Riddle game - Something for you scientists

[syko sykes]

this game is based of an original called notpron so if you like this game you should like notpron... the site for it is http://deathball.net/notpron/

another good one like this is frvade which can be found at http://www.frvade.com/

 

[Tekk]

Damn this Marsh!

The letters don't unscramble to anything. it looks like winner, but too many r's not enough ns...

Turn two into three; add another R to the mess? add a whole set of letters? Turn W (Double U) into UUU? VV into VVV?

and what's with the superimposed arrow? Follow the directions? arrow points east?

Maybe boxcutter hasn't finished the riddle yet?

 

[Davorac]

Woohoo! I made it to Denis Marsh! :D

 

[a_moron]

i sort of got ghostlyopaquesky when i moved all the letters around according to the charts. zero's mean a letter stays still, otherwise you move it where the arrows say.

I don't get it? Can you (or someone who knows) explain how you did that ??
(Riddle 13)

 

[Gale]

a_moron: its kind of confusing but start with the first grid, then super impose the second. if there's a zero, leave the letter alone. if there's an arrow, move the letter to the square indicated. if it points off the edge, imagine it loops around to the other side. double arrows mean move it two squares in the direction indicated. this worked for everything until the last grid, there was some overlap on like 3 letters. I'm not sure if i messed up or not. for those i just made educated guesses. [/color]

 

[Chris J.]

Ok. Tekk and I worked together, and found out that you need to use riddle #17, and the answer has to be three words. That is as far as I got. I think Tekk got a tad farther...lol

 

[a_moron]

a_moron: *******

OK, a few more questions.. (on riddle 13)

1) What square in the grid should I start on?
2) When I move that letter to another square containing a new letter, should I then overwrite that letter?
3) When I have moved the first letter from the first square, where should I go from there? continue to square to the right/left/up/down? or should I continue to move the first letter in the direction the new square points to?
4) I guess that the first grid with directions is the first word, and the second grid the second word.. so on.. right?
5) Zero = Leave the letter alone, if that is so, the 3:rd grid (the one to the left) would contain the letters "SKOQHLYSYUA" since they are marked as Zero.
or is it viceversa? remove all those letters since they are marked with zero? Then the letters "TPGEA" will be the letters left to move... and that won't give me any of the words in the solution..

 

[Gale]

no, you have it quite wrong. have you tried doing it? start with the first grid, and move ALL the letter according to the second. then take the new arrangement and move them according to the third, and yes, most stay still. you don't overwrite letters, they all should move out of each others way. so start with the first grid. create an empty grid. fill the empty grid with the placements given in the second grid. now repeat the process with the third grid. you just have to try it and keep trying till it works.

 

[heather J.]

hi everybody! do any of you no chris J. he is my brother and I am stuck on the river level help me out! i am only 12! please i beg of u!

 

[LeonhardEuler]

hi everybody! do any of you no chris J. he is my brother and I am stuck on the river level help me out! i am only 12! please i beg of u!

The riddle asks how long the silent curse lasts. Look up the river Styx on google and it will tell you how long. That is the answer.

 

[Chris J.]

Heather...Talk to me when I am available...That and the answer is in this thread somewhere...

Chris J.

PS: ANyone work on teh riddle? I'm going to catch some :zzz: before I die..

 

[a_moron]

no, you have it quite wrong. have you tried doing it? start with the first grid, and move ALL the letter according to the second. then take the new arrangement and move them according to the third, and yes, most stay still. you don't overwrite letters, they all should move out of each others way. so start with the first grid. create an empty grid. fill the empty grid with the placements given in the second grid. now repeat the process with the third grid. you just have to try it and keep trying till it works.

Thank you! I almost got it the first time now, the only confusion was the the arrows that where split into two arrows pointing at diffrent directions, but then I realized that they should be moved in two steps, and got them all right!

Now to the next problem.. riddle 16.. I got "...THE.cordinates.by.overlapping.tha.map.and.the.cordinates..."[/URL] from that??
Anyone knows ??

 

[heather J.]

a_moron can u help me out with some of the lower level riddles??

