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Notpron - The Hardest Riddle on the internet

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MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-05 02:03:11
December 04 2006 14:32 GMT
#1
It's been posted before, but probably long forgotten. This site is sufficiently awesome that it warrants a new thread.

http://www.notpron.com

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Please do not post level urls or any answers!!
Hints are fine but only in
+ Show Spoiler +
I've been playing the game off and on, it's good for years of fun if you take it slow and don't spoil it for yourself. There's no point in trying to cheat your way through it. You don't have to solve a riddle right away. Just take a break and come back to it, EVENTUALLY you'll figure it out. Guaranteed. I spent two years on one of the riddles. No lie.

I'm currently at level 96 (please refer to high levels in this manner, so you don't spoil anything). I intend to finish this before I die. Good luck guys, and more importantly, have fun.

Taken from the notpron site:

Player Quotes:
"Hard, harder, Notpron!"

"This is possibly the greatest "game" I have ever played in my life!"

"I'm glad I took my time solving each riddle on my own, and didn't rush to the forums demanding help or looking for cheats.Getting through it all was a torture at times, but very much worth the satisfaction I got from solving each level!"

"Thanks for making me learn how to use my computer!"

"I find it challenging and I finally have put my random computer-geek skills to use."

"Congratulations for keeping me busy for weeks. Not even the latest games with some killer 3D graphics could get me as excited as NotPr0n. And damn you for making me learn something!"

"Not Pron is greatest thing to come along since sliced bread!"

"You don't have to be a computer nerd to get through the levels.
Just gotta be a quick learner and more importantly, willing to learn."

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Poll: Do you like this game?
(Vote): Absolutely.
(Vote): Yeah, but when it takes too long to solve it gets boring.
(Vote): Not really my type of game.

«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
TreK
Profile Joined August 2004
Sweden2089 Posts
December 04 2006 14:44 GMT
#2
way too impatient for this shit, at lvl 4 it was too annoying
Bergkamp ftw!
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 04 2006 14:56 GMT
#3
takes too much time.
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 15:06:17
December 04 2006 14:57 GMT
#4
On December 04 2006 23:56 oneofthem wrote:
takes too much time.

The average person has about 40 years.
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 15:08:30
December 04 2006 15:03 GMT
#5
On December 04 2006 23:57 MarcX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2006 23:56 oneofthem wrote:
takes too much time.


The average person has about 40 years.
it isn't the sort of fun thing where you have a "viola!" moment. + Show Spoiler +
on lv4 for example, they ask me to do work decoding some morse code. that task is not hard, it is just time consuming.
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 15:07:24
December 04 2006 15:05 GMT
#6
Please remove your spoiler.

Also, you may note that the riddles get progressively more interesting later on. The first few levels are a warmup. They are also not very time consuming. You will spend much much more time on later levels.
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
backdrOp
Profile Joined November 2005
United States104 Posts
December 04 2006 15:06 GMT
#7
i just got to level 7; now going to go to sleep.

96 levels so far for you? :o
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 04 2006 15:09 GMT
#8
On December 05 2006 00:05 MarcX wrote:
Please remove your spoiler.

Also, you may note that the riddles get progressively more interesting later on. The first few levels are a warmup. They are also not very time consuming. You will spend much much more time on later levels.
I'm just saying that it is not my cup of tea, that's all.
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 15:34:51
December 04 2006 15:11 GMT
#9
Yeah, I suppose I'll have to agree that quite an amount of patience is required.
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
skyglow1
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
New Zealand3962 Posts
December 04 2006 15:13 GMT
#10
Not my type of game. I tried it for a few levels but just wasn't "hooked" on it.
Alborz
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Canada1551 Posts
December 04 2006 15:19 GMT
#11
On December 04 2006 23:44 TreK[cF] wrote:
too impatient for this shit
Bruceling
Profile Joined May 2006
United States392 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 15:43:49
December 04 2006 15:43 GMT
#12
i've heard that no one has finished solving it yet. like ppl have come to an end through many "forks" in the road where they could have taken another path, but no one has ever found the right path to take all the way through.

