrgNOCHandle: JR1716-ARIN OrgNOCName: Reyes, John OrgNOCPhone: +1-518-371-3421 OrgNOCEmail: john@hostrocket.com OrgTechHandle: JR1716-ARIN OrgTechName: Reyes, John OrgTechPhone: +1-518-371-3421 OrgTechEmail: john@hostrocket.com # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-08-27 19:15 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. Posted by: BeeOhBee at August 28, 2003 03:10 PM Interesting. An HMK who researches LABC in San Fran, ...VC's HQ... Posted by: chalk at August 28, 2003 03:24 PM Thanks man, i'll look into it. Posted by: beta-7 at August 28, 2003 04:11 PM Pardon me, "ocologist" should be "oncologist". Posted by: BeeOhBee at August 28, 2003 04:38 PM I heard from a credible source that Beta-7 is actually a disgruntled developer from Visual Concepts who got fired about a month before this site went up. I've been checking out this site for a while now, and found it rather amusing for a time, but I just feel that this lunatic has been going too far lately, so I had to pull the plug on him. Get a life, "Beta-7." You got fired. Grow up. Get over it. Posted by: No Longer Amused at August 28, 2003 04:39 PM Yea man, when this game comes out . . nobody buy it . . show VC/Sega that this gay-ass marketing campaign is totaly fucked and is very stupid. Posted by: Bob at August 28, 2003 05:00 PM I don't buy games because of marketing campaigns and I dont not buy games because of marketing campaigns. Sega secured my $50 for this game a long time ago... that doesn't mean i can't enjoy this experiment though. Posted by: 2 + 2 = 5 at August 28, 2003 05:24 PM so you DO buy games because of marketing campanes? Posted by: learn grammer at August 28, 2003 09:24 PM What are marketing "campanes?" Posted by: learn how to spell at August 28, 2003 09:37 PM if he was disgruntled he wouldnt have this site. this site only promotes the game. how? well. we are all curious now if he is telling the truth. i dont even play video games. but i wanna get this game to see if it makes me black out. so if that was beta-7's intentions, which personally, i believe him, then he would be doing a bad thing, IF he was trying to screw over sega/vc. Posted by: at August 28, 2003 10:36 PM Beta-7 you did your job. Because of you I want to buy this game even more. Posted by: at August 28, 2003 10:50 PM I just launched a webpage I made about all of this Beta-7 madness, which I call "Beta-7: Conspiracy or Hoax?" Check it out: http://truth.fjear.com/ Posted by: Stranger Things at August 29, 2003 12:36 AM Really I dont have much to say, except that once again, I cannot believe any of this. Plus Beta-7, you've only made me want to check out the game some more...SO whether or not you do or do not work for Sega, Im still gonna try out the game... The question really is Beta-7, what happens when we all play the game and nothing happens eh? What will you do then? -NapalMan Posted by: NapalmMan at August 29, 2003 01:16 PM Or, NapalmMan, what happens when you play the game and it messes you up. What happens when you lose control over your mind and body and attack your friends and loved ones? What will bocome of your life then? Posted by: Funny Boy at August 29, 2003 02:26 PM Or, NapalmMan, what happens when you play the game and it messes you up. What happens when you lose control over your mind and body and attack your friends and loved ones? What will bocome of your life then? Posted by Funny Boy at August 29, 2003 02:26 PM By that time NapalMan he wont have to worry about it cause he'll also have monkeys flying out of his ass. Posted by: implayingeq at August 29, 2003 07:45 PM Ha. Are you so absorbed into believing everything he has to say? What happens when he starts claiming that your favorite company is trying to "turn him into a zombie soldier"? You guys are meerly overeacting to what he has said... Posted by: NapalmMan at August 29, 2003 09:20 PM