Re: The Orb in Luna...
psz;302871 said:
Suggestion: Look up all of ASayre and my posts on the subject. Ignore EVERYONE ELSE'S stuff.
You won't regret it ;->
So i looked them all up here they all are if it helps anyone.
There are a few other peoples posts in there so that you can see what is being talked about.
There a few more recent posts which i havn't included but i can't be arsed to do more than this.
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ASayre:
Oh, it means something. There IS an answer. And the orb does accept input when the right answer is put in.
I'm not THAT sadistic to write this puzzle/riddle and such to have no answer.
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psz:
I am! >;->
But I didn't write it V_V
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psz:
That is the Elf City, yes. It's been there for... Close to five months now
(along with two of the ML dungeons. A third was added a couple of weeks ago)
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ASayre:
Quote:
Originally Posted by deoren-demise
Oh the admins have got to be loving this.
That I am! but that doesn't mean that I don't want yall to solve it either!
The other admins and staff don't know the answer either, hehe
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ASayre
I've said in the past on IRC there IS a reward, and it is worth your while if you can figure it out!
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ASayre
http://asayre.uodemise.com/puzzle.gif <- desktop background
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ASayre
noone's solved it yet
And there's even a reward as incentive. BLA
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psz:
I had a hint, but ASayre deleted it and threatened to castrate me with a dull spoon V_V
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ASayre:
If I told yall more, it wouldn't be much of a CHALLENGING PUZZLE/RIDDLE now would it.
The whole point is the figure it out. ;P
There are no clues.
What you see is the entire puzzle/riddle. Maybe I'll call it a rizzle.
If I make 3 more, then I can say there's 'fo rizzle'. And then I will kill myself for having used that term.
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psz:
Quote:
Originally Posted by deoren-demise
psz, could you have figured this out were you not involved? Would it have been obvious to you?
I was damn close ;->
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psz:
No giving up, damnit! You'll kick yourself if you do!
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ASayre:
Brute forcing it won't work.
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psz:
As ASayre said in the past: That last line with the ? is just a line asking for input. Nothing more, nothing less.
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psz:
Innu The Crone is a quest that's been in UO for..... A damn long time (3 years+?)
Which "Pink Moongates" are you referring to? Red ones lead you to Fel (And have for years)
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ASayre:
Quote:
Originally Posted by psz
No giving up, damnit! You'll kick yourself if you do!
Players of demise, read that quote.
(note: desktop link earlier in the thread fixed)
to all you people asking for clues: If I did, what would be the point of the puzzle/riddle in the first place?!
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psz:
Quote:
Originally Posted by gozergs
you guys are thinking too hard
^^^^^^
As for my last post, seriously: WHAT pink moongates?
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psz:
There is a definate answer that can be typed in to the Orb question.
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psz:
Go beat some penguins. Tis the ultimate distraction!
(That and batting penguins is just cool ^_^)
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LadyCrimson:
I think I am permitted to say...
*looks around for Asayre's no*
It does have an answer and the reward is well worth it.
LC
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LadyCrimson:
nothing like the firesteed ethie
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ASayre:
C'mon now.
If I can write it, surely yall can figure it out!
Don't pansy out on us, people!
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psz:
Maybe it's words. Maybe it's letters. Maybe it's ASCII. Maybe it's numbers. Maybe it's UNICODE.
Maybe it's severalspeciesofsmallfurryanimalsgatheredtogetheri nacaveandgroovingwithapict.
Maybe it's the phone number to ASayre's ex-GF from HS who now works at the local Pizza Hut and is looking for a date
(Then again, maybe not)
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psz:
I will say this: We have persistant, if mildly insane, players.
(To say nothing of the staff...)
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psz:
You weren't around when Demise FIRST opened ;->
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ASayre:
I don't get how that's an understatement.
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psz:
Quote:
Originally Posted by spanch
true its impossible to solve as it is now, no reference to anything no idea if its a sentence a word or even a number
cant solve it like that and the hints that WERE givven just confuse more, thinking out of the box is one thing this
riddle just blows your brain out of your skull
It is NOT impossible to solve. Never has been.
