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[heatha]

Yes...I think the harder I worked at it, the harder it was to answer. It was like twelth grade calculus all over again (shudder).

[Nightmare Tony]

Seek and ye shall find. It drive me crazy for about 20 minutes.

[firefox]

woo got it. after trying to work out some nifty maths for 20 or so minutes- sitting there going, noo that cant be right noooooo, reread those instructions and it actually came to me.
edit: if anyone is still stuck pls dont read anything into what i wrote, wont help you with the solve.

back on topic tho
spec- the cube is real, as it was stolen. i take it physically removed from point a (behind the curtain-sente-academy) to point b (somewhere here in our world)

or so it seems.

[Russell]

In regards to the logo It always reminds me of the Qbert game on the Atari which is quite interesting, because the creators of Atari were originally going to name it Syzygy but the name was already taken!

[beano³]

Q. "Is the ?? cube real?"
A. "Yeppers" <REF=Taken Cube!>

Q. "Can I touch the ?? cube?"
A. "You may, but it has allergies, much like human skin can." <REF=Firebox Advert!>

I would certainly put money on this, it's gotta be physical. Whether any of our puny minds can picture the cube is another matter, it could be only visible in certain times of our dimensions though. Much like the little fellas that orbit the nucleus of atoms...

...i'm sure we will know. Eventually.

[maxim]

If it is physical, I am fairly sure our task will not be to 'physically' find it, right? I know that I love bees involved some real-world connections, but since this is a British-controlled but international game, I can't see that the 'winner' will have to literally find the cube. I mean, where would it be to ensure fairness?

[Daffy889]

[Reason]

[Daffy889]

[nitefoll]

How crap would it be, if it turned out to be a smashed up rubik's cube

[Reason]

Yep could be, we will see no doubt I don't fancy meeting up with people from 7 different countries though, where would we meet? I vote for my place

[Daffy889]

[InspJJ]

Could be real, could be several components as per the Academy logo to give us all a fighting chance, anything is possible. Given the scale of the work which appears to have gone into this and the financial resources behind it I would imagine plane tickets could arrive in post!
Has anyone been asked for personal info other than e-mail address? If anyone is, especially if it is in secret, would there be any way of notifying everyone without breaking the confidentiality?
We still need to know who (singular or otherwise) has taken the cube, and if it is of size that points to more than one person. They may also be looking for help keeping it hidden, given that it is a) valuable and b) they had a good reason to piss eveyone on their side off by taking it.....

[maxim]

Well then, assuming it is real, what exactly makes these far-out observers think we'll just hand it over, eh? Mmm... I sense a ransom plot coming on...

[Pingu]

you have got a point there
but supposethey have like...uber leet nuke weapons of nooblarity that would strike us into the caves of davnion with a -5 armor rating?![/nerd]