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	Cloudmakers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The game was being developed as it was played, and while most players came to the plotlines after they had been solidified, the Cloudmakers group was constantly on the bleeding edge of the game, pushing the game's developers, influencing the plot.
		Warnings and messages sent by Cloudmakers members to characters in the story regularly turned up in the plot, and designs/blueprints and databases produced by the group were referenced by and even featured on in-game websites and magazines.
		The game developers had sketched out a large number of possible scenarios, not all of which could be developed; in some instances, Cloudmakers members determined (through their investigations) which parts of the game world became part of the story.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cl/cloudmakers.htm (117 words)

	fAf :: Ezine - reviews
		The Cloudmakers group was founded on April 11, 2001 by a 24-year-old, Oregon-based computer programmer named Cabel Sasser1, one of thousands of movie fans who had started to notice a series of digitally distributed clues and narratives that seemed to be some kind of game, but one without clear rules, objectives or rewards.
		Although many Cloudmakers were incredibly tech-savvy before beginning the game, as evident by their ability to navigate the massive digital systems of the game and to create a wide variety of digital documents and applications in support of the game, the Beast changed their subjective experience of that technology.
		The urgency of the Cloudmakers regarding their future and their desire to play as if there are serious and real consequences will provide, I believe, a great opportunity in the near future for ambitious and successful social and political action.
	www.fineartforum.org /Backissues/Vol_17/faf_v17_n09/reviews/mcgonigal.html (6571 words)

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		The most interesting non-advertising opportunity that has presented itself since the introduction of ARG games in early 2001, has been the reaction of the "Cloudmakers" to the terrorist attacks on September 11 2001.
		The "Cloudmakers" are a "collective detective" of about 7000 users who were incredibly active and successful at solving the first large-scale ARG, "The Beast".
		Of course, they were unsuccessful, due to their own policing, but their failure with such a monumental challenge (something that American and foreign intelligence agencies are still figuring out) wasn't necessarily a nail in the coffin of ARGs as real-world tools.
	www.idfuel.com /index.php?p=405&more=1 (876 words)

	cloudmakers.org
		Luckily, the thoughtful people at Cloudmakers (the mailing list for discussion of the game) have stored some of the original pages and 'extra features' so we can still have a look at them.
		After several dozen people in the Cloudmakers mailing list used traditional and increasingly esoteric methods of trying to decode the binary sequences, we've come to the conclusion that there is no message.
		Scans of the faxes are available here (you may need to be a member of Cloudmakers to view them).
	cloudmakers.org /guide (17169 words)

	cloudmakers.org
		The Cloudmakers brought together diverse skills ranging from cutting edge spectral analysis to a unique and unrivaled knowledge of historical evends and world literature.
		Some Cloudmakers are playing other web games, and others are waiting for the next project from The Beast's development team.
		A new game is not actively being solved under the CM brand, yet Cloudmakers remains the place to find out about new developments in the world of web games and to rehash or relive The Beast.
	www.cloudmakers.org (497 words)

	The Seattle Saga - Introduction
		I was one of the Cloudmakers moderators - the moderators (there were eight of them in total) were people who maintained the messageboards and ensured the smooth running of the community, as well as writing resources such as the Guide and Trail.
		Many Cloudmakers were absolutely furious about this, thinking that Spherewatch must be in cahoots with the PMs and that they were at best ignoring Cloudmakers and at worst sidelining and directly insulting us.
		Of course, as many Cloudmakers know, several of the PMs were present at the Los Angeles premiere, and that is in fact the reason why our trip to Seattle for the premiere was delayed until the 27th of July.
	photo.vavatch.co.uk /seattle (1374 words)

	Signs of Intelligent Life - A.I.'s mysterious and masterful promotional campaign. By Douglas Wolk
		As it's progressed, the puzzles have gotten far too complicated for any one player to work out, and an online community called Cloudmakers has convened to solve them and crack the central mystery (the death of an engineer named Evan Chan) collaboratively.
		Cloudmakers doesn't appear to have any direct connection to the puzzle-makers, but they approve.
		What there's not much of among the Cloudmakers, surprisingly, is speculation, or even curiosity, about the film itself.
	www.slate.com /default.aspx?id=106028 (1203 words)

	Websnark.com: Cancer in the Collective Detective
		I was a Cloudmaker, and proud of it.
		You see, the community that formed around the Beast -- the Cloudmakers -- was intensely remarkable.
		So Cloudmakers started posting their nightmares online, baiting a trap for the monster.
	www.websnark.com /archives/2004/09/cancer_in_the_c.html (1026 words)

