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    AW: Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    Originally Posted by Oski
    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
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    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?
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    Originally Posted by MegaTrain
    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
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    Greetings,

    Originally Posted by kobe745
    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.
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    Originally Posted by esoner
    Originally Posted by MegaTrain
    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
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    how will the riddle be solved?

    by video? or by an anouncement?
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    Originally Posted by goldfinch
    how will the riddle be solved?

    by video? or by an anouncement?
    Dashboard video. So it should be up within the next 2 hours
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    Plz report as soon as you see it!
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    Originally Posted by Happyflow
    Plz report as soon as you see it!
    I'm sure there'll be a green-name thread when the solution comes about.
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    Re: THE RIDDLE WILL BE ANSWERED - 10TH OF APRIL, 2012

    Solution coming Winter 2012
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