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The discussion revolves around an online riddle game that challenges players to solve puzzles by interpreting clues found in images, text, and source code. Participants share their experiences and frustrations, particularly with progressing through various levels. Many express difficulty with the game's reliance on technical knowledge, such as HTML or coding, which some players find discouraging. Key clues discussed include "bag zip," which leads to a file containing hints, and various riddles that require players to analyze text closely. Players collaborate by sharing solutions and strategies, often revealing answers to previous levels while seeking help for current challenges. The conversation highlights a mix of problem-solving techniques, including deciphering letters and understanding the significance of certain words or phrases. Overall, the thread captures the community's collective effort to navigate the game's complexities, with a focus on collaboration and shared learning experiences.
  • #451
any help on level 27?
 
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  • #452
Just thinking aloud:
If you use the decryption font on *thqlrk sfaz, does it become morning star?
If you use the decryption font on morning star, does it become *thqlrk sfaz?

What about using the decryption font on "home"?
 
  • #453
did you join the forum just cause of this riddle? were you told we were doing the riddle on here? or...? who's the friend?
 
  • #454
what do you mean decrypion font?
 
  • #455
I joined (mainly) because of the riddle, but I know one thing or two about physics, and I'm pretty good at math, if I may say so myself.

And as for finding this forum, google is my firend. The one who introduced the riddle is another student, who studies math.

And the decryption font is that file you found in the silk bag, with the .xxx file extension.

Edit: Could "the roots" have anything to do with the root of a Linux system? It's sort of the home directory...
 
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  • #456
I thought morning star could mean the sun as it is rising...just a thought
 
  • #457
wow we've gotten really far on this riddle eh guys??
 
  • #458
we need another CLUE!
 
  • #459
its funny how the script in the source code says "don't give up now" and everyone seems to have given up.
 
  • #460
pretty much...this is too hard
 
  • #461
Well I'm not giving up, I just have a lot to get done by tommorrow. So after tommorrow, I'll be back. What riddle are you guys on now anyways?
 
  • #462
still on the same level (druidlands.htm)
 
  • #463
Wow, was worried I would have missed something. Haven't been on since last thursday. Will give it a go again tomorrow, maybe looking at it with fresh eyes will help.
 
  • #464
Hi folks, I've been doing this puzzle for some time now, and stubbled across your site when i was stuck somewhere in the 20's. I'm stuck on 27 with the rest of you guys, I thought perhaps i could share a few google hits I've had around this topic.

Firstly I noted that the picture is not actually a morning star, the morning star is just the spike bit on the end, and it is normall attached to a solid stick. This image is a flail, often confused with a Morningstar (flail is a bit similar to flame you may note)

Also note that morning star was the name of an native american indian cheif, but i couldn't get any workable info out of that.

Interestingly the morning star is another name for Phosphoros (the greek god of light)

I also found this quote
Eosphoros (Morning Star) watched the east, Hesperos (Evening Star) the west.
given that we were at the eastbridge.jpg i thought this may be of some use (i got it from http://www.theoi.com//Titan/AstraPlaneta.html a good site overall).
Also along that same lines, i found the Phosphoros (Eosphoros) and Hesperos were though off as two separate celestial bodies, however they were both infact names for Venus at the different times of the day (the latter being evening the former being morning). Now the man who discovered that these two names were the same body... pythagoras... which may explain the "roots" comment

Thats all i had so far
Oh morningstar also has some connection to a book about a vampire slayer

Edit: Also isn't it a it strange that the "me" is not on the same rock, almost like it is not really meant to form the word home
 
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  • #465
Hey...I'm new here, but have been lurking...I need help with this riddle...badly...I am on the one with the old oak...this one:

http://www.draculasriddle.co.uk/jova/primenumbers.htm

I Can't figure it out...even though I have been pondering it for the past 2 hours...

Anyone?
 
  • #466
Chris J. said:
Hey...I'm new here, but have been lurking...I need help with this riddle...badly...I am on the one with the old oak...this one:

http://www.draculasriddle.co.uk/jova/primenumbers.htm

I Can't figure it out...even though I have been pondering it for the past 2 hours...

Anyone?

Well, the answer is somewhere back in the thread but...just think of what a word that is the same backwards and forwards is called. Such as dad.
 
  • #467
Ok...I think i get it...so its...oh what's the word...palindromic? let's see if that works...


YAY! I got it...Thank you! Now I need the next one...I'll work on it later lol
 
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  • #468
Omega_6 said:
Well, the answer is somewhere back in the thread but...just think of what a word that is the same backwards and forwards is called. Such as dad.
or
was it a bat i saw
 
  • #469
i can't stand it any more... hint: the key to this riddle is getting "home." home is where you were before you entered transylvania. [/color] I'm on the next level already.
 
  • #470
yes, I'm on the next level as well...and stuck
 
  • #471
Ok...Now I am on the Belasco Marsh Level...The one with teh Swamp of Blood. Someone said that the answer is in the source code, but honestly, I don't know what to put into the address bar...

EDIT: Ok got that one...What the heck?!
 
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  • #472
all of the answers for earlier riddles are in this thread. they're all hidden, so highlight people's posts to read what they wrote.
 
  • #473
So, Gale, where were we before we entered Transylvania, I'm growing tired of typing in names of regions, countries, and cities...
But if you don't want to tell me then I understand.
 
  • #474
hehe, omega, i'll help no worries, before we entered transylvania we were on the main page of the game. check the source code there. notice the *symbol. see if you can get it from there... [/color]
 
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  • #475
so for denis marsh, we have some letters, and an arrow which points right. and at the bottom it says turn two into three. the source says to follow the directions (go right?) and it also says level 17... on level 17 we turned one word into two, by adding the numbers written on the piano to the numbers of the letters i got from the notes of the piano. also on 17 it says 2 from 1, and in this level its two to three. so I'm wondering if we're supposed to change the word two into the word three... maybe not?
 
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  • #476
so are we all on the next level now? anyone else have ideas?
 
  • #477
So far your ideas are the only ones...what's the URL for level 17?
 
  • #479
Gale said:
hehe, omega, i'll help no worries, before we entered transylvania we were on the main page of the game. check the source code there. notice the *symbol. see if you can get it from there... [/color]

don't highlight this if you want to try to figure it out >>> thelakeisfar[/color]
eh?
Firstly that clue does not work all you get is a page saying do not cheat

second how the hell did you get that word

As for where we were before we arrived in transilvania i looked over all the old clues and don't see anything

HELP
 
  • #480
never mind i got it,

clever
 

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