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JHER
01-04-2013, 01:49 PM
http://behindthepixels.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-01-at-01.57.09.png

So the premise of these rooms was initially just to create a fun carnival like room, but i wanted something to truly annoy people and have them confused as hell (sorry) so i set about making a room that wouldnt give up the fact it was all a pointless exercise till the end.

It worked, my room stayed full for mostly all of yesterday while others gave up the fact they were a joke.

Heres how:
http://i.imgur.com/vW9plh6.png
(powertoo coming in to lend a tele set and put the room on the nav)

The planting of clues to mislead and confuse:
i thought i would get clever and put an enigma code on the wall on a hidden sticky..
http://i.imgur.com/uKs1Jk3.png

and when someone first said this i knew they had worked it out :)
http://i.imgur.com/jGNZujC.png

then this solution popped up
http://i.imgur.com/XDhS87P.png

Once inside the safe i didnt want them to just leave.. so i put a wired message 'its not over yet'

People stayed there for hours instructing from inside the safe on what to do and trying to solve the puzzle fromthe outside.

People were pretty amazing at being able to move the knight around at one stage, blocking his path etc.
But alas it was all in vein
http://i.imgur.com/cH34sDc.png

Well yes, you did.. There is no solution to open the door other than to wait 24 minutes for it to open for 3 seconds (i was shocked no one had a timer running)

And once your in the safe?
Well.. yesterday nothing but today a badge.

I hope you all enjoyed it those who played along :)

PS im posting this as there are now easier ways to get the badge

Additional:
At one stage of building i had put in a wired stack to trigger a skull to move onto the table when 10 exact states and positions were met, i dno how but that got triggered lol

The door inevitably broke one or two times when it couldnt return due to people rushing it..

I made the time for the door to open just enough that if you were by any interactive furni such as tiles or switches when it opened you wouldnt have time to make it in.

MKR&*42
01-04-2013, 01:53 PM
Well yes, you did.. There is no solution to open the door other than to wait 24 minutes for it to open for 3 seconds (i was shocked no one had a timer running)

24 minutes, jeez how clever haha.

I wanna have a go at this now, it's the only one I didn't do :¬:

Scotland
01-04-2013, 01:53 PM
lmao nice haha

vito201-:D
01-04-2013, 02:17 PM
I assume you can't get an "II" April fools badge hmm?... So since I already have one, I need not try and battle the kids without loosing my temper. ;D
- Alex (Shenk).

Hidden
01-04-2013, 02:17 PM
I knew how to do this room... because he told me before he made it haha.

sof
01-04-2013, 02:17 PM
LMAO shout out to me being mentioned twice as yhpos n sof ;)
but yeah i was there pretty much all day yesterday LMAO best april fools by far

KieKieKoala
01-04-2013, 02:21 PM
Very nice room haha it was me that figured the enigma code ^_^
LMAO SOF HEY GURL X

ur room was deff best others weren't good i liked this one

Mr-Trainor
01-04-2013, 02:47 PM
Wait what, so did you not have to do anything at all? :S.

Daltron
01-04-2013, 02:57 PM
So much effort :p kudos to you

JHER
01-04-2013, 03:08 PM
nope just to wait 24 mins and then once you get in, nothing still.

PS ive now opened it up for a while

steamyxo
01-04-2013, 04:39 PM
omg im there !!!1111 speaking and in one its me running past!!!!!1111

nd so tht code with the letters was useless?

JHER
01-04-2013, 04:48 PM
yes useless the door was only on a timer

Aiden
01-04-2013, 05:47 PM
oerrr i will try it out later hehe when i get bored

C09
01-04-2013, 07:26 PM
yes useless the door was only on a timer

I stood on a tile facing the wall and said iron pyrite, some how I managed to get the whole room to queue up behind me in line and I just kept saying things until the timer on the door went. OMG THANK YOU someone whispered to me. Hahaha!

Yawn
01-04-2013, 07:40 PM
cool. at least some ppl think outside the box on these type of things.

Pigperson
01-04-2013, 10:33 PM
Lol I just walked in and the bookcase opened so I went through and got my badge (A)

Will

JHER
02-04-2013, 12:33 AM
yep will, i reduced the timer down to 30 seconds to make it easy now the fun has been had.

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