	[mudacom]
		It seems that one of the major offshoots of A.I.'s "The Beast" has gone live (a previous offshoot being the Plexata puzzles).
		It wasn't so much the article that was noted, but the fact that GanMed had gone live.
		For those of you interested in pursuing a new puzzle game, the Cloudmakers have started a splinter group: JawBreakers (and a moderated group of highlights).
	www.geocities.com /bermuda653/2002_02_01_a.html (301 words)

	cloudmakers.org :: distributed biological processing
		A web of clues has been spun throughout the datasphere, and the Cloudmakers have been investigating since April 12, 2001.
		The Cloudmakers bring together diverse skills ranging from cutting edge spectral analysis to a unique and unrivaled knowledge of historical events and world literature.
		We won't guarantee that anything in here will be good, but we promise to try to make sure that as little redundancy sneaks in as possible.
	cloudmakers.cloudmakers.org (515 words)

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		Firstly, a Yahoo Group was formed to discuss the plot and puzzles (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cloudmakers/) called Cloudmakers (borrowing their moniker from the name of Evan Chan's boat).
		Recently, after the Cloudmakers were treated to a sneak preview of the movie, the Microsoft team stopped by a post-screening Los Angeles meeting.
		The crowd of excited Cloudmakers asked the Puppet Masters all about the game and got a variety of interesting anecdotes and answers.
	www.textfiles.com /webfiles/ezines/FLIPPERSMACK/flipper012.txt (1321 words)

	RatcliffeBlog—Mitch's Open Notebook: Cloudmakers R Us
		RatcliffeBlog—Mitch's Open Notebook: Cloudmakers R Us Cloudmakers R Us In response to Mary's excellent series of postings that wrap up a lot of fine thinking about illustrating blog relationships, Adina writes at BookBlog: The cloud would be a picture of a conversation surrounding a person or a topic....
		Cloudmakers R Us In response to Mary's excellent series of postings that wrap up a lot of fine thinking about illustrating blog relationships, Adina writes at BookBlog:
		The cloud would be a picture of a conversation surrounding a person or a topic.
	www.ratcliffeblog.com /archives/2005/08/cloudmakers_r_u.html (1172 words)

	unfiction.com » interviews
		The Cloudmakers group was formed to solve the mystery surrounding the death of fictional character Evan Chan, which eventually turned out to be a game called "The Beast" by it's creators, and designed to promote the upcoming Steven Spielberg movie, A.I. The Cloudmakers group was formed on the Yahoo!
		Known as "celia," this individual was first believed to be in-game due her strange conversational style and constant quoting from works and along themes that were also utilized within The Beast.
		Certainly amongst the Cloudmakers, the main collective of players that followed the Beast, it's a bit harder to recognize success if it doesn't live up to the scale of that original experience.
	www.unfiction.com /compendium/interviews/page/1 (532 words)

	Archives Of A Technology Addict: Two years... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Two Years ago, the Cloudmakers were formed by accident to play a game of seemingly infinite complexity and depth.
		Between April 12th, 2001 and the release of AI, and then beyond, the Cloudmakers worked ceaselessly on puzzles of devilisih detail and difficulty.
		A year later, on the very day that Cloudmakers celebrated their first birthday, Collective Detective was born.
	www.tombridge.com /archives/1903/04/two_years.html (322 words)

	Journey 2.0
		Also, since the Cloudmakers mailing list is a spoilers-only board, if you're on the Journey, you shouldn't read or post to the list.
		Since you cannot use the list while you are on the Journey, you will be working largely without the community of other Cloudmakers, which now numbers in the thousands.
		You'll also need to watch out, because there is another document in the game, not written by the Cloudmakers, which also gives away the answers to some puzzles.
	www.cloudmakers.org /journey (928 words)

	View topic - [META] Where are the Cloudmakers?
		Actually, I tried Metacortechs and got a bit bored with that one, since I joined late and couldn't make head nor tail of it; other ARGs seem to have been lacking, though I was hoping for one with the site to "The Ring", since that is a favorite of mine both in Japanese and English.
		I s'pose I was a cloudmaker; I was there from start to finish, trailer oddness to voting day.
		I was a cloudmaker also and I hope this ride is good as the last.
	forums.unfiction.com /forums/viewtopic.php?p=45200 (948 words)

	LockJaw Trail
		Following in the tradition of the illustrious Cloudmakers, the JawBreakers are a collective detective formed to solve the mysteries of the game code-named LockJaw.
		The Cloudmakers were founded by Cabel Sasser in 2001 to find out why Evan Chan was killed.
		Evan Chan was a character in the game code-named "The Beast," based around the universe and characters from the movie A.I. After "The Beast" ended, some members of the Cloudmakers suggested continuing the genre by creating their own game.
	jawbreakers.max15degrees.com (5657 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hopefully the sites will be up for awhile later than that, though.
		I'm on the cloudmakers yahoogroups list, and I go to the Irc channel quite a bit.
		Cloudmakers will tell you how to connect to the irc channel.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=2532433&postID=3999564 (199 words)

	Cloudmakers' guide to the AI web game: markpasc.org
		Cloudmakers' guide to the AI web game: markpasc.org
		So here's the Cloudmakers' guide to the whole shebang.
		Interesting read so far, but not much applicability to the film itself.
	markpasc.org /weblog/2001/07/28/cloudmakers_guide_to_the_ai_web_game (114 words)

