Crazy Climber & Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[jeff a]

I don't know if anyone noticed this yet, but if you reduce the colors on the pitfall map, at the bottom in the 'Tips from pitfall harry' you can see dashes and dots (morse code?).

[Pitfall Harry]

Journeyman: I think I am finally on to something. Can you tell me...what is a prism?

 

Mystic: It is a glass shaped like a pyramid. Hold it to the sun and heed its teachings well. Light is like logic. There is more to it than meets the eye.

 

Journeyman: Do you know where I may find this...prism?

 

Mystic: You seek an audience with Mrs. Graham.

 

Journeyman: Who?

 

Mystic: The proprietor of Ra's Glassworks. She lives up on the summit.

 

Journeyman: Oh, you mean Anna.

 

Mystic: Yes, that is she. While you are there, you may want to show her your message from your father. She may help you see it in a different light.

 

Journeyman: Nah. I already have that much figured out. Thanks anyway.

 

Mystic: Something you said tells me that is not entirely so.

 

 

Ben

 

[ 05-20-2002: Message edited by: Pitfall Harry ]

[Thomas Jentzsch]

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Something you said tells me that is not entirely so

 

Grrr, you know we got all the clues already and yes, I know about Anna ("Cathy") for long time now and I think she (or something about her) must be the key ("crypt") for the number code.

 

But: HOW???

 

I bet, I'm simply blind again.

[smf_4ever]

hmmmmmmm.... Rut ro raggy.. i am lost..

 

I think I am gonna start from the beginning again...

[Chris++]

Okay, I can't force myself to stay out of this thread anymore. I want badly to see someone besides me win this, so I'm going to simply interject a helpful hint.

 

Look at Pitfall Harry's most recent clue up there, folks: Anna Graham. In other words, Anagram.

 

-- Helpful Chris

[Pitfall Harry]

quote:

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Originally posted by smf_4ever:

hmmmmmmm.... Rut ro raggy.. i am lost..

 

I think I am gonna start from the beginning again...

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If you have already discovered the Contest Rules Page, you may save yourself a lot of time by taking another look at it. I have consolidated all of the clues I've posted to this thread there.

 

Also, I've noticed that you are working on this contest but you have as yet not officially registered as a contestant. If you have discovered the Contest Rules Page you will understand how to register, and you will realize the advantages of doing so BEFORE a First Prize winner is announced.

 

If you have NOT discovered the Contest Rules Page, then none of this will make any sense to you other than it may be a good idea to find the page and read it. Finding it is part of the challenge.

 

Ben

[Thomas Jentzsch]

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Originally posted by Chris Federico:

Okay, I can't force myself to stay out of this thread anymore. I want badly to see someone besides me win this, so I'm going to simply interject a helpful hint.

 

Look at Pitfall Harry's most recent clue up there, folks: Anna Graham. In other words, Anagram.

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Thanks for the tip. Now I must "only" find a way to use it.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

quote:

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Originally posted by Pitfall Harry:

If you have already discovered the Contest Rules Page, you may save yourself a lot of time by taking another look at it.

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Is it only me (again), or does that page not load anymore?

[Pitfall Harry]

quote:

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Originally posted by Thomas Jentzsch:

Is it only me (again), or does that page not load anymore?

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I think it's only you. I just visited the Contest Rules Page on my website and the copy I have of it on AtariAge as a backup. Both URLs still work.

 

Since you are already registered as a contestant, I will email you both URLs.

 

Ben

[slapdash]

I haven't had time to work on this much, but I sure don't get Ben's new clue...

 

(Und mein Deutsch ist nicht genug gut, dass ich kann deine Sätze lesen.

[Pitfall Harry]

Anna: Hello. Did you come to see me?

 

Journeyman: I came to see a hangar man.

 

Anna: I am a hangar man.

 

Journeyman: Well, I guess that proves it. Wow, you are good!

 

Anna: What can I do for you...ummm?

 

Journeyman: Oh, forgive me. I'm Pitfall Harry Jr. It's a pleasure to meet you, Anna. The mystic delivered a message to me from my father. Dad's off on another wild adventure, somewhere deep in the recesses of a forbidden jungle. I think he may be in trouble. Wait a minute...here it is. See the blue and red dots in the grey ink? That's his message.

 

Anna: You're Pitfall Harry's son! No, no. The pleasure is all mine. Please come in. Grey ink, huh?

 

Harry Jr.: Yeah, I know. That must be part of it, I think. But the dots are a message, too. I think I have the dots figured out, but the mystic thinks I may be missing something important. He advised me to get your opinion and to teach me about prisms.

 

Pitfall Harry Jr. explains to Anna the message written in the dots.

 

Anna: Of course! Now that you show me how... I can see that it is Braille, too. Sort of. But one of the characters is out of place a little, isn't it?

 

Harry Jr.: I know. And it does puzzle me. Father is meticulous to obsession. An out of place character in a message of his? It's just not like him. Still, it is but a single character. I've figured out the rest of the message, and I don't think one slightly out of place character can be all that important.

 

Anna studies Harry's Braille chart for a moment, then she glances back at the message written in the grey sheet. All at once a smile spreads across her face and her eyes light up.

 

Anna: You'd better think again. There's no mistake in this message. Your father's resourcefulness is absolutely legendary, and now I can see why. That "out of place" character makes all the difference in the world!

