March 18, 2003

Riddle Me This

So you want to score some cash by signing up for pay-per-impression ad services, but you need eyeballs? Offer a cash prize for whomever first reaches the end of a riddle trail you set up, where the prize amount depends on the ad income and each page of the trail brings up... more ads! Free to play, and the more people who play, the bigger the prize becomes. Brilliant.

Now screw things up by using bare-bones HTML, ads with viruses, hideous formatting, typos galore, old chestnut riddles, lousy grammar and sentence structure, and a cumbersome answer format. Presto, you've got Net Riddle, an embarrassing train-wreck of a site guaranteed to frustrate and annoy you while returning no pleasure whatsoever.

I'm on stage 1.7.

Posted by Peter at March 18, 2003 04:34 PM
Comments

How could you possibly have gotten past level 1.6, about going to the root?

Posted by: james jewell on March 18, 2003 07:41 PM

passed level 1.27 and awaiting stage 2 :-P

Posted by: dana on March 18, 2003 11:17 PM

Now on stage 1.12. I can't believe I keeping at it, considering how badly this thing is constructed. 1.11 specifically says to take the first letters of the answer. But one of the answers is 58, and you have to use "58" instead of "FE". I'm pretty confident of my answers for 1.12, but haven't found the right string to enter yet. Really annoying.

Posted by: Peter Sarrett on March 19, 2003 03:10 AM

Ok, got all the way through Stage 1 (finished 1.27). It's like clubbing yourself over the head with a flounder-- painful, but not painful enough to stop. On to the next obsession.

Posted by: Peter Sarrett on March 20, 2003 12:24 AM

I'm stuck on stupid number 3 (the insect puzzle). I am an otherwise very avid and good puzzle solver. So, this is frustrating. Anyone willing to give me a hand on it? I would be glad to return the favor on a later puzzle.

5cott

Posted by: 5cott on March 20, 2003 11:46 AM

Ok, I was wrong. 1.6 was really easy. 1.7, though, how have any of you done that?

Posted by: james jewell on March 20, 2003 05:38 PM

Yep, 1.7 here too ...

Got almost all numbers, and I think they're all quite okay, but the 'vicious circle' one puzzles me, as well as the 'AND' between the fabulous and the famous ones ...

Any help would be greatly appreciated ...

Posted by: Yoda on March 21, 2003 01:32 AM

Nevermind on the help I was asking for. Am now on part 8.

Posted by: 5cott on March 21, 2003 10:23 AM

Well I am in Stage 2 Part 3 - if you thought stage one was hard then you aint seen nothing yet.

Posted by: Rebecca on March 21, 2003 09:05 PM

I'm stuck on 2.3 aswell have been given a hint but it hasn't really helped!

Posted by: Leigh on March 25, 2003 06:38 AM

enterprise

Posted by: scotwiz on March 27, 2003 09:18 AM

Stage 2.08 is pointlessly hard. I've been on it for days now - anyone got any ideas?

Posted by: Rag on March 29, 2003 11:11 AM

I've been waiting for over a week for a response to my answer to 1.27 (which, thanks to Google, I know is correct). So I haven't been able to start phase 2 yet. Anyone want to give me an URL for 2.1?

Posted by: Peter Sarrett on March 29, 2003 06:24 PM

http://www.languid.net/nr/abacus/index.htm

Posted by: ScotWiZ on March 30, 2003 07:27 AM

Thanks ScotWiz I did work it out eventually although I still don't know what the answer has to do with the question? something to do with Star Trek I think. Anyhow I'm now stuck on 2.8, I was lead to believe that ther might be a problem with the link so some people might have put the correct answer in alrady but it didn't work but I don't know where to start!

Posted by: Biba on April 1, 2003 04:28 AM

would anyone be so kind as to give me a hint (or just the answer!) to part 2.4. staring at it for 3 days has got me nowhere.

Posted by: Khotso Moabi on April 1, 2003 02:18 PM

A clue for 2.4 Don't read too carefully zig zag a bit.

Posted by: Biba on April 2, 2003 01:23 AM

Geez, I'm still on 1.7 - not sure what the RIP race is and also a little dubious about the 'vicious circle'.

eeps.

