Room 34 Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 http://atari.room34.com/adventure/winners.php frickin' awesome contest! I wish the rest of you many hours of pleasure vying for second and third places. Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 FEH! I've gone over and over and over the word search, and tried to find a clue in the posts. Feh! I give up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wet Blanket Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 OOH! I just noticed something very interesting about the word search in that old contest by Pitfall Harry. I'm getting some ideas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I have officially quit trying. Stuck on number 3, I'm so ashamed I was just too dumb for this one, oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Unfortunately, I already know what "group" of game titles I'm looking in, so this doesn't help me much. But I'll keep looking. I feel like an idiot because I printed out the word search, have cut it into several smaller pieces and swapped them around, but still nothing conclusive. Looks like almost everybody (except a few lucky ones) are stuck at the very same point. And the clue didn't help me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NE146 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Unfortunately, I already know what "group" of game titles I'm looking in, so this doesn't help me much. But I'll keep looking. I feel like an idiot because I printed out the word search, have cut it into several smaller pieces and swapped them around, but still nothing conclusive. Looks like almost everybody (except a few lucky ones) are stuck at the very same point. And the clue didn't help me too. uhhh.. doesn't look like you're having THAT much trouble since you're listed as one of the winners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 uhhh.. doesn't look like you're having THAT much trouble since you're listed as one of the winners No, I was bored and just have cheated! Check again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I just wish this contest would end. Come on second and third, get this thing over with So another actual game playing contest could come around again. I am good at those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 uhhh.. doesn't look like you're having THAT much trouble since you're listed as one of the winners No, I was bored and just have cheated! Check again! Thomas has entered a gray area of manipulation of the contest here. However, since what he did merely exposed my laziness in how I constructed the winners page, and did not get him ANY closer to solving any of the puzzles, I am going to allow the contest to continue. I am, however, attempting to shore up that little loophole so no one else abuses it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 In fairness to all, I will tell you what Thomas did that got his name on the winners list. He found that if he manually typed into the address bar the code that makes the arrows work, he could view rooms he was not authorized to access yet, like this: javascript:roomLink(6) Go ahead and try it now... I have fixed the problem. It is only fair to give an additional piece of information. Like Spinal Tap's guitar amps, the number of rooms in this contest goes to 11. I regret that I have had to fix minor bugs like this as the contest has been running. It's my own fault for not spending a few weeks (or even a few DAYS) QA testing before I launched it. However, no "bugs" that have been uncovered so far have in any way affected the outcome of the contest, so I feel it is fair to keep it going. Keir DID complete all challenges and win fair and square, and everyone else who is competing now has the same chance of winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Nice work Thomas! How is it that you can figure that out, but can't figure out how to solve a simple word search! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Go ahead and try it now... I have fixed the problem. Do I win something if I find another bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 Go ahead and try it now... I have fixed the problem. Do I win something if I find another bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Go ahead and try it now... I have fixed the problem. Do I win something if I find another bug? Makes me want to get into the programming dept. at my company.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 10$? It's a deal! Actually discovering this bug was my first sense of achievement in this contest for days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 If M$ did that, we'd be rich instead of Bill Gate and Windows would be bug free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted December 2, 2003 Author Share Posted December 2, 2003 Congratulations to Chuck Gill for winning second place! There's still one prize left (a thrilling $5 credit at the AtariAge Store!!!) but more importantly, everyone who completes the challenge gets the satisfaction of completing it and gets their name enshrined on the Winners page! Once all three winners are selected, I will begin revealing answers to the challenges... but for those of you who are doing this "for fun," I will refrain from revealing everything right away. (I may just give you the word search though... there's too much more fun stuff beyond it to have everyone cash out so early!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Gill Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Awesome contest! Glad I did it. My wife helped me with the puzzles, she can blorple a cube like nobody's business. All those years of Infocom games have proved their worth. I'll have to split the prize with her. Don't drop out! After the insane word search puzzle, it is a lot more fun and less complex. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 My wife helped me with the puzzles, she can blorple a cube like nobody's business. Blorple : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 My wife helped me with the puzzles, she can blorple a cube like nobody's business. Blorple : I don't get that one either??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted December 2, 2003 Author Share Posted December 2, 2003 OFFICIAL CLUE #2 "Enough with ye Olde English," said the Evil Magician. "I was never any goode at it anyway." He pondered what to say next. "This word search I have created is far more difficult than I had imagined. All this effort, merely to slay Grundle! Even Rhindle's Riddles are not such a challenge!" The Evil Magician rubbed his eyes. "I am weary. Perhaps I should simplify matters. But I still want to give these adventurers some challenge to overcome." "OK," said the Macigian. "I will give these adventurers two simple visual clues to unlock the secret." Visual Clue #1: Visual Clue #2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Gill Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Sorry about that. To 'Blorple the cube' was a reference to the Infocom Enchanter Trilogy. The sequel to the Zork Trilogy. It was sort of a difficult puzzle plus (sort of) a tesseract reference from the game Spellbreaker. We played all of these games together years ago. Yeah we were nerds even back then. From the Encyclopedia Frobozzica - Blorple, Explore an object's mystic connections. Often when cast on a cube it would transform you and the cube to another location. For more info Google "blorple" Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 A quick Q for you Chuck about the box art puzzle... do you need all 23 or did you get away with less? If so, how many did you identify in the end? I'm up to 10 so far but it's very slow going as I've gotten rid of all of the "easy" ones I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Gill Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 A quick Q for you Chuck about the box art puzzle... do you need all 23 or did you get away with less? If so, how many did you identify in the end? I'm up to 10 so far but it's very slow going as I've gotten rid of all of the "easy" ones I think... I really wanted to find them all, but I guessed my answer to the challenge at 16 positive id's. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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