" Oh, that's a lot simpler. And actually plausible, now that an Aria solution isn't involved! (sorry Aria, we love you, but you go to some weird extremes) "

" I guess I should have responded sooner if I didn't want things to get nuts. Yes, all I am saying is that there are missing periods in adjoining rooms. "

" Maybe this ties in with your blank thing Vince. Maybe instead of "blank" it's "missing." The reflection, the second, the "n," the period... maybe... "

" The thing is, in order for that to have been an intentional clue, Manson would have to have betted on the publishing company agreeing on this particular font. "

" It is interesting, however, that the periods in the font chosen for this book are shaped like tiny diamonds. (It's true! I took a photo and blew it up to be sure.) And the door to 13 is covered in tiny diamonds. I don't know... "

" Nope, never mind, I can’t count. "

" Well, periods I mean, counting those in the ellipses. "

" I believe he’s just pointing out an inter-room connection. There are 13 punctuation dots in the text on this page, I think. "

" I'm stupid, can you spell out for me what the significance of this is supposed to be please? "

" Unless I'm mistaken, I'm somehow failed to ever post this thought: There is a missing period here in the text. This room connects to room 13, which has a list of time periods on the wall--which is conspicuously missing one. "

" I don't think it fades out, I think the (front) shadow just goes behind the chisel at that point; the shadow of the keystone might overtake the compass's shadow there as well. "

" The bottom shadow ends before it connects with the top one, weirdly. But I'll chalk it up to, I don't know, the image fading out at the edges. "

" missed the real sin(x) "

" maybe we missed the real syn while lookibg thr ougg the obvuous hjh "

" I think Alyssa is correct, it's a single shadow broken across multiple surfaces. "

" I guess superficially a drawing compass can look like a Y? It's the exact opposite proportions though, a short handle and longer prongs. I'm not even sure that the symbol in the map is a Y. All three lines look the same length, usually Ys... "

" oh, this has been posted before "

" sorry for the SLYght INconvenience "

" I meant, like: Alyssa was mentioning a ton of possible compass uses, or the compass indicating a circle, and how that would be too much to narrow down... if this IS a compass, then I find it interesting it is quite literally hidden in the... "

" SPEAKING OF RAZORS "

" this conversation is causing me so much pain "

" I don't think Occam's Razor applies in this context, but regardless, that Y is unignorable and is hard to square with a compass interpretation. Interestingly, the point of the (drafting tool) compass points to the center of an "e," which would have fit with a... "

" Say it is meant to indicate a compass- we should probably think of the simplest meaning in this case (Occam's razor). A compass on a map? Used to help guide you. But this compass is hidden IN the map/maze. The tools used to help guide... "

" Click on the guide page for a blown-up image "

" Also, I think those two shadows are one shadow split across multiple objects due to a weird lighting angle. I can't get a closer look since the resolution on this site is sort of bad and I'm out of the house, away from my copy. "

" The thing is, what would that even mean? What would two compasses of different meanings even be trying to reference? IN SLY, NYS, those both reference things elsewhere in the book. They have a point, even if it's a point that doesn't actually exist in... "

" The left compass has two shadows it seems "

" Well, there is a compass here. And this is a "map." "

" Well... the easy explanation for an N and S across from eachother is the compass rose? I don't think that really makes any sense here, but it's the first thing to come to mind. "

" Yeah, that's what I was thinking of. This map still stumps me. The letter assortment "NYS" seems solid to pick out from this map, but means nonsense. New York State is... not the best explanation. Alternatively, on an X axis, the "N" and "Y" are... "

" Are you contrasting specifically how the letters are evenly sized and spaced in 4, and the...uh...way they're not on the title page? It is an interesting comparison, not so much (I think) because we should deduce from the maze letters in room 4, "Look, this... "

" Just compare how the messages look in general, really. "

" Compare the "L" here with the L in Room 4's maze. "

" It's an interesting connection to make. But П is not π; in fact, it is not just a different symbol, but one with a different mathematical meaning assigned to it. And "circling and dividing" and "half" connect just as easily to the semi-circle without a... "

" IVIAZE: Solve the World's IVIost Challenging Puzzle "

" i don't think tHAT means anything all PS. you are David Gentile "

" WHAT about MANSON’s drawing style, such as the HATching and cross HATching techniques (among others), THAT can be observed thru owt the IVIAZE? "

" I don't know. I think the "circling and dividing...which half" text in the prologue is a pretty decent clue that the half-circle/πr thing is intentional. "

" Woah. That explanation of the infinity-shaped path is really nice. Yes, lately I have noticed an influx of interpretative works that are incredibly open-ended (through video games or alternate-reality games.) For better or worse. It's weird to think that about how the MAZE community is... "

" I appreciate the plain statement too! I think we should be very hesitant to conclude that rectangular door frames are capital pi symbols, and using a sign with a fish on it to combine with pi to make a word meaning "relating to fish" seems... "

" I don't know. Nothing feels satisfying about the Guide as the Minotaur, honestly; there's certain things that are always going to feel off to me about that solution. There's a part of me that wants to believe that WR never knew Manson, and he really... "

" Wow, you made a comment where I completely understand your mostly sensible train of logic! Good job! You're still wrong, but baby steps. "

" Not only is the door in the shape of a pi symbol, the red colored fish could be foreshadowing its use as a pi sign or “piscine”, since piscine means “of, pertaining to or characteristic of fish”. "

" The short answer is "yes" with a "but," the long answer is three episodes of MazeCast. As a middle ground, here's part of conversation I had with Owen Hammer: The Hammer Tell me about White Raven. Was he just a liar? Vincent I don’t think... "

" I'm actually still not totally sold on the Guide as the minotaur. Has that been confirmed? If anything, he makes infinitely more sense as Daedalus. Anyway, yeah, the bull face is bullshit. "