The Maze: Solve the World's Most Challenging Puzzle

[ZedClampet]

@Alm @Zloth @Frindis @Brian Boru @Colif @neogunhero @Kaamos_Llama @Pifanjr @Hveðrungr
@BeardyHat
@mjs warlord
All are welcome!

… a much warmer room. Shadows danced across the floor to the fire’s music.

“Someone’s lost his hat.”

“Are you sure it’s the hat that is lost?” I asked reasonably enough. No one would answer me.

Ducking behind a curtain and hurrying down a passageway we came out in …

 

[Alm]

Are we only supposed to go through doors with numbers on?

 

[Brian Boru]

Well no one would pick 13, so I'm going for 3.

 

[ZedClampet]

Are we only supposed to go through doors with numbers on?

Yep.

 

[Alm]

I want to try door 13

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Is there any kind of logic to this, because Im not seeing anything at all.

I'll go with 3, because its the magic number.

 

[Alm]

I think hat has something to do with music. But I think door 13 is 2 half beats rather than 2 beats.

https://imgur.com/a/IKUM37q

View: https://imgur.com/a/IKUM37q

 

[ZedClampet]

Is there any kind of logic to this, because Im not seeing anything at all.

I'll go with 3, because its the magic number.

Notes the title: "World's Most Challenging Puzzle"



I know a couple of the conclusions drawn about this room, a couple of the logics.

 

[Brian Boru]

Are the left and right symbols also musical?
ie left of 13 and above 3.

 

[ZedClampet]

Are the left and right symbols also musical?
ie left of 13 and above 3.

The answer is yes and maybe

I just gave wrong info, but deleted it. Hopefully no one saw it. I've forgotten the words to all these musical symbols, but from left to right you have

Bass clef, two notes, which if they are with the bass clef should be "a" and "c". Then you have treble clef. But the one above the 3 is odd. If it isn't missing anything, then it has to be either a bar line or a bracket, which connects multiple lines of music, but bar lines are specifically thin, and the bracket is not written in the note lines. If it's missing something, it could be part of a repeat symbol or the symbol that marks the end of a movement or several others. I don't know what to make of it. Honestly, it's just a guess, but there's something near its top right which leads me to believe it might be part of a misplaced bracket. If I were forced to call it something, that's what I'd call it, an out of place bracket.

 

[Brian Boru]

yes and maybe

I suppose if the other 3 are musical, it's quite probable the 4th is also.

 

[ZedClampet]

I suppose if the other 3 are musical, it's quite probable the 4th is also.

that's my assumption

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Notes the title: "World's Most Challenging Puzzle"



I know a couple of the conclusions drawn about this room, a couple of the logics.

Unfortunately I would be closer to 'Worlds most challenged person' than solving the worlds mosy challenging puzzle, but I'll throw in a bone here and there if I see one.

 

[Zloth]

Bass clef, then two 8th notes (C and A if the bass clef applies to them), then treble clef, then... errr... notes?? They could be whole notes that got filled in, quarter notes where the stems have vanished, or even half notes where the stems vanished AND the notes got filled in. If treble clef applies, they are E, G, C, E, so a C chord. Rats... I was hoping they would spell FACE to match the fireplace.

And then there's a bowling pin. Because of course there is. And I see no sign of the rope/leash from the last room over here.

Well, the description talks about the fire's music and shadows on the floor. One chair has 3 leg shadows and one 4, and the bowling pin casts one shadow. Door to page three has 4 notes played as 1 chord, and that chord has 3 notes if you count the two E's as the same. So, it matches the shadows. So, I say door to page 3.

 

[ZedClampet]

Unfortunately I would be closer to 'Worlds most challenged person' than solving the worlds mosy challenging puzzle, but I'll throw in a bone here and there if I see one.

You're doing as great and as good as I did back in the day (which, admittedly, isn't much of a complement).

 

[ZedClampet]

@Alm @Zloth @Frindis @Brian Boru @Colif @neogunhero @Kaamos_Llama @Pifanjr @Hveðrungr
@BeardyHat
@mjs warlord
All are welcome!

…an entirely different kind of place.

The group complained of feeling “all turned around,” as well they might.

Because no one wanted to stay here very long they missed the real sign while looking through the obvious. People in their situation, confronted with a challenge, tend to accept the terms of the challenge as a given, without examining it from all sides. How many sides does that problem have? They don’t know.

We passed down a long flight of stairs, through some sort of pantry, and on into…

 

[ZedClampet]

It's hard for me to not give suggestions

 

[Brian Boru]

I'm going for 81, or 18 backwards.

Following a Zodiac vibe—signs all over, 'what is your sign?', 3 maybe water containers for 3 water signs, sun on door + radiator for fire signs…

What's the painting? Anything from a little girl to a lion! If it's a lion, that's Leo which is ruled by that there sun—plus it's the sign we happen to be in right now.

81 also suggests it's the place to reunite the stick man with his hat.

 

[Colif]

contemplates turning off the alert for mentions...

I already said I was watching, no point reminding me.

 

[Hveðrungr]

@ZedClampet I pick door “ƎИIИ” (9). My reasoning is that everything in this room is backwards. So when the sign says “This way” it means it's not this way, and when the sign says “Stop” it means don't stop.

 

[ZedClampet]

contemplates turning off the alert for mentions...

I already said I was watching, no point reminding me.

I'll take you out tomorrow. If anyone else wants to not be notified, let me know.

 

[ZedClampet]

I'm going for 81, or 18 backwards.

Following a Zodiac vibe—signs all over, 'what is your sign?', 3 maybe water containers for 3 water signs, sun on door + radiator for fire signs…

What's the painting? Anything from a little girl to a lion! If it's a lion, that's Leo which is ruled by that there sun—plus it's the sign we happen to be in right now.

81 also suggests it's the place to reunite the stick man with his hat.

Flipping through the book, you realize there is no room 81.

(note: going back to 18 might still be the best decision. Just letting you know something you would have quickly figured out if you actually had the book)

 

[Brian Boru]

when the sign says “Stop” it means don't stop

No, no, you're doing it wrong.

Remember, 'everything in this room is backwards'—so 'stop' really means the 'pots' near the painting.

“This way” it means it's not this way

Only works for Colif—we're right-side-up so sign is upside-down for us…which means it actually is the way.

Capisce? Of course you do, you're a quick study!

 

[Colif]

If they have posted already in thread, they should get a notification of any reply, so a mention isn't really necessary... unless they forget. But that is on them.

 

[ZedClampet]

If they have posted already in thread, they should get a notification of any reply, so a mention isn't really necessary... unless they forget. But that is on them.

Go away or I'll put you back in the list.