The Maddening P4X Riddle

Warning: May Cause Brain Pain

http://riddle.p4x.ch/
from JoeUser Forums
P4X: The Riddle

I discovered the P4X riddle about two weeks ago, and breezed through the first 15 rooms before hitting my first snag. After 20, each room began to work me over, pretty thoroughly, too - like the puzzle was picking me up by my lapels and tossing me around my apartment. I'm currently working on Room 36. And, all spoken, there are 150 rooms to solve.

Basically, the riddle functions like a maze across the www, and proceeding from room to room requires you to uncover the URL for each of them. Each “room” is an image containing clues, which you can uncover by clever photo manipulation, viewing the page source, and searching the internet.

The sooner you get started, the sooner you can help me with Room 36.

Again, here’s the link: The P4X Riddle

Taboo

UPDATES:
June 12, 2008: solved room 48
28,640 views 17 replies
Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 1 - 10

* START the P4X Riddle
1. arrow
2. hmmm, what level now?
3. get to the river source
4. mooz
5. proper ties?
6. white
7. rocky shore
8. one of the eight
9. ferris - 101
10. hey tag

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 11 - 20
* START the P4X Riddle

11. hole
12. path through many trees
13. broken GAMMA-ray
14. word search for one
15. what's my real name?
16. look for all the numbers
17. flipflop figures
18. where do you want to go today?
19. just do it
20. can you hear it?
SoundPackager - Customize the Windows sound scheme
Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 21 - 30
* START the P4X Riddle

21. jigsaw
22. waving the flags
23. B ?!?
24. leaves, stair by stair
25. oh calculon
26. sound of the water
27. star-spangled banner
28. what's my name?
29. something . . . ?
30. DIBEH KLIZZIE
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 31 - 40
* START the P4X Riddle

31. path-breaking through the trees . . .
32. only a tabula rasa
33. where are those hidden questions?
34. empty brainy
35. classical information
36. ___
37. ___
38. ___
39. ___
40. ___
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

I'd help but I'm stuck on #17 ...
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seventeen took a while, but you can track down most of what you need by following the copyright . . .

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

if you want another tough puzzle like that, try this one...
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looks fun - maybe if i lose my marbles with p4x, i'll scrape my pride off the floor and recommit myself to deathball.

taboo

Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Now I'm stuck on room 31:

thisishowleonardodavinciusedtowritebtw
theansweryouarelookingforisherebutitismissinginsomekindofway
sowhatstheanswer?

WTF!!!
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Your google-fu must be slipping - DaVinci was known for writing his notebooks completely inverted, so you needed a mirror to read them
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

AgentSmith512 on Jun 11, 2008:

Now I'm stuck on room 31: thisishowleonardodavinciusedtowritebtw theansweryouarelookingforisherebutitismissinginsomekindofway sowhatstheanswer?

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how many eggs have you found?

taboo

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

how many eggs have you found?
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strike that one - obviously you are already there.  i'd try the mirror technique, then run a spell check and see what happens . . .


taboo

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

yikes . . . don't you love it when the answer is so easy that when, hours into the problem, you solve the room and feel compelled to slam your hand in the car door as punishment for being so pathetic? erm.


moved right along to number 37, and solved it fairly easily. my list looks like this now:


Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 31 - 40
* START the P4X Riddle

31. path-breaking through the trees . . .
32. only a tabula rasa
33. where are those hidden questions?
34. empty brainy
35. classical information
36. track(?) this list
37. pax
38. there is Something unOrthodox
39. ___
40. ___


taboo


Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Now I'm stuck on room 31:thisishowleonardodavinciusedtowritebtwtheansweryouarelookingforisherebutitismissinginsomekindofwaysowhatstheanswer?WTF!!!
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I tried putting 'nothing' as the answer and it says "No, even less than that!!"

What do you mean by the 'mirror technique'? I already did that, or is there another one? How many total mirrorings are needed
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
I tried putting 'nothing' as the answer and it says "No, even less than that!!"

What do you mean by the 'mirror technique'? I already did that, or is there another one? How many total mirrorings are needed
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you only need the mirror once - if you were to submit that sentence to your grammar teacher as homework, your teacher would turn it back and say, "hey agent, you are missing all the ______s!"

taboo

Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
UPDATE: June 12, 2008

Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 31 - 40
* START the P4X Riddle

31. path-breaking through the trees . . .
32. only a tabula rasa
33. where are those hidden questions?
34. empty brainy
35. classical information
36. track(?) this list
37. pax
38. there Is Something unOrthodox
39. screen view
40. sounds

Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 41 - 50
* START the P4X Riddle

41. I C A Grate
42. XL
43. the only thing we have to fear
44. not a race track
45. hippie politics
46. m,n
47. resistance
48. m y b e l l y i s e m p t y
49.
50.