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[Tiny]

Ok, if we are honestly going to do this as a team, or a group we should sign up one account, and all use that one account. I think it would be a good idea, I mean, we've got some of the brightest people in this community from around the US, who's with me? I'm especially for working as a team, becuase I am totally not 18 yet, but I definetly think this community stands a chance at taking the gold. Well, I actually went and read all the terms and service ageement, and there isn't a single word saying that an account can't be used by more then one person, but technically the prize money isn't 1 milliom, it's actually 50% of the revenue gained from advertising by the end of the game, up to 1 million.
Tj-

[Delusional]

ok can someone help me?
i know the answer to the seconde question is peter the great but i'v found so many diffrent spellings for his name and can't get it to work. so if some one knows the correct spelling please let me know.

[Myeerah]

Woot! it took me forever to get the Peter Romanov thing...tried all kinds of last names he supposedly had. But at any rate...I finally made it to the first room but theres only 2 picture clues revealed.any idea when the others will be revealed? I'm kinda stuck at the moment since I cant download the gameboard on my PC at work. Ah well..this is kinda fun and kills time at work. Hehe

[jamesi]

[Delusional]

[Challus Gamemaster]

From GameMaster

[Challus Gamemaster]

Recant...

[gouldeneye]

count me in for the grouping

[catherwood]

Hello, Gamemaster. This is the first I'm hearing about this, and I will certainly take a more in-depth look soon. The bit with the missing parentheses doesn't bode well for me. Don't take this as anything more than idle curiosity, but are there any credentials for who is setting the puzzles and proofreading them?

[ItWasntMeISwear]

Math

[Challus Gamemaster]

The original math equation was correct. There was an error when the graphic was created that no one caught (it was so subtle that it was difficult to track down). No offense taken by your asking... very fair and valid question.

Yes, all clues are designed, researched and ultimately approved by three people. This just happened to be a graphic design issue. My apologies if it cost anyone any problems.

Let me know if you have other concerns.

Thanks.

[strife777]

I actually have a concern, and by it I mean no disrespect, so please don't take it that way. Why isn't the finished product up, and what guarantees do we have that this contest will ever be able to be solved if it isn't. A few other games offered a prize and never fixed a broken game (see www.timehunt.com), while still worse another had the same set-up as you (ad revenue goes into the pot) and proceeded to first shut down, then relaunch and put up an impossible to solve non-sensical problem so he could just pocket the ad-revenues and never have to pay the promised prize (see nr.wireplay.co.uk). I honestly don't understand the purpose of putting up a contest in a non-solveable state, other than you want to boost the pot, which is understandable in a sense (since you intend to profit off this as well), but offers absolutely no guarantee that you won't just take the money after a couple of months and run.

In the long run, if its fun and challenging, I'll enjoy playing no matter what, I just really hope their will actually be an ENTIRE game.

[Challus Gamemaster]

No offense taken. I completely understand your concern.

Let me start off by saying that I've heard of this type of "scam" happening before. So, to ease some of your concerns, I will bring this up to the other members and we will put a guaranteed prize in the rules; meaning that someone will win the prize no matter what happens. We just have to work out the literature.

The reason we haven't put up a finished game yet is exactly as you guessed... we want/need to build the pot. The entire game has been story-boarded for more than a year now and we were finally able to launch just last week. In addition, we have already begun scripting Challus 2, so if we "screw" people out of the prize with this game, then we have no chance of bringing people back for another.

Challus is affiliated with Sybonal Business Services (www.sybonal.com), a legitimate web development company in the US. We and Sybonal are both putting our reputations on the line and WILL NOT "take the money and run". So, if there is anything else I can do to ease your concerns, or if there is some type of literature you'd like to see posted, please do not hesitate to ask.

Thanks for playing!!

[ItWasntMeISwear]

Here is the problem....

[Challus Gamemaster]

Thanks for the compliment about the puzzles!!

To answer your question, it is Pay Per View on the ads. We have established advertisers that will pay based on the views to their ad, and pay again for click-thrus.

Hope that puts your mind at ease a bit. More puzzles to come!