WELCOME TO ZORK

There are 110 giveaways, of which over a hundred have less than 100 entries - and plenty of GAs are still in the single digits.
Seems like most people don't bother looking for / solving puzzles, and that means they only touch the surface. Anyway, there are some really good giveaways here, and at phenomenal odds, for those willing to venture a little further

I want to thank the contributors without whom this event wouldn't have been possible: blackendEvn, Delisper, DrP, epica, Goldes, HiroHiro, KingJZ, MancSoulja, Nask0, quan1503, rayl1ght, thecrzyguy, Traqie, Zogrob
I'm sorry there's so little interest in it.

Here's the original game

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7 years ago*

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This is amazing, and confusing, and I hope to find more time to properly chart it out :) Thanks!

7 years ago
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Sadly the Land of the Living Dead is empty. Nothing but piles of mangled corpses formed into trees.
52 / 111 currently, will continue my journey tomorrow with my Magician's Arcane Pointer.
Had to brute force my way onto the Gun Rocket, not sure where that item was, but somehow I missed it.

7 years ago*
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7 years ago
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I found the treasure in the bank, but still missing some keys of the bones. BUMP!

7 years ago
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Thanks for telling me the mines had added giveaways, I just hadn't found the mine entrance yet.
Now I'll know to keep looking.
83 / 111 so far, really enjoying myself here. I only have the Mines and the Maze left to explore.
I know what was under the pile of leaves Q.Q
I just wish I realized it sooner.

93 / 111. The parchment I bought for a map barely has any room left. I'm almost done, all that is left is the mines.
If you find this journal, *blood splotches cover the rest of the page*

107 / 111: I need to stop shaving when I'm trying to write. I found an old basket in the mine. There's no way to lower yourself down, the pulley is missing.

7 years ago*
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If found the basket, but didn't use it yet
everything else I found I also could use

7 years ago
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If you ever find a way to use the basket, let me know which room it is in. I've literally been everywhere but after that section.

7 years ago
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Also 107 and no idea about that basket...

7 years ago
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try going back into the coal mine

7 years ago
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Thanks, that helped. Not sure why I didn't notice that first time, or think of just exploring the mine again...

7 years ago
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try going back into the coal mine

7 years ago
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try going back into the coal mine

7 years ago
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thanks found 3 more

7 years ago
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Guess I need to start editing my comments. It's nice you responded, but I've been everywhere *insert shady eyes*
Or did you forget I reminded you there were only 110 giveaways, not 111?

7 years ago
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whoops, sorry.
Had to give the hint to a bunch of other people, acciddentally included you too

7 years ago
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I completely understand. An event of this magnitude has you talking to, and helping, a lot of people.

7 years ago
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found 9698/111 at the moment
stuck at the bank, the cyclops room and the maintenance room (if this is a riddle)

I made a graph which shows all path between the locations

7 years ago*
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For the bank he gave a hint. Click
For the Cyclops, Google is your friend, it's pretty easy if you know Mythology.
Can't remember which room is the maintenance room (guess I should have wrote down room titles)
After I posted this, the page updated with your comment below.

7 years ago
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I googled a lot, but couldn't find anything relevant

7 years ago
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For the Cyclops, Google is your friend, it's pretty easy if you know Mythology.

I only can find that he doesn't fear anything

7 years ago
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You have to read some of this stuff, merely searching won't help you. You'll find it, there's lots of time left.

7 years ago
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got it thanks

7 years ago
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110 games. the 111th is getting eaten by a grue

7 years ago
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And I am said Grue. >:D

7 years ago
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with the tip the bank was easy

7 years ago
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I think only 1 or 2 people managed to figure it out without the tip

7 years ago
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I hadn't time to try it without 😀

7 years ago
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zorkbump

7 years ago
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zrkbmp2

7 years ago
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So many rats in the forest....

7 years ago
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Welcome to the party
There are more rats underneath the forest

7 years ago
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bump. ran out of path too quickly, will need another run at this later :D cheers though!

7 years ago
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Okay Bump, i think i actually found ALL o.o :D
Solved all puzzles and that and that
joined only games i wanted instead of winning games i will never play e_E

Great puzzle :3

7 years ago
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110 GAs in total

7 years ago
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Didn't count, didn't join all xD

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7 years ago
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Didn't read ALL names
But i remember mostly Frigid, Maze and Mines, idk bout bank e_e
But i know i have been there, i viewed everyones things xD

7 years ago
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sounds like you made it.
congratulations

7 years ago
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Thanks ding master

7 years ago
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I'm bad at these.. :(

7 years ago
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Happy upside down tooth day.

