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[fernandocarulli]

Mail from Iris by the way, nothin important, just some sign of life

[fezzik]

I fully support the avant-garde. I'll never rag on anybody for trying to push the envelope. What I think we've learned here is an age-old lesson about games that modern game designers call the "difficulty curve". If you're going to have a puzzle like a painting hiding in a real-world hotel room, IMHO you should do a couple of things: first, hint slowly and methodically at the nature of the puzzle. Second, start out really simple. Start out with some really, really easy clues that require travelling into the real world, to get us used to the idea. IRIS could have sent a message like an exact street address, along with specific instructions as to what we'd find there. Something unequivocal and obvious, just to get us on board. The "tutorial level", if you will.

I posted something similar in the Hatshoe thread; the problems with the games were/are similar in that the difficulty didn't curve, it fell right off a cliff, leading only to frustration on the part of the players and (likely even more so) the PMs.

That said, I always admire people that shoot for the moon and miss; I really am looking forward to Mr. Bricker (whoever he is) continuing this game, it has a lot of potential.

[3v1L Schwinn]

Some Meta and Some IG

[jessie1326]

Re: Some Meta and Some IG

[Ryutso]

Re: Some Meta and Some IG

[3v1L Schwinn]

I also sent the code. I have a feeling that its "game on".

[classical]

Hahahah, figures. Well, there's the cluebat we were wantin'. Now we can't say Bricker never did anything nice for us, amirite?

(And game on or no, my previous thoughts still stand. ;B)

[ndemeter]

The story of the boy who cried wolf comes to mind.

My previous thoughts stand too.

[Julian Sark]

umm, this doesn't look good lol

[whitecross8]

Before coming to the forums tonight, I stopped by the webpage and was surprised to find it still up. So I checked the source expecting to find game over or tryback in 6 months but nothing. I thought that was odd but...

Great picture, really makes its point.

So since I said it I guess I am ready to jump, just waiting to hear how high.

However I did get bounce on my email to Iris

[jessie1326]

My email to IRis bounced, too.

To quote my husband (upon hearing of the photo that had replaced the Bricker blog post): "What's that, Bricker? You want us to beat you with a bat?"

It would sure be nice to know whether this was actually over or not (i.e., it would be great if IRis didn't bouce)...haha...

I stand 100% behind all previous comments, too.

[3v1L Schwinn]

I got 2 emails from Iris, both the exact same...

[alogicnamedjoe]

[jessie1326]

[ironnikki]

I can't say that I'm not confused, but the fact that Bricker put up a clue bat (in more than one sense) after his announcement that the game was over makes me think that we're back.

Or, perhaps "Ron" is trying to screw with Bricker again, haha...