if that's true then im guessing the programmer for that website is constantly adding to it. and the only person that could possibly beat is no one :/

although its all rumor it's still a cool idea imo
poop
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 15:53:29
December 04 2006 15:48 GMT
#13
Incorrect, it is possible to reach the last level he added, and some people have been able to do so. He will add more, I hope, and then you can just come back and solve the rest (new).
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
DarkGhost]Coon[
Profile Joined February 2004
United States1471 Posts
December 04 2006 17:33 GMT
#14
Great more things to distract me from my paper. Thanks a bunch!
Common sense is not so common.
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
December 04 2006 17:34 GMT
#15
FUCK YOU ALLL AND YORU MOTHER FUCKING RIDDLES
why so 진지해?
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 18:12:25
December 04 2006 17:52 GMT
#16
+ Show Spoiler +
just goto level zero and do those levels... they are the real hard ones..
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands3992 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 20:29:55
December 04 2006 17:57 GMT
#17
I tried this like 2 years ago, i got to level 32 on my own, but some are taking so long and some ones you just feel like you will never get. I heard there were about 89 levels? Plenty to play. Don't use any hints tho, it's lame.
bioboyAT
Profile Joined July 2004
Austria1763 Posts
December 04 2006 18:09 GMT
#18
i can'T even get past lvl3 T_T this game makes me crazy
Milchmann | DeadVessel: Milchmann pwns. I fail.
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
December 04 2006 18:27 GMT
#19
It makes you smart ; )
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
lawl mart v2.0
Profile Joined November 2006
United States108 Posts
December 04 2006 20:06 GMT
#20
i dont know how to use source codes so im done at level 6 ;
closed thread forum, where the cool kids hang out
pyrogenetix
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
China5098 Posts
December 04 2006 20:13 GMT
#21
some of my friends used to play this and got to level 40 something... duno if they still playing
i got to like lvl 14 and stopped...
Yea that looks just like Kang Min... amazing game sense... and uses mind games well, but has the micro of a washed up progamer.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
December 04 2006 20:32 GMT
#22
too frustrating for me
PePe QuiCoSE
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Argentina1204 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-05 00:05:27
December 05 2006 00:03 GMT
#23
On December 05 2006 05:06 lawl mart v2.0 wrote:
i dont know how to use source codes so im done at level 6 ;

haha then learn! :-P
in most browsers View -> Page Source

i played it a while ago. Did some levels on my own and others with help/hints and others with direct spoil. Wish i hadn't since i would like it to play it but it just doesn't do it for me now
So, really, if you like the game play it fair, if not drop it. It doesn't prove you are smart if you get far.
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
December 05 2006 01:59 GMT
#24
I agree. If you're going to use hints/spoilers, it's a total waste of your time to play at all. You can get immense satisfaction from solving a riddle after several months of die-hard persistence. Don't miss out ; )

Plexa, please don't post answers or level urls in this topic. Don't be mean ^.^;
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
December 07 2006 06:02 GMT
#25
Come on people, post how far you got!
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
December 07 2006 07:50 GMT
#26
On December 05 2006 02:34 Rekrul wrote:
FUCK YOU ALLL AND YORU MOTHER FUCKING RIDDLES


agree'd
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
SteelString
Profile Joined July 2006
446 Posts
December 07 2006 08:27 GMT
#27
currently stuck on level ten o=
QuietIdiot
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
7004 Posts
December 07 2006 08:28 GMT
#28
On December 05 2006 02:34 Rekrul wrote:
FUCK YOU ALLL AND YORU MOTHER FUCKING RIDDLES

Amen
RaiZ
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
2813 Posts
December 07 2006 08:37 GMT
#29
the only thing that is bugging me is
+ Show Spoiler +
The way you get to the other lvl by typing lvl 4 instead of lvl3, and so having in the mind the cheat feeling...

I can't know if i've cheated by using it or not so, i don't like it.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde
GaG[SharKy]
Profile Joined November 2006
New Zealand221 Posts
December 07 2006 08:55 GMT
#30
stink, i cant even pass level 3? what can u turn on? a girl? a light? urself?
GaG[SharKy]
Profile Joined November 2006
New Zealand221 Posts
December 07 2006 09:09 GMT
#31
yay, passed it without cheating.. phew.. i was thinking that might have been the end of the road for me.
lololol
Profile Joined February 2006
5198 Posts
December 07 2006 10:09 GMT
#32
Got to level 10 or something when i first found this and just got pissed at the way the riddles are done.
I'll call Nada.
Phantom
Profile Joined September 2004
Canada2151 Posts
December 07 2006 10:29 GMT
#33
i can't play this without thinking something scary is gonna pop up with loud noises bursting from my speakers...
http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2/members/Phantom
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands3992 Posts
December 07 2006 10:40 GMT
#34
just a question about stuff like this: it would be much much better if hints/passes/urls werent spread. I even have a few ideas for games which are interesting, but which depend on information not being publicly available. How could a developer ever go about this? Is there a way at all? Something like making a webpage with info on it illegal in T&A? This would really help mystery games, all your thoughts appreciated.
zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-07 13:19:47
December 07 2006 13:17 GMT
#35
if notpron was popular, and i get the feeling that it was, though it wasn't marketed for money, all you should have to do is tell people not to spoil it for themselves in some effective way, and if they do then they're fucked. that's if you could sell it at all.
i'm stuck on level 8 for now.
damn google shit "-notpron" doesn't always avoid spoilers. i caught one by accident that pretty much ruined level 7 for me. well it was still good just sort of guiltily spoiled and slightly less satisfying. this game reminds me of those old nintendo games like immortal, that seem impossibly confusing but you just keep coming back to it and eventually you figure it out.
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
pansy
Profile Joined November 2005
United States309 Posts
December 07 2006 14:48 GMT
#36
On December 07 2006 19:40 aseq wrote:
just a question about stuff like this: it would be much much better if hints/passes/urls werent spread. I even have a few ideas for games which are interesting, but which depend on information not being publicly available. How could a developer ever go about this? Is there a way at all? Something like making a webpage with info on it illegal in T&A? This would really help mystery games, all your thoughts appreciated.