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psz:
Even without knowing the answer, it was never impossible to solve.
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psz:
When you see the answer, and how it comes about, I promise... At *LEAST* 30 people on these forums
will kick themselves 12 times over ^_^
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ASayre:
Quote:
Originally Posted by psz
When you see the answer, and how it comes about, I promise... At *LEAST* 30 people on these forums will kick themselves 12 times over ^_^
only 12 times?
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ASayre:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister Dank
The fact that this makes you happy makes you a sadist...
That'd be me.
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psz:
Nah, most likely someone will read it "one last time", check this thread "one last time" and a day and 3/4
later they'll sit up in bed and go "OH SH!T! I GOT IT!"
Only to find someone got to it first...
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LadyCrimson:
I'm most curious how many folks, after the application as posted, ran to the orb and actually typed in cheesecake...
anyone care to admit?
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ASayre:
Yay cheesecake!
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psz:
My ex made KILLER cherry cheesecake.... And there's a Hersey's Icecream Shop here that does malts and milkshakes
and they have an amazing Cheesecake Malt.... Mmmm....
Er
Nothing to do with the Luna Orb, I just like cheesecake and malts ^_^
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psz:
Mmmm... 42 Malts.....
I personally like the malts more than shakes because they tend to be thicker and have a... I dunno... hearty flavour.
Anyway, back to the orb!
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ASayre:
It's NOT unsolvable.
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psz:
It will, and when it is most people, as I said, will be kicking themselves ;->
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ASayre:
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Originally Posted by psz
It will, and when it is most people, as I said, will be kicking themselves ;->
pft, I said they'd be kicking themselves first!
It's even there in the answer page, it SAYS they'd be kicking themselves. ehehe
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psz:
So, we're at 37 pages of this thread (default forum settings used), and I've seen:
Numbers
Words
Spells
Codes
Songs
Beats
Rythems
Food
Colours
Letters
Band Names
Book Titles
Movie Titles
UO stuff
Ultima stuff
Computer stuff
Cheesecake
And some of the weirdest hardest to follow complex concepts I've seen since non-linear mathmatics
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psz:
Sticky == Not needed ;->
(Plus I personally look at where it is in the list, not if the title is bold, to judge if someone's posted or not)
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psz:
That's just UO's font.
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psz:
There are many many clues that have already been given.
Some of which that are actually helpful ^_^
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psz:
Nah. Some just weren't clues but people just assumed they were ^_^
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psz:
Other than the ones on the Orb?
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ASayre:
42!
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korrdite:
all i have been able to figure out.... is everyone is trying too hard with this thing.... the text string....
Second in Aqua but reverse... you reverse aqua, and look at the second, U... common slang for you......
Just like each word except the last character... ok... very common in riddles... you take each word literally....
except the last so you get Each wor.... we're up to You each wor.... Just like end without the fifth...
this part is confusing... i take end as a synonym... server name is demise, end and demise are synonyms...
very logical there... but drop the fifth so it's Demie.... getting you each wor demie...
i see that and mind makes me think "you each worried me"
which is really the admin telling us we worried him that we can't get it...
the riddle fuels the puzzle.... the puzzle is what needs to be figured out... i'm just starting on the puzzle....
haven't made a correlation but i plan to start with Cryptogram.... so the puzzle is the real problem,
the riddle is there to tempt us from not focusing on the puzzle... that's all i got for now, hope i've helped anyone out...
would love input on how it appears i've done so far.
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psz:
Korr rules.
Or is nuts.
Or both.
Or neither.
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korrdite:
Thanks Psz.... do me a favor and drop a straight jacket in my pack? my character needs it for looks while i'm sitting
here at the orb
scratches head.... it was solvable when it was just ......../... ./..__......
the only thing that this can translate to is 8/31/2006.... i can't find anything else that will fit in the puzzle....
so this puts me no where in the quest to solve the mysterious orb grail.....
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psz:
Nah.
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ASayre:
zomg, Page 42! (using default forum settings!)
