[Nighthawk]

That error message is not a native GoDaddy error message. Trust me on that: I have seven GoDaddy hosting accounts with 27 domains.

[rose]

I get an error on www.welostourgold.com as well.

I wonder if they are moving to another server or something? But maybe that would create a different error.

Perhaps they realized they need to beef up security or something like that?

If they have a GoDaddy issue at this early stage, it doesn't look as if they have everything together.

[AzureWolf]

is it just me or is the site down, now all i'm seeing is this:

http://welostourgold.com/unavailable.jpg

incidentally it's the same thing here: http://default.secureserver.net/

eta: looks like a domain registration issue with godaddy

[final_point]

man, and I just moved out of brooklyn to virginia! Damn timing.
So does anyone know who's sponsoring this yet? I went through the page code and couldn't find any hints.

[rose]

I can access the facebook site from the link you posted, so you should be able to access it as well.

[amandel]

Am I alone in being unable to connect to their Facebook page using both the site FB link and the source info http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Lost-Our-Gold/129123233775707 ? If so....GRRRR

[Crescent]

911 - please state the nature of your emergency

[Nighthawk]

Quote:

"That bloke kept screamin' PINOCHLE in me face. So I handed him tha wrong end of a Marlin Spike, and said 'here's yer pinochle'. If any media-type folk wants anythin' from Tom, they can speaks to me. Now bugger off. I gots no comment."

I think *every* interview in Forbes magazine should sound like that!


ETA: I'm wondering who's sponsoring this. I mean, there's got to be someone, no? I can't imagine someone just deciding to give away $10K like that. Money doesn't just come out of thin air.

"Hey look dear, we got an extra ten thousand dollars! What should we do with it?"

"How about we bury it in New York City?"

"What?!?"

"Yeah. And we get some puppets to crack jokes about it."

"... Ok then..." *calls 911*

[krystyn]

These pirates might take offense to bein' called cute, but their Facebook updates aren't helping their case:

Quote:

People says huntin' fer treasure be dangerous, and that ye might get hurt. 'Ats poppycock, 'at is! I hunts few treasure every day, an I never gets hurt! Right! 'Cept me eyeball! -CROTHERS

Quote:

If anyone finds me crayons, lemme know! I just got me choose your own adventure coloring book and I can't starts without 'em! Thanks! - MULLIGAN

ETA, also, once of the best PRs I've seen in a while, from Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2010/06/21/prnewswire201006210930PR_NEWS_USPR_____MM21281.html

Quote:

The pirates appear concerned that this web series is exploiting their activities, and jeopardizing the safety of their treasure. But they have shown no opposition to interacting with media outlets. "Yeah, I'll talks to whoever wants to talk," said Mulligan, the ship's First Mate. "You name it, I'll talk about it. Can we talk about Bill Murray? Wait... what are we talking about?" Added his colleague Crothers: "I refuse to speak to anyone. Except that I will. An' I prefer to speak to ladies. Of ill-repute, if'n that ain't a bother." Fellow pirate Tom declined to comment, the Captain having reportedly killed Tom's Japanese translator over a game of pinochle. When questioned, the Captain appeared unwilling to deny the allegation.

I'm giggling over here.

[E.Y.E. Spy]

Looking forward to this one. I'm all the way across the country from New York, but I'll be playing nonetheless.

[diszaster]

@rose: It's one chest.

My advice is to bring a large rolling suitcase. If the chest is buried in the ground, it's going to be a bitch to lift out of the ground whilst still full. (This is all my pirate expertise speaking)

Better just take the money, try to blend in, and run. The chest is just extra weight, and quite frankly New York is still New York.

[Nighthawk]

Rogi Ocnorb wrote:

It's "Your weight in gold" (Provided you weigh 81kg (178.2 lb.).

I did the math for kicks, and by my numbers weren't far off: I came up with it weighing 162.5 pounds, not counting the chest itself.

[courtknee]

The trailer alone was worth the find! Awesome! Thanks for sharing this

I'm just 10 min outside NYC, 30 min from Queens/Bronx/Brooklyn. Staten Island will take a bit longer, but it's completely doable. Yay for a fairly local hunt (for me).

[rose]

You don't have to be near the city to play

[Rogi Ocnorb]

It's "Your weight in gold" (Provided you weigh 81kg (178.2 lb.).