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Post by Chainsaw on Sept 26, 2007 19:15:53 GMT -5
With SAVE_US222, We've got a mysterious message with embedded computer code providing what could be clues, and people online taking the ball and running with it speculating it could be Chris Jericho (almost to the point that it's blatantly ruining whatever surprise Y2J's return could be). And now we've got what could be a real or fake site called saveus222.com.
So I'll be the first to broach the subject: is WWE ripping off P161 and Age Of The Fall with this? Now let me preface this by giving my opinion on the whole thing: I like what the gimmick is bringing to the table, if it brings Jericho back, I'm all for it, and it's got people talking. But the timing of this, and the methods they're using to spread the words, really make me believe that they're using the playbook that ROH used for the Age Of The Fall. Now, it's early, this thing could take any number of twists and turns, but it seems like it could be following the path that Project 161 took.
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Post by Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h on Sept 26, 2007 19:18:15 GMT -5
Nah, i think it's two totally different things. It's easy to associate them because of the number and the mystery thing, but hi tech =/= emo. And unless they start talking about gathering a following and what not, i'm thinking they aren't the same. It's more like a teaser Trailer.
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Post by Corporate H on Sept 26, 2007 19:19:47 GMT -5
We'll see, I guess.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Sept 26, 2007 19:43:45 GMT -5
So I'll be the first to broach the subject: is WWE ripping off P161 and Age Of The Fall with this? everytime i see or read something new about that, that is the first thing i think of
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Post by mysterydriver on Sept 26, 2007 19:45:51 GMT -5
No. I don't think so.
It's just another nameless hype video. Something to build suspense until a person arrives.
In a way, that's like saying that Project 161 was a ripoff of the Millenium Clock Countdown.
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Post by imnotbooked on Sept 26, 2007 19:49:12 GMT -5
In the F4 Newsletter this week, this idea was supposedly pitched by Court Bauer months back before he left the WWE. They mentioned that Nine Inch Nails' latest release and ensuing activity led to him pitching the idea.
We all know for a fact that certain WWE writers keep up with ROH, maybe combined with Court's idea, they thought of this one?
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Sept 26, 2007 19:56:17 GMT -5
In a way, that's like saying that Project 161 was a ripoff of the Millenium Clock Countdown. not really. the clock was just something that popped up on television every now and then as the world was getting ready for 2000. Project 161 and (from what i understand) Save_Us222 have operated outside the control of their respective companies. for starters, ROH never advertised or talked about P161, and there is no mention of Save_Us222 on WWE's website
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Post by Da (No Sold) 7-1-3 Itch on Sept 26, 2007 19:56:51 GMT -5
It's been done too close together in time frame for it to be a ripoff, this save us_222 seems like its been in the works for a while
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Post by Reverend BTY on Sept 26, 2007 19:59:11 GMT -5
I doubt it. I mean, the only similarity is a mystery behind it.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Sept 26, 2007 20:03:22 GMT -5
I doubt it. I mean, the only similarity is a mystery behind it. that what you say now, but lets hear what you have to say after Age of the Fall hangs a bloody Jeff Hardy from the ceiling ;D
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Post by Chainsaw on Sept 26, 2007 20:28:20 GMT -5
In the F4 Newsletter this week, this idea was supposedly pitched by Court Bauer months back before he left the WWE. They mentioned that Nine Inch Nails' latest release and ensuing activity led to him pitching the idea. We all know for a fact that certain WWE writers keep up with ROH, maybe combined with Court's idea, they thought of this one? Gerwirtz was allegedly at Manhattan Mayhem 2. So yeah, after reading Alvarez's take on it, I could easily believe that it's going to be an indirect ripoff of 161. That's just me. That said, barring some incredibly terrible booking choices, it's still going to be fun and the most interesting thing WWE's done in 2 years.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Sept 26, 2007 20:33:17 GMT -5
The only connection is they're both viral marketing. Now if the 222 message had been all dark and mysterious and emo and gothic, than it's a ripoff. They're the same idea just used for different people. It's like saying that because two action movies both use similarly formed trailers that they're ripoffs when one could be the Matrix and the other could be Apocalypto. Two totally different movies but are in a similar genre.
It does get annoying that some people get so fanboyish that they feel like just because one company did something, if someone else uses a vaguely similar idea that it's a "ripoff"
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Post by Johnny on Sept 26, 2007 20:36:26 GMT -5
The only connection is they're both viral marketing. Now if the 222 message had been all dark and mysterious and emo and gothic, than it's a ripoff. They're the same idea just used for different people. It's like saying that because two action movies both use similarly formed trailers that they're ripoffs when one could be the Matrix and the other could be Apocalypto. Two totally different movies but are in a similar genre. It does get annoying that some people get so fanboyish that they feel like just because one company did something, if someone else uses a vaguely similar idea that it's a "ripoff" EMB, you know I love ya dawg. But your so wrong you should go pour burning water on your face. I still love you, but you need to punish yourself.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Sept 26, 2007 20:37:10 GMT -5
That said, barring some incredibly terrible booking choices, it's still going to be fun and the most interesting thing WWE's done in 2 years. unless it turns out to be Hornswoggle, Boogyman & Hacksaw Jim Duggan
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Post by Johnny on Sept 26, 2007 20:42:21 GMT -5
That said, barring some incredibly terrible booking choices, it's still going to be fun and the most interesting thing WWE's done in 2 years. unless it turns out to be Hornswoggle, Boogyman & Hacksaw Jim Duggan Hey watch what you say about Hacksaw.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Sept 26, 2007 20:43:17 GMT -5
unless it turns out to be Hornswoggle, Boogyman & Hacksaw Jim Duggan Hey watch what you say about Hacksaw. he told you if you let him out of his cage he was gonna pile bodies up to the sky
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Post by Johnny on Sept 26, 2007 20:44:50 GMT -5
Hey watch what you say about Hacksaw. he told you if you let him out of his cage he was gonna pile bodies up to the sky Necro Hacksaw makes my panties wet.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Sept 26, 2007 20:55:04 GMT -5
he told you if you let him out of his cage he was gonna pile bodies up to the sky Necro Hacksaw makes my panties wet. Barbed wire wrapped 2x4. HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Post by Chainsaw on Sept 26, 2007 21:10:47 GMT -5
Hornswaggle drenched in blood. Of course, it's kinda hard to make it out when you're wearing all-green.
And Hacksaw is nothing more than a MISUNDERSTOOD BEAUTY!!
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Post by drakulon on Sept 26, 2007 21:11:34 GMT -5
No; 222 is ripping off "Year Zero"
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