 

[a_moron]

a_moron can u help me out with some of the lower level riddles??

Sure, what level are you stuck on?

 

[Chris J.]

Heather...I am your brother...I can help you...duh?!

 

[heather J.]

is anybody on here that is working on denis marsh??

 

[heather J.]

some what of clues:

in the source there r odd words including:

center, body, and head





mayb it has something to do with the answer

 

[Omega_6]

I am praying to any greater power that you are kidding heather...

 

[Omega_6]

Keats, I have tried "printing" l in one language already, i'll try for some more. Although that wouldn't make any sense unless it comes up with a strange syntax error lol...

 

[Tekk]

Sigh, I lose internet frequently, the idiots at adelphia don't understand how to provide cable internet...

So, anyone have any ideas on Denis Marsh? We played with the letters given and riddle 17's answer and spelled out "wanted murder" and some others but nothing worked. I'm stumped though. Anyone else have any ideas, or have you all given up on this?

 

[Omega_6]

Actually, we've moved on (or some of us). But I simply can not just tell you the answer. The key to this riddle is that it is simple. Much simpler than you are making it out to be.

 

[keats]

Hint for 28: look down.

Omega, you notice that if you take the first letter of each word on the picture you can spell "value"? Not sure how to use it, but it fits the theme of the level.

 

[keats]

doh, Jumped to 32, still stuck on 29.

 

[apj101]

Actually, we've moved on (or some of us). But I simply can not just tell you the answer. The key to this riddle is that it is simple. Much simpler than you are making it out to be.

well maybe a hint or two, youve helped in the past.

 

[Chris J.]

Omega, ignore my sister (HEather). She doesn't know anything about source code and programming... And she can be annoying...

And can you pretty please give a hint? :shy: Please lol.

Tekk...I'm with you on the adelphia thing. THey suck major @$$...lol.

 

[Omega_6]

Keats gave you a pretty big hint: Look down. I mean physically look down, and then maybe when 2 goes to 3 it will mean something.

 

[a_moron]

Thx for the clue Omega 6...
"...there.is.a.B.missing.in.the.picture..."[/URL]

 

[Chris J.]

Omega, and a_moron, does it deal with turning "w" into "e"? I did that and got reiner..But that doesn't work...And I got your hint, sorta..Anything else?

 

[apj101]

Im going bloody crazy this is really getting to me, i alway thought of myself as pretty clever, well very clever. But i can not for the life of me get this.

Look down: no that does not help me at if i look down i see feet, smelly, but feet non the less

as for there being a B missing, well that gives me brien WR, who google does know.
Give me more before I shoot myself, and if this answer turns out to me lame i will kill myself

 

[a_moron]

Omega, and a_moron, does it deal with turning "w" into "e"? I did that and got reiner..But that doesn't work...And I got your hint, sorta..Anything else?

Another clue to 28..
.."...The.turning.part.has.nothing.to.do.with.rotating.if.that.is.what.you.are.thinking.about..."[/URL]

 

[apj101]

Another clue to 28..
.."...The.turning.part.has.nothing.to.do.with.rotating.if.that.is.what.you.are.thinking.about..."[/URL][/QUOTE]
thats not a clue?

why did everyobe become so stand off-ish, earlier everyone was helping each other out, now people are thowing tit-bits. I recall everyone needing help at some point on this "quest"

 

[a_moron]

thats not a clue?

It's a clue.. not a spoiler...

 

[apj101]

The riddle asks how long the silent curse lasts. Look up the river Styx on google and it will tell you how long. That is the answer.

well how about another clue, i seem to recall you getting stuck on 13 and people helping you out, its ok to request substantial help...right

when i get it i;m sure it will compound my frustration of not getting it for so long :(

i'm playing with mirroring the image now... not getting anywhere

 

[Chris J.]

apj101 has a point. everyone was working together and now they just seem smug to me...Yes, you and others help by giving tidbits, but seriously...I don't get your clue...We're on riddle 28, turn 2 -> 3, you get 38...Then turn rienwr into...ugh...Ok..ON the keyboard:

1=q
2=w
3=e
4=r
5=t
6=y
7=u
8=i
9=o
0=p

So...Is it "wi" to "ei"? But I still don't get it! ARG!