Mxx

Posted by: murphyz on April 2, 2003 06:48 AM

some people! well 1.7 was a long time ago but i think its death race 2000 and catch 22. i think the total was 24789. and thanks biba, it seems obvious now...

Posted by: Khotso Moabi on April 2, 2003 01:28 PM

what's the answer to 1.3?

Posted by: nolan on April 3, 2003 12:33 AM

I e-mailed net riddle about 2.8, it seems that there might be a problem with the link as in it's missing or not working, they are looking into it. If it is working then more people are finding this satge harder than 2.3 which I didn't think possible!!

Posted by: Biba on April 3, 2003 01:48 AM

can some1 help me with 2.4 :(
even a hint

Posted by: jo on April 3, 2003 02:30 AM

erm i meant 2.3 :lol:

Posted by: jo on April 3, 2003 02:31 AM

For 2.3 which was an absolute pain, think initial letters don't worry so much about the words and 1701 is not necessarily a year. Well that's the clue I gave someone else and it helped them a little, but after 2.3, 2.4 is hurting my head although accidentally I have managed to find the answer to 2.6.

Posted by: mongoose on April 3, 2003 07:29 AM

Anyone have all the answers? I'm at 2.2

Posted by: kaltez on April 3, 2003 07:49 AM

Please? I am trying to get all of these done. I only got these riddles from a game I play. Its part of a quest that I need all of the answers for.

Posted by: kaltez on April 3, 2003 09:32 AM

anyone with answer to 1.12 please,help.

Posted by: jozzer on April 3, 2003 12:18 PM

what's the answer to 1.3?

Posted by: nolan on April 3, 2003 02:26 PM

i really don't see why the answer to stage 2 part 3 is enterprise... can someone explain that to me please?

Posted by: nolan on April 3, 2003 03:02 PM

read the first letter of each line. add that to 1701. you get ncc 1701 which is the registration for the star trek ship enterprise.

Posted by: dana on April 3, 2003 03:07 PM

haha, cool. i actually just got it before i read what you wrote, thanks anyways. any hints for 2.4?

Posted by: nolan on April 3, 2003 03:09 PM

so far i know that:

1.1 a word
1.2 lounger
1.3 ?
1.4 ?
1.5 ?
1.6 ?
1.7 ?
1.8 ?
2.1 it
2.2 jack daniels
2.3 enterprise
2.4 ?
2.5 ?
2.6 ?
2.7 ?
2.8 ?
. ?
. ?
. ?
. ?

anyone wanna fill in the blanks?

Posted by: nolan on April 3, 2003 03:16 PM

I am stuck after this, but...

so far i know that:

1.1 a word
1.2 lounger
1.3 important
1.4 ?
1.5 ?
1.6 ?
1.7 ?
1.8 ?
2.1 it
2.2 jack daniels
2.3 enterprise
2.4 ?
2.5 ?
2.6 ?
2.7 ?
2.8 ?

I need help too!

Email me or post it please

Posted by: Allen on April 3, 2003 03:46 PM

so far i know that:

1.1 a word
1.2 lounger
1.3 important
1.4 nightmare
1.5 ?
1.6 ?
1.7 ?
1.8 ?
2.1 it
2.2 jack daniels
2.3 enterprise
2.4 ?
2.5 ?
2.6 ?
2.7 ?
2.8 ?

I need help too!

Email me or post it please

Posted by: allen on April 3, 2003 03:56 PM

2.4 obvious
2.5 christmas
2.6 rio
2.7 hello
2.8 ??

Posted by: Whatever on April 3, 2003 05:02 PM

how did you get obvious for 2.4?

Posted by: nolan on April 3, 2003 05:27 PM

same with 2.5?

Posted by: nolan on April 3, 2003 05:29 PM

Not wishing to be a kill joy but giving away the answers to the clues on a public form is not really fair on those people out there that have tried very hard to solve these clues. By all means give out clues and hints I doubt if anyone could have got this far without them, If you want to give away answers then please could you do so by private e-mail :)

Posted by: Biba on April 4, 2003 12:34 AM

What are the answers to the rest of stage one? I forgot to write mine down and I've shutting my computer down at night so I continue to lose my progress. I have even tried to go back and redo all of them but I just can't seem to get them. Like all of them after 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, etc. I only have like 5 days left for this quest thingie of mine on that game I play. I would appreciate it a lot if you guys helped me get the answers!

