" The only indicator of this I know of, the slide, is probably there to show the reader "you screwed up," the first couple of times they enter the trap rooms. One-way doors aren't neccesarily malicious but the slide is a clear message it seems. As... "

" Oh, you're right. HO2 is Hydroperoxyl, not Hydrogen Peroxide. You're also correct on following through with the "woman's jewelry." But maybe it was primarily written to indicate "herring," and then scales and tail were added to make an "ST," to fill "STOP" and indicate a... "

" That's an interesting suggestion, actually. The nature of representing this changing labyrinth as a static book makes depicting shifting routes and rooms largely impossible, but the closing off of routes behind us may be just that. I don't imagine that that was the reason Manson... "

" Hydrogen peroxide is H2O2. It is tempting to use the "her ring" to make an "O" for "STOP," but that kind of ignores why we would think "her ring" is intended at all. A ring is not a piece of woman's jewelry particularly; men quite... "

" The maze is always growing, maybe paths seal up behind them (and the reader rules are meant to emulate that). "

" We have four signs, the first two spelling "S" and "T." The third is a ring which could be an O. My brain really wants it to spell stop but "precipitation" doesn't cut it... "

" P couldn't possibly be for precipitation. H20 could be for Poseidon, maybe suggested by the trident and Greek mythological references in this book. (And water, of course.) H+OO is HO2. Hydrogen peroxide. SCALES TALE O PEROXIDE SCALES TALE O POSEIDON Hm. "

" SCALES TAIL O ______ "

" There are references to the group not being able to open unmarked doors--in 38 and 10, for example--suggesting that one-way passages might just be locked from one side. Sometimes there's nothing at all that seems to impede passage, but just like we can assume there... "

" Maybe they're not one-way, just unmarked on the other side? "

" Abnormal geometry probably makes sense, though. It would explain the non-reversible exits for one thing, which you can't have in any maze that exists in Euclidean geometry. In fact the only way that I can think of for the non-reversible exits in normal geometry would... "

" I mean, a lot of it would come down to personal liberty but it's still an interesting undertaking. I would mostly be looking at angles (leave through right door enter through back door means different orientation) and clues described in the beginning/end portions of the... "

" I think it's a tempting way to view things, and if you wanted to build a 3D model of the Maze it would likely be helpful (at least easier, conceptually) to arrange it in layers that correspond roughly to the Path, Loop, and Trap. In... "

" I have thought for a long time that the group we are following is not the only group in the Maze. It's also remotely possible that we aren't even with the same group in every room. "

" Still I think it's worth talking about- how the maze is apparently leveled. I think Brent did some stuff on that... Not that the maze can really be ordered in a physical way, at least not in the way we're used to. TRAP = Basement/foundation... "

" The Inner G is the spirit of Tupac "

" Inner g is the word "energy" written phonetically? That's all I can figure out from this "

" WBM in a sentence. "

" “They keep claiming the same things, over and over, never creating any sort of evidence or explanation for why they are insisting it is true.” -vebotkin 2020 "

" A meandering energy of this inner g. "

" "I found Maybe It's a Maze again and it's as good as ever" allows for a wide range of interpretations. "

" Speaking of other forms of MAZE representation... I found Maybe it's a Maze again and its as good as ever, I remember watching it when I first checked out the online MAZE community a while ago! Heh heh- "

" MAZE is such an enigma. I love it and hate it. It's really what got me excited with puzzles and codes in the first place. (Not that there are too many codes in MAZE, but it is excellent at hiding messages through unique means. Maybe... "

" I think we end up talking and arguing about "solutions" because that's the aspect of Maze that lends itself to debate. I do think we have discussed other aspects of the book, but more in Mazecasts and in the chat and on the site than... "

" Wow, what an excellent point. YOU'RE RIGHT, of course. I wrote exactly one "blog post" on Mazecast dot com, and I only ever planned one other: a discussion of why the puzzle design of Maze is central to its aesthetic (which is the key to... "

" Well, I'm sort of against it- Multiply tree roots all you want. Leave one-off comments all you want. Just don't let MAZE become exclusively that. Only with different perspectives can we tie up the loose ends of MAZE. We're the most collected community of the... "

" I'm not even against all the bizarre item counting stuff, or talking down to those who do that, I've probably made similar silly one-off claims, but it's so binary. MAZE is nowhere near *just* multiplying tree branches. "

" I wish the discussions were like varied conversations about what the maze is from a narrative standpoint, an aesthetic standpoint, a thematic standpoint, while looking at different clue possibilities (but by different I don't mean drawing upon some obscure novel that mentions the word "minotaur"... "

" I mentioned this before but it's still ringing true. Even after telling them to look for a bull, nobody has come close to finding it *cough* LOOKING for a bull in the face it still wasn't found. If I can get through thirty bull-less takes... "

" It wouldn't be compatible with this experiment, but I would be interested to see whether people can identify the image a bull from the image on this website that highlights where the face of a bull is supposed to be located. Man, it really, really... "

" I used GPT-2 and picked out specific quotes and stuff for the neural network. Here's one for Vince: "These highly unapologetic ravings are fairly childish and edgy. Anyway, when I see those posts, I have a few thoughts." "They keep claiming the same things, over... "

" What are you using to generate them, Ritz? "

" Hahaha these are too funny! I can't believe the podcast one. (Mr Manson: for the record, I DO think you understand your own work even if my AI twin doesn't.) Can you do Vince next? I would love to put these on a Mazecast blog... "

" These are at least less counterproductive than the source material. "

" My favorites: "It would appear, then, that there are clues left behind by Minotaurs where there once were road signs and letterboxes." "I feel my first hint above does not quite encapsulate all of the tension of the piece." "The worst of it, I think,... "

" Uhhhhhhh I'm afraid to say yes but ok yes please. "

" >Those made by the sender of the original message in this thread. Ah, that explains how they managed to be so long-winded and reference so many things without any form of structure or point. I'd say do it with me but I really only have... "

" Those made by the sender of the original message in this thread. Aria, do you want to see what it comes up with using your theories? "

" Haha, This is great! Which theories did you feed it? "

" "I have no idea what this means, but it's quite fitting. Anyway, I've been able to interpret the Red Fish Spirit (The fourth Fiend Existence) as representing the destruction of life as we know it, but in a more effective and varied manner. He/she represents... "

" I'm going to plug MAZE theories into an AI and see what I get "

" I swear, your comments sound like they're written by a predictive text bot trained on ITA comments. "

" Or even a bull to go with a cane? "

" Wow, the results have been really interesting so far. People have seen: Yoda Odin A snake Wings Owl eyes A dragon And even after I told them to look for a bull, nobody has so far! Huh... "

" You're right, it would be so much more clear to put "NYC." However, when I looked up "nys," New York was the first thing to come up- I hadn't originally made the New York connection. Maybe NYS was more popular in the eighties? What else... "