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Originally posted by BILL DOOR
Morning all!,
not ALL the n00bs left, I'm here
I needed sleep as i was working on this till 2 am last night.
How far are we up to?
Originally posted by BILL DOOR
Anyone know the significance of the r36 at the bottom of the page?
Originally posted by mythatsabigprobe
Originally posted by BILL DOOR
Anyone know the significance of the r36 at the bottom of the page?
Working on it but no luck so far.
I've tried revision, return, resume, reserve, with "36" and "thirtysix". I even tried "arrrrghh"...
Originally posted by Professor_X
Here is my complied works as of nearly the last two hours...I know many of you may believe other clues exist (they can), but you must keep in mind that there has yet to be an outside of the site clue (non-research) other than tags. Other posts, blogs, sigs, weird coincidences, etc. may or may not be clues. the main point is that they have been proven unnecessary in solving problems. Okay my analysis:
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Initial thoughts
level error you are not yet worthy [perhaps another discouraging message to stop from continuing]
distribute this site URL far and wide [believed to have a literal sense since many messages have appeared before this to spread the site and ATS stated it has a relationship with the prize...this line should be taken literally]
the value of the reward depends upon it [100% correlation with previous statement..no two seperate meanings]
the remaining questions are going to be the hardest [last time a degree of difficulty was mentioned, the response included a remark against the challenge 'givemethehardones'..with everything else, hard to tell if it is key]
(a)This question will revert to the planned version when site traffic levels, (b)the result of spreading the URL, (c)reach the expected number. [big line, many hidden messages.. go part by part...]
(a)last time there was mention of a delay, no actual planned delay existed, rather it was a discouraging message. key words: site traffic, levels, version
(b)references the second line of text, again seemingly in a literal sense
(c)stating that there is a goal number. however, ATS states that there is no upper limit to the counter and that there has been no clues leading toward manipulation of the counter or an 'expected number'.
Tags as Possible Clues
patience
site traffic (verified TFATE traffic)
urchin
Strongest Clues
site traffic
urchin
level(s)
version
Main Analysis
the answer is either a clever phrase stating one of two things:
stating a negative against promoting the site [or]
stating a completion of promoting/reaching a level at the site
or the answer is research based combining several elements with the central part 'urchin' combined with urchin abilities, statistical displays, levels and/or versions of the software
Conclusions
from analysizing the information, one of three possibilties is present.
(1) The answer must be a clever phrase because the 'researched' answer is missing a third component/clue. From past research-based answers, there was only ever a need for two components making the field of research narrow. For example, #14 stumped us for a while "subject at 8". Two clues (the difference between now and then was that the clues were obvious and now are hidden) 'subject' and 'at 8' made it narrow enough to research the answer. As of now, we have one narrow clue 'urchin' but only secondary traits associated with it.
(2) The answer may be research based and we have never discovered the remaining 'direct' clue that, combined with 'urchin' narrows down to a practical place to start searching. Therefore, finding another clue may still be necessary.
(3) There are enough clues and I have not been able to deceipher their meanings to create a valid place to start research.
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Okay so basically, I see those three bottom options at the bottom...and I would like everyone to make a strong effort at those three...perhaps all on the same so we may collaborate together on a similar topic.
Please someone make some disscussion on this so we can get going. I haven't read a post in a while that makes any strong ideas, theories, or suggestions that may lead to answering this.
-Prof. X
Originally posted by mythatsabigprobe
Dont' know about that Billdoor, the "r36" appeared overnight so I'm not sure who else's working on it.