 

[a_moron]

"...you.can.solve.the.riddle.with.your.monitor.turned.off...but.only.if.you.look.down..."[/URL]

 

[apj101]

ok so my monitor is off and I am looking at my keyboard

now what

 

[Chris J.]

Still doesn't help. You are using a CTX monitor, then It doesn't help me. I have an LCD monitor...But I tried 28 -> wi... and 38-> ei...I still don't get it!

 

[a_moron]

You don't even have to click the "links"... just hold pointer over them... and read the statusbar on your browser...

28:
[SPOLIER]


OK.. This you know.. the clue in the Html says "17".. but you are on riddle "28"... and you know that the picture has the letters "RIENWR" on it... and the clue on the page tells you to "Turn two into three"
If you take 17 and turn that into 28..(only looking at your keyboard) what have you done then?
Can you do that with "REINWR" by only looking at your keyboard ??[/color]

[/Spoiler]


... If you quote this... remove the spolier.. for those who doesn't want to read it..

 

[apj101]

well i have the answer, but i have to say that was totally crap, where the hell did the b come from? i am so disappointed at that answer

 

[Chris J.]

OMFG! I can't believe it was that easy!? GOD...I am stupid!

 

[Boxcutter]

There was a B missing. It is now fixed. My most humble apologies.

 

[Chris J.]

Boxcutter, what riddle was that for? 29 or a later one? Just wondering...

 

[heather J.]

boxcutter, i think the riddler is messing with us some times its hard and some times it is plain easy god damn him lol

 

[heather J.]

OMFG!1 people help each other god... the L might stand fo LORD becuz there r crosses on the mansion but I am thinking L is for LIES bcuz of
the "untruth" .the W I am still working on but i think i might b able to crack it will in a couple of years lol

 

[heather J.]

found out that venerableness means Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position.
Worthy of reverence, especially by religious or historical association: venerable relics.

and attaints means To impart stigma to; disgrace: “No breath of calumny ever attainted the personal purity of Savonarola” (Henry Hart Milman).
To pass a sentence of attainder against.


so yah

 

[Omega_6]

Everyone needs to calm down. From now on all we should really be doing is giving hints. At the same time, there is nothing stopping anyone from giving the answer. But I'm sure everyone would feel better by figuring it out for themselves, even if it requires a little help.

Word meanings aren't very hard to figure out, especially for attaint and venerableness.

As for some of the riddles being too hard or too easy, that's just the way things are. Almost (and I say almost) every riddle seems pretty solvable (and this means "logically" solvable, not guessing) to me once you solve it, you just need to have your head in the right place.

Just being clever isn't going to solve every riddle, you need perseverance and sometimes luck.

apj101: I don't feel that anybody is being "standoffish", we are just trying to preserve the integrity of the game. Earlier in the thread we were more open because we were all basically doing our part for the good of the group. Now that we have so many newcomers one may get the feeling that they are not willing to actually work for an answer (this may not be true for any, but this way forces all to at least try). And just so you know, if I were to find an answer that I thought was ridiculous, then you would know that answer. But if I think that the answer is fair, then I will give hints. I hope this reasoning is the same for all.

 

[Tekk]

Wow i just got internet back, been down since my last post.

Holy Crap, i just got 28. That was one of the first things i tried, but the B was still missing when i tried it. Never thought to actually place in another letter... Man i feel dumb for that one...

 

[Omega_6]

Well now that I and another know the answer for 29, we have so far come to the conclusion that the answer is unreasonable (simple and easy to guess but so far unreasonable to deduce logically). So If I can't see a way to come to this answer soon then I will post it and allow some of you to take a look. But I don't have any real hints...I mean, why should it be so hard to enter the mansion?

 

[keats]

Hint for 29: W, L, level 2.

 

[a_moron]

I also know the answer to riddle 29, and I know where to get the letters for the word, but i haven't yet figured out how to read the clues to get those letters...