Okay, I've been working on this riddle and it is crazily hard. Basically what it is is you go from one room to another solving riddles in each room. Some involve searching Google for clues to a username and password, others require changing the url. It's crazy. And it's HARD. So far out of 1.8 MILLION people who have attempted the puzzles only 250, 250!!!, have actually finished it. There's over 81 rooms and so far I've only made it to room 6. Wow.
The Riddle
I'm in room 3 and the only clue I can see is words that flash by really fast. I can't read them and I will never ever be able to read them.
The only thing there aside from the impossible to read words is childrens blocks, but with no idea what the riddle even is, how am I supposed to use that?
So far, it's cheap. How can I solve a riddle I can't even read?
I guess the clues aren't just in the site itself or whatever. Anyway, there was nothing I could turn on at all. I figured out these people don't speak english well though so it would seem "true" = "on" to them. I have a feeling I'll get stuck later PURELY because of translation issues.
Okay, at this point it's telling me to download a program. No program "lights" stuff, but there are lite editions of programs. However, I am NOT downloading random programs for a silly internet thing. Sorry, I'm out. Besides, a google search will only solve this until other sites start getting higher on the google search list.
What room are you on now, DJ?
By the way, the binary numbers "1" and "0" as used in electronics mean "on" or "off" as well as "true" or "false". Just so you know.
Right now I'm on room 9. This is hard...
Yes it's hard, because it's cheap.
What room are to?
Quote:Yes it's hard, because it's cheap.
Cheap? In what way?
I am stuck on room 6 at the moment...and
GR GET ON MSN!! :D
Well, for one, it's cheap, and that's about it!
I mean depending on unstable external sources to find puzzle solutions is cheap. All puzzle solution sources must be completely static and unchanging, in that one can always get to them, otherwise the puzzle is cheap. I've seen these things before, they make you do things where they EXPECT you to have the solution, but you might not and you end up looking around forever in your room for something you'll never find.
For example, for some reason in one puzzle they actually EXPECTED that EVERYONE had posters on their room walls and that was a MAJOR part of the solution of that puzzle. That is "look above your bed" was the hint. Took me forever to solve it, but not because it was hard, it was because it was a horribly designed puzzle. I fear this is the same thing.
Another example is the Metal Gear Solid "check the box" puzzle. The idea is that you would finally eventually look at the package the game came in. Clever, except what if you bought the game used without the box? Then, there is no hope of ever solving it and it won't be your fault.
None of the puzzles so far in this riddle have been like that. I've only had to use Google and a couple of other easily attainable programs, such as an MP3 to WAV converter. It really helps if you scope out the forums on a regular basis. :)
I would imagine so, but isn't that cheating?
Anyway, I think I jumped to conclusions regarding this after that last puzzle. I'll give it another shot and see what I can do. BUT, downloading converters and having to look up outside pages is an unstable answer source. They should have such information hidden on their own site and a search bar to go through that. That way, it's always there.
And this isn't "a riddle". It's MANY riddles one after the other. Calling the whole thing a single riddle is like... not english...
MAN is this hard. deanna and I have been working through it, and I'm only at room six. The best part is, once you discover the answer, you always kick yourself for how obvious it really is.
81 rooms you say, sheesh, I don't think I'm up for beating this whole thing if the first half-dozen riddles are kicking my ass.
I didn't bother trying to do this. It looks dumb.
I got to room 3 and then quit because it is indeed pretty dumb and definitely not worth the time.
I think the reason that only 250 people have finished this is because it's so retarted and the other 99.9% of the people who have tried it out don't care.
It's not outright dumb, but yeah after playing it a little longer the riddles just aren't that well designed... I am once again of the opinion that the reason they are hard is because the answers are too obscure and require too much... for example... pop culture knowledge. Just got done with one involving, as it turned out, Twix.
However, I would say that the majority of people giving up would be because they just didn't find it that interesting.
I gave it a second chance, but honestly I have to say it's the same old stuff... Sorry, I have to give this one a smelly toes down.
I think it is AWESOME! Anyways, what room are you on now GR?
I'm on room 16 and I'm at something of an empasse. Even with clues from other people on the internet I still can't figure it out.
Thats cool, I can't beat room 8. You have to get on MSN later to help me GR :D
If you use Mozilla Firefox as your web browser you go to Tools at the top of the brower and select Page Info. From there select media and download the music file. Then change the file to .jpg format, just select the file and physically change the format you don't need to use any program to do that. Then just open the file.
And if you don't use Mozilla Firefox you???
Well, Netscape allows that to, but I don't know what how you'd do that with Internet Explorer.
Or you can go to the site and visit their forum. It has threads for all of the room, and the thread for room 8 has a link to the image in it somewhere.
I'm on Room 4. I don't know what to search for. All my search results came up with stuff saying "Look on the Dark Side" but I don't know what to make my username. Damn...
I made it to room 16...but I'm tired of playing this game.