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[Skans]

Green Revomaze

[SoCalSteve]

Re: Green Revomaze

[Ymir]

Short answer is yes. I've been where you are and I think i can safely say that It almost did my head in. Just keep at it mate. The relief/reward when you finally see those horrible horrible dots line up is worth the frustration

[Skans]

I saw one of these revomazes on the internet and saw some people talking about how well they were made and how difficult the maze/puzzle is. So, I was intrigued enough to plop down the coin to buy one.

I can't tell you how glad I am that this thing is very nicely machined. If it had any plastic or felt like it was made out of cheap metal castings, I would have been dissapointed. I usually figure out mechanical puzzles rather quickly. This thing is challenging me.

To be honest with you, I never really cared about the code or entering into any contest. I bought the revomaze strictly for the challenge of opening the darn thing. I may or may not buy more of them.....we'll see how this goes. Who knows, the Green Devil might last me a lifetime.

I'm not sure why you would need to do the Blue first before doing the Green. I'm thinking that thee is a hidden passage somewhere - I tend to hug the walls and the tables too much. For lack of a better names, I call vertical obsticals "walls", and horizontal obsticals "ceilings" or "tables", depending on their orientation to where I am in the maze.

[SoCalSteve]

Skans: if you're not already there, I recommend that you join US on the ReVoMaze forum. I really don't like forums because they either all get sidetracked (SW), are rather dead (unfiction), or there's a group of people bitching and complaining all the time (SW). You'll find that the ReVoMaze forum is absent of this kind of BS.

It's really difficult to explain the importance of the blue before the green without giving away too much. But I will tell you this; the blue is Chris' way of introducing us to the way he thinks. Once you grasp how the Blue works, he gives you a little practice, and then adds an additional element of difficulty.

Without knowledge imparted to us by the blue, one could certainly spend an over abundant amount of time traversing "ceilings, walls & tables". Not to mention when designing the green, I'm certain Chris assumed that those trying to crack the green already had an intimate knowledge of the blue and simply increased the difficulty.

The green is harder to open then the blue, but the blue too me over 4 hours to open the first time, whereas the green took me less than 2. Either way though, IN COMPARISION, I consider the blue and green to be "easy" compared to the Bronze that will be hitting my door step in 30 days.

Another reason to have the blue and green, I now get to have one on the 20 ReVoMaze I - Black Limited Edition puzzles. Which will be shipping out next week to me and 19 other fanatics?

[Skans]

But, that's part of the fun of it for me - I want to crack the green cold. I don't want to have to practice with the blue first (plus, I only have the funds for one revomaze at this time, so I skipped the blue and went straight to the green). I'm really not looking for someone to tell me how this works..................well, maybe I am subconciously looking for clues, but PLEASE REFRAIN FROM GIVING ME ANY, no matter how much I beg for them.

[SoCalSteve]

This is a fantastic puzzle set. i admire your enthusiasm and desire to crack this baby. I'm still dead set on the fact that EVERYONE should own a set, however being has the craftsmanship and material isnt cheap, these puzzles dont easily fit into everyones budget. if you can 4, then skip the blue, if you can only afford 3 then maybe skip blue and bronze. but i think you would be cheating yourself out of the experience if you did not at least try to crack the green, silver, and gold. for a guy like yourself, the LE Red might be what you're into. this is again a special, Limited Edition, puzzle not associated with the tournament, most likely limited to a production cycle of only 20 puzzles. this will be the hardest Revomaze Series I puzzle Chris can make. not only that, hes crafting each one by hand, so no one will know whats inside other than him. I CAN HARDLY WAIT!

[walther]

[SoCalSteve]

good call walther. i'm too dumb to even begin any of the brain teasers. so i tend to forget about them, not tomention i bought the whole set before the blue launched, so i forget about the brain teasers.

[Skans]

Still at it...

[walther]

If it was just a maze, it would be way too easy. There are a couple of "tricks" to stump you along the way. Nothing you can't figure out without a lot of trial and error though


On the positive side, you can't say you're not getting your money's worth out of the challenge. The best part is that even once you know how to do it, it really doesn't make it that much easier to do it again and again. And if you are trying for speed, it's even harder.

[SoCalSteve]

Re: Still at it...

[Skans]

Black Revomaze????

[SoCalSteve]

Re: Black Revomaze????

[OrionRising]

Those little dots