" Maybe it'll make sense in context of the other doors, if their symbols are cracked "

" There was a conversation about this on page 1, and it holds some water, though I'm sure there's going to be contention on whether it's a reference and nothing more or a clue. I think we should pursue the seven society lead though. "

" At the risk of enraging Vincent I've been doing some Googling and I wonder if Manson went to the College of William & Mary. (Look up "Seven Society" if you want to see what I'm talking about.) "

" Hmm... maybe there's a formula Manson used to make the rhymes(?), like- one identifier for two rhymes, not just one word used to identify the other? Maybe this applies to the other doors? Wait, the dagger and crown don't have an identifier- "

" Woohoo, I got a VincepointTM! Only 3,672 more until I’m out of the hole... "

" Oh, that's good, that makes sense. HOLY COW, SARA, YOU DID IT, THIS ONE MAKES SENSE! "

" Could be an F clef, with clef meaning key in French. I’m starting to think there are numerous clues to other loop rooms here, or at least 3 and 18. "

" “Perhaps in another room” ... what if this just means “take the ‘maybe’ door in 34”? "

" If Manson drew the key just for the word "key," it's an odd design choice. Most key images have circular heads. "

" Why does the key look like... a mallet? Or an F, or a T? Maybe an E? It sort of reminds me of the right end of the wagon, the tongue part. "

" I mean... they're NOT the same style of post really... "

" NOT EVERY CRAZY PERSON IS DAVID GENTILE, ALEX "

" I mean, there's still stuff to be solved though. I don't even know if it is about comprehension. Like, I've spent so long with this book and the first solid thing I find? Through RHYMEZONE. "

" It actually really makes me sad that I missed both the actual monetized maze contest as well as the secondary event that you mentioned. They're both the kind of thing that excite me, but I only showed up when all the bits I was smart... "

" Well we had some younger readers but I think they mostly asked questions. And yes, people came up with solutions and White Raven would tell people whether he thought they were correct. "

" Oh, haha, I was going to just say "past" but I remembered how long this community has been around. The Abyss doesn't encapsulate all of that, though. Looking through comments around 2014/5, solving the Maze was kind of an "event," right? Like, with points and... "

" Breaking in the new comment page with a serious question about the buzz of activity dying down! I guess by these definitions I'm a form of puzzle pilgrim? Cool title lol. I uhhhhhhh don't think I actually qualify due to not being very good at... "

" I guess that didn't directly answer your question. "Recent past", well, you've been here the recent past, you can see who's posted! "

" There are several types of commentators on this website: 1. The members of Mazecast, satellite members, and other major contributors who either still post here, or left forever/indefinitely (Beelz, Hello Gregor, Brent H.) 2. Occasional puzzle pilgrims who google for Maze and find this place,... "

" The abyss used to get more activity in the recent past... right? "

" To paraphrase the great Le Petomane Joseph Pujol who, like me, seemed to be alone on the stage and our backsides had more to say than our faces, and I quote.... "

" I say we ignore these. Isn't it trolling? If White Raven were here, this would probably result in a ban/unauthorization, right? "

" Just gonna keep putting letters in a line until you stumble onto something resembling a sentence in basal form, huh? "

" Telespar post "

" Clearly, it's an Earthbound reference. "

" Hey, here's a question: What the hell are you talking about? I stood up for you on the geomancy stuff, and then this! I get that you enjoy burying your suggestions in vague allusions and puns, but this isn't even that. Whatever you're suggesting here--or... "

" pole-step / polestar "

" In fairness to WBM, I don't think it's as absurd as you're making it sound. I knew nothing about geomancy before WBM's post, and now I only know what I've read about it on wikipedia in about twenty minutes, but there is a form of... "

" While casting dirt and casting dice are superficially similar activities, this room would be just about the worst setting for a geomantic augury. Also, there is no possible connection between the geomantic process and the act of rolling dice and you are a thick-headed fool. "

" The dice may be pertaining to geomancy, the art of divining future events by means of signs connected with the earth. It also could be an analogous commemoration to an architectural bossage, which are located on the FRONT COVER as well as the PROLOGUE of... "

" It's willfully and transparently dishonest to suggest that anyone here thinks that no works besides The Cask of Amontillado are referenced in Maze. But it's still more believable than this doom painting nonsense. To paraphrase Stephen Roberts or whoever: "When you understand why you dismiss... "

" KING POST "

" The bear... isn't really making the same pose. That's what's throwing me off for the non-confirmation-bias evidence. The bear is so ambiguous (right? left? inner? ain't? elbow?) that it's wayyyy too easy to just assign it to the correct door, and the fact that it's... "

" The thing is, it's not one specific painting. It's an entire well-known class of religious paintings. With a characteristic feature that seems to me to be very clearly referenced in this room. In a room that contains imagery/puzzles relating to the Bible and is connected... "

" I don't think it is ALL references, just that using the internet it isn't hard to cherry-pick obscure tales or versions of a tale that Manson really wouldn't have had any reason to use. Trying to use an interpretative thought process through the translation of... "

" I am looking at the pictures in the book and how they are drawn, Vincent. "

" We know for a fact that Room 39 references an outside work. Why are you so resistant to the idea that other outside works could be referenced in MAZE? Yes, we can find potential references more easily now with the Internet. That doesn't make all... "

" The “ VV “ right above the nose and in between the eyebrows. "

" ableist "

" You’re about as smart as a blind man with cerebral palsy trying to perform brain surgery with a monkey wrench. "

" I'm not going to look before I assert this: I guarantee there is a bull hidden in Homer Simpson's face that is better than the "bull" in 43. "

" Homer = Homer Simpson = Donut = Torus = Taurus AND GUESS WHAT HOMER SIMPSON WAS BORN ON MAY 12TH HE WAS A TAURUS HOMER SIMPSON IS THE GUIDE "

" He was saying that just the other day "

" Re: VVagon - Didn’t Homer (another baseball reference), at one time speak of the Greeks sailing with Ursa Major (or VVagon) for orientation? "

" I like this direction of thought. One problem I have with reducing the pitcher and aulos to "flagon/agon" is that if the wagon is there just to get us to call the pitcher a flagon, and the flagon and the "agon" (aulos plus violin) are... "