Thanks :)

Posted by: Kaltez on April 4, 2003 07:47 AM

Or like Biba said about "giving away the answers to the clues on a public form is not really fair on those people out there that have tried very hard to solve these clues." Could you just email me the answers at Kaltez@ijustdontcare.com please? That is a real emailing address, go to www.myownemail.com and your able to personal your emails. :)

Posted by: Kaltez on April 4, 2003 07:49 AM

Biba, I appreciate where you're coming from but if I've made the effort to solve these riddles, it's my privilege to give out the answers to whomever I choose. Afterall, it's not like somebody gave them to me and me alone etc., nor is it like somebody else did the work for me.

Frankly, at the moment, I am so p*ssed off with 2.8 that I am happy to let as many people as possible get there so that it can be solved by somebody. From then on, I have faith enough in my ability to pull away again (as should you).

Posted by: Whatever on April 4, 2003 08:42 AM

Hi Whatever,


I've just read your answer , saying, that you give your answers to other people.
I do the same thing and have met plenty of people through this.
Like yourself, I'm stuck on 2.8 as are a few others I know,lol.
I know, that I am getting a lot more of a laugh out of this riddle, because I "work" together with others and we have so much fun at times, and a laugh about how we got the answers.

I couldn't care less, who wins this thing, I'm happy for the winner, just as I am happy for people to win the lottery.........this is just so much more fun ( apart from 15*34*3*-5*28*9*-10*-4*33*-7*-8*-36*12*-35*-6*64*-39*-40*36*-7*-9*-15*-11*-72*33*66*14*-40*2*9*-18*-36*32*34*28*-7*-11

Or

TIPOLMNKL FHE GJACW TR ISDL PD..........pmsl.........)

Anyway, I hope you are enjoying, trying to find the answers, I've send away to a few math sites, but haven't heard back from them,lol........any way to get the answers, is legal and the more of us stick together, the more fun it is, in my view! And the more, the team has to work, on their riddle,lol.
I'm German ,by the way, living in England and enjoying myself ! ;o)))))

Posted by: Christine on April 5, 2003 07:44 AM

someone please post a hint to 2.8....

Posted by: J3BUS on April 6, 2003 02:49 PM

Hi whatever

I do agree wth you it IS up to you to give the answers away It's just that you need the answers to be able to answer the final clue, and someone might be able to get to the last clue and get the answer when they haven't worked hard like the people who want to win, I'm also not doing it for the money and have also met a few people through his and keep reminding myself that I'm doing it for fun but while I'm stuck on 2.8 it doesn't feel like it!!

Posted by: Biba on April 7, 2003 02:27 AM

Has anyone passed 2.8 yet??? It is severly making my head throb.

Posted by: rob on April 7, 2003 02:31 AM

Has anyone passed 2.8 yet??? It is severly making my head throb. have successfully got this far with help on only 2. This one i've given up on though. For the life of me i can't see a connection between the nos. and letters. HELP!!!!

Posted by: rob on April 7, 2003 04:10 AM

Hi Riddlers, I've come across this on my travels.......someone must have got the answer to 2.8.......and I got this of somebody who found it somewhere else,lol
Here it goes:

Sadly, I got this one pretty quickly, and it was with a word I thought had no chance of being right. I googled the riddle, put in my own words, and found the answer that way so you might want to try that. But here's a hint: It's a word that's said after certain phrases or passages, sometimes said in response to people in collars

Now, as I said, I've got it from a forum somewhere and they got it of another forum, so I'm not too sure about it.
Anyway, my being german, I'm not sure, what that might be,lol.......it's not AMEN, I've already tried that. If you come up with an answer, don't forget about me, will you ? ;o))

Posted by: Christine on April 7, 2003 04:10 AM

Sorry everyone the clue posted by christine is a clue for another riddle running at the moment not Languid.

Posted by: Biba on April 7, 2003 05:18 AM

Erm......sorry, guys and girls
Biba is right, hope you haven't wasted too much time on this one ;o)

Posted by: Christine on April 7, 2003 06:28 AM

However ther is now a clue from Amy Lauren from Net riddle

Hi,

Okay, from what I've seen on the forum none of you are going in the right direction. So that is my clue. Hope it's not too obscure,

Regards,

AmyLauren.