I think you would lose a huge player base if you didn't provide hints for those who have trouble figuring it out. Sure people love a good puzzle, but some are easily frustrated and just want to cheat to see what's next.

I'm pretty interested in what your game ideas are though!
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-07 18:58:25
December 07 2006 18:37 GMT
#37
On December 07 2006 17:37 RaiZ wrote:
the only thing that is bugging me is
<spoiler>
I can't know if i've cheated by using it or not so, i don't like it.

Please don't post answers in this topic. You had no bad intention, please rephrase in a way that doesn't reveal the answer.

In this topic, answers don't go at all and hints go in spoilers!
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
Aukai
Profile Joined April 2003
United States1183 Posts
December 07 2006 18:54 GMT
#38
Apparently on 4 I'm retarded, I know what I'm suppose to put in but I'm making typos deciphering?
There was one really amazing gal. She was one of the biggest chick i ever seen.
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-07 19:09:51
December 07 2006 18:59 GMT
#39
You're not retarded ; ) Although you'll probably have a feeling similar to "why didn't I think of that earlier" a lot.

BTW, if you make typo's and calculation errors etc it can slow you down a lot, because you might throw a good solution away.
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
Aukai
Profile Joined April 2003
United States1183 Posts
December 07 2006 19:07 GMT
#40
I got around, I was percieving 2 letters for one, I ALWAYS DO THAT WITH MORSE.

Next one is stumping me thou. As always, reminds me of researching a paper..
There was one really amazing gal. She was one of the biggest chick i ever seen.
RequieScat
Profile Joined January 2006
Australia99 Posts
December 07 2006 19:54 GMT
#41
I did this a while ago, i thought it got a bit repetitive and kinda boring.
Raseira Raseira Rasei Rasei Raseira o.requiem akira.o
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
December 07 2006 19:59 GMT
#42
How far did you get RequieScat?
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
RequieScat
Profile Joined January 2006
Australia99 Posts
December 07 2006 20:02 GMT
#43
uh i think it was some level after a bunch of dvds >.>
i got bored and went to bed.
Raseira Raseira Rasei Rasei Raseira o.requiem akira.o
TedBundy
Profile Joined August 2006
Vatican City State64 Posts
December 07 2006 22:56 GMT
#44
On December 05 2006 02:34 Rekrul wrote:
FUCK YOU ALLL AND YORU MOTHER FUCKING RIDDLES


word
Life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, so get wasted all the time, and you will have the time of your life
LTT
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Shakuras1095 Posts
December 07 2006 23:00 GMT
#45
I finished this years ago. Back when it was only 81 levels. I also stuck around and finished through the current version.
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
December 08 2006 01:03 GMT
#46
You have been certificated? Congrats man. I will be, soon, too. As soon as I figure this riddle out I'll get started.
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
Luhh
Profile Joined October 2003
Sweden2974 Posts
December 08 2006 01:07 GMT
#47
I'd play a game like this if was "IsPr0n". You'd unlock new babes and fetishes each time! Gogoplay!
I wouldn´t call him stupid, but let´s just say he´s unlucky when thinking...
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
December 08 2006 01:15 GMT
#48
Some of the higher levels have pron pics.
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
radar14
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1437 Posts
December 08 2006 01:42 GMT
#49
please stop quoting rekrul's off-topic post and writing one word indicating that you agree. gtfo if you have nothing to add
impatience is a virtue
MarcX
Profile Joined February 2005
Netherlands772 Posts
December 09 2006 01:23 GMT
#50
If you consider the poll, it wasn't all that off-topic.
«A fool and his freedom are soon parted» ~ Richard Stallman, Founder FSF
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
December 25 2006 05:38 GMT
#51
oh
i started it 3 hours ago
im on lvl 9
i have a fuckin huge headache ~~
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