Crazy Climber & Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[KAZ]

This is the FIRST time I actually sat down and read this whole contest. And although I'm not even a contestant, I'm willing to take a stab at an answer.

 

I don't care about winning those two carts either, so it doesn't matter if I'm wrong either (which I likely am, since this contest is so dam complex).

 

clue 1:

"The answer lies south of the border"

clue 2:

"The journey starts somewhere within"

 

Well if the journey starts somewhere within, I'd say it starts in MY STOMACH

 

Answer 1: MY STOMACH

 

And what lies south of the border that could feed my hunger? TACO JOHN'S

 

Answer 2: TACO JOHN'S

 

But I figure that these two answers are so simplistic, that they couldn't possibly be the correct answer with all this color and braille stuff floating around.

 

But then again, Pitfall Harry said the answer would stare you in the face.

 

Answer 3: YOU

[Pitfall Harry]

Mystic: Did you go see Anna Graham?

 

Harry Jr.: Yes.

 

Mystic: And did she notice the slightly out of place character in the message from your father?

 

Harry Jr.: Do you mean the message with the blue and red dots on a grey field... the one you handed to me in an envelope annotated with the same elderchat.png filename you used when you later posted it on the AtariAge message board?

 

Mystic: Yes. That's the one.

 

Harry Jr.: Yes, she did. She reasoned that the final character in the message was purposely shifted out of place by my father to create a positional ambiguity which might confuse potential interceptors of the message. It turned out not to be a punctuation mark afterall, but rather a single letter of the alphabet. Once she realized that, her powers of anagam recognition enabled her to instantly unscramble the true meaning of the message.

 

Mystic: Geepers, she's really smart.

 

Harry Jr.: Yeah.

 

 

Ben

[smf_4ever]

I thought I was onto something last night.. about 2 am.. but I fell asleep and lost it. (and my wife kicked my butt for staying up with my "stupid crap").. I need to hide from her better... lol.. hmmmmmm..I feel like I am so close... but I still can't see.. GRRRR

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Thanks for the last tip, Ben.

 

While having a long hot bath, I could solve my first anagram.

 

I swear, I have already checked this place, but without success. Maybe I should look other similar places.

[iguana]

Iguana: Mystic I have a question for you

 

Mystic: What is it my son?

 

Iguana: What is black and blue and red all over?

 

Mystic: I do not understand my son.

Iguana: Your body if you do not stop seaking inthese riddles. try this in for size.(Iguana pulls ot a "mystical" hand gun and starts fragging the mystic) Ha! try reading these dots!!

 

Mystic: But my son, life is but a game.

 

"I would like to say this is only a mental breakdown and in no way should be construed as a threat to Pitfall Harry or his excellent contest!"

[TheYoungProgrammer]

Does this seem familiar?

 

hq

ysr

kz ?

trj

bo

 

I just don't get it?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

quote:

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Originally posted by BlueGround Games:

Does this seem familiar?

 

hq

ysr

kz ?

trj

bo

 

I just don't get it?

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Have you ever wondered why the codes are in blue and red? The colors are the key!

[TheYoungProgrammer]

I think it has to do with where the squares are. Maybe you have to pay attention to a certain color before you do anything with the other. I need another quote thing from Pitfall Harry.

[TheYoungProgrammer]

Or maybe this is it?

 

tky

;rzs.

o"r can't identify next letter?

?

 

That's all I have. Better luck next time.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

quote:

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Originally posted by Thomas Jentzsch:

Thanks for the last tip, Ben.

 

While having a long hot bath, I could solve my first anagram.

 

I swear, I have already checked this place, but without success. Maybe I should look other similar places.

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Update: I finally decoded the number code!

One more to go...

 

BTW: Don't think to twisted for this! There is only on little thing, that you have to do, before you decode.

[TheYoungProgrammer]

I still don't get it. What is the number code?

[slapdash]

Wow, man... I've been totally lost recently. I don't get the red/blue thing (anagram or not)... I don't get why Anna = Cathy... And thought the Mystic et al have been very verbose, little is sinking in.

 

(BTW Ben, did you prepare these dialogues ahead of time, or are you making them up as you go along?)

[Pitfall Harry]

Tips From Pitfall Harry...

 

If you stare straight into the sun, it could lead to Red/Blue color blindness or an inability to distinguish foreground from background.

 

I hope this helps my optic friends.

 

Ben

[Skatepunk60]

quote:

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Originally posted by 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

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Well first time i asked didnt go well *rubs balls* oww , i WILL get her to do it , next time ill wear a cup oww

[Thomas Jentzsch]

So it's not "...RA ?" but "...RAH" ? Hmm...

 

RA made perfect sense to me. That's a right angled one which reverses the picture.

 

So finally this should be another anagram. My "powers of anagram recognition" are very weak. "HARRY" maybe and something else.

 

Did anybody find a solution already?

[MattyXB]

Congartulation Thomas. So you have all 3 questions? Or do you miss the Braille one?

 

So you win, I have no idea anymore.

 

Good luck Thomas.

 

PS: If you not collect Atari 2600 VCS games Thomas, I know a guy who you can sold your price.

[Pitfall Harry]

Finding three questions is not the same thing as having found three answers. I will announce at once as soon as somebody has solved all three to claim First Prize.

 

Keep in mind that Second Prize is quite valuable, too, and certainly worth fighting for IF and When First Prize has finally been won.

 

 

Ben

[Thomas Jentzsch]

quote:

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Originally posted by MattyXB:

Congartulation Thomas. So you have all 3 questions? Or do you miss the Braille one?

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I think, I have two questions and one or two correct answers (Ben knows ).

 

The Braille question seems to be another anagram which I'm still trying to solve.

 

quote

PS: If you not collect Atari 2600 VCS games Thomas, I know a guy who you can sold your price.            

You are not the first one to ask, and probably not the last.

 

But until now, I haven't won anything.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

quote:

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Originally posted by Russ Perry Jr:

I don't get why Anna = Cathy

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Don't worry, that was a misinterpretation of me (cradle = baby = daughter = Catherine Anne).

[smf_4ever]

GRRRRR....I feel like I am at sq one again.. noe of it is making sense.. I have gone over all the clues and everything in the post here.. and as far as I can see.. I can only see maybe two questions.. (reb/blue braille.. and numbers) and I still haven't gotten them.. (unless the first braille is the first question... which again... lost on me)... I keep waiting for that glimmer of light that points it all togather (like those dumb hidden picture things).. "Why can't I see the sailboat!!"

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Anybody here who solved the Braille question/anagram?

 

After having decripted the two other questions, I still have some clues left:

1. the Braille encoded question

2. the resorting poem

3. the Braille clue

4. the ring inside the "!"

5. the key at 82

 

#1, #2 and #3 belong together, that's where I'm quite sure. But how #3 and #4 might help here, I don't know.

 

Since the two other questions did not need those clues, I think they are either worthless (which I don't believe) or neccessary to solve the question in #1.

[slapdash]

I thought I had the Braille question anagrammed properly, but I can't find an answer to the question I think it's asking, so that would seem to indicate that it is NOT in fact correct. I did find a second anagram that makes a sensible question, but again, no answer.

 

Still no time to look more at the red/blue, but it still means nothing to me. Ugh.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

It has become very quiet around here. Does everybody except Russ and me have given up?

[Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf]

Not me. I'm quiet for a three reasons. Hehehe.

 

Dave

[Malix]

This thread I would have to say will be the longest and remain so.

 

I cant see anything else beating the 300 post mark. Can you guys/gals?