7 years ago
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Bump! Thanks for crazy maze.

7 years ago
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Been really fun! Thanks for this adventure :)
Stuck at the bank and cyclop will continue tomorrow

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Cyclops is incredibly easy, and the bank is as well.
Cyclops hint is on this comment page, Bank hint is on page 2.

7 years ago
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Thanks for the info :) didint knew there were hints on the comments
I also didnt count how many gas I found so I dont know if I find them all but it was really fun

7 years ago
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there are 110 GAs altogether.
all hints are in the first comment

7 years ago
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Zork rules.

7 years ago
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7 years ago
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Stuck I think, thought the dam was a dead end but from comments you need to go further. Does the green plastic bubble have something to it? No idea how to solve that apart from trying every letter of alphabet (and too lazy to do that :)

7 years ago
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have you been to the atlantis room yet?

7 years ago
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No (but that gives me hope). Tend to be very linear when I approach problems, so have been to the forest, house, bank (but no further) and the round room...so now exploring dam. Sounds like I should backtrack to the troll room and try exploring the maze (which I have not yet done) Thanks.

7 years ago
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that too. The areas / puzzles are all self-contained, i.e. all the pieces you need in an area can be found in that area. that being said, the dam is a very large area

Pro-tip: plotting it out with pen and paper can make a world of difference

7 years ago
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Thanks, but looks like I am too dense to get it, understand the green button but have missed the key to using it (you said everything is in the area so ...) The dam is a dead end for me, but am enjoying the game as a whole:) Thanks so much for all the hard work it must have taken to set this up.

7 years ago
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check the reservoir

The dam area is self-contained, but it's big. It's the dam/reservoir area, plus everything beyond.

7 years ago
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note that the dam/reservoir area has more backtracking than any other area

7 years ago
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Thank you...made a liar of myself and brute forced it so found Frigid river. Obviously need to be much more observant in future :)

7 years ago
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Did you make it to the Atlantis room?
I just want to make sure you didn't miss that

7 years ago
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Sorry, have not tried since finally getting to Frigid River (real life stuff getting in the way...will have a go tonight again :)

7 years ago
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no rush. you have until new year
except for that one game ending on christmas. not my fault

7 years ago
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bump

7 years ago
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I'll really need to go back to this before it finishes, it looks awesome!

7 years ago
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you got 10 more days
except for that one GA creator who decided to end it on Christmas; not my fault

7 years ago
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bump and thanks. I think I found 107, possibly a bit more I haven't written everything.
Pretty sure I will finally have my copy of bad rats \o/

7 years ago
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You're welcome!
Statistically, is be surprised if you didn't win Bad Rats - though plenty more people might enter in the next 12 days

7 years ago
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Bump for deserved visibility! More people need to get in on events that have been so well crafted, even if its just a comment! :3

7 years ago
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it's funny, the first GA has 105 entries, whereas none of the other 23 GAs I put in has more than 20. Taking a quick glance at the big prizes, none of them have 30 entries.

7 years ago
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I'm not a big participator in events or GA's, but I still appreciate your efforts! Definitely deserves more in terms of entries and comments/bumps! Merry Christmas!

7 years ago
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thank you very much. I'm frankly quite surprised at how few people entered, I thought SG was far greedier than that. But hey, better odds for those who do venture in.

have a happy new year

7 years ago
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I can't deny that I'm greedy. But I've always enjoyed adventures, mazes and roguelikes.
So this was great fun, and had rewards as well.

7 years ago
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I'm glad you enjoyed it and gave me an opportunity to bump

7 years ago
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Come on people, look harder. It's been more than a week and I still have gibs in there with less than 5 entries :P

7 years ago
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one of mine only has 2 entries

7 years ago
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someone pulled out. now there's only one entrant

7 years ago
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Back again, got the basket, thanks for the hint.
Looking for if i miss something.
Great event, thanks again =)

7 years ago
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There are 110 giveaways. You can read through this thread to see if there are any areas that don't sound familiar

7 years ago
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Well, i found for what was the Brass Lantern at the Living Room XD.
I have a question about the skeleton keys and the skull-bone lock, could them reach to a area of ZORK that is not so secret erusal GA , or i'm missing something?

Thanks again, and Awesome puzzle =)

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7 years ago
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You did it right. There are a few red herrings

7 years ago
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I'm doing poorly but here's a bump until I come back to try again :)

7 years ago
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keep at it, it's not that difficult

7 years ago
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Free bump for great event! How long left?

7 years ago
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almost all GAs are set to end after new year

7 years ago
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To the top!

7 years ago
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Just going to chain my bumps now.

7 years ago
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