" Ritz, where did you go? "

" The guide quadruplicates in this room. It's a parable. "

" I've been here intermittently for years too! Not lurking always, just don't get a lot of interaction lol. I kind of feel like I get what you mean, I don't feel the riddles are necessarily for me, as I get confused by a vast majority... "

" Seems like a good thought! "This is called" meaning "this gets called." a bird's song a [phone] number a name uh.... roll curtain the toll-free 888 area code (this is assuredly the one) "

" A terrible idea: out of all the rooms connecting directly to 1, this is the only one without ringing or something sound-related. (41 is full of horns and the girl has her fingers in her ears; 20 and 26 have ringing). When the guide says... "

" A few years ago I wrote a Python program to test all unique solutions that don't repeat a room. There are three possible solutions to the center, and sixteen possible back to room 1. 01: 01 26 30 42 04 29 17 45 02: 01... "

" A lot of time has passed, but I sincerely hope this project will come about at some point. "

" A nonsensical puzzle with no solution, built around unknown constraints and accompanied by confusing explanations. Seems like a pretty faithful Riddle of the Maze. "

" Haha, I appreciate your analysis but that's exactly the problem. It's essentially a random, vaguely relevant "solution" (to a riddle I haven't made yet lol) which I generated iteratively based on certain constraints. I don't want to say too much more because if I ever... "

" So wait, did your original vision become a room 45 association/sentence assembly type puzzle with text taking the place of images? Or is this still the solution, just to a scrapped puzzle? I quite like it as a poem, either way. “Making” chaperones particularly caught... "

" Ok, now that I have done this correctly, I will share my very incorrect attempt. This was meant to be the *solution* to a puzzle, but that became obfuscated because of the time I spent making the word order correspond. Behind us lies this craft... "

" It turns out it is really hard to make a Riddle of the Maze type puzzle, even with MS Excel. I will try again later. No Atlas Shoulders for me. "

" It might be an efficient shortcut to just contact me from a gmail address. My gmail is vewatkin at gmail dot com. (That is, assuming you actually want to join the hangout, and aren't just intent on reading my comments.) "

" I still don't see it. Not even in my spam folder. YouTube must be filtering it out before I can even check. Trash website. If you have it, maybe try my Tumblr? I think you can send asks if you don't have an account. tumblr... "

" I don't see it anymore either! Hmph! I'm going to try to post it again to your recent poll. "

" I'm enjoying MazeCast so far, but I'm only a few episodes in. I can absolutely sympathize with this sort of intense focus and analysis. I was glad to see that you all started out so disillusioned with most of the puzzles and particularly the main... "

" In all seriousness, MazeCast provides an accurate record of a collective descent into madness, and a partial recovery from it. Approach with caution and sympathy. You'll see more sanity there than here, but that's damning with faint praise. If you really want to cultivate your... "

" You should engage with MazeCast, if at all, only as a cautionary tale. "

" youtube dot com slash at inolienkiki or search kiki's inner monologue great to hear from you! I'm going to start listening to mazecast so I can catch up with the current theories situation "

" Where can we find you on youtube? "

" finally got my copy. flipped through it, taking in the detailed pencil art for the first time in years, savoring how the book flipped open so neatly in my hands, caught always by the deep intent with which every clue is drawn. flip to page... "

" Wowzers, over ten years on, now. Even if the book isn't ever published (I understand he doesn't seem to have much interest), I'd still buy a collection of prints of the illustrations he started for it. The world in the illustrations has filled my dreams... "

" This comment went largely unnoticed years ago, but I think the suggestion of "face the music" deserves consideration. Oddly enough, there are similar grounds to consider "face the music" in 7 and 36. "

" You're correct that you're not the first, but it's worth noting when multiple people get the same idea. "

" I can't be the first to say it, but one of the solutions is to take the "open" curtains. (Lip-read furnace | Hat rim) = "O" + "Pin" = "Open". "

" The "lost" hat likely belongs to the figure in Room 33. "

" Simply a generic person. An effigy is crudely made. Maybe the right arm broke off and is leaning against the wall? Maybe it's unfinished? After all, it still needs to be dressed. Two arms aren't a must. Sure, Manson could have drawn a second arm... "

" That doesn't really address my concern, though, because it could easily point left while having a second arm. If it's meant to be an effigy of a generic person, you'd expect it to have two arms; if it's meant to be an effigy of a... "

" Why, because it is simultaneously a "signal" and an "FG", of course. A left-turn hand signal to be precise. All of the guests are correct. "

" The hunchback character from the poster on the ground seems to be Pulcinella (a character from comedia dell'arte). In french, his name is "Polichinelle". Which seems to confirm the "Pole"'s theme of the room. Though, I have no idea why the french name should be... "

" I must give myself some grace as this was my second comment ever posted, but this is hilarious. "

" After 4 years, I have one-and-a-half minutes of my Mazecast YTP to show for myself. Watch it and weep. Mazecast never dies! youtube dot com slash watch?v=BqQG3Wez8Xw "

" >Taking that line around the walls to be the equator seems too slapdash to me. It means we’re inside the Earth, looking at the equator So far so good > but also on top of the earth, looking at the north pole You are talking... "

" The "i' has been compared to the bowling pin before, but I like the observation that it could be in line with a series of objects with a bulbous top in here...maybe even including the bulb. Taking that line around the walls to be the... "

" bird in 21, not 12 spare (slash symbol), not strike indeed, i don't see why the north pole and bowling clues couldn't be congruous "

" ...and believe you me, I am not trying to bully vewatkin into accepting my solutions by trying to prove them emphatically (not that I could anyway), the fact is vince is the only one keeping us above board here, so his skepticism is appreciated. Room... "

" > The vaulted ceiling has eight divisions. The idea that it represents a sphere divided into some other number of sections is troubled. Different maps will display different longitudinal lines, but there is nothing standard about placing a line every thirty degrees. Most globes have... "

" This is basically the solution at the bottom of WR's curated list. I'm openminded to the possibility that the pole represents the north pole in some way, but I don't find it terribly persuasive. Everything is worse from there. If the pole is the north... "

" I kind of pieced this together over the last few days after brain storming with the Mazecast crew. I won't take credit for the whole thing because other people came up with the idea that the room hints to the word POLL or POLE, the... "

" It's a door it has a knob, it looks like the other doors...I don't have any issue with it. In terms of including a door that's hiding in plain sight, but undeniable once discovered, I don't know how much better it gets. The fact that... "

" The method oldnslo186 uses is unintended, yeah—it breaks the logic of the book and the officially confirmed contest. (Their misunderstanding the rules of one-way doors isn’t really their fault, though; Maze can be opaque. Maybe we should’ve been more patient with them.) However, I actually... "

" The path from 29 to 17 is totally verifiable. There are too many hints and clues in 29 for it not be. It's the only way to correctly break through to the second half of the path. "

" I forgot Room 11: "It was a big space, but I still felt crowded. I’ve always hated confinement." "

" I had the same thought process, which is why I didn’t mention it. However… it is important to remember that the Guide very rarely criticizes the maze’s rooms. He is usually very defensive of them. This may be some of the most disapproval we’ve seen... "

" If the item is in fact an effigy--or whatever kind of likeness of any person--why would it have only one arm? "