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teh_lisa
Entrenched
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 950 Location: my chair
the first door so i don't see this anywhere else. it is called the first door and is a switch the url type of trail but without looking at source codes or destegging images etc. i am at the 7th level and stuck. so far it has been very enjoyable and challenging.
thefirstdoor.co.uk
*edit* i should add there is a HUGE thread on this over at lazylaces http://www.lazylaces.com/article.asp?p=1986#comments
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:47 pm
pushECX
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Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 79 Location: Louisville, KY
This is VERY interesting, thanks a lot. I am stuck on the modern piano and cannot get past it. Any ideas?
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:37 am
Adam G.
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Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 71 Location: England, Bristol
I don;'t understand what needs changing spesificaly.
http://thefirstdoor.co.uk/TheFirstDoor/index4.htm
Do i need to put The Second Door/password here.htm or am I way off?
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:30 am
brimstoner
Boot
Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 54
Arrrrgggghh!! So I can see here, but I cannot see lazylaces from work. I got to the first puzzle, but I dont quite understand what solve means here. Its just a picture, and I cannot derive anything from it via altering the pic. Anyone got a hint about the method to turn a picture of dots into an answer?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:49 am
BottomlessPitMan
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Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 136 Location: San Jose, Ca
He tells you exactly what to do in the last paragraph...
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put TheFirstDoor/YouWantToFindMe.htm
then proceed from there...
EDIT: Stuck on the freakin' modern piano... Help??
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:31 pm
The First Door
Kilroy
Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 1
Hello, all.
I'm glad to see people are following my trail again.
As the rules seem to state quite clearly that I may not post here too often, or in fact more than once, I will say this: If you are completely stuck, feel free to send me a private message. Please be aware, under no circumstances will I freely give away an answer, but I am more than happy to give small clues, or pointers in the right direction.
Oh, and remember: You do not need to use photo manipulation software on any of the images. Everything you need is there already. However, I hope you visited the first dead end.
Good luck everyone. Perhaps I will see you at the end.
The First Door
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:26 pm
lyonmain
Boot
Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 26
Bottomless Pit Man,
I hate to be a party-pooper, but I'm having the same trouble as the others and am rapidly losing the will to proceed.
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TheFirstDoor/YouWishToFindMe.htm (and YouWantToFindMe.htm) does not lead anywhere
Am I typing in something incorrect or has the link been broken, or am I missing something blatantly obvious?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:27 am
Anonymous13
Guest
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http://thefirstdoor.co.uk/TheFirstDoor/TheFirstDoor/IWishToFindHim.htm
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:42 pm
Anonymous14
Guest
The Modern Piano
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The 3 constellations are Pegasus, Volans, Cassiopeia
still stuck though
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Typing each one individually just yields "The answer is not just one of the constellations shown, there is more to do."
Typing them in the indicated order yields the dead end.
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:08 pm
HyperBorea
Boot
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Undisclosed
Anonymous14 wrote:
The Modern Piano
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The 3 constellations are Pegasus, Volans, Cassiopeia
still stuck though
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Typing each one individually just yields "The answer is not just one of the constellations shown, there is more to do."
Typing them in the indicated order yields the dead end.
Really? I thought..
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...the three constellations are Cassiopeia, Lyra, and Ursa Major. I base this on this chart I found: http://hometown.aol.com/nlpjp/ncir.htm . On the other hand, putting in Lyra and UrsaMajor as the answers get me the dead end, not the more-to-do message. And now that I look again, I actually recognize Pegasus.
So what do we do with the numbers, I wonder?
Also, the long thread at Lazy Laces is frozen. Graeme locked his threads with no views/posts past number 100 due to some technical issues, I think. So for the time being, it looks like here's the place we'll be able to work on this together.
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:28 pm
Andy_WISP
Kilroy
Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 2
As for the numbers
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If you string the constellations given above together, there are 23 letters. I tried just the 6 letters indicated (Paansa) and got nothing. Tried atbashing it and got nothing. Tried atbashing with just the 6 letters. Tried the whole thing without the 6 letters, the whole thing with only the 6 atbashed, and the whole thing atbashed without the 6 being atbashed, and got nothing for each try.
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:24 am
dvw
Boot
Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 67 Location: UP A CREEK
On the "The Band Below" level I got the countdown part but what do the arrows mean.
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:13 pm
Andy_WISP
Kilroy
Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 2
dvw wrote:
On the "The Band Below" level I got the countdown part but what do the arrows mean.
The arrows are just showing a countdown in a different way.
Countdown refers to
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a song performed by "The Band Below"
Also remember that
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According to him, "You must remember the answers you give for they are clues to where I am hiding." So, if the answers could be clues, maybe looking for answers that are locations could be helpful.
*Edited to avoid double posting*
More thoughts on the Modern Piano
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Cassiopeia brings to mind Casio, Volans brings to mind Roland, but Pegasus doesn't remind me of any manufacturers of musical keyboards. Probably not close or pertaining to the answer, just throwing it out there as interesting
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:59 pm
HyperBorea
Boot
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Undisclosed
Well, I broke down and emailed First Door for a hint. Got a quick reply, which i can post here if you want. Spoilered, of course. It seems we're on the right track with the constellations and their ordering.
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:39 pm
HyperBorea
Boot
Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Undisclosed
Followed a hint and got The Modern Piano. Here's a blatant hint:
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We don't usually run words together when we write.
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I thought you had the map.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:41 pm
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