Posted by: Biba on April 7, 2003 06:32 AM

Anyway your probably anxious to continue with the competition, the problem is you see, you've already seen the answer....


n e one know the answer to this ??

Posted by: Indy on April 7, 2003 09:07 AM

On 1.7

Got all the numbers except for the Magnificent AND the famous ones..

AND what? Famous what? Anyone got that one?

Posted by: Dan on April 7, 2003 09:10 AM

Magnificent 7 and Famous 5
7 and 5 = 13

Posted by: indy on April 7, 2003 09:11 AM

Need answer to stage 1 part 9 !!!

driving me mad !!

Anyway your probably anxious to continue with the competition, the problem is you see, you've already seen the answer....


n e one know the answer to this ??

Posted by: indy on April 7, 2003 09:15 AM

indy, try looking at the ad

Posted by: rob on April 7, 2003 09:17 AM

LOl
Thanx ....took me 2 hours to see that

Posted by: indy on April 7, 2003 09:19 AM

Another 1 hour n i m stuck on number 10 :(

Posted by: indy on April 7, 2003 10:57 AM

Whoever said that 7 + 5 = 13 needs to get some more sleep ;0)hehehe

7 + 5 = 12
for the Magnificent Seven & Famous Five answer.

Posted by: the_wrx on April 7, 2003 11:09 AM

Cant jus give the answer ....can i ?
At least the person will have to work that out !!

Posted by: Indy on April 7, 2003 11:15 AM

I just started this thing and I'm going nuts with 1.6. I'm assuming I add the word "water" somewhere in the URL, but I can't for the life of me figure out where. Any help?

Posted by: Stretch on April 7, 2003 11:49 AM

I just started this thing and I'm going nuts with 1.6. I'm assuming I add the word "water" somewhere in the URL, but I can't for the life of me figure out where. Any help?

Posted by: Stretch on April 7, 2003 11:50 AM

I'm stuck on 1.8, I have some of them but not the last one (and possibly the 4th is wrong, too). If anyone has the numbers, please share with me?

Posted by: Celadon on April 7, 2003 12:31 PM

1.5 - /bs2/s2/gm10/b1/bs2/17.htm
1.6 - /water
1.7 - 24789

Now does someone know 1.8?

Posted by: Celadon on April 7, 2003 01:17 PM

Celadon -

There's not a lot we can help you with. You just have to work out each number sequece and get what goes next. The only hint I can give you is that you will ONLY EVER FIND the last sequence on net riddler.

- Scotty

Posted by: Scotty on April 7, 2003 01:48 PM

stretch, have you tried adding "water?" ;)

Posted by: nadia on April 7, 2003 06:53 PM

and while i'm here, if someone could help me with 1.12, i'd really appreciate it

Posted by: nadia on April 7, 2003 06:54 PM

RELOCATION. All Net Riddlers report to http://www.mtgplanet.com/riddleplanet/forums to talk about Net Riddle. Over 200 Net Riddlers are there. Only TWO days old, it's THE place to discuss Net Riddle. And riddleplanet also has its OWN riddle contest. People are already on 3.9!! Check it out.

Posted by: riddleplanet on April 7, 2003 07:59 PM

Any ideas about 1.11 ??

Posted by: Indy on April 8, 2003 12:44 AM

net-riddle dedicated site & forum

For anyone enjoying / struggling with the net riddle ( http://www.languid.net/nr/ ), I have created a forum (on my riddle website), dedicated to the subject of the net riddle.

If your interested then take a look at http://net-riddle.sytes.net

thanks!

Posted by: knoxville on April 8, 2003 05:40 AM

What is the URL for 1.22 again and I need clues for 2.8 - completely stuck

Posted by: Rachael on April 17, 2003 12:37 PM

Up to 2.10 so far...

Posted by: Rachael on April 17, 2003 02:10 PM

I am on stage 2.27 the gateway to stage 3, it is IMPOSSIBLE!!!

Posted by: Shadowcat on April 22, 2003 06:25 AM
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