" This is something I've never thought about before and a clever theory! It makes sense to think of the volcano as clueing the word "eruption" as opposed to just the word "volcano," since Manson probably probably would have been confident he could do that without... "

" A TALE OF UP OR DOWN This is in regards to whether 4 or 1 comes first, since there are plenty of clues mentioned that indicate both 4 and 1, but no specific order. Vince pointed out that the umbrella and the ladder, and indeed... "

" I guess I did it more for the sake of just having the definitions of both up to think about, I don't know... I should never doubt if you'll validly verify veracity Vince! "

" I wasn't actually so incurious that I didn't look "Acheron" up, but I thought it was appropriate to leave my mistake up, and receive the shame it merited. "

" Acheron is the river at the entrance of the underworld and Achelous is a different river, with the god Achelous being the personification of it. Achelous is related to horns and pitchers indeed (his fight with Herc/Heracles where his horn got torn off, poor guy...)... "

" Also, "Achelous" doesn't end with "-on." I was thinking of Acheron, who I was reading about for some reason. I can't even remember who Achelous is. Or Acheron. "

" My fault, everybody. I should have asked whether we could EACH come up with a bad idea by the end of the year. "

" Well, I was thinking specifically of 33's pitcher and horn, and the -on ending. "

" For my suitor was a river-god, Achelous, who in three shapes was always asking me from my father—coming now as a bull in visible form, now as a serpent, sheeny and coiled, now ox-faced with human trunk, while from his thick-shaded beard wellheads of fountain-water... "

" And a bull! "

" Achelous is associated with both a horn and a pitcher. "

" Merry Christmas, everybody! Can we all come up with one more bad idea before the end of the year? "

" something something room 13... Genuinely though that is so impressive! I really admire the dedication! "

" Not at all a fully formed solution, just some observations about this room: “Not enough light in here” = dark “Dark thirty,” or “O dark thirty,” or “zero dark thirty” are common military sayings for some unspecified but awful time to be woken up before... "

" time sucks, screw time "

" Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I can't believe INTO THE ABYSS is 8 years old, and MAZECAST is 7 years old. Time flies when you're having fun. "

" Coming back here and reading all the old posts inspired me to make this consolation "

" So lovely to see you too! And aww, I'm glad you think so- but it's funny I'm reading this as I WORK ON A NEW MAZE NONSENSEPOST THAT I'VE SAVED LOCALLY 13 TIMES AND HAS NO WAY OF BEING LOST... (not that it's anything great!... "

" Just as fun to imagine it based on that description. ;) Nice to see you, Ritz! "

" That's not a coincidence! "

" Going back on this site and checking this room gives me flashbacks, I was SO obsessed with trying to solve it "

" I can't remember if I already posted that that was in it, though... Then I'll have to remember something else! I think I edited the crew hearing the room one solution and having an intense reaction as if it was the most ridiculous theory possible,... "

" That's alright, Cookie Clicker hasn't updated in over a year either. "

" I can't believe I was gone from here for so long! It feels kind of self-centered to make some big deal of it but I guess I just sort of got demotivated with Maze- I hope everyone has been doing great though, and happy extremely... "

" 1 year+ update: I'm so sorry for not following up on my promises! Not to make an excuse, but the account used was deactivated a bit after I started making it (it was owned by a larger administrative account for something I left, but just... "

" Interestingly (perhaps), a "bend sinister" is a diagonal line used in heraldry as an indication of the illegitimate offspring of nobility--which the Minotaur is. However, the diagonal line here--the sunbeam--is slanted the wrong way to be a bend sinister, so I don't think this was... "

" Left in Latin translates to sinistra and in some cases literally translates to sinister "

" There are more appealing ways to interpret Room 45, but I think we're stuck with the answer that has long been confirmed to be the answer. "

" I beleive I may have solved the full riddle in R.45. Currently the question is part solved as just "What house will all live in?" which seems too short for a conventional riddle. Most riddles take the form of a paradox - what is, does... "

" Kon Tiki! Welcome back! The coast is clear... for now... "

" I think the capitalization and antiquated language are meant to suggest the text of an old alchemical manual. I'm not sure how accurately it mirrors that kind of work, but I think that's what it's meant to suggest. As far as the clues: We've long... "

" Does anyone have any clues about how to interpret the text ? Just seems gibberish, I looked up step 1 and then went back to the text and just don’t see what he is trying to do there. Some words are capitalized and some weirds... "

" Is it safe to come out again? "

" You're correct. Right and left are switched in that description. "

" The top right hand is a right hand while the other three are left hands. [Credit: Unknown] The top right hand points the correct direction to turn to the next page, and is thus the correct hand. This sets up a principle used throughout the... "

" Very little of the book has been addressed in any official capacity. What little information was released by the publisher related to the contest solutions, and besides the answers themselves it leaves a lot of the reasoning behind the solutions opaque. Hence, 30+ years of... "

" The inescapable circuit of rooms connected to Room 24 is colloquially referred to as The Trap. WR's maps label all those rooms with a skull and bones. "

" Yes. David Gentile posted this suggestion here seven years ago, and I commend you for not having read back that far to find it. "

" It relates to the Riddle of the Maze, part of the contest solution, described elsewhere on this site. "

" The next time period in the list is “second” In the sequence of doors 18, 25, 27, the second number is 25 Make sense? "

" In the loop map why does 19 point to 11 showing death? Room 11 isn’t death but includes an exit to 24 death or 40 "

" some of these solutions are bordering on the ridiculous and seem like overly contrived retrospective fitting onto the known solution. Isn't there an official answer book or article by the author to sort out which of the clues actually were supposed to mean anything? I'm... "

" People keep pointing out Atlas. But what has that got to do with the correct door? "

" If it makes you feel any better/worse, the prize was divided among the people who got closest to solving it. Nobody solved it. "

" No, symbols and objects recur without implying passage to the same location. In this case, we know the unmarked door comes from 17. (17 has a door to 33, and the drum door is the only unmarked door in 33.) But you can't go to... "