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psz:
Post means After The End... OMG! I just used the Post Button!!!!!
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psz:
Nah, you type it in the orb itself (Makes it easy to figure out who answers it first :-P).
We're just paying attention because, having read this thread for so long, we're having a good laugh at, well,
the fact that it's right in front of everyone ^_^
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psz:
Pff.. Subtle? Some have been blatant.
Some have been outright wrong ^_^
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psz:
Quote:
Originally Posted by korrdite
what really sucks about this riddle is that as hard as it is, it's reallly freaking simple too......
QFT
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psz:
ROTFLMAO, really? IIRC, QFT is OS like 4TW. Anyway, back to XP(based on NT, not DOS) for C# and UO.
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psz:
Newp. Quoted For Truth.
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Tunuyan:
Has anyone typed anything remotly close yet?
wait remotly close could mean anything....
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psz:
Yup
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ASayre:
As close as a grape.
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psz:
Excuse me, but it's quite inconsiderate to call someone a Sadistic Pervert, especially when he's providing you a
free shard, Halloween Theme, Orb-Puzzle, and Forums. I think you should be ashamed of yourself and should
sit back and consider how it must feel for him to go through all of this, on top of work and school daily.
Besides.
He's a maloderous coffee-nosed pervert. Get it right.
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ASayre:
I don't even like coffee.
(YAY TEA!)
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psz:
Lightweight :-P
(Actually, I only occasionally drink coffee myself, and prefer green tea and unsweetened "brown" tea usually)
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psz:
P.S.
Great Pumpkin ftw
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psz:
It's the "normal" tea served in England, America, etc.
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psz:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maglor Taralom
reading the trilogy of four at the moment... <3
Ahem... Trilogy of *FIVE* thankyouverymuch
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psz:
I still think you'll all kick yourselves when someone does answer it...
(I keep losing posts to ASayre)
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ASayre:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Setsuma
You people are sad. Just stop caring and it'll go away.
It'll still be there... staring at you... waiting...
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psz:
I would never mislead.
Unless it was funny.
Or legit.
Or not.
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ASayre:
I still don't understand why noone, out of the thousndas of demise players, has yet to solve it.
Everyone who's seen it says it makes sense.
Why can't yall collectively make sense of all of it?
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ASayre:
Quote:
Originally Posted by lukin69
its been in my screensaver rotation and set as my bg at work for months..i look at it all the
time...so used to seeing it now its kind of become second nature to say it to myself as im driving or whatever....
gawk asayre what have you done to me!?
Please deposit 25 cents to continue.
< <
> >
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psz:
Or.... Someone could just type the proper answer in the prompt ^_^
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psz:
He's making reference to the board game Clue.
One of the potential answers for Suspect is "Col. Mustard", one of the potential weapons is "Lead Pipe"
and one of the potential locations is "The Study"
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psz:
Classic. Utterly classic.
Tim Curry made the ultimate butler.
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ASayre:
http://uodemise.com/asayre/puzzle.gif
Still waiting to be solved...
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ASayre:
Finger painting is fun, albeit messy
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ASayre:
http://runuo.com/asayre/nosolvers.png
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psz:
Works fine
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psz:
Actually, as I've said before, when it IS answered, people will be kicking themselves numerous times for not getting
it sooner.
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psz:
Nah, his forum name is *thud*
*collapse*
Please disregard this message. -- ASayre
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ASayre:
Hurry up and solve.
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psz:
No delusion here. When the answer is given, people will put themselves through ultimate torture.
Life will be layed to ruin!
Everything will be made clear!
The universe will rejoice!
Or they'll just horde their crap and feel smug.
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psz
150,000?!?!
*pheerz the world saves*
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psz:
I said it was a song? *confused*
*thinks*
Actually, it might be, now that I think about it ^_^
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psz:
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Originally Posted by shiftydaclown1
its either
A: A song
B: ur trying to mislead us who knows but i SWEAR ill be the one to answer it
Actually, it was never my intention to imply a song (I really DON'T remember claiming that before)
HOWEVER
After I'd read that post, it clicked off an old memory, and I *THINK* there may actually be a song, but I'm not sure.