 

 

Ben

 

[ 05-20-2002: Message edited by: Pitfall Harry ]

[Thomas Jentzsch]

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Originally posted by Artie:

I don't know if anyone noticed this yet, but if you reduce the colors on the pitfall map, at the bottom in the 'Tips from pitfall harry' you can see dashes and dots (morse code?).

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I think, what you are refering to, are pixel , that where created during the anti aliasing of the picture and have nothing to do with the contest. I don't expect, that there is anything yet uncovered in the map graphics.

 

Or where exactly do you see those pixels?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

So, if it's not an error, it's an opening quote. That should mean that something in quotes has to follow.

 

Does that make any sense to anybody?

 

BTW: There seem to be variations of the Braille code. One says

"question mark" = "opening quote"

and the other says

"question mark" = "closing quote"

 

Shit!

 

And there also exist full word (e.g for, of, with) and letter combination (e.g ch, ou, ing) patterns, which make the whole thing even more complicated. But I think (and hope!) Ben didn't use them.

[smf_4ever]

maybe I need a new braille dictionary.. but some of these letter appear to be upside down from others within the same fields..

 

hmmm... this is making it very... challanging to decipher..

[smf_4ever]

I admit I am slow... but I finally have a good jump on the newest clue.... I never noticed the colors have something to do with it... in a way.... duh!

[Thomas Jentzsch]

quote:

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Originally posted by smf_4ever:

I admit I am slow... but I finally have a good jump on the newest clue.... I never noticed the colors have something to do with it... in a way.... duh!

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So what can you do with that prism?

 

Assuming this hint is for the number code, you could mirror

• the whole number sequence

each digit of the each number

the digits themself (6->9, 2->5, 4->?)

the text the numbers may refer to (which text, where does it start, where does it end, do all letters, spaces, line breaks etc. count?)

...?

I've tried many variations with a lot of texts, without any senseful results.

 

The only thing I found that might be helpful , was to write down the numbers that are used.

 

Here they are:

code:

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 01, 02,     04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10,

11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,

21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30,

31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38

42, 44, 45, 46,

47

, 48, 49, 50,

54, 57, 59,

61, 64, 70,

72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,

81, 82, 83, 84, 89,

91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 99,100,

105,106,

113, 118,

125,126,

138,

146, 150,

151,152

164,

...

211, 215,

?

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Notice, that the lower numbers are much more often used than the higher one. And that there are only a few missing number at the start. These numbers could refer to special characters (',.! etc.), that are not useful for the question. And notice also, that 47 is used twice and that there is a large gap between 164 and 211.

 

These might be hints to identify the text (if any!) the numbers are refering to.

 

But I'm stuck again.

[Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf]

I dont know what the bleu/red dots mean so far. But i dont think it is on coincidense the piicture file named is ELDERCHAT.png

Dave

[Pitfall Harry]

Harry Jr.: That's amazing! I would never have seen it in a million years. Yet there it was, staring me right in the face. Anna, you truly have a gift.

 

Anna: That's funny. You never would have seen the red and blue light either, had I not shown you my prism. Sunlight, too, stares you right in the face, but the colors are concealed.

 

Harry Jr.: Light is like logic.

 

Anna: Huh?

 

Harry Jr.: Oh, nothing. Maybe. What you just said reminded me of something the mystic told me.

 

Anna: Ah, yes. The mystic sees many things. His words hold powerful truths. But his truths often are cradled in shades of grey.

 

Harry Jr. gazed numbly down at the grey sheet of paper with the red and blue dots. His thoughts drifted back to another conversation he had with the mystic, days before...

 

Journeyman: Now, that's exactly what I mean! If you know so much, why is it you can you never say anything in black and white? Why must your every word be cradled in shades of grey? I think you are a fraud...the blind leading the blind.

 

...Harry Jr. came out of it a few seconds later, snapping his fingers.

 

Harry Jr.: Of course! It all makes sense to me now. How could I have been so blind!

 

Anna: Sure. Once you straighten out the last charachter. But the message doesn't tell you much. It doesn't say where they are.

 

Harry Jr.: Oh, yes it does!

 

Reaching into his pockets, Harry Jr. extracts the envelope in which the message from the elder Pitfall Harry came.

 

Harry Jr.: Father annotates every message he sends home so he can file it into his master diary later. Anna, look! Look at the annotation written on the envelope!!!

 

 

Ben

[smf_4ever]

back up Harry Jr.. I still dont have the blue/red braille worked out!!!. What envelope!!

 

.. I think I take this game too seriously... lol

[Pitfall Harry]

quote:

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Originally posted by smf_4ever:

back up Harry Jr.. I still dont have the blue/red braille worked out!!!. What envelope!!

 

.. I think I take this game too seriously... lol

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What IS an envelope?

 

Ben

[smf_4ever]

.......

[Thomas Jentzsch]

??? ??? ??? ??? ...

[Skatepunk60]

Pitfall Harry dude .. hows we make a deal you gimme dem there carts and i post pics of my g/f naked?

 

She MAY do it

[Ridenmy65]

well I gave up a long time ago but I am willing to see the g/f!!

[Pitfall Harry]

Skatepunk,

 

How about if you post the g/f pics first, and then I post clues which I deem to be of equal value?

 

Ben