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ffutahw said:
Take a nap Speedy, I'll hold down the fort :-p

i'm giving myself 1 more hour. but i have definitely slowed down and am practically doing nothing at the moment.

*stares at the now seemingly blurry screen*
 
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any controller that would let you step either W, NW, N, NE, E, SE, S or SW at the press of a button.
 
Boxcutter said:
any controller that would let you step either W, NW, N, NE, E, SE, S or SW at the press of a button.

then i'd settle with my ps2. :biggrin:

you're back! any change in the source? :wink:

i don't want to be asleep whenthat comes out!

*mumbles* after all the work I've done...
 
Boxcutter said:
any controller that would let you step either W, NW, N, NE, E, SE, S or SW at the press of a button.

hmmm... something's telling me that i have the wrong set of numbers... :biggrin:

*sees another light of hope*
 
a small change in the source now, I'm not sure if it will help you, but it will help future riddlers. hehe i guess that doesn't make you very happy.. oh well, perhaps it could be of use
 
Boxcutter said:
a small change in the source now, I'm not sure if it will help you, but it will help future riddlers. hehe i guess that doesn't make you very happy.. oh well, perhaps it could be of use

It gave me a way to slightly adjust my 'controller' :wink:
 
Boxcutter said:
a small change in the source now, I'm not sure if it will help you, but it will help future riddlers. hehe i guess that doesn't make you very happy.. oh well, perhaps it could be of use

as i see it, it led me to: AIBMCAGR :frown:
 
ffutahw: have you read my pm? what do you think of that? true or false?

edit: i gave you the wrong pattern! look!

edit: nah, i did. sorry about that.
 
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Got your PM and responded. Tried a new tact, but just got gibberish again.

Results so far:
<So far, words I've gotten _close_ to with pathing I've tried have been 'initiate' (several spaces off for some letters) and 'incubus' (no more than one space off of each letter, and sort of in theme with the riddles thus far, but one character too short.). The actual results have still been gibberish however.[/color]>
 
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I'm awake and headed to work... someone pm me the gist of the past five pages of posts, cause it's going to take me a while to wake my brains up ^^

*hugs everyone as she almost falls off the rafters*



O.o aww.. but I had that on my lil' note book...
*checks the notepad (source) on the floor...*

Just didn't know what to do with it...
 
i need to focus again...

*takes a walk while wondering which road to take and how many steps to make*

*whistling*
 
Melody- Theres a new hint in the source, it isn't much but it is something. Other than that, we've tried different methods of pathing our way through the grid, and have even tried moving the entire grid (centering it around x) through several paths. Still nothing solid yet.
 
I had a left field thought and thought perhaps we were meant to REMOVE the letters we encountered on our little path, but that didn't shed any more light than anything else I've done, so it's a buried idea too.
 
i get a strong feeling that we still don't have the right set of numbers. the directions doesn't matter much to me now cos if that's the problem then it will be easier to adjust. any ideas on this? :rolleyes:

boxcutter: how about changing the alphabet to numbers? :biggrin: :devil:
 
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I'm thinking we're getting closer, but at an exponentially slower rate.
 
yup, we're definitely doing the right thing now. but we have to make a few changes on each step one by one in order to hit the right one. either we change directions, the number of steps. those two are the only ones not certain now. are we to count everytime from x or just start there then connect the dots.
 
Nope, failure. rrz, quit there. If only it was like a maze that we could eventually solve just by continually turning left :-P
 
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SpeedyKupad said:
my letters are still over the place :cry: :cry:

It's frustrating, because I'm forming words in the general vicinity of where my paths take me, but nothing actually on my path. That could be a clue in and of itself, but none of the words I've seen this way have actually worked.
 
its funny, i know how you got INCUBUS. :smile:

edit: that's what you call word hunting

or playing a game of boggle. 4 pts.

edit: but then they're not directly in contact so minus 1 pt.
 
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my path got the first 4 letters and kind of looped around the last three :-/ frustrating isn't it!
 
Incubus - An evil spirit believed to have sexual intercourse with women as they sleep.

Do you really think I would use that as an answer? haha.. I'm surprised there's even a word for such a thing
 
Thats only one translation of an incubus, where its seen as the male counterpart of the succubus. The most true to the mythos version of the word refers in general to evil spirits who drain their victims life essences while they sleep; attributed to crib death among other things.
 
I suppose succubus and incubus is the same thing then, if you use that definition? Or is there still a difference between them even though you leave out the sexual intercourse with men and women respectively?
 
Boxcutter said:
I suppose succubus and incubus is the same thing then, if you use that definition? Or is there still a difference between them even though you leave out the sexual intercourse with men and women respectively?

In the sexual aspect of things, succubi are usually associated with seduction as opposed to incubi who apparently take unwilling victims. In fact, some writers have portrayed succubi and incubi as the same demon, able to choose male or female form at will.

But the 'evil seductress' persona existed before the terms succubus and incubus, and that's where the succubus came from, as opposed to the incubus which has its roots as an incorporeal spirit.

I minored in mythology in college, it's always fascinated me :D
 

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