	ARGN: Cloudmakers Turns Two
		Two years ago this very day, the premiere Alternate Reality community, the Cloudmakers, was founded.
		You can still stop by the Cloudmakers Yahoo Group to see where it all happened.
		To the Cloudmakers Moderators and to the folks behind the game, especially Elan Lee and Sean Stewart, we say thanks again!
	www.argn.com /archive/000014cloudmakers_turns_two.html (195 words)

	Troutmakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		You have already exhausted the Cloudmakers' Guide, Trail, Journey and even all three of the Cloudmakers boards.
		You probably have an IRC client set to #evanchan running in the corner of every computer screen under your control and your life is littered with little pieces of paper containing scrawled notes about all manner of cryptic fodder.
		That's when I realized what the single most enjoyable aspect of this game is. It is the nature in which we as Cloudmakers (and Troutmakers) play it: as a community.
	www.troutmakers.org /campflyscorner.html (586 words)

	cloudmakers.org :: distributed biological processing
		It is requested that anyone mentioning the Trail and associated documents inform Bronwen, so that the Cloudmakers members can be made known of recognition of their work.
		The picture of Cloudmaker linked from Evan's page now links to Cloudmaker's Beautiful Land puzzle (see 3.96).
		Cloudmakers member Campfly was able to submit a coroner's report for Kate Nei.
	trout.cloudmakers.org /trail (10783 words)

	Ramblings of a Technology Addict
		Made by Bungie Software in 1994, it had some unique elements, including a plot that took some deep investigation, the part of which was done by a web community lead by Hamish Sinclair.
		They were a group that rivalled the Cloudmakers in intelligence, depth of experience and information and camaraderie.
		It was a fascinating journey and the Marathon's Story Page later lead to my involvement in Cloudmakers.
	radio.weblogs.com /0116463/2003/05/07.html (614 words)

	FILM PREVIEW: ‘AI’ In the Works ... -- Haley Osment, Media Lab Bigwigs Discuss Film
		When asked what it was like to work with the mysterious “sentient machine therapist” Jeanine Salla, Osment said he had not met her but has heard “good things about her.” Before leaving, Kennedy mentioned she would leave Dr. Salla’s business cards for the audience.
		The evening after the AI presentation, the Cloudmakers had contacted me via email requesting a copy of Dr. Salla’s business card.
		Needless to say, it was a bizarre experience to become a character in the game for a day...
	www-tech.mit.edu /V121/N23/AI.23a.html (594 words)

	Troutmakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The gameplayers have formed an underground super-intelligent community of almost 4,000 members called the Cloudmakers.
		This group of gamers have pioneered their way through this incredible game by utilizing the diverse knowledge base of the members.
		If you're wondering what the hell 'trout' means, you've got a lot of catching up to do...visit the Cloudmakers Yahoo board.
	www.troutmakers.org /index2.html (622 words)

	Cloudmakers Photo Gallery (23-6-01) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Due to a bit of a mix-up with dates, I (Adrian) managed to organise the first Cloudmakers UK meet to coincide with an animal rights protest which was marching through Cambridge.
		Before going to Pizza Hut (no, I didn't take any photos there) we walked back to Dan (Hon)'s room since people were visibly shaking from withdrawal symptoms of not being in #evanchan for roughly three hours.
		All in all, it was a good day out and we'll be sure to repeat it in the UK a few more times, and there'll definitely be a Cloudmakers meet at the London premiere of AI in September.
	photo.vavatch.co.uk /23-6-01 (477 words)

	MetaData \| LockJaw Trail
		Solicitation: The Cloudmakers mailing list received a couple of emails regarding an article about women who played The Beast.
		The first appears to be from Barbie Mills, although her nickname showed up as "notadoll70," which is the first part of her email address at a free webmail service.
		Story Posting: A Cloudmaker emailed the Cloudmakers mailing list about the posting of Barbie's Story on Grrl-E-Grrl.
	jawbreakers.max15degrees.com /meta (10195 words)

	8th March 2003 - the New Cloudmakers
		Well, yes and no, what has been revealed are two things:
		2) That this is obviously an attempt to create an intra-web of intrigue and mystery akin to the utterly sublime effort that was the whole A.I. Cloudmakers spinoff
		Like I said yesterday, its all a bit of fun, so there's no reason why you shouldn't get into it, even if the poor plot and dodgy explanations of the photos prevent you from doing so.
	www.funjunkie.co.uk /comments.cfm/article=78cab86a-8e44-458a-bfc4-b4c2de7c7da2 (182 words)

	A New Cloudmakers? - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		By the way, jd, do you know what Cloudmakers is?
		OK, because Cloudmakers was basically a glorified movie tie-in.
		I think the movie has held up well, and a sequel is worth the effort.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=28730 (334 words)

	What is going on with the movie A.I. ?? Totally On Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I have no clue what its about and where to start!!
		I went to the cloudmakers site and got confused also.
		This is the first that I've heard about any of this.
	www.totallyup.com /viewpost_128100.asp (390 words)

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