THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012 | Forums

[Happyflow]

Just noticed that the rider is in some sort of a bathrobe, and that Don't Panic is his towel... What does it mean?!

That is the newest Trials Hoodie XD

[rlmergeuser]

Not sure how I feel about the riddle being answered tomorrow, two possibilities I see:

1. Someone actually solved it, but sent the solution in to RedLynx directly, instead of posting it on the messageboards or on the Wiki. The video will reveal the solution, as well as the solver, and how she went about solving it.

2. The riddle has not been solved, but Redlynx doesn't want to leave the mystery from TrialsHD dangling when everyone should be focused on Trials Evo coming out shortly. The discussion on the messageboards and wiki represents the furthest anyone has come in producing a solution.

If the scenario is (1), then I would applaud the solver, and be glad to finally hear the answer. The riddle "succeeded", in that it was difficult enough that it took over 2 years to solve, but not so difficult that it couldn't be done.

If it was (2), however, I think I'd consider the riddle a "failure". A mystery so difficult that it can't be solved isn't any fun, nor does it accomplish its original purpose.

Think of a trail of cryptic notes left by a man for his girlfriend -- if they are so hard to follow that she gets stuck on the first or second clue, then she'll never reach the final destination: the cafe where they first met. Now he waits in vain for her, her favorite meal slowly growing cold, the chilled champagne slowly getting warm, his hand reaching again into his pocket to ensure the diamond ring is still there. Is this her failure that she couldn't follow the clues? Or his?

[rlmergeuser]

Not sure how I feel about the riddle being answered tomorrow, two possibilities I see:

1. Someone actually solved it, but sent the solution in to RedLynx directly, instead of posting it on the messageboards or on the Wiki. The video will reveal the solution, as well as the solver, and how she went about solving it.

2. The riddle has not been solved, but Redlynx doesn't want to leave the mystery from TrialsHD dangling when everyone should be focused on Trials Evo coming out shortly. The discussion on the messageboards and wiki represents the furthest anyone has come in producing a solution.

If the scenario is (1), then I would applaud the solver, and be glad to finally hear the answer. The riddle "succeeded", in that it was difficult enough that it took over 2 years to solve, but not so difficult that it couldn't be done.

If it was (2), however, I think I'd consider the riddle a "failure". A mystery so difficult that it can't be solved isn't any fun, nor does it accomplish its original purpose.

Think of a trail of cryptic notes left by a man for his girlfriend -- if they are so hard to follow that she gets stuck on the first or second clue, then she'll never reach the final destination: the cafe where they first met. Now he waits in vain for her, her favorite meal slowly growing cold, the chilled champagne slowly getting warm, his hand reaching again into his pocket to ensure the diamond ring is still there. Is this her failure that she couldn't follow the clues? Or his?

So deep

[UseLessUK]

Greetings,

Only problem is that no one bothered to ask what the question is. Having an answer they cant use, they decided to invent a question that fits the answer.

Not entirely accurate.

The super computer that came up with the asnwer (42) said it would take a much more powerful computer to come up with the question. This is where the Earth was made by Slartibartfarst and his mates, only to have the "Telephone sanitisers" crash land on Earth and thus corrupt the program. And they had about 2000 years or so before the Earth would be destroyed to make way for the hyperspace bypass.

[Happyflow]

Not sure how I feel about the riddle being answered tomorrow, two possibilities I see:

1. Someone actually solved it, but sent the solution in to RedLynx directly, instead of posting it on the messageboards or on the Wiki. The video will reveal the solution, as well as the solver, and how she went about solving it.

2. The riddle has not been solved, but Redlynx doesn't want to leave the mystery from TrialsHD dangling when everyone should be focused on Trials Evo coming out shortly. The discussion on the messageboards and wiki represents the furthest anyone has come in producing a solution.

If the scenario is (1), then I would applaud the solver, and be glad to finally hear the answer. The riddle "succeeded", in that it was difficult enough that it took over 2 years to solve, but not so difficult that it couldn't be done.

If it was (2), however, I think I'd consider the riddle a "failure". A mystery so difficult that it can't be solved isn't any fun, nor do es it accomplish its original purpose.

Think of a trail of cryptic notes left by a man for his girlfriend -- if they are so hard to follow that she gets stuck on the first or second clue, then she'll never reach the final destination: the cafe where they first met. Now he waits in vain for her, her favorite meal slowly growing cold, the chilled champagne slowly getting warm, his hand reaching again into his pocket to ensure the diamond ring is still there. Is this her failure that she couldn't follow the clues? Or his?

So deep

True

[canarysings]

how will the riddle be solved?

by video? or by an anouncement?

[rlmergeuser]

how will the riddle be solved?

by video? or by an anouncement?

Dashboard video. So it should be up within the next 2 hours

[Happyflow]

Plz report as soon as you see it!

[Oski]

Plz report as soon as you see it!

I'm sure there'll be a green-name thread when the solution comes about.

[rlmergeuser]

Solution coming Winter 2012