No, I'm not bothering to double check, I just think it may be a song afterall
I will say this: Song or not, it doesn't make it easier or harder. (Just one of those random coincidences)
Of course, everyone will read way too much into this post, so I'm just gonna stop now while I'm ahead :-/
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psz:
No, actually I meant that I think there's a song with a very similar name to the answer. (Not the same, I don't think)
Still looking for it so I don't feel dumb when it's answered V_V
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psz:
That would require ASayre being available.
(And I'm not allowed to offer any more clues, as I have "gone well beyond the limit of hints" for this riddle)
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psz:
Sure I can repeat them! By pointing out they're all still in this thread ^_^
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LadyCrimson:
Just as a note, the image around the orb has changed - it has yet to be solved!
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psz:
Actually, what I said was I THINK there's a song with the answer in the title.
I have yet to find said song V_V
BTW: I hated the Tomb Raider movie... My co-workers dragged me to it in the theatre.
It was almost (not quite!) as bad as Queen Of The Damned. Sorry, random tangent.
I need to see Balls of Fury to erase the Tomb Raider crappiness from my mind.
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psz:
It does make sense... It's just very round about to get the answer (which is quite easy, in the end).
Just like everything else in the universe, the riddle/dots/whatever are a long way to a short answer.
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psz:
A movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return.
The seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one.
Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune.
Sunset.
Sorry, felt like some Pink Floyd :-P
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psz:
Suggestion: Look up all of ASayre and my posts on the subject. Ignore EVERYONE ELSE'S stuff.
You won't regret it ;->
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psz:
Trust me, between what ASayre wrote, and what I wrote, the answer is blatant.
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psz:
Just would like to point out that after all this time of reading theories and ideas etc,
I had almost totally forgotten the "true" method of answering the riddle (though the answer is firmly imbeded in my brain)
However, after re-reading the actual method, I stand by my previous statements ^_^
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psz:
I was told the answer like 3 days after it was up :-P (I was on the right track, though)
And I never said anyone was wrong answer-wise. I said that some were wrong METHOD-wise.
Well, actually, obviously no one has been right with the answer, otherwise they'd have typed it
into the orb and <Insert Correct-Orb-Answer-Reward-Here>.
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psz:
Actually, I think all the admins (Me, Ferris, ASayre) and some of the higher-ranked staff know the answer.
And just to make sure I don't let things slip, I've erased the method from my computer ;->
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psz:
Well, my initials ARE p *S* z afterall ;->
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psz:
UO's language is english. The "runic font" translates directly to english. So, it's not so much a language as a typeset.
There are literally dozens of Ultima Font listings on the net for looking it up (mostly for Ultima 5 and 6)
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psz:
Britannic Runes are always English. Always.
I used to be able to read it almost :-P
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psz:
Newest Clue: The answer can be typed in using any keyboard that supports romanized character sets!
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psz:
It was mostly a joke and/or confirmation that there's no odd "ctrl-alt" characters involved :-P
Any normal keyboard from... Anywhere in the world I can actively think of can answer the riddle.
No uncommon letters/numbers/symbols/characters involved.
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psz:
I figure that in 14 years, I'll sit back and realise it's still not answered :-P
The answer is so easy. Hell, I've seen "variants" of the answer posted a few times and been like "Oooh! They've almost got it!"
only to never see anyone actually get it.
Then again, I've seen some answers that have about as much to do with the answer as haggis has to do with quantum physics.
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psz:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Feersum Endjinn
PS The only clue I know about for sure is: "It is very easy really and you will all kick yourselves
when you hear the solution".
And all the ones where I spelled it out ^_^
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psz:
I said I thought the answer was mentioned in A song.
I then said I was wrong :-P
(Chapter 24... More evidence that though clever, Syd Barrett was on WAY too many drugs...
Chinese universal time calculator and all)
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LadyCrimson:
So far the plan is to just leave the orb up till someone solves it. It has an answer. It has a prize.
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LadyCrimson:
The prize has always remained top secret and it has remained unchanged since the beginning.
