From Super8
RocketPoppeteers.com
May 13, 2010: Discovery
- After the "File List B4" completed its countdown in the Scariestthingieversaw.com terminal, one file was printable:
RSCOM8.DAT
. When printed, it produced the following two pages:
July 15, 2010: Contact
- Those who sent the completed maze to the address listed on the newspaper ad began receiving response mail hinting at another puzzle or task, saying that only "the most brave, true, and loyal" candidates would succeed and be granted membership to the astronaut program.
Content
- When found, the website was not available, only displaying the following splash page:
- The HTML source of the website included the line:
<div align="center"><img src="img/temp.gif" width="800" height="650" alt="Rocket Poppeteers" />
- This line of code implies that the image used for the splash logo, named "temp.gif", means that the image may not stay long, and the site may be updated shortly.
- On July 13th, the splash image was updated to include a ™ symbol.
July 23, 2010: Comic-Con
- The splash page was updated to include a link to the newly-created Rocket Poppeteers Twitter account. Posts on the Twitter account announce that the Poppeteers Recruiting Truck will be at Comic-Con.
July 28, 2010: Active
- The RocketPoppeteers website became active to allow people to register as a New Recruit or Candidate Verification. The Candidate Verification was for those who mailed off the coupon maze and received a postal response.
- A unavailable link is also present on the main page after the loading screen, saying 'Fly the Rocket SSF1' it appears as 'Coming soon'.
- A page was found with an animation of Gordon Cooper floating in space with with the RP logo and 'We are recruiting in Your town -Click Here-' behind him.
- The page was soon removed and it is assumed it was an accidental page leak.