MB: Now, it turns out that indeed, a virtual character, not fictional and it has been said fictional, Max Valentin is not a fictional character, it is a virtual character, it is not the same thing and I
I don't want the role that this virtual character may have played to lead to the fact that, on the day when this cool thing is discovered, someone will be able to say to themselves, we were done, we were screwed, we
got taken for a ride.
So I give as many elements as possible, in my opinion, obviously, so that everyone can try to put their feet back on the ground, to get back into the news, the reality of the game. But despite everything, it's a game that has
somewhere ceased to be a game. It is a game which has also become a social phenomenon in itself.
Because there is so much passion, there are so many people who are involved at a level that sometimes goes beyond comprehension, that we are really in a social phenomenon, a social phenomenon and therefore I am extremely cautious, I am extremely vigilant, I try to be very precise in my words, but despite everything, that does not prevent many from trying to interpret them and providing explanations which are not necessarily the right ones. But for me, I try to stay within this level of authenticity and to reframe the game. So we are indeed in a process where we go beyond what is usually accepted as being an online gaming context, as you wish. , treasure hunting games, role-playing games, whatever you want, we're really in something a little bit different. And my position is this and we are frankly in a very very very unusual context.
(Q - Loison: a subject of what you just said, you ask if Max Valentin was right in saying to keep it simple?)
MB: I'm not asking if Max Valentin was right in asking to keep it simple, I'm saying that Max Valentin provided the owls to the participants in the game with a certain number of answers to questions, answers which are specific to...well, let's say to open up an almost unlimited field of possibilities and this is what I am trying to act against today. I'm trying to narrow down the possibilities when it comes to the Golden Owl. The field of possibilities is much more restricted than we imagine, and that's my approach.
(Q - Loison: to tell you the bottom line... his place, he kept it for so long... is it still possible to find it?)
MB: but today, it is much more possible to find it than a year ago, 2 years, 3 years, 5 years ago. I think that in 2009 when Max Valentin died and even before, it had become almost impossible to find the Golden Owl because we were in such a crazy atmosphere, where any theory was possible, where everything was imaginable, we were in a context that was so, so vague that it was impossible to find it. Today with what I have brought, as an element for a year, I think that I have brought extremely strong elements. I said extremely precise, extremely concrete things, which mean that yes, today, someone can find it.
Because there is so much passion, there are so many people who are involved at a level that sometimes goes beyond comprehension, that we are really in a social phenomenon, a social phenomenon and therefore I am extremely cautious, I am extremely vigilant, I try to be very precise in my words, but despite everything, that does not prevent many from trying to interpret them and providing explanations which are not necessarily the right ones. But for me, I try to stay within this level of authenticity and to reframe the game. So we are indeed in a process where we go beyond what is usually accepted as being an online gaming context, as you wish. , treasure hunting games, role-playing games, whatever you want, we're really in something a little bit different. And my position is this and we are frankly in a very very very unusual context.
(Q - Loison: a subject of what you just said, you ask if Max Valentin was right in saying to keep it simple?)
MB: I'm not asking if Max Valentin was right in asking to keep it simple, I'm saying that Max Valentin provided the owls to the participants in the game with a certain number of answers to questions, answers which are specific to...well, let's say to open up an almost unlimited field of possibilities and this is what I am trying to act against today. I'm trying to narrow down the possibilities when it comes to the Golden Owl. The field of possibilities is much more restricted than we imagine, and that's my approach.
(Q - Loison: to tell you the bottom line... his place, he kept it for so long... is it still possible to find it?)
MB: but today, it is much more possible to find it than a year ago, 2 years, 3 years, 5 years ago. I think that in 2009 when Max Valentin died and even before, it had become almost impossible to find the Golden Owl because we were in such a crazy atmosphere, where any theory was possible, where everything was imaginable, we were in a context that was so, so vague that it was impossible to find it. Today with what I have brought, as an element for a year, I think that I have brought extremely strong elements. I said extremely precise, extremely concrete things, which mean that yes, today, someone can find it.