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knightinarmor
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Journey to Rooted Hold : Twenty-Third Level : 2 North (0)

i cant seem to kill the tar by the black door.

08-09-2006 at 01:06 AM

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08-09-2006 at 01:09 AM

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ok,i give up what do you do about the tar,cleared the mud twice but dont know what to do with tar?

08-09-2006 at 01:29 AM

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08-09-2006 at 02:06 AM

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You had to do something similar earlier in the hold...level 10 or 12 I think.

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08-09-2006 at 02:53 AM

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Actually, you need to in both levels - level 10 3E and level 12 2N1E.

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08-09-2006 at 02:56 AM

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I am totally stuck with this room.
Get the mimic surrounded by mud in the upper "bridge", so this let me a chance to beat the upper mud later.
But going up and down from lower to middle endlessly, mud grows faster than I move, trying to just hold the mud increasing.
First time I really need a demo

09-30-2006 at 01:13 PM

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This one's about efficiency, I'm afraid - you just have to beat back the mud as effectively as possible, eventually getting to one of the mud mothers.

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09-30-2006 at 02:20 PM

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FINALLY!!! I got it! Thanks for hints & advices.

This room was the most difficult for me I think. By the way, is there a grading of difficulty for all rooms?

09-30-2006 at 04:10 PM

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Jacques Chirac wrote:
By the way, is there a grading of difficulty for all rooms?

If you mean something like the "brains" for a hold on a per-room basis, then... no, I'm afraid not.

But somehow I doubt people would rate 350+ rooms if they hardly ever vote for the whole hold nowadays...

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09-30-2006 at 04:22 PM

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But somehow I doubt people would rate 350+ rooms if they hardly ever vote for the whole hold nowadays...

Obvious...
I continue my progression anyway.

09-30-2006 at 05:57 PM

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This room is really a bummer for me. I've read all the postings, but no matter which route I take or which rectangle I put the mimic, I can't prevent a rectangle room from getting blocked by mud. Is the answer to enter from the West side? I'm stumped at this point. Can anyone offer any hints?

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02-25-2007 at 05:28 PM

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Ehm... I'm feeling to lazy to give any constructive hints right now. Do you want a demo?

02-25-2007 at 05:32 PM

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larryws wrote:
This room is really a bummer for me. I've read all the postings, but no matter which route I take or which rectangle I put the mimic, I can't prevent a rectangle room from getting blocked by mud. Is the answer to enter from the West side? I'm stumped at this point. Can anyone offer any hints?

I remember this room. It was one I hated... until I solved it. And yes, it can be solved entering from the south.

#1 is where I placed my mimic, though I know you can just start it at the #2 mark and possibly others.

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As said above, it's mostly about efficiency, but that said, I think the #1 demo for this room solves it in 295 moves, and I used 1099 moves! So much for efficiency. Perserverance works too. Hmm.... think I'm off to improve that score!

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02-25-2007 at 05:54 PM

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I really need a demo for this room. I have been here a week :~(

03-15-2007 at 08:17 PM

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There you go...

np: Robert Henke - Layer 002 (Layering Buddha)

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03-15-2007 at 08:25 PM

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Hi!

By the way, is it possible to send a semi-demo, but starting from my bank of victories
(an interrupted demo...)?
Thank you.

03-15-2007 at 08:46 PM

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Jacques Chirac wrote:
By the way, is it possible to send a semi-demo, but starting from my bank of victories
(an interrupted demo...)?
Thank you.

Well, you can restore to a checkpoint and hit F4 to record the moves leading there, or you can restore to a checkpoint, hit F5, smite around and hit F5 again to end the demo.

I'm afraid that's all the editing possibilities you have in DROD:JtRH - dunno about TCB, of course...

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03-15-2007 at 10:41 PM

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Re: Journey to Rooted Hold : Twenty-Third Level : 2 North (0)

Helllppp!!! I am fighting a loosing battle with the mud, and the mimic is not helping me any. I'm placing him in the top room, probably not in the right spot though, but he keeps escaping into hallway with all the mud flowing out behind him, while I'm frantically running between the bottom and middle chambers without making any headway. I've been at this for nearly two days and it's the last room for this level. Could someone please-please post a demo, or very explicit clues?

Sorry, found Demo posted by Briareos. Will give that a go!

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03-22-2007 at 03:23 AM

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Tinywubba wrote:
Could someone please-please post a demo, or very explicit clues?

Explicit clues and demo.

03-22-2007 at 03:35 AM

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Re: Journey to Rooted Hold : Twenty-Third Level : 2 North (+1)

Finally, I solved this room; I used a really relaxed
technique courtesy of Pearls, that no-one else in the thread has mentioned.

Use this method if you want to complete the room, but are
really crap at cutting tar with mimics efficiently.

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09-24-2013 at 10:48 PM

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My solution was to enter from the North, put the mimic in the top bridge, go to the bottom bridge, and get a mud baby trapped in the middle bridge. The mimic is cutting mud as I do, and if one or two babies escape and I'm closed off in the third bridge by the mud, they will go to the middle bridge and get trapped there, creating an entrance for me at a later time. The rest is easy peasy. Kill the mud mother in the bottom, then the middle. Usually the mimic has taken care of the mother in the top.

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karlpopper wrote:
Finally, I solved this room; I used a really relaxed
technique courtesy of Pearls, that no-one else in the thread has mentioned.

Use this method if you want to complete the room, but are
really crap at cutting tar with mimics efficiently.

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The trick is to trap a mud baby in the lower chamber
very early on, then you can always cut back in.

The attached image shows the trapped baby after 30 moves.

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Here is Pearls's Lets Play on youtube for this level:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpiHnUk7yE

What an awesome tip! thanks.

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