Place

Chapter 1: Discovery
I'm not the biggest fan of modern ROBLOX, especially with where the platform is headed currently. I was bored one day (I don't have a PC, so I couldn't play TF2, GMOD, etc), so I decided to play some ROBLOX for the hell of it. TC2 is fun and all, but I'm not the best Flanker or Anniknight main. I was even more bored, so I decided to put some cryptic stuff into the search bar. Eventually, I found a game named 'Place' by some guy named 'd_n'. It was a game from 2015. It had no likes, no dislikes, visits, and only 2 favourites. The description simply read the title of the game. I emailed the game to my school email and analyzed it there on my Chromebook. I searched for "d_n" in the player search just to be safe, because I didn't feel like clicking the name provided in the game. Eureka! A user! But they were from 2016, 24/02/2016 to be exact. They couldn't have made the game, they only had one game; D_n's Place. Clearly not the simply named 'Place' game. I was tired, so I went to sleep.

Chapter 2: More investigation
I woke up and immediately started looking into the 'Place' game. I clicked the d_n on the game out of curiosity, and it led it to a 404. Looking at the bottom left, it said it led me to user ID '0'. Obviously, there is no user with the number 0. The game link also interestingly had the ID of 0. The link is https://www.roblox.com/games/0/Place, but obviously, going there also leads you to a 404.

Playing the game, It seemed to just be a normal baseplate. But then, the screen slowly went white, and the text "Hello" popped up on screen, followed by; "Who are you?", "Oh, you're like me!", "You must be a 2014er!", "Don't forget to pwn all the noobs!", "Wanna be friends?"

I left the game, confused.

Chapter 3: Chatting
I decided to join the game again a few days later. The dialogue was different this time, and there was a text box.

The talk between me and the text went as follows; (TEXT, ME)

Hello again! It's been a few days

''hello? who are you''

Oh, I suppose I haven't introduced myself yet. Sorry!"

no worries

I'm... well, I don't think I have a name

i'm user stevesteve2468, but this isn't my og acc

Oooh, 2014er as I thought! Hey there, Steve!

nice to meet you, is it ok if I call you nameless

I don't have a name, go ahead!

alr nameless whats this place

This is my home!

are you d_n?

I don't think so, no...

aw man i gtg, you see cool

Bye bye, Steve!!

Nameless seems like a nice person.

Chapter 4: Realization
I went back to the game to the next day, but it had been closed, set to private. Attempting to converse with Nameless again, I joined one of my own games.

Somehow, Nameless followed me. He talked through old-timey text with the translucent grey background, so I replied through in-game chat;

Steve! My game got privated!

i saw

What do I do? Go on the forums?

the forums?

Yes?

the forums have been gone for a while

What?

you don't know?

What year is it?

23

2023?

yh

Oh my... where did all the pwners go? And where are the noobs?

the noobs became pros i think, the pwners left

I didn't see Nameless after that.

Chapter 5: Final Thoughts
I feel kind of bad for Nameless. I have a few theories as to who this Nameless is;


 * 1) An artificial intelligence created in 2013-2015, who hasn't been updated since
 * 2) A trapped spirit from the golden era trying to communicate through text messages
 * 3) An elaborate prank by some dev

Whatever the case, I was left more sad then scared. I'm just hoping, whoever Nameless is, that he or she's alright.