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[Tiny]

You need the Perplex city highlighted so you can tell exactly what it's saying. Just cut out that part of the picture and you probably wouldn't be able to tell what it was without someone telling you.
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[thebruce]

exactly, it's highlighted there in red like that because that's 'Perplex City' highlighted...! There's no reasoning behind the highlight except to draw your attention to the phrase that was made into the ambigram, to see the start and end - P to y...

flip it upside down if you like, but you'll then be starting in the middle of the phrase, which is why it looks like 'type rplexci'... because you're actually viewing 'ty Perplex Ci' of the ambigram... that's all it is

[w^nderlust]

You are probably right and that is all it is, but it is technically not an ambigram of perplexcity; it is an ambi of perplexcity and typerplexci. Could it have been done in other ways to produce that image (perplexcity and, say, lexcityperp)? Possibly. If so, is it then possible that it was done that way for a reason (other than design-related)? I think the possibility is strong enough to warrant me posting my thoughts. sheesh. You didn't need to get all sarcastic about it and slap me around with a fish...

p.s. - i know that typerplexci is inherent in perplexcity, but that doesn't mean that they didn't decide to attach a clue to that fortunate happenstance after the fact. it doesn't mean they did, either...

[EDIT: removed spoiler tags. Guys, please try not to spoiler things that don't contain puzzle solves or other SPOILERS. Thanks. yanka.]

[re: EDIT: sorry! i spoilered it bc it was referencing something previously spoilered. Wasn't sure of protocol. Bad newb. <slaps self>]

[thebruce]

no you're right, good idea for bringing it up...
but really, I'm assuming it's 'typerplexci' because it's the easiest, if not the only, way to make an ambigram from perplexcity... goes the same for any similar puzzle out there... if there's a pattern you want to repeat which isn't directly flippable (like a palindrome), you'll find the first, usually the easiest, spot from which to start ...

given the string 'perplexcityperplexcityperplexcityperple...' flip it around, and find a way to make the upsidedown letters look like the original phrase... IMO, they were able to make it work starting from 'typerplexcityperplexcityperplexcityperple...'

is there a reason for starting at 'ty'? *shrug* maybe... but I highly doubt it... no harm in raising the spec though

[w^nderlust]

[djrazz]

ok then what was the point
are the pms just wasting time while they create the next real puzzle ?

[Atrophied]

next puzzle?

what was the first? I honestly can't say that I've seen a puzzle yet. (other than the postcards/clues at Abbey Rd.).

Maybe I should've said I haven't seen an online puzzle yet.

[Caterpillar]

Somehow puts me in mind of the mirror image flippy thing "www.perplexcity.com" on the postycard.

[w^nderlust]

great... I mirrored it in photoshop and I swear it looks like Perplexian for Coca Cola!

or maybe i've just been staring at it for 2 hours too many...

[vibration13]

Guy called Brett

[earlgrey]

The Brett could be Brett James Gilbert, he has a great site on ambigrams and explains the whole red-highlighting thing in his Graham ambigram http://www.55cards.com/ambigrams/

[DogsHead]

Is that a new image of Scarlet on the Me-link ? The sad looking one?(http://thescarlettkite.com/me/)
Sorry, I'm at work and can't check my cached versions.

[thegeekypunkgrl]

[DogsHead]

Why thankyou, grl of the geekypunk!