Capt Kittinger wrote:I don't think there was a fckup, I think they were just spreading the message far and wide.
The message 699742 was originally broadcast on NPR without a title to divulge its position.
A recording of "699742" along with a BoC-themed video projection with the symbols XXXXXX/-------/-------/-------/-------/------- on a shop window opposite Rough Trade East, was played on 27 April in London, confirming the position of 699742 at the start of the sequence.
and repeated again on Toonami.
but wait, what if it appears again tonight on UK tv. it won't cos its clear this time, or maybe they'll 'advertise' it again again to build the hype, no. i'd imagine
how peeved everyone would be expecting the 6th code but then again maybe not, its all part of the plan or is it. also i don't think going out to the desert location to look for clues to find the 6th code was any less 'crazy' than going out to every record store to look for 5 more records that... didn't exist or did they...
the RSD releases and the youtube hints were not repeated. so why didn't they spread those messages wide and far 2 even 3 times? no reason cos... the message was clear.
everyone makes mistake, even live on stage but you have to improvise and try to overcome so the show can go on and make it look like it was all part of the act and hope the audience falls for it - a lot have here. lets face it, a lot of this is new venture. they might have needed to test the audible quality from inside a building but forgot about street noise from drunks/traffic on the receiving end. i doubt they got to practice this one, it showed.

