coppro
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Don't worry. It is really obvious.

Hikari
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I searched for 'your eyes' on the forum, and found this post from the Deflectomundo! contest... Hey wait a second, that image has *deflector tiles* in it! Ohnoes the eyes can see around corners now!

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Yes, I know that's not the secret new image, but dammit, I'm amused.

Edit: Also, the bar seems to have decided that it really likes me today as I was given another batch of points. Yay, I'm not a goblin anymore!

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coppro
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Make that 2 red herrings. But I'm pretty sure I'm almost there, based on an old adage and the flawless consistency between the red herrings.

EDIT: Found it. If I correctly interpret what I'm seeing, then my TCB anticipation level just increased a hundredfold.

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Deadly Bar of Death
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coppro has indeed found the latest Secret of the Bar.

Congratulations! I have bestowed upon you a bounty of 20 rank points.

Until the next time,
-The Bar.

Tuttle
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Well, I've found two herrings and a few errors besides.

Are things indeed flawlessly consistent, coppro?

coppro
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It is quite flawlessly consistent. Excellent work getting this far!

Tuttle
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Found it too. I'm... speechless.

silver
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mike is evil. I mean EVIL.


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Tim
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I just got some mod points from the bar.

500! Yay!

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Stefan
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Hah! Found it. Niiice.

Edit: On second thought, I found one of the herrings. Damn.
Edit: And a second one.
Edit: Right. Got it.
Edit: Niice.

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Doom
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coppro wrote:
mrimer's miscellaneous info existed long before the screenshot, and that means that it likely has no relation to the screenshot. Doom, did you find it or not?

Not yet, but a second ago I found my first red herring, so it can't be far...

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Bunches
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YAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10GOODIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now what do I do?
Edit: I solved the Riddle of the Bar!
Happyness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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jbluestein
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So, um...is it giving too much away to reveal whether this new image is accessible via a link, or are people just trying to view the page source from various pages and looking for something anomalous?

(Cos' I can't see anything, but then I'm not an HTML/Javascript hacker.)



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coppro
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You shouldn't need anything except for the clue that the DBOD has been so kind to give you.

Ezlo
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Deadly Bar of Death wrote:
I've looked at the seemingly random guesses you made. I don't want to give any big hints yet, but random guesses have a pretty low percentage chance of finding anything.

Pffffft. Nice clue. That really helps! I never would've guessed that random guess wouldn't work!

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Deadly Bar of Death
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Ezlo wrote:

Deadly Bar of Death wrote:
I've looked at the seemingly random guesses you made. I don't want to give any big hints yet, but random guesses have a pretty low percentage chance of finding anything.

Pffffft. Nice clue. That really helps! I never would've guessed that random guess wouldn't work!

Subtlety is an art form. So is painting, but I don't want to stray off-topic. So yeah, maybe you want to look at my recent posts in this thread and see if there are any subtle hints.

jbluestein
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Hmmm. Well, I've found a red herring. So I guess that counts for something.

[editing]
Make that two red herrings.
Which ought to make finding the actual answer supremely easy.

...

waits for inspiration

...

555

Nothing yet.

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Hikari
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:/ I can't even find a red herring. Closest I've got was that Deflectamundo! image that I got to through a convoluted sequence of shoddy logic and reading this thread too seriously, and that I could never have gotten to from the hint that the Bar gave me. Go me!

:prods the bar a few times in hopes of getting that last goodie:

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Ezlo
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Bunches and I found two herrings as well, we also notice the connection between them, but we can't figure out exactly how to access the real one yet.

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Doom
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And... after wasting something like 2 hours after finding the first herring, I realise something great that makes me find both the second herring and the secret picture in 20 seconds!

That thing in the pic is... Interesting.

gamer_extreme_101
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Well, I've actually found it now (The first thing I found was a red herring), and I am throughly amazed at it. Words cannot describe it, even if someone was to put their hand down my throat and grab them out.

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forrestfire
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I can't help but wonder who the Deadly Bar of Death really is. Is it forbidden to ask such things?

I still have no idea where to look for this hidden picture, but I'm sure that once I find it, I will be bored with nothing to look for. Unless, of course, another picture comes out.

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Pinnacle
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Is there a way I can get a hint?
I have no idea where to even start.

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gamer_extreme_101
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The Deadly Bar of Death is the bar that sits uptop of the main forum page. It lives in the basement, rather close to the servers and Schik's side of things. It's a bit arrogant and self-centred, and can actually get a bit loud and obnoxious. While I've slowly started to live with it, it can get a bit loud during night. I've tried to get it to calm down a bit so I can have a nice sleep, but it hasn't done anything about it.

And you know what? I don't like the bar. I think it's time for me to get even with the bar. Let's see how cool it'll be to be the lowest ranked member on the forum, Mr. Bar!

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Deadly Bar of Death
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gamer_extreme_101 wrote:
And you know what? I don't like the bar. I think it's time for me to get even with the bar. Let's see how cool it'll be to be the lowest ranked member on the forum, Mr. Bar!

You're tampering with things you can't possibly understand.

You see my Level? Be careful, boy. Be careful.

gamer_extreme_101
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Then for the love of intelligence and proper thought, stop yelling during the night! Some people are trying to sleep then!

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RoboBob3000
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Boy, I really really really dislike being out of the know. How does everybody even have any idea of where to look? Is there something simple I'm missing?

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Oneiromancer
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RoboBob3000 wrote:
Is there something simple I'm missing?

Yep! But it's always simple when you know what it is. And it's not nearly as hard as not dr0d...

Game on,

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Someone Else
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Please can you give us a hint?

gamer_extreme_101
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No! While I may not have as much power as the admins here, I think they would support me in this:

I decree that, as of three days ago, no hints shall be given out on the most recent riddle hidden by Mr. Deadly Bar of Death until the time in which TCB is officially released, in which case it is up to Mr. Bar to decide the fate of the secret he holds.

Punishment for the release of hints or spoilers for the riddle shall be in the payment of one (1) bag of M&Ms for each member of the Caravel Team, including the Chief Editor of the community website.

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